AB40: Bill Text

AB40,1496 Section 1496. 77.54 (57d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,735,22 77.54 (57d) (a) In this subsection:

AB40,735,23 1. "Building" has the meaning given in s. 70.111 (10) (a) 1.

AB40,735,24 2. "Combined group" has the meaning given in s. 71.255 (1) (a).

AB40,735,25 3. "Machinery" has the meaning given in s. 70.11 (27) (a) 2.

AB40,736,3 4. "Qualified research" means qualified research as defined under section 41 (d) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that it includes qualified research that is funded by a member of a combined group for another member of a combined group.

AB40,736,4 5. "Used exclusively" has the meaning given in sub. (3) (b) 3.

AB40,736,9 (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of machinery and equipment, including attachments, parts, and accessories, and other tangible personal property or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c) that are sold to any of the following and that are consumed or destroyed or lose their identities while being used exclusively and directly in qualified research:

AB40,736,11 1. A person engaged in manufacturing in this state at a building assessed under s. 70.995.

AB40,736,12 2. A person engaged primarily in biotechnology in this state.

AB40,736,15 3. A combined group member who is conducting qualified research for another combined group member and that other combined group member is a person described under subd. 1. or 2.

AB40,1497 Section 1497. 77.54 (60) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,736,25 77.54 (60) (a) In this subsection, "lump sum contract" means a contract to perform real property construction activities and to provide tangible personal property, items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), or taxable services and for which the contractor quotes the charge for labor, services of subcontractors, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services as one price, including a contract for which the contractor itemizes the charges for labor, services of subcontractors, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services as part of a schedule of values or similar document.

AB40,737,7 (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services that are sold by a contractor as part of a lump sum contract, if the total sales price of all such taxable products is less than 10 percent of the total amount of the lump sum contract. Except as provided in par. (c), the contractor is the consumer of such taxable products and shall pay the tax imposed under this subchapter on the taxable products.

AB40,737,14 (c) If the lump sum contract is entered into with an entity that is exempt from taxation under sub. (9a), the contractor is the consumer of all taxable products used by the contractor in real property construction activities, but the contractor may purchase without tax, for resale, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services that are sold by the contractor as part of the lump sum contract with the entity and that are not consumed by the contractor in real property construction activities.

AB40,1498 Section 1498. 77.58 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,737,19 77.58 (1) (a) If the amount of tax for any calendar quarter exceeds $600 $1,200, the department may require by written notice to the taxpayer that the taxes imposed on and after the date specified in the notice are due and payable on the last day of the month next succeeding the calendar month for which imposed.

AB40,1499 Section 1499. 77.585 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,737,24 77.585 (10) A retailer who receives an exemption certificate after reporting a sale as taxable may either claim a deduction for the tax amount on a subsequent return or file an amended return for the period in which the transaction was originally reported.

AB40,1500 Section 1500. 77.59 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,738,22 77.59 (4) (a) Except as provided in sub. (3m), at any time within 4 years after the due date, or in the case of buyers the unextended due date, of a person's corresponding Wisconsin income or franchise tax return or, if exempt, within 4 years of the 15th day of the 4th month of the year following the close of the calendar or fiscal year for which that person files a claim, that person may, unless a determination by the department by office or field audit of a seller has been made and unless a determination by office audit of a buyer other than an audit in which the tax that is the subject of the refund claim was not adjusted has been made and unless a determination by field audit of the buyer has been made, file with the department a claim for refund of taxes paid to the department by that person. If the amount of the claim is at least $50 or if either the seller has ceased doing business, the buyer is being field audited or the seller may no longer file a claim, the buyer may, within the time period under this subsection, file a claim with the department for a refund of the taxes paid to the seller. A claim is timely if it fulfills the requirements under s. 77.61 (14). A buyer may claim a refund under this paragraph only on a form prescribed by the department, only by signing that form and only if the seller signs the form unless the department waives that requirement. If both a buyer and a seller file a valid claim for the same refund, the department may pay either claim. The claim for refund shall be regarded as a request for determination. The determination thus requested shall be made by the department within one year after the claim for refund is received by it unless the taxpayer has consented in writing to an extension of the one-year time period prior to its expiration.

AB40,1501 Section 1501. 77.62 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,739,4 77.62 Collection of delinquent sales and use taxes. (intro.) The department of revenue may exercise the powers vested in it by ss. 71.80 (12), 71.82 (2), 71.91 (1) (a) and (c), (2) to (5m) and (7), 71.92 and 73.0301 in connection with collection of delinquent sales and use taxes including, without limitation because of enumeration, the power incorporated by reference in s. 71.91 (5) (j), and the power to:

AB40,1502 Section 1502. 77.982 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,739,11 77.982 (2) Sections 77.51 (1f), (3pf), (9p), (12m), (14), (14g), (15a), and (15b), 77.52 (1b), (3), (5), (13), (14), and (18) to (23), 77.54 (51) and (52), 77.58 (1) to (5), (6m), and (7), 77.522, 77.585, 77.59, 77.60, 77.61 (2), (3m), (5), (6), (8), (9), and (12) to (15), and (19m), and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes under subch. III, apply to the tax under this subchapter. Section 77.73, as it applies to the taxes under subch. V, applies to the tax under this subchapter.

AB40,1503 Section 1503. 77.991 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,739,19 77.991 (2) Sections 77.51 (12m), (14), (14g), (15a), and (15b), 77.52 (1b), (3), (5), (13), (14), (18), and (19), 77.58 (1) to (5), (6m), and (7), 77.522, 77.585, 77.59, 77.60, 77.61 (2), (3m), (5), (6), (8), (9), and (12) to (15), and (19m), and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes under subch. III, apply to the tax under this subchapter. Section 77.73, as it applies to the taxes under subch. V, applies to the tax under this subchapter. The renter shall collect the tax under this subchapter from the person to whom the passenger car is rented.

AB40,1504 Section 1504. 77.9951 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,740,2 77.9951 (2) Sections 77.51 (3r), (12m), (14), (14g), (15a), and (15b), 77.52 (1b), (3), (5), (13), (14), (18), and (19), 77.58 (1) to (5), (6m), and (7), 77.522, 77.585, 77.59, 77.60, 77.61 (2), (3m), (5), (6), (8), (9), and (12) to (15), and (19m), and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes under subch. III, apply to the fee under this subchapter. The renter shall collect the fee under this subchapter from the person to whom the vehicle is rented.

AB40,1505 Section 1505. 77.996 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,740,7 77.996 (6) "Gross receipts" means the sales price, as defined in s. 77.51 (15b), except as provided in s. 77.585 (7), of tangible personal property and taxable services sold by a dry cleaning facility. "Gross receipts" does not include the license fee imposed under s. 77.9961 (1m) that is passed on to customers.

AB40,1506 Section 1506. 78.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,740,18 78.07 (1) Motor Except as provided in subs. (1a) and (3), motor vehicle fuel that is produced, refined, blended or manufactured, or imported for manufacturing, by any person at a refinery, marine terminal, pipeline terminal, pipeline tank farm or place of manufacture is received by a supplier when the motor vehicle fuel is removed from a refinery, marine terminal, pipeline terminal, pipeline tank farm or place of manufacture and placed in tank cars, tank trucks, tank wagons or other types of transportation equipment, containers or facilities at such refinery, marine terminal, pipeline terminal, pipeline tank farm or place of manufacture or when the motor vehicle fuel is placed in any tank or other container from which sales or deliveries not involving transportation of the motor vehicle fuel are made directly.

AB40,1507 Section 1507. 78.07 (1a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,740,23 78.07 (1a) Motor vehicle fuel shipped by pipeline spur to an airport hydrant system is received when the motor vehicle fuel is received from the main pipeline into the initial or primary storage facility or holding terminal by the owner of the storage facility or holding terminal.

