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:
AB245,28,1716 (a) Developing, operating, or maintaining a rail fixed guideway transportation
17system, as defined in s. 85.066 (1).
AB245,28,2018 (b) Funding any position for which the principal duties consist of promoting
19individuals or groups on the basis of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, or
20sexual orientation.
AB245,29,2 21(5) (a) The 1st class city shall maintain a level of law enforcement and fire
22protective and emergency medical service that is at least equivalent to that provided
23in the 1st class city in the previous year, as measured by the number of full-time
24equivalent law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), employed by the

11st class city and the daily staffing level of the paid fire department, as defined in
2s. 213.10 (1g).
AB245,29,93 (b) In any year in which moneys available under s. 77.701 (2) (c) are available
4for expenditure under this paragraph, the 1st class city shall use the moneys to
5increase the number of law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), or the
6daily staffing level of the paid fire department. This paragraph does not apply in any
7year after the 1st class city employs 1,725 law enforcement officers, including 175
8detectives, and maintains a daily staffing level not fewer than 218 members of the
9paid fire department.
AB245,29,1010 (c) Section 66.0608 (2m) applies to the 1st class city.
AB245,29,13 11(6) The 1st class city shall obtain an independent audit of its office of violence
12prevention and shall submit the results of that audit to the legislature in the manner
13provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245,29,17 14(7) The 1st class city shall identify all buildings that the 1st class city has the
15authority to sell and that are not being used by the 1st class city and prepare a plan
16for the use or sale of these buildings. The city shall submit that plan to the joint
17committee on finance in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245,30,10 18(8) Beginning January 1, 2024, the school board of the 1st class city school
19district that is located in the 1st class city shall ensure that not fewer than 25 school
20resource officers are present at schools within the school district during normal
21school hours and that school resource officers are available during before-school and
22after-school care, extracurricular activities, and sporting events as needed.
23Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, the school board of the 1st class city school
24district that is located in the 1st class city shall consider the statistics it receives
25under s. 118.124 (3) (a) when deciding at which schools to place school resource

1officers required under this subsection. The 1st class city school district and the 1st
2class city shall agree to an apportionment of the costs of meeting the requirements
3of this subsection. In this subsection, “law enforcement officer" means a person who
4is employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state for the purpose of
5detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is
6authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that the person
7is employed to enforce, and “school resource officer” means a law enforcement officer
8who is deployed in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law
9enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), that employs him or her to work
10in a full-time capacity in collaboration with a school district.
AB245,46 11Section 46. 66.0144 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,30,13 1266.0144 Advisory referenda. No city, village, or town may conduct a
13referendum for advisory purposes.
AB245,47 14Section 47. 66.0145 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,30,16 1566.0145 No preferences in hiring or contracting. (1) In this section,
16“political subdivision” means a county, city, village, or town.
AB245,30,20 17(2) Unless required to secure federal aid, no political subdivision may
18discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment on the basis of, race, color,
19ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation in making employment decisions
20regarding employees of a political subdivision or contracting for public works.
AB245,48 21Section 48. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,31,322 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) In addition to the license fee provided in pars. (a) and
23(b), each licensing authority shall collect from each unit occupying space or lots in a
24community in the licensing authority, except from recreational mobile homes as
25provided under par. (cm), from manufactured and mobile homes that constitute

