A municipal revenue sharing agreement must meet a number of conditions. It
must:
1. Be for a minimum term of ten years.
2. Describe the boundaries of the area within which the revenues are to be
shared in the agreement.
3. Describe the formula or other means of determining the amount of revenues
to be shared under the agreement.
4. Specify the date or dates upon which revenues agreed to be shared are to be
paid to the appropriate municipality.
5. Specify how the agreement may be invalidated after the expiration of the
minimum ten-year term.
An agreement under current law may address any other necessary and proper
matters, including any agreements with respect to services or agreements with

respect to municipal boundaries. Current law also requires that at least 30 days
before entering into an agreement the participating municipality must hold a public
hearing on the proposed agreement (public hearing notice requirements are
specified). In addition, current law provides that an advisory referendum on a
proposed agreement may be called either by the governing body of the participating
municipality or by the qualified electors of a participating municipality. In the latter
case, a petition, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least 10 percent
of the votes cast for governor in a municipality at the last gubernatorial election must
be timely filed. Time limits and notice requirements are provided for the advisory
referendum.
This bill modifies current law by authorizing a county to enter into a revenue
sharing agreement with another county or a municipality or federally recognized
American Indian tribe or band.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB293, s. 1 1Section 1. 66.0305 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,2,2 266.0305 (title) Municipal Political subdivision revenue sharing.
AB293, s. 2 3Section 2. 66.0305 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,2,54 66.0305 (1) Definition. In this section, "municipality" "political subdivision"
5means a city, village or, town, or county.
AB293, s. 3 6Section 3. 66.0305 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,2,137 66.0305 (2) Municipal Political subdivision revenue sharing agreement.
8Subject to the requirements of this section, any 2 or more municipalities political
9subdivisions
may, by a majority vote of a quorum of their governing bodies, enter into
10an agreement to share all or a specified part of revenues derived from taxes and
11special charges, as defined in s. 74.01 (4). One or more municipalities political
12subdivisions
may enter into agreements under this section with federally recognized
13American Indian tribes or bands.
AB293, s. 4 14Section 4. 66.0305 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,3,4
166.0305 (3) Public hearing. At least 30 days before entering into an agreement
2under sub. (2), a municipality political subdivision shall hold a public hearing on the
3proposed agreement. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 3 notice
4under ch. 985.
AB293, s. 5 5Section 5. 66.0305 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,3,86 66.0305 (4) (a) 4. The date upon which revenues agreed to be shared under the
7agreement shall be paid to the appropriate municipality political subdivision shall
8be specified.
AB293, s. 6 9Section 6. 66.0305 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,3,1310 66.0305 (5) Contiguous boundaries. No municipality political subdivision
11may enter into an agreement under sub. (2) with one or more municipalities political
12subdivisions
unless the municipality political subdivision is contiguous to at least
13one other municipality political subdivision that enters into the agreement.
AB293, s. 7 14Section 7. 66.0305 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB293,4,215 66.0305 (6) Advisory referendum. (a) Within 30 days after the hearing under
16sub. (3), the governing body of a participating municipality political subdivision may
17adopt a resolution calling for an advisory referendum on the agreement. An advisory
18referendum shall be held if, within 30 days after the hearing under sub. (3), a
19petition, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least 10% of the votes
20cast for governor in the municipality political subdivision at the last gubernatorial
21election, is filed with the clerk of a participating municipality political subdivision,
22requesting an advisory referendum on the revenue sharing plan. The petition shall
23conform to the requirements of s. 8.40 and shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. If an
24advisory referendum is held, the municipality's political subdivision's governing

1body may not vote to approve the agreement under sub. (2) until the report under par.
2(d) is filed.
AB293,4,93 (b) The advisory referendum shall be held not less than 42 days nor more than
472 days after adoption of the resolution under par. (a) calling for the referendum or
5not less than 42 days nor more than 72 days after receipt of the petition under par.
6(a) by the municipal or county clerk. The municipal or county clerk shall give notice
7of the referendum by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the
8municipality political subdivision, both on the publication day next preceding the
9advisory referendum election and one week prior to that publication date.
AB293,4,1610 (c) The advisory referendum shall be conducted by the municipality political
11subdivision's
election officials. The governing body of the municipality political
12subdivision
may specify the number of election officials for the referendum. The
13ballots shall contain the words "For the revenue sharing agreement" and "Against
14the revenue sharing agreement" and shall otherwise conform to the provisions of s.
155.64 (2). The election shall be conducted as are other municipal or county elections
16in accordance with chs. 6 and 7, insofar as applicable.
AB293,4,2017 (d) The election inspectors shall report the results of the election, showing the
18total number of votes cast and the numbers cast for and against the revenue sharing.
19The election inspectors shall attach their affidavit to the report and immediately file
20the report in the office of the municipal or county clerk.
AB293,4,2221 (e) The costs of the advisory referendum election shall be borne by the
22municipality political subdivision that holds the election.
AB293,4,2323 (End)
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