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AB245-ASA1,18,21 1370.10 Assessment, when made, exemption. The assessor shall assess all
14real and personal taxable property as of the close of January 1 of each year. Except
15in cities of the 1st class and 2nd class cities that have a board of assessors under s.
1670.075, the assessment shall be finally completed before the first Monday in April.
17All real property conveyed by condemnation or in any other manner to the state, any
18county, city, village or town by gift, purchase, tax deed or power of eminent domain
19before January 2 in such year shall not be included in the assessment. Assessment
20of manufacturing property subject to s. 70.995 shall be made according to that
21section.
AB245-ASA1,35 22Section 35 . 70.11 (42) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245-ASA1,36 23Section 36 . 70.111 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,19,224 70.111 (28) Business and manufacturing personal property. (a) Beginning
25with the property tax assessments applicable to the January 1, 2024, assessment

1year, personal property, as defined in s. 70.04, including steam and other vessels,
2furniture, and equipment.
AB245-ASA1,19,33 (b) The exemption under par. (a) does not apply to the following:
AB245-ASA1,19,44 1. Property assessed as real property under s. 70.17 (3).
AB245-ASA1,19,55 2. Property subject to taxation under s. 76.025 (2).
AB245-ASA1,19,86 (c) A taxing jurisdiction may include the most recent valuation of personal
7property described under par. (a) that is located in the taxing jurisdiction for
8purposes of complying with debt limitations applicable to the jurisdiction.
AB245-ASA1,37 9Section 37. 70.119 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,19,1310 70.119 (3) (c) “Municipality" means cities, villages, towns, counties, and
11metropolitan sewerage districts with general taxing authority, except that for
12distributions after December 31, 2023, “municipality” does not include counties and
13metropolitan sewerage districts
.
AB245-ASA1,38 14Section 38 . 70.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,19,2115 70.13 (1) All For assessments made before January 1, 2024, all personal
16property shall be assessed in the assessment district where the same is located or
17customarily kept except as otherwise specifically provided. Personal property in
18transit within the state on the first day of January shall be assessed in the district
19in which the same is intended to be kept or located, and personal property having no
20fixed location shall be assessed in the district where the owner or the person in charge
21or possession thereof resides, except as provided in sub. (5).
AB245-ASA1,39 22Section 39 . 70.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,20,423 70.13 (2) Saw For assessments made before January 1, 2024, saw logs or timber
24in transit, which are to be sawed or manufactured in any mill in this state, shall be
25deemed located and shall be assessed in the district in which such mill is located.

1Saw logs or timber shall be deemed in transit when the same are being transported
2either by water or rail, but when such logs or timber are banked, decked, piled or
3otherwise temporarily stored for transportation in any district, they shall be deemed
4located, and shall be assessed in such district.
AB245-ASA1,40 5Section 40 . 70.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,20,186 70.13 (3) On For assessments made before January 1, 2024, on or before the
7tenth day of January in each year the owner of logs or timber in transit shall furnish
8the assessor of the district in which the mill at which the logs or timber will be sawed
9or manufactured is located a verified statement of the amount, character and value
10of all the logs and timber in transit on the first day of January preceding, and the
11owner of the logs or timber shall furnish to the assessor of the district in which the
12logs and timber were located on the first day of January preceding, a like verified
13statement of the amount, character and value thereof. Any assessment made in
14accordance with the owner's statement shall be valid and binding on the owner
15notwithstanding any subsequent change as to the place where the same may be
16sawed or manufactured. If the owner of the logs or timber shall fail or refuse to
17furnish the statement herein provided for, or shall intentionally make a false
18statement, that owner shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by s. 70.36.
AB245-ASA1,41 19Section 41 . 70.13 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,21,1020 70.13 (7) Saw For assessments made before January 1, 2024, saw logs or timber
21removed from public lands during the year next preceding the first day of January
22or having been removed from such lands and in transit therefrom on the first day of
23January, shall be deemed located and assessed in the assessment district wherein
24such public lands are located and shall be assessed in no other assessment district.
25Saw logs or timber shall be deemed in transit when the same are being transported.

