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Wis. Stat. § 66.1309

Urban redevelopment; transfer of land

Known as the Urban Redevelopment Law

The act spans §§ 66.0101 to 66.1341 (246 sections).

1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 414; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1309; 2001 a. 102.

(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.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.