Amendment SA116-SSA1-SB44

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,7 66.0306 Local revenue sharing board; Indian gaming compacts. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,8 (a) "Board" means a local revenue sharing board created under sub. (2).

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,9 (b) "Compact" means an Indian gaming compact entered into under s. 14.035.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,11 (c) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county that borders Indian tribal land.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,14 (d) "Public safety entities" means all of the following departments, agencies, or subunits of a political subdivision that are obligated to provide services to a particular facility:

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,15 1. A fire department.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,19 2. An emergency medical services department, whose personnel include an emergency medical technician licensed under s. 146.50, a first responder certified under s. 146.50 (8), or other personnel who operate or staff an ambulance or authorized emergency vehicle.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,3,23 3. A governmental unit of one or more persons employed full time by a political subdivision for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and enforcing state laws or local ordinances, employees of which unit are authorized to make arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,9 (2) Creation, membership, and powers of a local revenue sharing board. (a) Creation. 1. A board may be created by a county and at least one city, village, or town if the political subdivisions border Indian tribal land. The governing bodies of the political subdivisions shall enact an ordinance creating a board and the members of the board shall be appointed under par. (b). Each member of a board shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body or group that appoints the individual. A political subdivision may be a member of only one board. If a city or village is in more than one county, the city or village may choose the county with which it would like to form a board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,13 2. All political subdivisions whose public safety entities provide services to Indian tribal land shall establish a group that is made up of the highest ranking member of each public safety entity. Such a group shall appoint one member of the board under par. (b) 3., who shall serve at the pleasure of the group.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,15 (b) Membership. 1. The governing body of each city, village, or town which borders Indian tribal land shall appoint one member of the board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,17 2. The county board of the county which borders Indian tribal land shall appoint one member of the board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,19 3. The members of the group described under par. (a) 2. shall appoint one member of the board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,4,24 (c) Responsibilities, meetings, compensation. 1. A board shall select from among its members a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. Meetings of a board may be called by the president or by any other member of the board, and shall be held in a building in which the governing body of a political subdivision holds its meetings.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,5 2. A member of a board may not receive any compensation for serving on the board, but shall be reimbursed by the political subdivision that appoints or confirms the member for any actual and necessary expenses that he or she incurs relating to service on the board. The reimbursement of the member appointed under par. (b) 3. shall be apportioned among the political subdivisions described under par. (a) 2.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,7 3. A board shall establish an account at a financial institution, as defined in s. 69.30 (1) (b), and shall deposit into the account any revenues received under s. 16.19.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,9 4. All members appointed under par. (b) constitute a quorum, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,15 5. Annually, a board shall determine the costs incurred by each member political subdivision that provides services to Indian tribal land, based on the method determined under par. (d) 2. The total amount of these costs may be certified to the department of administration, except that if the total amount of these costs exceed the amount that is appropriated under s. 20.505 (8) (k), the department shall prorate the certified total amount.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,18 (d) Cooperation agreement. The governing bodies of each political subdivision that is represented on a board shall enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 that addresses at least all of the following:

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,21 1. The public safety entities, including police, fire, and rescue services, that are to receive payments under sub. (4) (a), and the apportionment formula among the political subdivisions.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,5,24 2. A method to determine the costs incurred by each political subdivision as a result of their proximity to Indian tribal lands, for the purpose of apportioning any payments that are made under sub. (4) (a).

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,2 3. The apportionment formula among the political subdivisions for any payments that are made under sub. (4) (b).

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,3 4. A mechanism to provide any supplies that are needed by the board.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,6 (3) Receipt of gaming revenues. (a) If a compact requires payments to a political subdivision, such payments shall be deposited into the appropriation under 20.505 (8) (k) for disbursement under s. 16.19.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,9 (b) If a compact does not require payments to a political subdivision, the department of administration shall pay annually to the boards, from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (8) (k), the amount certified under sub. (2) (c) 5.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,15 (c) If a compact requires payments to a political subdivision and such payments are less than the amount certified under sub. (2) (c) 5., the department of administration shall pay annually to the boards, from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (8) (k), an amount equal to the difference between the amount certified under sub. (2) (c) 5. and the amount that is paid to the political subdivision under the compact, subject to the proration described under sub. (2) (c) 5.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,18 (4) Disbursement of gaming revenues. Annually, from the amounts deposited into an account under sub. (2) (c) 3., each board shall make the following disbursements, in the following order:

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,20 (a) To public safety entities, based on costs incurred, and based on the apportionment formula described under sub. (2) (d) 1.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,6,24 (b) To each political subdivision that is represented on the board by a person appointed under sub. (2) (b) 1. and 2., any funds that remain in the account after making the payments under par. (a) based on the apportionment formula described under sub. (2) (d) 3.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,7,4 (5) Dissolution. If no political subdivisions who are members of a board provide services to Indian tribal land, the board shall distribute the amount in the account as provided in sub. (4). After the board distributes all funds in the account, the board is dissolved.

SB44-SSA1-SA116,7,6 (6) Applicability. This section does not apply to 1st class cities or to counties with a population of at least 500,000.".

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