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WI Stat § 66.1207 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1207 - Penalties; evidence.

66.1207  Penalties; evidence. (1) (a) Any person who secures or assists in securing dwelling accommodations under s. 66.1205 by intentionally making false representations in order to receive more than $1,000 but less than $2,500 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.(b) Any person who secures or assists in securing dwelling accommodations under s. 66.1205 by intentionally making false representations in order to receive at least $2,500 but not more than $25,000 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled is guilty of a Class I felony.(c) Any person who secures or assists in securing dwelling accommodations under s. 66.1205 by intentionally making false representations in order to receive more than $25,000 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled is guilty of a Class H felony. (2) Any administrator or employee of an authority under s. 66.1205 who receives or solicits any commission or derives or seeks to obtain any personal financial gain through any contract for the rental or lease of dwelling accommodations under s. 66.1205 shall be punished under s. 946.13. (3) Any person who receives assistance for dwelling accommodations under s. 66.1205, who has been notified by the authority of the obligation to report an increase in income or assets that would reduce the amount of that assistance and who intentionally fails to notify the authority of the receipt of income or assets is subject to one of the following:(a) The penalty under sub. (1) (a) if the failure to report results in the receipt of more than $1,000 and less than $2,500 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled.(b) The penalty under sub. (1) (b) if the failure to report results in the receipt of at least $2,500 but not more than $25,000 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled.(c) The penalty under sub. (1) (c) if the failure to report results in the receipt of more than $25,000 in financial assistance for which the person would not otherwise be entitled.History:  1987 a. 173, 403; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 283; 1999 a. 150 ss. 391 to 393; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1207; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 66.1209 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1209 - Housing authorities; cooperation in housing projects.

66.1209  Housing authorities; cooperation in housing projects. (1) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it may act, any state public body may do any of the following:(a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the federal government.(b) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it may undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects.(c) Cause services to be furnished to the authority of the character which it otherwise may furnish.(d) Subject to the approval of the council, furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it may undertake.(e) Enter into agreements with a housing authority or the federal government respecting action to be taken by the state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211. The agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary.(f) Any and all things, necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects.(g) Purchase or legally invest in any of the bonds of a housing authority and exercise all of the rights of any holder of the bonds. (2) With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no state public body may require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to the construction. (3) In connection with any public improvements made by a state public body in exercising the powers granted in ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, the state public body may incur the entire expense of the public improvements. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.History:  1995 a. 225; 1999 a. 150 ss. 394 to 396; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1209.
WI Stat § 66.1307 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1307 - Urban redevelopment; regulation of corporations.

66.1307  Urban redevelopment; regulation of corporations. (1) Application of other corporation laws to redevelopment corporations. The provisions of the general corporation law apply to redevelopment corporations, unless the provisions are in conflict with the provisions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329. (2)  Consideration for issuance of stock, bonds or income debentures. (a) No redevelopment corporation may issue stocks, bonds or income debentures, except for money or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of the corporation or services actually performed for the corporation.(b) A redevelopment corporation may pay interest on its income debentures or dividends on its stock during any dividend year, unless, at the time of an intended payment, a default exists under any amortization requirements with respect to its indebtedness. (3)  Determination of development cost.  (a) Upon the completion of a development a redevelopment corporation shall, or upon the completion of a principal part of a development a redevelopment corporation may, file with the planning commission an audited statement of the development cost. Within a reasonable time after the filing of the statement, the planning commission shall determine the development cost applicable to the development or portion of the development and shall issue to the redevelopment corporation a certificate stating the amount of the development cost so determined.(b) A redevelopment corporation may, whether prior or subsequent to the undertaking of any contract or expense, apply to the planning commission for a ruling as to whether any particular item and amount of cost may be included in development cost when finally determined by the planning commission. The planning commission shall, within a reasonable time after the application, render a ruling, and if it is ruled that any item of cost may be included in development cost, the amount of the cost shall be included in development cost when finally determined. (4)  Regulation of redevelopment corporations. A redevelopment corporation shall do all of the following:(a) Furnish to the planning commission financial information, statements, audited reports or other material that the commission requires, each of which shall conform to such standards of accounting and financial procedure that the planning commission by general regulation prescribes, except that the planning commission may not require a regular report more often than once every 6 months.(b) Establish and maintain depreciation and other reserves, surplus and other accounts that the planning commission reasonably requires.History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 409, 410, 412.
WI Stat § 66.1309 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1309 - Urban redevelopment; transfer of land.

66.1309  Urban redevelopment; transfer of land. (1) In this section:(a) “Bank" means a corporation organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law.(b) “Conservator" means any of the following:1. The division of banking as conservator, liquidator, or rehabilitator of any person, partnership, or corporation, and persons, partnerships, and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law.2. The commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator, or rehabilitator of any person, partnership, or corporation.(c) “Fiduciary" means a personal representative, trustee, guardian, or other person holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity.(d) “Governmental unit" means the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, and all public officers. (2) Notwithstanding any other law or the absence of direct provision for transfer of land in the instrument under which a fiduciary is acting, every fiduciary, unless the instrument under which the fiduciary is acting expressly forbids, and every governmental unit, bank, or conservator that owns or holds any real property within a development area may do all of the following:(a) Grant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any real property to a redevelopment corporation.(b) Receive and hold any cash, stocks, income debentures, mortgages, or other securities or obligations, secured or unsecured, exchanged for the transfer by the redevelopment corporation.(c) Execute instruments and do acts that are considered necessary or desirable by them or it and by the redevelopment corporation in connection with the development and the development plan.History:  1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 414; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1309; 2001 a. 102.
WI Stat § 66.1311 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1311 - Urban redevelopment; acquisition of land.

66.1311  Urban redevelopment; acquisition of land. (1) A redevelopment corporation may acquire real property or secure options in its own name or in the name of nominees to acquire real property, by gift, grant, lease, purchase or otherwise. (2) A city may, upon request by a redevelopment corporation, acquire, or obligate itself to acquire, for the redevelopment corporation real property included in a certificate of approval of condemnation, by gift, grant, lease, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, according to the provisions of any law applicable to the acquisition of real property by the city. Real property acquired by a city for a redevelopment corporation shall be conveyed by the city to the redevelopment corporation upon payment to the city of all sums expended or required to be expended by the city in the acquisition of the real property, or leased by the city to the redevelopment corporation, upon terms agreed upon between the city and the redevelopment corporation to carry out the purposes of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329. (3) The provisions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 with respect to the condemnation of real property by a city for a redevelopment corporation prevail over the provisions of any other law.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 415; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1311.
WI Stat § 66.1315 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1315 - Urban redevelopment; continued use of land by prior owner.

66.1315  Urban redevelopment; continued use of land by prior owner. (1) When title to real property has vested in a redevelopment corporation or city, the redevelopment corporation or city may agree with the previous owners of the property, any tenants continuing to occupy or use it, or any other persons who may occupy or use or seek to occupy or use the property, that the former owner, tenant or other persons may occupy or use the property upon the payment of a fixed sum of money for a definite term or upon the payment periodically of an agreed sum of money. The occupation or use may not be construed as a tenancy from month to month, nor require the giving of notice by the redevelopment corporation or the city for the termination of occupation or use or the right to occupation or use. Immediately upon the expiration of the term for which payment has been made the redevelopment corporation or city is entitled to possession of the real property and may maintain summary proceedings or obtain a writ of assistance, and is entitled to any other remedy provided by law for obtaining immediate possession. A former owner, tenant or other person occupying or using real property may not be required to give notice to the redevelopment corporation or city at the expiration of the term for which that person has made payment for occupation or use, as a condition to that person's cessation of occupation or use and termination of liability. (2) If a city has acquired real property for a redevelopment corporation, the city shall, in transferring title to the redevelopment corporation, deduct from the consideration or other moneys which the redevelopment corporation has become obligated to pay to the city for this purpose, and credit the redevelopment corporation with, the amounts received by the city as payment for temporary occupation and use of the real property by a former owner, tenant, or other person, less the cost and expense incurred by the city for the maintenance and operation of the real property.History:  1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 s. 417; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1315.
WI Stat § 66.1317 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1317 - Urban redevelopment; borrowing; mortgages.

66.1317  Urban redevelopment; borrowing; mortgages. (1) A redevelopment corporation may borrow funds and secure the repayment of the funds by mortgage. Every mortgage shall contain reasonable amortization provisions and may be a lien upon no other real property except that forming the whole or a part of a single development area. (2) (a) Certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests in, or any part of an issue of, these instruments, which are issued by a redevelopment corporation and secured by a first mortgage on all or part of the real property of the redevelopment corporation are securities in which all of the following persons, partnerships or corporations and public bodies or public officers may legally invest the funds within their control:1. Every personal representative, trustee, guardian, committee, or other person or corporation holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity.2. The state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies and all public officers.3. Persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, including savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, bankers and private banking corporations.4. The division of banking as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation and persons, partnerships or corporations organized under or subject to chs. 600 to 646.5. The commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation.(b) The principal amount of the securities described in par. (a) may not exceed the limits, if any, imposed by law for investments by the person, partnership, corporation, public body or public officer making the investment. (3) A mortgage on the real property in a development area may create a first lien, or a 2nd or other junior lien, upon the real property. (4) The limits as to principal amount secured by mortgage referred to in sub. (2) do not apply to certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests in, or any part of an issue of, these instruments, which are secured by first mortgage on real property in a development area, which the federal housing administrator has insured or has made a commitment to insure under the national housing act. A person, partnership, corporation, public body or public officer described in sub. (2) may receive and hold any debentures, certificates or other instruments issued or delivered by the federal housing administrator, pursuant to the national housing act, in compliance with the contract of insurance of a mortgage on all or part of real property in the development area.History:  1977 c. 339 s. 43; 1979 c. 89; 1995 a. 27, 225; 1999 a. 150 ss. 418, 419; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1317; 2001 a. 102.
WI Stat § 66.1319 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1319 - Urban redevelopment; sale or lease of land.

66.1319  Urban redevelopment; sale or lease of land. (1) A local governing body may by resolution determine that real property, title to which is held by the city, specified and described in the resolution, is not required for use by the city and may authorize the city to sell or lease the real property to a redevelopment corporation, if the title of the city to the real property is not inalienable. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or ordinance, a sale or lease authorized under sub. (1) may be made without appraisal, public notice or public bidding for a price or rental amount and upon terms agreed upon between the city and the redevelopment corporation to carry out the purposes of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329. The term of the lease may not exceed 60 years with a right of renewal upon the same terms. (3) Before any sale or lease to a redevelopment corporation is authorized, a public hearing shall be held by the local governing body to consider the proposed sale or lease. (4) Notice of such hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. (5) The deed or lease of real property shall be executed in the same manner as a deed or lease by the city of other real property owned by it and may contain appropriate conditions and provisions to enable the city to reenter the real property if the redevelopment corporation violates of any of the provisions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 relating to the redevelopment corporation or violates the conditions or provisions of the deed or lease. (6) A redevelopment corporation purchasing or leasing real property from a city may not, without the written approval of the city, use the real property for any purpose except in connection with its development. The deed shall contain a condition that the redevelopment corporation will devote the real property only for the purposes of its development subject to the restrictions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329, for breach of which the city may reenter and repossess itself of the real property.History:  1995 a. 225; 1999 a. 150 ss. 420, 421; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1319.
WI Stat § 66.1321 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1321 - Urban redevelopment; city lease to, terms.

66.1321  Urban redevelopment; city lease to, terms. If real property of a city is leased to a redevelopment corporation: (1) The lease may provide that all improvements shall be the property of the lessor. (2) The lessor may grant to the redevelopment corporation the right to mortgage the fee of the real property and enable the redevelopment corporation to give as security for its notes or bonds a first lien upon the land and improvements. (3) The execution of a lease does not impose upon the lessor any liability or obligation in connection with or arising out of the financing, construction, management or operation of a development involving the leased land. The lessor may not, by executing the lease, incur any obligation or liability with respect to the leased premises other than may devolve upon the lessor with respect to premises not owned by it. The lessor, by consenting to the execution by a redevelopment corporation of a mortgage upon the leased land, does not assume, and the consent may not be construed as imposing upon the lessor, any liability upon the note or bond secured by the mortgage. (4) The lease may reserve any easements or other rights in connection with the real property that are considered necessary or desirable for the future planning and development of the city and the extension of public facilities in the city, including the construction of subways and conduits and the widening and changing of grade of streets. The lease may contain any other provisions for the protection of the parties that are not inconsistent with the provisions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329.History:  1995 a. 225; 1999 a. 150 s. 422; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1321.
WI Stat § 66.1323 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1323 - Urban redevelopment; aids and appropriations.

66.1323  Urban redevelopment; aids and appropriations. (1) A local governing body may appropriate moneys for the purpose of, and may borrow or accept grants from the federal or state governments or any of their agencies, for the acquisition of lands required to carry out the plan or the purposes mentioned in s. 66.1325. The local governing body may enter into contracts, mortgages, trust indentures or other agreements as the federal government requires. (2) A city may appropriate moneys for the purpose of making plans and surveys to carry out redevelopment and for any purpose required to carry out the intention of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329.History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 423, 424, 427.
WI Stat § 66.1325 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1325 - Urban redevelopment; city improvements.

66.1325  Urban redevelopment; city improvements. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of any redevelopment plan located within the area in which it is authorized to act, a local governing body may, upon terms, with or without consideration, that it determines, do all of the following: (1) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects. (2) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 425; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1325.
WI Stat § 66.1327 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1327 - Urban redevelopment; construction of statute; conflict of laws; supplemental powers.

66.1327  Urban redevelopment; construction of statute; conflict of laws; supplemental powers. (1) Sections 66.1301 to 66.1329 shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes of urban redevelopment, and the enumeration of specific powers does not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 or to exclude other powers comprehended in the general grant. (2) If ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 are inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of these sections are controlling. (3) The powers conferred by ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 428, 429, 431, 433.