AB 1106

This bill establishes a temporary Shared Revenue Advisory Council in the

Department of Revenue. The council is formed after each federal decennial census,

and consists of the following members: 1) three senators, appointed as are members

of the senate standing committees; 2) three representatives of the assembly,

appointed as are members of the assembly standing committees; 3) a representative

of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities; 4) a representative of the Wisconsin

Towns Association; 5) a representative of the Wisconsin Counties Association; and

6) the secretary of revenue, or the secretary's designee.

The council must study county and municipal revenue and expenditure

variations among different categories of counties and municipalities based on

population, review and evaluate the existing formulas for county and municipal aid

and supplemental county and municipal aid, make recommendations for a formula

for county and municipal aid distributions to counties and municipalities, and

submit a report to the legislature containing its review, evaluations, and

recommendations. The council may not make a recommendation that decreases the

total amount of county and municipal aid payments and supplemental county and

municipal aid payments received by any county or municipality. The

recommendations must take account of changes in the population and property

values of counties and municipalities and include in the formula a component for

distributing aid to compensate counties and municipalities that experience

substantial decreases in property values. The bill also requires the council's

recommendations to include in the formula a component that improves the equity of

distributions among counties and municipalities compared to the formula for

distributions effective for 2001 as affected by subsequent reductions in distributions,

the formula for distributions effective for 2024, and any other formula for

distributions established after the bill takes effect. The council must request that

the Legislative Reference Bureau prepare legislation based on the council's

recommendations and that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau prepare a fiscal analysis

of that legislation. Also, under the bill, DOR must assist the council with its duties.

Under current law, counties and municipalities receive county and municipal

aid payments and supplemental county and municipal aid payments.