AB245,51 19Section 51 . 66.0441 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,31,23 2066.0441 Quarries extracting certain nonmetallic minerals. (1)
21Construction. (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authority
22of a political subdivision to regulate land use for a purpose other than quarry
23operations.
AB245,32,224 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), nothing in this section may be construed to
25exempt a quarry from a regulation of general applicability placed by a political

1subdivision that applies to other property in the political subdivision that is not a
2quarry unless the regulation is inconsistent with this section.
AB245,32,83 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from the
4application, outside of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit, of a requirement
5imposed by a political subdivision under ch. 349, a regulation of general applicability
6placed by a political subdivision that regulates access to property from roads for
7which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority, or a restriction on the
8use of roads for which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority.
AB245,32,119 (d) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from a
10restriction placed by a political subdivision regulating a nonconforming use under
11s. 59.69 (10), 60.61 (5), or 62.23 (7).
AB245,32,12 12(2) Definitions. In this section:
AB245,32,1413 (a) “Active quarry” means a quarry that has operated during the preceding
1412-month period.
AB245,32,1715 (b) “Nonmetallic mining licensing ordinance” means an ordinance that is
16enacted by a political subdivision specifically regulating the operation of a quarry
17and that is not enacted pursuant to zoning authority.
AB245,32,2018 (c) “Nonmetallic mining licensing permit” means a form of approval that is
19granted by a political subdivision pursuant to a nonmetallic mining licensing
20ordinance and that is specifically related to the operation of a quarry.
AB245,32,2221 (d) “Permit” means a form of approval granted by a political subdivision for the
22operation of a quarry.
AB245,32,2323 (e) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245,33,3
1(f) “Public works project” means a federal, state, county, or municipal project
2that involves the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public transportation
3facility or other public infrastructure and in which nonmetallic minerals are used.
AB245,33,74 (g) “Quarry” means the surface area from which nonmetallic minerals,
5including soil, clay, sand, gravel, and construction aggregate, that are used primarily
6for a public works project or a private construction or transportation project are
7extracted and processed.
AB245,33,108 (h) “Quarry operations” means the extraction and processing of minerals at a
9quarry and all related activities, including blasting, vehicle and equipment access
10to the quarry, and loading and hauling of material to and from the quarry.
AB245,33,1311 (i) “Zoning permit” means a form of approval, including a conditional use
12permit, granted by a political subdivision pursuant to a zoning ordinance for the
13operation of a quarry.
AB245,33,18 14(3) Limitations on local regulation. (a) Permits. 1. In this paragraph,
15“substantial evidence” means facts and information, other than merely personal
16preference or speculation, directly pertaining to the requirements that an applicant
17must meet to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit and that a reasonable
18person would accept in support of a conclusion.
AB245,33,2219 2. Consistent with the requirements and limitations in this subsection, except
20as provided in subd. 3., a political subdivision may require a quarry operator to
21obtain a zoning permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct quarry
22operations.
AB245,34,923 3. A political subdivision may not require a quarry operator of an active quarry
24to obtain a zoning permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct quarry
25operations unless prior to the establishment of quarry operations the political

1subdivision enacts an ordinance that requires the permit. A political subdivision
2that requires a quarry operator to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit
3under this subdivision may not impose a requirement in the nonmetallic mining
4licensing permit pertaining to any matter regulated by an applicable zoning
5ordinance or addressed through conditions imposed or agreed to in a previously
6issued and effective zoning permit. Any requirement imposed in a nonmetallic
7mining licensing permit shall be related to the purpose of the ordinance requiring the
8nonmetallic mining licensing permit and shall be based on substantial evidence. The
9duration of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit may not be shorter than 5 years.
AB245,34,1810 (b) Applicability of local limit. If a political subdivision enacts a nonmetallic
11mining licensing ordinance requirement regulating the operation of a quarry that
12was not in effect when quarry operations began at an active quarry, the ordinance
13requirement does not apply to that quarry or to land that is contiguous to the land
14on which the quarry is located, if the contiguous land has remained continuously
15under common ownership, leasehold, or control with land on which the quarry is
16located from the time the ordinance was enacted; can be shown to have been intended
17for quarry operations prior to the enactment of the ordinance; and is located in the
18same political subdivision.
AB245,34,2219 (c) Hours of operation. A political subdivision may not limit the times,
20including days of the week, that quarry operations may occur if the materials
21produced by the quarry will be used in a public works project that requires
22construction work to be performed during the night or an emergency repair.
AB245,35,223 (d) Blasting. 1. In this paragraph, “affected area” means an area within a
24certain radius of a blasting site that may be affected by a blasting operation, as
25determined using a formula established by the department of safety and professional

1services by rule that takes into account a scaled-distance factor and the weight of
2explosives to be used.
AB245,35,43 2. Except as provided under subds. 3. and 4. and s. 101.02 (7y), a political
4subdivision may not limit blasting at a quarry.
AB245,35,65 3. A political subdivision may require the operator of a quarry to do any of the
6following:
AB245,35,97 a. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, provide notice of the
8blasting operation to each political subdivision in which any part of the quarry is
9located and to owners of dwellings or other structures within the affected area.
AB245,35,1210 b. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
11conduct a building survey of any dwellings or other structures within the affected
12area.
AB245,35,1413 c. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
14conduct a survey of and test any wells within the affected area.
AB245,35,1615 d. Provide evidence of insurance to each political subdivision in which any part
16of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,1817 e. Provide copies of blasting logs to each political subdivision in which any part
18of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,2019 f. Provide maps of the affected area to each political subdivision in which any
20part of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,2221 g. Provide copies of any reports submitted to the department of safety and
22professional services relating to blasting at the quarry.
AB245,36,323 4. A political subdivision may suspend a permit for a violation of the
24requirements under s. 101.15 relating to blasting and rules promulgated by the
25department of safety and professional services under s. 101.15 (2) (e) relating to

1blasting only if the department of safety and professional services determines that
2a violation of the requirements or rules has occurred and only for the duration of the
3violation as determined by the department of safety and professional services.
AB245,36,74 5. Nothing in this section exempts a quarry operator from applicable
5limitations on the time of day during which blasting activities may be conducted that
6are imposed by rules promulgated by the department of safety and professional
7services.
AB245,36,108 (e) Quarry permit requirements. 1. A political subdivision may not add a
9condition to a permit during the duration of the permit unless the permit holder
10consents.
AB245,36,1511 2. If a political subdivision requires a quarry to comply with another political
12subdivision's ordinance as a condition for obtaining a permit, the political
13subdivision that grants the permit may not require the quarry operator to comply
14with a provision of the other political subdivision's ordinance that is enacted after the
15permit is granted and while the permit is in effect.
AB245,36,1916 3. a. A town may not require, as a condition for granting a permit to a quarry
17operator, that the quarry operator satisfy a condition that a county requires in order
18to grant a permit that is imposed by a county ordinance enacted after the county
19grants a permit to the quarry operator.
AB245,36,2320 b. A county may not require, as a condition for granting a permit to a quarry
21operator, that the quarry operator satisfy a condition that a town requires in order
22to grant a permit that is imposed by a town ordinance enacted after the town grants
23a permit to the quarry operator.
AB245,52 24Section 52. 66.0602 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,37,4
166.0602 (1) (am) “Joint fire department" means a joint fire department
2organized under s. 61.65 (2) (a) 3. or 62.13 (2m) (1m), or a joint fire department
3organized by any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, or towns under s. 66.0301
4(2).
AB245,53 5Section 53. 66.0602 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
AB245,54 6Section 54 . 66.0607 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,37,167 66.0607 (1) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) to (5) and in s. 66.0608
8(3m), in a county, city, village, town, or school district, all disbursements from the
9treasury shall be made by the treasurer upon the written order of the county, city,
10village, town, or school clerk after proper vouchers have been filed in the office of the
11clerk. If the statutes provide for payment by the treasurer without an order of the
12clerk, the clerk shall draw and deliver to the treasurer an order for the payment
13before or at the time that the payment is required to be made by the treasurer. This
14section applies to all special and general provisions of the statutes relative to the
15disbursement of money from the county, city, village, town, or school district treasury
16except s. 67.10 (2).
