AB150-engrossed,1107,1711
66.77
(3) (b) 1. If an increased operating levy rate
or operating levy is approved
12by a referendum under par. (a) for a specified number of years, the increased
13operating levy rate
or operating levy shall be the operating levy rate limit
or
14operating levy for that number of years for purposes of this section. If an increased
15operating levy rate
or operating levy is approved by a referendum under par. (a) for
16an indefinite period, the increased operating levy rate
or operating levy shall be the
17operating levy rate
or operating levy limit for purposes of this section.
AB150-engrossed,1108,219
66.77
(3) (b) 2. If an increased operating levy is approved by a referendum
20under par. (a), the increased operating levy shall be used to calculate the
operating
21levy rate, or the operating levy
rate limit
, for the approved year for purposes of this
22section. After the approved year, the
operating levy rate or the operating levy
rate 23limit in the approved year
, or the
operating levy rate or the operating levy
rate limit
24that would have been applicable if there had been no referendum, whichever is
1greater, shall be the
rate or the limit for the specified number of years or for an
2indefinite period for purposes of this section.
AB150-engrossed,1108,94
66.77
(3) (c) 1. If a county transfers to another governmental unit
5responsibility for providing any service that the county provided in the preceding
6year, the levy rate limit
or the operating levy limit otherwise applicable under this
7section to the county in the current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the
8county would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department
9of revenue.
AB150-engrossed,1108,1410
2. If a county increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility
11for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit in any year,
12the levy rate limit
or the operating levy limit otherwise applicable under this section
13to the county in the current year is increased to reflect the cost of that service, as
14determined by the department of revenue.
AB150-engrossed,1108,1916
66.77
(5) Rate comparison. Annually, the department of revenue shall compare
17the operating levy rate limit
and the operating levy limit of each county under this
18section to the actual operating levy rate
and the actual operating levy imposed by the
19county.
AB150-engrossed,1108,22
2166.949 Energy savings performance contracting. (1) Definitions. In this
22section:
AB150-engrossed,1108,2523
(a) "Energy conservation measure" means a facility alteration or training,
24service or operations program designed to reduce energy consumption or operating
25costs or ensure state or local building code compliance.
AB150-engrossed,1109,1
1(b) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (7u).
AB150-engrossed,1109,42
(c) "Performance contract" means a contract for the evaluation and
3recommendation of energy conservation and facility improvement measures, and for
4the implementation of one or more such measures.
AB150-engrossed,1109,95
(d) "Qualified provider" means a person who is experienced in the design,
6implementation and installation of energy conservation and facility improvement
7measures and who has the ability to provide labor and material payment and
8performance bonds equal to the maximum amount of any payments due under a
9performance contract entered into by the person.
AB150-engrossed,1109,13
10(2) Authorization; report. (a) Any local governmental unit may, in accordance
11with this section, enter into a performance contract with a qualified provider to
12reduce energy or operating costs, ensure state or local building code compliance or
13enhance the protection of property of the local governmental unit.
AB150-engrossed,1109,2314
(b) Prior to entering into a performance contract for the implementation of any
15energy conservation or facility improvement measure, a local governmental unit
16shall obtain a report from a qualified provider containing recommendations
17concerning the amount the local governmental unit should spend on energy
18conservation and facility improvement measures. The report shall contain estimates
19of all costs of installation, modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design,
20engineering, maintenance, repairs and financing. In addition, the report shall
21contain a guarantee specifying a minimum amount by which energy or operating
22costs of the local governmental unit will be reduced, if the installation, modification
23or remodeling is performed by that qualified provider.
AB150-engrossed,1110,324
(c) If, after review of the report under par. (b), the local governmental unit finds
25that the amount it would spend on the energy conservation and facility improvement
1measures recommended in the report is not likely to exceed the amount to be saved
2in energy and operation costs over the remaining useful life of the facility to which
3the measures apply, the local governmental unit may enter into the contract.
AB150-engrossed,1110,8
4(3) Notice. Before entering into a performance contract under this section, a
5local governmental unit shall publish a class 1 notice of its intent to award the
6performance contract, the names of the parties to the proposed performance contract,
7and a description of the energy conservation and facility improvement measures
8included in the performance contract.
AB150-engrossed,1110,12
9(4) Instalment payment and lease-purchase agreements. A local
10governmental unit may enter into an instalment payment contract or
11lease-purchase agreement for the purchase and installation of energy conservation
12or facility improvement measures.
