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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

LFB:......Bauer - Use of state telecommunications services

For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100

At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

Page 76, line 16: after that line insert:

"SECTION 81m. 16.71 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.71 (1m) The department shall not delegate to any executive branch agency, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the authority to enter into any contract for materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services relating to information technology or telecommunications prior to review and approval of the contract by the department. No executive branch agency, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, may enter into any such contract without review and approval of the contract by the department. Any delegation to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System is subject to the limitations prescribed in s. 36.11 (49).".

Page 86, line 24: after that line insert:

"SECTION 94m. 16.972 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.972 (2) (a) Provide such telecommunications services to agencies as the department considers to be appropriate. An agency may use telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, provided to the agency by or through the department only for the purpose of carrying out its functions. No agency may offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, that are available from a private telecommunications carrier to the general public or to any other public or private entity except pursuant to a consortium agreement that is in effect on June 1, 2005, to provide services to member organizations.

SECTION 94n. 16.972 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.972 (2) (b) Provide Except as provided in par. (a), provide such computer services and telecommunications services to local governmental units and the broadcasting corporation and provide such telecommunications services to qualified private schools, postsecondary institutions, museums and zoos, as the department considers to be appropriate and as the department can efficiently and economically provide. The department may exercise this power only if in doing so it maintains the services it provides at least at the same levels that it provides prior to exercising this power and it does not increase the rates chargeable to users served prior to exercise of this power as a result of exercising this power. The department may charge local governmental units, the broadcasting corporation, and qualified private schools, postsecondary institutions, museums and zoos, for services provided to them under this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department. Use of telecommunications services by a qualified private school or postsecondary institution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to a municipality using the same services. The department shall prescribe eligibility requirements for qualified museums and zoos to receive telecommunications services under this paragraph.".

Page 422, line 13: after that line insert:

"SECTION 695m. 36.11 (49) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (49) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. The board may use telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, procured by the board only for the purpose of carrying out its mission. The board shall not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services, that are available from a private telecommunications carrier to the general public or to any other public or private entity except pursuant to a consortium agreement that is in effect on June 1, 2005, to provide services to member organizations.".

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

LFB:......Carmichael - Increase register in probate fee

For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100

At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

Page 1047, line 15: after that line insert:

"SECTION 2448m. 814.66 (1) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

814.66 (1) (h) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., for copies, certified or otherwise, of records or other papers in the custody and charge of registers in probate, or for the comparison and attestation of copies not provided by the registers, $1 $1.25 per page.".

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

LFB:......Bauer - Information technology services and resouces

For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100

At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

Page 359, line 9: delete lines 9 to 14.

Page 1065, line 24: after that line insert:

"(11k) DATA CENTER AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECTS. During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, if the department of administration notifies the joint committee on finance of the proposed acquisition of any information technology resource related to the proposed new state data center or the proposed state business management system that the department considers to be major or that is likely to result in substantive change of service, the department shall not proceed with the proposed acquisition until at least 14 working days after the notification. In addition, if within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed acquisition, the department shall not proceed with acquisition of the resource unless the acquisition is first approved by the committee.

(12k) DATA CENTER AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRESS REPORTS. During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, the department of administration shall report semiannually to the joint committee on finance concerning the lease of a new state data center and the current costs associated with the additional hardware and software to increase the state's information technology processing capacity in connection with the proposed state business management system. The reports shall include:

(a) The major stages and substages of the projects, including an assessment of need, and an assessment of the design, implementation, and testing stages and their major substages.

(b) The scheduled, estimated, and actual completion dates for each major stage and substage of the projects.

(d) An evaluation of the projects, including any problems encountered or risks associated with proceeding to the next stage of each project.".

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

LFB:......Runde - Proceeds from sale of state properties

For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100

At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

Page 78, line 21: after "under" insert "sub. (5m) and".

Page 79, line 2: after that line insert:

"(5m) If the net proceeds or the remaining net proceeds of property sales under sub. (4) exceed $36,000,000 in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, the department shall deposit the excess amount in the budget stabilization fund.".

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

LFB:......Olin - Municipal and county levy limit; based on enrolled AB 58; yank Gov.'s levy limits

For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100

At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

Page 426, line 2: after that line insert:

"SECTION 707m. 38.17 of the statutes is created to read:

38.17 Levy limit. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, "debt service" includes debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, and related issuance costs and redemption premiums.

(2) LIMIT. Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no district board may increase its levy for any fiscal year to an amount that exceeds its levy for the previous fiscal year multiplied by 1.026.

(3) ADJUSTMENTS. (a) 1. If a district board transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that it provided in the preceding fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is decreased by the cost that it would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

2. If a district board increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit that provided the service in the previous fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is increased by the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

(b) 1. If the amount of debt service for a district board in the preceding fiscal year is less than the amount of debt service needed in the current fiscal year, as a result of the district board adopting a resolution before July 1, 2005, authorizing the issuance of debt, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) for the current fiscal year is increased by the difference between the 2 amounts, as determined by the department of revenue.

2. The limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to amounts levied by a district board for the payment of any general obligation debt service, including debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, or the payment of related issuance costs or redemption premiums, authorized on or after July 1, 2005, by a referendum and secured by the full faith and credit of the district.

(4) REFERENDUM. (a) 1. A district board may exceed the levy limit under sub. (2) if it adopts a resolution to that effect and the resolution is approved in a referendum. The resolution shall specify the proposed amount of increase in the levy beyond the amount that is allowed under sub. (2), and shall also specify whether the proposed amount of increase is for the next fiscal year only or if it will apply on an ongoing basis.

2. Except as provided in subd. 3., the district board may call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the district for approval or rejection.

3. A referendum to exceed the limit under sub. (2) for the levy for the 2006-07 fiscal year shall be held at the spring primary or election or September primary or general election in 2006.

(b) The district board shall publish type A, B, C, D, and E notices of the referendum under s. 10.01 (2). Section 5.01 (1) applies in the event of failure to comply with the notice requirements of this paragraph.

(c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The district board shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the percentage increase in the levy of the .... (name of district) for the next fiscal year, .... (year), is limited to ....%, resulting in a levy of $..... Shall the .... (name of district) be allowed to exceed this limit such that the percentage increase for the next fiscal year, .... (year), will be ....%, resulting in a levy of $....?".

(d) Within 14 days after the referendum, the district board shall certify the results of the referendum to the department of revenue. The limit otherwise applicable to the district under sub. (2) is increased for the next fiscal year by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the question. If the resolution specifies that the increase is for one year only, the amount of the increase shall be subtracted from the base used to calculate the limit for the 2nd succeeding fiscal year.

(4m) PENALTY. The department of revenue shall notify the board of any amount levied by a district board that exceeds the district's limit under this section. The board shall reduce the district's state aid under s. 38.28 in the same fiscal year in which the excess levy occurred by an amount equal to the amount of the excess levy. The amount of the reduction shall lapse to the general fund.

(5) SUNSET. This section does not apply beginning 3 years after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].".

Page 602, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 608, line 5, and substitute:

"SECTION 1251c. 66.0602 of the statutes is created to read:

66.0602 Local levy limits. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:

(a) "Debt service" includes debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal or county obligations, interest on outstanding municipal or county obligations, and related issuance costs and redemption premiums.

(b) "Penalized excess" means the levy over the limit under sub. (2) for the political subdivision, not including any amount that is excepted from the limit under subs. (3), (4), and (5).

(d) "Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the percentage change in the political subdivision's January 1 equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the previous year and the current year, but not less than zero.

(2) LEVY LIMIT. Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no political subdivision may increase its levy in any year by a percentage that exceeds the political subdivision's valuation factor. In determining its levy in any year, a city, village, or town shall subtract any tax increment that is calculated under s. 60.85 (1) (L) or 66.1105 (2) (i).

(3) EXCEPTIONS. (a) If a political subdivision transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that the political subdivision provided in the preceding year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the political subdivision in the current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the political subdivision would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

(b) If a political subdivision increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit that provided the service in the preceding year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the political subdivision in the current year is increased to reflect the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

(c) If a city or village annexes territory from a town, the city's or village's levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section is increased in the current year by an amount equal to the town levy on the annexed territory in the preceding year and the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section in the current year for the town from which the territory is annexed is decreased by that same amount, as determined by the department of revenue.

(d) 1. If the amount of debt service for a political subdivision in the preceding year is less than the amount of debt service needed in the current year, as a result of the political subdivision adopting a resolution before July 1, 2005, authorizing the issuance of debt, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the political subdivision in the current year is increased by the difference between these 2 amounts, as determined by the department of revenue.

2. The limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to amounts levied by a political subdivision 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 political subdivision, interest on outstanding obligations of the political subdivision, or the payment of related issuance costs or redemption premiums, authorized on or after July 1, 2005, by a referendum and secured by the full faith and credit of the political subdivision.

(e) The limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to the amount that a county levies in that year for a county children with disabilities education board.

(f) The limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to the amount that a 1st class city levies for school purposes.

(g) If a county has provided a service in a part of the county in the preceding year and if a city, village, or town has provided that same service in another part of the county in the preceding year, and if the provision of that service is consolidated at the county level, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the county in the current year is increased to reflect the total cost of providing that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

(4) REFERENDUM EXCEPTION. (a) A political subdivision may exceed the levy increase limit under sub. (2) if its governing body adopts a resolution to that effect and if the resolution is approved in a referendum. The resolution shall specify the proposed amount of increase in the levy beyond the amount that is allowed under sub. (2), and shall specify whether the proposed amount of increase is for the next fiscal year only or if it will apply on an ongoing basis. With regard to a referendum relating to the 2005 or 2007 levy, the political subdivision may call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the political subdivision for approval or rejection. With regard to a referendum relating to the 2006 levy, the referendum shall be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election.

(b) The clerk of the political subdivision shall publish type A, B, C, D, and E notices of the referendum under s. 10.01 (2). Section 5.01 (1) applies in the event of failure to comply with the notice requirements of this paragraph.

(c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The political subdivision shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the increase in the levy of the .... (name of political subdivision) for the tax to be imposed for the next fiscal year, .... (year), is limited to ....%, which results in a levy of $.... Shall the .... (name of political subdivision) be allowed to exceed this limit and increase the levy for the next fiscal year, .... (year), by a total of ....%, which results in a levy of $....?".

(d) Within 14 days after the referendum, the clerk of the political subdivision shall certify the results of the referendum to the department of revenue. The levy increase limit otherwise applicable to the political subdivision under sub. (2) is increased in the next fiscal year by the percentage approved by a majority of those voting on the question. If the resolution specifies that the increase is for one year only, the amount of the increase shall be subtracted from the base used to calculate the limit for the 2nd succeeding fiscal year.

(5) EXCEPTION, CERTAIN TOWNS. A town with a population of less than 2,000 may exceed the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the town if the town board adopts a resolution supporting an increase and places the question on the agenda of an annual town meeting or a special town meeting and if the annual or special town meeting adopts a resolution endorsing the town board's resolution. The limit otherwise applicable to the town under sub. (2) is increased in the next fiscal year by the percentage approved by a majority of those voting on the question. Within 14 days after the adoption of the resolution, the town clerk shall certify the results of the vote to the department of revenue.

(6) PENALTIES. If the department of revenue determines that a political subdivision has a penalized excess in any year, the department of revenue shall do all of the following:

(a) Reduce the amount of county and municipal aid payments to the political subdivision under s. 79.035 in the following year by an amount equal to the amount of the penalized excess.

(b) Ensure that the amount of any reductions in county and municipal aid payments under par. (a) lapses to the general fund.

(c) Ensure that the amount of the penalized excess is not included in determining the limit described under sub. (2) for the political subdivision for the following year.

(7) SUNSET. This section does not apply beginning 3 years after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].".

Page 610, line 23: after that line insert:

"SECTION 1260m. 70.58 of the statutes is renumbered 70.58 (1) and amended to read:

70.58 (1) There Except as provided in sub. (2), there is levied an annual tax of two-tenths of one mill for each dollar of the assessed valuation of the property of the state as determined by the department of revenue under s. 70.57, for the purpose of acquiring, preserving and developing the forests of the state and for the purpose of forest crop law and county forest law administration and aid payments, for grants to forestry cooperatives under s. 36.56, and for the acquisition, purchase and development of forests described under s. 25.29 (7) (a) and (b), the proceeds of the tax to be paid into the conservation fund. The tax shall not be levied in any year in which general funds are appropriated for the purposes specified in this section, equal to or in excess of the amount which the tax would produce.