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LRB-5907/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Ringhand, Agard and Bewley,
cosponsored by Representatives Andraca, Conley, Considine, Emerson,
Hebl, Hintz, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and
Vruwink. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
SB976,1,3 1An Act to amend 79.05 (2) (c); and to create 66.0602 (1) (ai) and 66.0602 (3) (e)
210. of the statutes; relating to: a levy limit exception for certain shared
3emergency services expenditures.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Generally, under current law, local levy limits are applied to the property tax
levies that are imposed by political subdivisions. A political subdivision may not
increase its levy by a percentage that exceeds its “valuation factor," which is the
greater of 0 percent or the percentage change in the political subdivision's equalized
value due to new construction, less improvements removed. Current law also
contains a number of exceptions to the levy limit, such as amounts a county levies
for a countywide emergency medical system, for a county children with disabilities
education board, and for certain bridge and culvert construction and repair.
The bill creates an additional exception to local levy limits. Under the bill, fee
increases apportioned to each city, village, or town operating a joint emergency
dispatch center do not apply to the levy limits, but only if the fees would cause the
city, village, or town to exceed the levy limits, and only if the total charges imposed
by the center for the current year, compared to the previous year, are less than or
equal to the rate of inflation plus 2 percent. In addition, all member political
subdivisions of a center must adopt a resolution in favor of exceeding the levy limit.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB976,1 1Section 1 . 66.0602 (1) (ai) of the statutes is created to read:
SB976,2,42 66.0602 (1) (ai) “Joint emergency dispatch center” means an operation that
3serves as the dispatch center for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services,
4or any other emergency services for 2 or more cities, villages, or towns.
SB976,2 5Section 2 . 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB976,2,106 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a city, village, or town levies in that year
7to pay for charges assessed by a joint emergency dispatch center, but only to the
8extent that the amount levied to pay these charges would cause the city, village, or
9town to exceed the limit that is otherwise applicable under this section and only if
10all of the following apply:
SB976,2,1611 a. The total charges assessed by the joint emergency dispatch center for the
12current year increase, relative the total charges assessed by the joint emergency
13dispatch center for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the
14percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
15city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months
16ending on September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 2 percent.
SB976,2,1917 b. The governing body of each city, village, and town that is served by the joint
18emergency dispatch center adopts a resolution in favor of exceeding the limit that is
19otherwise applicable under this section.
SB976,3 20Section 3. 79.05 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 61,
21is amended to read:
SB976,3,22
179.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on
2long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, levy
3limit adjustments under s. 66.0602 (3) (e) 10.,
payments of premiums under s.
466.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax
5incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645,
6expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses
7related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys
8received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing
9agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on
10behalf of the school district; for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased
11over its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6); exclusive of principal and
12interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s.
1366.0305, levy limit adjustments under s. 66.0602 (3) (e) 10., payments of premiums
14under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., expenditures of payments due to the termination
15of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s.
16289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed
17expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from
18moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, and expenditures made pursuant to a
19purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes
20purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year before that year by less than
21the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10
22percent.
SB976,3,2323 (End)
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