Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB55

SB55-ASA1-AA1,668,20 79.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget, exclusive of; excluding principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of payments of the, revenue sharing payments paid by the municipality under s. 66.0305, as provided by rule by the department of revenue, amounts paid from a segregated account under s. 66.0602, and recycling fee payments under s. 289.645,; for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6), exclusive of; excluding principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of payments of the, revenue sharing payments paid by the municipality under s. 66.0305, as provided by rule by the department of revenue, amounts paid from a segregated account under s. 66.0602, and recycling fee payments under s. 289.645,; for the year before that year by less than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10% plus 50% of the difference between the municipality's allowable budget to be eligible for a payment under this section, as determined in the prior year, and the municipality's adopted budget, as determined in the prior year.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,668,21 1290. Page 854, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,668,22 " Section 2287. 79.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,5 79.06 (2) (b) If the payments to a municipality or county, except any county in which there are no cities or villages, or any county incorporated in the year 1846, with a population in the year 1990 greater than 16,000 but less than 17,000, as determined by the 1990 federal decennial census, in any year exceed its combined payments under this section and s. 79.03, excluding payments under s. 79.03 (3c), in the previous year by more than the maximum allowable increase, the excess shall be withheld to fund minimum payments in that year under sub. (1) (c).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,6 1291. Page 854, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,7 " Section 2285d. 79.04 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,9 79.04 (2) (ad) The amount distributable to a county under par. (a) shall not exceed the following:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,11 1. For the distribution in 2002, an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $100.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,13 2. For the distribution in 2003, an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $225.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,15 3. For the distribution in 2004, an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $325.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,17 4. For the distribution in 2005, an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $475.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,669,19 5. For the distribution in 2006 and subsequent years, an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $600.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2285m Section 2285m. 79.04 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,670,8 79.04 (5) (a) If a production plant, other than a coal-powered or nuclear-powered production plant, is built on the site of an existing or decommissioned production plant or on brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 (1) (a), after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and is operating at a total power production capacity of at least 50 megawatts, the city, village, or town in which the plant is located shall receive annually an additional payment from the department of administration equal to the amount in the account, as determined under sub. (1) (a), for the "production plant, exclusive of land" multiplied by one mill, and the county in which the plant is located shall receive annually an additional payment from the department of administration equal to the amount in the account, as determined under sub. (2) (a), for the "production plant, exclusive of land" multiplied by one mill.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,670,19 (b) If a coal-powered production plant is built on the site of an existing or decommissioned production plant or on brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 (1) (a), after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and is operating at a total power production capacity of at least 50 megawatts, the city, village, or town in which the plant is located shall receive annually an additional payment from the department of administration equal to the amount in the account, as determined under sub. (1) (a), for the "production plant, exclusive of land" multiplied by 2 mills, and the county in which the plant is located shall receive annually an additional payment from the department of administration equal to the amount in the account, as determined under sub. (2) (a), for the "production plant, exclusive of land" multiplied by one mill.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,670,20 1292. Page 854, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,670,22 " Section 2291d. 79.095 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 79.095 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,10 79.095 (3) (a) The department shall adjust each rate reported under sub. (2) (b) to a full-value rate. The department shall review and correct the information submitted under sub. (2) (a), shall determine the full value , as provided under par. (b), of all of the computers reported under sub. (2) (a) and of all the computers under s. 70.995 (12r) and, on or before October 1, shall notify each taxing jurisdiction of the full value of the computers that are exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and that are located in the jurisdiction. The department shall adjust the full value that is reported to taxing jurisdictions under this subsection in the year after an error occurs or a value has been changed due to an appeal. All disputes between the department and municipalities about the value of the property reported under sub. (2) (a) or of the property under s. 70.995 (12r) shall be resolved by using the procedures under s. 70.995 (8).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2291e Section 2291e. 79.095 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,13 79.095 (3) (b) The full value of a computer that is reported under sub. (2) (a) or a computer under s. 70.995 (12r) is determined as follows:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,15 1. If the computer was purchased in the previous year, the full value of the computer is 67% of the cost of the computer.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,17 2. If the computer was purchased in the year before the previous year, the full value of the computer is 33% of the cost of the computer.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,19 3. If the computer was purchased in any year that is before the year under subd. 2., the full value of the computer is zero.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,20 1293. Page 856, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,671,21 " Section 2294m. 84.001 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,672,2 84.001 (1r) "Intelligent transportation system" means a specialized computer system or other electronic, information processing, communication, or technical system, including roadway detector loops, closed circuit television, permanent variable message signs, or ramp meters, that is used to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,672,3 1294. Page 856, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,672,4 " Section 2294c. 80.05 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,672,8 80.05 (2) (b) Give notice by registered mail to the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the department of environmental management, and to the county land conservation committee in each county through which the highway may pass.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294g Section 2294g. 80.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,672,19 80.39 (2) Notice. Upon such petition the county board or the commissioners appointed by the board shall give notice of the time and place they will meet to decide on the petition. The notice shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. The notice shall also be given to the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry by serving a copy upon the secretary of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry either by registered mail or personally and to the department of environmental management by serving a copy upon the secretary of environmental management. If the board appoints a committee to act, the notice shall state the fact and the notice shall be signed by the commissioners, otherwise by the chairperson of the board.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294n Section 2294n. 80.41 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,673,2 80.41 Discontinuing ways to waters. No resolution, ordinance, order or similar action of any town board or county board or committee thereof discontinuing any highway, street, alley or right-of-way that provides public access to any navigable lake or stream shall be effective until such resolution, ordinance, order or similar action is approved by the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and the department of environmental management.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294r Section 2294r. 84.01 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,673,10 84.01 (17) Improvements for next 6 years. In each odd-numbered year, the department shall determine, as far as possible, what improvements will be made during the following 6-year period, and shall notify the county clerks prior to February 1 of each even-numbered year, as to the improvements in their respective counties. Such notice shall also be given to the department of natural resources, fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, to the department of environmental management, and to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294w Section 2294w. 84.01 (23) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,673,17 84.01 (23) Bridge standards. The department shall adopt standards and specifications for the design and construction of county, town, village and city bridges, arches or culverts. The standards shall be developed after consultation with the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and the department of environmental management, and shall be directed at preventing undue impairment of public rights in navigable waters.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,673,18 1295. Page 856, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,673,20 " Section 2294ec. 79.10 (10) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 79.10 (10) (bm) 1. and amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,674,7 79.10 (10) (bm) 1. A person who is eligible for a credit under sub. (9) (bm) but whose property tax bill does not reflect the credit may claim the credit by applying to the treasurer of the taxation district in which the property is located for the credit under par. (a) by January 31 following the issuance of the person's property tax bill. The treasurer of the taxation district in which the property is located shall compute the amount of the credit; subtract the amount of the credit from the person's property tax bill; notify the person of the reduced amount of the property taxes due; issue a refund to the person if the person has paid the property taxes in full; and enter the person's property on the next tax roll as property that qualifies for a lottery and gaming credit. Claims made under this paragraph subdivision become invalid when claims made under par. (a) become invalid.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294ee Section 2294ee. 79.10 (10) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,674,19 79.10 (10) (bm) 2. A person who may apply for a credit under subd. 1. but who does not timely apply for the credit under subd. 1. may apply to the department of revenue no later than October 1 following the issuance of the person's property tax bill. Subject to review by the department, the department shall compute the amount of the credit; issue a check to the person in the amount of the credit; and notify the treasurer of the county in which the person's property is located or the treasurer of the taxation district in which the person's property is located, if the taxation district collects taxes under s. 74.87. The treasurer shall enter the person's property on the next tax roll as property that qualifies for a lottery and gaming credit. Claims made under this subdivision become invalid when claims made under par. (a) become invalid.