Section 77.89. Distribution of moneys received.

 

(1)   Payment to municipalities.

(a) By June 30 of each year, the department, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bv) , shall pay 100 percent of each payment received under s. 77.84 (3) (b) and 100 percent of each withdrawal tax payment received under s. 77.88 (7) to the treasurer of each municipality in which is located the land to which the payment applies.

(b) The department shall distribute from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mv) of the statutes $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 among treasurers of each municipality in which is located land subject to a managed forest land order that is designated as closed to public access under s. 77.83 (1) . The department shall distribute to each municipal treasurer an amount in proportion to the number of acres of closed land in that municipality. The department shall make the payments for fiscal year 2015-16 before July 1, 2016. The department shall make the payments for fiscal year 2016-17 before July 1, 2017.

(c) The department shall distribute from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (dy) $4,600,000 in fiscal year 2016-17, $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2017-18, and $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 among treasurers of each municipality in which is located land subject to a managed forest land order that is designated as closed to public access under s. 77.83 (1) . The department shall distribute to each municipal treasurer an amount in proportion to the number of acres of closed land in that municipality.

(2)   Payment to counties.

(a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20 percent of each payment received under sub. (1) (a) , (b) , and (c) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a) , (am) , and (bp) , 77.85 , and 77.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before November 1 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.

(b) The municipal treasurer shall pay all amounts received under s. 77.84 (2) (b) and (bm) to the county treasurer, as provided under ss. 74.25 and 74.30 . The county treasurer shall, by June 30 of each year, pay all amounts received under this paragraph to the department. All amounts received by the department shall be credited to the conservation fund and shall be reserved for land acquisition, resource management activities, and grants under s. 77.895 .

1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 228 , 327 ; 2005 a. 253 , 299 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 81 ; 2015 a. 55 , 358 . "Each municipality" in sub. (1) means every municipality where the property is presently located, not every municipality where the property has ever been located. When a parcel was annexed by a village and removed from the program, the village, and not the town that previously contained the parcel, was entitled to the withdrawal tax payment under sub. (1). Town of Somerset v. Department of Natural Resources, 2011 WI App 55 , 332 Wis. 2d 777 , 798 N.W.2d 282 , 10-1501 .