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ORD1999999COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO ORDINANCE #999 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT INCOME AND EXPENSES REQUESTED BY THE ASSESOR IN PROPERTY ASSESSMENT MATTERS IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGO WHEREAS, as part of the Budget Adjustment Act, 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, a number of significant changes regarding property tax assessment appeals and Board of Review procedures were enacted; and WHEREAS, at Section 279(K) of 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 70.47(7)(af) of the Wisconsin Statutes was created; and WHEREAS, Section 70.47(7)(af), Wisconsin Statutes, requires that the municipality provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expense that is provided to the Assessor under Section 70.47(7)(af), Wisconsin Statutes, and shall provide exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of the court, NOW, THEREFORE, THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WAUKESHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Whenever the Assessor, in the performance of the Assessor's duties, requests or obtains income and expense information pursuant to Section 70.47(7)(af), Wisconsin Statutes, or any successor statute thereto, then, such income and expense information that is provided to the Assessor shall be held by the Assessor on a confidential basis, except, however, that the information may be revealed to and used by persons: in the discharging of duties imposed by law; in the discharge of duties imposed by office (including, but not limited to, use by the Assessor in performance of official duties of the Assessor's office and use by the Board of expense information provided to the Assessor under Section 70.47(7)(af), unless a court Review in performance of its official duties); or pursuant to order of a court. Income and determines that it is inaccurate, is, per Section 70.47(7)(af), not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1), Wisconsin Statutes. SECTION 2: SEVERABILITY The several sections of this ordinance are declared to be severable. If any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to the specific section or portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and shall not affect the validity of any other provisions, sections or portions thereof of the ordinance. The remainder of the ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Any other ordinances whose terms are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict. Ordinance #999 . '. SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication as provided by law. DATED THIS &DAY OF October, 1999. ATTEST a 9/9911m r First Reading: 9128199 Published this 21st day of October, 1999. L STATE OF WISCONSIN ) Milwaukee County 1 ) ss. Suzanne Sobczyk being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she is an authorized representative of The MUSKEGO SUN, a newspaper published at MUSKEGO, Wisconsin and that an advertisement of which the annexed is a true copy, taken from the said paper, was published therein on ...................................................... n ........ hB.M ... 9.1 ............... ................................. .. ..................................................... (Signed) ...... s ......... KEEPER Subscribed .... day of.. .......... .. ................. ., 19 ... ...... ..... L&&4. ... .#&&. ........