AB794: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly BILL 794

October 31, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Suder, Musser, Krawczyk, Owens, Hahn, Davis, Hines, Pettis and Petrowski, cosponsored by Senators Zien and Brown. Referred to Committee on Rural Development.

AB794,1,4 An Act to amend 560.081 (2) (intro.), and (c) 3., (e), (f) 1., 2., 5. and (h); and to repeal and recreate 560.081 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: making counties eligible for and requiring the selection of Clark County for participation in the State Main Street Program.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Commerce (Department) administers the State Main Street Program, under which a municipality (city, town, or village) may apply for technical support and training from the department to promote historic and economic redevelopment of traditional or historic business districts. The Department annually selects up to five municipalities to participate in the program.

This bill allows counties to participate in the State Main Street Program. If the Department selects a county to participate in the program, no municipalities located within that county may participate in the program. The bill also requires the Department to select Clark County to participate in the program by December 30, 2005.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB794, s. 1 Section 1. 560.081 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB794,2,2 560.081 (1) (b) "Political subdivision" means a city, county, village, or town.

AB794, s. 2 Section 2. 560.081 (2) (intro.), and (c) 3., (e), (f) 1., 2., 5. and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB794,2,10 560.081 (2) (intro.) The department shall establish and administer a state main street program to coordinate state and local participation in programs offered by the national main street center, created by the national trust for historic preservation, to assist municipalities political subdivisions in planning, managing and implementing programs for the revitalization of business areas. The department shall do all of the following:

AB794,2,12 (c) 3. Help municipalities political subdivisions engage in revitalization of business areas.

AB794,2,23 (e) Annually select, upon application, up to 5 municipalities political subdivisions to participate in the state main street program. The program for each municipality political subdivision shall conclude after 3 years, except that the program for each municipality political subdivision selected after July 29, 1995, shall conclude after 5 years. The department shall select program participants representing various geographical regions and populations and may not select a city, town, or village located within a county that is a program participant. A municipality political subdivision may apply to participate, and the department may select a municipality political subdivision for participation, more than one time. In selecting a municipality political subdivision, however, the department may give priority to those municipalities political subdivisions that have not previously participated.

AB794,2,25 (f) 1. Private and public sector interest in and commitment to revitalization of a business area selected by the municipality political subdivision.

AB794,3,2 2. Potential private sector investment in a business area selected by the municipality political subdivision.

AB794,3,5 5. Local commitment to assist in training persons to direct activities related to business areas in municipalities political subdivisions that do not participate in the state main street program.

AB794,3,11 (h) Provide training, technical assistance and information on the revitalization of business areas to municipalities political subdivisions which do not participate in the state main street program. The department may charge reasonable fees for the services and information provided under this paragraph. The department shall deposit all fees collected under this paragraph in the appropriation account under s. 20.143 (1) (g).

AB794, s. 3 Section 3. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB794,3,15 (1) Notwithstanding section 560.081 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of commerce shall, by December 30, 2005, select Clark County to participate in the state main street program.

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