But with Evers on board, the proposal was likely to speed through the Legislature on Wednesday and be signed into law. The bill would not allow questions on hot-button issues like whether voters support abortion rights or legalizing marijuana.ĭemocrats, health leaders and others have criticized those provisions, which have long been a part of the plan. It would also ban local advisory referenda questions on everything except those for certain projects that would be funded with property tax money. The bill would also cut aid to communities that reduce the number of police officers and firefighters and ban public health officials from ordering businesses closed for more than 30 days, with the local governing body able to extend that once for another 30 days. Shared revenue to local governments has remained nearly unchanged for almost 30 years and was cut in 2004, 20. The city and county of Milwaukee would see a 10% increase, but could ask voters to raise the local sales tax for more money. That could only be spent on police and fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response communications, public works and transportation. The plan would increase funding to counties, cities, towns and villages with under 110,000 population by at least 20%. Aid would then grow along with sales tax revenue. Roughly $1.6 billion in aid to local governments- known as shared revenue - would be paid for by tapping 20% of the state’s 5-cent sales tax.

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