SB44-SSA1, s. 1655 3Section 1655. 79.02 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,696,74 79.02 (2) (b) Subject to s. 59.605 (4), payments in July shall equal 15% of the
5municipality's or county's estimated payments under ss. 79.03, 79.035, 79.036, 79.04,
679.043, 79.044, 79.045, 79.058, and 79.06 and 100% of the municipality's estimated
7payments under s. 79.05.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1656 8Section 1656. 79.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,696,139 79.02 (3) (a) Subject to s. 59.605 (4), payments to each municipality and county
10in November shall equal that municipality's or county's entitlement to shared
11revenues
under ss. 79.03, 79.035, 79.036, 79.04, 79.043, 79.044, 79.045, 79.05,
1279.058, and 79.06 for the current year, minus the amount distributed to the
13municipality or county in July.
SB44-SSA1,696,19 14(b) In November 2002, the amount of the payments to each municipality and
15county under ss. 79.03, 79.04, 79.05, 79.058, and 79.06 to be paid from the
16appropriation account under s. 20.855 (4) (rb) shall be the amount of such payments
17to the municipality or county multiplied by the quotient of an amount equal to the
18moneys available, as determined by the department of administration, from the
19appropriation account under s. 20.855 (4) (rb) divided by $826,068,930.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1657 20Section 1657. 79.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,696,2421 79.02 (3) (c) 1. In November 2003, the total amount of the payments to each
22municipality and county under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 to be paid from the
23appropriation account under s. 20.835 (1) (t) shall equal $230,000,000 and shall be
24applied to the payments in the manner determined by the department of revenue.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1657m 25Section 1657m. 79.02 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,697,4
179.02 (3) (c) 2. In November 2003, the total amount of the payments to each
2municipality and county under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 to be paid from the
3appropriation account under s. 20.835 (1) (u) shall equal $17,600,000 and shall be
4applied to the payments in the manner determined by the department of revenue.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1657d 5Section 1657d. 79.02 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,697,106 79.02 (3) (c) 3. In November 2003, the total amount of the payments under ss.
779.03, 79.04, and 79.06 to each county and municipality shall be reduced by an
8amount equal to the amount of supplements paid from the appropriation under s.
920.435 (4) (b) that the county or municipality received for the fiscal year in which a
10payment is made under this section, as determined under s. 49.45 (51).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1658 11Section 1658. 79.02 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,697,1512 79.02 (3) (d) 1. In November 2004, the total amount of the payments to each
13municipality under ss. 79.043, 79.044, and 79.045 to be paid from the appropriation
14account under s. 20.835 (1) (t) shall equal $170,000,000 and shall be applied to the
15payments in the manner determined by the department of revenue.
SB44-SSA1,697,1916 2. In November 2004, the total amount of the payments to each municipality
17under ss. 79.043, 79.044, and 79.045 to be paid from the appropriation account under
18s. 20.835 (1) (u) shall equal $20,000,000 and shall be applied to the payments in the
19manner determined by the department of revenue.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1658d 20Section 1658d. 79.02 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,698,221 79.02 (3) (e) For the distribution in 2004 and subsequent years, the total
22amount of the November payments to each county and municipality under ss. 79.035,
2379.043, 79.044, 79.045, and 79.046 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
24amount of supplements paid from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) that the

1county or municipality received for the fiscal year in which a payment is made under
2this section, as determined under s. 49.45 (51).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1659 3Section 1659. 79.03 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,698,94 79.03 (3) (a) The amount in the shared revenue account for municipalities and
5the amount in the shared revenue account for counties, less the payments under sub.
6(2) and s. 79.04, and, for the distribution in 2003, the amount appropriated under s.
720.835 (1) (m), (t), and (u),
shall be allocated to each municipality and county
8respectively in proportion to its entitlement. In this paragraph, "entitlement" means
9the product of aidable revenues and tax base weight.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1659d 10Section 1659d. 79.03 (3c) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,698,1611 79.03 (3c) (b) 2. For the year before the year in which the statement under s.
