Amendment AA7-ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2-AA7,142 Section 142. 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,4 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. c. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, on the 4th Monday in July 2025, the department of administration shall distribute $940,000,000 related to the 2024 property tax levies. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, on the first Monday in May 2026, the department of administration shall distribute $460,300,000 related to the 2025 property tax levies.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,143 Section 143. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,15 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007; $672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012; $747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; $853,000,000 in 2016 and 2017; and $940,000,000 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022; and in fiscal year 2023-24, $1,195,000,000. Beginning in In fiscal year 2024-25, the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $1,275,000,000; in fiscal year 2025-26, the appropriation is $1,400,300,000; and in fiscal year 2026-27, the appropriation is $1,524,700,000.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,16 28. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,17 “Section 144. 79.005 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,19 79.005 (1j) (a) “Energy storage facility” means property to which all of the following applies:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,20 1. The property is interconnected to the electrical grid.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,76,23 2. The property is designed to receive electrical energy, to store the electrical energy as another form of energy, and to convert that other form back into electrical energy.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,77,3 3. The property delivers the electrical energy converted from some other form, as described in subd. 2., for sale or to use for providing reliability or economic benefits to the electrical grid.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,77,8 4. The property is owned by a light, heat, and power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), not including property described in s. 66.0813 unless the property is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,77,13 (b) “Energy storage facility” includes hydroelectric pumped storage, compressed air energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, batteries, superconducting magnetic energy storage, flywheels, thermal energy storage systems, and hydrogen storage, or combination thereof, or any other similar technologies as determined by the federal energy regulatory commission.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,145 Section 145. 79.005 (1L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,77,20 79.005 (1L) “Liquefied natural gas storage facility” means a liquefied natural gas storage facility owned by a light, heat, and power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), not including property described in s. 66.0813, unless the property is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,146 Section 146. 79.04 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,78,10 79.04 (7m) (a) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute a payment from the public utility account to each municipality and county in which an energy storage facility with a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt is located. If the energy storage facility is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the product of the facility’s name-plate capacity multiplied by $2,000 and the county in which the energy storage facility is located receives a payment equal to one-third of the product of the facility’s name-plate capacity multiplied by $2,000. If the energy storage facility is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to one-third of the product of the facility’s name-plate capacity multiplied by $2,000 and the county in which the energy storage facility is located receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the product of the facility’s name-plate capacity multiplied by $2,000.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,78,23 (b) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute a payment from the public utility account to each municipality and county in which a liquefied natural gas storage facility is located. If the liquefied natural gas storage facility is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to 6 mills multiplied by the net book value of the liquefied natural gas storage facility and the county in which the liquefied natural gas storage facility is located receives a payment equal to 3 mills multiplied by the net book value of the liquefied natural gas storage facility. If the liquefied natural gas storage facility is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to 3 mills multiplied by the net book value of the liquefied natural gas storage facility and the county in which the liquefied natural gas storage facility is located receives a payment equal to 6 mills multiplied by the net book value of the liquefied natural gas storage facility.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,9337 Section 9337. Initial applicability; Revenue.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,3 (1) Energy and liquefied natural gas storage facilities. The treatment of ss. 79.005 (1j) and (1L) and 79.04 (7m) first applies to distributions made after January 1, 2026.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,4 29. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,5 “Section 147. 20.835 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,7 20.835 (1) (d) State aid, state assessed pipelines. A sum sufficient to make payments as provided under s. 79.098.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,148 Section 148. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,12 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue” means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief aid under subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. ss. 79.096 and 79.098, not including a payment received under s. 79.096 (3) or 79.098 (3) for a tax incremental district that has been terminated.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,149 Section 149. 66.0602 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,79,21 66.0602 (2) (b) For purposes of par. (a), in 2018, and in each year thereafter, the base amount to which the limit under this section applies is the actual levy for the immediately preceding year, plus the amount of the payments under ss. 79.096 and, 79.0965, and 79.098, and the levy limit is the base amount multiplied by the valuation factor, minus the amount of the payments under ss. 79.096 and, 79.0965, and 79.098, except that the adjustments for payments received under s. 79.096 or, 79.0965, or 79.098 do not apply to payments received under s. 79.096 (3) or, 79.0965 (3), or 79.098 (3) for a tax incremental district that has been terminated.