Amendment ASA-AB150

AB150-ASA,1076,11 66.069 (1) (c) The income of a public utility owned by a municipality, shall first be used to make payments to meet operation, maintenance, depreciation, interest, and debt service fund requirements, local and school tax equivalents, additions and improvements, and other necessary disbursements or indebtedness. Beginning with taxes levied in 1995, payable in 1996, payments for local and school tax equivalents shall at least be equal to the payment made on the property for taxes levied in 1994, payable in 1995, unless a lower payment is authorized by the governing body of the municipality. Income in excess of these requirements may be used to purchase and hold interest bearing bonds, issued for the acquisition of the utility, or bonds issued by the United States or any municipal corporation of this state, or insurance upon the life of an officer or manager of such utility, or may be paid into the general fund.

AB150-ASA, s. 3316p Section 3316p. 66.12 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1077,14 66.12 (1) (b) Local ordinances, except as provided in this paragraph or ss. 345.20 to 345.53, may contain a provision for stipulation of guilt or no contest of any or all violations under those ordinances, and may designate the manner in which the stipulation is to be made and fix the penalty to be paid. When a person charged with a violation for which stipulation of guilt or no contest is authorized makes a timely stipulation and pays the required penalty and pays the penalty assessment imposed by s. 165.87, the jail assessment imposed by s. 302.46 (1) and any applicable domestic abuse assessment imposed by s. 973.055 (1) to the designated official, the person need not appear in court and no witness fees or other additional costs may be taxed unless the local ordinance so provides. A court appearance is required for a violation of a local ordinance in conformity with s. 346.63 (1). The official receiving the penalties shall remit all moneys collected to the treasurer of the city, village or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district in whose behalf the sum was paid, except that all jail assessments shall be remitted to the county treasurer, within 20 days after its receipt by him or her; and in case of any failure in the payment, the treasurer may collect the payment of the officer by action, in the name of the office, and upon the official bond of the officer, with interest at the rate of 12% per year from the time when it should have been paid. In the case of the penalty assessment imposed by s. 165.87, the driver improvement surcharge imposed by s. 346.655 (1) and any applicable domestic abuse assessment imposed by s. 973.055 (1), the treasurer of the city, village or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall remit to the state treasurer secretary of administration the sum required by law to be paid on the actions so entered during the preceding month on or before the first day of the next succeeding month. The governing body of the city, village or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall by ordinance designate the official to receive the penalties and the terms under which the official shall qualify.

AB150-ASA, s. 3316r Section 3316r. 66.12 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1077,21 66.12 (3) (c) The entire amount in excess of $150 of any forfeiture imposed for the violation of any traffic regulation in conformity with ch. 348 shall be transmitted to the county treasurer if the violation occurred on an interstate highway, a state trunk highway or a highway over which the local highway authority does not have primary maintenance responsibility. The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.20 (8n).

AB150-ASA, s. 3317 Section 3317. 66.122 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1078,3 66.122 (2) Except in cases of emergency where no special inspection warrant shall be required, special inspection warrants shall be issued for inspection of personal or real properties which are not public buildings or for inspection of portions of public buildings which are not open to the public only upon showing that consent to entry for inspection purposes has been refused. The definition of "public building" under s. 101.01 (2) (g) (12) applies to this section.

AB150-ASA, s. 3318 Section 3318. 66.293 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1078,11 66.293 (3) (i) The department of industry, labor and human relations or the contracting municipality may demand and examine copies of any payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid laborers, workmen or mechanics on work to which this subsection applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in ch. 101 chs. 103 to 106. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent is subject to the requirements of ch. 101 chs. 103 to 106 relating to examination of records.

AB150-ASA, s. 3319 Section 3319. 66.293 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1078,16 66.293 (3) (k) The provisions of s. 101.02 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12), and (13) and (14) apply to this subsection. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this subsection, including proceedings under par. (a).

AB150-ASA, s. 3320 Section 3320. 66.30 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1079,2 66.30 (6) (g) At least 30 days prior to entering into a contract under this subsection or a modification or extension of the contract, the school boards of the districts involved or their designated agent shall file the proposed agreement with the state superintendent department of education to enable the state superintendent or state superintendent's designee department to assist and advise the school boards involved in regard to the applicable recognized accounting procedure for the administration of the school aid programs. The state superintendent department of education shall review the terms of the proposed contract to ensure that each participating district's interests are protected.

AB150-ASA, s. 3320m Section 3320m. 66.365 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1079,10 66.365 Aids to municipalities; environmental damage compensation. The department of natural resources may make grants to any county, city, village or town for the acquisition or development of recreational lands and facilities from moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (fq) (dv). Use and administration of the grant shall be consistent with any court order issued under s. 147.23 (3). A county, city, village or town which receives a grant under this section is not required to share in the cost of a project under this section.

AB150-ASA, s. 3321 Section 3321. 66.40 (9) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1079,19 66.40 (9) (v) To establish a procedure for preservation of the records of the authority by the use of microfilm, another reproductive device, or optical imaging, or electronic formatting if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c). Any such procedure shall assure that copies of such records that are open to public inspection continue to be available to members of the public requesting them. A photographic reproduction of a record or copy of a record generated from optical disk or electronic storage is deemed the same as an original record for all purposes if it meets the applicable standards established in ss. 16.61 and 16.612.

AB150-ASA, s. 3321m Section 3321m. 66.407 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1079,22 66.407 (2) (b) 3. Apply Subject to s. 44.65, apply for a grant or loan under s. 44.60 in connection with an arts incubator.

AB150-ASA, s. 3322 Section 3322. 66.412 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1080,16 66.412 Urban redevelopment; transfer of land. Notwithstanding any requirement of law to the contrary or the absence of direct provision therefor in the instrument under which a fiduciary is acting, every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other person, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity, unless the instrument under which such fiduciary is acting expressly forbids, the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all public officers, corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the commissioner division of banking as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation, persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation, any of which owns or holds any real property within a development area, may grant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any such real property to a redevelopment corporation, and receive and hold any cash, stocks, income debentures, mortgages, or other securities or obligations, secured or unsecured, exchanged therefor by such redevelopment corporation, and may execute such instruments and do such acts as may be deemed necessary or desirable by them or it and by the redevelopment corporation in connection with the development and the development plan.

AB150-ASA, s. 3323 Section 3323. 66.416 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1081,10 66.416 (2) Certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests therein, or any part of an issue thereof, which are issued by a redevelopment corporation and secured by a first mortgage on the real property of the redevelopment corporation, or any part thereof, shall be securities in which all the following persons, partnerships or corporations and public bodies or public officers may legally invest the funds within their control, but the principal amount thereof shall not exceed the limits, if any, imposed by law for such investments by the person, partnership, corporation, public body or public officer making the investment: Every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, committee or other person or corporation holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity; the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all public officers; persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law (including savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, bankers and private banking corporations); the commissioner division of banking as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation; persons, partnerships or corporations organized under or subject to chs. 600 to 646; and the commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation.

AB150-ASA, s. 3323m Section 3323m. 66.431 (4) (d) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1081,14 66.431 (4) (d) 7. Studying the feasibility of and initial design for an arts incubator, developing and operating an arts incubator and, subject to s. 44.65, applying for a grant or loan under s. 44.60 in connection with an arts incubator.

AB150-ASA, s. 3324 Section 3324. 66.431 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1081,23 66.431 (5) (a) 5. To establish a procedure for preservation of the records of the authority by the use of microfilm, another reproductive device, or optical imaging or electronic formatting, if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c). Any such procedure shall assure that copies of such records that are open to public inspection continue to be available to members of the public requesting them. A photographic reproduction of a record or copy of a record generated from optical disk or electronic storage is deemed the same as an original record for all purposes if it meets the applicable standards established in ss. 16.61 and 16.612.

AB150-ASA, s. 3325 Section 3325. 66.432 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1082,11 66.432 (1) Declaration of policy. The right of all persons to have equal opportunities for housing regardless of their sex, race, color, physical condition, disability as defined in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (g), sexual orientation as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national origin, marital status, family status as defined in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (k), lawful source of income, age or ancestry is a matter both of statewide concern under s. 101.22 106.04 and also of local interest under this section and s. 66.433. The enactment of s. 101.22 106.04 by the legislature shall not preempt the subject matter of equal opportunities in housing from consideration by political subdivisions, and shall not exempt political subdivisions from their duty, nor deprive them of their right, to enact ordinances which prohibit discrimination in any type of housing solely on the basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.

