Wis. Stat. § 70.51
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 70.51, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Assessment review and tax roll in first class cities.
Official statutory text
(1) The board of review in all 1st class cities, after they have examined, corrected and completed the assessment roll of said city and not later than the first Monday in November, shall deliver the same to the commissioner of assessments, who shall thereupon reexamine and perfect the same and make out therefrom a complete tax roll in the manner and form provided by law. All laws applicable to any such city relating to the making of such tax rolls shall apply to the making of the tax roll by said commissioner of assessments, except that the work of making said rolls shall be performed by the assessors and such other employees in the commissioner of assessments’ office as the commissioner of assessments shall designate. After the completion of said tax roll in the manner provided by law, the commissioner of assessments shall deliver the tax roll to the city treasurer of such city on the 3rd Monday of December in each year.
(1a) If the board of review has not completed its work within the time limited by the first Monday in November, it shall nevertheless deliver the assessment roll to the commissioner of assessments as therein required, and the commissioner of assessments shall thereupon perfect the same as though the board of review had fully completed its work thereon. In any case wherein the board of review alters the assessment after the first Monday of November and before the treasurer is required to make the return of delinquent taxes, the assessment roll and the tax roll may be corrected accordingly in the manner provided in s. 74.05 , except that the consent of the treasurer shall not be required.
(2) The county clerk of any county having a population of 750,000 or more and containing a city of the 1st class shall deliver the county clerk’s certificates of apportionment of taxes to the commissioner of assessments instead of the city clerk of such city.
History: 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1647 (19) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1983 a. 192 , 220 ; 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 , 156 , 189 , 315 , 316 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
(1a) If the board of review has not completed its work within the time limited by the first Monday in November, it shall nevertheless deliver the assessment roll to the commissioner of assessments as therein required, and the commissioner of assessments shall thereupon perfect the same as though the board of review had fully completed its work thereon. In any case wherein the board of review alters the assessment after the first Monday of November and before the treasurer is required to make the return of delinquent taxes, the assessment roll and the tax roll may be corrected accordingly in the manner provided in s. 74.05 , except that the consent of the treasurer shall not be required.
(2) The county clerk of any county having a population of 750,000 or more and containing a city of the 1st class shall deliver the county clerk’s certificates of apportionment of taxes to the commissioner of assessments instead of the city clerk of such city.
History: 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1647 (19) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1983 a. 192 , 220 ; 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 , 156 , 189 , 315 , 316 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
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