Wisconsin § 24.04 - Administrative receipts and disbursements.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 24.04 — Administrative receipts and disbursements., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 24.04. Administrative receipts and disbursements.
24.04(1) (1) Receipts. The board shall collect from purchasers of land a fee of $5 for every certificate and $5 for every patent issued by it. The board shall pay the moneys collected, together with all moneys for expenses of advertising, damages and costs received either by redemption or resale of any public lands forfeited after being sold by the state, into the state treasury to the credit of the common school fund. The executive secretary of the board may take the acknowledgments of the board to all certificates and patents, and no fees may be charged therefor. 24.04(2) (2) Disbursements. All expenses necessarily incurred in caring for and selling public lands shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds of the sale of the land will be added. Expenses necessarily incurred in caring for public lands may include expenses for reforestation, erosion and insect control, submerged log monitoring, surveys, appraisals, soil surveys and soil mapping activities and other land management practices that serve to protect or enhance the interests of the beneficiaries of the trust funds. 24.04 History History: 1975 c. 39 s. 734 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 423 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 24.04 ("Administrative receipts and disbursements.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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