AB150-engrossed,1110,16
13(5) Payment schedule; savings. Each performance contract shall provide that
14all payments, except obligations on termination of the contract before its expiration,
15shall be made over time as energy savings are achieved. Energy savings shall be
16guaranteed by the qualified provider for the entire term of the performance contract.
AB150-engrossed,1110,19
17(6) Terms of contracts. A performance contract may extend beyond the fiscal
18year in which it becomes effective, subject to appropriation of moneys for costs
19incurred in future fiscal years, if required by law.
AB150-engrossed,1110,22
20(7) Allocation of obligations. Each local governmental unit shall allocate
21sufficient moneys for each fiscal year to make payment of any amounts payable by
22the local governmental unit under performance contracts during that fiscal year.
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23(8) Bonds. Each qualified provider under a performance contract shall provide
24labor and material payment and performance bonds in an amount equivalent to the
25maximum amount of any payments due under the contract.
AB150-engrossed,1111,5
1(9) Use of moneys. Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, if a local
2governmental unit has funding designated for operating and capital expenditures,
3the local governmental unit may use moneys designated for operating or capital
4expenditures to make payments under any performance contract, including
5instalment payments or payments under lease-purchase agreements.
AB150-engrossed,1111,12
6(10) Monitoring; reports. During the entire term of each performance
7contract, the qualified provider entering into the contract shall monitor the
8reductions in energy consumption and cost savings attributable to the energy
9conservation and facility improvement measures installed under the contract, and
10shall periodically prepare and provide a report to the local governmental unit
11entering into the contract documenting the reductions in energy consumption and
12cost savings to the local governmental unit.
AB150-engrossed,1111,14
13(11) Energy conservation measures. Energy conservation measures under
14this section may include the following:
AB150-engrossed,1111,1515
(a) Insulation of a building structure or systems within a building.
AB150-engrossed,1111,1916
(b) Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather stripping, multiglazed
17windows or doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated window or
18door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door
19system modifications that reduce energy consumption.
AB150-engrossed,1111,2120
(c) Automated or computerized energy control and facility management
21systems or computerized maintenance management systems.
AB150-engrossed,1111,2322
(d) Heating, ventilating or air conditioning system modifications or
23replacements.
AB150-engrossed,1112,324
(e) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy
25efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a
1facility, unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable
2state or local building code for the lighting system after the proposed modifications
3are made.
AB150-engrossed,1112,44
(f) Energy recovery systems.
AB150-engrossed,1112,55
(g) Utility management systems and services.
AB150-engrossed,1112,76
(h) Cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat,
7as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings.
AB150-engrossed,1112,88
(i) Lifesafety systems.
AB150-engrossed,1112,119
(j) Any other facility improvement measure that is designed to provide
10long-term energy or operating cost reductions or compliance with state or local
11building codes.
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12(12) Application. No local governmental unit may enter into a performance
13contract except in accordance with this section.
AB150-engrossed,1112,2515
67.03
(1) (b) For any school district which offers no less than grades 1 to 12 and
16which at the time of incurring such debt is eligible
for the highest level of school aids 17to receive state aid under s. 121.08, 10% of such equalized value shall be permitted.
18Any school district which at the time of incurring indebtedness is eligible to receive
19state aids under s. 121.08 is eligible for the highest level of school aids for purposes
20of school district borrowing and indebtedness limitations. Any school district about
21to incur indebtedness may apply to the
state superintendent department of
22education for, and the
superintendent department may issue, a certificate as to the
23eligibility of the school district
for the highest level of school aids to receive state aid
24under s. 121.08, which certificate shall be conclusive as to such eligibility for 30 days,
25but not beyond the next June 30.
AB150-engrossed,1113,52
67.12
(12) (f) Paragraph (e) 2. does not apply to borrowing by a school district
3from the state trust funds under subch. II of ch. 24 if the trust fund loan is for a
4distance education project and the loan has been approved by the board of control of
5the cooperative educational service agency in which the school district participates.
AB150-engrossed,1113,137
69.03
(14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
8parents about birth certificates including how to add the name of the father of a child
9whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth of the
10child to the birth certificate under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father will not sign an
11affidavit, through a paternity action; the legal significance and future medical
12advantages to the child of having the father's name inserted on the birth certificate;
13and the availability of services under s.
46.25 73.25.
AB150-engrossed,1113,2315
69.15
(3) (b) 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives
16a statement acknowledging paternity on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
17signed by both parents, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall
18insert the name of the father under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the
19certificate to show that the form is on file. The form shall be available to the
20department
of revenue or its designee under s. 59.07 (97) pursuant to the program
21responsibilities under s.
46.25 73.25 or to any other person with a direct and tangible
22interest in the record. The state registrar shall include on the form for the
23acknowledgment a notice of the information in ss. 767.458 (1) (a) to (e) and 767.62.
AB150-engrossed,1114,3
169.22
(1) (c)
Ten Twelve dollars for issuing a copy of a birth certificate,
$5 $7
2of which shall be forwarded to the state treasurer as provided in sub. (1m) and
3credited to the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h).
AB150-engrossed,1114,55
69.30
(1) (bm) "Service office" has the meaning given in s. 45.36 (1) (c).
AB150-engrossed,1114,127
69.30
(2) A financial institution, state agency
or, county department
or service
8office or an employe of a financial institution, state agency
or, county department
or
9service office is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital
10record for use by the financial institution, state agency
or, county department
or
11service office, including use under s. 45.36 (4m), if the copy is marked "FOR
12ADMINISTRATIVE USE".
AB150-engrossed,1114,1814
70.05
(5) (a) 1m. "Class of property" means residential under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 1.
15or (b) 1.; commercial under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2.
or (b) 2.; personal property; or the sum
16of
agricultural under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 4. or (b) 4., swamp or waste under s. 70.32 (2)
17(b) (a) 5.
and, productive forest land under s. 70.32 (2)
(b)
(a) 6.
and other under s.
1870.32 (2) (a) 7.
AB150-engrossed,1115,2020
70.11
(4) Educational, religious and benevolent institutions; women's clubs;
21historical societies; fraternities; libraries. Property owned and used exclusively
22by educational institutions offering regular courses 6 months in the year; or by
23churches or religious, educational or benevolent associations, including benevolent
24nursing homes and retirement homes for the aged but not including
an organization
25that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health
1maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health
2organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an organization that is issued a certificate
3of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a health maintenance organization or a
4limited service health organization and not including property owned by any
5nonstock, nonprofit corporation which services guaranteed student loans for others
6or on its own account, and also including property owned and used for housing for
7pastors and their ordained assistants, members of religious orders and communities,
8and ordained teachers, whether or not contiguous to and a part of other property
9owned and used by such associations or churches; or by women's clubs; or by
10domestic, incorporated historical societies; or by domestic, incorporated, free public
11library associations; or by fraternal societies operating under the lodge system
12(except university, college and high school fraternities and sororities), but not
13exceeding 10 acres of land necessary for location and convenience of buildings while
14such property is not used for profit. Property owned by churches or religious
15associations necessary for location and convenience of buildings, used for
16educational purposes and not for profit, shall not be subject to the 10-acre limitation
17but shall be subject to a 30-acre limitation. Property that is exempt from taxation
18under this subsection and is leased remains exempt from taxation only if, in addition
19to the requirements specified in the introductory phrase of this section, the lessee
20does not discriminate on the basis of race.
AB150-engrossed,1116,1222
70.11
(4m) Nonprofit hospitals. (a) Real property owned and used and
23personal property used exclusively for the purposes of any hospital of 10 beds or more
24devoted primarily to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick, injured, or disabled,
25which hospital is owned and operated by a corporation, voluntary association,
1foundation or trust,
except an organization that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch.
2611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as defined in s.
3609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an
4organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a
5health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization, no part of
6the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any shareholder, member, director
7or officer, and which hospital is not operated principally for the benefit of or
8principally as an adjunct of the private practice of a doctor or group of doctors. This
9exemption does not apply to property used for commercial purposes or as a doctor's
10office. The exemption for residential property shall be limited to dormitories of 12
11or more units which house student nurses enrolled in a state accredited school of
12nursing affiliated with the hospital.
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(b) Real property leased by and used exclusively for the purposes of any hospital
14that has 10 beds or more, is devoted primarily to the diagnosis, treatment or care of
15the sick, injured or disabled and is owned and operated by a corporation, voluntary
16association, foundation or trust
, except an organization that is organized under s.
17185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as
18defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01
19(3) or an organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that
20offers a health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization,
21no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any shareholder, member,
22director or officer and is not operated principally for the benefit of or principally as
23an adjunct to the private practice of a doctor or group of doctors. This exemption
24applies only to real property leased from a nonprofit organization or nonprofit
25hospital that is exempt from taxation under this chapter and that uses the income
1derived from the lease only for maintenance of the leased property or construction
2debt retirement of the leased property or both. This exemption does not apply to
3property used for commercial purposes or as a doctor's office.
AB150-engrossed,1117,115
70.11
(19) Institutions for dependent children and persons who have
6developmental disabilities. The property of any institution that is licensed under
7s. 48.60 for the care of dependent, neglected or delinquent children if that property
8is used for that purpose and the property of any nonprofit institution that is subject
9to examination under s. 46.03 (5) and that has a full-time population of at least 150
10individuals who have developmental disabilities, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), if that
11property is used for that purpose.
AB150-engrossed,1117,1313
70.11
(34) (a) 2. Is a public building, as defined in s. 101.01
(2) (g) (12).
AB150-engrossed,1117,2015
70.11
(38) University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. 16Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 70.11 (intro.) that relate to leased property, all
17property owned by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and
18all property leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
19that is owned by the state, provided that use of the property is primarily related to
20the purposes of the authority.
AB150-engrossed,1118,622
70.111
(18) Solar and wind energy systems. Solar energy systems and wind
23energy systems. In this subsection, "solar energy system" means equipment which
24directly converts and then transfers or stores solar energy into usable forms of
25thermal or electrical energy, but does not include equipment or components that
1would be present as part of a conventional energy system or a system that operates
2without mechanical means. In this subsection, "wind energy system" means
3equipment which converts and then transfers or stores energy from the wind into
4usable forms of energy, but does not include equipment or components that would be
5present as part of a conventional energy system.
The exemption under this
6subsection is effective until December 31, 1995.
AB150-engrossed,1118,168
70.113
(1) As soon after April 20 of each year as is feasible the department of
9natural resources shall pay to the city, village, or town treasurer the sum of 80 cents
10per acre as a grant out of the appropriation made by s. 20.370
(4) (ea) (5) (da) and
(eq) 11(dq) on each acre situated in the municipality of state forest lands, as defined in s.
1228.02 (1), state parks under s. 27.01 and state public shooting, trapping or fishing
13grounds and reserves or refuges operated thereon, acquired at any time under s.
1423.09 (2) (d), 29.10, 1943 stats., 29.571 (1) or from the appropriations made by s.
1520.866 (2) (tp) by the department of natural resources or leased from the federal
16government by the department of natural resources.
AB150-engrossed,1118,2318
70.113
(2) (a) Towns, cities or villages shall be paid for forest lands as defined
19in s. 28.02 (1), state parks under s. 27.01 and other lands acquired under s. 23.09 (2)
20(d), 23.27, 23.29, 23.293, 23.31 or 29.571 (1) located within such municipality and
21acquired after June 30, 1969. Such payments shall be made from the appropriation
22under s. 20.370
(4) (ea) (5) (da) or
(eq) (dq) and remitted by the department of natural
23resources in the amounts certified by the department of revenue according to par. (b).
AB150-engrossed,1119,10
170.119
(1) The state
and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
2Authority shall make reasonable payments at established rates for water, sewer and
3electrical services and all other services directly provided
by a municipality to state
4facilities
by a municipality and facilities of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
5Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38), including garbage and trash disposal and
6collection, which are financed in whole or in part by special charges or fees. Such
7payments
for services provided to state facilities shall be made from the
8appropriations to state agencies for the operation of
state the facilities. Each state
9agency making such payments shall annually report the payments to the
10department.
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70.119
(3) (d) "Municipal services" means police and fire protection, garbage
13and trash disposal and collection not paid for under sub. (1) and, subject to approval
14by the committee, any other direct general government service provided
by
15municipalities to state facilities
by municipalities and facilities of the University of
16Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38).
AB150-engrossed,1119,2318
70.119
(4) The department shall be responsible for negotiating with
19municipalities on payments for municipal services and may delegate certain
20responsibilities of negotiation to other state agencies
or to the University of
21Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Prior to negotiating with municipalities
22the department shall submit guidelines for negotiation to the committee for
23approval.
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170.119
(5) Upon approval of guidelines by the committee, the department shall
2proceed with negotiations. In no case may a municipality withhold services to the
3state
or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority during
4negotiations.
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70.119
(6) (a) No later than November 15 annually, the department shall report
7to the cochairpersons of the committee the results of its negotiations and the total
8payments proposed to be made in the subsequent calendar year. In computing the
9proposed payments to a municipality, the department shall base its calculations on
10the values of state facilities
and facilities of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
11and Clinics Authority described in s. 70.11 (38), as determined by the department for
12January 1 of the year preceding the year of the report
, and the values of
13improvements to property in the municipality as determined under s. 70.57 (1) for
14January 1 of the year preceding the year of the report, and shall also base its
15calculations on revenues and expenditures of the municipality as reported under s.
