Amendment SA1-SB615

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 615

February 16, 2016 - Offered by Senators Hansen, Wirch, Carpenter, L. Taylor, C. Larson, Ringhand, Vinehout, Miller, Erpenbach, Risser and Shilling.

SB615-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB615-SA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 8: after "program" insert " and revenue limit adjustments and exceptions from local levy limits for safety measures".

SB615-SA1,1,4 2. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

SB615-SA1,1,5 " Section 1g. 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

SB615-SA1,1,7 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year as a result of a terrorist attack.

SB615-SA1,1 Section 1. 66.0602 (3) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB615-SA1,2,13 66.0602 (3) (m) If a political subdivision adopts a resolution to develop a safety plan for vulnerable locations within the political subdivision, the political subdivision and a local law enforcement agency, as defined under s. 121.91 (4) (pf) 1., jointly develop a safety plan for vulnerable locations within the political subdivision that specifies the purposes for which the additional amounts levied will be expended, and submits the plan to the department of justice and the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to a political subdivision in the next succeeding year is increased by $100 times the number of residents of the political subdivision or $100,000, whichever is greater. A safety plan developed under this paragraph shall include a plan for preparation for and response to a potential terrorist attack. The political subdivision may use amounts authorized to be added to the political subdivision's levy limits under this paragraph to purchase safety equipment or to fund the compensation costs of security officers. A levy limit increase under this paragraph does not increase the levy limit in any year subsequent to the year of increase and the amount of increase is not included in the political subdivision's base for determining the levy limit in any year subsequent to the year of increase.".

SB615-SA1,2,14 3. Page 7, line 15: after that line insert:

SB615-SA1,2,15 " Section 2. 121.91 (4) (pf) of the statutes is created to read:

SB615-SA1,2,20 121.91 (4) (pf) 1. In this paragraph, "local law enforcement agency" means a governmental unit of one or more persons employed full time by a city, town, village, or county in this state for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and enforcing state laws or local ordinances and the unit's employees are authorized to make arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority.

SB615-SA1,3,7 2. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by an amount equal to $100 times the number of pupils enrolled in the school district or $40,000, whichever is greater, if the school board adopts a resolution to do so, the school board and a local law enforcement agency jointly develop a school safety plan that specifies the purposes of the additional revenue, the school safety plan is consistent with the school safety plan required under s. 118.07 (4), and the school board submits the school safety plan to the department, the department of justice, and the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs. A school district shall include in a school safety plan under this subdivision plan for preparing for and handling a potential terrorist attack.

SB615-SA1,3,14 3. A school district may use the excess revenue under this paragraph to purchase school safety equipment, fund the compensation costs of security officers, plan for a potential terrorist attack, pay for expenses resulting from a terrorist attack, and for school safety expenditures consistent with the school safety plan required under s. 118.07 (4). Any additional revenue received by a school district under this paragraph is not included in the base for determining the school district's limit under sub. (2m) for the following school year.".

SB615-SA1,3,15 4. Page 8, line 1: after that line insert:

SB615-SA1,3,16 " Section 3. Initial applicability.

SB615-SA1,3,18 (1) The treatment of section 66.0602 (3) (m) of the statutes first applies to a resolution adopted by a political subdivision on the effective date of this subsection.

SB615-SA1,3,21 (2) The treatment of section 121.91 (4) (pf) of the statutes first applies to the calculation of a school district's revenue limit for the school year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.".

SB615-SA1,3,22 (End)