AB245,16,9 7(10) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that
8is designated the “innovation account” to make the grant payments under s. 79.038
9(1).
AB245,16,12 10(11) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that
11is designated the “innovation planning grants account” to make the grant payments
12under s. 79.038 (2).
AB245,11 13Section 11 . 26.03 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,16,1814 26.03 (1m) (b) (intro.) Paragraph (a) 1. does not apply to a person harvesting
15raw forest products on public lands, as defined in s. 70.13 (7), 2021 stats., to a person
16harvesting raw forest products for fuel wood for his or her home consumption, to a
17person harvesting for the purpose of clearing the land for agricultural use or to a
18person harvesting from the person's own land, any of the following:
AB245,12 19Section 12 . 33.01 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,16,2320 33.01 (9) (a) For the purpose of receiving notice under this chapter, a person
21whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2)
22(a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of
23the previous year.
AB245,13 24Section 13 . 33.01 (9) (am) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB245,17,3
133.01 (9) (am) 1. A person whose name appears as an owner of real property
2on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before
3the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245,17,74 2. The spouse of a person whose name appears as an owner of real property on
5the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the
63rd Monday in December of the previous year if the spouse is referred to on that tax
7roll.
AB245,14 8Section 14 . 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,17,119 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. The person's name appears as an owner of real property on the
10tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
11Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245,15 12Section 15 . 33.01 (9) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,17,1513 33.01 (9) (b) 1. Whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax
14roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
15Monday in December of the previous year; or
AB245,16 16Section 16 . 49.45 (51) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,17 17Section 17. 59.52 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,17,2118 59.52 (25) Advisory and contingent Contingent referenda. The board may
19conduct a countywide referendum for advisory purposes or for the purpose of
20ratifying or validating a resolution adopted or ordinance enacted by the board
21contingent upon approval in the referendum.
AB245,18 22Section 18. 59.605 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,19 23Section 19 . 59.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,18,424 59.875 (2) (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system
25of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement

1entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. pars. (b), and
2(c),
employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding
3benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an
4employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
AB245,20 5Section 20 . 59.875 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,18,116 59.875 (2) (c) In any employee retirement system of a county that has elected
7to become a participating employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System under
8s. 40.21 (1), except as provided in par. (b), irrespective of the funding status of the
9retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially
10determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee
11contributions.
AB245,21 12Section 21. 59.875 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,18,2413 59.875 (4) Amortization period for employer contributions.
14Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1,
152024, in any retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, the
16required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year
17amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same
18as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin
19Retirement System. Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such
20as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis
21of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return
22assumptions in this subsection shall supersede any amortization period and
23investment return assumption adopted by the retirement system's actuary or
24retirement board.
AB245,22 25Section 22. 59.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,19,2
159.90 Provisions applicable to certain counties with special sales tax
2authority.
All of the following apply to a county in which a 1st class city is located:
AB245,19,3 3(1) With regard to the budget of the county, all of the following apply:
AB245,19,84 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
5entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups may not be
6greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget
7period. This paragraph does not apply to any expenditure of a county for parks,
8including zoos, or for health or transit services.
AB245,19,139 (b) When each department of the county submits estimated revenues and
10expenditures for the ensuing budget period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce
11the department's expenditures for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
12a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
13period.
AB245,19,18 14(2) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new
15program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the board.
16This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended to reduce expenditures
17or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different administrative
18structure without increasing expenditures.
AB245,19,21 19(3) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that increases the
20total number of positions in the county only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the
21members of the board.
AB245,19,24 22(4) The county shall prepare a report on changes to its compensation plan that
23are necessary and desirable to make the county competitive in the market for
24correctional workers at a sustainable level of funding.
AB245,20,4
1(5) The county shall identify all buildings that the county has authority to sell
2and that are not being used by the county and prepare a plan for the use or sale of
3these buildings. The county shall submit that plan to the joint committee on finance
4in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245,20,6 5(6) (a) In this subsection, “qualified amount” means the required amount of the
6retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution in 2022.
AB245,20,97 (b) In any year in which the county imposes a tax under s. 77.70 (2) (a), other
8than the first year in which the tax is imposed, the county shall spend a total of not
9less than the qualified amount on the following:
AB245,20,1010 1. The Milwaukee County circuit court.
