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b. The agreement or contract transfers all services or duties specified under
24subd. 1. a. for a period of time that is at least twice the length of the period described
25in par. (d) 1. that remains on the date that the application is submitted.
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1c. The agreement or contract indicates the cost to the county or municipality
2transferring a service or duty of performing each service or duty specified under
3subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the service or duty under
4the agreement or contract, and, if the agreement or contract transfers a service or
5duty specified under subd. 1. a. to a county or municipality, the cost to the county or
6municipality to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each
7transferred service or duty in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the
8service or duty.
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d. The agreement or contract specifies the amount that the county or
10municipality will pay to the county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private
11entity to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each service or duty
12specified under subd. 1. a. for the entire term of the agreement or contract.
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e. The agreement or contract specifies the allocation of grant moneys between
14the counties or municipalities that are parties to the agreement or contract.
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2. The county or municipality provided all services or duties specified under
16subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the year that the services or duties are
17transferred under the agreement or contract described in subd. 1.
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(b) 1. The department of revenue may award a grant for an agreement or
19contract under par. (a) only for a transfer of one or more of the following services or
20duties, and only if the innovation plan indicates that the transfer will realize a
21projected savings of at least 10 percent of the total cost of providing the service or
22duty:
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a. Public safety, including law enforcement, but not including jails.
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b. Fire protection.
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c. Emergency services.
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h. Information technology.
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i. Administration, including staffing, payroll, and human resources.
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k. Economic development and tourism.
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m. Housing, planning, and zoning.
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n. Parks and recreation.
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2. For purposes of this subsection, the total cost of providing a service under
13subd. 1. includes the cost of wages, fringe benefits, training, and equipment
14associated with providing the service.
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3. In calculating the projected savings under this paragraph to be realized by
16a transfer of fire protection or emergency medical services involving an entity that
17engages volunteer fire fighters or emergency medical services practitioners, the
18department shall attribute to all volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services
19practitioner positions fair market compensation for the services provided by the
20volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services practitioner positions. The
21department shall promulgate rules specifying the method of determining fair
22market compensation for the services provided by a volunteer fire fighter position
23and emergency medical services practitioner position for purposes of this paragraph.
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1(c) 1. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) after the end of
2the 4th fiscal year after the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act
3.... (this act), section 244 (1).
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2. The department may distribute a total of up to $300,000,000 in payments
5under this subsection.
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3. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) if distributing all
7payments for the grant and all other grants awarded under this subsection as
8provided in par. (d) would result in the distribution of an amount that exceeds the
9amount under subd. 2.
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(d) 1. A grant awarded under par. (a) shall be distributed in payments made
11each year during the period consisting of the first fiscal year that begins after the
12date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1),
13and the following 2 fiscal years. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with
14regard to an innovation plan involving only counties and municipalities, the amount
15of the grant awarded under par. (a) for that plan to be distributed in each year is equal
16to 25 percent of the total costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the services
17and duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
18transfer of the services or duties, excluding the costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. paid
19by the county or municipality with the highest total costs of performing the services
20or duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
21transfer of the services or duties. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with
22regard to an innovation plan involving the transfer of a service or duty to a nonprofit
23organization or private entity, the amount of the grant awarded under par. (a) for
24that plan to be distributed in each year is equal to 25 percent of the total costs
1specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the transferred services and duties in the
2year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties.
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2. No county or municipality may receive a total amount of payments
4distributed during a year under this subsection that exceeds $10,000,000.
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3. The department of revenue shall notify the department of administration of
6any county or municipality that failed to realize its projected savings as required
7under par. (e) 2. a. or b., and the department of administration shall withhold from
8the next payment to the county or municipality an amount equal to the difference
9between the amount of savings required to be realized under par. (e) 2. a. or b. and
10the actual amount of savings realized.
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4. The department shall allocate the grant moneys distributed under this
12paragraph as provided by the agreement or contract under par. (a) 1. e.
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(e) 1. The department of revenue shall give priority to county and municipal
14innovation plans that attempt to realize savings for public safety, fire protection, and
15emergency services while maintaining the appropriate level of such services. After
16the department awards grants to priority applicants, the department may award
17other counties and municipalities a prorated share of the remaining amount
18allocated under s. 25.491 (10).
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2. a. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that
20the county or municipality shall realize half of the projected savings under its plan
21no later than 24 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
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b. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that the
23county or municipality shall realize the full amount of the projected savings under
24its plan no later than 36 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
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1(f) 1. Each year during the period described in par. (d) during which grants are
2distributed, the department of revenue shall audit at least 10 percent of the grants
3awarded under par. (a) for which at least 24 months have passed since the first
4distribution under the grant.
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2. Each year during the period during which grants under par. (a) are awarded,
6no later than December 31, the department of revenue shall submit a report to the
7joint committee on finance concerning all grants awarded under par. (a).
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8(2) Innovation planning grants. Beginning in 2024, a municipality with a
9population not exceeding 5,000 may apply to the department of revenue, in the form
10and manner prescribed by the department, for a grant to be used only for staffing and
11consultant expenses for planning the transfer of one or more of the services listed
12under sub. (1) (b). No municipality may receive more than $100,000 for each project
13plan submitted under this paragraph and approved by the department of revenue.
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1579.039 Certain reductions.
(1) For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent
16years, if in any year a county or municipality fails to satisfy the requirements under
17s. 62.90 (5) (a) or 66.0608 (2m), the secretary of administration shall reduce the
18county's or municipality's total of payments under ss. 79.036 and 79.037 for the next
19year by 15 percent.
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20(2) (a) 1. If in any year a county that imposes the tax under s. 77.70 (2)
fails to
21make the contribution to its retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued
22liability, as required under s. 77.70 (2) (a), the department of revenue shall reduce
23the county's total of payments under ss. 79.035, 79.036, and 79.037 for that year by
24the amount of the unpaid contribution and direct the department of administration
1to pay that amount towards the retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued
2liability.
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2. If in any year a county that imposes the tax under s. 77.70 (2)
uses the
4revenue from that tax for an expenditure that is not authorized under s. 77.70 (2),
5the department of revenue shall reduce the county's total of payments under ss.
679.035, 79.036, and 79.037 for that year by the amount of the unauthorized
7expenditure and direct the department of administration to pay to the county the
8reduced amount.
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(b) 1. If in any year a municipality that imposes the tax under s. 77.701
fails
10to make the contribution to its retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued
11liability, as required under s. 77.701 (1), the department of revenue shall reduce the
12municipality's total of payments under ss. 79.035, 79.036, and 79.037 for that year
13by the amount of the unpaid contribution and direct the department of
14administration to pay that amount towards the retirement system's unfunded
15actuarial accrued liability.
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2. If in any year a municipality that imposes the tax under s. 77.701
uses the
17revenue from that tax for an expenditure that is not authorized under s. 77.701, the
18department of revenue shall reduce the municipality's total of payments under ss.
1979.035, 79.036, and 79.037 for that year by the amount of the unauthorized
20expenditure and direct the department of administration to pay to the municipality
21the reduced amount.
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79.05
(2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on
24long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305,
25payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m.,
revenues generated from
1a tax imposed under s. 77.701, payments received under s. 79.038, expenditures of
2payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3),
3recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s.
416.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s.
5323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L.
111-5,
grants received
6from the state or federal government for the purpose of providing law enforcement,
7fire protection, or emergency medical services, and expenditures made pursuant to
8a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes
9purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year of the statement under s.
1079.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6); exclusive of
11principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments
12under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m.,
revenues
13generated from a tax imposed under s. 77.701, payments received under s. 79.038, 14expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under
15s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant
16payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency
17declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L.
111-5,
18grants received from the state or federal government for the purpose of providing law
19enforcement, fire protection, or emergency medical services, and expenditures made
20pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality
21makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year before that year by less
22than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest
230.10 percent.
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179.05
(3) (d) Multiply the amount under par. (c) by the amount for the year
2under s. 79.01 (1)
, 2021 stats.
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79.05
(4) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), in 2025, each municipality shall
5receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
6received by the municipality under this section in 2024.
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879.0965 State aid; repeal of personal property tax. (1) Beginning in 2025,
9the department of administration shall pay to each taxing jurisdiction, as defined in
10s. 79.095 (1) (c), an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the items of personal
11property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax assessments as of
12January 1, 2023.