AB150-ASA, s. 3326 Section 3326. 66.432 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1082,14 66.432 (1m) (a) "Aggrieved person" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (b).

AB150-ASA, s. 3327 Section 3327. 66.432 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1082,17 66.432 (1m) (b) "Complainant" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (c).

AB150-ASA, s. 3328 Section 3328. 66.432 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1082,20 66.432 (1m) (c) "Discriminate" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (h).

AB150-ASA, s. 3329 Section 3329. 66.432 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1082,23 66.432 (1m) (d) "Member of a protected class" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (nm).

AB150-ASA, s. 3330 Section 3330. 66.432 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1083,14 66.432 (2) Antidiscrimination housing ordinances. Political subdivisions may enact ordinances prohibiting discrimination in housing within their respective boundaries solely on the basis of an individual being a member of a protected class. Such an ordinance may be similar to s. 101.22 106.04 (1) to (8) or may be more inclusive in its terms or in respect to the different types of housing subject to its provisions, but any such ordinance establishing a forfeiture as a penalty for violation shall not be for an amount that is less than the statutory forfeitures under s. 101.22 106.04. Such an ordinance may permit a complainant, aggrieved person or respondent to elect to remove the action to circuit court after a finding has been made that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of the ordinance has occurred. Such an ordinance may also authorize the political subdivision, at any time after a complaint has been filed alleging an ordinance violation, to file a complaint in circuit court seeking a temporary injunction or restraining order pending final disposition of the complaint.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330c Section 3330c. 66.46 (2) (f) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1083,20 66.46 (2) (f) 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., project costs may not include any expenditures made or estimated to be made or monetary obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred by the city for newly platted residential development for any tax incremental district for which a project plan is approved after September 30, 1995.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330e Section 3330e. 66.46 (4) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 66.46 (4) (h) 1. and amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1084,13 66.46 (4) (h) 1. The Subject to subd. 2., the planning commission may at any time, by resolution, adopt an amendment to a project plan, which amendment shall be subject to approval by the local legislative body and approval of the amendment shall require the same findings as provided in par. (g). Any amendment to a project plan is also subject to review by a joint review board, acting under sub. (4m). Adoption of an amendment to a project plan shall be preceded by a public hearing held by the plan commission at which interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. The notice shall include a statement of the purpose and cost of the amendment and shall advise that a copy of the amendment will be provided on request. Prior to such publication, a copy of the notice shall be sent by 1st class mail to the chief executive officer or administrator of all local governmental entities having the power to levy taxes on property within the district and to the school board of any school district which includes property located within the proposed district. For any county with no chief executive officer or administrator, this notice shall be sent to the county board chairperson.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330g Section 3330g. 66.46 (4) (h) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1084,22 66.46 (4) (h) 2. Not more than once during the 7 years after the tax incremental district is created, the planning commission may adopt an amendment to a project plan under subd. 1. to modify the district's boundaries by adding territory to the district that is contiguous to the district and that is served by public works or improvements that were created as part of the district's project plan. Expenditures for project costs that are incurred because of an amendment to a project plan to which this subdivision applies may be made for not more than 3 years after the date on which the local legislative body adopts a resolution amending the project plan.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330i Section 3330i. 66.46 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1085,17 66.46 (4m) (a) Any city that seeks to create a tax incremental district or amend a project plan shall convene a joint review board to review the proposal. The board shall consist of one representative chosen by the school district that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the technical college district that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the county that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the city and one public member. If more than one school district, more than one technical college district or more than one county has the power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, the unit in which is located property of the tax incremental district that has the greatest value shall choose that representative to the board. The public member and the board's chairperson shall be selected by a majority of the other board members before the public hearing under sub. (4) (a) or (h) 1. is held. All board members shall be appointed and the first board meeting held within 14 days after the notice is published under sub. (4) (a) or (h) 1. Additional meetings of the board shall be held upon the call of any member. The city that seeks to create the tax incremental district or to amend its project plan shall provide administrative support for the board. By majority vote, the board may disband following approval or rejection of the proposal.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330k Section 3330k. 66.46 (4m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1085,22 66.46 (4m) (b) 1. The board shall review the public record, planning documents and the resolution passed by the local legislative body or planning commission under sub. (4) (gm) or (h) 1. As part of its deliberations the board may hold additional hearings on the proposal.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330L Section 3330L. 66.46 (4m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1086,2 66.46 (4m) (b) 2. No tax incremental district may be created and no project plan may be amended unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub. (4) (gm) or (h) 1. by a majority vote not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days after receiving the resolution.

