76.24 Distribution of revenue.
(1) All taxes collected from companies defined in s. 76.02 under this subchapter shall be transmitted by the department to the secretary of administration and become a part of the general fund for the use of the state, except that taxes paid into the state treasury by any air carrier or railroad company shall be deposited in the transportation fund.
(2)
(a) All taxes paid by any railroad company derived from or apportionable to repair facilities, docks, ore yards, piers, wharves, grain elevators, and their approaches, or car ferries on the basis of the separate valuation provided for in s. 76.16, shall be distributed annually from the transportation fund to the towns, villages, and cities in which they are located, pursuant to certification made by the department of revenue on or before August 15. Beginning with amounts distributed in 2011, the amount distributed to any town, village, or city under this paragraph may not be less than the amount distributed to it in 2010 under this paragraph.
(am)
1. All taxes paid by any pipeline company derived from or apportionable to oil pipeline terminal facilities on the basis of the separate valuation under s. 76.16 shall be distributed annually from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (bm) to the towns, villages, and cities in which the facilities are located, pursuant to certification made by the department of revenue no later than November 1.
2. If a municipality received a distribution under subd. 1. in 2011, the amount that the municipality receives under subd. 1. in 2013, and in each year thereafter, shall be no less than the amount received in 2011, except that, if the annual amount of the tax paid under this subchapter by the pipeline company with oil pipeline terminal facilities in the municipality is less than 200 percent of the amount of the payment the municipality received in 2011 attributable to the pipeline company, the amount shall be no less than an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual total tax paid under this subchapter by the pipeline company with oil pipeline terminal facilities in the municipality.
(b) If the state is compelled to refund in whole or in part any of the taxes which have been distributed to municipalities under par. (a), such municipalities shall repay to the state for deposit in the transportation fund the amount of such tax so received by them, and the department of administration shall certify the amounts to be repaid to the state to the county clerks of the counties in which such municipalities are located for levy and collection from the municipalities as other state taxes are levied and collected.
(bm) If the state is compelled to refund in whole or in part any of the taxes which have been distributed to municipalities under par. (am), the municipalities shall repay to the state, for deposit in the general fund, the amount of such tax received by them, and the department of administration shall certify the amounts to be repaid to the state to the county clerks of the counties in which the municipalities are located for levy and collection from the municipalities as other state taxes are levied and collected.
(c) If an error in any past distribution roll is discovered, the same may be corrected by making the proper addition to or subtraction from any of the 3 subsequent distribution rolls.
History: 1971 c. 125, 215; 1973 c. 90; 1973 c. 243 s. 82; 1973 c. 333, 336; 1975 c. 39, 224; 1977 c. 29, 142, 272, 418; 1979 c. 34; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (1); 1981 c. 20; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20.