1improvements to real property under s. 70.043 (1), from recreational vehicles as
2defined in s. 340.01 (48r), and from camping trailers as defined in s. 340.01 (6m), a
3monthly municipal permit fee computed as follows:
AB245,49 4Section 49. 66.0435 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,31,75 66.0435 (3) (g) Failure to timely pay the tax prescribed in this subsection shall
6be treated as a default in payment of personal property tax and is subject to all
7procedures and penalties applicable under chs. 70 and 74.
AB245,50 8Section 50. 66.0435 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,31,189 66.0435 (9) Municipalities; monthly municipal permit fees on recreational
10mobile homes and recreational vehicles.
A licensing authority may assess monthly
11municipal permit fees at the rates under this section on recreational mobile homes
12and recreational vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), except recreational mobile
13homes and recreational vehicles that are located in campgrounds licensed under s.
1497.67, recreational mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property
15under s. 70.043 (1), and recreational mobile homes or recreational vehicles that are
16located on land where the principal residence of the owner of the recreational mobile
17home or recreational vehicle is located, regardless of whether the recreational mobile
18home or recreational vehicle is occupied during all or part of any calendar year.
AB245,51 19Section 51 . 66.0441 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,31,23 2066.0441 Quarries extracting certain nonmetallic minerals. (1)
21Construction. (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authority
22of a political subdivision to regulate land use for a purpose other than quarry
23operations.
AB245,32,224 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), nothing in this section may be construed to
25exempt a quarry from a regulation of general applicability placed by a political

1subdivision that applies to other property in the political subdivision that is not a
2quarry unless the regulation is inconsistent with this section.
AB245,32,83 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from the
4application, outside of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit, of a requirement
5imposed by a political subdivision under ch. 349, a regulation of general applicability
6placed by a political subdivision that regulates access to property from roads for
7which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority, or a restriction on the
8use of roads for which the political subdivision is the maintaining authority.
AB245,32,119 (d) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a quarry from a
10restriction placed by a political subdivision regulating a nonconforming use under
11s. 59.69 (10), 60.61 (5), or 62.23 (7).
AB245,32,12 12(2) Definitions. In this section:
AB245,32,1413 (a) “Active quarry” means a quarry that has operated during the preceding
1412-month period.
AB245,32,1715 (b) “Nonmetallic mining licensing ordinance” means an ordinance that is
16enacted by a political subdivision specifically regulating the operation of a quarry
17and that is not enacted pursuant to zoning authority.
AB245,32,2018 (c) “Nonmetallic mining licensing permit” means a form of approval that is
19granted by a political subdivision pursuant to a nonmetallic mining licensing
20ordinance and that is specifically related to the operation of a quarry.
AB245,32,2221 (d) “Permit” means a form of approval granted by a political subdivision for the
22operation of a quarry.
AB245,32,2323 (e) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245,33,3
1(f) “Public works project” means a federal, state, county, or municipal project
2that involves the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public transportation
3facility or other public infrastructure and in which nonmetallic minerals are used.
AB245,33,74 (g) “Quarry” means the surface area from which nonmetallic minerals,
5including soil, clay, sand, gravel, and construction aggregate, that are used primarily
6for a public works project or a private construction or transportation project are
7extracted and processed.
AB245,33,108 (h) “Quarry operations” means the extraction and processing of minerals at a
9quarry and all related activities, including blasting, vehicle and equipment access
10to the quarry, and loading and hauling of material to and from the quarry.
AB245,33,1311 (i) “Zoning permit” means a form of approval, including a conditional use
12permit, granted by a political subdivision pursuant to a zoning ordinance for the
13operation of a quarry.
AB245,33,18 14(3) Limitations on local regulation. (a) Permits. 1. In this paragraph,
15“substantial evidence” means facts and information, other than merely personal
16preference or speculation, directly pertaining to the requirements that an applicant
17must meet to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit and that a reasonable
18person would accept in support of a conclusion.
AB245,33,2219 2. Consistent with the requirements and limitations in this subsection, except
20as provided in subd. 3., a political subdivision may require a quarry operator to
21obtain a zoning permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct quarry
22operations.
AB245,34,923 3. A political subdivision may not require a quarry operator of an active quarry
24to obtain a zoning permit or nonmetallic mining licensing permit to conduct quarry
25operations unless prior to the establishment of quarry operations the political

