Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 256
5	5	May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives M ACCO, O'CONNOR, ALLEN,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, DITTRICH, GUNDRUM, MAGNAFICI and SCHRAA. Referred to
7	7	Committee on Local Government.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to repeal 20.835 (1) (c), 20.835 (1) (db), 20.835 (1) (dm), 20.835 (1) (e),
10	10	20.835 (1) (f), 20.835 (1) (fa), 20.835 (1) (r), 49.45 (51), 79.01, 79.02 (3) (e) and
11	11	79.035 (1); to renumber 79.02 (3) (a); to amend 79.035 (4) (c) 2., 79.035 (4) (d)
12	12	2., 79.035 (4) (e) 2., 79.035 (4) (f) 2., 79.035 (4) (g), 79.035 (4) (h), 79.035 (4) (i),
13	13	79.035 (5) and 79.05 (3) (d); to repeal and recreate 79.035 (5) and 79.035 (9)
14	14	(intro.); and to create 16.5185 (3), 16.5186, 20.835 (1) (s), 20.835 (1) (t), 20.835
15	15	(1) (u), 20.835 (1) (v), 20.835 (1) (w), 20.835 (1) (x), 25.17 (1) (jf), 25.491, 79.035
16	16	(9) and 79.05 (4) of the statutes; relating to: increasing county and municipal
17	17	aid payments and making an appropriation.
18	18	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
19	19	Under current law, each county and municipality annually receives county and
20	20	municipal aid payments. With certain exceptions, each county and municipality
21	21	receives a county and municipal aid payment equal to the amount of the payment the
22	22	county or municipality received in 2012. This bill creates a trust fund designated as
23	23	the local government aid fund, to consist of moneys transferred each fiscal year from
24	24	the general fund. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, the amount transferred into the local
25	25	government aid fund is equal to 20 percent of the amount of state sales and use tax
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37	37	revenues, and in subsequent fiscal years the amounts transferred into the fund for
38	38	public utility aid, county and municipal aid, per capita deficiency aid, and additional
39	39	county and municipal aid will increase by the percentage increase in the amount of
40	40	sales and use tax revenue from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year. In
41	41	2024, counties and municipalities will receive a county and municipal aid payment
42	42	equal to the amount of the payment received by the county or municipality in 2012,
43	43	and in subsequent years, each payment will increase by the percentage increase in
44	44	the amount of sales and use tax revenue. The bill also requires the Department of
45	45	Revenue to distribute a per capita deficiency aid payment to certain towns, cities,
46	46	villages, and counties. The total amount available to be distributed as per capita
47	47	deficiency aid payments will increase each year by the percentage increase in the
48	48	amount of sales and use tax revenue.
49	49	In addition, each county and municipality will receive an additional payment
50	50	from the local government aid fund to use for hiring, training, and retaining law
51	51	enforcement officers, members of a paid fire department, and emergency medical
52	52	responders and for local highways. Under the bill, this payment is equal to 10
53	53	percent of the total amounts that a county or municipality receives for county and
54	54	municipal aid payment and for per capita deficiency aid. If in any year a county or
55	55	municipality decreases the amount of its budget dedicated to hiring, training, and
56	56	retaining law enforcement officers, members of the paid fire department, and
57	57	emergency medical responders and for local highways, so that the amount is less
58	58	than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the secretary of the Department
59	59	of Administration will reduce the county's or municipality's additional payment by
60	60	the amount of the decrease in the county's or municipality's budget dedicated to
61	61	hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers, members of the paid fire
62	62	department, and emergency medical responders and for local highways.
63	63	The bill also makes the following fiscal and appropriation changes:
64	64	1. Creates a segregated fund appropriation from the local government aid fund
65	65	for the expenditure restraint program payments and repeals the general purpose
66	66	revenue appropriation for those payments. Under current law, a municipality is
67	67	eligible to receive an expenditure restraint payment if its property tax levy is greater
68	68	than five mills and if the annual increase in its municipal budget, subject to certain
69	69	exceptions, is less than the sum of factors based on inflation and the increased value
70	70	of property in the municipality as a result of new construction. The bill also provides
71	71	that in 2025, each municipality will receive an expenditure restraint program
72	72	payment that is equal to the payment received by the municipality in 2024.
