Ordinance Amendment to ordinance sections 2.102, 2.106, 2.108, 2.109 & 2.111

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
No Fiscal Impact
Decision Impact: 
Significant
FTE Impact: 
No
Funding Source: 
Other (see budget status)

Purpose

Update Ordinance Sections due to legislative changes.

Background

BACKGROUND: In the case of Tyler v. Hennepin County the United States Supreme Court found that the County may only retain the amount of unpaid taxes owed to the County and shall return any excess to the former property owner.  After this ruling, the Wisconsin Legislature made changes the tax foreclosure laws to come into conformity with the United States Supreme Court ruling. The changes include, returning any amounts greater than the taxes owed on the property to the former owner, removing the ability of the County to keep a tax foreclosed property or to transfer property to a municipality or the DNR, amongst other changes.  The Sauk County ordinances need to be amended to reflect the changes in the law.

Resolution Files: 
File act_207_ord._amendment.docx
PDF icon act_207_ord._amendment.pdf

Resolution Body

Section 1.  Any existing ordinances, codes, resolutions, or portions thereof in conflict with this ordinance shall be and hereby are repealed as far as any conflict exists.

Section 2.  This ordinance shall take effect the day after passage and publication as required by law.

Section 3.  If any claims, provisions or portions of this ordinance are adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.

            Section 4. Section 2.102, 2.106, 2.108, 2.109 & 2.111 of the General Code of Sauk County, Wisconsin, is amended as follows [additions noted by underline, deletions noted by strikethrough]:

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Committee Review 1: 
Pending
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