79.03(3c)(c) (c) Payment. Subject to the total distribution amount limits in par. (f), the minimum payment under par. (d) and the maximum payment under par. (e), each eligible municipality is entitled to shared revenue from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (b), in addition to its shared revenue entitlements under sub. (1), calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(c)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $40,000,000.
79.03(3c)(c)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $55.
79.03(3c)(c)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $55.
79.03(3c)(c)4. 4. Multiply the municipality's population by the amount under subd. 3. or by $10, whichever is greater.
79.03(3c)(d) (d) Minimum payment. The minimum payment that an eligible municipality may receive under this subsection is the greater of zero or an amount calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(d)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $1,000,000.
79.03(3c)(d)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $720.
79.03(3c)(d)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $18,000.
79.03(3c)(e) (e) Maximum payment. The maximum payment that an eligible municipality may receive under this subsection is the greater of $10,000 or an amount calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(e)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $1,000,000.
79.03(3c)(e)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $1,750.
79.03(3c)(e)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $45,000.
79.03(3c)(f) (f) Distribution amount. If the total amounts calculated under pars. (c) to (e) exceed the total amount to be distributed under this subsection, the amount paid to each eligible municipality shall be paid on a prorated basis. The total amount to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) is $10,000,000 beginning in 1996 and ending in 1999; and $11,000,000 in the year 2000 and in the year 2001. The total amount to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.855 (4) (rb), 2001 stats., and s. 20.835 (1) (b) in 2002 is $11,110,000 and the total amount to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) in 2003 is $11,221,100 less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.
79.03(4) (4) In 1991, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $869,000,000. In 1992, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $885,961,300. In 1993, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $903,680,500. In 1994, the total amounts to be distributed under this section and ss. 79.04 and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $746,547,500 to municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. Beginning in 1995 and ending in 2001, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $761,478,000 to municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. In 2002, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.855 (4) (rb), 2001 stats., and s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $769,092,800 to municipalities and $170,671,600 to counties. In 2003, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (m), (t), and (u), 2003 stats., and s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $776,783,700 to municipalities, less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3., and $172,378,300 to counties, less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.
79.03(4b) (4b) The total amount specified in sub. (4) for any year shall be reduced by the total of all reductions in shared revenue payments for that year under s. 59.605 (4).
79.03(5) (5)
79.03(5)(a)(a) In 2002 and 2003, each municipality shall receive a shared revenue payment that is equal to the amount of the payment it received in the previous year, multiplied by 101%.
79.03(5)(b) (b) The department of revenue shall use the population amounts it used to determine the November 2000, shared revenue payments to municipalities to calculate corrections to such payments in 2001, as provided under s. 79.08. The department of revenue shall use the population amounts it used to estimate payments under s. 79.015 in September 2000, to calculate actual and corrected 2001 shared revenue payments to municipalities.
79.03(6) (6) Beginning in 2004, no municipality or county may receive payments under subs. (2) and (3) and no municipality may receive a payment under sub. (3c).
79.03 Annotation The secretary of administration is not authorized by s. 16.50 (2) to reduce payments to municipalities under s. 79.03. City of Milwaukee v. Lindner, 98 Wis. 2d 624, 297 N.W.2d 828 (1980).
79.035 79.035 County and municipal aid.
79.035(1) (1) In 2004 and subsequent years, except as provided under s. 79.02 (4), each county and municipality shall receive a payment from the county and municipal aid account and, beginning with payments in November 2009, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.835 (1) (q) and (r) in an amount determined under sub. (2).
79.035(2) (2)
79.035(2)(a)1.1. Except as provided under ss. 79.02 (3) (e) and 79.043 (2) and (3), for the distribution in 2004, each county and municipality will receive a payment that is equal to the amount of the payments the county or municipality would have received in 2003 under ss. 79.03, 79.058, and 79.06, if not for the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3., less the amount of the reduction under subd. 2.
79.035(2)(a)2. 2. The department of revenue shall reduce the amount of the payments to be distributed to each county and municipality, as determined under subd. 1., by subtracting from such payments an amount based on the county's or municipality's population, as determined by the department, so that the total amount of the reduction to all such payments in 2004 is $40,000,000, except that the reduction applied to any county's or municipality's payment shall not exceed the amount of the payments specified under subd. 1. distributed to the county or municipality in 2003.
79.035 History History: 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33, 164, 320, 327; 2009 a. 28.
79.04 79.04 Public utility distribution.
79.04(1) (1) Annually, except for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, and except as provided in sub. (4m), the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute to a municipality having within its boundaries a production plant, general structure, or substation, used by a light, heat, or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813 unless the production plant or substation is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825 the amount determined as follows:
79.04(1)(a) (a) An amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t), 2003 stats., determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village, the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for "production plant, exclusive of land," "general structures," and "substations," in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property within a municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21), as determined by the department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t), 2003 stats., determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village, of the first $125,000,000 of the total original cost of production plant, general structures, and substations less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a municipality under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $300 times the population of the municipality, except that, beginning with payments in 2009, the amount distributable to a municipality under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $425 times the population of the municipality.