1279.015 is provided, the municipality levies property taxes for municipal purposes at
13a rate of at least one mill per dollar of full value under s. 70.57 , or, with regard to
14payments in 2003, if the full valuation of property in the municipality is less than
15$10,000,000, the municipality levies property taxes for municipal purposes at a rate
16of at least 0.85 mill per dollar of full value under s. 70.57
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1659m 17Section 1659m. 79.03 (3c) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,699,218 79.03 (3c) (f) Distribution amount. If the total amounts calculated under pars.
19(c) to (e) exceed the total amount to be distributed under this subsection, the amount
20paid to each eligible municipality shall be paid on a prorated basis. The total amount
21to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) is $10,000,000 beginning
22in 1996 and ending in 1999; and $11,000,000 in the year 2000 and in the year 2001.
23The total amount to be distributed under this subsection from ss. 20.835 (1) (b) and
2420.855 (4) (rb) in 2002 is $11,110,000 and the total amount to be distributed under

1this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) in 2003 is $11,221,100 less the reductions under
2s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1660 3Section 1660. 79.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,699,184 79.03 (4) In 1991, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and
579.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $869,000,000. In 1992, the total amount to be
6distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $885,961,300.
7In 1993, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s.
820.835 (1) (d) is $903,680,500. In 1994, the total amounts to be distributed under this
9section and ss. 79.04 and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $746,547,500 to
10municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. Beginning in 1995 and ending in 2001,
11the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835
12(1) (d) are $761,478,000 to municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. In 2002, the
13total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from ss. 20.835 (1)
14(d) and 20.855 (4) (rb) are $769,092,800 to municipalities and $170,671,600 to
15counties. In 2003, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and
1679.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d), (m), (t), and (u) are $776,783,700 to municipalities, less
17the reductions under s. 79.025 (3) (c) 3.,
and $172,378,300 to counties, less the
18reductions under s. 79.025 (3) (c) 3
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1662b 19Section 1662b. 79.035 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,699,20 2079.035 (title) County and municipal aid.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1662d 21Section 1662d. 79.035 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,699,2422 79.035 (1) Subject to reductions under s. 79.036 (3), in In 2004 and subsequent
23years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment from the county and
24municipal
aid account in an amount determined under sub. (2).
SB44-SSA1, s. 1663b 25Section 1663b. 79.035 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,700,5
179.035 (2) (a) 1. For Except as provided under 79.02 (3) (e), for the distribution
2in 2004, each county and municipality will receive a payment that is equal to the
3amount of the payments the county or municipality would have received in 2003
4under ss. 79.03, 79.058, and 79.06, if not for the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.,
5less the amount of the reduction under subd. 2.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1664b 6Section 1664b. 79.035 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,700,147 79.035 (2) (a) 2. The department of revenue shall reduce the amount of the
8payments to be distributed to each county and municipality, as determined under
9subd. 1., by subtracting from such payments an amount based on the county's or
10municipality's
population, as determined by the department, so that the total
11amount of the reduction to all such payments in 2004 is $40,000,000 $20,000,000,
12except that the reduction applied to any county's or municipality's payment shall not
13exceed the amount of the payments specified under subd. 1. distributed to the county
14or municipality in 2003.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1666b 15Section 1666b. 79.035 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,700,1916 79.035 (2) (b) For Except as provided under s. 79.02 (3) (e), for the distribution
17in 2005 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment
18under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the
19county or municipality under par. (a) in 2004 prior to the reductions under s. 79.036.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1667 20Section 1667. 79.036 of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1668 21Section 1668. 79.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,701,2022 79.04 (1) (a) An amount from the shared revenue account or, for the
23distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t)
determined by
24multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village,
25the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of

1each public utility except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s.
