AB1048,46 Section 46 . 70.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,18,19 70.36 (1) Any For assessments made before January 1, 2022, any person in this state owning or holding any personal property that is subject to assessment, individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, personal representative, assignee, or receiver or in some other representative capacity, who intentionally makes a false statement to the assessor of that person's assessment district or to the board of review of the assessment district with respect to the property, or who omits any property from any return required to be made under s. 70.35, with the intent of avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes on the property, shall forfeit the sum of $10 for every $100 or major fraction of $100 so withheld from the knowledge of the assessor or board of review.

AB1048,47 Section 47 . 70.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,19,4 70.36 (2) It For assessments made before January 1, 2022, it is hereby made the duty of the district attorney of any county, upon complaint made to the district attorney by the assessor or by a member of the board of review of the assessment district in which it is alleged that property has been so withheld from the knowledge of such assessor or board of review, or not included in any return required by s. 70.35, to investigate the case forthwith and bring an action in the name of the state against the person, firm or corporation so complained of. All forfeitures collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the taxation district in which such property had its situs for taxation.

AB1048,48 Section 48. 70.44 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,19,14 70.44 (1) Real or personal property omitted from assessment in any of the 2 next previous years, unless previously reassessed for the same year or years, shall be entered once additionally for each previous year of such omission, designating each such additional entry as omitted for the year of omission and affixing a just valuation to each entry for a former year as the same should then have been assessed according to the assessor's best judgment, and taxes shall be apportioned, using the net tax rate as provided in s. 70.43, and collected on the tax roll for such entry. This section shall not apply to manufacturing property assessed by the department of revenue under s. 70.995.

AB1048,49 Section 49 . 70.47 (15) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1048,50 Section 50. 70.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,19,21 70.49 (2) The value of all real and personal property entered into the assessment roll to which such affidavit is attached by the assessor shall, in all actions and proceedings involving such values, be presumptive evidence that all such properties have been justly and equitably assessed in proper relationship to each other.

AB1048,51 Section 51. 70.52 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,20,9 70.52 Clerks to examine and correct rolls. Each city, village, and town clerk upon receipt of the assessment roll shall carefully examine the roll. The clerk shall correct all double assessments, imperfect descriptions, and other errors apparent on the roll, and correct the value of parcels of real property not liable to taxation. The clerk shall add to the roll any parcel of real property not listed on the assessment roll or item of personal property omitted from the roll and immediately notify the assessors of the additions and omissions. The assessors shall immediately view and value the omitted property and certify the valuation to the clerk. The clerk shall enter the valuation and property classification on the roll, and the valuation shall be final. To enable the clerk to properly correct defective descriptions, the clerk may request aid, when necessary, from the county surveyor, whose fees for the services rendered shall be paid by the city, village, or town.

AB1048,52 Section 52. 70.53 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1048,53 Section 53. 70.65 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 70.65 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB1048,20,15 70.65 (2) (a) As shown on the assessment roll: 1. Identify, identify all the real property within the taxation district and, with respect to each description of real property, the name and address of the owner and the assessed value.

AB1048,54 Section 54. 70.65 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB1048,55 Section 55. 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,20,19 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) With respect to each description of real property and each owner of taxable personal property:

AB1048,56 Section 56 . 70.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,21,2 70.68 (1) Collection in certain cities. In For taxes levied before January 1, 2022, in cities authorized to act under s. 74.87, the chief of police shall collect all state, county, city, school, and other taxes due on personal property as shall then remain unpaid, and the chief of police shall possess all the powers given by law to town treasurers for the collection of such taxes, and be subject to the liabilities and entitled to the same fees as town treasurers in such cases, but such fees shall be turned over to the city treasurer and become a part of the general fund.

AB1048,57 Section 57. 70.73 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,21,9 70.73 (1) (b) If a town, village or city clerk or treasurer discovers that personal property has been assessed to the wrong person, or 2 or more parcels of land belonging to different persons have been erroneously assessed together on the tax roll, the clerk or treasurer shall notify the assessor and all parties interested, if the parties are residents of the county, by notice in writing to appear at the clerk's office at some time, not less than 5 days thereafter, to correct the assessment roll.

AB1048,58 Section 58. 70.73 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,21,16 70.73 (1) (c) At the time and place designated in the notice given under par. (b), the assessment roll shall be corrected by entering the correct names of the persons liable to assessment, both as to real and personal property, describing each parcel of land and giving the proper valuation to each parcel separately owned. The total valuation given to the separate tracts of real estate shall be equal to the valuation given to the same property when the several parcels were assessed together.

AB1048,59 Section 59. 70.73 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,21,22 70.73 (1) (d) The valuation of parcels of land or correction of names of persons whose personal property is assessed under this subsection may be made at any time before the tax roll is returned to the county treasurer for the year in which the tax is levied. The valuation or correction of names, when made under this subsection, shall be held just and correct and be final and conclusive.

AB1048,60 Section 60. 70.84 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,22,18 70.84 Inequalities may be corrected in subsequent year. If any such reassessment cannot be completed in time to take the place of the original assessment made in such district for said year, the clerk of the district shall levy and apportion the taxes for that year upon the basis of the original assessment roll, and when the reassessment is completed the inequalities in the taxes levied under the original assessment shall be remedied and compensated in the levy and apportionment of taxes in such district next following the completion of said reassessment in the following manner: Each tract of real estate , and, as to personal property, each taxpayer, whose tax shall be determined by such reassessment to have been relatively too high, shall be credited a sum equal to the amount of taxes charged on the original assessment in excess of the amount which would have been charged had such reassessment been made in time; and each tract of real estate , and, as to personal property, each taxpayer, whose tax shall be determined by such reassessment to have been relatively too low, shall be charged, in addition to all other taxes, a sum equal to the difference between the amount of taxes charged upon such unequal original assessment and the amount which would have been charged had such reassessment been made in time. The department of revenue, or its authorized agent, shall at any time have access to all assessment and tax rolls herein referred to for the purpose of assisting the local clerk and in order that the results of the reassessment may be carried into effect.

AB1048,61 Section 61. 70.855 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1048,22,22 70.855 (1) Applicability. (intro.) The department of revenue shall assess real and personal property assessed as commercial property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2. if all of the following apply: