66.77 (5) Rate comparison. Annually, the department of revenue shall compare the operating levy rate limit and the operating levy limit of each county under this section to the actual operating levy rate and the actual operating levy imposed by the county.
27,3338m
Section 3338m. 66.949 of the statutes is created to read:
66.949 Energy savings performance contracting. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Energy conservation measure" means a facility alteration or training, service or operations program designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs or ensure state or local building code compliance.
(b) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (7u).
(c) “Performance contract" means a contract for the evaluation and recommendation of energy conservation and facility improvement measures, and for the implementation of one or more such measures.
(d) “Qualified provider" means a person who is experienced in the design, implementation and installation of energy conservation and facility improvement measures and who has the ability to provide labor and material payment and performance bonds equal to the maximum amount of any payments due under a performance contract entered into by the person.
(2) Authorization; report. (a) Any local governmental unit may, in accordance with this section, enter into a performance contract with a qualified provider to reduce energy or operating costs, ensure state or local building code compliance or enhance the protection of property of the local governmental unit.
(b) Prior to entering into a performance contract for the implementation of any energy conservation or facility improvement measure, a local governmental unit shall obtain a report from a qualified provider containing recommendations concerning the amount the local governmental unit should spend on energy conservation and facility improvement measures. The report shall contain estimates of all costs of installation, modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design, engineering, maintenance, repairs and financing. In addition, the report shall contain a guarantee specifying a minimum amount by which energy or operating costs of the local governmental unit will be reduced, if the installation, modification or remodeling is performed by that qualified provider.
(c) If, after review of the report under par. (b), the local governmental unit finds that the amount it would spend on the energy conservation and facility improvement measures recommended in the report is not likely to exceed the amount to be saved in energy and operation costs over the remaining useful life of the facility to which the measures apply, the local governmental unit may enter into the contract.
(3) Notice. Notwithstanding ss. 27.065 (5) (a), 30.32, 38.18, 43.17 (9) (a), 59.07 (134), 59.08 (1), 60.47 (2) to (4), 60.77 (6) (a), 61.55, 61.56, 61.57, 62.15 (1), 62.155, 66.24 (5) (d), 66.299 (2), 66.431 (5) (a) 2., 66.47 (11), 66.505 (10), 66.508 (10) and 66.904 (2), before entering into a performance contract under this section, a local governmental unit shall solicit bids or competitive sealed proposals from qualified providers. A local governmental unit may only enter into a performance contract if the contract is awarded by the governing body of the local governmental unit. The governing body shall give at least 10 days' notice of the meeting at which the body intends to award a performance contract. The notice shall include a statement of the intent of the governing body to award the performance contract, the names of all potential parties to the proposed performance contract, and a description of the energy conservation and facility improvement measures included in the performance contract. At the meeting, the governing body shall review and evaluate the bids or proposals submitted by all qualified providers and may thereafter award the performance contract to the qualified provider that best meets the needs of the local governmental unit, which need not be the lowest cost provider.
(4) Instalment payment and lease-purchase agreements. A local governmental unit may enter into an instalment payment contract or lease-purchase agreement for the purchase and installation of energy conservation or facility improvement measures.
(5) Payment schedule; savings. Each performance contract shall provide that all payments, except obligations on termination of the contract before its expiration, shall be made over time as energy savings are achieved. Energy savings shall be guaranteed by the qualified provider for the entire term of the performance contract.
(6) Terms of contracts. A performance contract may extend beyond the fiscal year in which it becomes effective, subject to appropriation of moneys, if required by law, for costs incurred in future fiscal years.
(7) Allocation of obligations. Subject to appropriations as provided in sub. (6), each local governmental unit shall allocate sufficient moneys for each fiscal year to make payment of any amounts payable by the local governmental unit under performance contracts during that fiscal year.
(8) Bonds. Each qualified provider under a performance contract shall provide labor and material payment and performance bonds in an amount equivalent to the maximum amount of any payments due under the contract.
(9) Use of moneys. Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, if a local governmental unit has funding designated for operating and capital expenditures, the local governmental unit may use moneys designated for operating or capital expenditures to make payments under any performance contract, including instalment payments or payments under lease-purchase agreements.
(10) Monitoring; reports. During the entire term of each performance contract, the qualified provider entering into the contract shall monitor the reductions in energy consumption and cost savings attributable to the energy conservation and facility improvement measures installed under the contract, and shall periodically prepare and provide a report to the local governmental unit entering into the contract documenting the reductions in energy consumption and cost savings to the local governmental unit.
(11) Energy conservation measures. Energy conservation measures under this section may include the following:
(a) Insulation of a building structure or systems within a building.
(b) Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather stripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated window or door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption.
(c) Automated or computerized energy control and facility management systems or computerized maintenance management systems.
(d) Heating, ventilating or air conditioning system modifications or replacements.
(e) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building code for the lighting system after the proposed modifications are made.
(f) Energy recovery systems.
(g) Utility management systems and services.
(h) Cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings.
(i) Lifesafety systems.
(j) Any other facility improvement measure that is designed to provide long-term energy or operating cost reductions or compliance with state or local building codes.
27,3340
Section 3340
. 67.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
67.03 (1) (b) For any school district which offers no less than grades 1 to 12 and which at the time of incurring such debt is eligible for the highest level of school aids to receive state aid under s. 121.08, 10% of such equalized value shall be permitted. Any school district which at the time of incurring indebtedness is eligible to receive state aids under s. 121.08 is eligible for the highest level of school aids for purposes of school district borrowing and indebtedness limitations. Any school district about to incur indebtedness may apply to the state superintendent department of education for, and the superintendent department may issue, a certificate as to the eligibility of the school district for the highest level of school aids
to receive state aid under s. 121.08, which certificate shall be conclusive as to such eligibility for 30 days, but not beyond the next June 30.
27,3340m
Section 3340m. 67.12 (12) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
67.12 (12) (f) Paragraph (e) 2. does not apply to borrowing by a school district from the state trust funds under subch. II of ch. 24 if the trust fund loan is for a distance education project and the loan has been approved by the board of control of the cooperative educational service agency in which the school district participates.
27,3343d
Section 3343d. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (1) (c) Ten Twelve dollars for issuing a copy of a birth certificate, $5 $7 of which shall be forwarded to the state treasurer as provided in sub. (1m) and credited to the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h).
27,3343u
Section 3343u. 69.30 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
69.30 (1) (bm) “Service office" has the meaning given in s. 45.36 (1) (c).
27,3343w
Section 3343w. 69.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.30 (2) A financial institution, state agency
or, county department or service office or an employe of a financial institution, state agency or, county department or service office is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency or, county department or service office, including use under s. 45.36 (4m), if the copy is marked “FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE".
27,3343wb
Section 3343wb. 70.05 (5) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
70.05 (5) (a) 1m. “Class of property" means residential under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 1. or (b) 1.; commercial under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2. or (b) 2.; personal property; or the sum of agricultural under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 4. or (b) 4., swamp or waste under s. 70.32 (2) (b) (a) 5. and, productive forest land under s. 70.32 (2) (b) (a) 6. and other under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 7.
27,3344
Section 3344
. 70.11 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (4) Educational, religious and benevolent institutions; women's clubs; historical societies; fraternities; libraries. Property owned and used exclusively by educational institutions offering regular courses 6 months in the year; or by churches or religious, educational or benevolent associations, including benevolent nursing homes and retirement homes for the aged but not including an organization that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization and not including property owned by any nonstock, nonprofit corporation which services guaranteed student loans for others or on its own account, and also including property owned and used for housing for pastors and their ordained assistants, members of religious orders and communities, and ordained teachers, whether or not contiguous to and a part of other property owned and used by such associations or churches; or by women's clubs; or by domestic, incorporated historical societies; or by domestic, incorporated, free public library associations; or by fraternal societies operating under the lodge system (except university, college and high school fraternities and sororities), but not exceeding 10 acres of land necessary for location and convenience of buildings while such property is not used for profit. Property owned by churches or religious associations necessary for location and convenience of buildings, used for educational purposes and not for profit, shall not be subject to the 10-acre limitation but shall be subject to a 30-acre limitation. Property that is exempt from taxation under this subsection and is leased remains exempt from taxation only if, in addition to the requirements specified in the introductory phrase of this section, the lessee does not discriminate on the basis of race.
27,3345
Section 3345
. 70.11 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (4m) Nonprofit hospitals. (a) Real property owned and used and personal property used exclusively for the purposes of any hospital of 10 beds or more devoted primarily to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick, injured, or disabled, which hospital is owned and operated by a corporation, voluntary association, foundation or trust, except an organization that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any shareholder, member, director or officer, and which hospital is not operated principally for the benefit of or principally as an adjunct of the private practice of a doctor or group of doctors. This exemption does not apply to property used for commercial purposes or as a doctor's office. The exemption for residential property shall be limited to dormitories of 12 or more units which house student nurses enrolled in a state accredited school of nursing affiliated with the hospital.
(b) Real property leased by and used exclusively for the purposes of any hospital that has 10 beds or more, is devoted primarily to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick, injured or disabled and is owned and operated by a corporation, voluntary association, foundation or trust, except an organization that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any shareholder, member, director or officer and is not operated principally for the benefit of or principally as an adjunct to the private practice of a doctor or group of doctors. This exemption applies only to real property leased from a nonprofit organization or nonprofit hospital that is exempt from taxation under this chapter and that uses the income derived from the lease only for maintenance of the leased property or construction debt retirement of the leased property or both. This exemption does not apply to property used for commercial purposes or as a doctor's office.
