SB45,795,7 (m) Town of Couderay.

SB45,795,8 (n) Town of Hayward.

SB45,795,9 (o) Town of Radisson.

SB45,795,10 (p) Town of Sand Lake, located in Sawyer County.

SB45,795,11 (q) Town of Boulder Junction.

SB45,795,12 (r) Town of Lac du Flambeau.

SB45,795,18 (2) (a) The department of revenue shall annually determine the amount of the payment to each county and town under sub. (1) to compensate the county or town for the loss of property tax revenue as a result of not being able to legally impose local general property taxes on property located within the boundaries of an American Indian reservation and owned by the tribe or tribal members, consistent with the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe.

SB45,795,22 (b) The department of revenue shall certify the amount of the payment due each county and town under sub. (1) to the department of administration, and the department of administration shall make the payment on or before the first Monday in May.

SB45,1518 Section 1518. 79.095 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,796,4 79.095 (4) (c) The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the 4th first Monday in July. For purposes of ch. 121, school districts shall treat the payments made in July under this subsection as if they had been received in the previous school year May.

SB45,1519 Section 1519. 79.098 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,796,10 79.098 State aid; state assessed pipelines. (1) Beginning in 2027, and in each year thereafter, the department of administration shall pay to each taxing jurisdiction, as defined in s. 79.095 (1) (c), an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the pipeline property of a pipeline company, as defined in s. 76.02 (5), for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024.

SB45,796,15 (2) (a) Each municipality shall report to the department of revenue, in the time and manner determined by the department, the amount of the property taxes levied on the pipeline property of a pipeline company, as defined in s. 76.02 (5), for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of other taxing jurisdictions.

SB45,796,18 (b) Each taxing jurisdiction shall report to the department of revenue, in the time and manner determined by the department, any information the department considers necessary to administer this section.

SB45,796,21 (c) If a municipality does not timely electronically file the report required by the department of revenue under par. (a), the following reductions will be made to the municipality’s pipeline property aid distributed under sub. (1) in 2027:

SB45,796,22 1. Reduction of the aid by 25 percent, if not filed by June 30, 2026.

SB45,796,23 2. Forfeiture of the aid, if not filed by July 15, 2026.

SB45,797,3 (d) If a municipality does not electronically file the report required by the department of revenue under par. (a) by July 15, 2026, the department may use the best information available to calculate the aid to distribute under sub. (1) in 2027 to the applicable taxing jurisdictions.

SB45,797,9 (3) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district within the taxing jurisdiction the district’s proportionate share of the amount the taxing jurisdiction receives under sub. (1). The amount that would have been paid to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.

SB45,797,13 (4) The department of revenue shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction under sub. (1) to the department of administration, and the department of administration shall make the payment on or before the first Monday in May.

SB45,1520 Section 1520. 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,797,19 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. b. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, on the 4th Monday in July 2024, the department of administration shall distribute $940,000,000 related to the 2023 property tax levies. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, on the first Monday in May 2025, the department of administration shall distribute $335,000,000, related to the 2024 property tax levies.

SB45,798,5 d. In the 2026-27 fiscal year, on the 4th Monday in July 2026, the department of administration shall distribute $940,000,000 related to the 2025 property tax levies. In the 2026-27 fiscal year, on the first Monday in May 2027, the department of administration shall distribute $584,700,000 related to the 2026 property tax levies. In each fiscal year thereafter, on the 4th Monday in July, the department of administration shall distribute $940,000,000 related to the property tax levies of the calendar year immediately preceding the distribution. In each fiscal year thereafter, on the first Monday in May, the department of administration shall distribute $335,000,000 $584,700,000 related to the property tax levies of the calendar year immediately preceding the distribution.

SB45,1521 Section 1521. 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,798,11 79.10 (7m) (a) 1. c. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, on the 4th Monday in July 2025, the department of administration shall distribute $940,000,000 related to the 2024 property tax levies. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, on the first Monday in May 2026, the department of administration shall distribute $460,300,000 related to the 2025 property tax levies.

SB45,1522 Section 1522. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,798,22 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007; $672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012; $747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; $853,000,000 in 2016 and 2017; and $940,000,000 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022; and in fiscal year 2023-24, $1,195,000,000. Beginning in In fiscal year 2024-25, the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $1,275,000,000; in fiscal year 2025-26, the appropriation is $1,400,300,000; and in fiscal year 2026-27, the appropriation is $1,524,700,000.

SB45,1523 Section 1523. 84.01 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,799,13 84.01 (13) Engineering services. The department may engage such engineering, consulting, surveying, or other specialized services as it deems advisable. Any engagement of services under this subsection is exempt from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, and 16.85 to 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752, and 16.754 apply to such engagement. Any engagement involving an expenditure of $3,000 $100,000 or more shall be by formal contract approved by the governor. The department shall conduct a uniform cost-benefit analysis, as defined in s. 16.70 (3g), of each proposed engagement under this subsection that involves an estimated expenditure of more than $300,000 in accordance with standards prescribed by rule of the department and consider and document the results of the analysis before the determination of whether to undertake the proposed engagement. The department shall review periodically, and before any renewal, the continued appropriateness of contracting pursuant to each engagement under this subsection that involves an estimated expenditure of more than $300,000.