AB245-engrossed,129,64 79.05 (4) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), in 2025, each municipality shall
5receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
6received by the municipality under this section in 2024.
AB245-engrossed,218 7Section 218 . 79.0965 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,129,12 879.0965 State aid; repeal of personal property tax. (1) Beginning in 2025,
9the department of administration shall pay to each taxing jurisdiction, as defined in
10s. 79.095 (1) (c), an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the items of personal
11property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax assessments as of
12January 1, 2023.
AB245-engrossed,129,17 13(2) (a) Each municipality shall report to the department of revenue, in the time
14and manner determined by the department, the amount of the property taxes levied
15on the items of personal property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax
16assessments as of January 1, 2023, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of
17other taxing jurisdictions.
AB245-engrossed,129,2018 (b) Each taxing jurisdiction shall report to the department of revenue, in the
19time and manner determined by the department, any information the department
20considers necessary to administer this section.
AB245-engrossed,129,2321 (c) If a municipality does not timely electronically file the report required by
22the department of revenue under par. (a), the following reductions will be made to
23the municipality's personal property aid distributed under sub. (1) in 2025:
AB245-engrossed,129,2424 1. Reduction of 25 percent, if not filed by June 30, 2024.
AB245-engrossed,130,2
12. Forfeiture of the municipality's aid under sub. (1), if not filed by July 15,
22024.
AB245-engrossed,130,63 (d) If a municipality does not electronically file the report required by the
4department of revenue under par. (a) by July 15, 2024, the department may use the
5best information available to calculate the aid to distribute under sub. (1) in 2025 to
6the applicable taxing jurisdictions.
AB245-engrossed,130,12 7(3) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district
8within the taxing jurisdiction the district's proportionate share of the amount the
9taxing jurisdiction receives under sub. (1). The amount that would have been paid
10to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the
11municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the
12termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.
AB245-engrossed,219 13Section 219 . 101.02 (7y) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,130,1514 101.02 (7y) (a) In this subsection, “quarry” has the meaning given in s. 66.0441
15(2) (g).
AB245-engrossed,130,1816 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (7) (a), and except as provided in this subsection and
17s. 66.0441 (3) (d), a city, village, town, or county may not make or enforce a local order
18that limits blasting at a quarry.
AB245-engrossed,130,2519 (c) A city, village, town, or county may petition the department for an order
20granting the city, village, town, or county the authority to impose additional
21restrictions and requirements related to blasting on the operator of a quarry. If a city,
22village, town, or county submits a petition under this paragraph because of concerns
23regarding the potential impact of blasting on a qualified historic building, as defined
24in s. 101.121 (2) (c), the department may require the operator of the quarry to pay
25the costs of an impact study related to the qualified historic building.
AB245-engrossed,131,5
1(d) If the department issues an order under this subsection, the order may
2grant the city, village, town, or county the authority to impose restrictions and
3requirements related to blasting at the quarry that are more restrictive than the
4requirements under s. 101.15 related to blasting and rules promulgated by the
5department under s. 101.15 (2) (e) related to blasting.
AB245-engrossed,131,76 (e) The department may not charge a fee to a city, village, town, or county in
7connection with a petition submitted under par. (c).
AB245-engrossed,219n 8Section 219n. 111.70 (4) (mc) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,131,159 111.70 (4) (mc) 7. In any municipality with a retirement system established
10under chapter 201 or 396, laws of 1937, any terms of such a retirement system,
11including, but not limited to, the costs, payments, contributions, benefits, or design,
12including all impacts or effects that any changes made to the retirement system
13might have upon the wages, hours, or conditions of employment, with any bargaining
14unit composed of public safety employees or any employees treated as public safety
15employees under par. (bn).
AB245-engrossed,220 16Section 220 . 115.385 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,131,1817 115.385 (1) (e) All of the following information derived from statistics reported
18under s. 118.124:
AB245-engrossed,131,2019 1. The total number of incidents per 100 pupils reported by the school or school
20district.
AB245-engrossed,131,2121 2. The average total number of incidents per 100 pupils reported statewide.
AB245-engrossed,131,2322 3. The total number of incidents listed under s. 118.124 (2) (a) 1., 2., 4., and 8.
23per 100 pupils reported by the school or school district.
AB245-engrossed,131,2524 4. The average total number of incidents listed under s. 118.124 (2) (a) 1., 2.,
254., and 8. per 100 pupils reported statewide.