1subdivision enacts an ordinance that requires the permit. A political subdivision
2that requires a quarry operator to obtain a nonmetallic mining licensing permit
3under this subdivision may not impose a requirement in the nonmetallic mining
4licensing permit pertaining to any matter regulated by an applicable zoning
5ordinance or addressed through conditions imposed or agreed to in a previously
6issued and effective zoning permit. Any requirement imposed in a nonmetallic
7mining licensing permit shall be related to the purpose of the ordinance requiring the
8nonmetallic mining licensing permit and shall be based on substantial evidence. The
9duration of a nonmetallic mining licensing permit may not be shorter than 5 years.
AB245,34,1810 (b) Applicability of local limit. If a political subdivision enacts a nonmetallic
11mining licensing ordinance requirement regulating the operation of a quarry that
12was not in effect when quarry operations began at an active quarry, the ordinance
13requirement does not apply to that quarry or to land that is contiguous to the land
14on which the quarry is located, if the contiguous land has remained continuously
15under common ownership, leasehold, or control with land on which the quarry is
16located from the time the ordinance was enacted; can be shown to have been intended
17for quarry operations prior to the enactment of the ordinance; and is located in the
18same political subdivision.
AB245,34,2219 (c) Hours of operation. A political subdivision may not limit the times,
20including days of the week, that quarry operations may occur if the materials
21produced by the quarry will be used in a public works project that requires
22construction work to be performed during the night or an emergency repair.
AB245,35,223 (d) Blasting. 1. In this paragraph, “affected area” means an area within a
24certain radius of a blasting site that may be affected by a blasting operation, as
25determined using a formula established by the department of safety and professional

1services by rule that takes into account a scaled-distance factor and the weight of
2explosives to be used.
AB245,35,43 2. Except as provided under subds. 3. and 4. and s. 101.02 (7y), a political
4subdivision may not limit blasting at a quarry.
AB245,35,65 3. A political subdivision may require the operator of a quarry to do any of the
6following:
AB245,35,97 a. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, provide notice of the
8blasting operation to each political subdivision in which any part of the quarry is
9located and to owners of dwellings or other structures within the affected area.
AB245,35,1210 b. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
11conduct a building survey of any dwellings or other structures within the affected
12area.
AB245,35,1413 c. Before beginning a blasting operation at the quarry, cause a 3rd party to
14conduct a survey of and test any wells within the affected area.
AB245,35,1615 d. Provide evidence of insurance to each political subdivision in which any part
16of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,1817 e. Provide copies of blasting logs to each political subdivision in which any part
18of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,2019 f. Provide maps of the affected area to each political subdivision in which any
20part of the quarry is located.
AB245,35,2221 g. Provide copies of any reports submitted to the department of safety and
22professional services relating to blasting at the quarry.
AB245,36,323 4. A political subdivision may suspend a permit for a violation of the
24requirements under s. 101.15 relating to blasting and rules promulgated by the
25department of safety and professional services under s. 101.15 (2) (e) relating to

