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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 719
December 3, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Anderson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Palmeri
,
Prado
,
Roe
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
and
Subeck
, cosponsored by Senators
Spreitzer
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Ratcliff
and
Roys
. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AB719,1,4
1
An Act
to amend
20.835 (1) (s), 25.491 (3), 79.015, 79.02 (2) (b) and 79.02 (3);
2
to create
79.05 (8) and 79.06 of the statutes;
relating to:
replacing the
3
expenditure restraint incentive program with a municipality payment
4
program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill ends payments to municipalities for the expenditure restraint incentive program in 2026 and begins payments to municipalities for the municipality payment program in 2027. The municipality payment program, created by the bill, provides payments to municipalities that received an expenditure restraint incentive program payment in 2024, 2025, or 2026. A municipality’s payment each year is equal to the highest expenditure restraint incentive program payment that the municipality received during the period from 2024 to 2026. Under current law, generally, a municipality is eligible to receive an expenditure restraint incentive program payment if its property tax levy is greater than 5 mills and if the annual increase in its municipal budget is less than the sum of factors based on inflation and the increased value of property in the municipality as a result of new construction.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB719,1
1
Section
1
.
20.835 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB719,2,4
2
20.835
(1)
(s)
Expenditure restraint incentive
Municipality payment
program
3
account.
From the local government fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments
4
under s.
79.05 (3), plus the amounts under s. 79.05 (7)
79.06
.
AB719,2
5
Section
2
.
25.491 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB719,2,8
6
25.491
(3)
There is established in the local government fund a separate
7
account that is designated the
“expenditure restraint incentive
“municipality
8
payment
program account” to make the payments under s.
79.05
79.06
.
AB719,3
9
Section
3
.
79.015 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB719,2,14
10
79.015
Statement of estimated payments.
The department of revenue, on
11
or before September 15 of each year, shall provide to each municipality and county
12
a statement of estimated payments to be made in the next calendar year to the
13
municipality or county under ss. 79.035, 79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, 79.04, and
14
79.05
79.06
.
AB719,4
15
Section
4
.
79.02 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB719,3,2
16
79.02
(2)
(b) Subject to ss. 59.605 (4) and 70.995 (14) (b), payments in July
17
shall equal 15 percent of the municipality’s or county’s estimated payments under
18
ss. 79.035, 79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, and 79.04 and 100 percent of the
19
municipality’s estimated payments under s.
79.05
79.06
. Upon certification by the
1
department of revenue, the estimated payment under s.
79.05
79.06
may be
2
distributed before the 4th Monday in July.
AB719,5
3
Section
5
.
79.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB719,3,7
4
79.02
(3)
Subject to s. 59.605 (4), payments to each municipality and county in
5
November shall equal that municipality’s or county’s entitlement under ss. 79.035,
6
79.036, 79.037, 79.038, 79.039, 79.04, and
79.05
79.06
for the current year, minus
7
the amount distributed to the municipality or county under sub. (2) (b).
AB719,6
8
Section
6
.
79.05 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB719,3,10
9
79.05
(8)
Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), beginning in 2027, no payments
10
shall be made under this section.
AB719,7
11
Section
7
.
79.06 of the statutes is created to read:
AB719,3,15
12
79.06
Municipality payment program.
For the distribution in 2027 and in
13
subsequent years, each municipality that received a payment under s. 79.05 in
14
2024, 2025, or 2026 shall receive in each year a payment under this section equal to
15
the amount it received under s. 79.05 in 2024, 2025, or 2026, whichever is greatest.
AB719,8
16
Section
8
. Effective dates.
This act takes effect on the day after
17
publication, except as follows:
AB719,3,19
18
(
1
)
The treatment of ss. 20.835 (1) (s), 25.491 (3), and 79.02 (2) (b) and (3)
19
takes effect on July 1, 2027.
AB719,3,20
20
(
2
)
The treatment of s. 79.015 takes effect on July 1, 2026.
AB719,3,21
21
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