AB245,207 3Section 207. 79.035 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 19
4and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245,104,85 79.035 (5) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in 2013
6and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall
7receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
8determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
AB245,208 9Section 208. 79.035 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,104,1410 79.035 (6) Beginning with the distributions in 2016 and ending with the
11distributions in 2035 2023, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in
12which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall
13be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus
14$4,000,000.
AB245,209 15Section 209. 79.035 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,104,2416 79.035 (8) Beginning with the distributions in 2021 and ending with the
17distributions in 2023
, the department of revenue shall increase the payment to each
18county and municipality under this section by the amount the county or municipality
19reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year. The
20department shall decrease the total amount to be distributed to all counties and
21municipalities by the total of all amounts reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the
22year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce each payment to a county or
23municipality under this section in proportion to the entity's share of the total
24distribution.
AB245,210 25Section 210. 79.036 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,105,4
179.036 County and municipal aid; beginning in 2024. (1) Except as
2provided in subs. (2), (3), and (4), for the distribution in 2024 and in subsequent
3years, each county and municipality shall receive payments under this section as
4follows:
AB245,105,65 (a) For the distribution in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive a
6payment equal to the amount it received under s. 79.035 in 2023.
AB245,105,117 (b) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and
8municipality shall receive a payment equal to the proportion of the total payments
9from the county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2) that the county or
10municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount for the year in the county
11and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2).
AB245,105,15 12(2) Beginning with the distributions in 2024 and ending with the distributions
13in 2035, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and
14entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount
15otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.
AB245,105,19 16(3) (a) The department of administration shall reduce the payment under this
17section to each county and municipality that receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m)
18for replacement of public transit vehicles in an urban mass transit system by an
19amount determined as follows:
AB245,105,2220 1. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under
21s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. or d. and serving a population exceeding 200,000, 75 percent
22of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
AB245,105,2523 2. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under
24s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. and serving a population of at least 50,000, 20 percent of the total
25amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
AB245,106,3
13. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under
2s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. and serving a population of less than 50,000, 10 percent of the total
3amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
AB245,106,84 (b) Beginning with the first payment due under s. 79.02 (1) after the county or
5municipality receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m), the department of administration
6shall apply the reduction determined under par. (a) for each county and municipality
7by reducing 10 consecutive annual payments under s. 79.02 (1) to the county or
8municipality by equal amounts.
AB245,106,16 9(4) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, the department of revenue shall
10increase the payment to each county and municipality under this section by the
11amount the county or municipality reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior
12to the previous calendar year. The department shall decrease the total amount to be
13distributed to all counties and municipalities by the total of all amounts reported
14under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce
15each payment to a county or municipality under this section in proportion to the
16entity's share of the total distribution.
AB245,211 17Section 211. 79.036 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin
18Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245,106,2119 79.036 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), for the distribution
20in 2024 and in subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive
21payments under this section as follows:
AB245,212 22Section 212. 79.036 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
23(this act), is repealed.
AB245,213 24Section 213. 79.037 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,107,6
179.037 Supplemental county and municipal aid. (1) Beginning with the
2distributions in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive in each year a
3payment from the supplemental county and municipal aid account to be used for law
4enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response
5communications, public works, and transportation, except that no amounts received
6under this subsection may be used for administrative services.
AB245,107,8 7(2) In 2024, the department of revenue shall determine the amount of the
8payments under this section as follows:
AB245,107,99 (a) Each county shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:
AB245,107,1010 1. Fifty thousand dollars.
AB245,107,1111 2. The amount determined as follows or zero, whichever is greater:
AB245,107,1212 a. Multiply the county's levy in 2020 by 1.02.
AB245,107,1413 b. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 2. a. from the county's levy in
142021.
AB245,107,1515 3. The amount determined as follows:
AB245,107,1716 a. Add the amount received by the county in 2024 and the amounts determined
17under subds. 1. and 2.
AB245,107,1918 b. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. a. by the county's population
19in 2022.
AB245,107,2120 c. Determine the maximum amount determined under subd. 3. b. among all
21counties.
AB245,107,2222 d. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. c. by 1.5.
AB245,107,2423 e. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. b. by the amount determined
24under subd. 3. d.
AB245,107,2525 f. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 3. e. from 1.
AB245,108,2
1g. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. f. by an amount equal to 10
2times the county's population in 2022.
AB245,108,33 h. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. g. by 0.689758.
AB245,108,64 (b) Each city, village, and town with a population under 5,000 shall receive an
5amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024
6under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
AB245,108,77 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001052.
AB245,108,88 2. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. to 16.813.
AB245,108,109 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
10determined under subd. 2.
AB245,108,1111 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 30,000.
AB245,108,1312 (c) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and
13not more than 30,000 shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:
AB245,108,1514 1. Ten percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town under s.
1579.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
AB245,108,1616 a. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
AB245,108,1717 b. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. a. to 14.5.
AB245,108,1918 c. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
19determined under subd. 1. b.
AB245,108,2020 d. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. c. to 25,700.
AB245,108,2121 2. The amount calculated as follows:
AB245,108,2422 a. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the
23population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at
24least 5,000 and not more than 30,000.
AB245,108,2525 b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by $15,000,000.
AB245,109,4
1(d) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 greater than 30,000
2shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city,
3village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows,
4whichever is greater:
AB245,109,55 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
AB245,109,66 2. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. to 14.5.
AB245,109,87 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
8determined under subd. 2.
AB245,109,99 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.
AB245,109,15 10(3) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and
11municipality shall receive a payment under this section equal to the proportion of the
12total payments from the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s.
1325.491 (9) that the county or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount
14for the year in the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491
15(9).
AB245,214 16Section 214. 79.038 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,110,3 1779.038 Innovation grants and innovation planning grants. (1)
18Innovation grants. (a) Beginning on the date identified in the notice under 2023
19Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1), counties and municipalities may apply
20to the department of revenue, in the form and manner prescribed by the department,
21for innovation grants to be used to implement innovation plans. For purposes of this
22subsection, an “innovation plan” is a plan submitted by a county or municipality to
23transfer county or municipal services or duties described in par. (b) to a county,
24municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity. The department may approve
25an application by a county or municipality for a grant under this subsection only if

1the county or municipality enters into an agreement or contract to transfer services
2or duties described in par. (b) to a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or
3private entity, and all of the following apply:
AB245,110,84 1. The county or municipality provides to the department a copy of a signed
5agreement or contract with a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private
6entity to transfer one or more services or duties to the county, municipality, nonprofit
7organization, or private entity, and the agreement or contract satisfies all of the
8following:
AB245,110,109 a. The agreement or contract specifies the services or duties to be transferred
10to the county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity.
AB245,110,1311 b. The agreement or contract transfers all services or duties specified under
12subd. 1. a. for a period of time that is at least twice the length of the period described
13in par. (d) 1. that remains on the date that the application is submitted.
AB245,110,2114 c. The agreement or contract indicates the cost to the county or municipality
15transferring a service or duty of performing each service or duty specified under
16subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the service or duty under
17the agreement or contract, and, if the agreement or contract transfers a service or
18duty specified under subd. 1. a. to a county or municipality, the cost to the county or
19municipality to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each
20transferred service or duty in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the
21service or duty.
AB245,110,2522 d. The agreement or contract specifies the amount that the county or
23municipality will pay to the county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private
24entity to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each service or duty
25specified under subd. 1. a. for the entire term of the agreement or contract.
AB245,111,2
1e. The agreement or contract specifies the allocation of grant moneys between
2the counties or municipalities that are parties to the agreement or contract.
AB245,111,53 2. The county or municipality provided all services or duties specified under
4subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the year that the services or duties are
5transferred under the agreement or contract described in subd. 1.
AB245,111,106 (b) 1. The department of revenue may award a grant for an agreement or
7contract under par. (a) only for a transfer of one or more of the following services or
8duties, and only if the innovation plan indicates that the transfer will realize a
9projected savings of at least 10 percent of the total cost of providing the service or
10duty:
AB245,111,1111 a. Public safety, including law enforcement, but not including jails.
AB245,111,1212 b. Fire protection.
AB245,111,1313 c. Emergency services.
AB245,111,1414 d. Courts.
AB245,111,1515 e. Jails.
AB245,111,1616 f. Training.
AB245,111,1717 g. Communications.
AB245,111,1818 h. Information technology.
AB245,111,1919 i. Administration, including staffing, payroll, and human resources.
AB245,111,2020 j. Public works.
AB245,111,2121 k. Economic development and tourism.
AB245,111,2222 L. Public health.
AB245,111,2323 m. Housing, planning, and zoning.
AB245,111,2424 n. Parks and recreation.
AB245,112,3
12. For purposes of this subsection, the total cost of providing a service under
2subd. 1. includes the cost of wages, fringe benefits, training, and equipment
3associated with providing the service.
AB245,112,124 3. In calculating the projected savings under this paragraph to be realized by
5a transfer of fire protection or emergency medical services involving an entity that
6engages volunteer fire fighters or emergency medical services practitioners, the
7department shall attribute to all volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services
8practitioner positions fair market compensation for the services provided by the
9volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services practitioner positions. The
10department shall promulgate rules specifying the method of determining fair
11market compensation for the services provided by a volunteer fire fighter position
12and emergency medical services practitioner position for purposes of this paragraph.
AB245,112,1513 (c) 1. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) after the end of
14the 4th fiscal year after the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act
15.... (this act), section 244 (1).
AB245,112,1716 2. The department may distribute a total of up to $300,000,000 in payments
17under this subsection.
AB245,112,2118 3. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) if distributing all
19payments for the grant and all other grants awarded under this subsection as
20provided in par. (d) would result in the distribution of an amount that exceeds the
21amount under subd. 2.
AB245,113,1322 (d) 1. A grant awarded under par. (a) shall be distributed in payments made
23each year during the period consisting of the first fiscal year that begins after the
24date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1),
25and the following 2 fiscal years. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with

1regard to an innovation plan involving only counties and municipalities, the amount
2of the grant awarded under par. (a) for that plan to be distributed in each year is equal
3to 25 percent of the total costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the services
4and duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
5transfer of the services or duties, excluding the costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. paid
6by the county or municipality with the highest total costs of performing the services
7or duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
8transfer of the services or duties. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with
9regard to an innovation plan involving the transfer of a service or duty to a nonprofit
10organization or private entity, the amount of the grant awarded under par. (a) for
11that plan to be distributed in each year is equal to 25 percent of the total costs
12specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the transferred services and duties in the
13year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties.
AB245,113,1514 2. No county or municipality may receive a total amount of payments
15distributed during a year under this subsection that exceeds $10,000,000.
AB245,113,2116 3. The department of revenue shall notify the department of administration of
17any county or municipality that failed to realize its projected savings as required
18under par. (e) 2. a. or b., and the department of administration shall withhold from
19the next payment to the county or municipality an amount equal to the difference
20between the amount of savings required to be realized under par. (e) 2. a. or b. and
21the actual amount of savings realized.
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