Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

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:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,1 " Section 2026nz. 66.0903 (3) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,3 66.0903 (3) (ap) In defining under par. (am) the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this section, the department:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,6 1. May not define swimming pool installer as a separate trade or occupation for purposes of determining the prevailing wage rates for the trades or occupations that are commonly employed in the construction of swimming pools.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,12 2. Shall define metal building assembler as a separate trade or occupation for purposes of determining the prevailing wage rates for that trade or occupation and shall include among the typical duties of that trade or occupation reroofing and repairing existing prefabricated, packaged metal buildings and constructing prefabricated, packaged metal additions to existing prefabricated, packaged metal buildings.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,13 1000. Page 682, line 9: delete lines 10 to 22.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,14 1001. Page 682, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,384,15 " Section 2029ss. 66.1105 (5) (bh) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,4 66.1105 (5) (bh) Notwithstanding the time limits in subs. (4) (e) and (4m) (b) 2., if the village clerk of a village that created, or attempted to create, a tax incremental district before June 2000 and amended or tried to amend the district's boundaries in September 2000 files with the department of revenue, not later than November 30, 2000, the forms and application that were originally due on or before December 31, 2000, the tax incremental base of the district shall be calculated by the department of revenue as if the time limits described in subs. (4) (e) and (4m) (b) 2. had been strictly complied with and, until the tax incremental district terminates, the department of revenue shall allocate tax increments and treat the district in all other respects as if the time limits described in subs. (4) (e) and (4m) (b) 2. had been strictly complied with and as if the district were created on January 1, 2000, except that the department of revenue may not certify a value increment under par. (b) before 2002.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,6 1002. Page 682, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and ending on page 684, line 18.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,7 1003. Page 684, line 18: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,8 " Section 2049h. 66.1113 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,14 66.1113 (2) (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the governing body who are present when the vote is taken, may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area if, except as provided in par. (e), at least 40% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within such political subdivision is used by tourism-related retailers.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2049i Section 2049i. 66.1113 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,17 66.1113 (2) (e) 1. The legislature finds the following with respect to the city of Eagle River:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,19 a. That it has an atypical percentage of tax-exempt land within its boundaries that is used for tourism-related purposes.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,385,21 b. That it is the site of national recreational competitions that draw tourism business to the entire northern region of this state.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,2 2. The city of Eagle River may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area under par. (a) even if less than 40% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within Eagle River is used by tourism-related retailers.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,4 1004. Page 693, line 7: after "death" insert ", together with the fee required under s. 69.22 (7),".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,5 1005. Page 698, line 1: delete "sub. (6)" and substitute "subs. (6) and (7)".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,7 1006. Page 698, line 24: delete ", all of which shall be forwarded as provided in sub. (1m)".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,8 1007. Page 700, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,9 " Section 2100m. 69.22 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,18 69.22 (7) In a county with a population greater than 600,000, in addition to any applicable fee under sub. (1), the state registrar and any local registrar shall charge a fee of $10 for filing a certificate of death and a surcharge of $1 for issuing a certified copy or additional certified copy of a certificate of death, regardless of whether the death occurred before or after 1930. By the 15th day of the first month following the end of a calendar quarter, the state registrar and local registrar shall forward to the state treasurer the amounts received under this subsection during the calendar quarter. The state treasurer shall credit all amounts received under this subsection to the cemetery management insurance fund.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,19 1008. Page 702, line 23: delete lines 23 to 25.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,20 1009. Page 703, line 1: delete lines 1 to 7.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,21 1010. Page 703, line 14: after "to" insert "automatic teller machines,".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,22 1011. Page 703, line 18: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,386,23 " Section 2108s. 70.11 (39m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,3 70.11 (39m) If the owner of the property fulfills the requirements under s. 70.35, cash registers and fax machines, excluding fax machines that are also copiers.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,4 1012. Page 704, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,5 " Section 2112m. 70.111 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,9 70.111 (25) Digital broadcasting equipment. Digital broadcasting equipment owned and used by a radio station or a, television station, except that this subsection does not apply to digital broadcasting equipment that is owned and used by a or cable television system, as defined in s. 66.082 66.0419 (2) (d).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,10 1013. Page 705, line 24: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,11 " Section 2114c. 70.112 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,15 70.112 (5) Motor vehicles, bicycles, snowmobiles. Every automobile, low-speed vehicle, motor bicycle, motor bus, motorcycle, motor truck, moped, road tractor, school bus, snowmobile, truck tractor, or other similar motor vehicle, or trailer or semitrailer used in connection therewith.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,387,16 1014. Page 705, line 24: after that line insert: