AB 480

introduction

This bill makes various changes relating to the following:

1. Review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state

electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings.

2. The legal description required for recording an easement for the

construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities.

3. Expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing

development and requiring a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees.

4. The effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or

authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations.

5. Exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight

limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations.

6. Eliminating the forestation state property tax.

7. Reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect

housing.

8. General permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water.

review of state electrical wiring code

This bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services to review,

once every six years, those portions of the state electrical wiring code that apply to

one-family and two-family dwellings. In reviewing the code, DSPS must consult

with the Uniform Dwelling Code Council and any council or committee created by

the secretary of DSPS to advise DSPS regarding the code.

formal requisites for recording sewer easements

This bill provides that a document that is recorded in the real estate records

does not need to contain a full legal description of an easement for the construction,

operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities. Under current law, with

certain exceptions, a document that affects title to land in this state that is recorded

in the real estate records must contain a full legal description of the property affected

by the document. One exception provides that a full legal description is not required

for a description of an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of

electric, gas, railroad, water, telecommunications, or telephone lines or facilities.

The bill adds sewers to the types of easements that are not required to have a full

legal description.

tax incremental financing, impact fees

This bill authorizes the creation of workforce housing development tax

incremental districts and changes the method of imposing certain impact fees.

Under the current tax incremental financing program, a city or village may

create a TID in part of its territory to foster development under certain conditions.

Currently, towns and counties also have a limited ability to create a TID under

certain limited circumstances. Before a city or village may create a TID, several