60.37 (4) (a) An elected town officer, other than a town clerk, a town treasurer, or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk and town treasurer, who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $5,000 each year. An elected town officer, who is a town clerk, a town treasurer, or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk and town treasurer, who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this paragraph may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 60.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder under s. 66.0501 (4). The $5,000 maximum in this paragraph includes amounts paid to a town board supervisor who is acting as superintendent of highways under s. 82.03 (1).
20,1861
Section
1861. 60.63 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 Community and other living arrangements. (intro.) For purposes of s. 60.61, the location of a community living arrangement for adults, as defined in s. 46.03 (22), a community living arrangement for children, as defined in s. 48.743 (1), a foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (6), a treatment foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (17q), or an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1), in any town shall be subject to the following criteria:
20,1862
Section
1862. 60.63 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 (4) If the community living arrangement has capacity for 8 or fewer persons being served by the program, meets the criteria listed in subs. (1) and (2), and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, the community living arrangement is entitled to locate in any residential zone, without being required to obtain special zoning permission except as provided under sub. (10).
20,1863
Section
1863. 60.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 (5) In all cases where the community living arrangement has capacity for 9 to 15 persons being served by the program, meets the criteria listed in subs. (1) and (2), and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, that facility is entitled to locate in any residential area except areas zoned exclusively for single-family or 2-family residences except as provided in sub. (10), but is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in those areas. The town may grant such special zoning permission at its discretion and shall make a procedure available to enable such facilities to request such permission.
20,1864
Section
1864. 60.63 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 (6) In all cases where the community living arrangement has capacity for serving 16 or more persons, meets the criteria listed in subs. (1) and (2), and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, that facility is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in areas zoned for residential use. The town may grant such special zoning permission at its discretion and shall make a procedure available to enable such facilities to request such permission.
20,1865
Section
1865. 60.63 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 (7) The department of health and family services shall designate a single subunit within the
that department to maintain appropriate records indicating the location and the capacity of each community living arrangement for adults, and such information shall be available to the public. The department of children and families shall designate a single subunit within that department to maintain appropriate records indicating the location and the capacity of each community living arrangement for children, and such information shall be available to the public.
20,1866
Section
1866. 60.63 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.63 (9) The attorney general shall take all necessary action, upon the request of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, to enforce compliance with this section.
20,1867
Section 1867. 62.13 (5) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.13 (5) (i) Any person suspended, reduced, suspended and reduced, or removed by the board may appeal from the order of the board to the circuit court by serving written notice of the appeal on the secretary of the board within 10 days after the order is filed. Within 5 days after receiving written notice of the appeal, the board shall certify to the clerk of the circuit court the record of the proceedings, including all documents, testimony and minutes. The action shall then be at issue and shall have precedence over any other cause of a different nature pending in the court, which shall always be open to the trial thereof. The court shall upon application of the accused or of the board fix a date of trial, which shall not be later than 15 days after such application except by agreement. The trial shall be by the court and upon the return of the board, except that the court may require further return or the taking and return of further evidence by the board. The question to be determined by the court shall be: Upon the evidence is there just cause, as described under par. (em), to sustain the charges against the accused? No costs shall be allowed either party and the clerk's fees shall be paid by the city. If the order of the board is reversed, the accused shall be forthwith reinstated and entitled to pay as though in continuous service. If the order of the board relating to a police officer is sustained it shall be final and conclusive.
20,1868
Section
1868. 62.23 (7) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) Community and other living arrangements. (intro.) For purposes of this section, the location of a community living arrangement for adults, as defined in s. 46.03 (22), a community living arrangement for children, as defined in s. 48.743 (1), a foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (6), a treatment foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (17q), or an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1), in any city shall be subject to the following criteria:
20,1869
Section
1869. 62.23 (7) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) 3. In all cases where the community living arrangement has capacity for 8 or fewer persons being served by the program, meets the criteria listed in subds. 1. and 2., and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, that facility is entitled to locate in any residential zone, without being required to obtain special zoning permission except as provided in subd. 9.
20,1870
Section
1870. 62.23 (7) (i) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) 4. In all cases where the community living arrangement has capacity for 9 to 15 persons being served by the program, meets the criteria listed in subds. 1. and 2., and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, that facility is entitled to locate in any residential area except areas zoned exclusively for single-family or 2-family residences except as provided in subd. 9., but is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in those areas. The city may grant such special zoning permission at its discretion and shall make a procedure available to enable such facilities to request such permission.
20,1871
Section
1871. 62.23 (7) (i) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) 5. In all cases where the community living arrangement has capacity for serving 16 or more persons, meets the criteria listed in subds. 1. and 2., and is licensed, operated, or permitted under the authority of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, that facility is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in areas zoned for residential use. The city may grant such special zoning permission at its discretion and shall make a procedure available to enable such facilities to request such permission.
20,1872
Section
1872. 62.23 (7) (i) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) 6. The department of health and family services shall designate a single subunit within the
that department to maintain appropriate records indicating the location and number of persons served by each community living arrangement for adults, and such information shall be available to the public. The department of children and families shall designate a single subunit within that department to maintain appropriate records indicating the location and number of persons served by each community living arrangement for children, and such information shall be available to the public.
20,1873
Section
1873. 62.23 (7) (i) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (7) (i) 8. The attorney general shall take all necessary action, upon the request of the department of health and family services or the department of children and families, to enforce compliance with this paragraph.
20,1874
Section
1874. 66.0137 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0137 (3) Health insurance for unemployed persons. Any city, village, town, or county may purchase health or dental insurance for unemployed persons residing in the city, village, town, or county who are not eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468 or, 49.47, or 49.471 (4) (a) or (b).
20,1875m
Section 1875m. 66.0203 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0203 (11) Town of Ledgeview in Brown County may become a village. (a) The town of Ledgeview, in Brown County, may become a village if the town holds, and approves, an incorporation referendum as described in s. 66.0211 (3). None of the other procedures contained in ss. 66.0201 to 66.0213 need to be fulfilled, and no approval by the department's incorporation review board under s. 66.0207 is necessary for the town to become a village.
(b) The town of Ledgeview, in Brown County, shall enter into a boundary agreement with the city of De Pere, under s. 66.0307, except that the agreement need not be completed before the town holds a referendum on incorporation, as described in s. 66.0211 (3).
20,1875p
Section 1875p. 66.0229 of the statutes is renumbered 66.0229 (1).
20,1875r
Section 1875r. 66.0229 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0229 (1) (title) General procedures.
20,1875s
Section 1875s. 66.0229 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0229 (2) Town of Rochester in Racine county and the village of Rochester may consolidate. The town of Rochester, in Racine County, and the village of Rochester may consolidate if all of the procedures contained sub. (1) are fulfilled, except that the consolidation ordinance need not be submitted to the circuit court for a determination and the department of administration for a public interest finding, as otherwise required, and the consolidation may be completed without any circuit court determination or department of administration findings.
20,1875t
Section 1875t. 66.0230 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0230 (1) (a) In addition to the method described in s. 66.0229 (1) and subject to subs. (2), (3), and (4) and to s. 66.0307 (7), all or part of a town may consolidate with a contiguous city or village by ordinance passed by a two-thirds vote of all of the members of each board or council and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in each municipality.
20,1876
Section
1876. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0301 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, or city-county health department.
20,1877
Section
1877. 66.0601 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927.
20,1878
Section
1878. 66.0601 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, family
long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.
20,1878d
Section 1878d. 66.0602 of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
20,1879
Section
1879. 66.0602 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (1) (am) "Joint fire department" means a joint fire department organized under s. 61.65 (2) (a) 3. or 62.13 (2m), or a joint fire department organized by any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, or towns under s. 66.0301 (2).
20,1880
Section
1880. 66.0602 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (1) (b) "Penalized excess" means the levy
, in an amount that is at least $500 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).
20,1881
Section
1881. 66.0602 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (1) (d) "Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the greater of either 2 percent or 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 2
. 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) .
20,1882
Section
1882. 66.0602 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (2) Levy limit. Except as provided
in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no political subdivision may increase its levy in 2007 or 2008 by a percentage that exceeds the political subdivision's valuation factor
. The base amount in any year, to which the limit under this section applies, shall be the maximum allowable levy for the immediately preceding year. In determining its levy in any year, a city, village, town, or county shall subtract any tax increment that is calculated under s. 59.57 (3) (a), 60.85 (1) (L), or 66.
1105 (2) (i).
20,1883e
Section 1883e. 66.0602 (3) (d) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (d) 4. If the amount of a lease payment related to a lease revenue bond for a political subdivision in the preceding year is less than the amount of the lease payment needed in the current year, as a result of the issuance of a lease revenue bond before July 1, 2005, 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.
20,1883g
Section 1883g. 66.0602 (3) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (dm) If the department of revenue does not certify a value increment for a tax incremental district for the current year as a result of the district's termination, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section in the current year to the political subdivision in which the district is located is increased by an amount equal to the political subdivision's maximum allowable levy for the immediately preceeding year, multiplied by a percentage equal to 50 percent of the amount determined by dividing the value increment of the terminated tax incremental district, calculated for the previous year, by the political subdivision's equalized value for the previous year, all as determined by the department of revenue.
20,1884
Section
1884. 66.0602 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0602 (3) (e) (intro.) and amended to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) (intro.) 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. any of the following:
20,1885
Section
1885. 66.0602 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 1. The amount that a county levies in that year for a county children with disabilities education board.
20,1886
Section
1886. 66.0602 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 2. The amount that a 1st class city levies in that year for school purposes.
20,1887
Section
1887. 66.0602 (3) (e) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 3. The amount that a county levies in that year under s. 82.08 (2) for bridge and culvert construction and repair.
20,1888
Section
1888. 66.0602 (3) (e) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 4. The amount that a county levies in that year to make payments to public libraries under s. 43.12.
20,1889
Section
1889. 66.0602 (3) (e) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 5. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year to make up any revenue shortfall for the debt service on a revenue bond issued under s. 66.0621.
20,1889e
Section 1889e. 66.0602 (3) (e) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 6. The amount that a county levies in that year for a countywide emergency medical system.
20,1889g
Section 1889g. 66.0602 (3) (e) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (3) (e) 7. The amount that a village levies in that year for police protection services, but this subdivision applies only to a village's levy for the year immediately after the year in which the village changes from town status and incorporates as a village, and only if the town did not have a police force.
20,1890
Section
1890. 66.0602 (3) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
20,1891
Section
1891. 66.0602 (3) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (3) (h) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to the amount that a city, village, or town levies in that year to pay for charges assessed by a joint fire department organized under s. 61.65 (2) (a) 3. or 62.13 (2m), but only to the extent that the amount levied to pay for such charges would cause the city, village, or town to exceed the limit that is otherwise applicable under this section.
20,1892
Section
1892. 66.0602 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (4) (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 levy, or any levy in an odd-numbered year thereafter, 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, or any levy in an even-numbered year thereafter, the referendum shall be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election.
20,1893
Section
1893. 66.0602 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (4) (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 this section 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.
20,1894
Section
1894. 66.0602 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (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 this section 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.
20,1895
Section
1895. 66.0602 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (6) Penalties. (intro.)
If Except as provided in sub. (6m), 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:
20,1896
Section
1896. 66.0602 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0602 (6) (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.
20,1897
Section
1897. 66.0602 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0602 (6) (d) Ensure that, if a political subdivision's penalized excess exceeds the amount of aid payment that may be reduced under par. (a), the excess amount is subtracted from the aid payments under par. (a) in the following years until the total amount of penalized excess is subtracted from the aid payments.