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294eg Section 2294eg. 79.10 (10) (bn) of the statutes is renumbered 79.10 (10) (bn) 1. and amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,675,6 79.10 (10) (bn) 1. If a person who owns and uses property as specified under sub. (1) (dm), as of the certification date under par. (a), transfers the property after the certification date, the transferee may apply to the treasurer of the county in which the property is located or, if the property is located in a city that collects taxes under s. 74.87, to the treasurer of the city in which the property is located for the credit under sub. (9) (bm) on a form prescribed by the department of revenue. The transferee shall attest that, to the transferee's knowledge, the transferor used the property in the manner specified under sub. (1) (dm) as of the certification date under par. (a). A claim that is made under this paragraph subdivision is valid for the year in which the property is transferred.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294eh Section 2294eh. 79.10 (10) (bn) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,675,17 79.10 (10) (bn) 2. A person who is eligible for a credit under subd. 1. but whose property tax bill does not reflect the credit may claim the credit by applying to the treasurer of the taxation district in which the property is located for the credit by January 31 following the issuance of the person's property tax bill. Claims made after January 31, but no later than October 1 following the issuance of the person's property tax bill, shall be made to the department of revenue. Paragraph (bm), as it applies to processing claims made under that paragraph, applies to processing claims made under this subdivision, except that a claim that is made under this subdivision is valid for the year in which the person took possession of the transferred property under subd. 1.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,675,18 1296. Page 856, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,675,19 " Section 2294p. 81.01 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,4 81.01 (3) (intro.) Provide machinery, implements, material, and equipment needed to construct, maintain, and repair said highways and bridges, and for that purpose may acquire by purchase or by condemnation in the manner provided by ch. 32 gravel pits and stone quarries, but the total sum spent under this subsection shall not exceed $10,000 in any year for construction, maintenance, and repair of highways and bridges may not exceed the product of $5,000 multiplied by the miles of highway under the jurisdiction of the town measured by the most recent highway mileage for the town, as determined under s. 86.302, unless one of the following occurs:

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 2294pc Section 2294pc. 81.01 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,10 81.01 (3) (b) The town board, by resolution, submits to the electors of the town as a referendum at a general or special town election the question of exceeding the $10,000 limit set under this subsection. A copy of the resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. The board shall abide by the majority vote of the electors of the town on the question. The question shall read as follows:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,15 Shall the town of ... .... spend $... $.... over the annual limit of $10,000 the product of $5,000 multiplied by the miles of highway under the jurisdiction of the town measured by the most recent highway mileage for the town, as determined under section 86.302 of the Wisconsin Statutes, for the construction , maintenance, and repair of its highways and bridges?

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,16 FOR SPENDING ⍽ AGAINST SPENDING ⍽".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,17 1297. Page 856, line 3: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,18 " Section 2294m. 81.01 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,676,24 81.01 (3) (b) (intro.) The town board by resolution submits to the electors of the town as a referendum at a general or special town an election authorized under s. 8.065 the question of exceeding the $10,000 limit set under this subsection. A copy of the resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. The board shall abide by the majority vote of the electors of the town on the question. The question shall read as follows:".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,1 1298. Page 857, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,2 "Section 2296r. 84.013 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,6 84.013 (1) (a) (intro.) "Major highway project" means a project, except a project providing an approach to a bridge over a river that forms a boundary of the state or a southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project under s. 84.014, which has a total cost of more than $5,000,000 and which involves any of the following:".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,7 1299. Page 857, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,8 " Section 2296p. 84.01 (34) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,11 84.01 (34) Hazard elimination. Hazard elimination activities authorized under 23 USC 130 or 152 may not be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) to (cx).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,12 1300. Page 857, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,13 "Section 2296p. 84.01 (34) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,18 84.01 (34) Stillwater Bridge project. (a) Not later than April 1, 2002, the department shall develop and submit to the joint committee on finance a proposal specifying the amount of anticipated expenditures to be made by the department for mitigation in connection with the Stillwater Bridge project across the St. Croix River between Houlton in St. Croix County and Stillwater, Minnesota.