Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,730,15 76.07 (3) Assessment. For the purpose of determining the full market value of the property of each company appearing on the assessment roll, the department may view and inspect the property of such the company and shall consider the reports filed in compliance with s. 76.04 and the reports and returns of the company filed in the office of any officer of this state, and other evidence or information bearing upon the full market value of the property of the company assessed. In case of For companies which that own or use property lying partly within and partly without the state, the department shall value and assess only the property within this state, using the methods under subs. (4g) and (4r). When the full market value of the property of a company within this state has been determined, the amount shall be entered upon the assessment roll opposite the name of the company and shall be the assessment of the entire property of such the company within this state for the levy of taxes thereon, subject to review and correction. The department shall thereupon give notice by certified mail to each company assessed of the amount of its assessment as entered upon such the roll.

AB68-SSA1,1448 Section 1448. 76.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,731,12 76.08 (1) Notice of the assessments determined under s. 76.07 and of adjustments under s. 76.075 shall be given by certified mail to each company the property of which has been assessed, and the notice of assessment shall be mailed provided on or before the assessment date specified in s. 76.07 (1). Any company aggrieved by the assessment or adjustment of its property thus made may have its assessment or adjustment redetermined by the Dane County circuit court if, within 30 days after notice of assessment or adjustment is mailed provided to the company under s. 76.07 (3), an action for the redetermination is commenced by filing a summons and complaint with that court, and service of authenticated copies of the summons and complaint is made upon the department of revenue. No answer need be filed by the department and the allegations of the complaint in opposition to the assessment or adjustment shall be deemed denied. Upon the filing of the summons and complaint, the court shall set the matter for hearing without a jury. If the plaintiff fails to file the summons and complaint within 5 days of service upon the department, the department may file a copy thereof with the court in lieu of the original. The department may be named as the defendant in any such action and shall appear and be represented by its counsel in all proceedings connected with the action but, on the request of the secretary of revenue, the attorney general may participate with or serve in lieu of departmental counsel. In an action for redetermination of an adjustment, only the issues raised in the department's adjustment under s. 76.075 may be raised.

AB68-SSA1,1449 Section 1449. 76.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,732,10 76.10 (1) Every company defined in s. 76.02 shall, on or before October 1 in each year, be entitled, on its own motion, to present evidence before the department relating to the state assessment made in the preceding year pursuant to s. 70.575. On written request, in writing, for such hearing or presentation, the department shall fix a time therefor within 60 days after such the application is filed, the same to be conducted in such manner as the department directs. Notice of such the hearing shall be mailed provided to any company requesting a hearing and shall be published in the official state paper. Within 30 days after the conclusion of such the hearing, the department shall enter an order either affirming the state assessment or ordering correction thereof as provided in sub. (2). A copy of such the order shall be sent by certified mail provided to the company or companies requesting such the hearing and to any interested party who has made an appearance in such the proceeding. The department may, on its own motion, correct such the state assessment. Any company having filed application for review of the state assessment pursuant to this section, or any other interested party participating in such the hearing, if aggrieved by the order entered by the department, may bring an action in the circuit court for Dane County within 30 days after the entry of such the order to have said order set aside and a redetermination made of the state assessment. In any such action or in any hearing before the department pursuant to this section, any interested party may appear and be heard. An interested party includes any division of government whose revenues would be affected by any adjustment of the state assessment.

AB68-SSA1,1450 Section 1450. 76.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,733,2 76.13 (2) Every tax roll upon completion shall be delivered to the secretary of administration. The department shall notify, by certified mail, all companies listed on the tax roll of the amount of tax due, which shall be paid to the department. The payment dates provided for in sub. (2a) shall apply. The payment of one-fourth of the tax of any company may, if the company has brought an action in the Dane County circuit court under s. 76.08, be made without delinquent interest as provided in s. 76.14 any time prior to the date upon which the appeal becomes final, but any part of the tax ultimately required to be paid shall bear interest from the original due date to the date the appeal became final at the rate of 12 percent per year and at 1.5 percent per month thereafter until paid. The taxes extended against any company after the same become due, with interest, shall be a lien upon all the property of the company prior to all other liens, claims, and demands whatsoever, except as provided in ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81, which and the lien may be enforced in an action in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction against the property of the company within the state as an entirety.

AB68-SSA1,1451 Section 1451. 76.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,733,15 76.15 (2) The power to reassess the property of any company defined in s. 76.02 and the general property of the state, and to redetermine the average rate of taxation, may be exercised under sub. (1) as often as may be necessary until the amount of taxes legally due from any such company for any year under ss. 76.01 to 76.26 has been finally and definitely determined. Whenever any sum or part thereof, levied upon any property subject to taxation under ss. 76.01 to 76.26 so set aside has been paid and not refunded, the payment so made shall be applied upon the reassessment upon the property, and the reassessment of taxes to that extent shall be deemed to be satisfied. When the tax roll on the reassessment is completed and delivered to the secretary of administration, the department shall immediately notify by certified mail each of the several companies taxed to pay the amount of the taxes extended on the tax roll within 30 days.

AB68-SSA1,1452 Section 1452. 76.639 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,733,21 76.639 (1) (e) “Credit period” means the period of 6 10 taxable years beginning with the taxable year in which a qualified development is placed in service. For purposes of this paragraph, if a qualified development consists of more than one building, the qualified development is placed in service in the taxable year in which the last building of the qualified development is placed in service.

AB68-SSA1,1453 Section 1453. 76.639 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,734,7 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.

AB68-SSA1,1454 Section 1454 . Chapter 77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,734,20 CHAPTER 77 TAXATION OF FOREST CROPLANDS; REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES; SALES AND USE TAXES; COUNTY, Municipality, 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

AB68-SSA1,1455 Section 1455 . 77.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,734,22 77.25 (8m) Between husband and wife spouses.

AB68-SSA1,1456 Section 1456. 77.51 (1fm) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (1fm) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,735,5 77.51 (1fm) (intro.) “Candy" means a preparation of sugar, honey, or other natural or artificial sweetener combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, or other ingredients or flavorings in the form of bars, drops, or pieces. “Candy" does not include a preparation that contains flour or that requires refrigeration. any of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1457 Section 1457. 77.51 (1fm) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,735,7 77.51 (1fm) (a) A preparation that contains flour or that requires refrigeration.

AB68-SSA1,1458 Section 1458. 77.51 (1fm) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,735,15 77.51 (1fm) (b) A preparation that has as its predominant ingredient dried or partially dried fruit along with one or more sweeteners, and which may also contain other additives including oils, natural flavorings, fiber, or preservatives. This paragraph does not apply to a preparation that includes chocolate, nuts, yogurt, or a preparation that has a confectionary coating or glazing on the dried or partially dried fruit. For purposes of this paragraph, “dried or partially dried fruit” does not include fruit that has been ground, crushed, grated, flaked, pureed, or jellied.

AB68-SSA1,1459 Section 1459. 77.51 (11d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,735,20 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.

AB68-SSA1,1460 Section 1460. 77.51 (17g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,735,23 77.51 (17g) “Separate and optional fee” means a fee charged to receive a distinct and identifiable product if either of the following applies:

AB68-SSA1,736,3 (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.

AB68-SSA1,736,10 (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.

AB68-SSA1,1461 Section 1461. 77.52 (2) (a) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,736,19 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.

AB68-SSA1,1462 Section 1462. 77.52 (2) (ag) 39. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,737,2 77.52 (2) (ag) 39. (intro.) Equipment in offices, business facilities, schools, and hospitals but not in residential facilities including personal residences, apartments, long-term care facilities, as defined under s. 16.009 (1) (em), prisons, mental health institutes, as defined in s. 51.01 (12), centers for the developmentally disabled, as defined in s. 51.01 (3), Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in s. 938.02 (19) (10p), or similar facilities including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1463 Section 1463. 77.52 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,737,11 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.

