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SB2-SSA1,41 10Section 41. 70.21 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,16,1311 70.21 (1m) (intro.) Undistributed For assessments made before January 1,
122024, undistributed
personal property belonging to the estate of a decedent shall be
13assessed as follows:
SB2-SSA1,42 14Section 42 . 70.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,16,1815 70.21 (2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the personal
16property of a limited liability partnership shall be assessed in the name of the
17partnership, and each partner shall be liable for the taxes levied thereon only to the
18extent permitted under s. 178.0306.
SB2-SSA1,43 19Section 43 . 70.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,620 70.22 (1) In For assessments made before January 1, 2024, in case one or more
21of 2 or more personal representatives or trustees of the estate of a decedent who died
22domiciled in this state are not residents of the state, the taxable personal property
23belonging to the estate shall be assessed to the personal representatives or trustees
24residing in this state. In case there are 2 or more personal representatives or trustees
25of the same estate residing in this state, but in different taxation districts, the

1assessment of the taxable personal property belonging to the estate shall be in the
2names of all of the personal representatives or trustees of the estate residing in this
3state. In case no personal representative or trustee resides in this state, the taxable
4personal property belonging to the estate may be assessed in the name of the
5personal representative or trustee, or in the names of all of the personal
6representatives or trustees if there are more than one, or in the name of the estate.
SB2-SSA1,44 7Section 44 . 70.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,17,128 70.22 (2) (a) The For taxes levied before January 1, 2024, the taxes imposed
9pursuant to an assessment under sub. (1) may be enforced as a claim against the
10estate, upon presentation of a claim for the taxes by the treasurer of the taxation
11district to the court in which the proceedings for the probate of the estate are
12pending. Upon due proof, the court shall allow and order the claim to be paid.
SB2-SSA1,45 13Section 45. 70.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,18,1014 70.27 (1) Who may order. Whenever any area of platted or unplatted land or
15land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
is owned by 2 or
16more persons in severalty, and when in the judgment of the governing body having
17jurisdiction, the description of one or more of the different parcels thereof cannot be
18made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purposes of assessment, taxation, or
19tax title procedures without noting the correct metes and bounds of the same, or
20when such gross errors exist in lot measurements or locations that difficulty is
21encountered in locating new structures, public utilities, or streets, such governing
22body may cause a plat to be made for such purposes. Such plat shall be called
23“assessor's plat," and shall plainly define the boundary of each parcel, building,
24improvement, and fixture,
and each street, alley, lane, or roadway, or dedication to
25public or special use, as such is evidenced by the records of the register of deeds or

1a court of record. Such plats in cities may be ordered by the city council, in villages
2by the village board, in towns by the town board, or the county board. A plat or part
3of a plat included in an assessor's plat shall be deemed vacated to the extent it is
4included in or altered by an assessor's plat. The actual and necessary costs and
5expenses of making assessors' plats shall be paid out of the treasury of the city,
6village, town, or county whose governing body ordered the plat, and all or any part
7of such cost may be charged to the land, without inclusion of improvements, so
8platted in the proportion that the last assessed valuation of each parcel bears to the
9last assessed total valuation of all lands property included in the assessor's plat, and
10collected as a special assessment on such land property, as provided by s. 66.0703.
SB2-SSA1,46 11Section 46 . 70.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,19,212 70.27 (3) (a) Reference to any land, or land and the buildings, improvements,
13and fixtures on that land
as it the reference appears on a recorded assessor's plat is
14deemed sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation. Conveyance may be
15made by reference to such plat and shall be as effective to pass title to the land so
16described as it would be if the same premises had been described by metes and
17bounds. Such plat or record thereof shall be received in evidence in all courts and
18places as correctly describing the several parcels of land or land and the buildings,
19improvements, and fixtures on that land
therein designated. After an assessor's plat
20has been made and recorded with the register of deeds as provided by this section,
21all conveyances of lands or land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on
22that land
included in such assessor's plat shall be by reference to such plat. Any
23instrument dated and acknowledged after September 1, 1955, purporting to convey,
24mortgage, or otherwise give notice of an interest in land or land and the buildings,

1improvements, and fixtures on that land
that is within or part of an assessor's plat
2shall describe the affected land by the name of the assessor's plat, lot, block, or outlot.
SB2-SSA1,47 3Section 47 . 70.27 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,19,164 70.27 (4) Amendments. Amendments or corrections to an assessor's plat may
5be made at any time by the governing body by recording with the register of deeds
6a plat of the area affected by such amendment or correction, made and authenticated
7as provided by this section. It shall not be necessary to refer to any amendment of
8the plat, but all assessments or instruments wherein any parcel of land is or land and
9the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land are
described as being in an
10assessor's plat, shall be construed to mean the assessor's plat of lands or land and
11the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
with its amendments or
12corrections as it stood on the date of making such assessment or instrument, or such
13plats may be identified by number. This subsection does not prohibit the division of
14lands or land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land that are
15included in an assessor's plat by subdivision plat, as provided in s. 236.03, or by
16certified survey map, as provided in s. 236.34.
SB2-SSA1,48 17Section 48 . 70.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,20,2218 70.27 (5) Surveys, reconciliations. The surveyor making the plat shall be a
19professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443 and shall survey and lay out the
20boundaries of each parcel, building, improvement, fixture, street, alley, lane,
21roadway, or dedication to public or private use, according to the records of the register
22of deeds, and whatever evidence that may be available to show the intent of the buyer
23and seller, in the chronological order of their conveyance or dedication, and set
24temporary monuments to show the results of such survey which shall be made
25permanent upon recording of the plat as provided for in this section. The map shall

1be at a scale of not more than 100 feet per inch, unless waived in writing by the
2department of administration under s. 236.20 (2) (L). The owners of record of lands
3or the land and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land in the plat
4shall be notified by certified letter mailed to their last-known addresses, in order
5that they shall have opportunity to examine the map, view the temporary
6monuments, and make known any disagreement with the boundaries as shown by
7the temporary monuments. It is the duty of the professional land surveyor making
8the plat to reconcile any discrepancies that may be revealed so that the plat as
9certified to the governing body is in conformity with the records of the register of
10deeds as nearly as is practicable. When boundary lines between adjacent parcels, as
11evidenced on the ground, are mutually agreed to in writing by the owners of record,
12those lines shall be the true boundaries for all purposes thereafter, even though they
13may vary from the metes and bounds descriptions previously of record. Such written
14agreements shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds. On every assessor's
15plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the document number of the
16record and, if given on the record, the volume and page where the record is recorded
17for the record that contains the metes and bounds description of each parcel, as
18recorded in the office of the register of deeds, which shall be identified with the
19number by which such parcel is designated on the plat, except that a lot that has been
20conveyed or otherwise acquired but upon which no deed is recorded in the office of
21register of deeds may be shown on an assessor's plat and when so shown shall contain
22a full metes and bounds description.
SB2-SSA1,49 23Section 49 . 70.27 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,21,424 70.27 (7) (b) A clear and concise description of the land or the land and the
25buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land
so surveyed and mapped, by

1government lot, quarter quarter-section, township, range and county, or if located
2in a city or village or platted area, then according to the plat; otherwise by metes and
3bounds beginning with some corner marked and established in the United States
4land survey.
SB2-SSA1,50 5Section 50 . 70.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,21,14 670.29 Personalty, how entered. The For assessments made before January
71, 2024, the
assessor shall place in one distinct and continuous part of the assessment
8roll all the names of persons assessed for personal property, with a statement of such
9property in each village in the assessor's assessment district, and foot up the
10valuation thereof separately; otherwise the assessor shall arrange all names of
11persons assessed for personal property on the roll alphabetically so far as convenient.
12The assessor shall also place upon the assessment roll, in a separate column and
13opposite the name of each person assessed for personal property, the number of the
14school district in which such personal property is subject to taxation.
SB2-SSA1,51 15Section 51 . 70.30 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,21,21 1670.30 Aggregate values. (intro.) Every For assessments made before
17January 1, 2024, every
assessor shall ascertain and set down in separate columns
18prepared for that purpose on the assessment roll and opposite to the names of all
19persons assessed for personal property the number and value of the following named
20items of personal property assessed to such person, which shall constitute the
21assessed valuation of the several items of property therein described, to wit:
SB2-SSA1,52 22Section 52 . 70.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,22,9 2370.34 Personalty. All For assessments made before January 1, 2024, all
24articles of personal property shall, as far as practicable, be valued by the assessor
25upon actual view at their true cash value; and after arriving at the total valuation

1of all articles of personal property which the assessor shall be able to discover as
2belonging to any person, if the assessor has reason to believe that such person has
3other personal property or any other thing of value liable to taxation, the assessor
4shall add to such aggregate valuation of personal property an amount which, in the
5assessor's judgment, will render such aggregate valuation a just and equitable
6valuation of all the personal property liable to taxation belonging to such person. In
7carrying out the duties imposed on the assessor by this section, the assessor shall act
8in the manner specified in the Wisconsin property assessment manual provided
9under s. 73.03 (2a).
SB2-SSA1,53 10Section 53 . 70.345 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,22,18 1170.345 Legislative intent; department of revenue to supply
12information.
The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the assessor shall
13exercise particular care so that personal property as a class on the assessment rolls
14bears the same relation to statutory value as real property as a class. To assist the
15assessor in determining the true relationship between real estate and personal
16property the department of revenue shall make available to local assessors
17information including figures indicating the relationship between personal property
18and real property on the last assessment rolls.
SB2-SSA1,54 19Section 54 . 70.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,23,420 70.35 (1) To For assessments made before January 1, 2024, to determine the
21amount and value of any personal property for which any person, firm, or corporation
22should be assessed, any assessor may examine such person or the managing agent
23or officer of any firm or corporation under oath as to all such items of personal
24property, the taxable value thereof as defined in s. 70.34 if the property is taxable.
25In the alternative the assessor may require such person, firm, or corporation to

1submit a return of such personal property and of the taxable value thereof. There
2shall be annexed to such return the declaration of such person or of the managing
3agent or officer of such firm or corporation that the statements therein contained are
4true.
SB2-SSA1,55 5Section 55 . 70.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,23,166 70.35 (2) The For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the return shall
7be made and all the information therein requested given by such person on a form
8prescribed by the assessor with the approval of the department of revenue which
9shall provide suitable schedules for such information bearing on value as the
10department deems necessary to enable the assessor to determine the true cash value
11of the taxable personal property that is owned or in the possession of such person on
12January 1 as provided in s. 70.10. The return may contain methods of deriving
13assessable values from book values and for the conversion of book values to present
14values, and a statement as to the accounting method used. No person shall be
15required to take detailed physical inventory for the purpose of making the return
16required by this section.
SB2-SSA1,56 17Section 56 . 70.35 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,23,2518 70.35 (3) Each For assessments made before January 1, 2024, each return shall
19be filed with the assessor on or before March 1 of the year in which the assessment
20provided by s. 70.10 is made. The assessor, for good cause, may allow a reasonable
21extension of time for filing the return. All returns filed under this section shall be
22the confidential records of the assessor's office, except that the returns shall be
23available for use before the board of review as provided in this chapter. No return
24required under this section is controlling on the assessor in any respect in the
25assessment of any property.
SB2-SSA1,57
1Section 57. 70.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,24,82 70.35 (4) Any For assessments made before January 1, 2024, any person, firm
3or corporation who refuses to so testify or who fails, neglects or refuses to make and
4file the return of personal property required by this section shall be denied any right
5of abatement by the board of review on account of the assessment of such personal
6property unless such person, firm, or corporation shall make such return to such
7board of review together with a statement of the reasons for the failure to make and
8file the return in the manner and form required by this section.
SB2-SSA1,58 9Section 58 . 70.35 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,24,1310 70.35 (5) In For assessments made before January 1, 2024, in the event that
11the assessor or the board of review should desire further evidence they may call upon
12other persons as witnesses to give evidence under oath as to the items and value of
13the personal property of any such person, firm or corporation.
SB2-SSA1,59 14Section 59 . 70.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,24,2415 70.36 (1) Any For assessments made before January 1, 2024, any person in this
16state owning or holding any personal property that is subject to assessment,
17individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, personal representative, assignee, or
18receiver or in some other representative capacity, who intentionally makes a false
19statement to the assessor of that person's assessment district or to the board of
20review of the assessment district with respect to the property, or who omits any
21property from any return required to be made under s. 70.35, with the intent of
22avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes on the property, shall forfeit
23the sum of $10 for every $100 or major fraction of $100 so withheld from the
24knowledge of the assessor or board of review.
SB2-SSA1,60 25Section 60 . 70.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,25,9
170.36 (2) It For assessments made before January 1, 2024, it is hereby made
2the duty of the district attorney of any county, upon complaint made to the district
3attorney by the assessor or by a member of the board of review of the assessment
4district in which it is alleged that property has been so withheld from the knowledge
5of such assessor or board of review, or not included in any return required by s. 70.35,
6to investigate the case forthwith and bring an action in the name of the state against
7the person, firm or corporation so complained of. All forfeitures collected under the
8provisions of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the taxation district in
9which such property had its situs for taxation.
SB2-SSA1,61 10Section 61. 70.43 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,25,1711 70.43 (2) If the assessor discovers a palpable error in the assessment of a tract
12of real estate or an item of personal property, for personal property assessments
13made before January 1, 2024,
that results in the tract or property having an
14inaccurate assessment for the preceding year, the assessor shall correct that error
15by adding to or subtracting from the assessment for the preceding year. The result
16shall be the true assessed value of the property for the preceding year. The assessor
17shall make a marginal note of the correction on that year's assessment roll.
SB2-SSA1,62 18Section 62 . 70.44 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,26,319 70.44 (1) Real or personal property omitted from assessment in any of the 2
20next previous years or personal property assessments made before January 1, 2024,
21and omitted from any of the 2 next previous years
, unless previously reassessed for
22the same year or years, shall be entered once additionally for each previous year of
23such omission, designating each such additional entry as omitted for the year of
24omission and affixing a just valuation to each entry for a former year as the same
25should then have been assessed according to the assessor's best judgment, and taxes

1shall be apportioned, using the net tax rate as provided in s. 70.43, and collected on
2the tax roll for such entry. This section shall not apply to manufacturing property
3assessed by the department of revenue under s. 70.995.
SB2-SSA1,63 4Section 63. 70.47 (7) (aa) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,26,95 70.47 (7) (aa) No person shall be allowed to appear before the board of review,
6to testify to the board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real
7or personal property
if the person has refused a reasonable written request by
8certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of the
9real or personal property being assessed.
SB2-SSA1,64 10Section 64 . 70.47 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
SB2-SSA1,65 11Section 65 . 70.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,26,1612 70.49 (2) The value of all real and personal property entered into the
13assessment roll to which such affidavit is attached by the assessor shall, in all actions
14and proceedings involving such values, be presumptive evidence that all such
15properties have been justly and equitably assessed in proper relationship to each
16other.
SB2-SSA1,66 17Section 66. 70.50 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,27,2 1870.50 Delivery of roll. Except in counties that have a county assessment
19system under s. 70.99 and in cities of the 1st class and in 2nd class cities that have
20a board of assessors under s. 70.075 the assessor shall, on or before the first Monday
21in May, deliver the completed assessment roll and all the sworn statements and
22valuations of personal property
to the clerk of the town, city , or village, who shall file
23and preserve them in the clerk's office. On or before the first Monday in April, a
24county assessor under s. 70.99 shall deliver the completed assessment roll and all

