SB493, s. 5 22Section 5. 66.293 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB493,6,1123 66.293 (3) (am) Every local governmental unit, before making a contract by
24direct negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract, for the erection, construction,
25remodeling, repairing, renovation or demolition of any project of public works,

1including a highway, street or bridge construction project, shall apply to the
2department to determine the prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor for
3each trade or occupation required in the work contemplated. The department shall
4make such investigations and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to
5define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are
6subject to this section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates and
7prevailing hours of labor in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations with
8a view to ascertaining the prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor for each
9such trade or occupation. The department shall issue its determination within 30
10days after receiving the request and shall file the same with the local governmental
11unit applying therefor.
SB493, s. 6 12Section 6. 66.293 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB493,6,1913 66.293 (6) Exemptions. The department, upon petition of any local
14governmental unit, other than a professional football team, as defined in s. 67.045
15(3) (a) 5., or a related party, as defined in s. 67.045 (3) (a) 6.,
shall issue an order
16exempting the local governmental unit from applying to the department for a
17determination under sub. (3) when it is shown that an ordinance or other enactment
18of the local governmental unit sets forth standards, policy, procedure and practice
19resulting in standards as high or higher than those under this section.
SB493, s. 7 20Section 7. 67.045 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB493,6,2321 67.045 (1) (intro.) The Subject to sub. (3), the governing body of a county may
22not issue bonds under s. 67.05 or promissory notes under s. 67.12 (12) unless one or
23more of the following apply:
SB493, s. 8 24Section 8. 67.045 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB493,6,2525 67.045 (3) (a) In this subsection:
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11. "County" means a county with a population of at least 150,000.
SB493,7,72 2. "Football stadium" means a stadium that is principally used as the home
3stadium of a professional football team at the time that bonds are issued under s.
467.05 or promissory notes are issued under s. 67.12 (12), for purposes related to the
5construction or renovation of football stadium facilities, or if no home stadium exists
6at the time that such bonds or promissory notes are issued, "football stadium" means
7a stadium that includes the site of a proposed home stadium of such a team.
SB493,7,128 3. "Football stadium facilities" means football stadium property, tangible or
9intangible, including spectator seating of all types, practice facilities, parking lots
10and structures, garages, restaurants, parks, concession facilities, entertainment
11facilities, facilities for the display or sale of memorabilia, transportation facilities,
12and other functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures.
SB493,7,1513 4. "Home stadium" means the principal site of a stadium that is home to a
14professional football team and that is approved by a league to which a professional
15football team belongs for use as a home stadium for that professional football team.
SB493,7,2116 5. "Professional football team" means a team that is a member of a league of
17professional football teams that have home stadiums in at least 10 states and a
18collective average attendance for all league members of at least 40,000 persons per
19game over the 5 years immediately preceding the year in which bonds are issued
20under s. 67.05 or promissory notes are issued under s. 67.12 (12) for purposes related
21to the construction or renovation of football stadium facilities.
SB493,7,2322 6. "Related party" means a corporation or business entity that is owned,
23controlled or operated by, or under common control with, a professional football team.
SB493,8,724 (b) No county may issue bonds under s. 67.05 or promissory notes under s. 67.12
25(12) for purposes related to football stadium facilities unless the county board enacts

1an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes and unless the county
2board's ordinance is approved by the majority of the electors in the county voting on
3the ordinance at a referendum to be held at the next September primary occurring
4not earlier than 45 days after enactment of the ordinance. The question to be
5submitted shall be specified by the county board. A referendum held under this
6paragraph satisfies the condition specified in sub. (1) (a) in lieu of the procedure
7specified in this sub. (1) (a).
SB493,8,118 (c) If a county issues bonds under s. 67.05 or promissory notes under s. 67.12
9(12), for purposes related to football stadium facilities, the aggregate principal
10amount of all such bonds or promissory notes, other than refunding bonds, may not
11exceed $160,000,000.
SB493,8,2112 (d) A county that issues bonds under s. 67.05 or promissory notes under s. 67.12
13(12) for purposes related to the construction or renovation of football stadium
14facilities shall enter into a contract with a professional football team or a related
15party that requires the professional football team or related party to construct or
16renovate the football stadium facilities, unless the county determines that it is not
17feasible to do so. Any contract for the construction or renovation of football stadium
18facilities that is financed in whole or in part by the proceeds of bonds or notes that
19are issued in accordance with this subsection is subject to s. 66.293, without regard
20to whether the contract is entered into by the county, the professional football team
21or a related party.
SB493,8,2222 (e) 1. In this paragraph:
SB493,8,2323 a. "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (e).
SB493,8,2424 b. "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (f).
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1c. "Women's business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture
2or corporation that is at least 51% owned, controlled and actively managed by
3women.
SB493,9,114 2. A county shall ensure that, for construction or renovation work and
5professional services contracts that relate to the construction or renovation of
6football stadium facilities that are financed by the proceeds of bonds issued under s.
767.05 or promissory notes issued under s. 67.12 (12), a person who is awarded such
8a contract by the county shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that his
9or her goal shall be to ensure that at least 25% of the employes hired because of the
10contract will be minority group members and at least 5% of the employes hired
11because of the contract will be women.
SB493,9,1712 3. It shall be a goal of the county to ensure that at least 25% of the aggregate
13dollar value of contracts that relate to the construction or renovation of football
14stadium facilities that are financed by the proceeds of bonds issued under s. 67.05
15or promissory notes issued under s. 67.12 (12), shall be awarded to minority
16businesses and at least 5% of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the
17board shall be awarded to women's businesses.
SB493,9,2418 4. a. The county shall ensure that, for construction or renovation work and
19professional services contracts described under subd. 2., a person who is awarded
20such a contract by the county shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that
21if he or she is unable to meet the goal under subd. 2., he or she shall make a good faith
22effort to contract with the technical college district board of the technical college
23district in which the football stadium facilities are to be constructed or renovated, or
24the professional services contract is to be performed, to develop appropriate training

1programs designed to increase the pool of minority group members and women who
2are qualified to perform the construction work or professional services.
SB493,10,83 b. If the county is unable to meet the goals under subd. 3., the county shall make
4a good faith effort to contract with the technical college district board of the technical
5college district in which the contracts described under subd. 3. are to be performed
6to develop appropriate training programs designed to increase the pool of minority
7group members and women who are qualified to perform the contracts described
8under subd. 3.
SB493,10,149 5. a. The county shall hire an independent person to monitor the county's
10compliance with minority contracting goals under subds. 2. and 3. The person hired
11shall have previous experience working with minority group members. The county
12shall develop a mechanism to receive regular reports from the person hired with
13respect to the results of the person's studies of compliance with minority contracting
14goals.
SB493,10,1915 b. If the county or a contractor is unable to meet the goals under subd. 2. or 3.,
16the person hired under this subd. 5. a. shall assess whether the county or contractor
17made a good faith effort to reach the goals. In determining whether a good faith effort
18was made to meet the goals, the person hired shall consider all of the factors listed
19in subd. 6.
SB493,10,2020 6. The factors to be considered under subd. 5. b. are:
SB493,10,2321 a. The supply of eligible minority businesses and women's businesses that have
22the financial capacity, technical capacity and previous experience in the areas in
23which contracts were awarded.
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1b. The competing demands for the services provided by eligible minority
2businesses and women's businesses, as described in this subd. 6. a., in areas in which
3contracts were awarded.
SB493,11,74 c. The extent to which the county or contractors advertised for and aggressively
5solicited bids from eligible minority businesses and women's businesses, as described
6in this subd. 6. a., and the extent to which eligible minority businesses and women's
7businesses submitted bids.
SB493,11,88 (End)
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