Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,9 2. Fire protection.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,10 3. Emergency services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,11 4. Public health.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,12 5. Solid waste collection and disposal.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,13 6. Recycling.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,14 7. Public transportation.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,15 8. Public housing.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,16 9. Animal control.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,17 10. Libraries.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,18 11. Recreation and culture.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,19 12. Human services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,20 13. Youth services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,22 (f) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, or county with a population greater than 2,500.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,3 (2) Pilot program. The department shall establish a pilot program to study governmental services delivered by and to political subdivisions. The department shall solicit political subdivisions to participate in the program. Based on the department's solicitation, the department shall select 5 political subdivisions to form councils as provided under sub. (3) and shall include in that selection at least one county and at least one city, village, or town.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,6 (3) Creation of council. (a) No later than January 1, 2002, each political subdivision selected under sub. (2) shall create a council consisting of 5 members, as follows:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,7 1. The chief executive officer of the political subdivision, or his or her designee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,8 2. A member who is an employee of the political subdivision.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,10 3. A member with cost accounting experience who is a resident of the political subdivision and who is not a political subdivision officer or employee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,13 4. Two members, not including the member under subd. 3., who are residents of the political subdivision and who are not political subdivision officers or employees.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,19 (b) The political subdivision's chief executive officer shall appoint the council members under par. (a) 2. to 4. The chief executive officer shall appoint 2 members to initial terms of 2 years and the remaining 2 members to initial terms of 4 years. The chief executive officer shall appoint the respective successors of the members under par. (a) 2. to 4. to terms of 4 years. All members under par. (a) 2. to 4. shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,21 (c) The council shall organize annually at its first meeting to elect a chairperson. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,24 (4) Duties of council. The council shall conduct an analysis of governmental services provided by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated. In conducting such an analysis, the council shall do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,2 (a) Establish specific benchmarks for performance, including goals related to intergovernmental cooperation to provide governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,4 (b) Conduct research and establish new methods to promote efficiency in the delivery of governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,6 (c) Identify and recommend collaborative agreements to be developed with other political subdivisions to deliver governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,9 (5) Data collection and analysis. (a) A council may conduct an analysis of a governmental service provided by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated on its own or after receiving any of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,11 1. A written suggestion regarding delegating a governmental service to a private person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,14 2. A written complaint that a governmental service provided by the political subdivision is competing with the same or a similar service provided by a private person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,17 3. A written suggestion by a political subdivision employee or political subdivision employee labor organization to review a governmental service delegated to a private person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,22 (b) After receiving a suggestion or complaint under par. (a), the council shall meet to decide whether an analysis of the governmental service indicated in the suggestion or complaint is necessary. The council may hold hearings, conduct inquiries, and gather data to make its decision. If the council decides to analyze a governmental service under this paragraph, the council shall do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,24 1. Determine the costs of providing the governmental service, including the cost of personnel and capital assets used in providing the service.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,2 2. Determine how often and to what extent the governmental service is provided and the quality of the governmental service provided.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,4 3. Make a cost-benefit determination based on the findings under subds. 1. and 2.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,7 4. Determine whether a private person can provide the governmental service at a cost savings to the political subdivision providing the service and at a quality at least equal to the quality of the service provided by the political subdivision.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,10 5. If the council decides that a governmental service is not suitable for delegating to a private person, determine whether the governmental service should be retained in its present form, modified, or eliminated.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,15 (c) After completing an analysis under par. (b), the council shall make a recommendation to the political subdivision providing the governmental service analyzed under par. (b) and publish the council's recommendation. The recommendation shall specify the recommendation's impact on the political subdivision and the political subdivision's employees.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,19 (6) Training and assistance. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall direct the extension to assist councils created under this section in performing their duties under subs. (4) and (5). The board of regents shall ensure that council members are trained in how to do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,20 (a) Conduct an analysis of a governmental service.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,22 (b) Determine ways to improve the efficiency of delivering a governmental service.