27,3346
Section 3346
. 70.11 (19) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
70.11 (19) Institutions for dependent children and persons who have developmental disabilities. The property of any institution that is licensed under s. 48.60 for the care of dependent, neglected or delinquent children if that property is used for that purpose and the property of any nonprofit institution that is subject to examination under s. 46.03 (5) and that has a full-time population of at least 150 individuals who have developmental disabilities, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), if that property is used for that purpose.
27,3347
Section 3347
. 70.11 (34) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (34) (a) 2. Is a public building, as defined in s. 101.01 (2) (g) (12).
27,3348m
Section 3348m. 70.11 (38) of the statutes is created to read:
70.11 (38) University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 70.11 (intro.) that relate to leased property, all property owned by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and all property leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that is owned by the state, provided that use of the property is primarily related to the purposes of the authority.
27,3348n
Section 3348n. 70.111 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.111 (18) Solar and wind energy systems. Solar energy systems and wind energy systems. In this subsection, “solar energy system" means equipment which directly converts and then transfers or stores solar energy into usable forms of thermal or electrical energy, but does not include equipment or components that would be present as part of a conventional energy system or a system that operates without mechanical means. In this subsection, “wind energy system" means equipment which converts and then transfers or stores energy from the wind into usable forms of energy, but does not include equipment or components that would be present as part of a conventional energy system. The exemption under this subsection is effective until December 31, 1995.
27,3349
Section 3349
. 70.113 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.113 (1) As soon after April 20 of each year as is feasible the department of natural resources shall pay to the city, village, or town treasurer the sum of 80 cents per acre as a grant out of the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (4) (ea) (5) (da) and (eq) (dq) on each acre situated in the municipality of state forest lands, as defined in s. 28.02 (1), state parks under s. 27.01 and state public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds and reserves or refuges operated thereon, acquired at any time under s. 23.09 (2) (d), 29.10, 1943 stats., 29.571 (1) or from the appropriations made by s. 20.866 (2) (tp) by the department of natural resources or leased from the federal government by the department of natural resources.
27,3351
Section 3351
. 70.113 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.113 (2) (a) Towns, cities or villages shall be paid for forest lands as defined in s. 28.02 (1), state parks under s. 27.01 and other lands acquired under s. 23.09 (2) (d), 23.27, 23.29, 23.293, 23.31 or 29.571 (1) located within such municipality and acquired after June 30, 1969. Such payments shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (ea) (5) (da) or (eq) (dq) and remitted by the department of natural resources in the amounts certified by the department of revenue according to par. (b).
27,3355
Section 3355
. 70.119 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (1) The state and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall make reasonable payments at established rates for water, sewer and electrical services and all other services directly provided by a municipality to state facilities by a municipality and facilities of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38), including garbage and trash disposal and collection, which are financed in whole or in part by special charges or fees. Such payments for services provided to state facilities shall be made from the appropriations to state agencies for the operation of state the facilities. Each state agency making such payments shall annually report the payments to the department.
27,3356
Section 3356
. 70.119 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (3) (d) “Municipal services" means police and fire protection, garbage and trash disposal and collection not paid for under sub. (1) and, subject to approval by the committee, any other direct general government service provided by municipalities to state facilities by municipalities and facilities of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38).
27,3357
Section 3357
. 70.119 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (4) The department shall be responsible for negotiating with municipalities on payments for municipal services and may delegate certain responsibilities of negotiation to other state agencies or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Prior to negotiating with municipalities the department shall submit guidelines for negotiation to the committee for approval.
27,3358
Section 3358
. 70.119 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (5) Upon approval of guidelines by the committee, the department shall proceed with negotiations. In no case may a municipality withhold services to the state or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority during negotiations.
27,3359
Section 3359
. 70.119 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (6) (a) No later than November 15 annually, the department shall report to the cochairpersons of the committee the results of its negotiations and the total payments proposed to be made in the subsequent calendar year. In computing the proposed payments to a municipality, the department shall base its calculations on the values of state facilities and facilities of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38), as determined by the department for January 1 of the year preceding the year of the report, and the values of improvements to property in the municipality as determined under s. 70.57 (1) for January 1 of the year preceding the year of the report, and shall also base its calculations on revenues and expenditures of the municipality as reported under s. 73.10 (2) for the year preceding the year of the report.
27,3360
Section 3360
. 70.119 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (7) (a) The department shall make payment from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (5) (a) for municipal services provided by municipalities to state facilities. If the appropriation under s. 20.835 (5) (a) is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (6) in any one year, the department shall prorate payments among the municipalities entitled thereto. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall make payment for municipal services provided by municipalities to facilities of the authority described in s. 70.11 (38).
27,3361
Section 3361
. 70.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.27 (5) Surveys, reconciliations. The surveyor making the plat shall survey and lay out the boundaries of each parcel, street, alley, lane, roadway, or dedication to public or private use, according to the records of the register of deeds, and whatever evidence that may be available to show the intent of the buyer and seller, in the chronological order of their conveyance or dedication, and set temporary monuments to show the results of such survey which shall be made permanent upon recording of the plat as provided for in this section. The map shall be at a scale of not more than 100 feet per inch, unless waived in writing by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection development under s. 236.20 (2) (L). The owners of record of lands in the plat shall be notified by certified letter mailed to their last-known address, in order that they shall have opportunity to examine the map, view the temporary monuments, and make known any disagreement with the boundaries as shown by the temporary monuments. It is the duty of the surveyor making the plat to reconcile any discrepancies that may be revealed, so that the plat as certified to the governing body is in conformity with the records of the register of deeds as nearly as is practicable. When boundary lines between adjacent parcels, as evidenced on the ground, are mutually agreed to in writing by the owners of record, such lines shall be the true boundaries for all purposes thereafter, even though they may vary from the metes and bounds descriptions previously of record. Such written agreements shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds. On every assessor's plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the volume, page and document number of the metes and bounds description of each parcel, as recorded in the office of the register of deeds, which shall be identified with the number by which such parcel is designated on the plat, except that lots which have been conveyed or otherwise acquired but upon which no deed is recorded in the office of register of deeds may be shown on an assessor's plat and when so shown shall contain a full metes and bounds description.
27,3362
Section 3362
. 70.27 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.27 (8) Plat filed with governing body. Within 2 days after the assessor's plat is filed with the governing body, it shall be transmitted to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection development by the clerk of the governing body which ordered the plat. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection development shall review the plat within 30 days of its receipt. No such plat may be given final approval by the local governing body until the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection development has certified on the face of the original plat that it complies with the applicable provisions of ss. 236.15 and 236.20. After the plat has been so certified the clerk shall promptly publish a class 3 notice thereof, under ch. 985. The plat shall remain on file in the clerk's office for 30 days after the first publication. At any time within the 30-day period any person or public body having an interest in any lands affected by the plat may bring a suit to have the plat corrected. If no suit is brought within the 30-day period, the plat may be approved by the governing body, and filed for record. If a suit is brought, approval shall be withheld until the suit is decided. The plat shall then be revised in accordance with the decision if necessary, and, without rereferral to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection development unless rereferral is ordered by the court. The plat may then be approved by the governing body and filed for record. When so filed the plat shall carry on its face the certificate of the clerk that all provisions of this section have been complied with. When recorded after approval by the governing body, the plat shall have the same effect for all purposes as if it were a land division plat made by the owners in full compliance with ch. 236. Before January 1 of each year, the register of deeds shall notify the town clerks of the recording of any assessors' plats made or amended during the preceding year, affecting lands in their towns.
27,3362b
Section 3362b. 70.32 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3362c
Section 3362c. 70.32 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.32 (2) (a) (intro.) In cities and villages, the The assessor shall segregate into the following classes on the basis of use and set down separately in proper columns the values of the land, exclusive of improvements, and, except for subds. 5. and 6., the improvements in each class:
27,3362d
Section 3362d. 70.32 (2) (a) 5. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:
70.32 (2) (a) 5. Swamp or waste.
6. Productive forest land.
7. Other.
27,3362e
Section 3362e. 70.32 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3362f
Section 3362f. 70.32 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
70.32 (2) (c) 1. “Agricultural land" means land, exclusive of buildings and improvements, that is devoted primarily to agricultural use, as defined by rule.
27,3362g
Section 3362g. 70.32 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3362h
Section 3362h. 70.32 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
70.32 (2r) (a) For the assessments as of January 1, 1996, and January 1, 1997, or until the farmland advisory council under s. 73.03 (49) makes its recommendation, but not to extend beyond January 1, 2009, the assessed value of each parcel of agricultural land is the assessed value of that parcel as of January 1, 1995.
(b) For each year beginning with 1998 or upon completion of the farmland advisory council's recommendation and promulgation of rules and ending no later than December 31, 2008, the assessed value of the parcel shall be reduced as follows:
1. Subtract the value of the parcel as determined according to the income that is or could be generated from its rental for agricultural use, as determined by rule, from its assessed value as of January 1, 1996.
