AB245-ASA1,1 3Section 1. 16.5185 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,3,64 16.5185 (3) On December 30, 2024, and on each December 30 thereafter, the
5secretary shall transfer from the local government fund to the transportation fund
6$8,000,000.
AB245-ASA1,2 7Section 2 . 16.5186 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,3,10 816.5186 Transfers to the local government fund. Beginning in fiscal year
92024-25, in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the
10local government fund the amount specified under s. 25.491.
AB245-ASA1,3 11Section 3. 20.835 (1) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,3,1312 20.835 (1) (q) Supplemental county and municipal aid. From the local
13government fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.036.
AB245-ASA1,4 14Section 4 . 25.17 (1) (jf) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,3,1515 25.17 (1) (jf) Local government fund (s. 25.491);
AB245-ASA1,5 16Section 5 . 25.491 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,3,21 1725.491 Local government fund. (1) There is established a separate
18nonlapsible trust fund designated as the local government fund, to consist of an
19amount equal to 20 percent of the amount of revenues received from the taxes
20imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 in each fiscal year, as specified under s. 20.005 (1),
21less the following amounts:
AB245-ASA1,3,2222 (a) The amount distributed under s. 79.01 (1).
AB245-ASA1,3,2323 (b) The amount distributed under s. 79.01 (2d).
AB245-ASA1,4,1
1(c) The amount distributed under s. 79.096.
AB245-ASA1,4,9 2(2) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that
3is designated the “supplemental county aid account” to make the payments to
4counties under s. 79.036. In fiscal year 2024-25, $68,000,000 shall be credited to this
5account. In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal
6to the amount credited to this account in the previous fiscal year, increased by the
7percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under
8ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year, as specified
9for that fiscal year under s. 20.005 (1) by the biennial budget act.
AB245-ASA1,4,18 10(3) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that
11is designated the “supplemental municipal aid account” to make the payments to
12municipalities under s. 79.036. In fiscal year 2024-25, $271,000,000 shall be
13credited to this account. In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter,
14an amount equal to the amount credited to this account in the previous fiscal year,
15increased by the percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the
16taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the previous fiscal year to the current
17fiscal year, as specified for that fiscal year under s. 20.005 (1) by the biennial budget
18act.
AB245-ASA1,6 19Section 6 . 26.03 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,4,2420 26.03 (1m) (b) (intro.) Paragraph (a) 1. does not apply to a person harvesting
21raw forest products on public lands, as defined in s. 70.13 (7), 2021 stats., to a person
22harvesting raw forest products for fuel wood for his or her home consumption, to a
23person harvesting for the purpose of clearing the land for agricultural use or to a
24person harvesting from the person's own land, any of the following:
AB245-ASA1,7 25Section 7 . 33.01 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,5,4
133.01 (9) (a) For the purpose of receiving notice under this chapter, a person
2whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2)
3(a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of
4the previous year.
AB245-ASA1,8 5Section 8 . 33.01 (9) (am) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,5,86 33.01 (9) (am) 1. A person whose name appears as an owner of real property
7on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before
8the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245-ASA1,5,129 2. The spouse of a person whose name appears as an owner of real property on
10the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the
113rd Monday in December of the previous year if the spouse is referred to on that tax
12roll.
AB245-ASA1,9 13Section 9 . 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,5,1614 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. The person's name appears as an owner of real property on the
15tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
16Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245-ASA1,10 17Section 10 . 33.01 (9) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,5,2018 33.01 (9) (b) 1. Whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax
19roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
20Monday in December of the previous year; or
AB245-ASA1,11 21Section 11 . 59.875 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,6,522 59.875 (4) Annual investment return assumptions. Notwithstanding any
23provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on the date a county with a population
24of at least 750,000 elects to join the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1),
25in any retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, the required

1annual employer contribution shall be calculated using an annual investment return
2assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return
3assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. The investment return
4assumptions in this subsection shall supersede any investment return assumption
5adopted by the county retirement system's actuary or county retirement board.
AB245-ASA1,12 6Section 12. 59.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,6,8 759.90 Provisions applicable to certain counties with special sales tax
8authority.
All of the following apply to a county in which a 1st class city is located:
AB245-ASA1,6,9 9(1) With regard to the budget of the county, all of the following apply:
AB245-ASA1,6,1410 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
11entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups may not be
12greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget
13period. This paragraph does not apply to any expenditure of a county for parks,
14including zoos, or for health or transit services.
AB245-ASA1,6,1915 (b) When each department of the county submits estimated revenues and
16expenditures for the ensuing budget period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce
17the department's expenditures for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
18a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
19period.
AB245-ASA1,6,22 20(2) The county shall prepare a report on changes to its compensation plan that
21are necessary and desirable to make the county competitive in the market for
22correctional workers at a sustainable level of funding.
AB245-ASA1,7,2 23(3) The county shall identify all buildings that the county has authority to sell
24and that are not being used by the county and prepare a plan for the use or sale of

1these buildings. The county shall submit that plan to the joint committee on finance
2in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245-ASA1,13 3Section 13 . 60.85 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245-ASA1,14 4Section 14 . 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,7,85 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. Real property assembly costs, meaning any deficit incurred
6resulting from the sale or lease as lessor by the town of real or personal property
7within a tax incremental district for consideration which is less than its cost to the
8town.
AB245-ASA1,15 9Section 15 . 60.85 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,7,1110 60.85 (1) (o) “Taxable property" means all real and personal taxable property
11located in a tax incremental district.
AB245-ASA1,16 12Section 16. 60.85 (5) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,7,1913 60.85 (5) (j) Upon receiving a written application from the town clerk, in a form
14prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the base
15value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) to
16remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this paragraph
17no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the
18request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year
19following the year in which the request is made.
AB245-ASA1,17 20Section 17 . 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,8,4 2162.625 Annual investment return assumptions. Notwithstanding any
22provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on the date a 1st class city elects to join
23the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1), in any retirement system
24established under chapter 396, laws of 1937, the required annual employer
25contribution shall be calculated using an annual investment return assumption that

1is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the
2Wisconsin Retirement System. The investment return assumptions in this section
3shall supersede any investment return assumption adopted by the city retirement
4system's actuary or city retirement board.
AB245-ASA1,18 5Section 18. 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,8,7 662.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax
7authority.
All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
AB245-ASA1,8,8 8(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply:
AB245-ASA1,8,139 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
10entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups, other than
11a charter school authorized by the common council of the city of Milwaukee under
12s. 118.40, may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted
13expenditures for the budget period.
AB245-ASA1,8,1814 (b) When each department of the 1st class city prepares an estimate of the
15department's needs for the ensuing fiscal period, it shall also provide a proposal to
16reduce the department's budget for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
17a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
18period.
AB245-ASA1,8,21 19(2) The 1st class city shall obtain an independent audit of its office of violence
20prevention and shall submit the results of that audit to the legislature in the manner
21provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245-ASA1,8,25 22(3) The 1st class city shall identify all buildings that the 1st class city has the
23authority to sell and that are not being used by the 1st class city and prepare a plan
24for the use or sale of these buildings. The city shall submit that plan to the joint
25committee on finance in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245-ASA1,19
1Section 19. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,9,82 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) In addition to the license fee provided in pars. (a) and
3(b), each licensing authority shall collect from each unit occupying space or lots in a
4community in the licensing authority, except from recreational mobile homes as
5provided under par. (cm), from manufactured and mobile homes that constitute
6improvements to real property under s. 70.043 (1), from recreational vehicles as
7defined in s. 340.01 (48r), and from camping trailers as defined in s. 340.01 (6m), a
8monthly municipal permit fee computed as follows:
AB245-ASA1,20 9Section 20. 66.0435 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,9,1210 66.0435 (3) (g) Failure to timely pay the tax prescribed in this subsection shall
11be treated as a default in payment of personal property tax and is subject to all
12procedures and penalties applicable under chs. 70 and 74.
AB245-ASA1,21 13Section 21. 66.0435 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-ASA1,9,2314 66.0435 (9) Municipalities; monthly municipal permit fees on recreational
15mobile homes and recreational vehicles.
