2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 79 - State revenue sharing.
79.037 - Supplemental county and municipal aid.

79.037 Supplemental county and municipal aid.

(1) Beginning with the distributions in 2024, each county and municipality shall receive in each year a payment from the supplemental county and municipal aid account to be used for law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response communications, public works, courts, and transportation, except that no amounts received under this subsection may be used for administrative services.

(2) In 2024, the department of revenue shall determine the amount of the payments under this section as follows:

(a) Each county shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 or the sum of the following, whichever is greater:

1. Fifty thousand dollars.

2. The amount determined as follows or zero, whichever is greater:

a. Determine the county's levy limit under s. 66.0602 as if the valuation factor was 2 percent in 2021.

b. Subtract from the amount determined under subd. 2. a. the county's base levy in 2021 adjusted only as described in s. 66.0602 (2) (b).

3. The amount determined as follows:

a. Add the amount received by the county in 2022 under s. 79.035 and the amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.

b. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. a. by the county's population in 2022.

c. Determine the maximum amount determined under subd. 3. b. among all counties.

d. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. c. by 1.5.

e. Divide the amount determined under subd. 3. b. by the amount determined under subd. 3. d.

f. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 3. e. from 1.

g. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. f. by an amount equal to 10 times the county's population in 2022.

h. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. g. by 0.689758.

(ag) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the total amount received in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 divided by the county's population in 2022 is less than 10 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

1. Multiply the county's population in 2022 by 10.

2. Subtract the total amount received by the county in 2024 under par. (a) and s. 79.036 from the amount determined under subd. 1.

(ar) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each county for which the quotient of the amount received in 2024 under par. (a) divided by the amount received in 2024 under s. 79.036 is less than 5 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

1. Divide the amount received by the county in 2024 under s. 79.036 by the amount received in 2024 under par. (a).

2. Divide the amount determined under subd. 1. by 169.943.

3. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. by $17,490,600.

(b) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 under 5,000 shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001052.

2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 16.813.

3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 30,000.

(c) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000 shall receive an amount equal to the sum of the following:

1. Twenty percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

a. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

b. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. a. from 14.5.

c. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 1. b.

d. Add the amount determined under subd. 1. c. to 25,700.

2. The amount calculated as follows:

a. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 5,000 and not more than 30,000.

b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by $15,000,000.

(d) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 greater than 30,000 and less than 110,000, shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.

3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.

(e) In addition to the payment under par. (d), each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000 shall receive an amount calculated as follows:

1. Divide the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the sum of the population in 2022 of all cities, villages, and towns with a population in 2022 of at least 30,000 and not more than 50,000.

2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by $5,000,000.

(f) Each city, village, and town with a population in 2022 of 110,000 or more shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the city, village, or town in 2024 under s. 79.036 or the amount calculated as follows, whichever is greater:

1. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by 0.00001659.

2. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from 14.5.

3. Multiply the population of the city, village, or town in 2022 by the amount determined under subd. 2.

4. Add the amount determined under subd. 3. to 25,700.

(3) For the distribution in 2025 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section equal to the proportion of the total payments from the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9) that the county or municipality received in 2024 multiplied by the amount for the year in the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9).

NOTE: This section is created eff. 7-1-24 by 2023 Wis. Act 12.

History: 2023 a. 12.