Citing decreased revenue and increased costs, the Green County Highway Committee is proposing increasing the Green County Wheel tax to $30.
The Ordinance modification being considered by the Green County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 would increase the annual county vehicle registration fee to $30.00 effective January 1st, 2024. The ordinance would sunset December 31, 2028 unless further action is taken by the County Board of Supervisors prior to that date to terminate or extend the fee imposed by this ordinance.
According to the list of current wheel tax jurisdictions maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the proposed $30 fee would be the highest county imposed fee in Wisconsin.
The current $20 wheel tax was enacted in 2018 and without any further County Board action would sunset on December 31, 2023.
Municipalities are able to enact an ordinance imposing an annual flat registration fee on all motor vehicles registered in this state which are customarily kept in the county through Wi Stat ยง341.35.
The county vehicle registration fee of $30.00 would be imposed at the time a motor vehicle is first registered and at the time of registration renewal. The fee is collected by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and is in addition to other fees required by Ch. 341, Wis. Stats.
The funds generated by this registration fee would be restricted to County Highway Department maintenance expenses.