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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
March 11, 2004 - Introduced by Representative Grothman, cosponsored by
Senator Panzer. Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AB978,1,3 1An Act to amend 66.0621 (1) (b) and 229.844 (8) (c) of the statutes; relating to:
2expanding the definition of public utility in the municipal revenue obligations
3statute and inserting a missing word into the cultural arts district statute.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the definition of "public utility" in the municipal revenue
obligations statute means any revenue producing facility or enterprise owned by a
municipality and operated for a public purpose, and includes garbage incinerators,
swimming pools, tennis courts, municipal halls, courthouses, jails, schools,
hospitals, child care centers, local professional baseball park facilities, and any other
necessary public works projects undertaken by a municipality.
This bill adds local professional football stadium facilities and local cultural
arts facilities to that definition.
This bill also inserts the missing word "or" into a statute relating to employees
and directors of, and persons executing bonds for, cultural arts districts. As affected
by this bill, the provision will be consistent with the treatment of employees and
directors of, and persons executing bonds for, local exposition districts, local
professional baseball park districts, and local professional football stadium districts.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB978, s. 1
1Section 1. 66.0621 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB978,2,112 66.0621 (1) (b) "Public utility" means any revenue producing facility or
3enterprise owned by a municipality and operated for a public purpose as defined in
4s. 67.04 (1) (b) including garbage incinerators, toll bridges, swimming pools, tennis
5courts, parks, playgrounds, golf links, bathing beaches, bathhouses, street lighting,
6city halls, village halls, town halls, courthouses, jails, schools, cooperative
7educational service agencies, hospitals, homes for the aged or indigent, child care
8centers, as defined in s. 231.01 (3c), regional projects, waste collection and disposal
9operations, sewerage systems, local professional baseball park facilities, local
10professional football stadium facilities, local cultural arts facilities,
and any other
11necessary public works projects undertaken by a municipality.
AB978, s. 2 12Section 2. 229.844 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB978,2,1613 229.844 (8) (c) No director, employee of the district nor any other person
14executing any agreements with respect to any bonds or other obligations under this
15subsection is personally liable on the obligations or subject to any personal liability
16or accountability by reason of the issuance of such obligations.
AB978,2,1717 (End)
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