79.03(2)(a)(a) Every municipality's portion of the amount distributable under sub. (1) based on population shall equal the final distribution per capita factor times its population.
79.03(2)(b) (b) For purposes of par. (a), "final distribution per capita factor" means the product of the 1982 population of this state times $30 divided by the state's current year's population.
79.03(3) (3)
79.03(3)(a)(a) The amount in the shared revenue account for municipalities and the amount in the shared revenue account for counties, less the payments under sub. (2) and s. 79.04, and, for the distribution in 2003, the amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (1) (m), (t), and (u), shall be allocated to each municipality and county respectively in proportion to its entitlement. In this paragraph, "entitlement" means the product of aidable revenues and tax base weight.
79.03(3)(b) (b) In this subsection:
79.03(3)(b)1. 1. "Aidable revenues" means:
79.03(3)(b)1.a. a. For a municipality, the average local purpose revenues.
79.03(3)(b)1.b. b. For a county, 85% of the average local purpose revenue.
79.03(3)(b)2. 2. "Average local purpose revenues" means the sum of the 3 prior years local purpose revenues divided by 3.
79.03(3)(b)3. 3. "Full valuation" means the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) as determined under s. 79.095 (3) plus the full value of all taxable property for the preceding year as equalized for state tax purposes, except that for municipalities the value of real estate assessed under s. 70.995 is excluded. Value increments under s. 66.1105 plus the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) that would otherwise be part of a value increment are included for municipalities but excluded for counties. Environmental remediation value increments under s. 66.1106 are included for municipalities and counties that create the environmental remediation tax incremental district and are excluded for units of government that do not create the district. If property that had been assessed under s. 70.995 and that has a value exceeding 10% of a municipality's value is assessed under s. 70.10, 30% of that property's full value is included in "full valuation" for purposes of the shared revenue payments in the year after the assessment under s. 70.10, 65% of that property's full value is included in "full valuation" for purposes of the shared revenue payments in the year 2 years after the assessment under s. 70.10 and 100% of that property's full value is included in "full valuation" for purposes of subsequent shared revenue payments.
79.03(3)(b)4. 4. "Local purpose revenues" means the sum of payments under s. 79.095, local general purpose taxes, regulation revenues, revenues for services to private parties by a county's or municipality's general operations or enterprises, revenue for sanitation services to private parties, special assessment revenues, tax base equalization aids and, for municipalities only, a proxy for private sewer service costs, a proxy for private solid waste and recycling service costs and a proxy for retail charges for fire protection purposes. In this subdivision:
79.03(3)(b)4.a. a. "Local general purpose taxes" means the portion of tax increments collected for payment to a municipality under s. 66.1105 which is attributable to that municipality's own levy, the portion of environmental remediation tax increments collected for payment to a municipality or county under s. 66.1106 that is attributable to that municipality's or county's own levy, general property taxes, excluding taxes for a county children with disabilities education board, collected to finance the general purpose government unit, property taxes collected for sewage and sanitary districts, mobile home fees, the proceeds of county sales and use taxes and municipal and county vehicle registration fees under s. 341.35 (1).
79.03(3)(b)4.b. b. "Proxy for private sewer service costs" means the greater of zero or the amount computed by multiplying $25 times the municipality's population in the 2nd year preceding the distribution and then subtracting from that product the greater of 1) the sum of municipal general operation and capital project sewer service expenditures including storm sewer expenditures, through general operations, special assessment funds or enterprises, the municipality's share, based on its proportion of the full value of taxable property in the county, of county taxes levied for a sanitary or sewage district if the municipality is served by the sewer services financed by the county levies, tax levies of sewage and sanitation districts; sewer service charges directly paid to a neighboring municipality or fiscally independent sewer utility, or 2) the sum of sewer service charges, municipal general operation and capital project storm sewer expenditures through general operations, special assessment funds or enterprises, the municipality's share, based on its proportion of the full value of taxable property in the county, of county taxes levied for a sanitary or sewage district if the municipality is served by the sewer services financed by the county levies, tax levies of sewage and sanitation districts.
79.03(3)(b)4.bg. bg. "Proxy for private solid waste and recycling service costs" means $25 multiplied by the population of any municipality that does not provide solid waste and recycling services. In this subd. 4. bg., notwithstanding s. 79.005 (2), "population" means the number of persons residing in the municipality during the 2nd year preceding the distribution of payments, as determined under s. 16.96.
79.03(3)(b)4.bm. bm. "Proxy for retail charges for fire protection purposes", for any year used to calculate average local purpose revenues, equals the number of months in that year for which a municipality did not pay retail charges associated with water for public fire protection purposes to a public utility under s. 196.03 (3) (b), multiplied by one-twelfth of the total retail charges associated with water for public fire protection purposes, but not included in general service charges, that the municipality paid to a public utility during the most recent 12-month period in which all retail charges associated with public fire protection purposes were paid by the municipality.
79.03(3)(b)4.c. c. "Regulation revenues" means revenues from construction and building permits and zoning fees.
79.03(3)(b)4.d. d. "Revenue for sanitation services to private parties" means revenues collected from private parties by a county's or municipality's general operations or enterprises and by sewerage, sanitation or inland lake rehabilitation districts as refuse collection fees, sewerage service fees and landfill fees.
79.03(3)(b)4.e. e. "Revenues for services to private parties by a county's or municipality's general operations or enterprises" means revenues collected from private parties for the following services: general government services consisting of license publication fees, sale of publications, clerk's fees and treasurer's fees; public safety services, consisting of police or sheriff's department fees, fire department fees and ambulance fees; inspection services, consisting of building, electrical, heat, plumbing, elevator and weights and measures; sidewalk replacement or construction fees, storm sewer construction fees, street lighting fees; parking ramps, meters and lot fees; library fines or fees; and museum and zoo users or admission fees.
79.03(3)(b)4.f. f. "Special assessment revenues" means charges assessed against benefited properties for capital improvements by a municipality or county placed on the current tax roll for collection or collected during the year in advance of being placed on the tax roll.
79.03(3)(b)4.g. g. "Tax base equalization aids" means payments received under par. (a) and s. 70.996 (1m) (c), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats., s. 79.03 (3), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats., and s. 79.16 (3), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats. For the calculation of 1982 local purpose revenues, "tax base equalization aids" means payments that would have been received under par. (a) if $471,395,500 had been distributed under par. (a) plus payments received under s. 70.996 (1m) (c), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats., s. 79.03 (3), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats., and s. 79.16 (3), 1977 stats. and 1979 stats. For the calculation of local purpose revenues for 1983 and thereafter, "tax base equalization aids" means entitlements received under par. (a).
79.03(3)(b)4.h. h. Taxes and revenues of sewerage, sanitation and inland lake rehabilitation districts that are local purpose revenues shall be allocated to municipalities in proportion to the amount of revenue that is derived from within the municipality.
79.03(3)(b)5. 5. "Standardized valuation" means the product of the standardized valuation per person times the population of a municipality or a county in the preceding year.
79.03(3)(b)6. 6. "Standardized valuation per person" is that number that when used in the computation under par. (a) most nearly approximates the sum of entitlements for all municipalities or for all counties respectively to the funds distributable under par. (a).
79.03(3)(b)7. 7. "Sum of local purpose revenues" means the sum of local purpose revenues for the 3 fiscal years ending 2 years prior to the year of distribution. For the purpose of this subdivision, local purpose revenues for any fiscal year before 1988 shall be defined according to subd. 4., 1985 stats.
79.03(3)(b)8. 8. "Tax base weight" means one minus the decimal obtained by dividing the full valuation by the standardized valuation, except that "tax base weight" shall be a decimal of at least 0.0.
79.03(3c) (3c)
79.03(3c)(a)(a) Definition. In this subsection, "full valuation" has the meaning given in sub. (3) (b) 3.
79.03(3c)(b) (b) Eligibility. Ending with the distributions in 2003, a municipality is eligible for a payment under this subsection if all of the following conditions are met:
79.03(3c)(b)1. 1. The municipality's population is 5,000 or less in the year in which the statement under s. 79.015 is provided.
79.03(3c)(b)2. 2. For the year before the year in which the statement under s. 79.015 is provided, the municipality levies property taxes for municipal purposes at a rate of at least one mill per dollar of full value under s. 70.57, or, with regard to payments in 2003, if the full valuation of property in the municipality is less than $10,000,000, the municipality levies property taxes for municipal purposes at a rate of at least 0.85 mill per dollar of full value under s. 70.57.
79.03(3c)(b)3.a.a. Except as provided in subd. 3. b., the full valuation of the property in the municipality does not exceed $40,000,000.
79.03(3c)(b)3.b. b. The full valuation of the property in the municipality may exceed $40,000,000 if the land area of the municipality exceeds 54 square miles.
79.03(3c)(bm) (bm) Full value limit. If the full valuation of the property in an eligible municipality exceeds $40,000,000 and the land area of the eligible municipality exceeds 54 square miles, full valuation of the property in the eligible municipality shall be considered to be $40,000,000 under pars. (c) 1., (d) 1. and (e) 1.
79.03(3c)(c) (c) Payment. Subject to the total distribution amount limits in par. (f), the minimum payment under par. (d) and the maximum payment under par. (e), each eligible municipality is entitled to shared revenue from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (b), in addition to its shared revenue entitlements under sub. (1), calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(c)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $40,000,000.
79.03(3c)(c)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $55.
79.03(3c)(c)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $55.
79.03(3c)(c)4. 4. Multiply the municipality's population by the amount under subd. 3. or by $10, whichever is greater.
79.03(3c)(d) (d) Minimum payment. The minimum payment that an eligible municipality may receive under this subsection is the greater of zero or an amount calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(d)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $1,000,000.
79.03(3c)(d)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $720.
79.03(3c)(d)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $18,000.
79.03(3c)(e) (e) Maximum payment. The maximum payment that an eligible municipality may receive under this subsection is the greater of $10,000 or an amount calculated as follows:
79.03(3c)(e)1. 1. Divide the full valuation of the property in the municipality by $1,000,000.
79.03(3c)(e)2. 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. by $1,750.
79.03(3c)(e)3. 3. Subtract the amount under subd. 2. from $45,000.
79.03(3c)(f) (f) Distribution amount. If the total amounts calculated under pars. (c) to (e) exceed the total amount to be distributed under this subsection, the amount paid to each eligible municipality shall be paid on a prorated basis. The total amount to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) is $10,000,000 beginning in 1996 and ending in 1999; and $11,000,000 in the year 2000 and in the year 2001. The total amount to be distributed under this subsection from ss. 20.835 (1) (b) and 20.855 (4) (rb), 2001 stats., in 2002 is $11,110,000 and the total amount to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) in 2003 is $11,221,100 less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.
79.03(4) (4) In 1991, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $869,000,000. In 1992, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $885,961,300. In 1993, the total amount to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) is $903,680,500. In 1994, the total amounts to be distributed under this section and ss. 79.04 and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $746,547,500 to municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. Beginning in 1995 and ending in 2001, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d) are $761,478,000 to municipalities and $168,981,800 to counties. In 2002, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from ss. 20.835 (1) (d) and 20.855 (4) (rb), 2001 stats., are $769,092,800 to municipalities and $170,671,600 to counties. In 2003, the total amounts to be distributed under ss. 79.03, 79.04, and 79.06 from s. 20.835 (1) (d), (m), (t), and (u) are $776,783,700 to municipalities, less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3., and $172,378,300 to counties, less the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3.
79.03(4b) (4b) The total amount specified in sub. (4) for any year shall be reduced by the total of all reductions in shared revenue payments for that year under s. 59.605 (4).
79.03(5) (5)
79.03(5)(a)(a) In 2002 and 2003, each municipality shall receive a shared revenue payment that is equal to the amount of the payment it received in the previous year, multiplied by 101%.