1673.10 (2) for the year preceding the year of the report.
AB150-engrossed,1120,2418
70.119
(7) (a) The department shall make payment from the appropriation
19under s. 20.835 (5) (a) for municipal services provided by municipalities
to state
20facilities. If the appropriation under s. 20.835 (5) (a) is insufficient to pay the full
21amount under sub. (6) in any one year, the department shall prorate payments
22among the municipalities entitled thereto.
The University of Wisconsin Hospitals
23and Clinics Authority shall make payment for municipal services provided by
24municipalities to facilities of the authority described in s. 70.11 (38).
AB150-engrossed,1122,2
170.27
(5) Surveys, reconciliations. The surveyor making the plat shall survey
2and lay out the boundaries of each parcel, street, alley, lane, roadway, or dedication
3to public or private use, according to the records of the register of deeds, and
4whatever evidence that may be available to show the intent of the buyer and seller,
5in the chronological order of their conveyance or dedication, and set temporary
6monuments to show the results of such survey which shall be made permanent upon
7recording of the plat as provided for in this section. The map shall be at a scale of
8not more than 100 feet per inch, unless waived in writing by the department of
9agriculture, trade and consumer protection development under s. 236.20 (2) (L). The
10owners of record of lands in the plat shall be notified by certified letter mailed to their
11last-known address, in order that they shall have opportunity to examine the map,
12view the temporary monuments, and make known any disagreement with the
13boundaries as shown by the temporary monuments. It is the duty of the surveyor
14making the plat to reconcile any discrepancies that may be revealed, so that the plat
15as certified to the governing body is in conformity with the records of the register of
16deeds as nearly as is practicable. When boundary lines between adjacent parcels, as
17evidenced on the ground, are mutually agreed to in writing by the owners of record,
18such lines shall be the true boundaries for all purposes thereafter, even though they
19may vary from the metes and bounds descriptions previously of record. Such written
20agreements shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds. On every assessor's
21plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the volume, page and document
22number of the metes and bounds description of each parcel, as recorded in the office
23of the register of deeds, which shall be identified with the number by which such
24parcel is designated on the plat, except that lots which have been conveyed or
25otherwise acquired but upon which no deed is recorded in the office of register of
1deeds may be shown on an assessor's plat and when so shown shall contain a full
2metes and bounds description.
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70.27
(8) Plat filed with governing body. Within 2 days after the assessor's
5plat is filed with the governing body, it shall be transmitted to the department of
6agriculture, trade and consumer protection development by the clerk of the
7governing body which ordered the plat. The department of
agriculture, trade and
8consumer protection development shall review the plat within 30 days of its receipt.
9No such plat may be given final approval by the local governing body until the
10department of
agriculture, trade and consumer protection development has certified
11on the face of the original plat that it complies with the applicable provisions of ss.
12236.15 and 236.20. After the plat has been so certified the clerk shall promptly
13publish a class 3 notice thereof, under ch. 985. The plat shall remain on file in the
14clerk's office for 30 days after the first publication. At any time within the 30-day
15period any person or public body having an interest in any lands affected by the plat
16may bring a suit to have the plat corrected. If no suit is brought within the 30-day
17period, the plat may be approved by the governing body, and filed for record. If a suit
18is brought, approval shall be withheld until the suit is decided. The plat shall then
19be revised in accordance with the decision if necessary, and, without rereferral to the
20department of
agriculture, trade and consumer protection development unless
21rereferral is ordered by the court. The plat may then be approved by the governing
22body and filed for record. When so filed the plat shall carry on its face the certificate
23of the clerk that all provisions of this section have been complied with. When
24recorded after approval by the governing body, the plat shall have the same effect for
25all purposes as if it were a land division plat made by the owners in full compliance
1with ch. 236. Before January 1 of each year, the register of deeds shall notify the town
2clerks of the recording of any assessors' plats made or amended during the preceding
3year, affecting lands in their towns.
AB150-engrossed,1123,96
70.32
(2) (a) (intro.)
In cities and villages, the The assessor shall segregate into
7the following classes on the basis of use and set down separately in proper columns
8the values of the land, exclusive of improvements, and
, except for subds. 5. and 6., 9the improvements in each class: