SB70: Bill Text

SB70,770,5 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis, the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6) (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).

SB70,1178 Section 1178. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,770,23 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section “municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.

SB70,1179 Section 1179. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1180 Section 1180 . 66.04185 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,771,4 66.04185 Cultivation of tetrahydrocannabinols. No city, village, town, or county may prohibit cultivating tetrahydrocannabinols outdoors if the cultivation is by an individual who has no more than 6 marijuana plants at one time for his or her personal use.

SB70,1181 Section 1181 . 66.0422 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,771,7 66.0422 (1) (cr) “Unserved area” means an area of this state that is designated as an unserved area by the public service commission under s. 196.504 (2) (e).

SB70,1182 Section 1182. 66.0422 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,771,18 66.0422 (2) (c) No less than 30 days before the public hearing, the local government prepares and makes available for public inspection a report estimating the total costs of, and revenues derived from, constructing, owning, or operating the facility and including a cost-benefit analysis of the facility for a period of at least 3 years. The costs that are subject to this paragraph include personnel costs and costs of acquiring, installing, maintaining, repairing, or operating any plant or equipment, and include an appropriate allocated portion of costs of personnel, plant, or equipment that are used to provide jointly both telecommunications services and other services. This paragraph does not apply to a broadband facility that is intended to serve an unserved area.

SB70,1183 Section 1183. 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,772,2 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not apply to a facility for providing broadband service to an area within the boundaries of a local government if the local government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides broadband service to the area and, if the area is not an unserved area, whether the person intends to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months, or, if the area is an unserved area, whether the person actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 3 months and any of the following are satisfied:

SB70,1184 Section 1184. 66.0422 (3d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,772,12 66.0422 (3d) (a) The local government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the written request no person responds in writing to the The local government does not receive a response in writing that the a person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends or actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period.

SB70,1185 Section 1185. 66.0422 (3d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,772,17 66.0422 (3d) (b) The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under par. (a) that the person currently provides broadband service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).

SB70,1186 Section 1186. 66.0422 (3d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,772,24 66.0422 (3d) (c) The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under par. (a) that the person intended or actively planned to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period did not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period and no other person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).

SB70,1187 Section 1187. 66.0422 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,773,3 66.0422 (3m) (b) The municipality itself does not use the facility to provide broadband service to end users. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to serve an unserved area.

SB70,1188 Section 1188. 66.0422 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,773,9 66.0422 (3m) (c) The municipality determines that, at the time that the municipality authorizes the construction, ownership, or operation of the facility, whichever occurs first, the facility does not compete with more than one provider of broadband service. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to serve an unserved area.

SB70,1189 Section 1189. 66.0435 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,773,13 66.0435 (3) (g) Failure to timely pay the tax prescribed in this subsection shall be treated as a default in payment of personal property tax and is subject to all procedures and penalties applicable under chs. 70 and 74.

SB70,1190 Section 1190. 66.0441 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,773,15 66.0441 Quarry hours of operation. (1) In this section:

SB70,773,16 (a) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

SB70,773,19 (b) “Public works project” means a federal, state, county, or municipal project that involves the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public transportation facility or other public infrastructure and in which nonmetallic minerals are used.

SB70,773,23 (c) “Quarry” means the surface area from which nonmetallic minerals, including soil, clay, sand, gravel, and construction aggregate, that are used for a public works project or a private construction or transportation project are extracted and processed.

SB70,774,3 (d) “Quarry operations” means the extraction and processing of minerals at a quarry and all related activities, including blasting, vehicle and equipment access to the quarry, and loading and hauling of material to and from the quarry.

SB70,774,7 (2) A political subdivision may not limit the times that quarry operations may occur if the materials produced by the quarry will be used in a public works project that requires construction work to be performed during the night or an emergency repair.

SB70,1191 Section 1191 . 66.0501 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0501 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB70,774,13 66.0501 (1) (a) No Except as provided in par. (b), no person may be appointed deputy sheriff of any county or police officer for any city, village , or town unless that person is a citizen of the United States. This section does not apply to common carriers or to a deputy sheriff not required to take an oath of office.

SB70,1192 Section 1192 . 66.0501 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,774,19 66.0501 (1) (b) The sheriff of a county or the appointing authority of a local law enforcement agency that provides police service to a city, village, or town may elect to authorize the appointment of noncitizens who are in receipt of valid employment authorization from the federal department of homeland security as deputy sheriffs for that county or as police officers for that city, village, or town.

SB70,1193 Section 1193. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,774,22 66.0509 (1m) (c) 1. A grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations, employee discipline, and workplace safety.

SB70,1194 Section 1194. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB70,775,2 66.0509 (1m) (c) 2. A just cause standard of review for employee terminations, including a refusal to renew a teaching contract under s. 118.22.

SB70,1195 Section 1195. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1196 Section 1196. 66.0509 (1m) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,775,6 66.0509 (1m) (d) 2. A hearing before an impartial hearing officer from the employment relations commission.

SB70,1197 Section 1197. 66.0509 (1m) (d) 4. and 5. of the statutes are created to read:

SB70,775,9 66.0509 (1m) (d) 4. A provision indicating that the grievant shall be entitled to representation throughout the grievance process.

SB70,775,12 5. A provision indicating that the employer shall bear all fees and costs associated with the grievance process, except for the grievant's representational fees and costs.

SB70,1198 Section 1198. 66.0602 (1) (ak) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,775,19 66.0602 (1) (ak) “Joint emergency medical services district” service” means a joint emergency medical services district service organized by any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, or towns under s. 66.0301 (2) through the formation of a joint emergency services district, joint ownership, joint purchase of services from a nonprofit corporation, or joint contracting with a public or private emergency services provider.

SB70,1199 Section 1199. 66.0602 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,776,2 66.0602 (1) (am) “Joint fire department” service” means a joint fire department organized under s. 61.65 (2) (a) 3. or 62.13 (2m), or a joint fire department service organized by any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, or towns under s. 66.0301 (2) through the formation of a joint fire service district, joint ownership, joint purchase of services from a nonprofit corporation, or joint contracting with a public or private fire service provider.

SB70,1200 Section 1200. 66.0602 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,776,7 66.0602 (1) (d) “Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the greater of either the percentage change in the political subdivision's January 1 equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the previous year and the current or zero 2 percent.

SB70,1201 Section 1201. 66.0602 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1202 Section 1202 . 66.0602 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,776,11 66.0602 (2m) (c) Rental inspection fees charged by a political subdivision are not subject to a deduction from the political subdivision's levy.

SB70,1203 Section 1203. 66.0602 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1204 Section 1204. 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,776,16 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year to pay for the political subdivision's share of a regional planning commission's budget as charged by the commission under s. 66.0309 (14) (a) to (c).

SB70,1205 Section 1205. 66.0602 (3) (f) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0602 (3) (f) 3. and amended to read:

SB70,776,21 66.0602 (3) (f) 3. The adjustment described in subd. 1. may occur only if the political subdivision's governing body approves of the adjustment by one of the following methods: a majority vote of the governing body.

SB70,1206 Section 1206. 66.0602 (3) (f) 3. a. to c. of the statutes are repealed.

SB70,1207 Section 1207. 66.0602 (3) (fm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,777,4 66.0602 (3) (fm) 3. The adjustment described in subd. 1. may occur only if the political subdivision's governing body approves of the adjustment by a two-thirds majority vote of the governing body and if the political subdivision's level of outstanding general obligation debt in the current year is less than or equal to the political subdivision's level of outstanding general obligation debt in the previous year.

SB70,1208 Section 1208. 66.0602 (3) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,777,11 66.0602 (3) (h) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to the amount that a city, village, or town levies in that year to pay for charges assessed by a joint fire department service or a joint emergency medical services district service, but only to the extent that the amount levied to pay for such charges would cause the city, village, or town to exceed the limit that is otherwise applicable under this section.