AB150-ASA, s. 3330n Section 3330n. 66.46 (5) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1086,12 66.46 (5) (ce) If the city adopts an amendment, to which sub. (4) (h) 2. applies, to the original project plan for any district which includes additional project costs, none of which will be incurred after the period specified in sub. (6) (am) 1., the tax incremental base for the district shall be redetermined under par. (b) as of the January 1 following the effective date of the amendment, except that if the effective date of the amendment is January 1 of any year, the redetermination shall be made on that date. The tax incremental base as redetermined under this paragraph is effective for the purposes of this section only if it exceeds the original tax incremental base determined under par. (b).

AB150-ASA, s. 3331 Section 3331. 66.46 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1087,7 66.46 (6) (a) If the joint review board approves the creation of the tax incremental district under sub. (4m), positive tax increments with respect to a tax incremental district are allocated to the city which created the district for each year commencing after the date when a project plan is adopted under sub. (4) (g). The department of revenue shall not authorize allocation of tax increments until it determines from timely evidence submitted by the city that each of the procedures and documents required under sub. (4) (d) to (f) have been completed and all related notices given in a timely manner. The department of revenue may authorize allocation of tax increments for any tax incremental district only if the city clerk and assessor annually submit to the department all required information on or before the 2nd Monday in June. The facts supporting any document adopted or action taken to comply with sub. (4) (d) to (f) shall not be subject to review by the department of revenue under this paragraph. Thereafter, the department of revenue shall annually authorize allocation of the tax increment to the city that created such a district until the department of revenue receives a notice under sub. (8) and the notice has taken effect under sub. (8) (b), 27 years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created before October 1, 1995, or 23 years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created after September 30, 1995, whichever is sooner.

AB150-ASA, s. 3331m Section 3331m. 66.46 (6) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1087,13 66.46 (6) (am) 1. No For a tax incremental district that is created after September 30, 1995, no expenditure may be made later than 7 years after the tax incremental district is created, and for a tax incremental district that is created before October 1, 1995, no expenditure may be made later than 10 years after the tax incremental district is created.

AB150-ASA, s. 3332 Section 3332. 66.46 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1088,9 66.46 (6) (c) Except for tax increments allocated under par. (d) or (e), all tax increments received with respect to a tax incremental district shall, upon receipt by the city treasurer, be deposited into a special fund for that district. The city treasurer may deposit additional moneys into such fund pursuant to an appropriation by the common council. No moneys may be paid out of such fund except to pay project costs with respect to that district, to reimburse the city for such payments, to pay project costs of a district under par. (d) or (e) or to satisfy claims of holders of bonds or notes issued with respect to such district. Subject to par. (d) or (e), moneys paid out of the fund to pay project costs with respect to a district may be paid out before or after the district is terminated under sub. (7). Subject to any agreement with bondholders, moneys in the fund may be temporarily invested in the same manner as other city funds if any investment earnings are applied to reduce project costs. After all project costs and all bonds and notes with respect to the district have been paid or the payment thereof provided for, subject to any agreement with bondholders, if there remain in the fund any moneys that are not allocated under par. (d) or (e), they shall be paid over to the treasurer of each county, school district or other tax levying municipality or to the general fund of the city in the amounts that belong to each respectively, having due regard for that portion of the moneys, if any, that represents tax increments not allocated to the city and that portion, if any, that represents voluntary deposits of the city into the fund.

AB150-ASA, s. 3332m Section 3332m. 66.46 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1088,19 66.46 (6) (d) 1. After the date on which a tax incremental district pays off the aggregate of all of its project costs under its project plan, but not later than the date on which a tax incremental district terminates under sub. (7) (am), a planning commission may amend under sub. (4) (h) 1. the project plan of such a tax incremental district to allocate positive tax increments generated by that tax incremental district to another tax incremental district created by that planning commission in which soil affected by environmental pollution exists to the extent that development has not been able to proceed according to the project plan because of the environmental pollution.

AB150-ASA, s. 3333 Section 3333. 66.46 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1088,24 66.46 (6) (d) 2. No Except as provided in subd. 2m., no tax increments may be allocated under this paragraph later than 16 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan of the tax incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are to be allocated, is made.

AB150-ASA, s. 3334 Section 3334. 66.46 (6) (d) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1089,7 66.46 (6) (d) 2m. No tax increments may be allocated under this paragraph later than 20 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan of the tax incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are to be allocated, is made if the district is created before October 1, 1995, except that in no case may the total number of years during which expenditures are made under par. (am) 1. plus the total number of years during which tax increments are allocated under this paragraph exceed 27 years.

AB150-ASA, s. 3335 Section 3335. 66.46 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1089,14 66.46 (6) (e) 1. Before the date on which a tax incremental district terminates under sub. (7) (a), but not later than the date on which a tax incremental district terminates under sub. (7) (am), a planning commission may amend under sub. (4) (h) the project plan of such a tax incremental district to allocate positive tax increments generated by that tax incremental district to another tax incremental district created by that planning commission if all of the following conditions are met:

AB150-ASA,1089,17 a. The donor tax incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are to be allocated, and the recipient tax incremental district have the same overlying taxing jurisdictions.

AB150-ASA,1089,19 b. The donor tax incremental district and the recipient tax incremental district have been created before October 1, 1995.

AB150-ASA,1089,24 2. Each year, the city that created the tax incremental districts may determine the portion of the donor tax incremental district's positive tax increment that is in excess of the tax increment that is necessary to pay the donor's project costs in that year that shall be allocated to the recipient tax incremental district and shall inform the department of revenue of these amounts.

AB150-ASA,1090,8 3. A project plan that is amended under sub. (4) (h) to authorize the allocation of positive tax increments under subd. 1. may authorize such an allocation for a period not to exceed 5 years, except that if the planning commission determines that the allocation may be needed for a period longer than 5 years, the planning commission may authorize such an allocation for up to an additional 5 years if the project plan is amended under sub. (4) (h) during the 4th year of the allocation. In no case may positive tax increments under subd. 1. be allocated from one donor tax incremental district for a period longer than 10 years.

AB150-ASA, s. 3336 Section 3336. 66.46 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1090,15 66.46 (7) (a) That time when the city has received aggregate tax increments with respect to such district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all project costs under the project plan and any amendments to the project plan for such district, except that this paragraph does not apply to a district whose positive tax increments have been allocated under sub. (6) (d) or (e) until the district to which the allocation is made has paid off the aggregate of all of its project costs under its project plan.

AB150-ASA, s. 3337 Section 3337. 66.46 (7) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1090,23 66.46 (7) (am) Sixteen years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created after September 30, 1995, or 20 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created before October 1, 1995, except that in no case may the total number of years during which expenditures are made under par. (am) 1. plus the total number of years during which tax increments are allocated under this paragraph exceed 27 years.

AB150-ASA, s. 3337e Section 3337e. 66.77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1090,25 66.77 (title) Tax levy rate limit.

AB150-ASA, s. 3337f Section 3337f. 66.77 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1091,4 66.77 (1) (c) "Excess over the limit" means the amount greater of the amounts of revenue received by a county that results from the county exceeding the limit under sub. (2) or (2m).

AB150-ASA, s. 3337g Section 3337g. 66.77 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1091,6 66.77 (2) (title) Limit Levy rate limit.

AB150-ASA, s. 3337i Section 3337i. 66.77 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1091,9 66.77 (2m) Levy limit. Except as provided in sub. (3), beginning in 1995, no county may impose an operating levy that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB150-ASA,1091,10 (a) Determine the operating levy for the previous year.

AB150-ASA,1091,11 (b) Multiply the amount determined under par. (a) by 3%.

AB150-ASA,1091,15 (c) Multiply the amount determined under par. (a) by the percentage change in the county's population between the previous year and the current year, as estimated by the department of administration under s. 16.96 (1), if the percentage change in the county's population is greater than zero.

AB150-ASA,1091,16 (d) Add the results obtained under pars. (a), (b) and (c).

AB150-ASA, s. 3337k Section 3337k. 66.77 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1092,2 66.77 (3) (a) 1. If the governing body of a county wishes to exceed the operating levy rate limit or the levy limit otherwise applicable to the county under this section, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify either the operating levy rate or the operating levy that the governing body wishes to impose for either a specified number of years or an indefinite period. The governing body shall call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the county for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the governing body may specify that the referendum be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election to be held not earlier than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution of the governing body.