AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Higher education
This bill eliminates program revenue appropriations for the Lawton Minority Undergraduate Grant Program and the grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the UW System.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.285 (4) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.285 (4) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25 (14) GRADUATE STUDENT FINANCIAL AID. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b) and (gm). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SECTION 4. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) and (g). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
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LRB-1861LRB-1861/3
GMM:jld:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0461 - Repeal auxiliary enterprises funding for WHEG grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) awards Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) to undergraduates enrolled in nonprofit public institutions of higher education or tribally controlled colleges in this state. Currently, those grants are funded in part from moneys received by the UW System for auxiliary enterprises, such as dining halls and parking facilities. This bill eliminates that funding for WHEG grants.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.235 (1) (ke) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.285 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.285 (1) (h) Auxiliary enterprises. Except as provided under subs. (4) (g) and (gm), (5) (i), and (6) (g), all moneys received by the University of Wisconsin System for or on account of any housing facility, commons, dining halls, cafeteria, student union, athletic activities, stationery stand or bookstore, parking facilities or car fleet, or such other auxiliary enterprise activities as the board designates and including such fee revenues as allocated by the board and including such moneys received under leases entered into previously with nonprofit building corporations as the board designates to be receipts under this paragraph, but not including any moneys received from the sale of real property before July 1, 2007, to be used for the operation, maintenance, and capital expenditures of activities specified in this paragraph, including the transfer of funds to pars. (kd), and (ke), and s. 20.235 (1) (ke), and to nonprofit building corporations to be used by the corporations for the retirement of existing indebtedness and such other payments as may be required under existing loan agreements, for optional rental payments in addition to the mandatory rental payments under the leases and subleases in connection with the providing of facilities for such activities, and for grants under ss. 36.25 (14) and 36.34. A separate account shall be maintained for each campus and extension. Upon the request of the extension or any campus within the system, the board of regents may transfer surplus moneys appropriated under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kp). Annually, the amount in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (ke) shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (ke).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.285 (1) (h). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -1513, -1861 and -1858.
SECTION 3. 39.435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of Wisconsin System students from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) and (ke).
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LRB-1863LRB-1863/4
MES:jld&kjf:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB0463 - Levy limits for counties and municipalities
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: levy limits for cities, villages, towns, and counties.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
local government
This bill creates local levy limits that apply to cities, villages, towns, and counties (political subdivisions) for the property tax levies that are imposed in December 2005 and 2006. Generally, the bill prohibits a city, village, or town (municipality) from increasing its levy by a percentage that exceeds the sum of 60 percent of the percentage change in the equalized assessed value of new construction located in the region in which the municipality is located and the rate of inflation. Each municipality is assigned to a region by DOR based on the county in which the municipality is located and each region consists of several counties. In addition, the calculation of a municipality's levy does not include any tax increment that is generated by a tax incremental district (TID).
Generally, with regard to a county, the bill prohibits a county from increasing its levy by a percentage that exceeds the sum of 60 percent of the percentage change in the equalized assessed value of new construction located in the county and the rate of inflation.
The bill contains exceptions to the levy limit for political subdivisions that transfer the provision of services, for cities or villages that annex town territory, and for a county levy that relates to a county Children with Disabilities Education Board. The levy limit may also be exceeded if a political subdivision's governing body approves a resolution to do so and the resolution is approved in a referendum. A town with a population of less than 2,000 may exceed the levy limit if a resolution to do so is approved by an annual or special town meeting. The levy limits do not apply to a property tax levy that is imposed after December 2006.
Under the bill, a political subdivision's levy limit does not generally apply to any amounts levied to pay debt service on debt authorized by a political subdivision, including general obligation debt service, refunding debt, and interest on outstanding obligations.
Also under this bill, the limit otherwise applicable does not apply to the amount that a first class city (presently only Milwaukee) levies for school purposes. Currently, a first class city school district is not authorized to levy a tax; the city in which the school district is located levies a tax for school purposes at the direction of the school board.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 66.0602 of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 Local levy limits. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "County growth factor" means a percentage equal to 60 percent of the percentage change in the county's January 1 equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the year before the previous year and the previous year, but not less than zero.
(b) "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.
(c) "Inflation factor" means a percentage equal to the average annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on June 30 of the year in which property tax bills are mailed under s. 74.09 (5).
(d) "Members-elect" has the meaning given in s. 59.001 (2m).
(e) "Municipal growth factor" means a percentage equal to 60 percent of the percentage change in the region's January 1 equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the year before the previous year and the previous year, but not less than zero.
(f) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.
(g) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
(h) "Region" means any of the following areas to which a municipality is assigned by the department of revenue, according to the county in which the municipality is located, except that, if the municipality is located in more than one county, the municipality is considered to be located in the county that has the greater taxable value:
1. Region 1, consisting of the counties of Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, and Sheboygan.
2. Region 2, consisting of the counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago.
3. Region 3, consisting of the counties of Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau, and Vernon.
4. Region 4, consisting of the counties of Adams, Forest, Juneau, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, and Wood.
5. Region 5, consisting of the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, and Washburn.
6. Region 6, consisting of the counties of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, and Sauk.
7. Region 7, consisting of the counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.
8. Region 8, consisting of the counties of Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland.
9. Region 9, consisting of the counties of Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, and St. Croix.
(2) LEVY LIMIT. (a) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no municipality may increase its levy in any year by a percentage that exceeds the sum of the inflation factor and the municipal growth 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).
(b) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no county may increase its levy in any year by a percentage that exceeds the sum of the inflation factor and the county growth factor.
(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 city's or village's mill rate applied to the current assessed value of the annexed territory, 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 the town's mill rate applied to the assessed value of the annexed territory as of the last year that the territory was subject to taxation by the town, as determined by the department of revenue.
(d) 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, 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 in any year a political subdivision's distribution under s. 79.043 (5) is less than the political subdivision's distribution under s. 79.043 (5) in the previous year, the limit otherwise applicable under this section shall be increased to reflect the reduction in the distribution.
(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 the resolution is approved in a referendum.
(b) The resolution under par. (a) shall specify the proposed amount of increase in the levy beyond the amount that is allowed under sub. (2). The political subdivision may either call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the political subdivision for approval or rejection or the referendum may be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election, if such election is to be held not sooner than 42 days after the resolution is adopted.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 $....?".
(e) Within 14 days after the referendum, the clerk of the political subdivision shall certify the results of the referendum to the department of revenue.
(f) 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 under par. (d).
(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 annual town meeting or a special town meeting adopts a resolution to that effect. 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) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The department of revenue may promulgate rules relating to a political subdivision reporting its debt service levy and nondebt service levy to the department.
(7) SUNSET. This section does not apply to a property tax levy that is imposed after December 2006.
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LRB-1866LRB-1866/1
MJL:lmk:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau - Allocation of money by UWS
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
