24.71 Collections from school districts.

(1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding trust fund loans to school districts.

(2) Certified statement. If a school district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the school district clerk a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is paid. The board shall furnish a copy of each certified statement to the secretary of administration and the department of public instruction.

(3) Added to school district levy. The school district clerk shall then cause the amount due to be added to the school district levy and collected in the same manner as the school district tax except the amount for state trust fund loans shall be separately designated. This subsection does not apply to revenue obligation trust fund loans.

(4) Payment to board. The school district treasurer shall remit to the board the full amount due for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month or fraction thereof, to be paid to the board with the delinquent payment.

(5) Failure to make payment. If the school district treasurer fails to remit the amounts due under sub. (4), the state superintendent, upon certification of delinquency by the board, shall deduct the amount due including any penalty from any school aid payments due the school district, shall remit such amount to the board and, no later than June 15, shall notify the school district treasurer to that effect.

History: 1971 c. 262; 1973 c. 90; 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 169; Stats. 1981 s. 24.71; 1987 a. 185; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 71.