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13(2) (a) Each municipality shall report to the department of revenue, in the time
14and manner determined by the department, the amount of the property taxes levied
15on the items of personal property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax
16assessments as of January 1, 2023, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of
17other taxing jurisdictions.
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(b) Each taxing jurisdiction shall report to the department of revenue, in the
19time and manner determined by the department, any information the department
20considers necessary to administer this section.
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(c) If a municipality does not timely electronically file the report required by
22the department of revenue under par. (a), the following reductions will be made to
23the municipality's personal property aid distributed under sub. (1) in 2025:
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1. Reduction of 25 percent, if not filed by June 30, 2024.
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12. Forfeiture of the municipality's aid under sub. (1), if not filed by July 15,
22024.
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(d) If a municipality does not electronically file the report required by the
4department of revenue under par. (a) by July 15, 2024, the department may use the
5best information available to calculate the aid to distribute under sub. (1) in 2025 to
6the applicable taxing jurisdictions.
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7(3) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district
8within the taxing jurisdiction the district's proportionate share of the amount the
9taxing jurisdiction receives under sub. (1). The amount that would have been paid
10to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the
11municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the
12termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.
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101.02
(7y) (a) In this subsection, “quarry” has the meaning given in s. 66.0441
15(2) (g).
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(b) Notwithstanding sub. (7) (a), and except as provided in this subsection and
17s. 66.0441 (3) (d), a city, village, town, or county may not make or enforce a local order
18that limits blasting at a quarry.
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(c) A city, village, town, or county may petition the department for an order
20granting the city, village, town, or county the authority to impose additional
21restrictions and requirements related to blasting on the operator of a quarry. If a city,
22village, town, or county submits a petition under this paragraph because of concerns
23regarding the potential impact of blasting on a qualified historic building, as defined
24in s. 101.121 (2) (c), the department may require the operator of the quarry to pay
25the costs of an impact study related to the qualified historic building.
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1(d) If the department issues an order under this subsection, the order may
2grant the city, village, town, or county the authority to impose restrictions and
3requirements related to blasting at the quarry that are more restrictive than the
4requirements under s. 101.15 related to blasting and rules promulgated by the
5department under s. 101.15 (2) (e) related to blasting.
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(e) The department may not charge a fee to a city, village, town, or county in
7connection with a petition submitted under par. (c).
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111.70
(4) (mc) 7. In any municipality with a retirement system established
10under chapter 201 or 396, laws of 1937, any terms of such a retirement system,
11including, but not limited to, the costs, payments, contributions, benefits, or design,
12including all impacts or effects that any changes made to the retirement system
13might have upon the wages, hours, or conditions of employment, with any bargaining
14unit composed of public safety employees or any employees treated as public safety
15employees under par. (bn).
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115.385
(1) (e) All of the following information derived from statistics reported
18under s. 118.124:
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1. The total number of incidents per 100 pupils reported by the school or school
20district.
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2. The average total number of incidents per 100 pupils reported statewide.
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3. The total number of incidents listed under s. 118.124 (2) (a) 1., 2., 4., and 8.
23per 100 pupils reported by the school or school district.
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4. The average total number of incidents listed under s. 118.124 (2) (a) 1., 2.,
254., and 8. per 100 pupils reported statewide.
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115.385
(1g) (g) The department may not consider the statistics reported by a
3school or school district under s. 118.124.
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5118.124 Statistics of crimes and other safety-related incidents. (1) In
6this section:
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(a) “Participating private high school" means a private school participating in
8a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that operates high school grades.
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(b) “Public high school" means a public school, including a charter school, that
10operates high school grades.
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11(2) (a) Subject to par. (b), beginning in the 2024-25 school year, a public high
12school and a participating private high school shall collect and maintain statistics
13of incidents of the following:
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3. Burglary, robbery, or theft.
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4. Battery, substantial battery, or aggravated battery under s. 940.19.
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6. Use or possession of alcohol, a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01
20(4), or a controlled substance analog, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m).
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7. Possession of a firearm in violation of s. 948.605 (2).
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8. A violation of a municipal ordinance relating to disorderly conduct.
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(b) The requirement under par. (a) applies only to an incident that satisfies all
24of the following:
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1. The incident occurred during one of the following:
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b. A school-sanctioned event that occurred before or after school hours.