77.03 Taxation of forest croplands. After the filing and recording of the order with the officers under s. 77.02 (3) the lands described therein shall be “Forest Croplands", on which taxes shall thereafter be payable only as provided under this subchapter. The enactment of ss. 77.01 to 77.14, petition by the owner and the making of the order under s. 77.02 (3) or (4) (a) shall constitute a contract between the state and the owner, running with the lands, for a period of 25 or 50 years at the election of the applicant at the time the petition is filed, unless withdrawn under s. 77.10, with privilege of renewal by mutual agreement between the owner and the state, whereby the state as an inducement to owners and prospective purchasers of forest croplands to come under ss. 77.01 to 77.14 agrees that, unless withdrawn under s. 77.10, no change in or repeal of ss. 77.01 to 77.14 shall apply to any land then accepted as forest croplands, except as the department of natural resources and the owner may expressly agree in writing and except as provided in s. 77.17. If at the end of the contract period the land is not designated as managed forest land under subch. VI, the merchantable timber on the land shall be estimated by an estimator jointly agreed upon by the department of natural resources and the owner, and if the department and the owner fail to agree on an estimator, the judge of the circuit court of the district in which the lands lie shall appoint a qualified forester, whose estimate shall be final, and the cost thereof shall be borne jointly by the department of natural resources and the owner; and the 10 percent severance tax paid on the stumpage thereon in the same manner as if the stumpage had been cut. The owners by such contract consent that the public may hunt and fish on the lands, subject to such rules as the department of natural resources prescribes regulating hunting and fishing.
History: 1971 c. 215; 1979 c. 89; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 301; 2009 a. 28.
This section creates a right of access across an owner's non-enrolled lands to reach the owner's landlocked enrolled lands for purposes of hunting and fishing. 71 Atty. Gen. 163.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
77.015 - Lands in villages included.
77.03 - Taxation of forest croplands.
77.08 - Supplemental severance tax.
77.09 - False reports, penalties.
77.10 - Withdrawal of forest croplands.
77.11 - Accounts of department of natural resources.
77.12 - Review of findings, venue.
77.13 - Termination of forest croplands program.
77.14 - Forest croplands information, protection, appropriation.
77.17 - Contracts for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway.
77.22 - Imposition of real estate transfer fee.
77.23 - Disposition of fees and returns.
77.255 - Exemptions from return.
77.256 - Local fees prohibited.
77.26 - Powers of investigation, additional fees, refunds, penalties.
77.27 - Penalty for falsifying value.
77.52 - Imposition of retail sales tax.
77.523 - Liability of marketplace providers, retailers, and marketplace sellers.
77.524 - Seller and 3rd-party liability.
77.525 - Reduction to prevent double taxation.
77.53 - Imposition of use tax.
77.535 - Increases; building materials.
77.55 - Exemptions from sales tax.
77.56 - Exemptions from use tax.
77.57 - Liability of purchaser.
77.59 - Deficiency and refund determinations.
77.60 - Interest and penalties.
77.61 - Administrative provisions.
77.62 - Collection of delinquent sales and use taxes.
77.63 - Collection compensation.
77.65 - Uniform sales and use tax administration.
77.66 - Certification for collection of sales and use tax.
77.67 - Amnesty for new registrants.
77.68 - Qualified child sales and use tax rebate for 2018.
77.70 - Adoption by county ordinance.
77.705 - Adoption by resolution; baseball park district.
77.706 - Adoption by resolution; football stadium district.
77.71 - Imposition of county and special district sales and use taxes.
77.77 - Transitional provisions.
77.79 - Relation to subch. III.
77.82 - Managed forest land; application.
77.83 - Closed, open and restricted areas.
77.84 - Taxation of managed forest land.
77.876 - Noncompliance assessment.
77.88 - Withdrawal; transfer of ownership; nonrenewal.
77.885 - Withdrawal of tribal lands.
77.89 - Distribution of moneys received.
77.895 - Grants for land acquisitions for outdoor activities.
77.905 - Procedure in forfeiture actions.
77.91 - Miscellaneous provisions.
77.935 - Single-owner entities.
77.94 - Surcharge determination.
77.95 - Interest and penalties.
77.994 - Premier resort area tax.