AB100, s. 1223 24Section 1223. 50.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,593,7
150.14 (4) Sections 77.59 (1) to (5), (6) (intro.), (a) and (c) and (7) to (10), 77.60
2(1) to (7), (9) and (10), 77.61 (9) and (12) to (14) and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes
3under subch. III of ch. 77, apply to the assessment under this section, except that the
4amount of
any assessment amount greater than $13,800,000 collected under s. 77.59
5(7) in excess of $14,300,000 in fiscal year 2003-04, in excess of $13,800,000 in fiscal
6year 2004-05, and, beginning July 1, 2005, in excess of 45% in each fiscal year
in a
7fiscal year
shall be deposited in the Medical Assistance trust fund.
AB100, s. 1224 8Section 1224. 51.05 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1225 9Section 1225. 51.05 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1226 10Section 1226. 51.30 (4) (b) 27. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,594,211 51.30 (4) (b) 27. For the purpose of entering information concerning the subject
12individual into the statewide automated child welfare information system
13established under s. 46.03 (7) (g). A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23,
1451.42, or 51.437, the department of health and family services, the department of
15corrections, or any other organization that has entered into an information sharing
16and access agreement with one of those county departments or departments and that
17has been approved for access to the statewide automated child welfare information
18system by the department of health and family services may have access to
19information concerning a client of that county department, department, or
20organization under this chapter or ch. 48 or 938 that is maintained in the statewide
21automated child welfare information system, if necessary to enable the county
22department, department, or organization to perform its duties under this chapter or
23ch. 48 or 938 or to coordinate the delivery of services under this chapter or ch. 48 or
24938 to the client. Before entering any information about an individual into the
25statewide automated child welfare information system, the person entering the

1information shall notify the individual that the information entered may be disclosed
2as provided in this subdivision.
AB100, s. 1227 3Section 1227. 51.423 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,594,144 51.423 (1) The department shall fund, within the limits of the department's
5allocation for mental health services under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o) and
6subject to this section, services for mental illness, developmental disability,
7alcoholism, and drug abuse to meet standards of service quality and accessibility.
8The department's primary responsibility is to guarantee that county departments
9established under either s. 51.42 or 51.437 receive a reasonably uniform minimum
10level of funding and its secondary responsibility is to fund programs which meet
11exceptional community needs or provide specialized or innovative services. Moneys
12appropriated under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and earmarked by the department for mental
13health services under s. 20.435 (7) (o) shall be allocated by the department to county
14departments under s. 51.42 or 51.437 in the manner set forth in this section.
AB100, s. 1228 15Section 1228. 51.423 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,595,816 51.423 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (3) (o) and (7) (b) and (o),
17the department shall distribute the funding for services provided or purchased by
18county departments under s. 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 to such county departments as
19provided under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions
20under s. 46.40 (2) and (9) (b). Each county's required match for the distributions
21under s. 46.40 (2) for a year equals 9.89% of the total of the county's distributions
22under s. 46.40 (2) for that year for which matching funds are required plus the
23amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to spend for juvenile
24delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987. Each county's required
25match for the distribution under s. 46.40 (9) (b) for a year equals 9.89% of that

1county's amounts described in s. 46.40 (9) (a) (intro.) for that year. Matching funds
2may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing funds, or private
3donations to the counties that meet the requirements specified in sub. (5). Private
4donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the county match is less
5than the amount required to generate the full amount of state and federal funds
6distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and federal funds
7equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of county
8matching funds.
AB100, s. 1229 9Section 1229. 51.437 (4rm) (c) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,596,510 51.437 (4rm) (c) 2. b. Bill the county department of developmental disabilities
11services for services provided on or after December 31, 1997, at $48 per day, if an
12independent professional review established under 42 USC 1396a (a) (31) designates
13the person served as appropriate for community care, including persons who have
14been admitted for more than 180 consecutive days and for whom the cost of care in
15the community would be equal to or less than $184 per day the daily rate for services
16under s. 46.275
. The department of health and family services shall use money it
17receives from the county department of developmental disabilities services to offset
18the state's share of medical assistance. Payment is due from the county department
19of developmental disabilities services within 60 days of the billing date, subject to
20provisions of the contract. If the department of health and family services does not
21receive any payment within 60 days, it shall deduct all or part of the amount due from
22any payment the department of health and family services is required to make to the
23county department of developmental disabilities services. The department of health
24and family services shall first use collections received under s. 46.10 as a result of
25care at a center for the developmentally disabled to reduce the costs paid by medical

