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1(b) Annually, in addition to the amount amounts distributed under sub. (2)
2subs. (2), (5), (6), and (7), the department of administration shall distribute $50,000
3to a county if spent nuclear fuel is stored within the county on December 31 of the
4preceding year. If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located at a production plant
5located in more than one county, the payment shall be apportioned according to the
6formula under sub. (1) (c) 2., except that the formula, as it applies to municipalities
7in that subdivision, applies to counties in this paragraph. The payment under this
8paragraph may not be less than $10,000 annually.
AB378, s. 17 9Section 17. 79.04 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB378,9,2010 79.04 (5) (a) Beginning with the distributions in 2005, if property that was
11exempt from the property tax under s. 70.112 (4) and that was used to generate power
12by a light, heat, or power company, except property under s. 66.0813, unless the
13production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside
14of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative, or by a municipal electric company
15under s. 66.0825, is decommissioned, the municipality shall be paid, from the shared
16revenue account, an amount calculated by subtracting an amount equal to the
17property taxes paid for that property during the current year to the municipality for
18its general operations from the following percentages of the payment that the
19municipality received under this section during the last year that the property was
20exempt from the property tax:
AB378,9,2121 1. In the first year that the property is taxable, 100%.
AB378,9,2222 2. In the 2nd year that the property is taxable, 80%.
AB378,9,2323 3. In the 3rd year that the property is taxable, 60%.
AB378,9,2424 4. In the 4th year that the property is taxable, 40%.
AB378,9,2525 5. In the 5th year that the property is taxable, 20%.
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1(b) Beginning with the distributions in 2005, if property that was exempt from
2the property tax under s. 70.112 (4) and that was used to generate power by a light,
3heat, or power company, except property under s. 66.0813, unless the production
4plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the
5municipality, or by an electric cooperative, or by a municipal electric company under
6s. 66.0825, is decommissioned, the county shall be paid, from the shared revenue
7account, an amount calculated by subtracting an amount equal to the property taxes
8paid for that property during the current year to the county for its general operations
9from the following percentages of the payment the county received under this section
10during the last year that the property was exempt from the property tax:
AB378,10,1111 1. In the first year that the property is taxable, 100%.
AB378,10,1212 2. In the 2nd year that the property is taxable, 80%.
AB378,10,1313 3. In the 3rd year that the property is taxable, 60%.
AB378,10,1414 4. In the 4th year that the property is taxable, 40%.
AB378,10,1515 5. In the 5th year that the property is taxable, 20%.
AB378, s. 18 16Section 18. 79.04 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB378,11,417 79.04 (6) (a) Annually, beginning in 2005, for production plants that begin
18operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production
19plant after December 31, 2003, the department of administration, upon certification
20by the department of revenue, shall distribute payments from the shared revenue
21account, as determined under par. (b), to each municipality and county in which a
22production plant is located, if the production plant has a name-plate capacity of at
23least one megawatt and is used by a light, heat, or power company assessed under
24s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813, unless the production
25plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the

1municipality; by a qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1)
2(gm); by a wholesale merchant plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (w); by an electric
3cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively; or by a municipal
4electric company under s. 66.0825.
AB378,11,85 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), each municipality entitled to a payment under
6par. (a) and each county in which such a municipality is located shall receive a
7payment equal to a portion of an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts
8that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $2,000.
AB378,11,179 (c) 1. If the production plant is located in a city or village, the city or village
10receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the amount determined under par. (b) and
11the county in which the city or village is located receives a payment equal to
12one-third of the amount determined under par. (b). If the production plant is located
13in a town, the town receives a payment equal to one-third of the amount determined
14under par. (b), and the county in which the town is located receives a payment equal
15to two-thirds of the amount determined under par. (b). If a municipality is located
16in more than one county, the county in which the production plant is located shall
17receive the county portion of the payment.
AB378,11,2318 2. For the purpose of determining the amount of the payment under par. (b),
19if a production plant is located in more than one municipality, the payment amount
20under par. (b) shall be divided among the municipalities in which the plant is located
21based on the net book value of that portion of the plant located in each municipality
22as of December 31, 2004, or as of the date on which the plant is operational,
23whichever is later.
AB378,12,324 (d) The total amount distributable to a municipality under this subsection and
25sub. (1) in any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to the municipality's

1population multiplied by $300, and the total amount distributable to a county under
2this subsection and sub. (2) in any year shall not exceed an amount equal to the
3county's population multiplied by $100.
AB378, s. 19 4Section 19. 79.04 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB378,12,155 79.04 (7) (a) Beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as
6described in sub. (6) (a), other than a nuclear-powered production plant, is built on
7the site of, or on a site adjacent to, an existing or decommissioned production plant;
8or is built on a site purchased by a public utility before January 1, 1980, that was
9identified in an advance plan as a proposed site for a production plant; or is built on,
10or on a site adjacent to, brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 (1) (a), after December
1131, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt, each municipality
12and county in which such a production plant is located shall receive annually from
13the shared revenue account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of
14megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied
15by $600.
AB378,12,2216 (b) Beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as described in sub.
17(6) (a), that is a baseload electric generating facility is built after December 31, 2003,
18and has a name-plate capacity of at least 50 megawatts, each municipality and
19county in which such a production plant is located shall receive annually from the
20shared revenue account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of
21megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied
22by $600.
AB378,13,423 (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning with payments in 2005, if a
24production plant, as described in sub. (6) (a), that derives energy from an alternative
25energy resource is built after December 31, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of

1at least one megawatt, each municipality and county in which such a production
2plant is located shall receive annually from the shared revenue account a payment
3in an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the
4production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $1,000.
AB378,13,125 2. If a production plant as described under subd. 1. fires an alternative energy
6resource together with a fuel other than an alternative energy resource, the number
7of megawatts used to calculate the payment under subd. 1. is the number of
8megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity multiplied by
9a percentage that represents the energy content of the alternative energy resource
10in the year prior to the year in which the payment is made as compared to the total
11energy content of the alternative energy resource and the other fuel in the year prior
12to the year in which the payment is made.
AB378, s. 20 13Section 20. 196.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB378,13,2014 196.20 (7) (a) In this subsection, "mitigation payment" means, as approved by
15the commission, an unrestricted or recurring monetary payment to a local unit of
16government in which an electric generating facility is located to mitigate the impact
17of the electric generating facility on the local unit of government. "Mitigation
18payment" does not include payments made or in-kind contributions for restricted
19purposes to directly address health or safety impacts of the electric generating
20facility on the local unit of government.
AB378,13,2221 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), an electric public utility may not recover in
22rates any of the following:
AB378,13,2323 1. The cost of mitigation payments paid by the utility.
AB378,14,324 2. The cost of mitigation payments paid by the owner or operator of an electric
25generating facility that the owner or operator recovers from the utility by selling

1electricity to the utility, by leasing the facility to the utility, or by any agreement
2between the owner or operator of the electric generating facility and the public
3utility.
AB378,14,64 (c) The commission shall only approve a mitigation payment agreement that
5is received by the commission before June 1, 2003, and, if the commission finds the
6agreement to be reasonable, shall not subsequently modify the agreement.
AB378, s. 21 7Section 21. Initial applicability.
AB378,14,108 (1) The treatment of sections 79.005 (1), (1b), (1d), (1f), (2m), (3), and (4) and
979.04 (1) (intro.), (a), (b) 2., and (c) 1., (2) (a) and (am) 2., (3m), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of
10the statutes first applies to distributions made on the 4th Monday in July, 2005.
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