AB50: Bill Text

AB50,763,3 76.639 (1) (g) “Qualified development” means a qualified low-income housing project under section 42 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code that is financed with tax- exempt bonds, pursuant to section 42 (i) (2) described in section 42 (h) (4) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code, allocated the credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, and located in this state; except that the authority may waive, in the qualified allocation plan under section 42 (m) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, the requirements of tax-exempt bond financing and federal credit allocation to the extent the authority anticipates that sufficient volume cap under section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code will not be available to finance low-income housing projects in any year.

AB50,1447 Section 1447. 76.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,763,16 76.81 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), there is imposed a tax on the real property of, and the tangible personal property of, every telephone company, excluding property that is exempt from the property tax under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m), and (48), motor vehicles that are exempt under s. 70.112 (5), property that is used less than 50 percent in the operation of a telephone company, as provided under s. 70.112 (4) (b), treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment that is exempt under s. 70.11 (21), and qualified broadband service property. Except as provided in s. 76.815, the rate for the tax imposed on each description of real property and on each item of tangible personal property is the net rate for the prior year for the tax under ch. 70 in the taxing jurisdictions where the description or item is located. The real and tangible personal property of a telephone company shall be assessed as provided under s. 70.112 (4) (b).

AB50,1448 Section 1448. Chapter 77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,764,7 CHAPTER 77 TAXATION OF FOREST CROPLANDS; REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES; SALES AND USE TAXES; COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES AND USE TAXES; MANAGED FOREST LAND; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SURCHARGE; LOCAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX; LOCAL RENTAL CAR TAX; PREMIER RESORT AREA TAXES; STATE RENTAL VEHICLE FEE; DRY CLEANING FEES; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TAX; REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FEES

AB50,1449 Section 1449. 77.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,764,9 77.25 (8m) Between husband and wife spouses.

AB50,1450 Section 1450. 77.51 (3h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,764,12 77.51 (3h) “Diaper” means an absorbent garment worn by humans who are incapable of or have difficulty controlling their bladder or bowel movements.

AB50,1451 Section 1451. 77.51 (3pq) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,764,17 77.51 (3pq) “Feminine hygiene products” means tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar tangible personal property designed for feminine hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle. “Feminine hygiene products” do not include grooming and hygiene products.

AB50,1452 Section 1452. 77.51 (4f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,764,21 77.51 (4f) “Grooming and hygiene products” means soaps and cleaning solutions, shampoo, toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and suntan lotions and screens.

AB50,1453 Section 1453. 77.51 (9rm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,765,2 77.51 (9rm) “Over-the-counter-drug” means a drug that contains a label that identifies the product as a drug as required by 21 CFR 201.66, including a label that includes any of the following:

AB50,765,3 (a) A drug facts panel.

AB50,765,5 (b) A statement of the active ingredients with a list of those ingredients contained in the compound, substance, or preparation.

AB50,1454 Section 1454. 77.51 (11d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,765,10 77.51 (11d) For purposes of subs. (1ag), (1f), (3pf), (7j), and (9p), and (17g) and ss. 77.52 (20) and (21), 77.522, 77.54 (9g), (51), (52), and (60), and 77.59 (5r), “product” includes tangible personal property, and items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), and services.

AB50,1455 Section 1455. 77.51 (17g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,765,13 77.51 (17g) “Separate and optional fee” means a fee charged to receive a distinct and identifiable product if either of the following applies:

AB50,765,18 (a) The fee is in addition to fees that the seller charges for other distinct and identifiable products sold to the same buyer, the fee is separately set forth on the invoice given by the seller to the buyer, and the seller does not require the buyer to pay the fee if the buyer chooses not to receive the additional distinct and identifiable product for which the fee applies.

AB50,766,2 (b) The seller charges a single amount for multiple distinct and identifiable products and offers the buyer the option of paying a lower amount if the buyer chooses not to receive one or more of the distinct and identifiable products. For purposes of this paragraph, the separate and optional fee is the single amount the seller charges for the multiple distinct and identifiable products less the reduced amount the seller charges to the buyer because the buyer chooses not to receive one or more of the products.

AB50,1456 Section 1456. 77.52 (2) (a) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,766,11 77.52 (2) (a) 20. The sale of landscaping and lawn maintenance services including landscape planning and counseling, lawn and garden services such as planting, mowing, spraying and fertilizing, and shrub and tree services. For purposes of this subdivision, landscaping and lawn maintenance services do not include planning and counseling services for the restoration, reclamation, or revitalization of prairie, savanna, or wetlands to improve biodiversity, the quality of land, soils, or water, or other ecosystem functions if the planning and counseling services are provided for a separate and optional fee from any other services.