1On or before January 10 in each year the owner of such logs or timber shall furnish
2the assessor of the assessment district wherein they are assessable a verified
3statement of the amount, character and value of all such logs and timber. If the
4owner of any such logs or timber shall fail or refuse to furnish such statement or shall
5intentionally make a false statement, he or she is subject to the penalties prescribed
6by s. 70.36. This subsection shall supersede any provision of law in conflict
7therewith. The term “owner" as used in this subsection is deemed to mean the person
8owning the logs or timber at the time of severing. “Public lands" as used in this
9subsection shall mean lands owned by the United States of America, the state of
10Wisconsin or any political subdivision of this state.
AB245-ASA1,42 11Section 42. 70.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,21,2312 70.15 (2) The owner of any steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft,
13hailing from any port of this state, “and so employed regularly in interstate traffic,"
14desiring to comply with the terms of this section, shall annually, on or before the first
15day of January, file with the clerk of such town, village or city a verified statement,
16in writing, containing the name, port of hail, tonnage and name of owner of such
17steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft, and shall thereupon pay into the said
18treasury of such town, village or city a sum equal to one cent per net ton of the
19registered tonnage of said vessel, and the treasurer shall thereupon issue a receipt.
20All vessels, boats or other water craft not regularly employed in interstate traffic and
21all private yachts or pleasure boats belonging to inhabitants of this state, whether
22at home or abroad, shall be taxed as personal property for taxes levied before
23January 1, 2024
.
AB245-ASA1,43 24Section 43. 70.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,22,9
170.17 (1) Real property shall be entered in the name of the owner, if known to
2the assessor, otherwise to the occupant thereof if ascertainable, and otherwise
3without any name. The person holding the contract or certificate of sale of any real
4property contracted to be sold by the state, but not conveyed, shall be deemed the
5owner for such purpose. The undivided real estate of any deceased person may be
6entered to the heirs of such person without designating them by name. The real
7estate of an incorporated company shall be entered in the same manner as that of an
8individual. Improvements on leased lands may be assessed either as real property
9or personal property.
AB245-ASA1,44 10Section 44 . 70.17 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,23,311 70.17 (3) Beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024,
12manufactured and mobile homes, not otherwise exempt from taxation under s.
1366.0435 (3), buildings, improvements, and fixtures on leased lands, buildings,
14improvements, and fixtures on exempt lands, buildings, improvements, and fixtures
15on forest croplands, and buildings, improvements, and fixtures on managed forest
16lands shall be assessed as real property. If buildings, improvements, and fixtures,
17but not the underlying land, are leased to a person other than the landowner or if the
18buildings, improvements, and fixtures are owned by a person other than the
19landowner, the assessor may create a separate tax parcel for the buildings,
20improvements, and fixtures and assess the buildings, improvements, and fixtures as
21real property to the owner of the buildings, improvements, and fixtures. The
22assessor may also create a tax parcel, as provided under s. 70.27, for buildings,
23improvements, and fixtures on exempt lands, buildings, improvements, and fixtures
24on forest croplands, and buildings, improvements, and fixtures on managed forest
25lands and assess the buildings, improvements, and fixtures as real property to the

1owner of the buildings, improvements, and fixtures. For purposes of this subsection,
2“buildings, improvements and fixtures" does not include any property defined in s.
370.04.
AB245-ASA1,45 4Section 45 . 70.174 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,23,9 570.174 Improvements on government-owned land. Improvements made
6by any person on land within this state owned by the United States may shall be
7assessed either as real or personal property to the person making the same, if
8ascertainable, and otherwise to the occupant thereof or the person receiving benefits
9therefrom
, as provided under s. 70.17 (3).
AB245-ASA1,46 10Section 46 . 70.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,23,2211 70.18 (1) Personal For assessments made before January 1, 2024, personal
12property shall be assessed to the owner thereof, except that when it is in the charge
13or possession of some person other than the owner it may be assessed to the person
14so in charge or possession of the same. Telegraph and telephone poles, posts, railroad
15ties, lumber, and all other manufactured forest products shall be deemed to be in the
16charge or possession of the person in occupancy or possession of the premises upon
17which the same shall be stored or piled, and the same shall be assessed to such
18person, unless the owner or some other person residing in the same assessment
19district, shall be actually and actively in charge and possession thereof, in which case
20it shall be assessed to such resident owner or other person so in actual charge or
21possession; but nothing contained in this subsection shall affect or change the rules
22prescribed in s. 70.13 respecting the district in which such property shall be assessed.
AB245-ASA1,47 23Section 47. 70.18 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,24,424 70.18 (2) Goods For assessments made before January 1, 2024, goods, wares
25and merchandise in storage in a commercial storage warehouse or on a public wharf

1shall be assessed to the owner thereof and not to the warehouse or public wharf, if
2the operator of the warehouse or public wharf furnishes to the assessor the names
3and addresses of the owners of all goods, wares and merchandise not exempt from
4taxation.
AB245-ASA1,48 5Section 48 . 70.19 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,24,15 670.19 Assessment, how made; liability and rights of representative. (1)
7When For assessments made before January 1, 2024, when personal property is
8assessed under s. 70.18 (1) to a person in charge or possession of the personal
9property other than the owner, the assessment of that personal property shall be
10entered upon the assessment roll separately from the assessment of that person's
11own personal property, adding to the person's name upon the tax roll words briefly
12indicating that the assessment is made to the person as the person in charge or
13possession of the property. The failure to enter the assessment separately or to
14indicate the representative capacity or other relationship of the person assessed
15shall not affect the validity of the assessment.
AB245-ASA1,25,5 16(2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the person assessed
17under sub. (1) and s. 70.18 (1) is personally liable for the tax on the property. The
18person assessed under sub. (1) and s. 70.18 (1) has a personal right of action against
19the owner of the property for the amount of the taxes; has a lien for that amount upon
20the property with the rights and remedies for the preservation and enforcement of
21that lien as provided in ss. 779.45 and 779.48; and is entitled to retain possession of
22the property until the owner of the property pays the tax on the property or
23reimburses the person assessed for the tax. The lien and right of possession relate
24back and exist from the time that the assessment is made, but may be released and
25discharged by giving to the person assessed such undertaking or other indemnity as

1the person accepts or by giving the person assessed a bond in the amount and with
2the sureties as is directed and approved by the circuit court of the county in which
3the property is assessed, upon 8 days' notice to the person assessed. The bond shall
4be conditioned to hold the person assessed free and harmless from all costs, expense,
5liability, or damage by reason of the assessment.
AB245-ASA1,49 6Section 49 . 70.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,25,20 770.20 Owner's liability when personalty assessed to another; action to
8collect.
(1) When For assessments made before January 1, 2024, when personal
9property shall be assessed to some person in charge or possession thereof, other than
10the owner, such owner as well as the person so in charge or possession shall be liable
11for the taxes levied pursuant to such assessment; and the liability of such owner may
12be enforced in a personal action as for a debt. Such action may be brought in the name
13of the town, city or village in which such assessment was made, if commenced before
14the time fixed by law for the return of delinquent taxes, by direction of the treasurer
15or tax collector of such town, city or village. If commenced after such a return, it shall
16be brought in the name of the county or other municipality to the treasurer or other
17officer of which such return shall be made, by direction of such treasurer or other
18officer. Such action may be brought in any court of this state having jurisdiction of
19the amount involved and in which jurisdiction may be obtained of the person of such
20owner or by attachment of the property of such owner.
AB245-ASA1,26,5 21(2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the remedy of
22attachment may be allowed in such action upon filing an affidavit of the officer by
23whose direction such action shall be brought, showing the assessment of such
24property in the assessment district, the amount of tax levied pursuant thereto, that
25the defendant was the owner of such property at the time as of which the assessment

1thereof was made, and that such tax remains unpaid in whole or in part, and the
2amount remaining unpaid. The proceedings in such actions and for enforcement of
3the judgment obtained therein shall be the same as in ordinary actions for debt as
4near as may be, but no property shall be exempt from attachment or execution issued
5upon a judgment against the defendant in such action.
