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AB483 • 2025
local wheel tax referenda
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local wheel tax referenda Status: A - Local Government
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Representative Mursau withdrawn as a coauthor
Fiscal estimate received
Public hearing held
Introduced by Representatives Maxey , Behnke , Dittrich , Gundrum , B. Jacobson , Knodl , Kreibich , Mursau , Piwowarczyk and Wichgers ; cosponsored by Senators Hutton , Cabral-Guevara , Jacque , Kapenga and Nass
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
local wheel tax referenda Status: A - Local Government
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Jacobson , Knodl , Kreibich , Mursau , Piwowarczyk and Wichgers , cosponsored by Senators Hutton , Cabral-Guevara , Jacque , Kapenga and Nass . Referred to Committee on Local Government. AB483,1,2 1 An Act to amend 341.35 (1); to create 341.35 (1g) of the statutes; relating to: 2 local wheel tax referenda. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill provides that a municipal or county vehicle registration fee, commonly known as a wheel tax, may be imposed only if approved by a majority of electors voting in a referendum at a regularly scheduled election. Under current law, the governing body of a municipality or county may enact an ordinance imposing an annual flat municipal or county registration fee on all motor vehicles registered in this state that are customarily kept in the municipality or county. The fees collected are required to be used only for transportation-related purposes. Under the bill, a municipality or county that proposes to impose a registration fee is required to hold a referendum at a regularly scheduled election. The registration fee may be imposed only if approved by a majority of the electors who vote in the referendum. Registration fees imposed prior to the date on which the bill becomes law must be approved by a majority of electors voting in a referendum at a regularly scheduled election occurring not later than the first day of the 18th month beginning after the date on which the bill becomes law. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB483,1 1 Section 1 . 341.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: AB483,2,9 2 341.35 (1) Annual registration fee. In this section “municipality” means a 3 town, village or city and “motor vehicle” means an automobile or motor truck 4 registered under s. 341.25 (1) (c) at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds. 5 The Subject to sub. (1g), the governing body of a municipality or county may enact 6 an ordinance imposing an annual flat municipal or county registration fee on all 7 motor vehicles registered in this state which are customarily kept in the 8 municipality or county. A registration fee imposed under this section shall be in 9 addition to state registration fees. AB483,2 10 Section 2 . 341.35 (1g) of the statutes is created to read: AB483,2,21 11 341.35 (1g) Referendum required. (a) A municipality or county that 12 proposes to impose a registration fee under sub. (1) shall hold a referendum at a 13 regularly scheduled election. The referendum question shall be substantially as 14 follows: “Shall [name of municipality or county] impose an annual registration fee 15 of [amount of registration fee] on all motor vehicles registered in this state that are 16 customarily kept in [name of municipality or county]?” If the question submitted at 17 the referendum is approved by a majority of the electors who vote in the 18 referendum, the municipality or county may impose the registration fee beginning 19 on the first day of the 4th month beginning after the date of the referendum. If the 20 referendum question is not approved, the municipality or county may not impose 21 any registration fee. AB483,3,11 22 (b) A municipality or county that imposes a registration fee prior to the 1 effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], shall hold a referendum at a 2 regularly scheduled election occurring not later than the first day of the 18th month 3 beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]. The 4 referendum question shall be substantially as follows: “Shall [name of municipality 5 or county] continue to impose an annual registration fee of [amount of registration 6 fee] on all motor vehicles registered in this state that are customarily kept in [name 7 of municipality or county]?” If the question submitted at the referendum is 8 approved by a majority of the electors who vote in the referendum, the municipality 9 or county may continue imposing the registration fee. If the referendum question is 10 not approved, the municipality or county may not impose any registration fee after 11 the last day of the 3rd month beginning after the date of the referendum. 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