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,677,23 (b) If, after submission of the proposal under par. (a), the department determines that it will exceed the amount of anticipated expenditures specified in the proposal under par. (a), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a proposal for the additional amount of anticipated expenditures for mitigation in connection with the project.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,3 1301. Page 858, line 15: delete the material beginning with "and Old" and ending with "33" on line 16 and substitute "in the town of Delton and Terrytown Road in the town of Baraboo".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,4 1302. Page 858, line 25: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,5 " Section 2302gg. 84.013 (3m) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,8 84.013 (3m) (g) The department shall complete any major highway project involving USH 10 from Marshfield to Stevens Point in Portage and Wood counties by December 31, 2010.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,10 1303. Page 859, line 10: delete "reconstruction" and substitute "rehabilitation".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,11 1304. Page 859, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,14 "(d) "Rehabilitation" means the reconditioning, reconstruction, or resurfacing, as defined in s. 84.013 (1) (b) to (d), of a freeway or the adding of one or more lanes to the freeway, and includes interim repairs.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,18 (e) "Southeast Wisconsin freeway" means a state trunk highway, located in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, or Waukesha county, that has 4 or more lanes of traffic physically separated by a median or barrier and that gives preference to through traffic by limiting access to interchanges only.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,20 1305. Page 859, line 23: after "86.255," insert "any southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects, including".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,21 1306. Page 859, line 24: delete "project" and substitute "project,".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,678,23 1307. Page 860, line 7: on lines 7 and 13, delete "reconstruction" and substitute "rehabilitation".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,1 1308. Page 861, line 17: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,6 "(8m) The department shall design the reconstruction of the Marquette interchange and I 94 in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties to allow for expansion of capacity for vehicular traffic on the Marquette interchange and I 94 in these counties to meet the projected vehicular traffic capacity needs, as determined by the department, for 30 years following the completion of such reconstruction.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,7 1309. Page 861, line 17: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,8 " Section 2304p. 84.02 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,19 84.02 (5) (a) As often as it deems necessary, the department shall publish highway service maps showing the state trunk highway system and such other main highways and other features as may seem desirable. Such highway service maps shall be sold by the department at a price to be fixed by it, which shall be not less than cost. The department may permit the use of the base plates for other maps and publications in consideration of a fair fee for such use. The department shall make and publish or duplicate such highway service maps as are required for its use, and shall publish folded highway maps of Wisconsin for free distribution to the public. The department shall ensure that the folded highway maps bear information regarding the requirements of s. 347.48 (4) and do not bear information regarding toll-free telephone service under s. 13.205.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,20 1310. Page 861, line 17: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,679,21 " Section 2304t. 84.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,680,19 84.02 (3) (a) Changes may be made in the state trunk system by the department, if it deems that the public good is best served by making the changes. The department, in making the changes, may lay out new highways by the procedure under this subsection. Due notice shall be given to the localities concerned of the intention to make changes or discontinuances, and if the change proposes to lay a highway via a new location and the distance along such deviation from the existing location exceeds 2 1/2 miles, then a hearing in or near the region affected by the proposed change shall be held prior to making the change effective. The notice shall also be given to the secretary of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and to the secretary of environmental management either by registered mail or personally. Whenever the department decides to thus change more than 2 1/2 miles of the system the change shall not be effective until the decision of the department has been referred to and approved by the county board of each county in which any part of the proposed change is situated. A copy of the decision shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each county in which a change is made or proposed. Where the distance along the deviation from the existing location exceeds 5 miles the change shall constitute an addition to the state trunk highway system. The preexisting route shall continue to be a state trunk highway unless the county board of each county in which any part of the relocation lies and the department mutually agree to its discontinuance as a state trunk highway. Whenever such county board or boards and the department cannot so agree the department shall report the problem to the next ensuing session of the legislature for determination.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,680,21 1311. Page 861, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 864, line 2.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,680,23 1312. Page 865, line 2: delete the material beginning with "and" and ending with "(ck)," on line 4.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,680,24 1313. Page 865, line 8: delete "$10,000,000" and substitute "$5,000,000".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,681,1 1314. Page 865, line 20: after that line insert: