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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 405

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Relating to: providing evidence in defense of a claim for excessive assessment.

Circuit court Claims Evidence Property tax — Assessment

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law allows a property owner to recover the amount of property taxes

paid as a result of what the property owner believes is an excessive property tax

assessment. The property owner must file a claim with the taxation district where

the property is located. If the taxation district denies the claim, the property owner

may commence an action in circuit court to recover the amount of the claim. This bill

provides that the taxation district may present as evidence to the circuit court

appraisals to support the challenged assessment and the court may not reject any

such appraisal solely because the valuation determined by the appraisal is higher

than the assessment.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Olsen (R)

5 cosponsors

Edming (R) , Hintz (D) , Novak (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R)

Full history

  1. Sep 14, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Bewley and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Hintz, Edming, Steffen and Tusler

  2. Sep 14, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government

  3. Dec 5, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Olsen

  4. Dec 5, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Olsen

  5. Dec 12, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1