276.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for either "production plant,
3exclusive of land" and "general structures", or "work in progress" for production
4plants and general structures under construction, in the case of light, heat and power
5companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property
6within a municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the
7public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation
8thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment
9plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as
10determined by the department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue
11account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1)
12(t)
determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case
13of a city or village, of the first $125,000,000 of the total original cost of production
14plant, general structures and work-in-progress less depreciation, land and
15approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as
16defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property
17within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of
18all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than
19$125,000,000. The amount distributable to a municipality in any year shall not
20exceed $300 times the population of the municipality.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1669 21Section 1669. 79.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,703,422 79.04 (2) (a) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by
23the department of revenue, shall distribute from the shared revenue account or, for
24the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t)
to any county
25having within its boundaries a production plant or a general structure, including

1production plants and general structures under construction, used by a light, heat
2or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described
3in s. 66.0813 unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local
4governmental unit that is located outside of the municipality in which the production
5plant is located, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48,
6respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825 an amount
7determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town and by 3 mills
8in the case of property in a city or village the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown
9in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility except qualified wholesale
10electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding
11year for either "production plant, exclusive of land" and "general structures", or
12"work in progress" for production plants and general structures under construction,
13in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal
14electric companies, for all property within the municipality in accordance with the
15system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural
16electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the
17department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution
18abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as determined by the
19department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue account or, for the
20distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t)
determined by
21multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town, and 3 mills in the case of
22property in a city or village, of the total original cost of production plant, general
23structures and work-in-progress less depreciation, land and approved waste
24treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s.
2576.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property within the

1municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of all public
2utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than $125,000,000.
3The amount distributable to a county in any year shall not exceed $100 times the
4population of the county.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1669d 5Section 1669d. 79.043 of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,703,7 679.043 Municipal aid for basic public services. (1) Definitions. In this
7section:
SB44-SSA1,703,148 (a) "Actual per capita conservation, development, and library cost" means a
9municipality's actual expenditures, net of any related revenues, incurred in 2001 for
10operations and capital outlays related to conservation, development, and library
11services, as determined by the department of revenue, based on the financial reports
12required under s. 73.10 (2) and recorded in the governmental and proprietary fund
13types, divided by the municipality's 2002 population, except that "actual per capita
14conservation, development, and library cost" may not be less than zero.
SB44-SSA1,703,2115 (b) "Actual per capita public safety cost" means a municipality's actual
16expenditures, net of any related revenues, incurred in 2001 for operations and
17capital outlays related to public safety services, as determined by the department of
18revenue, based on the financial reports required under s. 73.10 (2) and recorded in
19the governmental and proprietary fund types, divided by the municipality's 2002
20population, except that "actual per capita public safety cost" may not be less than
21zero.
SB44-SSA1,703,2522 (c) "Adjusted per capita conservation, development, and library cost" means the
23sum of a municipality's primary per capita conservation, development, and library
24cost and the municipality's secondary per capita conservation, development, and
25library cost.
SB44-SSA1,704,3
1(d) "Adjusted per capita public safety cost" means the sum of a municipality's
2primary per capita public safety cost and the municipality's secondary per capita
3public safety cost.
SB44-SSA1,704,44 (e) "Aidable costs" means an amount calculated as follows:
SB44-SSA1,704,65 1. Add a municipality's adjusted per capita public safety cost to the
6municipality's adjusted per capita conservation, development, and library cost.
SB44-SSA1,704,77 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by the municipality's 2002 population.
SB44-SSA1,704,88 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the municipality's poverty factor.
SB44-SSA1,704,149 (f) "Average per capita conservation, development, and library cost" means the
10total 2001 conservation, development, and library expenditures, net of any related
11revenues, for all municipalities that are eligible to receive a payment under this
12section, divided by the total 2002 population for all municipalities that are eligible
13to receive a payment under this section and that reported 2001 conservation,
14development, and library expenditures.
SB44-SSA1,704,1915 (g) "Average per capita public safety cost" means the total 2001 public safety
16expenditures, net of any related revenues, for all municipalities that are eligible to
17receive a payment under this section, divided by the total 2002 population for all
18municipalities that are eligible to receive a payment under this section and that
19reported 2001 public safety expenditures.
SB44-SSA1,704,2220 (h) "Per capita full value" means the quotient of the 2002 equalized value of the
21property of a municipality, excluding the incremental value in tax increment
22districts, divided by the municipality's population in 2002.
SB44-SSA1,704,2523 (i) Notwithstanding s. 79.005 (2), "population" means the number of persons
24residing in a municipality, as determined by the department of administration under
25s. 16.96.
SB44-SSA1,705,1
1(j) "Poverty factor" means:
SB44-SSA1,705,82 1. For municipalities that had a 2002 population of 50,000 or more, an amount
3determined by dividing the percentage of the municipality's population with an
4income at or below the poverty level, as determined in the 2000 federal decennial
5census, by a percentage equal to the product of 1.3 multiplied by the percentage of
6the state's population with an income at or below the poverty level, as determined
7in the 2000 federal decennial census, except that a poverty factor determined under
8this subdivision shall be no less than 1.0 and no more than 1.35.
SB44-SSA1,705,99 2. For municipalities that had a 2002 population less than 50,000, 1.0.
SB44-SSA1,705,1310 (k) "Primary per capita conservation, development, and library cost" means a
11municipality's actual per capita conservation, development, and library cost, not to
12exceed an amount equal to one-half of the average per capita conservation,
13development, and library cost, multiplied by 1.5.
SB44-SSA1,705,1614 (L) "Primary per capita public safety cost" means a municipality's actual per
15capita public safety cost, not to exceed an amount equal to one-half of the average
16per capita public safety cost, multiplied by 1.5.
SB44-SSA1,705,2117 (m) "Secondary per capita conservation, development, and library cost" means
18a municipality's actual per capita conservation, development, and library cost in
19excess of an amount equal to one-half of the average per capita conservation,
20development, and library cost, but not to exceed an amount equal to the average per
21capita conservation, development, and library cost, multiplied by 0.5.
SB44-SSA1,705,2522 (n) "Secondary per capita public safety cost" means a municipality's actual per
23capita public safety cost in excess of an amount equal to one-half of the average per
24capita public safety cost, but not to exceed an amount equal to the average per capita
25public safety cost, multiplied by 0.5.
SB44-SSA1,706,4
1(o) "Sharing factor" means 1.0, minus the quotient of a municipality's per capita
2full value divided by the standard value, except that if the quotient of a
3municipality's per capita full value divided by the standard value is greater than 1.0,
4the sharing factor is zero.
SB44-SSA1,706,65 (p) "Standard value" means the per capita value that results in the distribution
6of the entire funding level.
SB44-SSA1,706,10 7(2) Eligibility. Except as provided in sub. (3), in 2004 and in 2005, a
8municipality is eligible for a payment under this section if the municipality is
9incorporated and had a population in 2002 of at least 2,500 or the municipality is
10unincorporated and had a population in 2002 of at least 5,000.
SB44-SSA1,706,14 11(3) Exceptions. A municipality shall not receive a payment under this section
12if the sum of the municipality's actual per capita public safety cost for 2001 and the
13municipality's actual per capita conservation, development, and library cost for 2001
14is less than $50.
SB44-SSA1,706,19 15(4) Payments. Except as provided under s. 79.02 (3) (e), each municipality that
16is eligible to receive a payment under this section shall receive a payment in 2004
17and in 2005 that is equal to the greater of the municipality's population in 2002
18multiplied by $23 or the municipality's aidable costs multiplied by the municipality's
19sharing factor.
SB44-SSA1,707,3 20(5) Minimum payment. (a) If the payment to any municipality under sub. (4),
21excluding any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), in any year is less than 88.5% of the
22combined payments to the municipality under ss. 79.03 and 79.06 in 2003, excluding
23any reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3. and excluding payments under s. 79.04, the
24municipality has an aids deficiency. The amount of the aids deficiency is the amount
25by which 88.5% of the combined payments to the municipality under ss. 79.03 and

179.06 in 2003, excluding any reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3. and excluding
2payments under s. 79.04, exceeds the payment under sub. (4), excluding any
3reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), to the municipality in the current year.
SB44-SSA1,707,54 (b) A municipality that has an aids deficiency shall receive a payment from the
5amounts withheld under sub. (6) equal to its aids deficiency for that year.
SB44-SSA1,707,10 6(6) Maximum payment. (a) In this subsection, "maximum allowable increase"
7in any year means a percentage such that the sum for all municipalities in the year
8of the excess of payments under sub. (4), excluding any reduction under s. 79.02 (3)
9(e), over the payments as limited by the maximum allowable increase, is equal to the
10sum of the aids deficiency under sub. (5) in that year.
SB44-SSA1,707,1611 (b) If the payment to any municipality under sub. (4), excluding any reduction
12under s. 79.02 (3) (e), in any year exceeds the combined payments to the municipality
13under ss. 79.03 and 79.06 in 2003, excluding any reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.
14and excluding payments under s. 79.04, by more than the maximum allowable
15increase, the excess shall be withheld to fund the minimum payments in that year
16under sub. (5) (b).
SB44-SSA1,707,19 17(7) Distributions. (a) In 2004, the total amount to be distributed to
18municipalities under sub. (4) from the municipal aid account and s. 20.835 (1) (t) and
19(u) is $567,957,200.
SB44-SSA1,707,2120 (b) In 2005, the total amount to be distributed to municipalities under sub. (4)
21from the municipal aid account is $567,957,200.
SB44-SSA1,707,2322 (c) Beginning in 2006, no municipality may receive a payment under this
23section.
SB44-SSA1, s. 1669e 24Section 1669e. 79.044 of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,708,2
179.044 Expenditure restraint supplemental aid. (1) Definitions. In this
2section:
SB44-SSA1,708,33 (a) "Full value" has the meaning given in s. 79.05 (1) (a).
SB44-SSA1,708,44 (b) "Inflation factor" has the meaning given in s. 79.05 (1) (am).
SB44-SSA1,708,55 (c) "Municipal budget" has the meaning given in s. 79.05 (1) (b).
SB44-SSA1,708,66 (d) "Property tax levy rate" has the meaning given in s. 79.05 (1) (c).
SB44-SSA1,708,77 (e) "Valuation factor" has the meaning given in s. 79.05 (1) (d).
SB44-SSA1,708,9 8(2) Eligibility. A municipality is eligible for a payment under sub. (3) if it
9fulfills all of the following requirements:
SB44-SSA1,708,1010 (a) It is eligible for a payment under s. 79.043.
SB44-SSA1,708,1111 (b) Its property tax levy rate for 2002 is greater than 8 mills.
SB44-SSA1,708,1912 (c) Its municipal budget, exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt
13and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305 and recycling fee
14payments under s. 289.645, for 2002 increased over its municipal budget, exclusive
15of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing
16payments under s. 66.0305 and recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, for 2001 by
17less than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, both as used to
18determine eligibility for a payment under s. 79.05 in 2003, rounded to the nearest
190.10%.
SB44-SSA1,708,22 20(3) Payments. Except as provided under s. 79.02 (3) (e), in 2004 and in 2005,
21each municipality that qualifies under sub. (2) shall receive a payment calculated as
22follows:
SB44-SSA1,708,2323 (a) Subtract 8 mills from the municipality's property tax levy rate for 2002.
SB44-SSA1,708,2424 (b) Multiply the amount under par. (a) by the municipality's 2001 full value.
SB44-SSA1,709,2
1(c) Divide the amount under par. (b) by the total of the amounts under par. (b)
2for all municipalities that qualify.
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