12,198Section 198. 79.035 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (title) County and municipal aid; before 2024.
12,199Section 199. 79.035 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (c) 2. Except as provided under par. (h), the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 10 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,200Section 200. 79.035 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (d) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 15 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,201Section 201. 79.035 (4) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (e) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 25 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,202Section 202. 79.035 (4) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (f) 2. Except as provided in par. (h), the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 15 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 30 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,203Section 203. 79.035 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (g) The reduction for a municipality that has a population greater than 110,000 is an amount equal to 30 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57, plus an amount equal to the municipality’s population multiplied by the amount determined under par. (b) 1., except that the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 35 cents for each $1,000 in equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,204Section 204. 79.035 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (h) The reduction determined under par. (c), (d), (e), or (f) for a town or village may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the town’s or village’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or the amount determined under par. (c) 2., (d) 2., (e) 2., or (f) 2. based on equalized value.
12,205Section 205. 79.035 (4) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (4) (i) The reduction for a county is the amount determined under par. (b) 2. multiplied by the county’s population, except that the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the county’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 15 cents for each $1,000 of the county’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.
12,206Section 206. 79.035 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (5) Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution in 2013 and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
12,207Section 207. 79.035 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 19 and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read: 79.035 (5) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in 2013 and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
12,208Section 208. 79.035 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (6) Beginning with the distributions in 2016 and ending with the distributions in 2035 2023, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.
12,209Section 209. 79.035 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: 79.035 (8) Beginning with the distributions in 2021 and ending with the distributions in 2023, the department of revenue shall increase the payment to each county and municipality under this section by the amount the county or municipality reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year. The department shall decrease the total amount to be distributed to all counties and municipalities by the total of all amounts reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce each payment to a county or municipality under this section in proportion to the entity’s share of the total distribution.
12,210Section 210. 79.036 of the statutes is created to read: 79.036 County and municipal aid; beginning in 2024. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2), (3), and (4), for the distribution in 2024 and in subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments under this section as follows:
(a) For the distribution in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive a payment equal to the amount it received under s. 79.035 in 2023.
(b) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment equal to the proportion of the total payments from the county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2) that the county or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount for the year in the county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2).
(2) Beginning with the distributions in 2024 and ending with the distributions in 2035, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.
(3) (a) The department of administration shall reduce the payment under this section to each county and municipality that receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m) for replacement of public transit vehicles in an urban mass transit system by an amount determined as follows:
1. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. or d. and serving a population exceeding 200,000, 75 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
2. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. and serving a population of at least 50,000, 20 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
3. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. and serving a population of less than 50,000, 10 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).
(b) Beginning with the first payment due under s. 79.02 (1) after the county or municipality receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m), the department of administration shall apply the reduction determined under par. (a) for each county and municipality by reducing 10 consecutive annual payments under s. 79.02 (1) to the county or municipality by equal amounts.
(4) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, the department of revenue shall increase the payment to each county and municipality under this section by the amount the county or municipality reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year. The department shall decrease the total amount to be distributed to all counties and municipalities by the total of all amounts reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce each payment to a county or municipality under this section in proportion to the entity’s share of the total distribution.
12,211Section 211. 79.036 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read: 79.036 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), for the distribution in 2024 and in subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments under this section as follows:
12,212Section 212. 79.036 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed. 12,213Section 213. 79.037 of the statutes is created to read: 79.037 Supplemental county and municipal aid. (1) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive in each year a payment from the supplemental county and municipal aid account to be used for law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response communications, public works, courts, and transportation, except that no amounts received under this subsection may be used for administrative services.
(2) In 2024, the department of revenue shall determine the amount of the payments under this section as follows:
(a) Each county shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 or the sum of the following, whichever is greater:
1. Fifty thousand dollars.
2. The amount determined as follows or zero, whichever is greater:
a. Determine the county’s levy limit under s. 66.0602 as if the valuation factor was 2 percent in 2021.
b. Subtract from the amount determined under subd. 2. a. the county’s base levy in 2021 adjusted only as described in s. 66.0602 (2) (b).
3. The amount determined as follows:
a. Add the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 and the amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.
b. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. a. by the county’s population in 2022.
c. Determine the maximum amount determined under subd. 3. b. among all counties.
d. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. c. by 1.5.
e. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. b. by the amount determined under subd. 3. d.
f. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 3. e. from 1.
g. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. f. by an amount equal to 10 times the county’s population in 2022.
h. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. g. by 0.689758.
(ag) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the total amount received in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 divided by the county’s population in 2022 is less than 10 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:
1. Multiply the county’s population in 2022 by 10.
2. Subtract the total amount received by the county in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 from the amount determined under subd. 1.
(ar) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the amount received in 2024 under par. (a) divided by the amount received in 2024 under s. 79.036 is less than 5 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:
1. Divide the amount received by the county in 2024 under s. 79.036 by the amount received in 2024 under par. (a).
2. Divide the amount determined under subd. 1. by 169.943.
3. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. by $17,490,600.
(b) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 under 5,000 shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001052.
2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 16.813.
3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.
4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 30,000.
(c) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000 shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:
1. Twenty percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
a. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
b. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. a. from 14.5.
c. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 1. b.
d. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. c. to 25,700.
2. The amount calculated as follows:
a. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000.
b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by $15,000,000.
(d) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 greater than 30,000 and less than 110,000, shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.
3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.
4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.
(e) In addition to the payment under par. (d), each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:
1. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000.
2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by $5,000,000.
(f) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of 110,000 or more shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:
1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.
2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.
3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.
4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.