AB245-ASA1,26,16 6(3) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, and taxes levied before
7January 1, 2024, the
assessment and tax rolls in which such assessment and tax
8shall be entered shall be prima facie evidence of such assessment and tax and of the
9justice and regularity thereof; and the same, with proof of the ownership of such
10property by the defendant at the time as of which the assessment was made and of
11the nonpayment of such tax, shall be sufficient to establish the liability of the
12defendant. Such liability shall not be affected and such action shall not be defeated
13by any omission or irregularity in the assessment or tax proceedings not affecting the
14substantial justice and equity of the tax. The provisions of this section shall not
15impair or affect the remedies given by other provisions of law for the collection or
16enforcement of such tax against the person to whom the property was assessed.
AB245-ASA1,50 17Section 50 . 70.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,26,2218 70.21 (1) Except For assessments made before January 1, 2024, except as
19provided in sub. (2), the personal property of a partnership may be assessed in the
20names of the persons composing the partnership, so far as known or in the firm name
21or title under which the partnership business is conducted, and each partner shall
22be liable for the taxes levied on the partnership's personal property.
AB245-ASA1,51 23Section 51. 70.21 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,27,3
170.21 (1m) (intro.) Undistributed For assessments made before January 1,
22024, undistributed
personal property belonging to the estate of a decedent shall be
3assessed as follows:
AB245-ASA1,52 4Section 52 . 70.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,27,85 70.21 (2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the personal
6property of a limited liability partnership shall be assessed in the name of the
7partnership, and each partner shall be liable for the taxes levied thereon only to the
8extent permitted under s. 178.0306.
AB245-ASA1,53 9Section 53 . 70.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,27,2110 70.22 (1) In For assessments made before January 1, 2024, in case one or more
11of 2 or more personal representatives or trustees of the estate of a decedent who died
12domiciled in this state are not residents of the state, the taxable personal property
13belonging to the estate shall be assessed to the personal representatives or trustees
14residing in this state. In case there are 2 or more personal representatives or trustees
15of the same estate residing in this state, but in different taxation districts, the
16assessment of the taxable personal property belonging to the estate shall be in the
17names of all of the personal representatives or trustees of the estate residing in this
18state. In case no personal representative or trustee resides in this state, the taxable
19personal property belonging to the estate may be assessed in the name of the
20personal representative or trustee, or in the names of all of the personal
21representatives or trustees if there are more than one, or in the name of the estate.
AB245-ASA1,54 22Section 54 . 70.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,28,223 70.22 (2) (a) The For taxes levied before January 1, 2024, the taxes imposed
24pursuant to an assessment under sub. (1) may be enforced as a claim against the
25estate, upon presentation of a claim for the taxes by the treasurer of the taxation

1district to the court in which the proceedings for the probate of the estate are
2pending. Upon due proof, the court shall allow and order the claim to be paid.
AB245-ASA1,55 3Section 55. 70.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,28,254 70.27 (1) Who may order. Whenever any area of platted or unplatted land or
5land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
is owned by 2 or
6more persons in severalty, and when in the judgment of the governing body having
7jurisdiction, the description of one or more of the different parcels thereof cannot be
8made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purposes of assessment, taxation, or
9tax title procedures without noting the correct metes and bounds of the same, or
10when such gross errors exist in lot measurements or locations that difficulty is
11encountered in locating new structures, public utilities, or streets, such governing
12body may cause a plat to be made for such purposes. Such plat shall be called
13“assessor's plat," and shall plainly define the boundary of each parcel, building,
14improvement, and fixture,
and each street, alley, lane, or roadway, or dedication to
15public or special use, as such is evidenced by the records of the register of deeds or
16a court of record. Such plats in cities may be ordered by the city council, in villages
17by the village board, in towns by the town board, or the county board. A plat or part
18of a plat included in an assessor's plat shall be deemed vacated to the extent it is
19included in or altered by an assessor's plat. The actual and necessary costs and
20expenses of making assessors' plats shall be paid out of the treasury of the city,
21village, town, or county whose governing body ordered the plat, and all or any part
22of such cost may be charged to the land, without inclusion of improvements, so
23platted in the proportion that the last assessed valuation of each parcel bears to the
24last assessed total valuation of all lands property included in the assessor's plat, and
25collected as a special assessment on such land property, as provided by s. 66.0703.
AB245-ASA1,56
1Section 56. 70.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,29,162 70.27 (3) (a) Reference to any land, or land and the buildings, improvements,
3and fixtures on that land
as it the reference appears on a recorded assessor's plat is
4deemed sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation. Conveyance may be
5made by reference to such plat and shall be as effective to pass title to the land so
6described as it would be if the same premises had been described by metes and
7bounds. Such plat or record thereof shall be received in evidence in all courts and
8places as correctly describing the several parcels of land or land and the buildings,
9improvements, and fixtures on that land
therein designated. After an assessor's plat
10has been made and recorded with the register of deeds as provided by this section,
11all conveyances of lands or land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on
12that land
included in such assessor's plat shall be by reference to such plat. Any
13instrument dated and acknowledged after September 1, 1955, purporting to convey,
14mortgage, or otherwise give notice of an interest in land or land and the buildings,
15improvements, and fixtures on that land
that is within or part of an assessor's plat
16shall describe the affected land by the name of the assessor's plat, lot, block, or outlot.
AB245-ASA1,57 17Section 57 . 70.27 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,30,518 70.27 (4) Amendments. Amendments or corrections to an assessor's plat may
19be made at any time by the governing body by recording with the register of deeds
20a plat of the area affected by such amendment or correction, made and authenticated
21as provided by this section. It shall not be necessary to refer to any amendment of
22the plat, but all assessments or instruments wherein any parcel of land is or land and
23the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land are
described as being in an
24assessor's plat, shall be construed to mean the assessor's plat of lands or land and
25the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
with its amendments or

1corrections as it stood on the date of making such assessment or instrument, or such
2plats may be identified by number. This subsection does not prohibit the division of
3lands or land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land that are
4included in an assessor's plat by subdivision plat, as provided in s. 236.03, or by
5certified survey map, as provided in s. 236.34.
AB245-ASA1,58 6Section 58 . 70.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,31,117 70.27 (5) Surveys, reconciliations. The surveyor making the plat shall be a
8professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443 and shall survey and lay out the
9boundaries of each parcel, building, improvement, fixture, street, alley, lane,
10roadway, or dedication to public or private use, according to the records of the register
11of deeds, and whatever evidence that may be available to show the intent of the buyer
12and seller, in the chronological order of their conveyance or dedication, and set
13temporary monuments to show the results of such survey which shall be made
14permanent upon recording of the plat as provided for in this section. The map shall
15be at a scale of not more than 100 feet per inch, unless waived in writing by the
16department of administration under s. 236.20 (2) (L). The owners of record of lands
17or the land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land in the plat
18shall be notified by certified letter mailed to their last-known addresses, in order
19that they shall have opportunity to examine the map, view the temporary
20monuments, and make known any disagreement with the boundaries as shown by
21the temporary monuments. It is the duty of the professional land surveyor making
22the plat to reconcile any discrepancies that may be revealed so that the plat as
23certified to the governing body is in conformity with the records of the register of
24deeds as nearly as is practicable. When boundary lines between adjacent parcels, as
25evidenced on the ground, are mutually agreed to in writing by the owners of record,

1those lines shall be the true boundaries for all purposes thereafter, even though they
2may vary from the metes and bounds descriptions previously of record. Such written
3agreements shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds. On every assessor's
4plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the document number of the
5record and, if given on the record, the volume and page where the record is recorded
6for the record that contains the metes and bounds description of each parcel, as
7recorded in the office of the register of deeds, which shall be identified with the
8number by which such parcel is designated on the plat, except that a lot that has been
9conveyed or otherwise acquired but upon which no deed is recorded in the office of
10register of deeds may be shown on an assessor's plat and when so shown shall contain
11a full metes and bounds description.
AB245-ASA1,59 12Section 59 . 70.27 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,31,1813 70.27 (7) (b) A clear and concise description of the land or the land and the
14buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
so surveyed and mapped, by
15government lot, quarter quarter-section, township, range and county, or if located
16in a city or village or platted area, then according to the plat; otherwise by metes and
17bounds beginning with some corner marked and established in the United States
18land survey.
AB245-ASA1,60 19Section 60 . 70.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,32,3 2070.29 Personalty, how entered. The For assessments made before January
211, 2024, the
assessor shall place in one distinct and continuous part of the assessment
22roll all the names of persons assessed for personal property, with a statement of such
23property in each village in the assessor's assessment district, and foot up the
24valuation thereof separately; otherwise the assessor shall arrange all names of
25persons assessed for personal property on the roll alphabetically so far as convenient.

1The assessor shall also place upon the assessment roll, in a separate column and
2opposite the name of each person assessed for personal property, the number of the
3school district in which such personal property is subject to taxation.
AB245-ASA1,61 4Section 61 . 70.30 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,32,10 570.30 Aggregate values. (intro.) Every For assessments made before
6January 1, 2024, every
assessor shall ascertain and set down in separate columns
7prepared for that purpose on the assessment roll and opposite to the names of all
8persons assessed for personal property the number and value of the following named
9items of personal property assessed to such person, which shall constitute the
10assessed valuation of the several items of property therein described, to wit:
AB245-ASA1,62 11Section 62 . 70.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,32,23 1270.34 Personalty. All For assessments made before January 1, 2024, all
13articles of personal property shall, as far as practicable, be valued by the assessor
14upon actual view at their true cash value; and after arriving at the total valuation
15of all articles of personal property which the assessor shall be able to discover as
16belonging to any person, if the assessor has reason to believe that such person has
17other personal property or any other thing of value liable to taxation, the assessor
18shall add to such aggregate valuation of personal property an amount which, in the
19assessor's judgment, will render such aggregate valuation a just and equitable
20valuation of all the personal property liable to taxation belonging to such person. In
21carrying out the duties imposed on the assessor by this section, the assessor shall act
22in the manner specified in the Wisconsin property assessment manual provided
23under s. 73.03 (2a).
AB245-ASA1,63 24Section 63 . 70.345 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,33,8
170.345 Legislative intent; department of revenue to supply
2information.
The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the assessor shall
3exercise particular care so that personal property as a class on the assessment rolls
4bears the same relation to statutory value as real property as a class. To assist the
5assessor in determining the true relationship between real estate and personal
6property the department of revenue shall make available to local assessors
7information including figures indicating the relationship between personal property
8and real property on the last assessment rolls.
AB245-ASA1,64 9Section 64 . 70.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,33,1910 70.35 (1) To For assessments made before January 1, 2024, to determine the
11amount and value of any personal property for which any person, firm, or corporation
12should be assessed, any assessor may examine such person or the managing agent
13or officer of any firm or corporation under oath as to all such items of personal
14property, the taxable value thereof as defined in s. 70.34 if the property is taxable.
15In the alternative the assessor may require such person, firm, or corporation to
16submit a return of such personal property and of the taxable value thereof. There
17shall be annexed to such return the declaration of such person or of the managing
18agent or officer of such firm or corporation that the statements therein contained are
19true.
AB245-ASA1,65 20Section 65 . 70.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,34,621 70.35 (2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the return shall
22be made and all the information therein requested given by such person on a form
23prescribed by the assessor with the approval of the department of revenue which
24shall provide suitable schedules for such information bearing on value as the
25department deems necessary to enable the assessor to determine the true cash value

1of the taxable personal property that is owned or in the possession of such person on
2January 1 as provided in s. 70.10. The return may contain methods of deriving
3assessable values from book values and for the conversion of book values to present
4values, and a statement as to the accounting method used. No person shall be
5required to take detailed physical inventory for the purpose of making the return
6required by this section.
AB245-ASA1,66 7Section 66 . 70.35 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,34,158 70.35 (3) Each For assessments made before January 1, 2024, each return shall
9be filed with the assessor on or before March 1 of the year in which the assessment
10provided by s. 70.10 is made. The assessor, for good cause, may allow a reasonable
11extension of time for filing the return. All returns filed under this section shall be
12the confidential records of the assessor's office, except that the returns shall be
13available for use before the board of review as provided in this chapter. No return
14required under this section is controlling on the assessor in any respect in the
15assessment of any property.