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,23 (c) Establish, quantify, and monitor performance standards.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,376,24 (d) Prepare the reports required under sub. (7) (a) and (b).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,2 (7) Reports. (a) On or before June 30, 2002, each council shall submit a report to the department describing the council's activities.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,7 (b) On or before June 30, 2003, each council shall submit a final report to the department describing the council's activities and recommendations and the extent to which its recommendations have been adopted by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated. A report submitted under this paragraph shall provide a detailed explanation of all analyses conducted under subs. (4) and (5).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,12 (c) On or before July 31, 2003, the department shall submit a report concerning the activities and recommendations described in the reports submitted under pars. (a) and (b) to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor. The department's report shall describe ways to implement such recommendations statewide.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2022t Section 2022t. 66.0317 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,14 66.0317 Cooperation region. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,18 (a) "Cooperation region" means a federal standard metropolitan statistical area. For purposes of this section, if only a part of a county is located in a federal standard metropolitan statistical area the entire county is considered to be located in the federal standard metropolitan statistical area.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,19 (b) "Governmental service" has the meaning given in s. 66.0316 (1) (e).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,22 (c) "Metropolitan service delivery" means any governmental service provided to a city that is provided by the city or by another city or by a town, village, or county and provided on a multijurisdictional basis.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,377,23 (d) "Municipality" means any city, village, or town.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,378,3 (2) Area cooperation compacts. (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 3., beginning in 2003 and ending in 2005, a municipality shall enter into an area cooperation compact with at least 2 municipalities or counties located in the same cooperation region as the municipality, or with any combination of at least 2 such entities, to perform at least 2 governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,378,8 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., beginning in 2006 and in each subsequent year, a municipality shall enter into an area cooperation compact with at least 4 municipalities or counties located in the same cooperation region as the municipality, or with any combination of at least 4 such entities, to perform at least 5 governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,378,13 3. A municipality that is not adjacent to at least 2 other municipalities located in the same cooperation region as the municipality may enter into a cooperation compact with any adjacent municipality or with the county in which the municipality is located to perform the number of governmental services as specified under subd. 1. or 2.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,378,20 (b) An area cooperation compact shall provide a plan for any municipalities or counties that enter into the compact to collaborate to provide governmental services. The compact shall provide benchmarks to measure the plan's progress and provide outcome-based performance measures to evaluate the plan's success. Municipalities and counties that enter into the compact shall structure the compact in a way that results in significant tax savings to taxpayers within those municipalities and counties.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,378,23 (c) 1. Annually, beginning in 2002, a municipality shall certify to the department of revenue by May 1, in a manner prescribed by the department that the municipality complied with pars. (a) and (b).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,3 2. Annually, beginning in 2002, a municipality shall submit to the department of revenue on or before June 30, in a manner prescribed by the department, a report that indicates whether the municipality has entered into any agreements with any other municipality or any county located in the same cooperation region as the municipality related to the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,6 a. Establishment of performance standards for delivery of governmental services by municipalities or counties within a federal standard metropolitan statistical area or county.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,7 b. Collaborative service delivery.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,8 c. Reduction or elimination of overlapping service delivery.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,9 d. Municipal revenue sharing under s. 66.0305.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,10 e. Smart growth planning under s. 16.965.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,11 f. Metropolitan service delivery.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,12 g. Financial incentives for shared regional planning services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,13 h. Boundary issues.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,14 i. Other intergovernmental issues.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,17 (d) The department of revenue may grant a municipality additional time to submit any report under par. (c), if the municipality shows good cause for granting the additional time.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,21 (e) Annually, beginning in 2004, the legislative audit bureau shall prepare a report on the performance of area cooperation compacts and shall submit copies of the report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) by June 30.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,22 996. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,379,23 " Section 2020e. 66.0501 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,7 66.0501 (4) Compatible offices and positions. A volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder in a city, village, or town whose annual compensation from one or more of those positions, including fringe benefits, does not exceed $2,500 the amount specified in s. 946.13 (2) (a) may also hold an elected elective office in that city, village, or town. It is compatible with his or her office for an elected town officer to receive wages under s. 60.37 (4) for work that he or she performs for the town.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,8 997. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,9 " Section 2021. 66.0627 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,10 66.0627 (title) Special charges for current services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2022 Section 2022. 66.0627 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,17 66.0627 (2) Except as provided in sub. (5), the governing body of a city, village or town may impose a special charge against real property for current services that are available, regardless of whether the services are actually rendered, by allocating all or part of the cost of the service to the property that is served or that is eligible to be served. The authority under this section is in addition to any other method provided by law.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2022e Section 2022e. 66.0627 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,380,24 66.0627 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), before a special charge may be imposed a public hearing shall be held on the imposition of the proposed special charge by the governing body of the city, village or town may determine the manner of providing notice of a special charge. Notice of the hearing shall be by class 1 notice under ch. 985, and the notice shall specify where a copy of the proposed ordinance relating to the special charge may be obtained.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2023 Section 2023. 66.0707 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,381,13 66.0707 (2) A city, village or town may impose a special charge under s. 66.0627 against real property in an adjacent city, village or town that is served by current services that are available, regardless of whether the services are actually rendered by the municipality imposing the special charge if the municipality in which the property is located approves the imposition by resolution, except that such a resolution may not be approved before the governing body of the municipality in which the property is located holds a public hearing on the imposition. Notice of the public hearing shall be by class 1 notice under ch. 985, and the notice shall specify where a copy of the proposed resolution and ordinance relating to the special charge may be obtained. The owner of the property is entitled to the use and enjoyment of the service for which the special charge is imposed on the same conditions as the owner of property within the city, village or town.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,381,14 998. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,381,15 " Section 2020m. 66.0223 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,382,9 66.0223 Annexation of territory owned by a city or village. In addition to other methods provided by law and subject to ss. 59.692 (7) and 66.0307 (7), territory owned by and lying near but not necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a village or city by ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the common council of the city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the use of the territory by the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning regulation. The ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory annexed and the names of the towns from which detached, and attaches the territory to the village or city upon the filing of 7 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of the secretary of state, together with 7 copies of a plat showing the boundaries of the territory attached. Two copies of the ordinance and plat shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of forestry, one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of public instruction. Within 10 days of filing the certified copies, a copy of the ordinance and plat shall be mailed or delivered to the clerk of the county in which the annexed territory is located. Section 66.0217 (11) applies to annexations under this section.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2021g Section 2021g. 66.0235 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,383,14 66.0235 (5) Apportionment board. The boards or councils of the local governmental units, or committees selected for that purpose, acting together, constitute an apportionment board. When a local governmental unit is dissolved because all of its territory is transferred the board or council of the local governmental unit existing at the time of dissolution shall, for the purpose of this section, continue to exist as the governing body of the local governmental unit until there has been an apportionment of assets by agreement of the interested local governmental units or by an order of the circuit court. After an agreement for apportionment of assets has been entered into between the interested local governmental units, or an order of the circuit court becomes final, a copy of the apportionment agreement, or of the order, certified to by the clerks of the interested local governmental units, shall be filed with the department of revenue, the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, the department of transportation, the state superintendent of public instruction, the department of administration, and with any other department or agency of the state from which the town may be entitled by law to receive funds or certifications or orders relating to the distribution or disbursement of funds, with the county treasurer, with the treasurer of any local governmental unit, or with any other entity from which payment would have become due if the dissolved local governmental unit had continued in existence. Subject to ss. 79.006 and 86.303 (4), payments from the shared revenue account made pursuant to ch. 79, payments of forest crop taxes under s. 77.05, of transportation aids under s. 20.395, of state aids for school purposes under ch. 121, payments for managed forest land under subch. VI of ch. 77 and all payments due from a department or agency of the state, from a county, from a local governmental unit, or from any other entity from which payments would have become due if the dissolved local governmental unit had continued in existence, shall be paid to the interested local governmental unit as provided by the agreement for apportionment of assets or by any order of apportionment by the circuit court and the payments have the same force and effect as if made to the dissolved local governmental unit.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2021p Section 2021p. 66.0307 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,383,18 66.0307 (4) (a) 1. The department, the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the department of transportation.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2021r Section 2021r. 66.0407 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,383,23 66.0407 (5) This section does not apply to Canada thistle or annual noxious weeds that are located on land that the department of natural resources or the department of forestry owns, occupies, or controls and that is maintained in whole or in part as habitat for wild birds by the either department of natural resources.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,383,24 999. Page 681, line 7: after that line insert: