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AB 675– Compensation for property market
value changes (oppose)
1000 Friends
of Wisconsin took the lead on opposing AB 675, a bill that
would have made it extremely difficult for local governments to
function and perform their state-authorized duties with respect
to land use.
AB 675 would have would required a governmental
unit that enacts or enforces a land use regulation that “restricts
the use of private real property or prohibits the development of
property that otherwise could be developed and that reduces the
fair market value of the property” to pay the property owner
compensation equal to the reduction of the fair market value of
the property.
AB 675's Chronology
Compiled by Lisa MacKinnon from 1000 Friends
of Wisconsin
On September 21st, AB 675 had a hearding before
the Assembly Committee on Property Rights and Land Management. It
successfully passed out of the committee. (See
1K Friends of Wisconsin's testimony in opposition to this bill)
On March 7th, the bill passed the full Assembly
by a vote of 54 to 38, and moved on to the Senate Committee on Housing
and Financial Institutions.
On April 12th, AB 675 had a hearing in the Senate
Committee on Housing and Financial Institutions. (See
1K Friend's of Wisconsin's testimony). On May 1st, the Senate
Committee on Housing and Financial Institutions cast a bi-partisan
4-3 vote against passage of AB 675.
Normally, this is where the bill would have stopped,
but celebration quickly turned to astonishment the next day when
the Senate leadership, in a very rare move, decided to ignore its
own committee recommendation and schedule AB 675 for a full Senate
floor vote. (See
1K Friend's of Wisconsin's press release)
On May 3rd, the Senate voted on a wide, bi-partisan
margin of 21 to 10 against passage of AB 675. Thanks to all those
who voted against this bill including all Senators on the Democratic
side of the aisle and Republican Senators Cowles, Ellis, Harsdorf,
Kapanke, Kedzie, Lasee, Olsen and Roessler. (See
1K Friend's of Wisconsin's press release)
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