AB245-ASA1,67 16Section 67 . 70.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,34,2317 70.35 (4) Any For assessments made before January 1, 2024, any person, firm
18or corporation who refuses to so testify or who fails, neglects or refuses to make and
19file the return of personal property required by this section shall be denied any right
20of abatement by the board of review on account of the assessment of such personal
21property unless such person, firm, or corporation shall make such return to such
22board of review together with a statement of the reasons for the failure to make and
23file the return in the manner and form required by this section.
AB245-ASA1,68 24Section 68 . 70.35 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,35,4
170.35 (5) In For assessments made before January 1, 2024, in the event that
2the assessor or the board of review should desire further evidence they may call upon
3other persons as witnesses to give evidence under oath as to the items and value of
4the personal property of any such person, firm or corporation.
AB245-ASA1,69 5Section 69 . 70.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,35,156 70.36 (1) Any For assessments made before January 1, 2024, any person in this
7state owning or holding any personal property that is subject to assessment,
8individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, personal representative, assignee, or
9receiver or in some other representative capacity, who intentionally makes a false
10statement to the assessor of that person's assessment district or to the board of
11review of the assessment district with respect to the property, or who omits any
12property from any return required to be made under s. 70.35, with the intent of
13avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes on the property, shall forfeit
14the sum of $10 for every $100 or major fraction of $100 so withheld from the
15knowledge of the assessor or board of review.
AB245-ASA1,70 16Section 70 . 70.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,35,2517 70.36 (2) It For assessments made before January 1, 2024, it is hereby made
18the duty of the district attorney of any county, upon complaint made to the district
19attorney by the assessor or by a member of the board of review of the assessment
20district in which it is alleged that property has been so withheld from the knowledge
21of such assessor or board of review, or not included in any return required by s. 70.35,
22to investigate the case forthwith and bring an action in the name of the state against
23the person, firm or corporation so complained of. All forfeitures collected under the
24provisions of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the taxation district in
25which such property had its situs for taxation.
AB245-ASA1,71
1Section 71. 70.43 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,36,82 70.43 (2) If the assessor discovers a palpable error in the assessment of a tract
3of real estate or an item of personal property, for personal property assessments
4made before January 1, 2024,
that results in the tract or property having an
5inaccurate assessment for the preceding year, the assessor shall correct that error
6by adding to or subtracting from the assessment for the preceding year. The result
7shall be the true assessed value of the property for the preceding year. The assessor
8shall make a marginal note of the correction on that year's assessment roll.
AB245-ASA1,72 9Section 72 . 70.44 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,36,1910 70.44 (1) Real or personal property omitted from assessment in any of the 2
11next previous years or personal property assessments made before January 1, 2024,
12and omitted from any of the 2 next previous years
, unless previously reassessed for
13the same year or years, shall be entered once additionally for each previous year of
14such omission, designating each such additional entry as omitted for the year of
15omission and affixing a just valuation to each entry for a former year as the same
16should then have been assessed according to the assessor's best judgment, and taxes
17shall be apportioned, using the net tax rate as provided in s. 70.43, and collected on
18the tax roll for such entry. This section shall not apply to manufacturing property
19assessed by the department of revenue under s. 70.995.
AB245-ASA1,73 20Section 73. 70.47 (7) (aa) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,36,2521 70.47 (7) (aa) No person shall be allowed to appear before the board of review,
22to testify to the board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real
23or personal property
if the person has refused a reasonable written request by
24certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of the
25real or personal property being assessed.
AB245-ASA1,74
1Section 74. 70.47 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245-ASA1,75 2Section 75 . 70.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,37,73 70.49 (2) The value of all real and personal property entered into the
4assessment roll to which such affidavit is attached by the assessor shall, in all actions
5and proceedings involving such values, be presumptive evidence that all such
6properties have been justly and equitably assessed in proper relationship to each
7other.
AB245-ASA1,76 8Section 76. 70.50 of the statutes is amended to read:
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