AB245-engrossed,221
1Section 221. 115.385 (1g) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,132,32 115.385 (1g) (g) The department may not consider the statistics reported by a
3school or school district under s. 118.124.
AB245-engrossed,222 4Section 222 . 118.124 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,132,6 5118.124 Statistics of crimes and other safety-related incidents. (1) In
6this section:
AB245-engrossed,132,87 (a) “Participating private high school" means a private school participating in
8a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that operates high school grades.
AB245-engrossed,132,109 (b) “Public high school" means a public school, including a charter school, that
10operates high school grades.
AB245-engrossed,132,13 11(2) (a) Subject to par. (b), beginning in the 2024-25 school year, a public high
12school and a participating private high school shall collect and maintain statistics
13of incidents of the following:
AB245-engrossed,132,1414 1. Homicide.
AB245-engrossed,132,1515 2. Sexual assault.
AB245-engrossed,132,1616 3. Burglary, robbery, or theft.
AB245-engrossed,132,1717 4. Battery, substantial battery, or aggravated battery under s. 940.19.
AB245-engrossed,132,2019 6. Use or possession of alcohol, a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01
20(4), or a controlled substance analog, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m).
AB245-engrossed,132,2121 7. Possession of a firearm in violation of s. 948.605 (2).
AB245-engrossed,132,2222 8. A violation of a municipal ordinance relating to disorderly conduct.
AB245-engrossed,132,2423 (b) The requirement under par. (a) applies only to an incident that satisfies all
24of the following:
AB245-engrossed,132,2525 1. The incident occurred during one of the following:
AB245-engrossed,133,1
1a. School hours.
AB245-engrossed,133,22 b. A school-sanctioned event that occurred before or after school hours.
AB245-engrossed,133,33 c. The transportation of pupils to or from school.
AB245-engrossed,133,44 2. The incident occurred on one of the following:
AB245-engrossed,133,75 a. Property owned or leased by the school district in which the public high
6school is located, by the operator of the charter school, or by the governing body of
7the participating private high school.
AB245-engrossed,133,108 b. Transportation, including all of the methods of transportation described in
9ss. 121.55 and 121.555, provided by the public high school, participating private high
10school, or school district.
AB245-engrossed,133,1211 3. The incident was reported to law enforcement, and, as a result of the
12incident, a charge was filed or a citation was issued.
AB245-engrossed,133,19 13(3) (a) Annually, each public high school in a school district other than a charter
14school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report the statistics collected
15under sub. (2) to the school board. Annually, by July 31, each school board shall
16submit to the department a report that includes the statistics reported under this
17paragraph by each public high school in the school district and aggregate statistics
18collected under sub. (2) for all of the public high schools in the school district other
19than charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
AB245-engrossed,133,2320 (b) Annually, by July 31, each operator of a charter school established under
21s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates high school grades and the governing body of each
22participating private high school shall submit to the department the statistics the
23operator or governing body collected under sub. (2).
AB245-engrossed,134,3
1(c) No school board, operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
2or (2x), or governing body of a participating private high school may include the
3identity of a pupil in a report under this subsection.
AB245-engrossed,134,7 4(4) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section,
5including a rule that requires public high schools, participating private high schools,
6and school districts to collect and report statistics of incidents under this section in
7accordance with the uniform crime reporting system of the department of justice.
AB245-engrossed,134,10 8(5) The department of justice shall cooperate with the department to develop
9a reporting system under this section that incorporates the uniform crime reporting
10system of the department of justice.
AB245-engrossed,223 11Section 223 . 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,134,2412 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1366.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
14115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
15118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.124,
16118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
17118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and
18(10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30
19to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m),
20(5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34),
21(35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are
22applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly
23provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any
24school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB245-engrossed,224 25Section 224 . 174.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,135,5
1174.065 (3) Collection of delinquent dog license taxes. Delinquent dog
2license taxes may be collected in the same manner as in s. 74.55 and a civil action
3under
ch. 799 for the collecting of personal property taxes, if the action is brought
4within 6 years after the January 1 of the year in which the taxes are required to be
5paid
.
AB245-engrossed,225 6Section 225 . 252.03 (2j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,135,137 252.03 (2j) A local health officer may not issue a mandate to close any business
8in order to control an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease for longer than
930 days unless the governing body of the political subdivision in which the order is
10intended to apply approves one extension of the order, not to exceed 30 days. A
11mandate to close more than one business as provided under this subsection may not
12distinguish between essential and nonessential businesses. In this subsection,
13“political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
AB245-engrossed,226 14Section 226 . 256.15 (1) (ij) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,135,1615 256.15 (1) (ij) “Interfacility transport” means any transfer of a patient between
16health care facilities or any nonemergent transfer of a patient.
AB245-engrossed,227 17Section 227 . 256.15 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,135,2118 256.15 (4) (a) 4. If the ambulance is engaged in a nonemergent interfacility
19transport, one emergency medical technician who is in the patient compartment
20during transport of the patient and one individual who has a certification in
21cardiopulmonary resuscitation, through a course approved by the department.
AB245-engrossed,228 22Section 228 . 256.15 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,136,423 256.15 (4m) (d) A rural ambulance service provider that is intending to
24upgrade its service under par. (b) shall submit to the department an update to its
25operational plan including a description of its intention to upgrade. The department

1may not require a rural ambulance service provider to stock an ambulance with
2equipment to perform all functions that the emergency medical services practitioner
3with the highest level of license may perform in order to upgrade the ambulance
4service level under par. (b).
AB245-engrossed,229 5Section 229 . 256.15 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,136,176 256.15 (8) (b) 3. The individual satisfactorily completes an emergency medical
7responder course that meets or exceeds the guidelines issued by the National
8Highway Traffic Safety Administration under 23 CFR 1205.3 (a) (5), that includes
9training for response to acts of terrorism, and that is approved by the department.
10Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant
11for initial certification as an emergency medical responder who is not affiliated with
12an ambulance service provider or emergency medical services program
obtained in
13connection with any military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), satisfies the
14completion of an emergency medical responder course, if the applicant demonstrates
15to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or
16other experience obtained by the applicant is substantially equivalent to the
17emergency medical responder course.
AB245-engrossed,230 18Section 230 . 256.15 (8) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,136,2519 256.15 (8) (bm) The department may not require an applicant for certification
20as an emergency medical responder to register with or take the examination of the
21national registry of emergency medical technicians. An ambulance service provider
22or another emergency medical services program may require an emergency medical
23responder to register with or take the examination of the national registry of
24emergency medical technicians as a condition of being employed by or volunteering
25with the provider or program.
AB245-engrossed,231
1Section 231. 256.15 (8) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,137,102 256.15 (8) (fm) Except as provided in ss. 256.17 and 256.18, the department
3shall issue a certificate as an emergency medical responder, without requiring
4satisfactory completion of any instruction or training that may be required under
5par. (b), to any individual who meets the criteria under par. (b) 1. and 2. and has
6obtained relevant education, training, and experience in connection with military
7service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g). The determination of whether an individual has
8obtained relevant education, training, and experience is solely within the discretion
9of the ambulance service provider or emergency medical services program with
10which the individual intends to be employed or to volunteer.
AB245-engrossed,232 11Section 232 . 256.15 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,137,1712 256.15 (10m) Exclusive arrangements prohibited. An ambulance service
13provider or emergency medical services program may not prohibit an emergency
14medical responder or emergency medical services practitioner who is employed by
15or volunteering with the ambulance service provider or emergency medical services
16program from being employed by or volunteering with another ambulance service
17provider or emergency medical services program.
AB245-engrossed,233 18Section 233 . 256.35 (3s) (bm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,137,2219 256.35 (3s) (bm) 5. Public safety answering points are eligible to receive a grant
20under subd. 1. without regard as to whether the public safety answering point is
21located in a county that is participating in an emergency services IP network contract
22described under par. (b).
AB245-engrossed,234 23Section 234 . 706.05 (2m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,137,2424 706.05 (2m) (b) 3. Descriptions of property specified under s. 70.17 (3).
AB245-engrossed,235 25Section 235 . 815.18 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,138,3
1815.18 (3) Exempt property. (intro.) The debtor's interest in or right to receive
2the following property is exempt, except as specifically provided in this section and
3ss. 70.20 (2), 71.91 (5m) and (6), 74.55 (2) and 102.28 (5):
AB245-engrossed,236 4Section 236 . 978.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,138,175 978.05 (6) (a) Institute, commence or appear in all civil actions or special
6proceedings under and perform the duties set forth for the district attorney under ch.
7980 and ss. 17.14, 30.03 (2), 48.09 (5), 59.55 (1), 59.64 (1), 70.36, 89.08, 103.92 (4),
8109.09, 343.305 (9) (a), 806.05, 938.09, 938.18, 938.355 (6) (b) and (6g) (a), 946.86,
9946.87, 961.55 (5), 971.14 and 973.075 to 973.077, perform any duties in connection
10with court proceedings in a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and
11938 as the judge may request and perform all appropriate duties and appear if the
12district attorney is designated in specific statutes, including matters within chs. 782,
13976 and 979 and ss. 51.81 to 51.85. Nothing in this paragraph limits the authority
14of the county board to designate, under s. 48.09 (5), that the corporation counsel
15provide representation as specified in s. 48.09 (5) or to designate, under s. 48.09 (6)
16or 938.09 (6), the district attorney as an appropriate person to represent the interests
17of the public under s. 48.14 or 938.14.
AB245-engrossed,237 18Section 237 . Laws of 1937, chapter 201, section 1 (4), as last affected by laws
19of 1947, chapter 357, is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,139,1020 [Laws of 1937, chapter 201] Section 1 (4) “Employe" shall mean any person
21regularly employed by the county at an annual wage or salary payable at stated
22intervals, including any person who is employed by the state but who receives part
23of his wage or salary from the county * * *, but not including any person in the service
24of a county with a population of at least 750,000 who was not an active employe of
25the county on December 31 of the year that an ordinance goes into effect under s.

177.70 (2) (a) of the statutes, and who is hired by the county after December 31 of the
2year that an ordinance goes into effect under s. 77.70 (2) (a) of the statutes with
3respect to the position to which the person is hired after that date, irrespective of
4whether the person was previously an employe of the county. Such a person may not
5accrue any further service under the retirement system of the county
. In the event
6of a question arising as to the right of any person in the service of the county to be
7classified as an employe under this act, the decision of the board shall be final.
8“Employe” does not include any individual eligible to participate in a retirement plan
9established by a county with a population of at least 750,000 under the federal
10Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
AB245-engrossed,238 11Section 238 . Laws of 1937, chapter 201, section 14A is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,139,2112 [Laws of 1937, chapter 201] Section 14A. Termination of retirement system.
13The board of a system in a county with a population of at least 750,000 shall
14terminate the retirement system within a practicable time after the final payment
15has been made to members or their beneficiaries, in accordance with any
16requirements of the federal Internal Revenue Code. At no time after July 1, 2023,
17or the effective date of this section .... [LRB inserts date], whichever is later, may a
18county create a new retirement system under chapter 201, laws of 1937. This section
19does not apply to any individual eligible to participate in a retirement plan
20established by a county with a population of at least 750,000 under the Omnibus
21Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
AB245-engrossed,239 22Section 239 . Laws of 1937, chapter 201, section 21, as created by laws of 1965,
23chapter 405, is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,140,1824 [Laws of 1937, chapter 201] Section 21. For the purpose of best protecting the
25employes subject to this act by granting supervisory authority over each retirement

1system created hereunder to the governmental unit most involved therewith, it is
2declared to be the legislative policy that the future operation of each such retirement
3system is a matter of local affair and government and shall not be construed to be a
4matter of state-wide concern. Each county which is required to establish and
5maintain a retirement system pursuant to this act is hereby empowered, by county
6ordinance, to make any changes in such retirement system which hereafter may be
7deemed necessary or desirable for the continued operation of such retirement
8system, but no such change shall operate to diminish or impair the annuities,
9benefits or other rights of any person who is a member of such retirement system
10prior to the effective date of any such change. In a county with a population of at least
11750,000 that has established a retirement system pursuant to this act, the county
12and board shall continue to amend, create, and repeal ordinances and rules,
13administer benefits, discharge their duties with respect to the retirement system,
14and take any other actions necessary to administer the system and maintain the
15qualified tax status of the system under the federal Internal Revenue Code until the
16plan is terminated under section 14A of this act. The county and board may not,
17except as required for compliance with federal law, increase or in any way enhance
18the benefits for employes who remain in the retirement system.
AB245-engrossed,240 19Section 240 . Laws of 1937, chapter 396, section 1 (3) (b) is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,141,320 [Laws of 1937, chapter 396] Section 1 (3) (b). “City agency” shall mean any
21board, commission, division, department, office or agency of the city government,
22including its sewerage commission, school board, auditorium board, fire and police
23departments, annuity and pension board, board of vocational and adult education,

24Wisconsin Center District, housing authority, water department, Veolia Milwaukee
25with respect to employes who are participants in the retirement system of

1Milwaukee on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and public
2school teachers' annuity and retirement fund,
by which an employe of the city or city
3agency
is paid.
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