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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1108
February 23, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives WITTKE, DUCHOW, S. JOHNSON,
MAXEY, MOSES, MURSAU and O'CONNOR, cosponsored by Senators JAMES and
WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Education.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to renumber and amend 117.01; to amend 16.967 (6) (a); and to create
16.967 (6) (c), 70.09 (2) (e), 115.28 (12), 117.01 (2) and 236.12 (2) (ar) of the
statutes; relating to: school district boundary adjustments for lots in newly
created subdivisions and requiring school district boundary mapping that is
compatible with the statewide digital map.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires that various state agencies annually submit to the
Department of Administration a plan to integrate land information so that the
information is readily available for use by any state, local governmental unit, or
public utility. Under current law, DOA must receive the land information integration
plans by March 31 of each year. Under the bill, the Department of Public Instruction
is also required to annually provide a land information integration plan.
The bill requires the land information officer of each county to annually submit
to DPI a digital mapping file of the boundaries of each school district in whole or in
part within the county. In addition, the real property lister of each county must
assign each lot in a subdivision created after the bill's effective date to the
appropriate school district and notify DPI of that assignment. Under the bill, if the
lot includes the boundary of two or more school districts, the real property lister must
assign the lot to the school district that encompasses more than 50 percent of the lot's
property. However, lots created by the subdivision platting process designated as
next phase or identified as for future development and being greater than five acres
are not subject to school district reassignment by the real property lister.
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Finally, the state superintendent must annually publish and maintain a
statewide school district boundary layer that is compatible with the statewide digital
map maintained by DPI.
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:
SECTION 1. 16.967 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.967 (6) (a) By March 31 of each year, the department of administration, the
department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of safety
and professional services, the department of health services, the department of
natural resources, the department of tourism, the department of revenue, the
department of transportation, the department of public instruction, the board of
regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the public service commission, and
the board of curators of the historical society shall each submit to the department a
plan to integrate land information to enable such information to be readily
translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced for use by any state, local
governmental unit, or public utility. Upon receipt of this information, the
department shall integrate the information to enable the information to be used to
meet land information data needs. The integrated information shall be readily
translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced to enable members of the
public to use the information.
SECTION 2. 16.967 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
16.967 (6) (c) No later than March 31, 2025, and no later than March 31 in each
year thereafter, the land information officer of each county shall submit to the
department of public instruction a digital mapping file of the boundaries of each
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school district in whole or in part within the county, identified by the applicable
taxing jurisdictions in the most recent tax assessment year.
SECTION 3. 70.09 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
70.09 (2) (e) To assign a lot in a subdivision, as defined in s. 236.02 (12), that
is created after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], to the
appropriate school district and notify the department of public instruction of that
assignment. For purposes of this paragraph, if the lot includes the boundary of 2 or
more school districts, the real property lister shall assign the lot to the school district
that encompasses more than 50 percent of the lot's property. Those lots created by
the subdivision platting process designated as next phase or identified as for future
development and being greater than 5 acres are not subject to school district
reassignment as prescribed in this paragraph.
SECTION 4. 115.28 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (12) SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; STATEWIDE DATA SET. (a) By March 1,
2025, and annually thereafter, publish and maintain a statewide school district
boundary layer that is compatible with the statewide digital map maintained by the
department of public instruction.
(b) Annually, beginning in the 2025-26 school year, submit the statewide school
district boundary layer to the U.S. bureau of the census.
SECTION 5. 117.01 of the statutes is renumbered 117.01 (intro.) and amended
to read:
117.01 Applicability. (intro.) This chapter does not apply to any of the
following:
(1) A school district reorganization affecting a school district operating under
ch. 119.
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SECTION 6. 117.01 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
117.01 (2) A school district reorganization under s. 70.09 (2) (e).
SECTION 7. 236.12 (2) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
236.12 (2) (ar) If a final plat includes a lot that may be assigned to a school
district by a real property lister under s. 70.09 (2) (e), within 2 days after the final
plat is submitted under par. (ac), the department shall transmit an electronic copy
of the plat, or, if the department prefers, 2 legible hard copies of the plat, to the clerk
of each school district included in the plat.
SECTION 8.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) INITIAL STATEWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY LAYER.
(a) By no later than the last day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective
date of this paragraph, each county land information officer shall submit to the
department of public instruction a digital mapping file that includes the boundaries
of each school district in the county that is consistent with how parcels were taxed
in the most recent tax assessment year.
(b) The department of public instruction shall identify any differences between
school district boundary maps maintained by the department and the mapping files
submitted by county land information officers under par. (a).
(c) By no later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective
date of this paragraph, the department of public instruction, in coordination with
county real property listers and land information officers, shall confirm school
district boundaries in each county and prepare a statewide school district boundary
layer that is compatible with the statewide digital map maintained by the
department. The department shall submit the school district boundaries, as
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confirmed under this paragraph, to the department of administration and the U.S.
bureau of the census.
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