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,150 Section 150. 79.098 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,3 79.098 State aid; state assessed pipelines. (1) Beginning in 2027, and in each year thereafter, the department of administration shall pay to each taxing jurisdiction, as defined in s. 79.095 (1) (c), an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the pipeline property of a pipeline company, as defined in s. 76.02 (5), for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,8 (2) (a) Each municipality shall report to the department of revenue, in the time and manner determined by the department, the amount of the property taxes levied on the pipeline property of a pipeline company, as defined in s. 76.02 (5), for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of other taxing jurisdictions.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,11 (b) Each taxing jurisdiction shall report to the department of revenue, in the time and manner determined by the department, any information the department considers necessary to administer this section.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,14 (c) If a municipality does not timely electronically file the report required by the department of revenue under par. (a), the following reductions will be made to the municipality’s pipeline property aid distributed under sub. (1) in 2027:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,15 1. Reduction of the aid by 25 percent, if not filed by June 30, 2026.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,16 2. Forfeiture of the aid, if not filed by July 15, 2026.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,80,20 (d) If a municipality does not electronically file the report required by the department of revenue under par. (a) by July 15, 2026, the department may use the best information available to calculate the aid to distribute under sub. (1) in 2027 to the applicable taxing jurisdictions.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,2 (3) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district within the taxing jurisdiction the district’s proportionate share of the amount the taxing jurisdiction receives under sub. (1). The amount that would have been paid to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,6 (4) The department of revenue shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction under sub. (1) to the department of administration, and the department of administration shall make the payment on or before the first Monday in May.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,151 Section 151. 121.90 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,10 121.90 (2) (am) 2. Amounts under ss. 79.095 (4) and, 79.096, and 79.098 for the current school year, not including payments received under s. 79.096 (3) or 79.098 (3) for a tax incremental district that has been terminated.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,11 30. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,12 “Section 152. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,81,17 86.30 (2) (a) 3. For each mile of road or street under the jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be $2,628 in calendar years 2020 and 2021, $2,681 in calendar year 2022, and $2,734 in calendar year years 2023 and to 2025, $2,816 in calendar year 2026, and $2,901 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,153 Section 153. 86.30 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,2 86.30 (9) (b) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to counties are $127,140,200 in calendar year 2023. In calendar year 2024, the amounts for aids to counties are $129,683,000. In calendar year 2025 and thereafter, the amounts for aids to counties are $132,276,700 in calendar year 2025, $136,245,000 in calendar year 2026, and $140,332,400 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,154 Section 154. 86.30 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,11 86.30 (9) (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to municipalities are $398,996,800 in calendar year 2023. In calendar year 2024, the amounts for aids to municipalities are $406,976,700. In calendar year 2025 and thereafter, the amounts for aids to municipalities are $415,116,200 in calendar year 2025, $427,569,700 in calendar year 2026, and $440,396,800 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide municipal average cost- sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,9244 Section 9244. Fiscal changes; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,13 (1) General transportation aids.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,18 (a) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $133,268,800. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $137,266,900.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,23 (b) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (at), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $421,343,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (at), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $433,983,300.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,82,24 31. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,83,1 “Section 9244. Fiscal changes; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,83,7 (1) Expressway policing aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (gq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $8,711,900. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (gq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $9,610,300.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,83,8 32. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,83,9 “Section 155. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,83,19 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hd), the department shall pay $32,738,900 for calendar year 2022, $65,477,800 for calendar year 2023, and $66,787,400 for calendar year 2025, $69,458,900 for calendar year 2026, and $72,237,300 for calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses of $80,000,000 $100,000,000 or more. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. cm. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,156 Section 156. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,84,6 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (he), the department shall pay $8,602,700 for calendar year 2022, $17,205,400 for calendar year 2023, and $17,549,500 for calendar year 2025, $18,251,500 for calendar year 2026, $18,981,600 for calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000 $30,000,000 but less than $80,000,000 $100,000,000. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. d. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,157 Section 157. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,84,13 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hb), beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2002 and for each calendar year thereafter, the uniform percentage for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an urbanized area having a population as shown in the 2010 most recent federal decennial census of at least 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area, and not specified in subd. 6.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,158 Section 158. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,84,20 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 7. a., the amounts for aids are $24,976,400 in calendar years 2020 to 2023 and $25,475,900 in calendar year 2025, $26,494,900 in calendar year 2026, and $27,554,700 in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,159 Section 159. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,85,3 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hc), beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2002 and for each calendar year thereafter, the uniform percentage for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an area having a population as shown in the 2010 most recent federal decennial census of less than 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,160 Section 160. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,85,10 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 8. a., the amounts for aids are $5,292,700 in calendar years 2020 to 2023 and $5,398,600 in calendar year 2025, $9,800,600 in calendar year 2026, and $10,192,600 in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,9244 Section 9244. Fiscal changes; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,85,12 (1) Mass transit operating assistance.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,85,17 (a) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hb), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $25,730,700. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hb), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $26,759,900.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,85,22 (b) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $6,499,1000. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $9,898,600.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,3 (c) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $67,455,300. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (hd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $70,153,500.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,8 (d) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (he), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $17,725,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s. 20.395 (1) (he), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $18,434,000.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,9 33. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,15 “Section 161. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA7,162 Section 162. 20.395 (1) (ba) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,19 20.395 (1) (ba) Transit capital assistance grants. From the general fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for transit capital assistance grants under s. 85.203.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,163 Section 163. 85.203 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,21 85.203 Transit capital assistance grants. (1) In this section:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,86,22 (a) “Eligible applicant” has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (b).

AB50-ASA2-AA7,87,2 (b) “Public transit vehicle” means any vehicle used for providing transportation service to the general public that is eligible for replacement under settlement guidelines, as defined in s. 16.047 (1) (b).

AB50-ASA2-AA7,87,6 (2) The department shall administer a transit capital assistance grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ba), the department shall award grants to eligible applicants for the replacement of public transit vehicles. The department shall establish criteria for awarding grants under this section.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,87,7 34. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,87,14 “Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA7,164 Section 164. 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,88,15 20.395 (3) (cq) State highway rehabilitation, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for improvement of existing state trunk and connecting highways; for improvement of bridges on state trunk or connecting highways and other bridges for which improvement is a state responsibility, for necessary approach work for such bridges and for replacement of such bridges with at-grade crossing improvements; for the construction and rehabilitation of the national system of interstate and defense highways and bridges and related appurtenances; for activities under s. 84.04 on roadside improvements; for bridges under s. 84.10; for the bridge project under s. 84.115; for payment to a local unit of government for a jurisdictional transfer under s. 84.02 (8); for the disadvantaged business demonstration and training program under s. 84.076; for the purpose specified in s. 84.017 (3); for the transfers required under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9250 (1) and 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9153 (4q); and for the purposes described under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9150 (8g), 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9152 (4e), 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9148 (9i) (b) and (9x), 2021 Wisconsin Act 58, section 9144 (5), and 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9144 (8), and 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (1). This paragraph does not apply to any southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, to any southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects under s. 84.014 that also qualify as major highway projects under s. 84.013, or to the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs, traffic control signals, highway lighting, pavement markings, or intelligent transportation systems, unless incidental to the improvement of existing state trunk and connecting highways.

AB50-ASA2-AA7,2 Section 2. 20.395 (3) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA7,88,21 20.395 (3) (cs) State highway rehabilitation, service funds. All moneys received from the fund created under s. 18.57 (1) as reimbursement for the temporary financing under sub. (9) (th) of state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified under sub. (3) (cq) that are financed under s. 84.59, for the purpose of financing such projects

AB50-ASA2-AA7,165 Section 165. 20.395 (4) (jq) of the statutes is amended to read: