AB245,,612612c. Emergency services.
AB245,,613613d. Courts.
AB245,,614614e. Jails.
AB245,,615615f. Training.
AB245,,616616g. Communications.
AB245,,617617h. Information technology.
AB245,,618618i. Administration, including staffing, payroll, and human resources.
AB245,,619619j. Public works.
AB245,,620620k. Economic development and tourism.
AB245,,621621L. Public health.
AB245,,622622m. Housing, planning, and zoning.
AB245,,623623n. Parks and recreation.
AB245,,6246242. For purposes of this subsection, the total cost of providing a service under subd. 1. includes the cost of wages, fringe benefits, training, and equipment associated with providing the service.
AB245,,6256253. In calculating the projected savings under this paragraph to be realized by a transfer of fire protection or emergency medical services involving an entity that engages volunteer fire fighters or emergency medical services practitioners, the department shall attribute to all volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services practitioner positions fair market compensation for the services provided by the volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical services practitioner positions. The department shall promulgate rules specifying the method of determining fair market compensation for the services provided by a volunteer fire fighter position and emergency medical services practitioner position for purposes of this paragraph.
AB245,,626626(c) 1. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) after the end of the 4th fiscal year after the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1).
AB245,,6276272. The department may distribute a total of up to $300,000,000 in payments under this subsection.
AB245,,6286283. The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) if distributing all payments for the grant and all other grants awarded under this subsection as provided in par. (d) would result in the distribution of an amount that exceeds the amount under subd. 2.
AB245,,629629(d) 1. A grant awarded under par. (a) shall be distributed in payments made each year during the period consisting of the first fiscal year that begins after the date identified in the notice under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 244 (1), and the following 2 fiscal years. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with regard to an innovation plan involving only counties and municipalities, the amount of the grant awarded under par. (a) for that plan to be distributed in each year is equal to 25 percent of the total costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the services and duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties, excluding the costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. paid by the county or municipality with the highest total costs of performing the services or duties covered by the innovation plan in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., with regard to an innovation plan involving the transfer of a service or duty to a nonprofit organization or private entity, the amount of the grant awarded under par. (a) for that plan to be distributed in each year is equal to 25 percent of the total costs specified under par. (a) 1. c. of performing the transferred services and duties in the year immediately preceding the transfer of the services or duties.
AB245,,6306302. No county or municipality may receive a total amount of payments distributed during a year under this subsection that exceeds $10,000,000.
AB245,,6316313. The department of revenue shall notify the department of administration of any county or municipality that failed to realize its projected savings as required under par. (e) 2. a. or b., and the department of administration shall withhold from the next payment to the county or municipality an amount equal to the difference between the amount of savings required to be realized under par. (e) 2. a. or b. and the actual amount of savings realized.
AB245,,6326324. The department shall allocate the grant moneys distributed under this paragraph as provided by the agreement or contract under par. (a) 1. e.
AB245,,633633(e) 1. The department of revenue shall give priority to county and municipal innovation plans that attempt to realize savings for public safety, fire protection, and emergency services while maintaining the appropriate level of such services. After the department awards grants to priority applicants, the department may award other counties and municipalities a prorated share of the remaining amount allocated under s. 25.491 (10).
AB245,,6346342. a. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that the county or municipality shall realize half of the projected savings under its plan no later than 24 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
AB245,,635635b. Each applicant under this paragraph shall certify to the department that the county or municipality shall realize the full amount of the projected savings under its plan no later than 36 months after first receiving a distribution for the grant.
AB245,,636636(f) 1. Each year during the period described in par. (d) during which grants are distributed, the department of revenue shall audit at least 10 percent of the grants awarded under par. (a) for which at least 24 months have passed since the first distribution under the grant.
AB245,,6376372. Each year during the period during which grants under par. (a) are awarded, no later than December 31, the department of revenue shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance concerning all grants awarded under par. (a).
AB245,,638638(2) Innovation planning grants. Beginning in 2024, a municipality with a population not exceeding 5,000 may apply to the department of revenue, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, for a grant to be used only for staffing and consultant expenses for planning the transfer of one or more of the services listed under sub. (1) (b). No municipality may receive more than $100,000 for each project plan submitted under this paragraph and approved by the department of revenue.
AB245,215639Section 215. 79.039 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,64064079.039 Certain reductions. (1) For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years, if in any year a county or municipality fails to satisfy the requirements under s. 62.90 (5) (a) or 66.0608 (2m), the secretary of administration shall reduce the county’s or municipality’s total of payments under ss. 79.036 and 79.037 for the next year by 15 percent.