Assembly Bill 870
The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district
Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Farmland preservation
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 19, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) administers the Farmland Preservation Program, which contains some of the requirements that a farmer must meet to qualify for the farmland preservation tax credit. Under current law, one requirement for qualifying for the farmland preservation tax credit is that the farmland must either be in a farmland preservation zoning district under a certified farmland preservation zoning ordinance or be covered by a farmland preservation agreement executed by DATCP.
The 2009-11 biennial budget act, 2009 Wisconsin Act 28 , made numerous changes in the Farmland Preservation Program. Under current law, as modified by that act, farmland preservation zoning ordinances certified under former law continue to qualify farmers for the farmland preservation tax credit for a period that varies by county from December 31, 2012, to December 31, 2016, depending on the rate of population increase in the county between 2000 and 2007. After that date, farmers in a political subdivision qualify for the tax credit only if the political subdivision updates its farmland preservation zoning ordinance and DATCP certifies the zoning ordinance under the standards in current law.
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Under current law, in order to rezone land out of a farmland preservation zoning district, a political subdivision must find that the land is better suited for a use not allowed in a farmland preservation zoning district, that the rezoning is substantially consistent with the certified county farmland preservation plan, and that the rezoning will not substantially impair the agricultural use of surrounding parcels that are zoned for agricultural use. Also under current law, beginning on January 1, 2010, a political subdivision with a certified farmland preservation ordinance may not rezone land out of a farmland preservation zoning district unless the person who requested the rezoning pays a conversion fee equal to the number of acres rezoned multiplied by three times the per acre value of the highest value of cropland in the city, village, or town in which the land is located, as determined by the Department of Revenue for the purposes of use value assessment.
This bill changes the date beginning on which a conversion fee must be paid in order to have land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district in a political subdivision from January 1, 2010, to the day after the day that DATCP certifies the political subdivision's updated farmland preservation zoning ordinance.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . 15 are Republicans, 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Kitty Rhoades · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 24, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 19, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Mar 19, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 19, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Davis, Ziegelbauer, Kerkman, Vos, Gunderson, Van Roy, Ripp, Townsend, Hubler, Mursau, Roth, Kestell, Spanbauer, LeMahieu, Zigmunt, Rhoades, Huebsch and Petrowski;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Cowles, Olsen, Kedzie and Kapanke
- Mar 19, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- Mar 24, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate