Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management
Chapter ATCP 49 - Farmland Preservation
Subchapter III - Farmland Preservation Zoning
Section ATCP 49.24 - Zoning ordinance certification expiration

(1) CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION. The certification of a farmland preservation zoning ordinance expires on the date provided in the most recent certification of the ordinance or its amendment, or, if the certification does not provide an expiration date, on the date provided under s. 91.34, Stats. If a local government with an expired ordinance does not obtain certification of a farmland preservation zoning ordinance by December 31 of the year following the expiration date, landowners covered by the zoning ordinance are not eligible to claim farmland preservation tax credits beginning in the year following the year of the expiration date.

Note: If a farmland preservation zoning ordinance expires on December 31, 2014, the political subdivision has until December 31, 2015, to obtain certification of its ordinance by the department. If the political subdivision`s ordinance is not certified by the department by December 31, 2015, all landowners with land located in the farmland preservation zoning district may not claim tax credits for tax year 2015. The political subdivision is not precluded from seeking future certification of its farmland preservation zoning ordinance.

(2) CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION EXTENSION. The secretary may delay the expiration date of the certification of a farmland preservation zoning ordinance for up to 2 years upon a written request from the political subdivision demonstrating to the secretary's satisfaction that a delay would allow the political subdivision to coordinate updating the farmland preservation zoning ordinance with other planning efforts in the political subdivision.