73	73	2. Creates a segregated fund appropriation from the local government aid fund
74	74	for public utility aid payments to counties and municipalities and repeals the general
75	75	purpose revenue appropriation existing for those payments. Under current law,
76	76	counties and municipalities where power production plants, electric substations,
77	77	and general public utility structures are located receive public utility aid payments
78	78	based on a statutory formula.
79	79	3. Creates a segregated fund appropriation from the local government aid fund
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85	85	and certain computer-related equipment are exempt from local personal property
86	86	taxes, and DOA makes computer aid payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate
87	87	them for the corresponding loss of property tax revenue.
88	88	4. Creates a segregated fund appropriation from the local government aid fund
89	89	for exempt personal property aid payments to taxing jurisdictions and repeals the
90	90	general purpose revenue appropriation existing for those payments. Under current
91	91	law, machinery, tools, and patterns not used for manufacturing purposes are exempt
92	92	from local personal property taxes, and DOA makes exempt personal property aid
93	93	payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the corresponding loss of
94	94	property tax revenue. The bill also appropriates funds from the local government aid
95	95	fund to make aid payments to taxing jurisdictions during the 2024-25 fiscal year if
96	96	the personal property tax is repealed during the 2023-24 legislative session.
97	97	5. Creates a segregated fund appropriation from the local government aid fund
98	98	for video service provider fee aid payments to municipalities and repeals the general
99	99	purpose revenue appropriation existing for those payments. Under current law, the
100	100	state provides an aid payment to municipalities to compensate the municipalities for
101	101	a state-mandated reduction in the amount of video service provider franchise fees
102	102	that a municipality may impose and collect.
103	103	7. Repeals the appropriation from the police and fire protection fund that
104	104	provides funds for county and municipal aid payments.
105	105	8. Eliminates the general purpose revenue provided to local government units
106	106	through the Medical Assistance program for providing transportation for medical
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108	108	9. Transfers, beginning in the 2024-25 fiscal year, $8,000,000 from the local
109	109	government aid fund to the transportation fund in each fiscal year.
110	110	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
111	111	printed as an appendix to this bill.
112	112	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
113	113	enact as follows:
114	114	SECTION 1. 16.5185 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
115	115	16.5185 (3) On December 30, 2024, and on each December 30 thereafter, the
116	116	secretary shall transfer from the local government aid fund to the transportation
117	117	fund $8,000,000.
118	118	SECTION 2. 16.5186 of the statutes is created to read:
119	119	16.5186 Transfers involving the local government aid fund. (1)
120	120	Beginning in fiscal year 2024-25, on the 2nd Monday in July in each fiscal year, the
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130	130	secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government aid fund 15
131	131	percent of the amount specified under s. 25.491, and on the 2nd Monday in November
132	132	in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local
133	133	government aid fund 85 percent of the amount specified under s. 25.491.
134	134	(2) On June 30, 2025, and on each June 30 thereafter, the secretary shall
135	135	transfer the unencumbered balance of the local government aid fund in excess of 0.1
136	136	percent of the amounts deposited under s. 25.491 during that fiscal year, from the
137	137	local government aid fund to the general fund.
138	138	SECTION 3. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
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141	141	20.835 Shared revenue and tax relief
142	142	(1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS
143	143	(x)State aid; video service provider
144	144	fee SEG A -0- 10,008,200
145	145	SECTION 4. 20.835 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
146	146	SECTION 5. 20.835 (1) (db) of the statutes is repealed.
147	147	SECTION 6. 20.835 (1) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
148	148	SECTION 7. 20.835 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
149	149	SECTION 8. 20.835 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
150	150	SECTION 9. 20.835 (1) (fa) of the statutes is repealed.
151	151	SECTION 10. 20.835 (1) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
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179	179	20.835 (1) (s) Expenditure restraint program. From the local government aid
180	180	fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.05 (3).
181	181	SECTION 12. 20.835 (1) (t) of the statutes is created to read:
182	182	20.835 (1) (t) County and municipal aid. From the local government aid fund,
183	183	a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.035 (9).
184	184	SECTION 13. 20.835 (1) (u) of the statutes is created to read:
185	185	20.835 (1) (u) Public utility distribution account. From the local government
186	186	aid fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.04.
187	187	SECTION 14. 20.835 (1) (v) of the statutes is created to read:
188	188	20.835 (1) (v) State aid; computer aid payments. From the local government
189	189	aid fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.095.
190	190	SECTION 15. 20.835 (1) (w) of the statutes is created to read:
191	191	20.835 (1) (w) State aid; personal property tax exemption. From the local
192	192	government aid fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.096 and
193	193	2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 37 (1).
194	194	SECTION 16. 20.835 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
195	195	20.835 (1) (x) State aid; video service provider fee. From the local government
196	196	aid fund, the amounts in the schedule to make the state aid payments under s.
197	197	79.097.
198	198	SECTION 17. 25.17 (1) (jf) of the statutes is created to read:
199	199	25.17 (1) (jf) Local government aid fund (s. 25.491);
200	200	SECTION 18. 25.491 of the statutes is created to read:
201	201	25.491 Local government aid fund. (1) There is established a separate
202	202	nonlapsible trust fund designated as the local government aid fund, to consist of the
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231	231	(a) In fiscal year 2024-25, 20 percent of the amount of revenues received from
232	232	the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 as specified for that fiscal year under
233	233	s. 20.005 (1) by the biennial budget act.
234	234	(b) In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the
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236	236	1. The amount transferred from the general fund in the previous fiscal year.
237	237	2. The percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the taxes
238	238	imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for the current fiscal year from the previous fiscal
239	239	year, as specified for that fiscal year under s. 20.005 (1) by the biennial budget act
240	240	multiplied by the sum of the amounts credited to the accounts under subs. (2), (3),
241	241	(4), and (5) in the previous fiscal year.
242	242	(2) (a) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
243	243	that is designated the public utility distribution account. In fiscal year 2024-25, and
244	244	in each fiscal year thereafter, the sums specified in s. 79.04 shall be credited to this
245	245	account.
246	246	(b) Each fiscal year, the department of administration shall make payments
247	247	under this subsection before any other payments under this section. If the amount
248	248	remaining after making the payments under this subsection is not sufficient to make
249	249	the full payments under subs. (3), (4), and (5), the department of administration shall
250	250	make payments in proportion to the amount owed and the total remaining amount
251	251	available for distribution.
252	252	(3) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
253	253	that is designated the county and municipal base aid account. In fiscal year 2024-25,
254	254	the total amount of payments made in the previous fiscal year under s. 79.035 shall
255	255	be credited to this account. In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter,
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285	285	an amount equal to the amount credited to this account in the previous fiscal year,
286	286	and subject to sub. (2) (b), increased by the percentage change in the amount of
287	287	revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the
288	288	previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be
289	289	credited to this account.
290	290	(4) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
291	291	that is designated the per capita deficiency aid account to make the payments under
292	292	s. 79.035 (9) (b). The following amounts shall be credited to this account:
293	293	(a) In fiscal year 2024-25, for distribution to towns, $65,000,000. In fiscal year
294	294	2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount credited
295	295	to this account under this paragraph in the previous fiscal year, and subject to sub.
296	296	(2) (b), increased by the percentage change in the amount of revenues received from
297	297	the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the previous fiscal year to the
298	298	current fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be credited to this account.
299	299	(b) In fiscal year 2024-25, for distribution to cities and villages, $75,000,000.
300	300	In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the
301	301	amount credited to this account under this paragraph in the previous fiscal year, and
302	302	subject to sub. (2) (b), increased by the percentage change in the amount of revenues
303	303	received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the previous fiscal
304	304	year to the current fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be credited to this
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306	306	(c) In fiscal year 2024-25, for distribution to counties, $57,500,000. In fiscal
307	307	year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount
308	308	credited to this account under this paragraph in the previous fiscal year, and subject
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337	337	from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 from the previous fiscal year to the
338	338	current fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be credited to this account.
339	339	(5) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
340	340	that is designated the additional county and municipal aid account to make the
341	341	payments under s. 79.035 (9) (c). In fiscal year 2024-25, and in each fiscal year
342	342	thereafter, an amount equal to 10 percent of the sum of the amounts credited to the
343	343	accounts under subs. (3) and (4) shall be credited to this account.
344	344	(6) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
345	345	that is designated the expenditure restraint program account to make the payments
346	346	under s. 79.05.
347	347	(7) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
348	348	that is designated “state aid; computers” to make the payments under s. 79.095.
349	349	(8) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
350	350	that is designated “state aid; personal property” to make the payments under s.
351	351	79.096.
352	352	(9) There is established in the local government aid fund a separate account
353	353	that is designated “state aid; video service provider fee” to make the payments under
354	354	s. 79.097.
355	355	SECTION 19. 49.45 (51) of the statutes is repealed.
356	356	SECTION 20. 79.01 of the statutes is repealed.
357	357	SECTION 21. 79.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 79.02 (3).
358	358	SECTION 22. 79.02 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
359	359	SECTION 23. 79.035 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
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389	389	79.035 (4) (c) 2. Except as provided under par. (h), the reduction determined
390	390	under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of
391	391	the municipality's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under
392	392	s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 10 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality's equalized
393	393	value, as determined under s. 70.57.
394	394	SECTION 25. 79.035 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
395	395	79.035 (4) (d) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under
396	396	this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the
397	397	municipality's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s.
398	398	79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 15 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality's equalized
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400	400	SECTION 26. 79.035 (4) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
401	401	79.035 (4) (e) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under
402	402	this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the
403	403	municipality's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s.
404	404	79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 25 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality's equalized
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406	406	SECTION 27. 79.035 (4) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
407	407	79.035 (4) (f) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under
408	408	this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the
409	409	municipality's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s.
410	410	79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 30 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality's equalized
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439	439	79.035 (4) (g) The reduction for a municipality that has a population greater
440	440	than 110,000 is an amount equal to 30 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality's
441	441	equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57, plus an amount equal to the
442	442	municipality's population multiplied by the amount determined under par. (b) 1.,
443	443	except that the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the
444	444	lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the municipality's payment under this
445	445	section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 35 cents
446	446	for each $1,000 in equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
447	447	SECTION 29. 79.035 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
448	448	79.035 (4) (h) The reduction determined under par. (c), (d), (e), or (f) for a town
449	449	or village may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the town's
450	450	or village's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02
451	451	(3) (e), 2021 stats., or the amount determined under par. (c) 2., (d) 2., (e) 2., or (f) 2.
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453	453	SECTION 30. 79.035 (4) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
454	454	79.035 (4) (i) The reduction for a county is the amount determined under par.
455	455	(b) 2. multiplied by the county's population, except that the reduction determined
456	456	under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of
457	457	the county's payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02
458	458	(3) (e), 2021 stats., or 15 cents for each $1,000 of the county's equalized value, as
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460	460	SECTION 31. 79.035 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
461	461	79.035 (5) Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution in
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491	491	receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
492	492	determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
493	493	SECTION 32. 79.035 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 19 and
494	494	2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
495	495	79.035 (5) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in 2013
496	496	and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall
497	497	receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
498	498	determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
499	499	SECTION 33. 79.035 (9) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act
500	500	.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
501	501	79.035 (9) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution
502	502	in 2024 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments
503	503	under this section as follows:
504	504	SECTION 34. 79.035 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
505	505	79.035 (9) Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution in
506	506	2024 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments
507	507	under this section as follows:
508	508	(a) 1. For the distribution in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive
509	509	a payment equal to the amount it received under this section in 2023.
510	510	2. For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and
511	511	municipality shall receive a payment equal to the proportion of the total payments
512	512	from the county and municipal base aid account under s. 25.491 (3) that the county
513	513	or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount for the year in the county
514	514	and municipal base aid account under s. 25.491 (3).
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541	541	(b) 1. The department of revenue shall distribute the amount determined under
542	542	s. 25.491 (4) (a) to towns to maximize across all towns the minimum per capita
543	543	amount of total payments received under this subdivision and par. (a) by any town.
544	544	2. The department of revenue shall distribute the amount determined under
545	545	s. 25.491 (4) (b) to cities and villages to maximize across all cities and villages the
546	546	minimum per capita amount of total payments received under this subdivision and
547	547	par. (a) by any city or village.
548	548	3. The department of revenue shall distribute the amount determined under
549	549	s. 25.491 (4) (c) to counties to maximize across all counties the minimum per capita
550	550	amount of total payments received under this subdivision and par. (a) by any county.
551	551	(c) 1. From the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (1) (t), each county and
552	552	municipality shall receive a payment that equals 10 percent of the total amount
553	553	received by the municipality or county under pars. (a) and (b) to be used for hiring,
554	554	training, and retaining law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c),
555	555	members of the paid fire department, as defined in s. 213.10 (1g), and emergency
556	556	medical responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), and for local highways.
557	557	2. a. For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years, if in any year a county
558	558	or municipality decreases the amount of its budget dedicated to hiring, training, and
559	559	retaining law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), so that the amount
560	560	is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the secretary of
561	561	administration shall reduce the county's or municipality's payment under subd. 1.
562	562	by the amount of the decrease in the county's or municipality's budget dedicated to
563	563	hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers. This subd. 2. a. does not
564	564	apply to a county or municipality that transfers responsibility for providing law
565	565	enforcement to another local unit of government or that enters into a cooperative
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595	595	agreement to share law enforcement responsibilities with another local unit of
596	596	government.
597	597	b. For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years, if in any year a county
598	598	or municipality decreases the amount of its budget dedicated to hiring, training, and
599	599	retaining members of the paid fire department, as defined in s. 213.10 (1g), so that
600	600	the amount is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the secretary
601	601	of administration shall reduce the county's or municipality's payment under subd.
602	602	1. by the amount of the decrease in the county's or municipality's budget dedicated
603	603	to hiring, training, and retaining members of the paid fire department. This subd.
604	604	2. b. does not apply to a county or municipality that transfers responsibility for
605	605	providing fire protection to another local unit of government or that enters into a
606	606	cooperative agreement to share fire protection responsibilities with another local
607	607	unit of government.
608	608	c. For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years, if in any year a county
609	609	or municipality decreases the amount of its budget dedicated to hiring, training, and
610	610	retaining emergency medical responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), so that the
611	611	amount is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the secretary of
612	612	administration shall reduce the county's or municipality's payment under subd. 1.
613	613	by the amount of the decrease in the county's or municipality's budget dedicated to
614	614	hiring, training, and retaining emergency medical responders. This subd. 2. c. does
615	615	not apply to a county or municipality that transfers responsibility for providing
616	616	emergency medical services to another local unit of government or that enters into
617	617	a cooperative agreement to share emergency medical services responsibilities with
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645	645	d. For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years, if in any year a county
646	646	or municipality decreases the amount of its budget dedicated to local highways, so
647	647	that the amount is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the
648	648	secretary of administration shall reduce the county's or municipality's payment
649	649	under subd. 1. by the amount of the decrease in the county's or municipality's budget
650	650	dedicated to local highways.
651	651	SECTION 35. 79.05 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
652	652	79.05 (3) (d) Multiply the amount under par. (c) by the amount for the year
653	653	under s. 79.01 (1), 2021 stats.
654	654	SECTION 36. 79.05 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
655	655	79.05 (4) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), in 2025 each municipality shall
656	656	receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment
657	657	received by the municipality under this section in 2024.
658	658	SECTION 37.0Nonstatutory provisions.
659	659	(1) STATE AID; PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. If legislation is enacted during
660	660	the 2023-24 legislative session to eliminate the personal property tax imposed under
661	661	ch. 70, effective with the January 1, 2024, assessments, the department of revenue
662	662	shall certify the amount of property taxes that would have been levied by each taxing
663	663	jurisdiction on all items of personal property for the property tax assessments of
664	664	January 1, 2024, to the department of administration, and the department of
665	665	administration shall make a payment to the taxing jurisdiction for that amount from
666	666	the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (w).
667	667	SECTION 38.0Fiscal changes.
668	668	(1) MEDICAL CARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
669	669	for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the
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699	699	dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is decreased by $2,000,000 as a result of
700	700	eliminating the supplement payments to local governmental units for the provision
701	701	of transportation for medical care.
702	702	SECTION 39.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 2024, except as
703	703	follows:
704	704	(1) COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL AID. The repeal and recreation of s. 79.035 (5) and
705	705	(9) (intro.) takes effect on June 30, 2036.
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