Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 21-77, (1977)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided March 9, 1977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ANTHONY S. EARL, Secretary Department of Natural Resources
Your predecessor in office asked my opinion on three questions involving the applicability of the forest crop law — subch. 1, ch. 77, Stats. — to land owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
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The first question is whether property transferred to the University for the purpose of forestry and timber studies and related research, including biological studies, is to be treated as other than agricultural property and exempt from property taxation under sec. 70.11, Stats. No inquiry was made as to the authority…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Department of Public Instruction v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- State ex rel. Wisconsin University Building Corp. v. BareisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1950
- City of Marshfield v. Town of CameronWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
- Aberg v. MoeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
- State (Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin) v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
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