Chapter 79

79.035(4)(g) (g) The reduction for a municipality that has a population greater than 110,000 is an amount equal to 30 cents for each $1,000 of the municipality’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57, plus an amount equal to the municipality’s population multiplied by the amount determined under par. (b) 1., except that the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the municipality’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 35 cents for each $1,000 in equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.

79.035(4)(h) (h) The reduction determined under par. (c), (d), (e), or (f) for a town or village may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the town’s or village’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or the amount determined under par. (c) 2., (d) 2., (e) 2., or (f) 2. based on equalized value.

79.035(4)(i) (i) The reduction for a county is the amount determined under par. (b) 2. multiplied by the county’s population, except that the reduction determined under this paragraph may not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to 25 percent of the county’s payment under this section in 2011, prior to any reduction under s. 79.02 (3) (e), 2021 stats., or 15 cents for each $1,000 of the county’s equalized value, as determined under s. 70.57.

79.035(5) (5) Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution in 2013 and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.

Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (5) is repealed and recreated eff. 6-30-36 by 2023 Wis. Act 12 to read:

Effective date text (5) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in 2013 and in subsequent years ending with 2023, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.

79.035(6) (6) Beginning with the distributions in 2016 and ending with the distributions in 2023, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.

Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (6) is repealed eff. 6-30-36 by 2015 Wis. Act 60.

79.035(7) (7) 

79.035(7)(a) (a) The department of administration shall reduce the payment under this section to each county and municipality that receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m) for replacement of public transit vehicles in an urban mass transit system by an amount determined as follows:

79.035(7)(a)1. 1. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. or d. and serving a population exceeding 200,000, 75 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.035(7)(a)2. 2. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. and serving a population of at least 50,000, 20 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.035(7)(a)3. 3. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. and serving a population of less than 50,000, 10 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.035(7)(b) (b) Beginning with the first payment due under s. 79.02 (1) after the county or municipality receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m), the department of administration shall apply the reduction determined under par. (a) for each county and municipality by reducing 10 consecutive annual payments under s. 79.02 (1) to the county or municipality by equal amounts.

79.035(8) (8) Beginning with the distributions in 2021 and ending with the distributions in 2023, the department of revenue shall increase the payment to each county and municipality under this section by the amount the county or municipality reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year. The department shall decrease the total amount to be distributed to all counties and municipalities by the total of all amounts reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce each payment to a county or municipality under this section in proportion to the entity’s share of the total distribution.

79.035 History History: 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33, 164, 320, 327; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32 ss. 2191b to 2191k, 2193d; 2015 a. 60; 2017 a. 59; 2019 a. 19; 2021 a. 1; 2023 a. 12.

79.036 79.036 County and municipal aid; beginning in 2024.

79.036(1) (1) Except as provided in subs. (2), (3), and (4), for the distribution in 2024 and in subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments under this section as follows:

Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (1) (intro.) is repealed and recreated eff. 6-30-36 by 2023 Wis. Act 12 to read:

Effective date text (1) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), for the distribution in 2024 and in subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive payments under this section as follows:

79.036(1)(a) (a) For the distribution in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive a payment equal to the amount it received under s. 79.035 in 2023.

79.036(1)(b) (b) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment equal to the proportion of the total payments from the county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2) that the county or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount for the year in the county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (2).

79.036(2) (2) Beginning with the distributions in 2024 and ending with the distributions in 2035, the annual payment under s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.

Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (2) is repealed eff. 6-30-36 by 2023 Wis. Act 12.

79.036(3) (3) 

79.036(3)(a) (a) The department of administration shall reduce the payment under this section to each county and municipality that receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m) for replacement of public transit vehicles in an urban mass transit system by an amount determined as follows:

79.036(3)(a)1. 1. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. or d. and serving a population exceeding 200,000, 75 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.036(3)(a)2. 2. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. and serving a population of at least 50,000, 20 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.036(3)(a)3. 3. For an urban mass transit system that is eligible to receive state aid under s. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. and serving a population of less than 50,000, 10 percent of the total amount of grants received under s. 16.047 (4m).

79.036(3)(b) (b) Beginning with the first payment due under s. 79.02 (1) after the county or municipality receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m), the department of administration shall apply the reduction determined under par. (a) for each county and municipality by reducing 10 consecutive annual payments under s. 79.02 (1) to the county or municipality by equal amounts.

79.036(4) (4) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, the department of revenue shall increase the payment to each county and municipality under this section by the amount the county or municipality reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year. The department shall decrease the total amount to be distributed to all counties and municipalities by the total of all amounts reported under s. 66.0137 (5) (d) for the year prior to the previous calendar year and reduce each payment to a county or municipality under this section in proportion to the entity’s share of the total distribution.

79.036 History History: 2023 a. 12.

79.037 79.037 Supplemental county and municipal aid.

79.037(1) (1) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive in each year a payment from the supplemental county and municipal aid account to be used for law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response communications, public works, courts, and transportation, except that no amounts received under this subsection may be used for administrative services.

79.037(2) (2) Subject to any reduction required under sub. (4), in 2024, the department of revenue shall determine the amount of the payments under this section as follows:

79.037(2)(a) (a) Each county shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 or the sum of the following, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(a)1. 1. Fifty thousand dollars.

79.037(2)(a)2. 2. The amount determined as follows or zero, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(a)2.a. a. Determine the county’s levy limit under s. 66.0602 as if the valuation factor was 2 percent in 2021.

79.037(2)(a)2.b. b. Subtract from the amount determined under subd. 2. a. the county’s base levy in 2021 adjusted only as described in s. 66.0602 (2) (b).

79.037(2)(a)3. 3. The amount determined as follows:

79.037(2)(a)3.a. a. Add the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 and the amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.

79.037(2)(a)3.b. b. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. a. by the county’s population in 2022.

79.037(2)(a)3.c. c. Determine the maximum amount determined under subd. 3. b. among all counties.

79.037(2)(a)3.d. d. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. c. by 1.5.

79.037(2)(a)3.e. e. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. b. by the amount determined under subd. 3. d.

79.037(2)(a)3.f. f. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 3. e. from 1.

79.037(2)(a)3.g. g. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. f. by an amount equal to 10 times the county’s population in 2022.

79.037(2)(a)3.h. h. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. g. by 0.689758.

79.037(2)(ag) (ag) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the total amount received in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 divided by the county’s population in 2022 is less than 10 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

79.037(2)(ag)1. 1. Multiply the county’s population in 2022 by 10.

79.037(2)(ag)2. 2. Subtract the total amount received by the county in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 from the amount determined under subd. 1.

79.037(2)(ar) (ar) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the amount received in 2024 under par. (a) divided by the amount received in 2024 under s. 79.036 is less than 5 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

79.037(2)(ar)1. 1. Divide the amount received by the county in 2024 under s. 79.036 by the amount received in 2024 under par. (a).

79.037(2)(ar)2. 2. Divide the amount determined under subd. 1. by 169.943.

79.037(2)(ar)3. 3. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. by $17,490,600.

79.037(2)(b) (b) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 under 5,000 shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(b)1. 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001052.

79.037(2)(b)2. 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 16.813.

79.037(2)(b)3. 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

79.037(2)(b)4. 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 30,000.

79.037(2)(c) (c) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000 shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:

79.037(2)(c)1. 1. Twenty percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(c)1.a. a. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

79.037(2)(c)1.b. b. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. a. from 14.5.

79.037(2)(c)1.c. c. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 1. b.

79.037(2)(c)1.d. d. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. c. to 25,700.

79.037(2)(c)2. 2. The amount calculated as follows:

79.037(2)(c)2.a. a. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000.

79.037(2)(c)2.b. b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by $15,000,000.

79.037(2)(d) (d) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 greater than 30,000 and less than 110,000, shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(d)1. 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

79.037(2)(d)2. 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.

79.037(2)(d)3. 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

79.037(2)(d)4. 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.

79.037(2)(e) (e) In addition to the payment under par. (d), each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

79.037(2)(e)1. 1. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000.

79.037(2)(e)2. 2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by $5,000,000.

79.037(2)(f) (f) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of 110,000 or more shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

79.037(2)(f)1. 1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

79.037(2)(f)2. 2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.

79.037(2)(f)3. 3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

79.037(2)(f)4. 4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.

79.037(3) (3) Subject to any reduction required under sub. (4), for the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section equal to the proportion of the total payments from the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9) that the county or municipality received in 2024, or if the total of payments received in 2024 by a county is reduced under sub. (4), the proportion of the total payments from the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9) that the county would have received in 2024 without that reduction, multiplied by the amount for the year in the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9).

79.037(4) (4) For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years until 2050, if a county fails to make the full amount of a deposit required under s. 229.695 by July 1, the department of revenue shall reduce the county’s total of payments under this section for that year by the difference between the amount of the deposit required under s. 229.695 and the amount of any deposit made by July 1 of that year and direct the department of administration to pay to the baseball park facilities improvement segregated fund under s. 229.687 the amount of the reduction.

79.037 History History: 2023 a. 12, 40.

79.038 79.038 Innovation grants and innovation planning grants.

79.038(1) (1) Innovation grants.

79.038(1)(a) (a) Beginning on the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, section 244 (1), counties and municipalities may apply to the department of revenue, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, for innovation grants to be used to implement innovation plans. For purposes of this subsection, an “innovation plan” is a plan submitted by a county or municipality to transfer county or municipal services or duties described in par. (b) to a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity. The department may approve an application by a county or municipality for a grant under this subsection only if the county or municipality enters into an agreement or contract to transfer services or duties described in par. (b) to a county, municipality, nonprofit organization, or private entity, and all of the following apply: