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AB245,1237Section 12. 33.01 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,383833.01 (9) (a) For the purpose of receiving notice under this chapter, a person whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245,1339Section 13. 33.01 (9) (am) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB245,,404033.01 (9) (am) 1. A person whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245,,41412. The spouse of a person whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year if the spouse is referred to on that tax roll.
AB245,1442Section 14. 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,434333.01 (9) (ar) 1. The person’s name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245,1544Section 15. 33.01 (9) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,454533.01 (9) (b) 1. Whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year; or
AB245,1646Section 16. 49.45 (51) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,1747Section 17. 59.52 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,484859.52 (25) Advisory and contingent Contingent referenda. The board may conduct a countywide referendum for advisory purposes or for the purpose of ratifying or validating a resolution adopted or ordinance enacted by the board contingent upon approval in the referendum.
AB245,1849Section 18. 59.605 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,1950Section 19. 59.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,515159.875 (2) (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. pars. (b), and (c), employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee’s share of the actuarially required contributions.
AB245,2052Section 20. 59.875 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,535359.875 (2) (c) In any employee retirement system of a county that has elected to become a participating employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1), except as provided in par. (b), irrespective of the funding status of the retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee contributions.
AB245,2154Section 21. 59.875 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,555559.875 (4) Amortization period for employer contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1, 2024, in any retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, the required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this subsection shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by the retirement system’s actuary or retirement board.
AB245,2256Section 22. 59.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,575759.90 Provisions applicable to certain counties with special sales tax authority. All of the following apply to a county in which a 1st class city is located:
AB245,,5858(1) With regard to the budget of the county, all of the following apply:
AB245,,5959(a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget period. This paragraph does not apply to any expenditure of a county for parks, including zoos, or for health or transit services.
AB245,,6060(b) When each department of the county submits estimated revenues and expenditures for the ensuing budget period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce the department’s expenditures for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to a total of 5 percent of the department’s base level for its budget for the current fiscal period.
AB245,,6161(2) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the board. This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended to reduce expenditures or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different administrative structure without increasing expenditures.
AB245,,6262(3) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that increases the total number of positions in the county only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the board.
AB245,,6363(4) The county shall prepare a report on changes to its compensation plan that are necessary and desirable to make the county competitive in the market for correctional workers at a sustainable level of funding.
AB245,,6464(5) The county shall identify all buildings that the county has authority to sell and that are not being used by the county and prepare a plan for the use or sale of these buildings. The county shall submit that plan to the joint committee on finance in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245,,6565(6) (a) In this subsection, “qualified amount” means the required amount of the retirement system’s unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution in 2022.
AB245,,6666(b) In any year in which the county imposes a tax under s. 77.70 (2) (a), other than the first year in which the tax is imposed, the county shall spend a total of not less than the qualified amount on the following:
AB245,,67671. The Milwaukee County circuit court.
AB245,,68682. The Milwaukee County secure residential care center for children and youth.
AB245,,69693. Maintaining or increasing the compensation of Milwaukee County correctional workers.
AB245,,70704. The Milwaukee County medical examiner.
AB245,2371Section 23. 60.34 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,727260.34 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive and take charge of all money belonging to the town, or which is required by law to be paid into the town treasury, and disburse the money under s. 66.0607.
AB245,2473Section 24. 60.85 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245,2574Section 25. 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,757560.85 (1) (h) 1. c. Real property assembly costs, meaning any deficit incurred resulting from the sale or lease as lessor by the town of real or personal property within a tax incremental district for consideration which is less than its cost to the town.
AB245,2676Section 26. 60.85 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,777760.85 (1) (o) “Taxable property” means all real and personal taxable property located in a tax incremental district.
AB245,2778Section 27. 60.85 (5) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,797960.85 (5) (j) Upon receiving a written application from the town clerk, in a form prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the base value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) to remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this paragraph no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year following the year in which the request is made.
AB245,2880Section 28. 61.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,818161.26 (2) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive all moneys belonging or accruing to the village or directed by law to be paid to the treasurer.
AB245,2982Section 29. 61.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,838361.26 (3) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), deposit upon receipt the funds of the village in the name of the village in the public depository designated by the board. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be prima facie grounds for removal from office. When the money is deposited, the treasurer and bonders are not liable for the losses defined by s. 34.01 (2), and the interest shall be paid into the village treasury.
AB245,3084Section 30. 62.09 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,858562.09 (9) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall collect all city, school, county, and state taxes, receive all moneys belonging to the city or which by law are directed to be paid to the treasurer, and pay over the money in the treasurer’s hands according to law.
AB245,3186Section 31. 62.09 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,878762.09 (9) (e) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall deposit immediately upon receipt thereof the funds of the city in the name of the city in the public depository designated by the council. Such deposit may be in either a demand deposit or in a time deposit, maturing in not more than one year. Failure to comply with the provisions hereof shall be prima facie grounds for removal from office. When the money is so deposited, the treasurer and the treasurer’s bonders shall not be liable for such losses as are defined by s. 34.01 (2). The interest arising therefrom shall be paid into the city treasury.
AB245,3288Section 32. 62.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,898962.13 (1) Commissioners. Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), (2m), (2s), and (8) (b) each city shall have a board of police and fire commissioners consisting of 5 citizens, 3 of whom shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall annually, between the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint in writing to be filed with the secretary of the board, one member for a term of 5 years. No appointment shall be made which will result in more than 3 members of the board belonging to the same political party. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
AB245,3390Section 33. 62.13 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,919162.13 (2) (b) A city that creates a joint police or fire department with a village under sub. (1m) and s. 61.65 is not required to create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The city shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department, as required in s. 61.65. If the city also creates one separate protective services department in addition to the joint protective services department, the city shall create a separate board of commissioners to govern that department. A city’s joint board of commissioners is subject to s. 61.65 (3g) (d). A city’s separate board of commissioners is subject to this section.
AB245,3492Section 34. 62.13 (2m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) (title) and amended to read:
AB245,,939362.13 (1m) (title) Joint departments, contract services.
AB245,3594Section 35. 62.13 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) and amended to read:
AB245,,959562.13 (1m) A city may create a joint police department or a joint fire department, or both, with another city, village, or town.
AB245,3696Section 36. 62.13 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (2) (c) and amended to read:
AB245,,979762.13 (2) (c) A city that creates a joint police department or a joint fire department, or both, with another city under par. (a) sub. (1m) is not required to create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The cities shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department. If only one joint department is created, each city shall retain its existing board of police and fire commissioners to govern the separate department. The cities may jointly determine the number of commissioners to be appointed to the joint board by each city and the length of the commissioners’ terms. A majority of the commissioners is a quorum. A joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police department is subject to the provisions of subs. (3) to (7n), a joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint fire department is subject to the provisions of subs. (8) to (12) and a joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police and fire department is subject to the provisions of subs. (2) to (12).
AB245,3798Section 37. 62.50 (1h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,999962.50 (1h) Organization. In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens, not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4, if the board has 9 members, of whom shall at any time belong to the same political party. At least one member of the board shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least one member shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents fire fighters. Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection shall be residents of the 1st class city and may not be currently employed by the 1st class city. Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection by an employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers or fire fighters shall have professional law enforcement experience or professional fire fighting experience, respectively, and may not be currently employed as a professional law enforcement officer or fire fighter, respectively. The staff and members of the board shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the common council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner as the salary of other city officials and employees. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in s. 59.001 (2m), of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business. A 3-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority vote, a trial described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote, charges filed by an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the mayor of the city, on or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members of the board, designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2 years, 2 to hold 3 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 4 years if the board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of office shall be 5 years from the 2nd Monday in July, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7 members by failing to appoint 2 successors for individuals whose terms expire at the same time. Every person appointed a member of the board shall be subject to confirmation by the common council and every appointed member shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and file the same duly certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city. Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll in a training class that is related to the mission of the board and, not later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall complete the class. The training class shall be conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this subchapter first applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the common council.
AB245,38100Section 38. 62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10110162.50 (1m) Policy review. The board shall conduct at least once each year a policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of the city and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy changes. The board may prescribe general policies and standards for the departments. The board may inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited to books and records, required for a review under this section.
AB245,39102Section 39. 62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245,,10310362.50 (3) (title) Regulation of the departments.
AB245,40104Section 40. 62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10510562.50 (3) (a) The board may prescribe rules for the government of the members chief of each department shall establish policies relating to the control and management of each department and may delegate its rule-making authority to the chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review, modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including, but not limited to, any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984.
AB245,41106Section 41. 62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10710762.50 (3) (am) The common council may suspend or modify any rule prescribed by the board policy established under par. (a) only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council.
AB245,42108Section 42. 62.623 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10910962.623 (1) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. subs. (2), and (3) employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee’s share of the required contributions.
AB245,43110Section 43. 62.623 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11111162.623 (3) In any employee retirement system of a 1st class city that is located in a county with a population of more than 750,000 and that has elected to become a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1), except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), irrespective of the funding status of the retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee contributions.
AB245,44112Section 44. 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11311362.625 Amortization period for employer contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1, 2024, in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this section shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city.
AB245,45114Section 45. 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11511562.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax authority. All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
AB245,,116116(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply:
AB245,,117117(a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups, other than a charter school authorized by the common council of the city of Milwaukee under s. 118.40, may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget period.
AB245,,118118(b) When each department of the 1st class city prepares an estimate of the department’s needs for the ensuing fiscal period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce the department’s budget for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to a total of 5 percent of the department’s base level for its budget for the current fiscal period.
AB245,,119119(2) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council. This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended to reduce expenditures or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different administrative structure without increasing expenditures.
AB245,,120120(3) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that increases the total number of positions in the city only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council.
AB245,,121121(4) The 1st class city may not use moneys raised by levying taxes for any of the following:
AB245,,122122(a) Developing, operating, or maintaining a rail fixed guideway transportation system, as defined in s. 85.066 (1).
AB245,,123123(b) Funding any position for which the principal duties consist of promoting individuals or groups on the basis of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation.
AB245,,124124(5) (a) The 1st class city shall maintain a level of law enforcement and fire protective and emergency medical service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the 1st class city in the previous year, as measured by the number of full-time equivalent law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), employed by the 1st class city and the daily staffing level of the paid fire department, as defined in s. 213.10 (1g).
AB245,,125125(b) In any year in which moneys available under s. 77.701 (2) (c) are available for expenditure under this paragraph, the 1st class city shall use the moneys to increase the number of law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), or the daily staffing level of the paid fire department. This paragraph does not apply in any year after the 1st class city employs 1,725 law enforcement officers, including 175 detectives, and maintains a daily staffing level not fewer than 218 members of the paid fire department.
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