1blasting only if the department of safety and professional services determines that
2a violation of the requirements or rules has occurred and only for the duration of the
3violation as determined by the department of safety and professional services.
AB245,36,74 5. Nothing in this section exempts a quarry operator from applicable
5limitations on the time of day during which blasting activities may be conducted that
6are imposed by rules promulgated by the department of safety and professional
7services.
AB245,36,108 (e) Quarry permit requirements. 1. A political subdivision may not add a
9condition to a permit during the duration of the permit unless the permit holder
10consents.
AB245,36,1511 2. If a political subdivision requires a quarry to comply with another political
12subdivision's ordinance as a condition for obtaining a permit, the political
13subdivision that grants the permit may not require the quarry operator to comply
14with a provision of the other political subdivision's ordinance that is enacted after the
15permit is granted and while the permit is in effect.
AB245,36,1916 3. a. A town may not require, as a condition for granting a permit to a quarry
17operator, that the quarry operator satisfy a condition that a county requires in order
18to grant a permit that is imposed by a county ordinance enacted after the county
19grants a permit to the quarry operator.
AB245,36,2320 b. A county may not require, as a condition for granting a permit to a quarry
21operator, that the quarry operator satisfy a condition that a town requires in order
22to grant a permit that is imposed by a town ordinance enacted after the town grants
23a permit to the quarry operator.
AB245,52 24Section 52. 66.0602 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,37,4
166.0602 (1) (am) “Joint fire department" means a joint fire department
2organized under s. 61.65 (2) (a) 3. or 62.13 (2m) (1m), or a joint fire department
3organized by any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, or towns under s. 66.0301
4(2).
AB245,53 5Section 53. 66.0602 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
AB245,54 6Section 54 . 66.0607 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,37,167 66.0607 (1) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) to (5) and in s. 66.0608
8(3m), in a county, city, village, town, or school district, all disbursements from the
9treasury shall be made by the treasurer upon the written order of the county, city,
10village, town, or school clerk after proper vouchers have been filed in the office of the
11clerk. If the statutes provide for payment by the treasurer without an order of the
12clerk, the clerk shall draw and deliver to the treasurer an order for the payment
13before or at the time that the payment is required to be made by the treasurer. This
14section applies to all special and general provisions of the statutes relative to the
15disbursement of money from the county, city, village, town, or school district treasury
16except s. 67.10 (2).
AB245,55 17Section 55 . 66.0608 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (title).
AB245,56 18Section 56 . 66.0608 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,37,19 1966.0608 (title) Protective services.
AB245,57 20Section 57 . 66.0608 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,37,2121 66.0608 (1) (fm) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245,58 22Section 58 . 66.0608 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (3m) (a), and
2366.0608 (3m) (a) (intro.) and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB245,38,3
166.0608 (3m) (a) General authority. (intro.) Subject to subs. (3) and (4) pars.
2(b) and (c)
, the governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance that does
3all of the following:
AB245,38,84 2. Gives the municipality's fire department, emergency medical services
5practitioner department, or emergency medical responder department, through the
6official or employee described under par. (a) subd. 1., exclusive control over the
7expenditure of volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as
8an official or employee in an account described under par. (a) subd. 1.
AB245,59 9Section 59 . 66.0608 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,38,1110 66.0608 (2m) Maintenance of effort. (a) 1. Beginning July 1, 2024, annually
11not later than July 1, except as provided in par. (c), all of the following apply:
AB245,38,1712 1. A city, village, or town with a population of greater than 20,000 shall certify
13to the department of revenue that the city, village, or town has maintained a level
14of law enforcement that is at least equivalent to that provided in the city, village, or
15town in the previous year. The certification shall include a statement under par. (b)
161. from the person in charge of providing law enforcement service for the city, village,
17or town, or for the city, village, or town under contract to provide this service.
AB245,38,2418 2. A political subdivision shall certify to the department of revenue that the
19political subdivision has maintained a level of fire protective and emergency medical
20service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the political subdivision in the
21previous year. The certification shall include a statement under par. (b) 2. from the
22person in charge of providing fire protective and emergency medical services for the
23political subdivision, or for the political subdivision under contract to provide this
24service.
AB245,39,2
13. A certification under this paragraph is not required to certify the same items
2under par. (b) or (c) that were certified in a prior statement.
AB245,39,43 (b) 1. Except as provided in par. (c) 1., a statement that certifies that any 2 of
4the following have been maintained at a level at least equivalent to the previous year:
AB245,39,65 a. The political subdivision's expenditures, not including capital expenditures,
6for law enforcement services.
AB245,39,87 b. The number of full-time equivalent officers employed by or assigned to the
8political subdivision.
AB245,39,119 c. The number of citations for moving traffic violations under chs. 341 to 349
10or local ordinances in conformity therewith issued within the political subdivision by
11law enforcement agencies.
AB245,39,1312 d. The number of arrests made and citations issued for violations other than
13those described under subd. 1. c. within the political subdivision.
AB245,39,1514 2. Except as provided in par. (c) 1., a statement that certifies that any 2 of the
15following have been maintained at a level at least equivalent to the previous year:
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