AB50,1457 Section 1457. 77.52 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,766,18 77.52 (2m) (a) With respect to the services subject to tax under sub. (2), no part of the charge for the service may be deemed a sale or rental of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) if the property, items, or goods transferred by the service provider are incidental to the selling, performing or furnishing of the service, except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c).

AB50,1458 Section 1458. 77.52 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,767,4 77.52 (2m) (c) With respect to services subject to tax under sub. (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., and 20. that are provided for a separate and optional fee from the planning and counseling services described under sub. (2) (a) 20., all tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) physically transferred, or transferred electronically, to the customer in conjunction with the provision of the services subject to tax under sub. (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., and 20. is a sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods separate from the selling, performing, or furnishing of the services.

AB50,1459 Section 1459. 77.52 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,767,17 77.52 (13) For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to prevent evasion of the sales tax it shall be presumed that all receipts are subject to the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services is not a taxable sale at retail is upon the person who makes the sale unless that person takes from the purchaser an electronic or a paper certificate, in a manner prescribed by the department, to the effect that the property, item, good, or service is purchased for resale or is otherwise exempt, except that no certificate is required for the sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services that are exempt under s. 77.54 (5) (a) 3., (7), (7m), (8), (10), (11), (14), (15), (17), (20n), (21), (22b), (31), (32), (35), (36), (37), (42), (44), (45), (46), (51), (52), (64), (66), (67), (71), and (72), (76), (77), and (78).

AB50,1460 Section 1460. 77.53 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,768,8 77.53 (10) For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to prevent evasion of the use tax and the duty to collect the use tax, it is presumed that tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services sold by any person for delivery in this state is sold for storage, use, or other consumption in this state until the contrary is established. The burden of proving the contrary is upon the person who makes the sale unless that person takes from the purchaser an electronic or paper certificate, in a manner prescribed by the department, to the effect that the property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable service is purchased for resale, or otherwise exempt from the tax, except that no certificate is required for the sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services that are exempt under s. 77.54 (7), (7m), (8), (10), (11), (14), (15), (17), (20n), (21), (22b), (31), (32), (35), (36), (37), (42), (44), (45), (46), (51), (52), (64), (66), (67), (71), and (72), (76), (77), and (78).

AB50,1461 Section 1461. 77.54 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,768,13 77.54 (7) (b) 1. The item is transferred to a child, spouse, parent, father-in- law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law of the transferor or, if the item is a motor vehicle, from the transferor to a corporation owned solely by the transferor or by the transferor’s spouse.

AB50,1462 Section 1462. 77.54 (9a) (er) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,768,15 77.54 (9a) (er) Any transit authority created under s. 66.1039.

AB50,1463 Section 1463. 77.54 (14) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1464 Section 1464. 77.54 (14) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,768,19 77.54 (14) (f) 4. An advanced practice registered nurse who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).

AB50,1465 Section 1465. 77.54 (14) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,768,21 77.54 (14) (g) Over-the-counter-drugs.

AB50,1466 Section 1466. 77.54 (30) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,768,24 77.54 (30) (a) 2. Electricity and natural gas sold during the months of November, December, January, February, March and April for residential use.

AB50,1467 Section 1467. 77.54 (56) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1468 Section 1468. 77.54 (56) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,769,13 77.54 (56) (ad) 1. The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of a solar power system or wind energy system that produces usable electrical or heat energy directly from the sun or wind, if the system is capable of continuously producing at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units. A solar power system or wind energy system described under this subdivision includes tangible personal property sold with the system that is used primarily to store or facilitate the storage of the electrical or heat energy produced by the system, but does not include an uninterruptible power source that is designed primarily for computers. The exemption under this subdivision does not apply to tangible personal property designed for any use other than for a solar power system or wind energy system described in this subdivision.

AB50,770,2 2. The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of a waste energy system that produces usable electrical or heat energy directly from gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal manure and other agricultural waste if the system is capable of continuously producing at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units. A system described under this subdivision includes tangible personal property sold with the system that is used primarily to store or facilitate the storage of the electrical or heat energy produced by the system, but does not include an uninterruptible power source that is designed primarily for computers. The exemption under this subdivision does not apply to tangible personal property designed for any use other than for a waste energy system described in this subdivision.

