(1) State aid; repeal of personal property taxes. The joint committee on finance shall supplement the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (em) in 2022-23 to make payments to local taxing jurisdictions equal to the amount of revenues not collected by the local taxing jurisdictions because of the elimination of the personal property tax imposed under ch. 70, effective with January 1, 2022, assessments, in any legislation enacted during the 2021-22 legislative session.
58,9128 Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
(1) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m) shall not apply to the actions of the legislature in enacting any legislation during the 2021-22 legislative session.
58,9131 Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.
(1) Statewide public safety interoperable communication system.
(a) Request for proposals. No later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, the department of military affairs shall issue a request for proposals for a replacement statewide public safety interoperable communication system.
(b) Funding. Notwithstanding s. 16.75, after a proposal has been chosen but before a contract with a vendor has been executed, the department of military affairs shall submit a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (a) to provide the necessary funds to pay the amounts designated in the contract to be executed under par. (c ). The request shall include all of the following information:
1. The rationale for selecting the proposed vendor.
2. The vendor's solutions to resolve capacity, coverage, and interference issues.
3. The vendor's current networks in Wisconsin and in the United States.
4. The vendor's ability to comply with criteria established by the executive steering committee that evaluated the request for information.
5. The extent to which the vendor's system could serve current WISCOM users without compatible equipment, WISCOM users with an existing 800 MHz P25 system, WISCOM users with an existing VHF P25 system, and non-WISCOM users, and the number of agencies in each such group.
6. The vendor's ability to accommodate new users to enhance local radio coverage.
7. Potential methods to use existing systems to reduce the vendor's system's costs or improve reliability.
8. Redundant systems and the capabilities of those systems.
(c) Contract. By no later than July 1, 2022, the department of military affairs shall execute a contract for a replacement statewide public safety interoperable communication system as provided under s. 323.29.
(2) Truax Field electrical micro grid system. In fiscal year 2022-23, the department of military affairs shall conduct a study to determine whether construction of an electrical micro grid system at Truax Field is feasible, to include the Joint Force Headquarters, the State Emergency Operations Center, and the Joint Operations Center. The department may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.465 (1) (b) in fiscal year 2022-23 not more than $64,000 to support the study under this subsection. Within 60 days after completing the study, the department shall submit a report on the findings of the study to the joint committee on finance.
58,9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources.
(1) Sheboygan River dam grant. Notwithstanding s. 31.385 (2), the department of natural resources shall award a dam safety grant under s. 31.385 in the amount of $1,000,000 to Sheboygan County for the removal and reconstruction of a dam on the Sheboygan River at the Sheboygan Marsh.
58,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
(1) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ai), the department of public instruction shall provide a grant of $250,000 in the 2021-22 fiscal year and a grant of $500,000 in the 2022-23 fiscal year to the Lakeland Union High School district for the Lakeland STAR Academy.
(2) Secondary guarantee. Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2021-22 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 less had been appropriated for that year.
58,9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
(1) Individual income tax withholding table adjustments. No later than October 1, 2021, the department of revenue shall update the individual income tax withholding tables under s. 71.64 (9) to reflect the tax rates, brackets, and sliding scale standard deduction that are in effect for taxable year 2022. The adjustments made under this subsection to the withholding tables shall take effect on January 1, 2022.
58,9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
(1) Mass transit operating aids budget. Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the 2023-25 biennial budget, the department of transportation shall submit information as though the amounts appropriated for the 2022-23 fiscal year under s. 20.395 (1) (ht) and (hu) were the amounts appropriated for those appropriations for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
(2) Administrative facility expenditures. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall expend up to $13,000,000 from proceeds of transportation revenue bonds issued under s. 84.59 (6) for administrative facility projects.
(3) Major highway projects expenditures. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall expend up to $20,765,000 from proceeds of transportation revenue bonds issued under s. 84.59 (6) for major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
(4) Southern bridge. In submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the 2023-25 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall include a request to provide funding for the Southern Bridge project crossing the Fox River in Brown County, which shall mean the segment of County Highway GV from County Highway D to State Highway 57 in Brown County.