Wisconsin Code § 79.037

Supplemental county and municipal aid
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(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) Subject to any reduction required under sub. (4), 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) Subject to any reduction required under sub. (4), 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, or if the total of payments received
in 2024 by a county is reduced under sub. (4), the proportion of
the total payments from the supplemental county and municipal
aid account under s. 25.491 (9) that the county would have received in 2024 without that reduction, multiplied by the amount
for the year in the supplemental county and municipal aid account under s. 25.491 (9).
(4) For the distribution in 2024 and subsequent years until
2050, if a county fails to make the full amount of a deposit required under s. 229.695 by July 1, the department of revenue
shall reduce the county’s total of payments under this section for
that year by the difference between the amount of the deposit required under s. 229.695 and the amount of any deposit made by
July 1 of that year and direct the department of administration to
pay to the baseball park facilities improvement segregated fund
under s. 229.687 the amount of the reduction.

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