1assistance, and shall remit the remainder to the county department of
2developmental disabilities services up to the portion billed. The department of
3health and family services shall use the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (gk) to
4remit collection credits and other appropriate refunds to county departments of
5developmental disabilities services.
AB100, s. 1230 6Section 1230. 59.40 (2) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,596,117 59.40 (2) (p) Cooperate with the department of workforce development with
8respect to the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical
9liability support liability program under ss. 49.22 and 59.53 (5), and provide that
10department with any information from court records which it requires to administer
11that program.
AB100, s. 1231 12Section 1231. 59.43 (1) (u) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,596,1513 59.43 (1) (u) Submit that portion of recording fees collected under sub. (2) (ag)
141. and (e) and not retained by the county to the department of administration under
15s. 59.72 (5).
AB100, s. 1232 16Section 1232. 59.43 (1) (um) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1233 17Section 1233. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,596,2118 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. Subject to s. 59.72 (5), for recording any instrument entitled
19to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds, $11 for the first page and $2 for
20each additional page, except that no fee may be collected for recording a change of
21address that is exempt from a filing fee under s. 185.83 (1) (b).
AB100, s. 1234 22Section 1234. 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,596,2523 59.43 (2) (e) Subject to s. 59.72 (5), for filing any instrument which is entitled
24to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for which no other specific fee is
25specified, $11 for the first page and $2 for each additional page.
AB100, s. 1235
1Section 1235. 59.54 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,597,42 59.54 (12) County-tribal law enforcement programs. Pursuant to adoption
3of a resolution, a board may enter into an agreement and seek funding under s.
4165.90 16.964 (7m).
AB100, s. 1236 5Section 1236. 59.72 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,597,106 59.72 (3) Land information office. The board may establish a county land
7information office or may direct that the functions and duties of the office be
8performed by an existing department, board, commission, agency, institution,
9authority, or office. If the board establishes a county land information office, the
10office shall:
AB100,597,1311 (a) Coordinate land information projects within the county, between the county
12and local governmental units, between the state and local governmental units and
13among local governmental units, the federal government and the private sector.
AB100,597,1714 (b) Within 2 years after the land information office is established, develop and
15receive approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization. The plan
16shall be submitted for approval to the department of administration under s. 16.967
17(3) (e).
AB100,597,1918 (c) Review and recommend projects from local governmental units for grants
19from the department of administration under s. 16.967 (7).
AB100, s. 1237 20Section 1237. 59.72 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,597,2321 59.72 (4) Aid to counties. A board that has established a land information
22office under sub. (3) may apply to the department of administration for a grant for
23a land information project under s. 16.967 (7).
AB100, s. 1238 24Section 1238. 59.72 (5) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,598,5
159.72 (5) Land record modernization funding. (a) Before the 16th day of each
2month a register of deeds shall submit to the department of administration $7 from
3the fee for recording or filing the first page of each instrument that is recorded or filed
4under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e), less any amount retained by the county under par.
5(b).
AB100,598,86 (b) A county may retain $5 of the $7 submitted under par. (a) from the fee for
7recording or filing the first page of each instrument that is recorded or filed under
8s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e) if all of the following conditions are met:
AB100,598,99 1. The county has established a land information office under sub. (3).
AB100,598,1210 2. A land information office has been established for less than 2 years or has
11received approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization under sub.
12(3) (b).
AB100,598,1613 3. The county uses $4 of each $5 fee retained under this paragraph to develop,
14implement, and maintain the countywide plan for land records modernization and
15$1 of each $5 fee retained under this paragraph for the provision of land information
16on the Internet, including the county's land information records relating to housing.
AB100, s. 1239 17Section 1239. 65.90 (3) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,598,1918 65.90 (3) (br) For a school district, the budget summary required under par. (a)
19shall also include all of the following:
AB100,598,2320 1. For the proposed budget, the current budget, and the budget in the previous
21fiscal year, the school district's general fund balance at the end of the fiscal year
22divided by the school district's general fund expenditures in that fiscal year,
23expressed as a percentage.
AB100,599,324 2. For the current budget and the budget in the previous fiscal year, the
25statewide average school district general fund balance at the end of the fiscal year

1divided by the statewide average school district general fund expenditures in that
2fiscal year, expressed as a percentage, as provided by the department of public
3instruction under par. (c).
AB100, s. 1240 4Section 1240. 65.90 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,599,135 65.90 (3) (c) The department of public instruction under s. 115.28, the
6department of revenue under s. 73.10 and the technical college system board under
7s. 38.04 shall encourage and consult with interested public and private organizations
8regarding the budget summary information required under pars. (a) and (b). The
9department of public instruction and the technical college system board shall specify
10the revenue and expenditure detail that is required under par. (b) 1. and 2. for school
11districts and for technical college districts. The department of public instruction
12shall provide school districts with the information required under par. (br) 2. For the
13current budget, the department shall estimate the percentage.
AB100, s. 1241 14Section 1241. 65.90 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,599,1815 65.90 (3) (d) A municipality may publish any additional budget summary
16information that its governing body considers necessary, but the additional
17information shall be reported separately from the information required under pars.
18(a), (b) and, (bm), and (br).
AB100, s. 1242 19Section 1242. 65.90 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,600,220 65.90 (5) (c) If a school board adopts a proposed budget in which the school
21district's general fund balance at the end of the fiscal year divided by the school
22district's general fund expenditures in that fiscal year exceeds an amount equal to
2390 percent of the statewide average school district general fund balance at the end
24of the previous fiscal year divided by the statewide average school district general
25fund expenditures in the previous fiscal year, as determined by the department of

1public instruction under sub. (3) (br) 2., the school board shall conduct a separate
2vote approving the excess.
AB100, s. 1243 3Section 1243. 66.0301 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,600,104 66.0301 (3) Any contract under sub. (2) may provide a plan for administration
5of the function or project, which may include but is not limited to provisions as to
6proration of the expenses involved, deposit and disbursement of funds appropriated,
7submission and approval of budgets, creation of a commission, selection and removal
8of commissioners, and formation and letting of contracts. If a commission is created,
9the employees of the commission are not employees of the municipalities that created
10the commission, unless the municipalities specify otherwise in the contract.
AB100, s. 1244 11Section 1244. 66.0305 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,600,12 1266.0305 (title) Municipal Political subdivision revenue sharing.
AB100, s. 1245 13Section 1245. 66.0305 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,600,1514 66.0305 (1) Definition. In this section, "municipality" "political subdivision"
15means a city, village or, town, or county.
AB100, s. 1246 16Section 1246. 66.0305 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,600,2417 66.0305 (2) Municipal Political subdivision revenue sharing agreement.
18Subject to the requirements of this section, any 2 or more municipalities political
19subdivisions
may, by a majority vote of a quorum of their governing bodies, enter into
20an agreement to share all or a specified part of revenues derived from taxes,
21payments received from the state, fee revenues,
and special charges, as defined in
22s. 74.01 (4). One or more municipalities political subdivisions may enter into
23agreements under this section with federally recognized American Indian tribes or
24bands.
AB100, s. 1247 25Section 1247. 66.0305 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,601,4
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.
AB100, s. 1248 5Section 1248. 66.0305 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,601,86 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.
AB100, s. 1249 9Section 1249. 66.0305 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,601,1310 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.
AB100, s. 1250 14Section 1250. 66.0305 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,602,215 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.
AB100,602,93 (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.
AB100,602,1610 (c) The advisory referendum shall be conducted by the municipal 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.
AB100,602,2017 (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.
AB100,602,2221 (e) The costs of the advisory referendum election shall be borne by the
22municipality political subdivision that holds the election.
AB100, s. 1251 23Section 1251. 66.0602 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,602,24 2466.0602 Local levy limits. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB100,603,4
1(a) "County growth factor" means a percentage equal to 60 percent of the
2percentage change in the county's January 1 equalized value due to new construction
3less improvements removed between the year before the previous year and the
4previous year, but not less than zero.
AB100,603,85 (b) "Debt service" includes debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or
6refund outstanding municipal or county obligations, interest on outstanding
7municipal or county obligations, and related issuance costs and redemption
8premiums.
AB100,603,139 (c) "Inflation factor" means a percentage equal to the average annual
10percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
11city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months
12ending on June 30 of the year in which property tax bills are mailed under s. 74.09
13(5).
AB100,603,1414 (d) "Members-elect" has the meaning given in s. 59.001 (2m).
AB100,603,1815 (e) "Municipal growth factor" means a percentage equal to 60 percent of the
16percentage change in the region's January 1 equalized value due to new construction
17less improvements removed between the year before the previous year and the
18previous year, but not less than zero.
AB100,603,1919 (f) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.
AB100,603,2020 (g) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
AB100,603,2521 (h) "Region" means any of the following areas to which a municipality is
22assigned by the department of revenue, according to the county in which the
23municipality is located, except that, if the municipality is located in more than one
24county, the municipality is considered to be located in the county that has the greater
25taxable value:
AB100,604,2
11. Region 1, consisting of the counties of Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee,
2Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, and Sheboygan.
AB100,604,53 2. Region 2, consisting of the counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake,
4Marquette, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and
5Winnebago.
AB100,604,76 3. Region 3, consisting of the counties of Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse,
7Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau, and Vernon.
AB100,604,98 4. Region 4, consisting of the counties of Adams, Forest, Juneau, Langlade,
9Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, and Wood.
AB100,604,1110 5. Region 5, consisting of the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas,
11Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, and Washburn.
AB100,604,1312 6. Region 6, consisting of the counties of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson,
13Rock, and Sauk.
AB100,604,1514 7. Region 7, consisting of the counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee,
15Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.
AB100,604,1716 8. Region 8, consisting of the counties of Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and
17Richland.
AB100,604,1918 9. Region 9, consisting of the counties of Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau
19Claire, Polk, and St. Croix.
AB100,604,24 20(2) Levy limit. (a) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no municipality
21may increase its levy in any year by a percentage that exceeds the sum of the inflation
22factor and the municipal growth factor. In determining its levy in any year, a city,
23village, or town shall subtract any tax increment that is calculated under s. 60.85 (1)
24(L) or 66.1105 (2) (i).
AB100,605,3
1(b) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no county may increase its levy
2in any year by a percentage that exceeds the sum of the inflation factor and the
3county growth factor.
AB100,605,9 4(3) Exceptions. (a) If a political subdivision transfers to another governmental
5unit responsibility for providing any service that the political subdivision provided
6in the preceding year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section
7to the political subdivision in the current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the
8political subdivision would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by
9the department of revenue.
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