Amendment SA1-AB58

AB58-SA1,16,16 (c) If in any year a county's distribution under s. 79.043 (5) is less than the county's distribution under s. 79.043 (5) in the previous year, the county's maximum allowable levy shall be increased to reflect the reduction in the distribution.

AB58-SA1,16,22 (d) The maximum allowable levy otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to amounts levied by a county for the payment of any general obligation debt service, including debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding obligations of the county, interest on outstanding obligations of the county, or the payment of related issuance costs or redemption premiums, secured by the full faith and credit of the county.

AB58-SA1, s. 2q Section 2q. 79.095 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,17,9 79.095 (4) Payment. The department shall calculate the payments due each taxing jurisdiction under this section by multiplying the full value as of the January 1 of the preceding year of the property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction by the full-value gross tax rate of the jurisdiction for the preceding year. The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the first Monday in May except that, beginning in 2007, the department of administration shall make the payments on or before the 4th Monday in July. For purposes of ch. 121, school districts shall treat the payments made in July under this subsection as if they had been received in the previous school year.

AB58-SA1, s. 2r Section 2r. 79.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,17,18 79.10 (2) Notice to municipalities. On or before December 1 of the year preceding the distribution distributions under sub. (7m) (a), the department of revenue shall notify the clerk of each town, village and city of the estimated fair market value, as determined under sub. (11), to be used to calculate the lottery and gaming credit under sub. (5) and of the amount amounts to be distributed to it under sub. (7m) (a) on in the following 4th Monday in July year. The anticipated receipt of such distribution distributions shall not be taken into consideration in determining the tax rate of the municipality but shall be applied as tax credits.

AB58-SA1, s. 2s Section 2s. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,17,25 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. The amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities, as adjusted under sub. (7) except that $150,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of general school aids paid under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (af), and (r) in the year of notification, as determined by the department of revenue.

AB58-SA1, s. 2sv Section 2sv. 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. a. and amended to read:

AB58-SA1,18,5 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. a. The Except as provided in subd. 1. b., the amount determined under sub. (4) shall be distributed by the department of administration on the 4th Monday in July.

AB58-SA1, s. 2t Section 2t. 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB58-SA1,18,17 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. b. No later than September 15, 2006, the department of administration shall determine whether general fund revenue during the 2005-07 biennium will exceed the amount of general fund revenue estimated under the 2005-07 biennial budget, plus any amount expended under s. 20.255 (2) (af). An amount equal to the amount of any excess determined under this subd. 1. b., not to exceed $150,000,000, but reduced by the amount transferred to the health care quality improvement fund under s. 16.518 (4), shall be distributed by the department of administration on June 15, 2007, and on each June 15 thereafter an identical amount shall be distributed, and the balance of the amount determined under sub. (4) shall be distributed on the 4th Monday in July 2007, and on each 4th Monday in July thereafter.

AB58-SA1, s. 2v Section 2v. 79.10 (7m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,18,24 79.10 (7m) (a) 2. The town, village or city treasurer shall settle for the amounts distributed under this paragraph on the 4th Monday in July with the appropriate county treasurer not later than August 15. Failure to settle timely under this subdivision subjects the town, village or city treasurer to the penalties under s. 74.31. On or before August 20, the county treasurer shall settle with each taxing jurisdiction, including towns, villages and cities except 1st class cities, in the county.

AB58-SA1, s. 2w Section 2w. 79.10 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,19,8 79.10 (9) (b) Property tax relief credit. Except as provided in ss. 79.175 and 79.18, every property taxpayer of the municipality having assessed property shall receive a tax credit in an amount determined by applying the percentage of the amount of the value of property assessed to the taxpayer to the amount of the distribution distributions to be made to the municipality under sub. (7m) (a), as stated in the December 1 notification from the department of revenue, except that no taxpayer may receive a credit larger than the total amount of property taxes to be paid on each parcel for which tax is levied for that year by that taxpayer.

AB58-SA1, s. 2x Section 2x. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,19,12 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b) is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996 and is; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; and $619,305,000 in 2007 and in each year thereafter.".

AB58-SA1,19,13 7. Page 8, line 20: before that line insert:

AB58-SA1,19,14 " Section 2ya. 121.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,19,17 121.905 (1) In this section, "revenue ceiling" means $6,900, except that "revenue ceiling" means $7,400 $8,100 in the 2003-04 2005-06 school year and $7,800 $8,400 in any subsequent school year.

AB58-SA1, s. 2yb Section 2yb. 121.905 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB58-SA1,19,23 121.905 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2. and s. 121.91 (8), divide the result in par. (a) 1. by the sum of the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years and the number of pupils enrolled who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county children with disabilities education board program in the previous school year.".

AB58-SA1,19,24 8. Page 8, line 20: delete the material inserted by assembly amendment 3.

AB58-SA1,20,1 9. Page 8, line 21: delete "and (4)" and substitute "and, (4), and (8)".

AB58-SA1,20,3 10. Page 10, line 9: delete "For" and substitute "For Except as provided in sub. (8), for".

AB58-SA1,20,4 11. Page 10, line 17: after that line insert:

AB58-SA1,20,5 " Section 8d. 121.91 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB58-SA1,20,12 121.91 (8) Beginning with the calculation of a school district's revenue limit for the 2006-07 school year, a school district's base revenue per member under s. 121.905 (3) (b) 1., a school district's revenue limit under sub. (2m), and the adjustment for declining enrollment under sub. (4) (f) shall be calculated as provided in those sections and with a 5-year rolling average of enrollment instead of a 3-year rolling average of enrollment. The result that provides a school district with the higher revenue limit is the one in effect.

AB58-SA1,20,13 Section 8e . Appropriation changes; public instruction.

AB58-SA1,20,19 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2005, the dollar amount is increased by $285,000,000 for fiscal year 2005-06 and the dollar amount is increased by $415,000,000 for fiscal year 2006-07 to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB58-SA1, s. 8m Section 8m. Initial applicability; revenue.

AB58-SA1,20,22 (1) Municipal aid payments. The treatment of section 79.043 (4) of the statutes first applies to payments distributed in 2005.

AB58-SA1, s. 8s Section 8s. Effective dates; public instruction. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB58-SA1,21,2 (1) Section 8e of this act takes effect on the day after publication or on the day after publication of the 2005-07 biennial budget act, whichever is later.".

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