AB68-SSA1,1464 Section 1464. 77.52 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,737,24 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), (66), and (67), and (70).

AB68-SSA1,1465 Section 1465. 77.53 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,738,13 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), and (67), and (70).

AB68-SSA1,1466 Section 1466 . 77.54 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,738,18 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.

AB68-SSA1,1467 Section 1467. 77.54 (47) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1468 Section 1468. 77.54 (56) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1469 Section 1469. 77.54 (56) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,739,7 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.

AB68-SSA1,739,18 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 the waste energy system described in this subdivision.

AB68-SSA1,1470 Section 1470. 77.54 (56) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,739,23 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).

AB68-SSA1,1471 Section 1471. 77.54 (62) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1472 Section 1472. 77.54 (70) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,740,2 77.54 (70) The sales price from sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of diapers for children and adults, including disposable diapers.

AB68-SSA1,1473 Section 1473 . 77.54 (71) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,740,6 77.54 (71) 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).

AB68-SSA1,1474 Section 1474 . Subchapter V (title) of chapter 77 [precedes 77.70] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,740,9 CHAPTER 77

AB68-SSA1,740,10 SUBCHAPTER V

AB68-SSA1,740,13 COUNTY, municipality, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES AND USE TAXES

AB68-SSA1,1475 Section 1475 . 77.70 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,740,15 77.70 (title) Adoption by county or municipal ordinance.

AB68-SSA1,1476 Section 1476 . 77.70 of the statutes is renumbered 77.70 (1) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,741,9 77.70 (1) Any Except as provided in sub. (2), any county desiring to impose county sales and use taxes under this subchapter may do so by the adoption of an ordinance, stating its purpose and referring to this subchapter. The rate of the tax imposed under this section subsection is 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. Except as provided in s. 66.0621 (3m), the county sales and use taxes 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 the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July or the first day of October 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 section subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1477 Section 1477. 77.70 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,742,2 77.70 (2) In addition to the taxes imposed under sub. (1), a county may, by ordinance, impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter at the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. An ordinance enacted under this subsection may not take effect unless approved by the majority of the electors of the county 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.

AB68-SSA1,1478 Section 1478. 77.70 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,742,22 77.70 (3) A municipality 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 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. An ordinance enacted under this subsection may not take effect unless approved by the majority of the electors of the municipality 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.

AB68-SSA1,1479 Section 1479. 77.71 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,743,2 77.71 Imposition of county, municipality, and special district sales and use taxes. (intro.) Whenever a county sales and use tax ordinance is adopted under s. 77.70 or a special district resolution is adopted under s. 77.705 or 77.706, the following taxes are imposed:

AB68-SSA1,1480 Section 1480. 77.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,743,14 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 or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 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 from selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing services described under s. 77.52 (2) in the county, municipality, or special district.

AB68-SSA1,1481 Section 1481. 77.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,744,5 77.71 (2) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 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 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).

AB68-SSA1,1482 Section 1482. 77.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,744,18 77.71 (4) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 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 or municipality that has in effect an ordinance under s. 77.70 or in a special district that has in effect a resolution under s. 77.705 or 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.

AB68-SSA1,1483 Section 1483. 77.71 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,745,7 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 or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a special district tax upon every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming in the county or special district 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.

AB68-SSA1,1484 Section 1484. 77.76 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 77.76 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,746,7 77.76 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g), the department of revenue shall distribute 98.25 percent of the county taxes reported for each enacting county, minus the county portion of the retailers' discounts, to the county and shall indicate the taxes reported by each taxpayer, no later than 75 days following the last day of the calendar quarter in which such amounts were reported. In this subsection paragraph, the “county portion of the retailers' discount" is the amount determined by multiplying the total retailers' discount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the gross county sales and use taxes payable and the denominator of which is the sum of the gross state and county sales and use taxes payable. The county taxes distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds, audit adjustments, and all other adjustments of the county taxes previously distributed. Interest paid on refunds of county sales and use taxes shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g) at the rate paid by this state under s. 77.60 (1) (a). The county may retain the amount it receives or it may distribute all or a portion of the amount it receives to the towns, villages, cities, and school districts in the county. After receiving notice from the department of revenue, a county shall reimburse the department for the amount by which any refunds, including interest, of the county's sales and use taxes that the department pays or allows in a reporting period exceeds the amount of the county's sales and use taxes otherwise payable to the county under this subsection paragraph for the same or subsequent reporting period. Any county receiving a report under this subsection paragraph is subject to the duties of confidentiality to which the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61 (5) and (6).

AB68-SSA1,1485 Section 1485. 77.76 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,747,4 77.76 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g), the department of revenue shall distribute 98.25 percent of the municipality taxes reported for each enacting municipality, minus the municipality portion of the retailers' discounts, to the municipality and shall indicate the taxes reported by each taxpayer, no later than 75 days following the last day of the calendar quarter in which such amounts were reported. In this paragraph, the “municipality portion of the retailers' discount" is the amount determined by multiplying the total retailers' discount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the gross municipality sales and use taxes payable and the denominator of which is the sum of the gross state and municipality sales and use taxes payable. The municipality taxes distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds, audit adjustments, and all other adjustments of the municipality taxes previously distributed. Interest paid on refunds of municipality sales and use taxes shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g) at the rate paid by this state under s. 77.60 (1) (a). After receiving notice from the department of revenue, a municipality shall reimburse the department for the amount by which any refunds, including interest, of the municipality's sales and use taxes that the department pays or allows in a reporting period exceeds the amount of the municipality's sales and use taxes otherwise payable to the municipality under this paragraph for the same or subsequent reporting period. Any municipality receiving a report under this paragraph is subject to the duties of confidentiality to which the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61 (5) and (6).

AB68-SSA1,1486 Section 1486. 77.76 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,747,11 77.76 (4) There shall be retained by the state 1.5 percent of the taxes collected for taxes imposed by special districts under ss. 77.705 and 77.706 and 1.75 percent of the taxes collected for taxes imposed by counties or municipalities under s. 77.70 to cover costs incurred by the state in administering, enforcing, and collecting the tax. All interest and penalties collected shall be deposited and retained by this state in the general fund.

AB68-SSA1,1487 Section 1487 . 77.981 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,747,25 77.981 Rate. The tax under s. 77.98 is imposed on the sale of taxable products at the rate of 0.25 percent of the sales price, except that the district, by a vote of a majority of the authorized members of its board of directors, may impose the tax at the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales price. A majority of the authorized members of the district's board may vote that, if the balance in a special debt service reserve fund of the district is less than the requirement under s. 229.50 (5), the tax rate under this subchapter is 0.5 percent. The 0.5 percent rate shall be effective on the next January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1, and this tax is irrepealable if any bonds issued by the district and secured by the special debt service reserve fund are outstanding. If a district created by the city of Superior adopts a resolution imposing a tax under this subchapter, it shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date, and the tax shall be effective on the next January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.

AB68-SSA1,1488 Section 1488. 79.01 (2d) of the statutes is renumbered 79.01 (2d) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,748,6 79.01 (2d) (intro.) There is established an account in the general fund entitled the “County and Municipal Aid Account." The total amount to be distributed in 2011 to counties and municipalities from the county and municipal aid account is as follows:

AB68-SSA1,748,8 (a) In 2011, $824,825,715 and the total amount to be distributed to counties and municipalities in.

AB68-SSA1,748,10 (b) Beginning in 2012, and in each year thereafter, from the county and municipal aid account is and ending in 2020, $748,075,715.

AB68-SSA1,1489 Section 1489 . 79.01 (2d) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,748,12 79.01 (2d) (c) In 2021, $763,137,230.