79.03(5)(b) (b) The department of revenue shall use the population amounts it used to determine the November 2000, shared revenue payments to municipalities to calculate corrections to such payments in 2001, as provided under s. 79.08. The department of revenue shall use the population amounts it used to estimate payments under s. 79.015 in September 2000, to calculate actual and corrected 2001 shared revenue payments to municipalities.
79.03(6) (6) Beginning in 2004, no municipality or county may receive payments under subs. (2) and (3) and no municipality may receive a payment under sub. (3c).
79.03 Annotation The secretary of administration is not authorized by s. 16.50 (2) to reduce payments to municipalities under s. 79.03. City of Milwaukee v. Lindner, 98 Wis. 2d 624, 297 N.W.2d 828 (1980).
79.035 79.035 County and municipal aid.
79.035(1) (1) In 2004 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment from the county and municipal aid account in an amount determined under sub. (2).
79.035(2) (2)
79.035(2)(a)1.1. Except as provided under ss. 79.02 (3) (e) and 79.043 (2) and (3), for the distribution in 2004, each county and municipality will receive a payment that is equal to the amount of the payments the county or municipality would have received in 2003 under ss. 79.03, 79.058, and 79.06, if not for the reductions under s. 79.02 (3) (c) 3., less the amount of the reduction under subd. 2.
79.035(2)(a)2. 2. The department of revenue shall reduce the amount of the payments to be distributed to each county and municipality, as determined under subd. 1., by subtracting from such payments an amount based on the county's or municipality's population, as determined by the department, so that the total amount of the reduction to all such payments in 2004 is $40,000,000, except that the reduction applied to any county's or municipality's payment shall not exceed the amount of the payments specified under subd. 1. distributed to the county or municipality in 2003.
79.035 History History: 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33, 164, 320, 327.
79.04 79.04 Public utility distribution.
79.04(1) (1) Annually, except for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute to a municipality having within its boundaries a production plant, general structure, or substation, used by a light, heat, or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813 unless the production plant or substation is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825 the amount determined as follows:
79.04(1)(a) (a) An amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t) determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village, the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for "production plant, exclusive of land," "general structures," and "substations," in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property within a municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as determined by the department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t) determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village, of the first $125,000,000 of the total original cost of production plant, general structures, and substations less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a municipality under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $300 times the population of the municipality.
79.04(1)(b)1.1. Beginning with the distribution under this subsection in 1991, the amount determined under par. (a) to value property used by a light, heat or power company in a municipality may not be less than the amount determined to value the property for the distribution to the municipality under this subsection in 1990, subject to subds. 2., 3. and 4.
79.04(1)(b)2. 2. When a light, heat or power company no longer uses property described under par. (a) as production plant, substation, or general structure in a municipality, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced by the proportion that the property that is no longer used bears to the total value of all property described in par. (a) in the municipality. The proportion shall be determined according to the proportional value of the property when the light, heat or power company stops using the property.
79.04(1)(b)3. 3. The amount of a distribution under this paragraph, as affected by subd. 1., may not exceed the per capita amount established under par. (a).
79.04(1)(b)4. 4. If property of a light, heat or power company described under par. (a) is included in the value of property for the distribution to the municipality under this subsection in 1990 and is located in territory annexed by another municipality after December 31, 1989, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced annually by one-fifth of the value of the property located in the annexed territory for 5 consecutive years, beginning with the distribution in 1994 or with the first distribution after the year in which the annexation occurs, whichever is later.
79.04(1)(c)1.1. The payment for any municipality in which a production plant is located, which the public service commission certifies to the department of revenue will produce a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more, shall be no less than $75,000 annually, except that the amount distributable to a municipality in any year shall not exceed the per capita limit specified in par. (a).
79.04(1)(c)2. 2. If a production plant is located in more than one municipality, the total payment under subd. 1. shall be apportioned according to the amounts shown on the preceding December 31 for the production plant in the account described in par. (a) for "production plant exclusive of land" within each municipality for all public utilities except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), or according to the value as reported to the department of revenue under par. (a) of the production plant within each municipality for each qualified wholesale electric company. The payment to each municipality under this subdivision shall be no less than $15,000 annually.
79.04(1)(c)3. 3. If a production plant with a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more is decommissioned or becomes nonutility property, the $75,000 minimum guaranteed payment under subd. 1. shall continue but diminish by $7,500 annually, except that the minimum guaranteed payment under this subdivision shall cease in the year following the first year in which the property becomes taxable by the taxation district. In this subdivision, "nonutility property" has the meaning set forth in the uniform system of accounts established by the public service commission. This subdivision does not apply after the distributions in 2004.
79.04(2) (2)
79.04(2)(a)(a) Annually, except for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t) to any county having within its boundaries a production plant, general structure, or substation, used by a light, heat or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813 unless the production plant or substation is owned or operated by a local governmental unit that is located outside of the municipality in which the production plant or substation is located, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825 an amount determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town and by 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for "production plant, exclusive of land," "general structures," and "substations," in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property within the municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as determined by the department of revenue plus an amount from the shared revenue account or, for the distribution in 2003, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (t) determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the case of property in a town, and 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village, of the total original cost of production plant, general structures, and substations less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a county under this subsection and sub. (6) in any year shall not exceed $100 times the population of the county.
79.04(2)(am)1.1. Beginning with the distribution under this subsection in 1991, the amount determined under par. (a) to value property used by a light, heat or power company in a county may not be less than the amount determined to value the property for the distribution to the county under this subsection in 1990, subject to subds. 2. and 3.
79.04(2)(am)2. 2. When a light, heat or power company no longer uses property described under par. (a) as production plant, substation, or general structure in a county, the amount established under subd. 1. shall be reduced by the proportion that the property that is no longer used bears to the total value of all property described in par. (a) in the county. The proportion shall be determined according to the proportional value of the property when the light, heat or power company stops using the property.
79.04(2)(am)3. 3. The amount of a distribution under this paragraph, as affected by subd. 1., may not exceed the per capita amount established under par. (a).
79.04(2)(b) (b) The payment under par. (a) for any county in which a production plant is located, which the public service commission certifies to the department of revenue will produce a nominal rated capacity of 200 megawatts or more, shall be not less than $75,000 annually, except that the amount distributable to a county in any year shall not exceed the per capita limit specified in par. (a).
79.04(3m) (3m) For purposes of determining the amount of the payments under subs. (1) and (2), the payments for a municipality and county in which an ash disposal facility that is owned and operated by an electric cooperative is operating prior to July 30, 2003, shall be calculated to include an amount that is equal to the net book value of the ash disposal facility multiplied by 2.
79.04(4) (4)
79.04(4)(a)(a) Annually, in addition to the amounts distributed under subs. (1), (5), (6), and (7), the department of administration shall distribute $50,000 to a municipality if spent nuclear fuel is stored within the municipality on December 31 of the preceding year. If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located within one mile of a municipality, that municipality shall receive $10,000 annually and the municipality where that storage facility is located shall receive $40,000 annually.
79.04(4)(b) (b) Annually, in addition to the amounts distributed under subs. (2), (5), (6), and (7), the department of administration shall distribute $50,000 to a county if spent nuclear fuel is stored within the county on December 31 of the preceding year. If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located at a production plant located in more than one county, the payment shall be apportioned according to the formula under sub. (1) (c) 2., except that the formula, as it applies to municipalities in that subdivision, applies to counties in this paragraph. The payment under this paragraph may not be less than $10,000 annually.
79.04(5) (5)
79.04(5)(a)(a) Beginning with the distributions in 2005, if property that was exempt from the property tax under s. 70.112 (4) and that was used to generate power by a light, heat, or power company, except property under s. 66.0813, unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality, or by an electric cooperative, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825, is decommissioned, the municipality shall be paid, from the public utility account, an amount calculated by subtracting an amount equal to the property taxes paid for that property during the current year to the municipality for its general operations from the following percentages of the payment that the municipality received under this section during the last year that the property was exempt from the property tax:
79.04(5)(a)1. 1. In the first year that the property is taxable, 100%.
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