1sworn statements and valuations of personal property to the clerks of the towns,
2cities, and villages in the county, who shall file and preserve them in the clerk's office.
SB2-SSA1,67 3Section 67 . 70.52 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,27,15 470.52 Clerks to examine and correct rolls. Each city, village, and town
5clerk upon receipt of the assessment roll shall carefully examine the roll. The clerk
6shall correct all double assessments, imperfect descriptions, and other errors
7apparent on the roll, and correct the value of parcels of real property not liable to
8taxation. The clerk shall add to the roll any parcel of real property not listed on the
9assessment roll or item of personal property omitted from the roll and immediately
10notify the assessors of the additions and omissions. The assessors shall immediately
11view and value the omitted property and certify the valuation to the clerk. The clerk
12shall enter the valuation and property classification on the roll, and the valuation
13shall be final. To enable the clerk to properly correct defective descriptions, the clerk
14may request aid, when necessary, from the county surveyor, whose fees for the
15services rendered shall be paid by the city, village, or town.
SB2-SSA1,68 16Section 68. 70.53 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB2-SSA1,69 17Section 69 . 70.65 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,27,2018 70.65 (2) (a) 2. Identify For assessments made before January 1, 2024, identify
19the name and address of the owners of all taxable personal property within the
20taxation district and the assessed value of each owner's taxable personal property.
SB2-SSA1,70 21Section 70 . 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,27,2422 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) With respect to each description of real property and each
23owner of taxable personal property and the personal property assessments made
24before January 1, 2024
:
SB2-SSA1,71 25Section 71 . 70.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,28,7
170.68 (1) Collection in certain cities. In For taxes levied before January 1,
22024, in
cities authorized to act under s. 74.87, the chief of police shall collect all state,
3county, city, school, and other taxes due on personal property as shall then remain
4unpaid, and the chief of police shall possess all the powers given by law to town
5treasurers for the collection of such taxes, and be subject to the liabilities and entitled
6to the same fees as town treasurers in such cases, but such fees shall be turned over
7to the city treasurer and become a part of the general fund.
SB2-SSA1,72 8Section 72 . 70.73 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,28,159 70.73 (1) (b) If a town, village, or city clerk or treasurer discovers that personal
10property has been assessed to the wrong person for assessments made before
11January 1, 2024
, or 2 or more parcels of land belonging to different persons have been
12erroneously assessed together on the tax roll, the clerk or treasurer shall notify the
13assessor and all parties interested, if the parties are residents of the county, by notice
14in writing to appear at the clerk's office at some time, not less than 5 days thereafter,
15to correct the assessment roll.
SB2-SSA1,73 16Section 73 . 70.73 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,28,2217 70.73 (1) (c) At the time and place designated in the notice given under par. (b),
18the assessment roll shall be corrected by entering the correct names of the persons
19liable to assessment, both as to real and personal property, describing each parcel of
20land and giving the proper valuation to each parcel separately owned. The total
21valuation given to the separate tracts of real estate shall be equal to the valuation
22given to the same property when the several parcels were assessed together.
SB2-SSA1,74 23Section 74 . 70.73 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,29,324 70.73 (1) (d) The valuation of parcels of land or correction of names of persons
25whose personal property is assessed under this subsection
may be made at any time

1before the tax roll is returned to the county treasurer for the year in which the tax
2is levied. The valuation or correction of names, when made under this subsection,
3shall be held just and correct and be final and conclusive.
SB2-SSA1,75 4Section 75 . 70.84 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,29,25 570.84 Inequalities may be corrected in subsequent year. If any such
6reassessment cannot be completed in time to take the place of the original
7assessment made in such district for said year, the clerk of the district shall levy and
8apportion the taxes for that year upon the basis of the original assessment roll, and
9when the reassessment is completed the inequalities in the taxes levied under the
10original assessment shall be remedied and compensated in the levy and
11apportionment of taxes in such district next following the completion of said
12reassessment in the following manner: Each tract of real estate, and, as to personal
13property assessments made before January 1, 2024, each taxpayer, whose tax shall
14be determined by such reassessment to have been relatively too high, shall be
15credited a sum equal to the amount of taxes charged on the original assessment in
16excess of the amount which would have been charged had such reassessment been
17made in time; and each tract of real estate, and, as to personal property assessments
18made before January 1, 2024
, each taxpayer, whose tax shall be determined by such
19reassessment to have been relatively too low, shall be charged, in addition to all other
20taxes, a sum equal to the difference between the amount of taxes charged upon such
21unequal original assessment and the amount which would have been charged had
22such reassessment been made in time. The department of revenue, or its authorized
23agent, shall at any time have access to all assessment and tax rolls herein referred
24to for the purpose of assisting the local clerk and in order that the results of the
25reassessment may be carried into effect.
SB2-SSA1,76
1Section 76. 70.855 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,30,42 70.855 (1) Applicability. (intro.) The department of revenue shall assess real
3and personal property assessed as commercial property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2. if all
4of the following apply:
SB2-SSA1,77 5Section 77 . 70.855 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,30,96 70.855 (1) (a) The property owner and the governing body of the municipality
7where the property is located submit a written request to the department on or before
8March 1 of the year of the assessment to have the department assess the property
9owner's real and personal commercial property located in the municipality.
SB2-SSA1,78 10Section 78 . 70.855 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,30,1211 70.855 (1) (b) The written request submitted under par. (a) specifies the items
12of personal property and
parcels of real property for the department's assessment.
SB2-SSA1,79 13Section 79 . 70.995 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,31,414 70.995 (1) (a) In this section “manufacturing property" includes all lands,
15buildings, structures and other
real property, as defined in s. 70.03, used in
16manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabricating, making, or milling tangible
17personal property for profit. Manufacturing property also includes warehouses,
18storage facilities, and office structures in this state when the predominant use of the
19warehouses, storage facilities, or offices is in support of the manufacturing property,
20and all personal property owned or used by any person engaged in this state in any
21of the activities mentioned, and used in the activity, including raw materials,
22supplies, machinery, equipment, work in
process and finished inventory when
23located at the site of the activity
. Establishments engaged in assembling component
24parts of manufactured products are considered manufacturing establishments if the
25new product is neither a structure nor other fixed improvement. Materials processed

1by a manufacturing establishment include products of agriculture, forestry, fishing,
2mining, and quarrying. For the purposes of this section, establishments which
3engage in mining metalliferous minerals are considered manufacturing
4establishments.
SB2-SSA1,80 5Section 80 . 70.995 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,31,246 70.995 (4) Whenever real property or tangible personal property is used for
7one, or some combination, of the processes mentioned in sub. (3) and also for other
8purposes, the department of revenue, if satisfied that there is substantial use in one
9or some combination of such processes, may assess the property under this section.
10For all purposes of this section the department of revenue shall have sole discretion
11for the determination of what is substantial use and what description of real property
12or what unit of tangible personal property shall constitute “the property" to be
13included for assessment purposes, and, in connection herewith, the department may
14include in a real property unit, real property owned by different persons. Vacant
15property designed for use in manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabricating,
16making, or milling tangible property for profit may be assessed under this section or
17under s. 70.32 (1), and the period of vacancy may not be the sole ground for making
18that determination. In those specific instances where a portion of a description of
19real property includes manufacturing property rented or leased and operated by a
20separate person which does not satisfy the substantial use qualification for the entire
21property, the local assessor shall assess the entire real property description and all
22personal property not exempt under s. 70.11 (27
). The applicable portions of the
23standard manufacturing property report form under sub. (12) as they relate to
24manufacturing machinery and equipment shall be submitted by such person
.
SB2-SSA1,81 25Section 81. 70.995 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,32,11
170.995 (5) The department of revenue shall assess all property of
2manufacturing establishments included under subs. (1) and (2), except property not
3contiguous with or located within 1,000 feet of the parcel on which the production
4process, as defined in s. 70.11 (27) (a) 5., occurs,
as of the close of January 1 of each
5year, if on or before March 1 of that year the department has classified the property
6as manufacturing or the owner of the property has requested, in writing, that the
7department make such a classification and the department later does so. A change
8in ownership, location, or name of the manufacturing establishment does not
9necessitate a new request. In assessing lands from which metalliferous minerals are
10being extracted and valued for purposes of the tax under s. 70.375, the value of the
11metalliferous mineral content of such lands shall be excluded.
SB2-SSA1,82 12Section 82 . 70.995 (5n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2-SSA1,32,2013 70.995 (5n) (a) If the department of revenue determines that an establishment
14is engaged in manufacturing, as described in subs. (1), (2), and (3), the department
15may classify the establishment as manufacturing. The establishment shall submit
16a written request on or before July 1 of the year for which classification is desired,
17as provided under s. 71.07 (5n) (a) 9. c. or 71.28 (5n) (a) 9. c. Any establishment
18classified as manufacturing prior to January 1, 2024, is presumed to be engaged in
19manufacturing, as described in subs. (1), (2), and (3), and need not submit a request
20as provided in this paragraph.
SB2-SSA1,33,221 (b) The department may at any time investigate or audit requests submitted
22under par. (a) and may revoke a classification. A revocation under this paragraph
23may not apply retroactively, but shall take effect on the first day of the
24establishment's taxable year following the year in which the department issues a

1revocation. An establishment that submits a request under par. (a) shall notify the
2department within 60 days of any termination of manufacturing activity.
SB2-SSA1,33,113 (c) On or before December 31 of the year in which a request is timely submitted
4under par. (a), the department shall issue a notice of determination responding to the
5timely request. The department may, in its sole discretion, issue a notice of
6determination by December 31 for requests received after July 1 of the year in which
7classification is desired. The notice shall be in writing and shall be sent by 1st class
8mail or electronic mail. In addition, the notice shall specify that objections to the
9decision shall be filed with the state board of assessors no later than 60 days after
10the date of the notice, that a fee of $200 shall be paid when the objection is filed, and
11that the objection is not filed until the fee is paid.
SB2-SSA1,33,1712 (d) For purposes of this subsection, an objection is considered timely filed if
13received by the state board of assessors no later than 60 days after the date of the
14notice or sent to the state board of assessors by U.S. postal service certified mail in
15a properly addressed envelope, with postage paid, that is postmarked before
16midnight of the last day for filing. Neither the board nor the tax appeals commission
17may waive the requirement that objections be in writing.
SB2-SSA1,33,2118 (e) The state board of assessors shall investigate any objection timely filed
19under par. (d) if the fee specified under par. (c) is paid. The board shall notify the
20person objecting or the person's agent of its determination by 1st class mail or
21electronic mail.
SB2-SSA1,34,222 (f) If a determination of the state board of assessors under par. (e) results in an
23establishment not being classified as manufacturing, the person having been
24notified of the determination shall be deemed to have accepted the determination
25unless the person files a petition for review with the clerk of the tax appeals

1commission, as provided under s. 73.01 (5) and the rules of practice of the tax appeals
2commission.
SB2-SSA1,83 3Section 83 . 70.995 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2-SSA1,34,74 70.995 (7) (b) Each 5 years, or more frequently if the department of revenue's
5workload permits and if in the department's judgment it is desirable, the department
6of revenue shall complete a field investigation or on-site appraisal at full value under
7ss. s. 70.32 (1) and 70.34 of all manufacturing real property in this state.
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