SB70,1209 Section 1209. 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,777,20 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. The total charges assessed by the joint fire department service or the joint emergency medical services district service for the current year increase, relative to the total charges assessed by the joint fire department service or the joint emergency medical services district service for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year of the levy, plus 2 percent.

SB70,1210 Section 1210. 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,777,25 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. b. The governing body of each city, village, and town that is served by the joint fire department service or the joint emergency medical services district service adopts a resolution in favor of exceeding the limit as described in subd. 1.

SB70,1211 Section 1211. 66.0602 (3) (h) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,778,4 66.0602 (3) (h) 3. Charges assessed by a joint fire service or joint emergency medical service under this paragraph include all fees charged to a city, village, or town by the the joint fire service or joint emergency medical service.

SB70,1212 Section 1212 . 66.0602 (3) (p) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,778,13 66.0602 (3) (p) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to the amount that a political subdivision levies in that year for operating and capital costs directly related to the provision of new or enhanced transit services across adjacent county borders or across adjacent municipal borders. For costs to be eligible for the exception under this paragraph, the starting date for the new or enhanced transit services must be on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and the costs to which the levy applies must be described in the agreement under subd. 2.

SB70,778,15 2. A political subdivision may not use the exception under this paragraph unless all of the following apply:

SB70,778,19 a. The political subdivisions between which the new or enhanced transit routes operate have entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 to provide for the new or enhanced transit services. The agreement shall describe the services and the amounts that must be levied to pay for those services.

SB70,778,25 b. The agreement described in subd. 2. a. is approved in a referendum, by the electors in each political subdivision that is a party to the agreement, to be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election to be held not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the agreement by all of the parties to the agreement. The governing body shall file the resolution to be submitted to the electors as provided in s. 8.37.

SB70,1213 Section 1213. 66.0603 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,779,6 66.0603 (1m) (a) (intro.) A county, city, village, town, school district, drainage district, technical college district or other governing board, other than a local professional baseball park district board created under subch. III of ch. 229 or a local professional football stadium district board created under subch. IV of ch. 229, may invest any of its funds not immediately needed in any of the following:

SB70,1214 Section 1214 . 66.0617 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,779,15 66.0617 (7) Low-cost or workforce housing. An ordinance enacted under this section may provide for an exemption from, or a reduction in the amount of, impact fees on land development that provides low-cost housing, except that no or workforce housing, as defined in s. 66.1105 (2) (n). Under no circumstances may the amount of an impact fee for which an exemption or reduction is provided under this subsection may be shifted to any other development in the land development in which the low-cost housing or workforce housing is located or to any other land development in the municipality.

SB70,1215 Section 1215 . 66.0621 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,780,2 66.0621 (1) (b) “Public utility" means any revenue producing facility or enterprise owned by a municipality and operated for a public purpose as defined in s. 67.04 (1) (b) including garbage incinerators, toll bridges, swimming pools, tennis courts, parks, playgrounds, golf links, bathing beaches, bathhouses, street lighting, city halls, village halls, town halls, courthouses, jails, schools, cooperative educational service agencies, hospitals, homes for the aged or indigent, child care centers, regional projects, waste collection and disposal operations, sewerage systems, local professional baseball park facilities , as defined in s. 229.65 (1s), local professional football stadium facilities, local cultural arts facilities, and any other necessary public works projects undertaken by a municipality.

SB70,1216 Section 1216. 66.0901 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1217 Section 1217. 66.0901 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1218 Section 1218. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,780,16 66.0901 (6) Separation of contracts; classification of contractors. In public contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. Except as provided in sub. (6m), the The municipality may set out in any public contract reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors as to their financial responsibility, competency and ability to perform work and set up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person, if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid.

SB70,1219 Section 1219. 66.0901 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1220 Section 1220. 66.0901 (6s) of the statutes is repealed.