A licensing authority may assess monthly
16municipal permit fees at the rates under this section on recreational mobile homes
17and recreational vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), except recreational mobile
18homes and recreational vehicles that are located in campgrounds licensed under s.
1997.67, recreational mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property
20under s. 70.043 (1), and recreational mobile homes or recreational vehicles that are
21located on land where the principal residence of the owner of the recreational mobile
22home or recreational vehicle is located, regardless of whether the recreational mobile
23home or recreational vehicle is occupied during all or part of any calendar year.
AB245-ASA1,22 24Section 22 . 66.0441 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-ASA1,10,4
166.0441 Quarries extracting certain nonmetallic minerals. (1)
2Construction. (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authority
3of a political subdivision to regulate land use for a purpose other than quarry
4operations.
AB245-ASA1,10,85 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), nothing in this section may be construed to
6exempt a quarry from a regulation of general applicability placed by a political
7subdivision that applies to other property in the political subdivision that is not a
8quarry unless the regulation is inconsistent with this section.
AB245-ASA1,10,149 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from the
10application, outside of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit, of a requirement
11imposed by a political subdivision under ch. 349, a regulation of general applicability
12placed by a political subdivision that regulates access to property from roads for
13which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority, or a restriction on the
14use of roads for which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority.
AB245-ASA1,10,1715 (d) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from a
16restriction placed by a political subdivision regulating a nonconforming use under
17s. 59.69 (10), 60.61 (5), or 62.23 (7).
AB245-ASA1,10,18 18(2) Definitions. In this section:
AB245-ASA1,10,2019 (a) “Active quarry” means a quarry that has operated during the preceding
2012-month period.
AB245-ASA1,10,2321 (am) “Conditional use permit” means a form of approval, including a special
22exception or other special zoning permission, granted by a political subdivision
23pursuant to a zoning ordinance for the operation of a quarry.
AB245-ASA1,11,3
1(b) “Nonmetallic mining licensing ordinance” means an ordinance that is
2enacted by a political subdivision specifically regulating the operation of a quarry
3and that is not enacted pursuant to zoning authority.
AB245-ASA1,11,64 (c) “Nonmetallic mining licensing permit” means a form of approval that is
5granted by a political subdivision pursuant to a nonmetallic mining licensing
6ordinance and that is specifically related to the operation of a quarry.
AB245-ASA1,11,87 (d) “Permit” means a form of approval granted by a political subdivision for the
8operation of a quarry.
AB245-ASA1,11,99 (e) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245-ASA1,11,1210 (f) “Public works project” means a federal, state, county, or municipal project
11that involves the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public transportation
12facility or other public infrastructure and in which nonmetallic minerals are used.
AB245-ASA1,11,1613 (g) “Quarry” means the surface area from which nonmetallic minerals,
14including soil, clay, sand, gravel, and construction aggregate, that are used primarily
15for a public works project or a private construction or transportation project are
16extracted and processed.
AB245-ASA1,11,1917 (h) “Quarry operations” means the extraction and processing of minerals at a
18quarry and all related activities, including blasting, vehicle and equipment access
19to the quarry, and loading and hauling of material to and from the quarry.
AB245-ASA1,11,23 20(2m) Effective dates of certain ordinances. For purposes of sub. (3) (a) 3.,
21the date on which a town or county enacts a zoning ordinance that requires a
22conditional use permit for a quarry operator to conduct quarry operations is the date
23the ordinance becomes effective, except as follows:
AB245-ASA1,12,924 (a) If a town that previously did not have a general zoning ordinance enacts a
25general zoning ordinance requiring a conditional use permit to conduct quarry

1operations and the town ceases to be covered by a county general zoning ordinance
2that required a conditional use permit to conduct quarry operations, a conditional
3use permit for a quarry in effect at the time of the transition from county zoning to
4town zoning shall continue in effect and the conditional use permit shall be treated
5as if it was originally issued by the town. For purposes of a conditional use permit
6subject to this paragraph, the date of the adoption of the town ordinance shall be
7deemed to be the date the conditional use permit was issued by the county but only
8with respect to requirements that were included in the county ordinance on the date
9the conditional use permit was issued and that were adopted in the town ordinance.
AB245-ASA1,12,2110 (b) If a town that has a general zoning ordinance requiring a conditional use
11permit to conduct quarry operations repeals its zoning ordinance and becomes
12subject to a county general zoning ordinance under s. 59.69 (5) (c) and the county
13zoning ordinance requires a conditional use permit to conduct quarry operations, a
14conditional use permit for a quarry in effect at the time of the transition from town
15zoning to county zoning shall continue in effect and the conditional use permit shall
16be treated as if it was originally issued by the county. For purposes of a conditional
17use permit subject to this paragraph, the date of the adoption of the county ordinance
18shall be deemed to be the date the conditional use permit was issued by the town but
19only with respect to requirements that were included in the town ordinance on the
20date the conditional use permit was issued and that were adopted in the county
21ordinance.
AB245-ASA1,13,2 22(3) Limitations on local regulation. (a) Permits. 1. In this paragraph,
23“substantial evidence” means facts and information, other than merely personal
24preference or speculation, directly pertaining to the requirements that an applicant

1must meet to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit and that a reasonable
2person would accept in support of a conclusion.
AB245-ASA1,13,63 2. Consistent with the requirements and limitations in this subsection, except
4as provided in subd. 3., a political subdivision may require a quarry operator to
5obtain a conditional use permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct
6quarry operations.
AB245-ASA1,13,197 3. A political subdivision may not require a quarry operator of an active quarry
8to obtain a conditional use permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct
9quarry operations unless prior to the establishment of quarry operations the political
10subdivision enacts an ordinance that requires the permit. A political subdivision
11that requires a quarry operator to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit
12under this subdivision may not impose a requirement in the nonmetallic mining
13licensing permit pertaining to any matter regulated by an applicable zoning
14ordinance or addressed through conditions imposed or agreed to in a previously
15issued and effective conditional use permit. Any requirement imposed in a
16nonmetallic mining licensing permit shall be related to the purpose of the ordinance
17requiring the nonmetallic mining licensing permit and shall be based on substantial
18evidence. The duration of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit may not be shorter
19than 5 years.
AB245-ASA1,14,320 (b) Applicability of local limit. If a political subdivision enacts a nonmetallic
21mining licensing ordinance requirement regulating the operation of a quarry that
22was not in effect when quarry operations began at an active quarry, the ordinance
23requirement does not apply to that quarry or to land that is contiguous to the land
24on which the quarry is located, if the contiguous land has remained continuously
25under common ownership, leasehold, or control with land on which the quarry is

1located from the time the ordinance was enacted; can be shown to have been intended
2for quarry operations prior to the enactment of the ordinance; and is located in the
3same political subdivision.
AB245-ASA1,14,74 (c) Hours of operation. A political subdivision may not limit the times,
5including days of the week, that quarry operations may occur if the materials
6produced by the quarry will be used in a public works project that requires
7construction work to be performed during the night or an emergency repair.
AB245-ASA1,14,128 (d) Blasting. 1. In this paragraph, “affected area” means an area within a
9certain radius of a blasting site that may be affected by a blasting operation, as
10determined using a formula established by the department of safety and professional
11services by rule that takes into account a scaled-distance factor and the weight of
12explosives to be used.
AB245-ASA1,14,1413 2. Except as provided under subds. 3. and 4. and s. 101.02 (7y), a political
14subdivision may not limit blasting at a quarry.
AB245-ASA1,14,1615 3. A political subdivision may require the operator of a quarry to do any of the
16following:
AB245-ASA1,14,1917 a. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, provide notice of the
18blasting operation to each political subdivision in which any part of the quarry is
19located and to owners of dwellings or other structures within the affected area.
AB245-ASA1,14,2220 b. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
21conduct a building survey of any dwellings or other structures within the affected
22area.
AB245-ASA1,14,2423 c. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
24conduct a survey of and test any wells within the affected area.
AB245-ASA1,15,2
1d. Provide evidence of insurance to each political subdivision in which any part
2of the quarry is located.
AB245-ASA1,15,43 e. Provide copies of blasting logs to each political subdivision in which any part
4of the quarry is located.
AB245-ASA1,15,65 f. Provide maps of the affected area to each political subdivision in which any
6part of the quarry is located.
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