SB278: Bill Text

SB278,15,21 (1) Commission on municipal employer health care coverage costs.

SB278,15,23 (a) In this subsection, "municipal employer" has the meaning given in section 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes.

SB278,16,3 (b) There is created a special committee to be called the commission on municipal employer health care coverage costs. The commission shall consist of the following members:

SB278,16,4 1. The governor or his or her designee.

SB278,16,5 2. The secretary of revenue or his or her designee.

SB278,16,6 3. The secretary of administration or his or her designee.

SB278,16,7 4. One member of the assembly, appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

SB278,16,8 5. One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

SB278,16,10 6. One member who represents labor organizations, as defined in section 111.70 (1) (h) of the statutes, appointed by the governor.

SB278,16,11 7. One member who represents the public interest, appointed by the governor.

SB278,16,13 (c) The governor shall call the first meeting of the commission and the commission, at that meeting, shall select a chairperson.

SB278,16,14 (d) The department of administration shall do all of the following:

SB278,16,15 1. Provide all necessary administrative support services to the commission.

SB278,16,19 2. Reimburse members of the commission for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their functions from the appropriation under section 20.505 (4) (ba) of the statutes, within the budget of the committee authorized under section 16.40 (14) of the statutes.

SB278,16,22 (e) The commission shall study the feasibility of allowing municipal employers to provide their employees with health insurance coverage under section 40.51 (6) of the statutes.

SB278,17,2 (f) No later than December 31, 2004, the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided in section 13.172 (2) of the statutes. Upon submittal of its report, the commission ceases to exist.

SB278,17,6 (2) Date of school aid calculation. Notwithstanding section 121.15 (4) (b) of the statutes, the department of public instruction shall calculate the total amount of school aid that each school district will receive in the 2003-04 school year by November 1, 2003.

SB278,17,10 (3) Date of levy amount. Notwithstanding section 120.12 (3) and (4) of the statutes, each school board of a common or union high school district shall determine the amount necessary to be levied under section 120.12 (3) and (4) of the statutes for the 2003-04 school year by November 30, 2003.

SB278,17,11 (4) Commission on state and local tax structure.

SB278,17,13 (a) There is created a special committee to be called the commission on state and local tax structure, which shall consist of members appointed by the governor.

SB278,17,15 (b) The governor shall appoint or determine the method of appointment of the officers of the commission and shall call the first meeting of the commission.

SB278,17,16 (c) The department of administration shall do all of the following:

SB278,17,17 1. Provide all necessary administrative support services to the commission.

SB278,17,21 2. Reimburse members of the commission for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their functions from the appropriation under section 20.505 (4) (ba) of the statutes, within the budget of the committee authorized under section 16.40 (14) of the statutes.

SB278,17,23 (d) The commission shall study Wisconsin's state and local tax structure and determine the tax burden, by income category, on Wisconsin taxpayers.

SB278,18,2 (e) No later than January 1, 2005, the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor. Upon submitting its report, the commission ceases to exist.

SB278, s. 21 Section 21. Appropriation changes.

SB278,18,9 (1) General equalization aids. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2003, the dollar amount is increased by $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2003-04 and the dollar amount is increased by $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2004-05 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB278, s. 22 Section 22. Initial applicability.

SB278,18,13 (1) Property tax deferral loans. The treatment of sections 234.623 (5) and 234.625 (1) of the statutes first applies to applications under section 234.623 (1) of the statutes that are pending on the effective date of this subsection.

SB278,18,18 (2) The amendment of sections 71.52 (6) (by Section 9 ) and 71.58 (7) (a) (by Section 12) of the statutes first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2004, and the amendment of sections 71.52 (6) (by Section 10) and 71.58 (7) (a) (by Section (13) of the statutes first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2005.

SB278,18,20 (3) The treatment of section 71.07 (8m) of the statutes first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2003.

SB278, s. 23 Section 23. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB278,18,24 (1) The repeal of sections 20.835 (3) (c) and 79.155 of the statutes and the repeal and recreation of section 74.09 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes take effect on July 1, 2005.

SB278,19,2 (2) The treatment of section 71.52 (6) (by Section 10) and 71.58 (7) (a) (by Section 13) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2005.

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