79.04(1)(b)1.1. Beginning with the distribution under this subsection in 1991, and ending with the distribution under this subsection in 2008, the amount determined under par. (a) to value property used by a light, heat or power company in a municipality may not be less than the amount determined to value the property for the distribution to the municipality under this subsection in 1990, subject to subds. 2., 3. and 4.
79.04(1)(b)2. 2. When a light, heat or power company no longer uses property described under par. (a) as production plant, substation, or general structure in a municipality, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced by the proportion that the property that is no longer used bears to the total value of all property described in par. (a) in the municipality. The proportion shall be determined according to the proportional value of the property when the light, heat or power company stops using the property.
79.04(1)(b)3. 3. The amount of a distribution under this paragraph, as affected by subd. 1., may not exceed the per capita amount established under par. (a).
79.04(1)(b)4. 4. If property of a light, heat or power company described under par. (a) is included in the value of property for the distribution to the municipality under this subsection in 1990 and is located in territory annexed by another municipality after December 31, 1989, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced annually by one-fifth of the value of the property located in the annexed territory for 5 consecutive years, beginning with the distribution in 1994 or with the first distribution after the year in which the annexation occurs, whichever is later.
79.04(1)(c)1.1. The payment for any municipality in which a production plant is located, which the public service commission certifies to the department of revenue will produce a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more, shall be no less than $75,000 annually, except that the amount distributable to a municipality in any year shall not exceed the per capita limit specified in par. (a).
79.04(1)(c)2. 2. If a production plant is located in more than one municipality, the total payment under subd. 1. shall be apportioned according to the amounts shown on the preceding December 31 for the production plant in the account described in par. (a) for "production plant exclusive of land" within each municipality for all public utilities except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), or according to the value as reported to the department of revenue under par. (a) of the production plant within each municipality for each qualified wholesale electric company. The payment to each municipality under this subdivision shall be no less than $15,000 annually.
79.04(1)(c)3. 3. If a production plant with a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more is decommissioned or becomes nonutility property, the $75,000 minimum guaranteed payment under subd. 1. shall continue but diminish by $7,500 annually, except that the minimum guaranteed payment under this subdivision shall cease in the year following the first year in which the property becomes taxable by the taxation district. In this subdivision, "nonutility property" has the meaning set forth in the uniform system of accounts established by the public service commission. This subdivision does not apply after the distributions in 2004.
79.04(2) (2)
79.04(2)(a)(a) Annually, except for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, and except as provided in sub. (4m), the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t), 2003 stats., to any county having within its boundaries a production plant, general structure, or substation, used by a light, heat or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813 unless the production plant or substation is owned or operated by a local governmental unit that is located outside of the municipality in which the production plant or substation is located, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825 an amount determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town and by 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for "production plant, exclusive of land," "general structures," and "substations," in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property within the municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21), as determined by the department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t), 2003 stats., determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town, and 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village, of the total original cost of production plant, general structures, and substations less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a county under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $100 times the population of the county, except that, beginning with payments in 2009, the amount distributable to a county under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $125 times the population of the county.
79.04(2)(am)1.1. Beginning with the distribution under this subsection in 1991, and ending with the distribution under this subsection in 2008, the amount determined under par. (a) to value property used by a light, heat or power company in a county may not be less than the amount determined to value the property for the distribution to the county under this subsection in 1990, subject to subds. 2. and 3.
79.04(2)(am)2. 2. When a light, heat or power company no longer uses property described under par. (a) as production plant, substation, or general structure in a county, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced by the proportion that the property that is no longer used bears to the total value of all property described in par. (a) in the county. The proportion shall be determined according to the proportional value of the property when the light, heat or power company stops using the property.
79.04(2)(am)3. 3. The amount of a distribution under this paragraph, as affected by subd. 1., may not exceed the per capita amount established under par. (a).
79.04(2)(b) (b) The payment under par. (a) for any county in which a production plant is located, which the public service commission certifies to the department of revenue will produce a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more, shall be not less than $75,000 annually, except that the amount distributable to a county in any year shall not exceed the per capita limit specified in par. (a).
79.04(3m) (3m) For purposes of determining the amount of the payments under subs. (1) and (2), the payments for a municipality and county in which an ash disposal facility that is owned and operated by an electric cooperative is operating prior to July 30, 2003, shall be calculated to include an amount that is equal to the net book value of the ash disposal facility multiplied by 2.
79.04(4) (4)
79.04(4)(a)(a) Annually, in addition to the amounts distributed under subs. (1), (5), (6), and (7), the department of administration shall distribute $50,000 to a municipality if spent nuclear fuel is stored within the municipality on December 31 of the preceding year. If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located within one mile of a municipality, that municipality shall receive $10,000 annually and the municipality where that storage facility is located shall receive $40,000 annually.
79.04(4)(b) (b) Annually, in addition to the amounts distributed under subs. (2), (5), (6), and (7), the department of administration shall distribute $50,000 to a county if spent nuclear fuel is stored within the county on December 31 of the preceding year. If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located at a production plant located in more than one county, the payment shall be apportioned according to the formula under sub. (1) (c) 2., except that the formula, as it applies to municipalities in that subdivision, applies to counties in this paragraph. The payment under this paragraph may not be less than $10,000 annually.
79.04(4m) (4m)
79.04(4m)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), beginning with distributions in 2009, for production plants described under subs. (1) and (2), if in any year the payments to the municipality and county in which the production plant is located would be greater under subs. (6) and (7) (c) 1. based on the production plant's name-plate capacity than under sub. (1) or (2) based on the depreciated net book value of the production plant, the municipality and county shall receive payments under subs. (6) and (7) (c) 1., rather than under sub. (1) or (2), beginning in that year and in each year thereafter.
79.04(4m)(b) (b) For municipalities where production plants are located, if the combination of amounts determined for production plants under sub. (1) or under subs. (6) and (7) (c) 1. and the amounts determined for substations and general structures under sub. (1) are less for a municipality than the amount determined under sub. (1) based on the value of the property used to calculate the municipality's payment in 1990, reduced to reflect the value of property that is no longer in use, the municipality's payment shall be calculated under sub. (1) using the value of the property used to calculate the municipality's payment in 1990, reduced to reflect the value of property no longer in use.
79.04(5) (5)
79.04(5)(a)(a) Beginning with the distributions in 2005, if property that was exempt from the property tax under s. 70.112 (4) and that was used to generate power by a light, heat, or power company, except property under s. 66.0813, unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825, is decommissioned, the municipality shall be paid, from the public utility account, an amount calculated by subtracting an amount equal to the property taxes paid for that property during the current year to the municipality for its general operations from the following percentages of the payment that the municipality received under this section during the last year that the property was exempt from the property tax:
79.04(5)(a)1. 1. In the first year that the property is taxable, 100%.
79.04(5)(a)2. 2. In the 2nd year that the property is taxable, 80%.
79.04(5)(a)3. 3. In the 3rd year that the property is taxable, 60%.
79.04(5)(a)4. 4. In the 4th year that the property is taxable, 40%.
79.04(5)(a)5. 5. In the 5th year that the property is taxable, 20%.
79.04(5)(b) (b) Beginning with the distributions in 2005, if property that was exempt from the property tax under s. 70.112 (4) and that was used to generate power by a light, heat, or power company, except property under s. 66.0813, unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825, is decommissioned, the county shall be paid, from the public utility account, an amount calculated by subtracting an amount equal to the property taxes paid for that property during the current year to the county for its general operations from the following percentages of the payment the county received under this section during the last year that the property was exempt from the property tax:
79.04(5)(b)1. 1. In the first year that the property is taxable, 100%.
79.04(5)(b)2. 2. In the 2nd year that the property is taxable, 80%.
79.04(5)(b)3. 3. In the 3rd year that the property is taxable, 60%.
79.04(5)(b)4. 4. In the 4th year that the property is taxable, 40%.
79.04(5)(b)5. 5. In the 5th year that the property is taxable, 20%.
79.04(6) (6)
79.04(6)(a)(a) Annually, beginning in 2005, for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, except as provided in sub. (4m), the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute payments from the public utility account, as determined under par. (b), to each municipality and county in which a production plant is located, if the production plant has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt and is used by a light, heat, or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813, unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality; by a qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm); by a wholesale merchant plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (w); by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively; or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825.
79.04(6)(b) (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), each municipality entitled to a payment under par. (a) and each county in which such a municipality is located shall receive a payment equal to a portion of an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $2,000.
79.04(6)(c)1.1. If the production plant is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the amount determined under par. (b) and the county in which the city or village is located receives a payment equal to one-third of the amount determined under par. (b). If the production plant is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to one-third of the amount determined under par. (b), and the county in which the town is located receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the amount determined under par. (b). If a municipality is located in more than one county, the county in which the production plant is located shall receive the county portion of the payment.
79.04(6)(c)2. 2. For the purpose of determining the amount of the payment under par. (b), if a production plant is located in more than one municipality, the payment amount under par. (b) shall be divided among the municipalities in which the plant is located based on the net book value of that portion of the plant located in each municipality as of December 31, 2004, or as of the date on which the plant is operational, whichever is later.
79.04(6)(c)3. 3. For the purpose of determining the amount of the payment under par. (b), if a production plant is located in more than one county, the payment amount under par. (b) shall be divided among the counties in which the plant is located based on the net book value of that portion of the plant located in each county as of December 31, 2004, or as of the date on which the plant is operational, whichever is later.
79.04(6)(d) (d) The total amount distributable to a municipality under this subsection and sub. (1) in any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to the municipality's population multiplied by $300, and the total amount distributable to a county under this subsection and sub. (2) in any year shall not exceed an amount equal to the county's population multiplied by $100.
79.04(7) (7)
79.04(7)(a)(a) Beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as described in sub. (6) (a), other than a nuclear-powered production plant, is built on the site of, or on a site adjacent to, an existing or decommissioned production plant; or is built on a site purchased by a public utility before January 1, 1980, that was identified in an advance plan as a proposed site for a production plant; or is built on, or on a site adjacent to, brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 (1) (a), 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 $600.
79.04(7)(b) (b) 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 79.043 Municipal aid.
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:
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