Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 854
5	5	December 22, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives C. ANDERSON, JACOBSON,
6	6	PALMERI, RATCLIFF, BALDEH, CONSIDINE, J. ANDERSON and SINICKI, cosponsored
7	7	by Senators SPREITZER and AGARD. Referred to Committee on Government
8	8	Accountability and Oversight.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to repeal 79.05 (4); to amend 20.835 (1) (s), 25.491 (3), 79.015, 79.02 (2)
11	11	(b) and 79.02 (3); and to create 79.05 (8) and 79.06 of the statutes; relating to:
12	12	replacing the expenditure restraint incentive program with a municipality
13	13	payment program and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill ends payments to municipalities for the expenditure restraint
16	16	incentive program in 2023 and begins payments to municipalities for the
17	17	municipality payment program in 2024. The municipality payment program,
18	18	created by the bill, provides payments to municipalities that received an expenditure
19	19	restraint incentive program payment in 2021, 2022, or 2023. A municipality's
20	20	payment each year is equal to the highest expenditure restraint incentive program
21	21	payment that the municipality received during the period from 2021 to 2023. Under
22	22	current law, generally, a municipality is eligible to receive an expenditure restraint
23	23	incentive program payment if its property tax levy is greater than 5 mills and if the
24	24	annual increase in its municipal budget is less than the sum of factors based on
25	25	inflation and the increased value of property in the municipality as a result of new
26	26	construction.
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32	32	ASSEMBLY BILL 854
33	33	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
34	34	printed as an appendix to this bill.
35	35	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
36	36	enact as follows:
37	37	SECTION 1. 20.835 (1) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19,
38	38	is amended to read:
39	39	20.835 (1) (s) Expenditure restraint incentive Municipality payment program
40	40	account. From the local government fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments
41	41	under s. 79.05 (3), plus the amounts under s. 79.05 (7) 79.06.
42	42	SECTION 2. 25.491 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is
43	43	amended to read:
44	44	25.491 (3) There is established in the local government fund a separate account
45	45	that is designated the “expenditure restraint incentive municipality payment
46	46	program account” to make the payments under s. 79.05 79.06.
47	47	SECTION 3. 79.015 of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is
48	48	amended to read:
49	49	79.015 Statement of estimated payments. The department of revenue, on
50	50	or before September 15 of each year, shall provide to each municipality and county
51	51	a statement of estimated payments to be made in the next calendar year to the
52	52	municipality or county under ss. 79.035, 79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, 79.04, and
53	53	79.05 79.06.
54	54	SECTION 4. 79.02 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12,
55	55	is amended to read:
56	56	79.02 (2) (b) Subject to ss. 59.605 (4) and 70.995 (14) (b), payments in July shall
57	57	equal 15 percent of the municipality's or county's estimated payments under ss.
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83	83	79.035, 79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, and 79.04 and 100 percent of the
84	84	municipality's estimated payments under s. 79.05 79.06. Upon certification by the
85	85	department of revenue, the estimated payment under s. 79.05 79.06 may be
86	86	distributed before the 4th Monday in July.
87	87	SECTION 5. 79.02 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is
88	88	amended to read:
89	89	79.02 (3) Subject to s. 59.605 (4), payments to each municipality and county in
90	90	November shall equal that municipality's or county's entitlement under ss. 79.035,
91	91	79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, 79.04, and 79.05 79.06 for the current year, minus the
92	92	amount distributed to the municipality or county under sub. (2) (b).
93	93	SECTION 6. 79.05 (4) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is
94	94	repealed.
95	95	SECTION 7. 79.05 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
96	96	79.05 (8) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), beginning in 2024, no payments
97	97	shall be made under this section.
98	98	SECTION 8. 79.06 of the statutes is created to read:
99	99	79.06 Municipality payment program. For the distribution in 2024 and in
100	100	subsequent years, each municipality that received a payment under s. 79.05 in 2021,
101	101	2022, or 2023 shall receive in each year a payment under this section equal to the
102	102	amount it received under s. 79.05 in 2021, 2022, or 2023, whichever is greatest.
103	103	SECTION 9.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
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105	105	(1) The treatment of ss. 20.835 (1) (s), 25.491 (3), 79.015, and 79.02 (2) (b) and
106	106	(3) takes effect on July 1, 2024.
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