AB245-engrossed,117,119 (a) Each county shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount
10received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 or the sum of the following, whichever
11is greater:
AB245-engrossed,117,1212 1. Fifty thousand dollars.
AB245-engrossed,117,1313 2. The amount determined as follows or zero, whichever is greater:
AB245-engrossed,117,1514 a. Determine the county's levy limit under s. 66.0602 as if the valuation factor
15was 2 percent in 2021.
AB245-engrossed,117,1716 b. Subtract from the amount determined under subd. 2. a. the county's base
17levy in 2021 adjusted only as described in s. 66.0602 (2) (b).
AB245-engrossed,117,1818 3. The amount determined as follows:
AB245-engrossed,117,2019 a. Add the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 and the
20amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.
AB245-engrossed,117,2221 b. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. a. by the county's population
22in 2022.
AB245-engrossed,117,2423 c. Determine the maximum amount determined under subd. 3. b. among all
24counties.
AB245-engrossed,117,2525 d. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. c. by 1.5.
AB245-engrossed,118,2
1e. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. b. by the amount determined
2under subd. 3. d.
AB245-engrossed,118,33 f. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 3. e. from 1.
AB245-engrossed,118,54 g. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. f. by an amount equal to 10
5times the county's population in 2022.
AB245-engrossed,118,66 h. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. g. by 0.689758.
AB245-engrossed,118,107 (ag) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the
8quotient of the total amount received in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 divided by
9the county's population in 2022 is less than 10 shall receive an amount calculated as
10follows:
AB245-engrossed,118,1111 1. Multiply the county's population in 2022 by 10.
AB245-engrossed,118,1312 2. Subtract the total amount received by the county in 2024 under par. (a) and
13s. 79.036 from the amount determined under subd. 1.
AB245-engrossed,118,1714 (ar) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the
15quotient of the amount received in 2024 under par. (a) divided by the amount
16received in 2024 under s. 79.036 is less than 5 shall receive an amount calculated as
17follows:
AB245-engrossed,118,1918 1. Divide the amount received by the county in 2024 under s. 79.036 by the
19amount received in 2024 under par. (a).
AB245-engrossed,118,2020 2. Divide the amount determined under subd. 1. by 169.943.
AB245-engrossed,118,2121 3. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. by $17,490,600.
AB245-engrossed,118,2522 (b) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 under 5,000 shall
23receive an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or
24town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is
25greater:
AB245-engrossed,119,1
11. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001052.
AB245-engrossed,119,22 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 16.813.
AB245-engrossed,119,43 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
4determined under subd. 2.
AB245-engrossed,119,55 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 30,000.
AB245-engrossed,119,76 (c) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and
7not more than 30,000 shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:
AB245-engrossed,119,98 1. Fifteen percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town under s.
979.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
AB245-engrossed,119,1010 a. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
AB245-engrossed,119,1111 b. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. a. from 14.5.
AB245-engrossed,119,1312 c. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
13determined under subd. 1. b.
AB245-engrossed,119,1414 d. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. c. to 25,700.
AB245-engrossed,119,1515 2. The amount calculated as follows:
AB245-engrossed,119,1816 a. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the
17population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at
18least 5,000 and not more than 30,000.
AB245-engrossed,119,1919 b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by $15,000,000.
AB245-engrossed,119,2320 (d) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 greater than 30,000
21and less than 110,000, shall receive an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount
22received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated
23as follows, whichever is greater:
AB245-engrossed,119,2424 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
AB245-engrossed,119,2525 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.
AB245-engrossed,120,2
13. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
2determined under subd. 2.
AB245-engrossed,120,33 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.
AB245-engrossed,120,64 (e) In addition to the payment under par. (d), each city, village, and town with
5a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000 shall receive an
6amount calculated as follows:
AB245-engrossed,120,97 1. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the
8population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at
9least 30,000 and not more than 50,000.
AB245-engrossed,120,1010 2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by $5,000,000.
AB245-engrossed,120,1411 (f) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of 110,000 or more
12shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city,
13village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows,
14whichever is greater:
AB245-engrossed,120,1515 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
AB245-engrossed,120,1616 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.
AB245-engrossed,120,1817 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount
18determined under subd. 2.
AB245-engrossed,120,1919 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.
AB245-engrossed,120,25 20(3) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and
21municipality shall receive a payment under this section equal to the proportion of the
22total payments from the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s.
2325.491 (9) that the county or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount
24for the year in the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491
25(9).
AB245-engrossed,214
1Section 214. 79.038 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,121,13 279.038 Innovation grants and innovation planning grants. (1)
3Innovation grants. (a) Beginning on the date identified in the notice under 2023
4Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1), counties and municipalities may apply
5to the department of revenue, in the form and manner prescribed by the department,
6for innovation grants to be used to implement innovation plans. For purposes of this
7subsection, an “innovation plan” is a plan submitted by a county or municipality to
8transfer county or municipal services or duties described in par. (b) to a county,
9municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity. The department may approve
10an application by a county or municipality for a grant under this subsection only if
11the county or municipality enters into an agreement or contract to transfer services
12or duties described in par. (b) to a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or
13private entity, and all of the following apply:
AB245-engrossed,121,1814 1. The county or municipality provides to the department a copy of a signed
15agreement or contract with a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private
16entity to transfer one or more services or duties to the county, municipality, nonprofit
17organization, or private entity, and the agreement or contract satisfies all of the
18following:
AB245-engrossed,121,2019 a. The agreement or contract specifies the services or duties to be transferred
20to the county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity.
AB245-engrossed,121,2221 am. The agreement or contract is entered into no earlier than the date
22identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1).
AB245-engrossed,121,2523 b. The agreement or contract transfers all services or duties specified under
24subd. 1. a. for a period of time that is at least twice the length of the period described
25in par. (d) 1. that remains on the date that the application is submitted.
AB245-engrossed,122,8
1c. The agreement or contract indicates the cost to the county or municipality
2transferring a service or duty of performing each service or duty specified under
3subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the service or duty under
4the agreement or contract, and, if the agreement or contract transfers a service or
5duty specified under subd. 1. a. to a county or municipality, the cost to the county or
6municipality to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each
7transferred service or duty in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the
8service or duty.
AB245-engrossed,122,129 d. The agreement or contract specifies the amount that the county or
10municipality will pay to the county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private
11entity to which the service or duty is transferred of performing each service or duty
12specified under subd. 1. a. for the entire term of the agreement or contract.
AB245-engrossed,122,1413 e. The agreement or contract specifies the allocation of grant moneys between
14the counties or municipalities that are parties to the agreement or contract.
AB245-engrossed,122,1715 2. The county or municipality provided all services or duties specified under
16subd. 1. a. in the year immediately preceding the year that the services or duties are
17transferred under the agreement or contract described in subd. 1.
AB245-engrossed,122,2218 (b) 1. The department of revenue may award a grant for an agreement or
19contract under par. (a) only for a transfer of one or more of the following services or
20duties, and only if the innovation plan indicates that the transfer will realize a
21projected savings of at least 10 percent of the total cost of providing the service or
22duty:
AB245-engrossed,122,2323 a. Public safety, including law enforcement, but not including jails.
AB245-engrossed,122,2424 b. Fire protection.
AB245-engrossed,122,2525 c. Emergency services.
AB245-engrossed,123,33 f. Training.
AB245-engrossed,123,44 g. Communications.
AB245-engrossed,123,55 h. Information technology.
AB245-engrossed,123,66 i. Administration, including staffing, payroll, and human resources.
AB245-engrossed,123,77 j. Public works.
AB245-engrossed,123,88 k. Economic development and tourism.
AB245-engrossed,123,99 L. Public health.
AB245-engrossed,123,1010 m. Housing, planning, and zoning.
AB245-engrossed,123,1111 n. Parks and recreation.
AB245-engrossed,123,1412 2. For purposes of this subsection, the total cost of providing a service under
13subd. 1. includes the cost of wages, fringe benefits, training, and equipment
14associated with providing the service.
AB245-engrossed,123,2315 3. In calculating the projected savings under this paragraph to be realized by
16a transfer of fire protection or emergency medical services involving an entity that
17engages volunteer fire fighters or emergency medical services practitioners, the
18department shall attribute to all volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services
19practitioner positions fair market compensation for the services provided by the
20volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services practitioner positions. The
21department shall promulgate rules specifying the method of determining fair
22market compensation for the services provided by a volunteer fire fighter position
23and emergency medical services practitioner position for purposes of this paragraph.
AB245-engrossed,124,3
1(c) 1. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) after the end of
2the 4th fiscal year after the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act
3.... (this act), section 244 (1).
AB245-engrossed,124,54 2. The department may distribute a total of up to $300,000,000 in payments
5under this subsection.
AB245-engrossed,124,96 3. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) if distributing all
7payments for the grant and all other grants awarded under this subsection as
8provided in par. (d) would result in the distribution of an amount that exceeds the
9amount under subd. 2.
AB245-engrossed,125,210 (d) 1. A grant awarded under par. (a) shall be distributed in payments made
11each year during the period consisting of the first fiscal year that begins after the
12date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1),
13and the following 2 fiscal years. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with
14regard to an innovation plan involving only counties and municipalities, the amount
15of the grant awarded under par. (a) for that plan to be distributed in each year is equal
16to 25 percent of the total costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the services
17and duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
18transfer of the services or duties, excluding the costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. paid
19by the county or municipality with the highest total costs of performing the services
20or duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the
21transfer of the services or duties. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with
22regard to an innovation plan involving the transfer of a service or duty to a nonprofit
23organization or private entity, the amount of the grant awarded under par. (a) for
24that plan to be distributed in each year is equal to 25 percent of the total costs

1specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the transferred services and duties in the
2year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties.
AB245-engrossed,125,43 2. No county or municipality may receive a total amount of payments
4distributed during a year under this subsection that exceeds $10,000,000.
AB245-engrossed,125,105 3. The department of revenue shall notify the department of administration of
6any county or municipality that failed to realize its projected savings as required
7under par. (e) 2. a. or b., and the department of administration shall withhold from
8the next payment to the county or municipality an amount equal to the difference
9between the amount of savings required to be realized under par. (e) 2. a. or b. and
10the actual amount of savings realized.
AB245-engrossed,125,1211 4. The department shall allocate the grant moneys distributed under this
12paragraph as provided by the agreement or contract under par. (a) 1. e.
AB245-engrossed,125,1813 (e) 1. The department of revenue shall give priority to county and municipal
14innovation plans that attempt to realize savings for public safety, fire protection, and
15emergency services while maintaining the appropriate level of such services. After
16the department awards grants to priority applicants, the department may award
17other counties and municipalities a prorated share of the remaining amount
18allocated under s. 25.491 (10).
AB245-engrossed,125,2119 2. a. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that
20the county or municipality shall realize half of the projected savings under its plan
21no later than 24 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
AB245-engrossed,125,2422 b. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that the
23county or municipality shall realize the full amount of the projected savings under
24its plan no later than 36 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
AB245-engrossed,126,4
1(f) 1. Each year during the period described in par. (d) during which grants are
2distributed, the department of revenue shall audit at least 10 percent of the grants
3awarded under par. (a) for which at least 24 months have passed since the first
4distribution under the grant.
AB245-engrossed,126,75 2. Each year during the period during which grants under par. (a) are awarded,
6no later than December 31, the department of revenue shall submit a report to the
7joint committee on finance concerning all grants awarded under par. (a).
AB245-engrossed,126,13 8(2) Innovation planning grants. Beginning in 2024, a municipality with a
9population not exceeding 5,000 may apply to the department of revenue, in the form
10and manner prescribed by the department, for a grant to be used only for staffing and
11consultant expenses for planning the transfer of one or more of the services listed
12under sub. (1) (b). No municipality may receive more than $100,000 for each project
13plan submitted under this paragraph and approved by the department of revenue.
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