AB245,55 17Section 55 . 66.0608 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (title).
AB245,56 18Section 56 . 66.0608 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,37,19 1966.0608 (title) Protective services.
AB245,57 20Section 57 . 66.0608 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,37,2121 66.0608 (1) (fm) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245,58 22Section 58 . 66.0608 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (a), and
2366.0608 (3m) (a) (intro.) and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB245,38,3
166.0608 (3m) (a) General authority. (intro.) Subject to subs. (3) and (4) pars.
2(b) and (c)
, the governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance that does
3all of the following:
AB245,38,84 2. Gives the municipality's fire department, emergency medical services
5practitioner department, or emergency medical responder department, through the
6official or employee described under par. (a) subd. 1., exclusive control over the
7expenditure of volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as
8an official or employee in an account described under par. (a) subd. 1.
AB245,59 9Section 59 . 66.0608 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,38,1110 66.0608 (2m) Maintenance of effort. (a) 1. Beginning July 1, 2024, annually
11not later than July 1, except as provided in par. (c), all of the following apply:
AB245,38,1712 1. A city, village, or town with a population of greater than 20,000 shall certify
13to the department of revenue that the city, village, or town has maintained a level
14of law enforcement that is at least equivalent to that provided in the city, village, or
15town in the previous year. The certification shall include a statement under par. (b)
161. from the person in charge of providing law enforcement service for the city, village,
17or town, or for the city, village, or town under contract to provide this service.
AB245,38,2418 2. A political subdivision shall certify to the department of revenue that the
19political subdivision has maintained a level of fire protective and emergency medical
20service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the political subdivision in the
21previous year. The certification shall include a statement under par. (b) 2. from the
22person in charge of providing fire protective and emergency medical services for the
23political subdivision, or for the political subdivision under contract to provide this
24service.
AB245,39,2
13. A certification under this paragraph is not required to certify the same items
2under par. (b) or (c) that were certified in a prior statement.
AB245,39,43 (b) 1. Except as provided in par. (c) 1., a statement that certifies that any 2 of
4the following have been maintained at a level at least equivalent to the previous year:
AB245,39,65 a. The political subdivision's expenditures, not including capital expenditures,
6for law enforcement services.
AB245,39,87 b. The number of full-time equivalent officers employed by or assigned to the
8political subdivision.
AB245,39,119 c. The number of citations for moving traffic violations under chs. 341 to 349
10or local ordinances in conformity therewith issued within the political subdivision by
11law enforcement agencies.
AB245,39,1312 d. The number of arrests made and citations issued for violations other than
13those described under subd. 1. c. within the political subdivision.
AB245,39,1514 2. Except as provided in par. (c) 1., a statement that certifies that any 2 of the
15following have been maintained at a level at least equivalent to the previous year:
AB245,39,1716 a. The political subdivision's expenditures, not including capital expenditures,
17for fire protective and emergency medical services.
AB245,39,1918 b. The number of full-time equivalent fire fighters and emergency medical
19services personnel employed by or assigned to the political subdivision.
AB245,39,2220 c. The level of training of and maintenance of licensure for fire fighters and
21emergency medical services personnel providing fire protective and emergency
22medical services within the political subdivision.
AB245,39,2423 d. Response times for fire protective and emergency medical services
24throughout the political subdivision, adjusted for the location of calls for service.
AB245,40,7
1(c) 1. If a political subdivision failed to make a certification under par. (b) 1. or
22. in the previous year, in making the certification under par. (b) 1. or 2., the political
3subdivision shall certify that the political subdivision has maintained a level of law
4enforcement or fire protective and emergency medical service that is at least
5equivalent to that provided in the most recent year that the political subdivision
6made a certification under par. (b) 1. or 2. or to that provided in 2023, whichever year
7is most recent.
AB245,40,188 2. If a political subdivision is unable to make a certification under par. (b) 1. or
92. because in the previous year the political subdivision consolidated law
10enforcement or fire protective and emergency medical services with another political
11subdivision or entered into a contract with a private entity to provide fire protective
12or emergency medical services, the political subdivision, in lieu of the certification
13under par. (b) 1. or 2., may certify to the department of revenue that the political
14subdivision has maintained a level of law enforcement or fire protection and
15emergency medical service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the political
16subdivision in the previous year, but cannot provide a statement under par. (b) 1. or
172. because of the consolidation or contract. This subdivision applies only to the year
18following consolidation or entry into a contract.
AB245,40,2219 3. A political subdivision that has established or joined a newly established law
20enforcement agency or fire protection and emergency medical service agency within
21the previous 2 years may provide a certified statement to that effect, in lieu of
22certification under par. (b) 1. or 2.
AB245,40,2523 4. If law enforcement services in a town are provided solely by the county sheriff
24on a noncontractual basis, the town may provide a certified statement to that effect,
25in lieu of certification under par. (b) 1.
AB245,60
1Section 60. 66.0608 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (b) and
2amended to read:
AB245,41,43 66.0608 (3m) (b) Limitations, requirements. An ordinance enacted under sub.
4(2)
par. (a) may include any of the following limitations or requirements:
AB245,41,65 1. A limit on the type and amount of funds that may be deposited into the
6account described under sub. (2) par. (a) 1.
AB245,41,97 2. A limit on the amount of withdrawals from the account described under sub.
8(2)
par. (a) 1. that may be made, and a limit on the purposes for which such
9withdrawals may be made.
AB245,41,1110 3. Reporting and audit requirements that relate to the account described under
11sub. (2) par. (a) 1.
AB245,61 12Section 61 . 66.0608 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (c) and
13amended to read:
AB245,41,1614 66.0608 (3m) (c) Ownership of funds. Notwithstanding an ordinance enacted
15under sub. (2) par. (a), volunteer funds shall remain the property of the municipality
16until the funds are disbursed.
AB245,62 17Section 62 . 66.1105 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,63 18Section 63 . 66.1105 (2) (f) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,41,2119 66.1105 (2) (f) 1. c. Real property assembly costs, meaning any deficit incurred
20resulting from the sale or lease as lessor by the city of real or personal property within
21a tax incremental district for consideration which is less than its cost to the city.
AB245,64 22Section 64. 66.1105 (2) (f) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,42,323 66.1105 (2) (f) 2. e. For a tax incremental district in the city of Milwaukee, direct
24or indirect expenses related to developing, constructing, or operating a rail fixed
25guideway transportation system, as defined in s. 85.066 (1), in the city of Milwaukee.

1This subdivision 2. e. does not apply to the development or construction of a rail fixed
2guideway transportation system route traversing Clybourn St. and Michigan St.,
3referred to as the “Lakefront Line.”
AB245,65 4Section 65. 66.1105 (2) (i) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,42,95 66.1105 (2) (i) 2. For purposes of any agreement between the taxing jurisdiction
6and a developer regarding the tax incremental district entered into prior to April 5,
72018
the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], “tax increment”
8includes the amount that a taxing jurisdiction is obligated to attribute to a tax
9incremental district under s. 79.096 (3).
AB245,66 10Section 66 . 66.1105 (5) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,42,1711 66.1105 (5) (j) Upon receiving a written application from the city clerk, in a
12form prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the
13base value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act)
14to remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this
15paragraph no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which
16the request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year
17following the year in which the request is made.
AB245,67 18Section 67 . 66.1106 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,42,2019 66.1106 (1) (k) “Taxable property" means all real and personal taxable property
20located in an environmental remediation tax incremental district.
AB245,68 21Section 68. 66.1106 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,43,322 66.1106 (4) (e) Upon receiving a written application from the clerk of a political
23subdivision, in a form prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall
24recalculate the base value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin
25Act .... (this act) to remove the value of the personal property. A request received

1under this paragraph no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the
2year in which the request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective
3in the 2nd year following the year in which the request is made.
AB245,69 4Section 69. 70.015 of the statutes is created to read:
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