Wisconsin Code § 74.23

January settlement
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(1) SETTLEMENT. On or before January 15, the treasurer of each taxation district, except the
treasurer of a city authorized to act under s. 74.87, shall settle for
all collections received through the last day of the preceding
month as follows:
(a) Special assessments, special charges and special taxes.
The taxation district treasurer shall:
1. Pay to the county treasurer all collections of special assessments or special charges levied under ch. 88.
2. Pay to the proper treasurer all collections of special assessments, special charges and special taxes, except that occupational
taxes under ss. 70.40 to 70.421 and forest cropland and managed
forest land taxes under ch. 77 shall be settled for under s. 74.25
(1) (a) 1. to 8.
3. Retain all collections of special assessments, special
charges and special taxes due to the taxation district.
4. Retain all collections of omitted property taxes under s.
70.44, except those subject to sharing under subd. 5.
5. Pay to each taxing jurisdiction within the district its proportionate share of the taxes and interest under s. 70.995 (12) (a)
and the taxes under s. 74.315.
(b) General property taxes. After making the distribution un-

der par. (a), the taxation district treasurer shall pay to each taxing
jurisdiction within the district its proportionate share of general
property taxes, except that the treasurer shall pay the state’s proportionate share to the county. As part of that distribution, the
taxation district treasurer shall retain for the taxation district and
for each tax incremental district within the taxation district and
each environmental remediation tax incremental district created
by the taxation district its proportionate share of general property
taxes. The taxation district treasurer shall also distribute to the
county the proportionate share of general property taxes for each
environmental remediation tax incremental district created by the
county.
(2) APPROVAL OF PAYMENT NOT REQUIRED. The taxation
district treasurer shall make payments required under sub. (1)
whether or not the governing body of the taxation district has approved those payments. Following a payment required under sub.
(1), the taxation district treasurer shall prepare and transmit a
voucher for that payment to the governing body of the taxation
district.

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