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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 983
January 30, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
VanderMeer
,
Kreibich
,
Krug
,
Kurtz
and
Steffen
, cosponsored by Senators
Testin
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AB983,1,4
1
An Act
to amend
84.09 (5) (c) 1., 84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.), 84.09 (5) (c) 2. a., 84.09
2
(5) (c) 2m. (intro.), 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. a., 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. b. and 84.09 (5) (c) 3. of
3
the statutes;
relating to:
surplus property held by the Department of
4
Transportation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in general, the Department of Transportation must offer for sale property that DOT determines is not necessary for the state’s use for transportation purposes. Before conducting a public sale on a surplus parcel, DOT must contact the county, municipality, and the local school district where the parcel is located and the Department of Natural Resources to solicit interest in acquiring the parcel for public use. In general, if a county, municipality, or school district or DNR expresses interest in acquiring the parcel for public use, DOT must offer the parcel to the interested party at its appraised value, except that if the parcel is to be used for transportation or infrastructure purposes, DOT may offer the parcel for less than its appraised value.
This bill adds federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands to the group of entities that must be informed of proposed surplus property sales by DOT when the surplus property is located within the reservation or a federal Bureau of Indian Affairs service area of the tribe or band. These American Indian tribes and bands are also added to the group of entities that may obtain DOT surplus lands prior to public sale for the appraised value, or in some cases, below appraised value.
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:
AB983,1
1
Section
1
.
84.09 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,2,13
2
84.09
(5)
(c) 1. Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848
3
(1), prior to conducting a public sale on a generally marketable surplus land parcel
4
under par. (b), the department shall contact the county, municipality, and the local
5
school district where the land parcel is located and the department of natural
6
resources
and, if the land parcel is located within or near a federally recognized
7
Indian reservation or a bureau of Indian affairs service area, the federally
8
recognized American Indian tribe or band associated with that reservation or
9
service area
to solicit interest in acquiring the parcel for public use. Upon
10
notification from the department, the county, municipality, local school district,
11
American Indian tribe or band,
and department of natural resources must respond
12
to the department, stating their interest in the land for public use, within 60 days.
13
Failure to respond within 60 days constitutes noninterest in the land parcel.
AB983,2
14
Section
2
.
84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,3,2
15
84.09
(5)
(c) 2. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2m. and subject to any prior
16
action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), if a county, a municipality, a local
17
school district, or the department of natural resources
or a federally recognized
18
American Indian tribe or band in this state notified under subd. 1.
expresses
19
interest in acquiring the land for public use, the department shall offer the county,
1
municipality, local school district,
American Indian tribe or band,
or department of
2
natural resources the property at its appraised value if all of the following are true:
AB983,3
3
Section
3
.
84.09 (5) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,3,7
4
84.09
(5)
(c) 2. a. The county, municipality, local school district,
American
5
Indian tribe or band,
or department of natural resources provides a plan to the
6
department identifying the proposed public use for the land parcel and the acreage
7
involved in the public use.
AB983,4
8
Section
4
.
84.09 (5) (c) 2m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,3,15
9
84.09
(5)
(c) 2m. (intro.) If a county, municipality, or a local school district
or
10
a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band notified under subd. 1.
11
expresses interest in acquiring the land for public use related to transportation or
12
infrastructure, the department may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14)
13
(am) or 16.848 (1), offer the county, municipality,
American Indian tribe or band,
or
14
the local school district the property, for less than the appraised value of the
15
property, if all of the following are true:
AB983,5
16
Section
5
.
84.09 (5) (c) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,3,19
17
84.09
(5)
(c) 2m. a. The county, municipality,
American Indian tribe or band,
18
or local school district provides a plan to the department identifying the proposed
19
use of the property for transportation or infrastructure purposes.
AB983,6
20
Section
6
.
84.09 (5) (c) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,3,23
21
84.09
(5)
(c) 2m. b. The county, municipality,
American Indian tribe or band,
22
or local school district agrees to a permanent restriction on the use of the land for
23
the purpose identified.
AB983,7
1
Section
7
.
84.09 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB983,4,10
2
84.09
(5)
(c) 3. If the conditions of subd. 2. are met, the department shall
3
transfer ownership of the land parcel to the county, municipality, local school
4
district,
American Indian tribe or band,
or department of natural resources upon
5
receipt of the appraised value of the land parcel. If the conditions of subd. 2m. are
6
met, the department shall transfer ownership of the land parcel to the county,
7
municipality,
American Indian tribe or band,
or local school district upon receipt of
8
the agreed purchase price of the land parcel. Ownership of the land parcel shall be
9
transferred contingent upon the public use identified under subd. 2., and shall
10
remain in the ownership of the
public
entity preserving the public use.
AB983,4,11
11
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