AB40,1508 Section 1508. 78.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,741,3 78.07 (3) Except as provided in sub. subs. (1) and (1a), motor vehicle fuel imported is received at the time and place of unloading by the person for whose account that shipment or delivery is made.

AB40,1509 Section 1509. 78.68 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,741,9 78.68 (10) Except as provided in ss. 78.19, 78.20 (2) and 78.75 (1m) (b), s. 71.75 (2), and (4) to (7) and (10) as it applies to the taxes under ch. 71 applies to the taxes under this chapter. Section Sections 71.74 (13), 71.75 (9) and (10), 71.80 (3), 71.93, 71.935, and 73.03 (52), (52m), and (52n), as it applies they apply to refunds of the taxes under ch. 71 applies apply to the refund of the taxes under this chapter.

AB40,1510 Section 1510. 79.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,741,18 79.05 (6) (a) If a municipality transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that the municipality provided in the preceding year, its budget for the preceding year shall be decreased to reflect the cost that the municipality incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue, except that, if the municipality makes payments to the other governmental unit for providing the service, pursuant to a contract, the amount of the payments are included in its budget for the year the payments are made for the purpose of determining eligibility under sub. (2) (c).

AB40,1511 Section 1511. 79.05 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,742,2 79.05 (6) (b) If a municipality increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit in any year, its budget for the preceding year shall be increased to reflect the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue, except that, if the municipality receives payments from the other governmental unit for providing the service, pursuant to a contract, the amount of the payments are not included in its budget for the year in which the payments are received for the purpose of determining eligibility under sub. (2) (c).

AB40,1512 Section 1512. 79.095 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,742,6 79.095 (2) (a) On or before May 1 the 2nd Monday in June, the value of the property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) in each taxing jurisdiction for which the municipality assesses property.

AB40,1513 Section 1513. 79.095 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,742,18 79.095 (4) Payment. The department shall calculate the payments due each taxing jurisdiction under this section by multiplying the full value as of the January 1 of the preceding year of the property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction by the full-value gross tax rate of the jurisdiction for the preceding year. The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the first Monday in May except that, beginning in 2007, the department of administration shall make the payments on or before the 4th Monday in July. For purposes of ch. 121, school districts shall treat the payments made in July under this subsection as if they had been received in the previous school year.

AB40,1514 Section 1514. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,742,23 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amounts amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) and (qb) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.

AB40,1515 Section 1515. 83.015 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,743,12 83.015 (2) (b) In any county with a highway commissioner appointed under s. 83.01 (1) (b) or (c), the county highway committee shall be only a policy-making body determining the broad outlines and principles governing administration and the county highway commissioner shall have the administrative powers and duties prescribed for the county highway committee under par. (a), sub. (3) (a) and ss. 27.065 (4) (b) and (13), 32.05 (1) (a), 82.08, 83.01 (6), 83.013, 83.018, 83.025 (1) and (3), 83.026, 83.035, 83.04, 83.05 (1), 83.07 to 83.09, 83.12, 83.14 (6), 83.17, 83.18, 83.42 (3) and (4), 84.01 (5), 84.06 (3), 84.07 (1) and (2), 84.09 (1), (3) (a) to (c) and (4), 84.10 (1), 86.04 (1) and (2), 86.07 (2), 86.19 (3), 86.34 (1) (1m), 114.33 (5), 349.07 (2), 349.11 (4) and (10) and 349.15 (2). No statutory power, duty or function specified elsewhere for the county highway commissioner may be deemed impliedly repealed for the sole reason that reference to it has been omitted in this paragraph.

AB40,1516 Section 1516. 84.01 (30) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,743,19 84.01 (30) (g) 3. Notwithstanding any other statute except ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.848 (1), the department may sell, at the appraised value, the real estate upon which a park-and-ride facility is or may be located, if the department determines that the sale is in the best interests of the public and the department determines that the real estate will be used in a manner consistent with the state's transportation interests.

AB40,1517 Section 1517. 84.01 (33) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,744,2 84.01 (33) Highway project design inventory. (intro.) By July 1, 2014, and continuously thereafter, the department shall maintain an inventory of completed designs for highway projects such that the estimated costs of the inventory of projects for each program is not less than 65 20 percent of the annual amount of funding provided to each program. The department shall maintain an inventory for each of the following:

AB40,1518 Section 1518. 84.01 (36) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,744,4 84.01 (36) Sponsorship and partnership agreements. (a) In this subsection:

AB40,744,6 1. "Partner" means any person, whether public or private, that enters into an agreement with the department under par. (c).

AB40,744,8 2. "Sponsor" means any person, whether public or private, that enters into an agreement with the department under par. (b).

AB40,744,13 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 86.19 (1) and 86.191 (1), the department may enter into sponsorship agreements under which the department displays advertising, promotional, or sponsorship material, or other information, associated with the sponsor at locations owned or controlled by the department in exchange for the sponsor's payment of fees or provision of services to the department.

AB40,744,17 (c) Notwithstanding s. 84.25 (11), the department may enter into partnership agreements under which the department authorizes a partner to engage in commercial activity at locations owned or controlled by the department in exchange for the partner's payment of fees or provision of services to the department.

AB40,744,19 (d) All fees received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (eg).

AB40,745,5 (e) For each agreement under par. (b) or (c), the contract shall be awarded on the basis of competitive proposals in accordance with procedures established by the department. Requests for proposals shall be advertised in the manner determined by the department. Each contract shall be awarded to the person submitting the most advantageous competitive proposal as determined by the department. If the proposal of the person submitting the most advantageous competitive proposal is determined by the department to be less than the estimated reasonable value to the department or not in the public interest, the department may reject all proposals. The secretary shall enter into each contract on behalf of the state. Every such contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, 16.87, and 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752, 16.753, and 16.754 apply to the contract.

AB40,1519 Section 1519. 84.013 (3) (ak) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1520 Section 1520. 84.013 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1521 Section 1521. 84.013 (3) (kb) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1522 Section 1522. 84.013 (3) (pe) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1523 Section 1523. 84.013 (3) (rg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1524 Section 1524. 84.013 (3) (rp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1525 Section 1525. 84.013 (3) (te) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1526 Section 1526. 84.013 (3) (tg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1527 Section 1527. 84.013 (3) (tm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1528 Section 1528. 84.013 (3) (tp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1529 Section 1529. 84.013 (3) (tv) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1530 Section 1530. 84.013 (3) (tx) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1531 Section 1531. 84.013 (3) (wg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1532 Section 1532. 84.013 (3) (yd) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1533 Section 1533. 84.013 (3m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1534 Section 1534. 84.013 (3m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1535 Section 1535. 84.014 (5r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1536 Section 1536. 84.0145 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,3 84.0145 (2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (aq), (av), (ax), and (ct) and 20.866 (2) (uup) and (uur).

AB40,1537 Section 1537. 84.017 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,7 84.017 (2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any high-cost state highway bridge project may be funded only from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.395 (3) (dr), (dw), and (dy) and 20.866 (2) (uup).

AB40,1538 Section 1538. 84.02 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,19 84.02 (5) (a) As often as it deems necessary, the department shall publish highway service maps showing the state trunk highway system and such other main highways and other features as may seem desirable. Such highway service maps shall be sold by the department at a price to be fixed by it, which shall be not less than cost. The department may permit the use of the base plates its digital base map data for other maps and publications in consideration of and may charge a fair fee for such use. The department shall make and publish or duplicate such highway service maps as are required for its use, and, in only one fiscal year of each fiscal biennium, shall publish folded highway maps of Wisconsin for free distribution to the public. The department shall ensure that the folded highway maps bear information regarding the requirements of s. 347.48 (4).

AB40,1539 Section 1539. 84.06 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 84.06 (1) (intro.) and amended to read: