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1Section 765. 62.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.22 (1) and amended
2to read:
SB59,564,113 62.22 (1) Purposes. Except as provided in par. (b), the The governing body of
4any city may by gift, purchase or condemnation acquire property, real or personal,
5within or outside the city, for parks, recreation, water systems, sewage or waste
6disposal, airports or approaches thereto, cemeteries, vehicle parking areas, and for
7any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the city,
8by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and beautify
9the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such property for
10public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. The power of condemnation
11for any such purpose shall be as provided by ch. 32.
SB59,766 12Section 766. 62.22 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,767 13Section 767. 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,564,2014 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities Cities may acquire
15by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands within its corporate limits for
16establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining memorial
17grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public
18buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the
19same or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or sale for any of
20the following purposes:
SB59,768 21Section 768. 62.23 (17) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,769 22Section 769. 62.53 of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,770 23Section 770. 63.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,565,624 63.23 (1) The city service commission shall classify all offices and positions in
25the city service, excepting those subject to the exemptions of s. 63.27 and those

1subject to an exclusion under s. 119.33 (2) (e) 1. or 119.9002 (5) (a)
, according to the
2duties and responsibilities of each position. Classification shall be so arranged that
3all positions which that in the judgment of the commission are substantially the
4same with respect to authority, responsibility, and character of work are included in
5the same class. From time to time the commission may reclassify positions upon a
6proper showing that the position belongs to a different class.
SB59,771 7Section 771 . 66.0107 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,565,198 66.0107 (1) (bm) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of
9more than 25 grams of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to the
10exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the
11ordinance; except that if. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall provide
12a person who is prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s.
13961.436 to prosecutions under s. 961.41 (1) (h), (1m) (h), or (3g) (e). If
a complaint
14is issued regarding an allegation of alleging possession of more than 25 grams of
15marijuana, or possession of any amount
of marijuana following a conviction in this
16state for possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, the subject of the complaint
17may not be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject
18of the complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines
19to prosecute the case.
SB59,772 20Section 772. 66.0107 (1) (bp) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,566,321 66.0107 (1) (bp) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the
22same as that prohibited by s. 961.573 (1) or (2), 961.574 (1) or (2), or 961.575 (1) or
23(2) and provide a forfeiture for violation of the ordinance. Any ordinance enacted
24under this paragraph shall provide a person prosecuted under it with the defenses
25that the person has under s. 961.5755 to prosecutions under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574

1(1), or 961.575 (1). A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted
2under this paragraph if, under s. 968.072 (3) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject
3to prosecution under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1).
SB59,773 4Section 773 . 66.0129 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,566,95 66.0129 (5) Bids for construction. The nonprofit corporation shall let all
6contracts exceeding $1,000 for the construction, maintenance or repair of hospital
7facilities to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids by the publication
8of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Section Sections 66.0901 applies and 66.0903 apply
9to bids and contracts under this subsection.
SB59,774 10Section 774. 66.0134 of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,775 11Section 775. 66.0137 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,566,1812 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or
13a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town
14provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis,
15the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2),
16632.728, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853,
17632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896,
18and 767.513 (4).
SB59,776 19Section 776. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,567,1120 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section,
21“municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
22village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership
23programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of
24schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33,
or any public
25library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary

1district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district,
2solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district
3created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created
4under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under
5subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229,
6long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control
7district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission
8created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning
9commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority
10created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s.
1166.1335, or city-county health department.
SB59,777 12Section 777. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,778 13Section 778 . 66.0414 of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,567,16 1466.0414 Cultivation of tetrahydrocannabinols. No village, town, city, or
15county may enact or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that prohibits cultivating
16tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabis if the cultivation is by one of the following:
SB59,567,17 17(1) A dispensary, as defined in s. 94.57 (1) (a).
SB59,567,20 18(2) A person who is cultivating tetrahydrocannabinols for medication with
19tetrahydrocannabinols, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (c), if the amount of cannabis does
20not exceed the maximum authorized amount, as defined in s. 961.01 (14c).
SB59,567,22 21(3) An entity that is cultivating cannabis for distribution as permitted under
22policies determined under s. 94.57 (2) and rules promulgated under s. 94.57 (9).
SB59,779 23Section 779 . 66.0422 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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166.0422 (1) (e) “Underserved area" means an area of this state in which
2households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 25 megabits per
3second download speed and 3 megabits per second upload speed.
SB59,780 4Section 780 . 66.0422 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,568,75 66.0422 (1) (f) “Unserved area” means an area of this state in which households
6or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 10 megabits per second
7download speed and one megabit per second upload speed.
SB59,781 8Section 781 . 66.0422 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,568,189 66.0422 (2) (c) No less than 30 days before the public hearing, the local
10government prepares and makes available for public inspection a report estimating
11the total costs of, and revenues derived from, constructing, owning, or operating the
12facility and including a cost-benefit analysis of the facility for a period of at least 3
13years. The If the facility is other than a broadband facility that is intended to serve
14an underserved or unserved area, the
costs that are subject to this paragraph include
15personnel costs and costs of acquiring, installing, maintaining, repairing, or
16operating any plant or equipment, and include an appropriate allocated portion of
17costs of personnel, plant, or equipment that are used to provide jointly both
18telecommunications services and other services.
SB59,782 19Section 782. 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,569,320 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not apply to a facility for providing
21broadband service to an area within the boundaries of a local government if the local
22government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the
23boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides
24broadband service to the area and, if the area is not an underserved or unserved area,
25whether the person intends to provide broadband service to the area within 9

1months, or, if the area is an underserved or unserved area, whether the person
2actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 3 months and
any of
3the following are satisfied:
SB59,783 4Section 783. 66.0422 (3d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,569,125 66.0422 (3d) (a) The local government asks, in writing, each person that
6provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether
7the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide
8broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the
9written request no person responds in writing to the
The local government does not
10receive a response in writing
that the a person currently provides broadband service
11to the area or intends or actively plans to provide broadband service to the area
12within 9 months the relevant time period.
SB59,784 13Section 784. 66.0422 (3d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,569,1714 66.0422 (3d) (b) The local government determines that a person who responded
15to a written request under par. (a) that the person currently provides broadband
16service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other
17person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).
SB59,785 18Section 785. 66.0422 (3d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,569,2419 66.0422 (3d) (c) The local government determines that a person who responded
20to a written request under par. (a) that the person intended or actively planned to
21provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period did
22not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time
23period
and no other person makes the response responds to the local government
24described in par. (a).
SB59,786 25Section 786 . 66.0422 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.0422 (3m) (b) The municipality itself does not use the facility to provide
2broadband service to end users. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is
3intended to serve an underserved or unserved area.
SB59,787 4Section 787 . 66.0422 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,570,95 66.0422 (3m) (c) The municipality determines that, at the time that the
6municipality authorizes the construction, ownership, or operation of the facility,
7whichever occurs first, the facility does not compete with more than one provider of
8broadband service. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to
9serve an underserved or unserved area.
SB59,788 10Section 788 . 66.0602 (1) (ak) of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,570,1311 66.0602 (1) (ak) “Joint emergency dispatch center” means an operation that
12serves as the dispatch center for 2 or more political subdivisions' law enforcement,
13fire, emergency medical services, or any other emergency services.
SB59,789 14Section 789. 66.0602 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,570,1815 66.0602 (1) (d) “Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the greater of
16either the percentage change in the political subdivision's January 1 equalized value
17due to new construction less improvements removed between the previous year and
18the current or zero 2 percent.
SB59,790 19Section 790. 66.0602 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0602 (2m).
SB59,791 20Section 791. 66.0602 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,792 21Section 792 . 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,570,2522 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year
23to pay for charges assessed by a joint emergency dispatch center, but only to the
24extent that such charges would cause the political subdivision to exceed the limit
25that is otherwise applicable under this section and only if all of the following apply:
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1a. The total charges assessed by the joint emergency dispatch center for the
2current year increase, relative the total charges assessed by the joint emergency
3dispatch center for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the
4percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
5city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months
6ending on September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 1 percent.
SB59,571,97 b. The governing body of each political subdivision that is served by the joint
8emergency dispatch center adopts a resolution in favor of exceeding the limit that is
9otherwise applicable under this section.
SB59,793 10Section 793 . 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,571,1611 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. The total charges assessed by the joint fire department for
12the current year increase, relative to the total charges assessed by the joint fire
13department for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the
14percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
15city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months
16ending on September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 2 1 percent.
SB59,794 17Section 794. 66.0602 (3) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,571,2518 66.0602 (3) (n) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the limit otherwise applicable under this
19section does not apply to the amount that a political subdivision levies in that year
20for operating and capital costs directly related to the provision of new or enhanced
21transit services across adjacent county borders or across adjacent municipal borders.
22For costs to be eligible for the exception under this paragraph, the starting date for
23the new or enhanced transit services must be on or after the effective date of this
24subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and the costs to which the levy applies must be
25described in the agreement under subd. 2.
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12. A political subdivision may not use the exception under this paragraph
2unless all of the following apply:
SB59,572,63 a. The political subdivisions between which the new or enhanced transit routes
4operate have entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
566.0301 to provide for the new or enhanced transit services. The agreement shall
6describe the services and the amounts that must be levied to pay for those services.
SB59,572,127 b. The agreement described in subd. 2. a. is approved in a referendum, by the
8electors in each political subdivision that is a party to the agreement, to be held at
9the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general
10election to be held not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the agreement by
11all of the parties to the agreement. The governing body shall file the resolution to
12be submitted to the electors as provided in s. 8.37.
SB59,795 13Section 795. 66.0615 (1m) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,572,1814 66.0615 (1m) (f) 2. Sections 77.51 (12m), (13), (14), (14g), (15a), and (15b), and
15(17),
77.52 (3), (3m), (13), (14), (18), and (19), 77.522, 77.523, 77.58 (1) to (5), (6m),
16and (7), 77.585, 77.59, 77.60, 77.61 (2), (3m), (5), (8), (9), (12) to (15), and (19m), and
1777.62, as they apply to the taxes under subch. III of ch. 77, apply to the tax described
18under subd. 1.
SB59,796 19Section 796. 66.0615 (1m) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB59,572,2220 66.0615 (1m) (g) Sections 77.52 (3m) and 77.523, as they apply to the taxes
21under subch. III of ch. 77, shall apply to the tax imposed under par. (a) by a
22municipality.
SB59,797 23Section 797. 66.0901 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,798 24Section 798. 66.0901 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,799 25Section 799. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.0901 (6) Separation of contracts; classification of contractors. In public
2contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public
3building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality
4may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts
5shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. Except as
6provided in sub. (6m), the
The municipality may set out in any public contract
7reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character
8and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors
9as to their financial responsibility, competency and ability to perform work and set
10up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person,
11if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid.
SB59,800 12Section 800. 66.0901 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,801 13Section 801. 66.0901 (6s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB59,802 14Section 802 . 66.0903 (1) (a), (am), (b), (cm), (dr), (em), (hm) and (im) of the
15statutes are created to read:
SB59,573,2416 66.0903 (1) (a) “Area" means the county in which a proposed project of public
17works that is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that
18there is insufficient wage data in that county, “area" means those counties that are
19contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient
20wage data in those counties, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to those
21counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those
22counties, “area" means the entire state or, if the department is requested to review
23a determination under sub. (3) (br), “area" means the city, village, or town in which
24a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located.
SB59,573,2525 (am) “Bona fide economic benefit" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (am).
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1(b) “Department" means the department of workforce development.
SB59,574,22 (cm) “Insufficient wage data" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (bg).
SB59,574,103 (dr) “Minor service or maintenance work" means a project of public works that
4is limited to minor crack filling, chip or slurry sealing, or other minor pavement
5patching, not including overlays, that has a projected life span of no longer than 5
6years or that is performed for a town and is not funded under s. 86.31, regardless of
7projected life span; the depositing of gravel on an existing gravel road applied solely
8to maintain the road; road shoulder maintenance; cleaning of drainage or sewer
9ditches or structures; or any other limited, minor work on public facilities or
10equipment that is routinely performed to prevent breakdown or deterioration.
SB59,574,1211 (em) “Multiple-trade project of public works" has the meaning given in s.
12103.49 (1) (br).
SB59,574,1413 (hm) “Single-trade project of public works" has the meaning given in s. 103.49
14(1) (em).
SB59,574,1615 (im) “Supply and installation contract" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1)
16(fm).
SB59,803 17Section 803 . 66.0903 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,574,1918 66.0903 (1) (c) “Hourly basic rate of pay" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
19103.49 (1) (b), 2015 stats.
SB59,804 20Section 804 . 66.0903 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB59,574,2221 66.0903 (1) (f) “Prevailing hours of labor" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
22103.49 (1) (e), 2015 stats. (c).
SB59,805 23Section 805 . 66.0903 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB59,574,2524 66.0903 (1) (g) 1. “Prevailing wage rate" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1)
25(d).
SB59,806
1Section 806. 66.0903 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
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