AB245,20,1111 2. The Milwaukee County secure residential care center for children and youth.
AB245,20,1312 3. Maintaining or increasing the compensation of Milwaukee County
13correctional workers.
AB245,20,1414 4. The Milwaukee County medical examiner.
AB245,23 15Section 23 . 60.34 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,20,1816 60.34 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive and take charge of
17all money belonging to the town, or which is required by law to be paid into the town
18treasury, and disburse the money under s. 66.0607.
AB245,24 19Section 24 . 60.85 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,25 20Section 25 . 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,20,2421 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. Real property assembly costs, meaning any deficit incurred
22resulting from the sale or lease as lessor by the town of real or personal property
23within a tax incremental district for consideration which is less than its cost to the
24town.
AB245,26 25Section 26 . 60.85 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,21,2
160.85 (1) (o) “Taxable property" means all real and personal taxable property
2located in a tax incremental district.
AB245,27 3Section 27. 60.85 (5) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,21,104 60.85 (5) (j) Upon receiving a written application from the town clerk, in a form
5prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the base
6value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) to
7remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this paragraph
8no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the
9request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year
10following the year in which the request is made.
AB245,28 11Section 28 . 61.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,21,1312 61.26 (2) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive all moneys belonging
13or accruing to the village or directed by law to be paid to the treasurer.
AB245,29 14Section 29 . 61.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,21,2015 61.26 (3) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), deposit upon receipt the funds
16of the village in the name of the village in the public depository designated by the
17board. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be prima facie grounds for
18removal from office. When the money is deposited, the treasurer and bonders are not
19liable for the losses defined by s. 34.01 (2), and the interest shall be paid into the
20village treasury.
AB245,30 21Section 30 . 62.09 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,21,2522 62.09 (9) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall collect
23all city, school, county, and state taxes, receive all moneys belonging to the city or
24which by law are directed to be paid to the treasurer, and pay over the money in the
25treasurer's hands according to law.
AB245,31
1Section 31. 62.09 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,22,92 62.09 (9) (e) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall deposit
3immediately upon receipt thereof the funds of the city in the name of the city in the
4public depository designated by the council. Such deposit may be in either a demand
5deposit or in a time deposit, maturing in not more than one year. Failure to comply
6with the provisions hereof shall be prima facie grounds for removal from office. When
7the money is so deposited, the treasurer and the treasurer's bonders shall not be
8liable for such losses as are defined by s. 34.01 (2). The interest arising therefrom
9shall be paid into the city treasury.
AB245,32 10Section 32. 62.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,22,1711 62.13 (1) Commissioners. Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), (2m), (2s), and
12(8) (b) each city shall have a board of police and fire commissioners consisting of 5
13citizens, 3 of whom shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall annually, between
14the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint in writing to be filed
15with the secretary of the board, one member for a term of 5 years. No appointment
16shall be made which will result in more than 3 members of the board belonging to
17the same political party. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
AB245,33 18Section 33. 62.13 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,23,219 62.13 (2) (b) A city that creates a joint police or fire department with a village
20under sub. (1m) and s. 61.65 is not required to create a separate board of police and
21fire commissioners under this section. The city shall create a joint board of
22commissioners to govern the joint department, as required in s. 61.65. If the city also
23creates one separate protective services department in addition to the joint
24protective services department, the city shall create a separate board of
25commissioners to govern that department. A city's joint board of commissioners is

1subject to s. 61.65 (3g) (d). A city's separate board of commissioners is subject to this
2section.
AB245,34 3Section 34. 62.13 (2m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) (title)
4and amended to read:
AB245,23,55 62.13 (1m) (title) Joint departments , contract services.
AB245,35 6Section 35. 62.13 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) and
7amended to read:
AB245,23,98 62.13 (1m) A city may create a joint police department or a joint fire
9department, or both, with another city, village, or town.
AB245,36 10Section 36. 62.13 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (2) (c) and
11amended to read:
AB245,23,2512 62.13 (2) (c) A city that creates a joint police department or a joint fire
13department, or both, with another city under par. (a) sub. (1m) is not required to
14create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The cities
15shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department. If only
16one joint department is created, each city shall retain its existing board of police and
17fire commissioners to govern the separate department. The cities may jointly
18determine the number of commissioners to be appointed to the joint board by each
19city and the length of the commissioners' terms. A majority of the commissioners is
20a quorum. A joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to
21govern a joint police department is subject to the provisions of subs. (3) to (7n), a joint
22board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint fire
23department is subject to the provisions of subs. (8) to (12) and a joint board of
24commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police and fire
25department is subject to the provisions of subs. (2) to (12).
AB245,37
1Section 37. 62.50 (1h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,25,182 62.50 (1h) Organization. In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there
3shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens,
4not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4, if the board has 9 members, of
5whom shall at any time belong to the same political party. At least one member of
6the board shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that
7represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least one member shall
8be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents fire
9fighters. Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection shall be
10residents of the 1st class city and may not be currently employed by the 1st class city.
11Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection by an employee
12association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers or fire fighters
13shall have professional law enforcement experience or professional fire fighting
14experience, respectively, and may not be currently employed as a professional law
15enforcement officer or fire fighter, respectively.
The staff and members of the board
16shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the common
17council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner as the
18salary of other city officials and employees. Except as otherwise provided in this
19subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in s. 59.001 (2m),
20of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business. A
213-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority vote, a trial
22described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote, charges filed by
23an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the mayor of the city, on
24or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members of the board,
25designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2 years, 2 to hold

13 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 4 years if the
2board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to
3hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their respective successors shall
4be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of office shall be 5 years from the
52nd Monday in July, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may
6reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7 members by failing to appoint 2 successors
7for individuals whose terms expire at the same time. Every person appointed a
8member of the board shall be subject to confirmation by the common council and
9every appointed member shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and
10subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and
11file the same duly certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city.
12Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member appointed by
13the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll in a training
14class that is related to the mission of the board and, not later than the first day of the
1513th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the
16common council, the member shall complete the class. The training class shall be
17conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this subchapter first
18applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the common council.
AB245,38 19Section 38. 62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,25,2520 62.50 (1m) Policy review. The board shall conduct at least once each year a
21policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of the
22city and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy changes.
23The board may prescribe general policies and standards for the departments. The
24board may inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited to
25books and records, required for a review under this section.
AB245,39
1Section 39. 62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245,26,22 62.50 (3) (title) Regulation of the departments.
AB245,40 3Section 40. 62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,26,94 62.50 (3) (a) The board may prescribe rules for the government of the members
5chief of each department shall establish policies relating to the control and
6management
of each department and may delegate its rule-making authority to the
7chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review,
8modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including,
9but not limited to, any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984
.
AB245,41 10Section 41. 62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,26,1311 62.50 (3) (am) The common council may suspend or modify any rule prescribed
12by the board
policy established under par. (a) only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the
13members of the common council
.
AB245,42 14Section 42 . 62.623 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,26,2015 62.623 (1) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a
161st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement
17entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. subs. (2), and
18(3)
employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits
19under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee
20any of the employee's share of the required contributions.
AB245,43 21Section 43 . 62.623 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,27,322 62.623 (3) In any employee retirement system of a 1st class city that is located
23in a county with a population of more than 750,000 and that has elected to become
24a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1),
25except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), irrespective of the funding status of the

1retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially
2determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee
3contributions.
AB245,44 4Section 44 . 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,27,15 562.625 Amortization period for employer contributions.
6Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1,
72024, in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer
8contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual
9investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual
10investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. Future
11unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and
12standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial
13practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this
14section shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption
15adopted by the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city.
AB245,45 16Section 45. 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,27,18 1762.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax
18authority.
All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
AB245,27,19 19(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply:
AB245,27,2420 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
21entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups, other than
22a charter school authorized by the common council of the city of Milwaukee under
23s. 118.40, may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted
24expenditures for the budget period.
AB245,28,5
1(b) When each department of the 1st class city prepares an estimate of the
2department's needs for the ensuing fiscal period, it shall also provide a proposal to
3reduce the department's budget for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
4a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
5period.
AB245,28,10 6(2) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that
7includes new program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members
8of the common council. This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended
9to reduce expenditures or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different
10administrative structure without increasing expenditures.
AB245,28,13 11(3) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that
12increases the total number of positions in the city only upon a two-thirds vote of all
13of the members of the common council.
AB245,28,15 14(4) The 1st class city may not use moneys raised by levying taxes for any of the
15following:
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