AB43,1660 Section 1660. 79.04 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4332 79.04 (9) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute a payment from the public utility account to each municipality and county in which qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure is located. If the qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to 6 mills multiplied by the value of the qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the county in which the city or village is located receives a payment equal to 3 mills multiplied by the value of the qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure. If the electric vehicle charging infrastructure is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to 3 mills multiplied by the value of the qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the county in which the town is located receives a payment equal to 6 mills multiplied by the value of the qualified electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

AB43,1661 Section 1661. 79.05 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4334 79.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, moneys received from the federal government, revenues from a municipal registration fee under s. 341.35 (1) that is approved by a majority of the electors in the municipality voting at a referendum, tax revenues resulting from a tax increase approved by a majority of the electors in the municipality voting at a referendum, and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6); exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., expenditures of payments due to the termination of a tax incremental district under s. 79.096 (3), recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, moneys received from the federal government, revenues from a municipal registration fee under s. 341.35 (1) that is approved by a majority of the electors in the municipality voting at a referendum, tax revenues resulting from a tax increase approved by a majority of the electors in the municipality voting at a referendum, and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year before that year by less than the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10 percent.

AB43,1662 Section 1662. 79.095 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4336 79.095 (3) Review by department. The department shall adjust each rate reported under sub. (2) (b) to a full-value rate. The department shall review and correct the information submitted under sub. (2) (a), shall determine the full value of all of the property reported under sub. (2) (a) and of all the property under s. 70.995 (12r) and, on or before October 1, shall notify each taxing jurisdiction of the full value of the property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction. The department shall adjust the full value that is reported to taxing jurisdictions under this subsection in the year after an error occurs or a value has been changed due to an appeal. All disputes between the department and municipalities about the value of the property reported under sub. (2) (a) or of the property under s. 70.995 (12r) shall be resolved by using the procedures under s. 70.995 (8).

AB43,1663 Section 1663. 79.095 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4338 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.

AB43,1664 Section 1664. 79.096 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 79.096 (1) (a).

AB43,1665 Section 1665. 79.096 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4341 79.096 (1) (b) Beginning in 2025, 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 items of personal property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2023. Beginning in 2026, and each year thereafter, the amount distributed to the taxing jurisdiction in the previous year will be multiplied by one plus the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on June 30, except that the percentage under this paragraph shall not be less than zero.

AB43,1666 Section 1666. 79.096 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 79.096 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB43,,4343 79.096 (2) (a) (intro.) Each municipality shall report to the department of revenue, in the time and manner determined by the department, the all of the following:

AB43,,4344 1. The amount of the property taxes levied on the items of personal property described under s. 70.111 (27) (b) for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2017, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of other taxing jurisdictions.

AB43,1667 Section 1667. 79.096 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4346 79.096 (2) (a) 2. The amount of the property taxes levied on the items of personal property described under s. 70.111 (28) for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2023, on behalf of the municipality and on behalf of other taxing jurisdictions.

AB43,1668 Section 1668. 79.096 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4348 79.096 (2) (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 personal property aid distributed under sub. (1) (b) in 2025:

AB43,,4349 1. Reduction of 50 percent, if not filed by June 30, 2024.

AB43,,4350 2. Forfeiture of the municipality’s aid under sub. (1) (b), if not filed by July 15, 2024.

AB43,1669 Section 1669. 79.096 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4352 79.096 (2) (d) If a municipality does not electronically file the report required by the department of revenue under par. (a) by July 15, 2024, the department may use the best information available to calculate the aid to distribute under sub. (1) (b) in 2025 to the applicable taxing jurisdictions.

AB43,1670 Section 1670. 84.01 (35) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4354 84.01 (35) (b) Except as provided in par. (d) (c), and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ch. 82, 83, or 85, the department shall give due consideration to establishing ensure that bikeways and pedestrian ways are established in all new highway construction and reconstruction projects funded in whole or in part from state funds or federal funds appropriated under s. 20.395 or 20.866.

AB43,1671 Section 1671. 84.01 (35) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4356 84.01 (35) (c) The department shall promulgate rules identifying exceptions to the requirement under par. (b), but these rules may provide for an exception only if any of the following applies:

AB43,,4357 2. The cost of establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable use of the bikeways or pedestrian ways. For purposes of this subdivision, cost is excessively disproportionate if it exceeds 20 percent of the total project cost. The rules may not allow an exception under this subdivision to be applied unless the secretary of transportation, or a designee of the secretary who has knowledge of the purpose and value of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, reviews the applicability of the exception under this subdivision to the particular project at issue.

AB43,,4358 3. Establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would have excessive negative impacts in a constrained environment.

AB43,,4359 4. There is an absence of need for the bikeways or pedestrian ways, as indicated by sparsity of population, traffic volume, or other factors.