AB50,1469 Section 1469. 77.54 (56) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,770,7 77.54 (56) (b) Except for the sale of electricity or energy that is exempt from taxation under sub. (30), beginning on July 1, 2011, the sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of electricity or heat energy produced by a product system described under par. (a) (ad).

AB50,1470 Section 1470. 77.54 (62) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1471 Section 1471. 77.54 (75) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,770,12 77.54 (75) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of usable marijuana, as defined in s. 139.97 (13), purchased by an individual who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.17 (4).

AB50,1472 Section 1472. 77.54 (76) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,770,16 77.54 (76) (a) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of gun safes that are specifically designed for the storage of guns, but not other items used for gun storage, such as locking gun cabinets and racks.

AB50,770,18 (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of trigger locks and gun barrel locks.

AB50,1473 Section 1473. 77.54 (77) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,770,22 77.54 (77) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of breast pumps, breast pump kits, and breast pump storage and collection supplies.

AB50,1474 Section 1474. 77.54 (78) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,771,2 77.54 (78) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of diapers and feminine hygiene products.

AB50,1475 Section 1475. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 77 [precedes 77.70] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,771,5 CHAPTER 77

AB50,771,9 SUBCHAPTER V COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES AND USE TAXES

AB50,1476 Section 1476. 77.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,772,2 77.70 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), any county may impose county sales and use taxes under this subchapter by the adoption of an ordinance, stating its purpose and referring to this subchapter. The rate of the tax imposed under this subsection is 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. Except as provided in s. 66.0621 (3m), the county sales and use taxes imposed under this subsection may be imposed only for the purpose of directly reducing the property tax levy and only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter. That ordinance shall be effective on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1. A certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior to its effective date. The repeal of any such ordinance shall be effective on December 31. A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal. Except as provided under s. 77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any assessment or act on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under s. 77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the county has enacted a repeal ordinance under this subsection.

AB50,1477 Section 1477. 77.70 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,772,22 77.70 (3) In addition to the taxes imposed under sub. (1), a county other than Milwaukee County may, by ordinance, impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter at the rate of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. A sales and use tax enacted under this subsection may not take effect unless approved by a majority vote of all qualified electors in the county voting on the issue at a referendum. The revenue from the taxes imposed under this subsection may be used for any purpose designated by the county board or specified in the ordinance or in the referendum approving the ordinance. The taxes imposed under this subsection may be imposed only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter. If approved at a referendum, the ordinance shall be effective on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1. A certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior to its effective date. The repeal of any such ordinance shall be effective on December 31. A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal. Except as provided under s. 77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any assessment nor act on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under s. 77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the county has enacted a repeal ordinance under this subsection.

AB50,1478 Section 1478. 77.701 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,773,1 77.701 (title) Adoption by municipal ordinance; 1st class cities.

AB50,1479 Section 1479. 77.702 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,773,23 77.702 Adoption by municipal ordinance; generally. A municipality other than the city of Milwaukee with a population exceeding 30,000, as determined by the 2020 federal decennial census or under s. 16.96 for 2020, may, by ordinance, impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter at the rate of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. A sales and use tax enacted under this subsection may not take effect unless approved by a majority vote of all qualified electors in the municipality voting on the issue at a referendum. The revenue from the taxes imposed under this subsection may be used for any purpose designated by the governing body of the municipality or specified in the ordinance or in the referendum approving the ordinance. The taxes imposed under this subsection may be imposed only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter. If approved at a referendum, the ordinance shall be effective on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1. A certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior to its effective date. The repeal of any such ordinance shall be effective on December 31. A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal. Except as provided under s. 77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any assessment nor act on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under s. 77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the municipality has enacted a repeal ordinance under this subsection.

AB50,1480 Section 1480. 77.708 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,774,8 77.708 Adoption by resolution; transit authority. (1) A transit authority created under s. 66.1039, by resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate not to exceed 0.5 percent of the gross receipts or sales price. Those taxes may be imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days after a certified copy of the resolution is delivered to the department of revenue.

AB50,774,14 (2) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax under sub. (1) for any transit authority created under s. 66.1039 beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days after a certified copy of the repeal resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s) is delivered to the department of revenue, except that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that accrued before such calendar quarter and fees, interest, and penalties that relate to those taxes.

AB50,1481 Section 1481. 77.71 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,774,20 77.71 Imposition of county, municipality, transit authority, and special district sales and use taxes. (intro.) Whenever a sales and use tax ordinance is adopted under s. 77.70 or, 77.701, or 77.702, a transit authority resolution is adopted under s. 77.708, or a special district resolution is adopted under s. 77.706, the following taxes are imposed:

AB50,1482 Section 1482. 77.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,775,11 77.71 (1) For the privilege of selling, licensing, leasing, or renting tangible personal property and the items, property, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), and for the privilege of selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing services a sales tax is imposed upon retailers at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.701 or 77.702 in the case of a municipality tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s. 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the sales price from the sale, license, lease, or rental of tangible personal property and the items, property, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), except property taxed under sub. (4), sold, licensed, leased, or rented at retail in the county, municipality, or special district, or transit authority’s jurisdictional area, or from selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing services described under s. 77.52 (2) in the county, municipality, or special district, or transit authority’s jurisdictional area.

AB50,1483 Section 1483. 77.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,776,6 77.71 (2) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.701 or 77.702 in the case of a municipality tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s. 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the purchase price upon every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming in the county, municipality, or special district, or transit authority’s jurisdictional area tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services if the tangible personal property, item, property, good, or service is subject to the state use tax under s. 77.53, except that a receipt indicating that the tax under sub. (1), (3), (4), or (5) has been paid relieves the buyer of liability for the tax under this subsection and except that if the buyer has paid a similar local tax in another state on a purchase of the same tangible personal property, item, property, good, or service that tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection and except that for motor vehicles that are used for a purpose in addition to retention, demonstration, or display while held for sale in the regular course of business by a dealer the tax under this subsection is imposed not on the purchase price but on the amount under s. 77.53 (1m).

AB50,1484 Section 1484. 77.71 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,776,21 77.71 (3) An excise tax is imposed upon a contractor engaged in construction activities within the county or, special district, or transit authority’s jurisdictional area at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.701 or 77.702 in the case of a municipality tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s. 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the purchase price of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) that are used in constructing, altering, repairing, or improving real property and that became a component part of real property in that county, municipality, or special district, or in the transit authority’s jurisdictional area, except that if the contractor has paid the sales tax of a county, municipality, transit authority, or special district in this state on that tangible personal property, item, property, or good, or has paid a similar local sales tax in another state on a purchase of the same tangible personal property, item, property, or good, that tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection.

AB50,1485 Section 1485. 77.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,777,14 77.71 (4) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.701 or 77.702 in the case of a municipality tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s. 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the purchase price upon every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft if that property must be registered or titled with this state and if that property is to be customarily kept in a county that has in effect an ordinance under s. 77.70, in a municipality that has in effect an ordinance under s. 77.701 or 77.702, the jurisdictional area of a transit authority that has in effect a resolution under s. 77.708, or in a special district that has in effect a resolution under s. 77.706, except that if the buyer has paid a similar local sales tax in another state on a purchase of the same property, that tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection. The lease or rental of a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft is not taxed under this subsection if the lease or rental does not require recurring periodic payments.

AB50,1486 Section 1486. 77.71 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,778,7 77.71 (5) An excise tax is imposed on the purchase price for the lease or rental of a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.701 or 77.702 in the case of a municipality tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s. 77.706 in the case of a special district tax upon every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming in the county, municipality, or special district, or transit authority’s jurisdictional area the motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft if that property must be registered or titled with this state and if the lease or rental does not require recurring periodic payments, except that a receipt indicating that the tax under sub. (1) had been paid relieves the purchaser of liability for the tax under this subsection and except that if the purchaser has paid a similar local tax in another state on the same lease or rental of such motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft, that tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection.

AB50,1487 Section 1487. 77.73 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,778,19 77.73 (2) Counties, municipalities, and special districts, and transit authorities do not have jurisdiction to impose the tax under s. 77.71 (2) in regard to items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), and tangible personal property, except snowmobiles, trailers, semitrailers, limited use off-highway motorcycles, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (o), all-terrain vehicles, and utility terrain vehicles, purchased in a sale that is consummated in another county, municipality, or special district in this state, or in another transit authority’s jurisdictional area, that does not have in effect an ordinance or resolution imposing the taxes under this subchapter and later brought by the buyer into the county, municipality, or special district, or jurisdictional area of the transit authority that has imposed a tax under s. 77.71 (2).

AB50,1488 Section 1488. 77.73 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read: