79.04(7)(b)1.1. Beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as described in
sub. (6) (a), that is a baseload electric generating facility is built after December 31, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of at least 50 megawatts, each municipality and county in which such a production plant is located shall receive annually from the public utility account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $600.
79.04(7)(c)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as described in
sub. (6) (a), that derives energy from an alternative energy resource is built after December 31, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt, each municipality and county in which such a production plant is located shall receive annually from the public utility account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $1,000.
79.04(7)(c)1m.
1m. Beginning with payments in 2005, if a cogeneration production plant, as described in
sub. (6) (a), is built and completed after December 31, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt, each municipality and county in which such a cogeneration production plant is located shall receive annually from the public utility account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the cogeneration production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $1,000. Any municipality or county that receives a payment under this subdivision in any year may not receive a payment under
subd. 1. in that year, if the payment under
subd. 1. is based on the same production plant as the payment under this subdivision.
79.04(7)(c)2.
2. If a production plant as described under
subd. 1. fires an alternative energy resource together with a fuel other than an alternative energy resource, the number of megawatts used to calculate the payment under
subd. 1. is the number of megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity multiplied by a percentage that represents the energy content of the alternative energy resource in the year prior to the year in which the payment is made as compared to the total energy content of the alternative energy resource and the other fuel in the year prior to the year in which the payment is made.
79.04(7)(d)
(d) For the purpose of determining the amount of any payment under this subsection, if a production plant is located in more than one municipality or county, the payment amount shall be divided among the municipalities or counties in which the plant is located based on the net book value of that portion of the plant located in each municipality or county as of December 31, 2004, or as of the date on which the plant is operational, whichever is later.
79.043(1)(1) As determined by the department of revenue based on 2003 population, and notwithstanding
s. 79.035, per capita reductions to payment amounts for all municipalities under
s. 79.035 shall be withheld that total $50,000,000. The maximum reduction allowable to the payments to any municipality under this section, excluding any reduction under
s. 79.02 (3) (e), is 15.68513 percent.
79.043(2)
(2) If the amount of any municipality's payment under
s. 79.04 in 2001 was less than 25 percent of the total amount of the municipality's payments under
ss. 79.03,
79.04, and
79.06 in 2001 and if the amount of the municipality's payment under
s. 79.04 in 2004 would be more than 75 percent of the municipality's payments under
sub. (1) and
ss. 79.035 and
79.04 in 2004, the municipality shall receive a county and municipal aid payment in 2004 that is equal to the amount of the payments the municipality would have received in 2003 under
ss. 79.03,
79.04, and
79.06, if not for the reductions under
s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3., and less the amount of the reductions calculated under
sub. (1) and
s. 79.035 (2) (a) 2. using the base established under this subsection.
79.043(3)
(3) For the distribution in 2004, the department of revenue shall reduce the amount of the payments to be distributed to each municipality, except municipalities that receive payments as adjusted under
sub. (2), by a percentage determined as follows:
79.043(3)(a)
(a) Determine the total amount of the payments calculated under
sub. (2).
79.043(3)(b)
(b) From the amount determined under
par. (a), subtract the total amount of the payments calculated under
sub. (1) and
s. 79.035 that the municipalities that qualify for payments under
sub. (2) would receive if not for
sub. (2).
79.043(3)(c)
(c) Determine the total amount of the payments to all municipalities under
sub. (1) and
s. 79.035.
79.043(3)(d)
(d) From the amount determined under
par. (c), subtract the total amount of the payments calculated under
sub. (1) and
s. 79.035 that the municipalities that qualify for payments under
sub. (2) would receive if not for
sub. (2).
79.043(3)(e)
(e) Divide the amount determined under
par. (b) by the amount determined under
par. (d).
79.043(4)
(4) Except as provided under
s. 79.02 (3) (e), beginning in 2004 the total amount to be distributed each year to municipalities from the aid account is $703,102,200.
79.043(5)
(5) Except as provided under
s. 79.02 (3) (e), for the distribution in 2005 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section and
s. 79.035 that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section and
s. 79.035 in 2004.
79.043 History
History: 2003 a. 33,
164 ss.
2 to
6.
79.05
79.05
Expenditure restraint program. 79.05(1)(a)
(a) "Full value" means the value determined under
s. 70.57 including the value of tax increments under
s. 66.1105.
79.05(1)(am)
(am) "Inflation factor" means a percentage equal to the average annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on September 30 of the year before the statement under
s. 79.015.
79.05(1)(b)
(b) "Municipal budget" means the municipality's general fund.
79.05(1)(c)
(c) "Property tax levy rate" means the amount determined as follows:
79.05(1)(d)
(d) "Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to 60% of the percentage change in the municipality's equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the year before the statement under
s. 79.015 and the previous year, but not less than zero nor greater than 2.
79.05(2)
(2) A municipality is eligible for a payment under
sub. (3) if it fulfills all of the following requirements:
79.05(2)(a)
(a) Its property tax levy rate established during the year before the statement under
s. 79.015 is greater than 5 mills.
79.05(2)(c)
(c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under
s. 66.0305 and recycling fee payments under
s. 289.645; for the year of the statement under
s. 79.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted under
sub. (6); exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under
s. 66.0305 and recycling fee payments under
s. 289.645; for the year before that year by less than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10%.
79.05(2m)
(2m) Annually, on November 1, the department of revenue shall certify the appropriate percentage change in the consumer price index that is to be used in the requirement under
sub. (1) (am) to the joint committee on finance.
79.05(3)
(3) Each municipality that qualifies under
sub. (2) shall receive a payment calculated as follows:
79.05(3)(a)
(a) Subtract 5 mills from the municipality's property tax levy rate.
79.05(3)(b)
(b) Multiply the amount under
par. (a) by the municipality's full value.
79.05(3)(c)
(c) Divide the amount under
par. (b) by the total of the amounts under
par. (b) for all municipalities that qualify.
79.05(5)
(5) No municipality may, for the purpose of qualifying for a payment under this section, establish a fund, other than a general fund, that does not conform to generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by the governmental accounting standards board or its successor bodies.
79.05(6)(a)(a) If a municipality transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that the municipality provided in the preceding year, its budget for the preceding year shall be decreased to reflect the cost that the municipality incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue.
79.05(6)(b)
(b) If a municipality increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit in any year, its budget for the preceding year shall be increased to reflect the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue.
79.05 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Tax 19, Wis. adm. code.
79.058
79.058
County mandate relief. 79.058(1)
(1) Ending with the distributions in 2003, each county is entitled to a mandate relief payment equal to the per person distribution under
sub. (2) times the county's population for the year in which the statement under
s. 79.015 is provided as determined under
s. 16.96 (2).
79.058(2)
(2) The per person distribution is determined by dividing the total amount to be distributed to counties from
s. 20.835 (1) (f) by the state population for the year in which the statement under
s. 79.015 is provided as determined under
s. 16.96.
79.058(3)(b)
(b) Beginning in 1995 and ending in 1999, $20,159,000.
79.058(4)
(4) Beginning in 2004, no county may receive a payment under this section.
79.06
79.06
Minimum and maximum payments. 79.06(1)(b)(b) Ending with the distributions in 2003, if the payments to any municipality or county under
s. 79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), in 1986 or any year thereafter are less than 95% of the combined payments to the municipality or county under this section and
s. 79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), for the previous year, the municipality or county has an aids deficiency. The amount of the aids deficiency is the amount by which 95% of the combined payments to the municipality or county under this section and
s. 79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), in the previous year exceeds the payments to the municipality or county under
s. 79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), in the current year.
79.06(1)(c)
(c) Ending with the distributions in 2003, a municipality or county that has an aids deficiency shall receive a payment from the amounts withheld under
sub. (2) equal to its proportion of all the aids deficiencies of municipalities or counties respectively for that year.
79.06(2)(b)(b) Ending with the distributions in 2003, if the payments to a municipality or county, except any county in which there are no cities or villages, or any county created in the year 1846 or 1847, with a population in the year 1990 greater than 16,000 but less than 17,000, as determined by the 1990 federal decennial census, in any year exceed its combined payments under this section and
s. 79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), in the previous year by more than the maximum allowable increase, the excess shall be withheld to fund minimum payments in that year under
sub. (1) (c).
79.06(2)(c)
(c) In this subsection, "maximum allowable increase" in any year means a percentage such that the sum for all municipalities or counties respectively in that year of the excess of payments under
ss. 79.02 and
79.03, excluding payments under
s. 79.03 (3c), over the payments as limited by the maximum allowable increase is equal to the sum of the aids deficiencies under
sub. (1) in that year.
79.06(3)
(3) Sunset. Beginning in 2004, no municipality or county may receive a payment under this section.
79.08
79.08
Corrections. If the department of administration or the department of revenue determines by August 15 of the year following any distribution under this subchapter that there was an overpayment or underpayment made in any certification by the department of revenue or resulting from populations changed as a result of a final court determination or a census determination under
s. 16.96 (2) (dm) or
(e) or in the distribution by the department of administration, the overpayment or underpayment shall be corrected as provided in this section. No corrections to the elements of any distribution may be made after August 15 of the year following the distribution. Any overpayment shall be corrected by reducing the subsequent year's distribution under this subchapter. Any underpayment shall be corrected by increasing the subsequent year's distribution under this subchapter. Corrections shall be made in the distributions to all municipalities and counties affected by the error. Corrections shall be without interest.
79.09
79.09
Administration. Counties and municipalities shall submit the information required under this subchapter by the department of revenue on forms prescribed by the department. Annually, each county and municipality may contract with a certified public accountant licensed under
ch. 442 to compile and submit to the department the information required.
79.09 History
History: 1975 c. 39;
1985 a. 29.
79.095
79.095
State aid; computers. 79.095(1)(a)
(a) "Department" means the department of revenue.
79.095(1)(b)
(b) "Gross tax rate" means the property tax rate without consideration of the credits under
subch. II.
79.095(1)(bm)
(bm) "Special purpose district" means a metropolitan sewerage district organized under
subch. II of ch. 200, a town sanitary district organized under
subch. IX of ch. 60, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
s. 200.05, or a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under
subch. IV of ch. 33.
79.095(1)(c)
(c) "Taxing jurisdiction" means a municipality, county, school district, special purpose district, tax incremental district or technical college district.
79.095(2)
(2) Reporting. Each municipality shall report to the department the following information:
79.095(2)(a)
(a) On or before May 1, the value of the property that is exempt under
s. 70.11 (39) and
(39m) in each taxing jurisdiction for which the municipality assesses property.
79.095(2)(b)
(b) On or before December 31, the tax rate used for each tax incremental district for which the municipality assesses property.
79.095(3)
(3) Review by department. The department shall adjust each rate reported under
sub. (2) (b) to a full-value rate. The department shall review and correct the information submitted under
sub. (2) (a), shall determine the full value of all of the property reported under
sub. (2) (a) and of all the property under
s. 70.995 (12r) and, on or before October 1, shall notify each taxing jurisdiction of the full value of the property that is exempt under
s. 70.11 (39) and
(39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction. The department shall adjust the full value that is reported to taxing jurisdictions under this subsection in the year after an error occurs or a value has been changed due to an appeal. All disputes between the department and municipalities about the value of the property reported under
sub. (2) (a) or of the property under
s. 70.995 (12r) shall be resolved by using the procedures under
s. 70.995 (8).
79.095(4)
(4) Payment. The department shall calculate the payments due each taxing jurisdiction under this section by multiplying the full value as of the January 1 of the preceding year of the property that is exempt under
s. 70.11 (39) and
(39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction by the full-value gross tax rate of the jurisdiction for the preceding year. The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the first Monday in May.
79.095 History
History: 1997 a. 237;
2001 a. 16,
30.
PROPERTY TAX CREDITS
79.10
79.10
Wisconsin state property tax relief. 79.10(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
79.10(1)(b)
(b) "Average school tax levies" means the average of the school tax levies for the 3 years preceding the assessment year to which the tax credit is to apply.
79.10(1)(d)
(d) "Municipality" means any town, village or city in this state. Where a municipality is located in more than one county the portion thereof in each county shall be considered a separate municipality.
79.10(1)(dm)
(dm) "Principal dwelling" means any dwelling that is used by the owner of the dwelling as a primary residence on January 1 of the year preceding the allocation of a credit under
sub. (9) (bm) and includes improvements that are classified, under
ch. 70, as taxable real property or personal property.
79.10(1)(e)
(e) "School tax levies" means property taxes levied in a municipality for elementary and secondary school districts and for county children with disabilities education board programs under
s. 115.817, net of municipal surplus funds applied against those levies.
