SB209,29,319 (b) The lease shall contain provisions concerning the transfer of the Bradley
20Center and the land on which it is located from the district to the professional
21basketball team or its affiliate and, following that transfer, subsequent demolition
22of the Bradley Center arena structure, consistent with s. 229.47 (2) (c). The district
23shall convey fee title to the professional basketball team or its affiliate free and clear
24of all liens, encumbrances, and obligations, except for easements or similar
25restrictions that do not include a monetary component. Provided that the Bradley

1Center arena structure is transferred as provided under this paragraph, the lease
2shall require the professional basketball team or its affiliate to pay for all costs
3related to the demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure.
SB209,29,184 (c) The professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be responsible for
5equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena
6facilities that are constructed pursuant to a development agreement entered into
7under sub. (1). If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the
8development agreement or non-relocation agreement, the parent company of the
9professional basketball team shall be jointly and severally responsible with the
10professional basketball team or its affiliate for the costs of equipping, maintaining,
11operating, and repairing the sports and entertainment arena facilities during the
12term of the lease. In addition, the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall
13be entitled to receive all revenues related to the operation or use of the sports and
14entertainment arena facilities, including, but not limited to, ticket revenues,
15licensing or user fees, sponsorship revenues, revenues generated from events that
16are held on the plaza that is part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities,
17revenues from the sale of food, beverages, merchandise, and parking, and revenues
18from naming rights.
SB209,29,2319 (d) The lease shall allow for a separate agreement between the sponsoring
20municipality and the professional basketball team or its affiliate that addresses the
21development and construction, leasing, operation, maintenance, and repair of a
22parking structure constructed as part of the sports and entertainment arena
23facilities and the ownership of and revenues from the parking structure.
SB209,29,25 24(4) (a) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the lease, the
25district may enforce the lease.
SB209,30,5
1(b) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development
2agreement or the non-relocation agreement, the state, the district, the sponsoring
3municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is
4located may act individually or collectively to enforce the development agreement or
5the non-relocation agreement and, if they prevail, are entitled to all of the following:
SB209,30,66 1. Injunctive relief.
SB209,30,127 2. a. Liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional
8basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate in an amount equal
9to the outstanding balance of principal and accrued unpaid interest remaining on
10any debt issued or incurred by the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and
11the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located for the
12development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.
SB209,30,1913 b. If the professional basketball team or its affiliate, at the time of its breach
14of the development agreement or non-relocation agreement, is also in breach of its
15obligations under the lease to equip, maintain, operate, and repair the sports and
16entertainment arena facilities, liquidated damages from the parent company of the
17professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate shall
18also include an amount equal to the cost of performing these obligations during the
19term of the lease.
SB209,30,2420 c. Liquidated damages awarded under this subdivision shall be apportioned
21among the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous
22county in which the sponsoring municipality is located in proportion to that entity's
23financial contributions towards the development and construction of the sports and
24entertainment arena facilities.
SB209,31,7
1(5) The secretary of administration, in his or her capacity as chairperson of the
2board of directors, shall negotiate the development agreement, the lease, and the
3non-relocation agreement under this section on behalf of the district and may enter
4into any such development agreement, non-relocation agreement, or lease without
5the approval of the board of directors. Any subsequent amendments to, or renewal
6or extensions of, the development agreement, the non-relocation agreement, or the
7lease shall require the approval of the board of directors.
SB209,76 8Section 76. 229.47 of the statutes is renumbered 229.47 (1).
SB209,77 9Section 77. 229.47 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,31,1410 229.47 (2) (a) Subject to s. 232.05 (3) (a), a district shall enter into one or more
11transfer agreements with the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment
12Corporation regarding the transfer of the Bradley Center or any part of the center,
13including land that cannot be transferred under par. (b). Any such transfer shall be
14for nominal financial consideration.
SB209,31,2215 (b) Following execution of a lease under s. 229.461 (3) and forgiveness by the
16professional basketball team of any outstanding debt owed to the professional
17basketball team by the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the
18Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall transfer to the district
19the land described in s. 229.41 (11e) that is owned by the Bradley Center Sports and
20Entertainment Corporation. The transfer shall occur pursuant to transfer
21agreements and a parcel transfer schedule certified by the secretary of
22administration.
SB209,32,223 (c) A transfer agreement shall specify that demolition of the Bradley Center
24will commence not later than 180 days after the center is transferred to the district,

1as described in s. 232.05 (2) (h) and that the Bradley Center parking structure may
2continue to exist and operate.
SB209,78 3Section 78. 229.477 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,32,17 4229.477 Dissolution of a district. Subject to providing for the payment of
5its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance of its other
6contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by the joint action of the district's
7board of directors and sponsoring municipality. If the district is dissolved, the
8property of the district that does not include sports and entertainment arena
9facilities
shall be transferred to its sponsoring municipality. The property of the
10district that does include sports and entertainment arena facilities shall be
11transferred to the local units of government that compose the district's jurisdiction
12in such proportions as the secretary of administration determines fairly and
13reasonably represent the contributions of each local unit of government to the
14development, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of the property
15that contains sports and entertainment arena facilities.
If the district was created
16by more than one sponsoring municipality, the municipalities shall agree on the
17apportioning of the district's property before the district may be dissolved.
SB209,79 18Section 79. 229.48 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,32,2219 229.48 (1) (intro.) A district may issue bonds for costs and purposes that are
20related to an exposition center or an exposition center facility or sports and
21entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities
, including all of
22the following:
SB209,80 23Section 80. 229.48 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,33,224 229.48 (1) (a) Costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining or
25improving an exposition center or an exposition center facility or initially developing

1and constructing a sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment
2arena facilities
.
SB209,81 3Section 81. 229.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,33,54 229.48 (1) (b) Costs of acquiring or improving an exposition center site or sports
5and entertainment arena facilities
site.
SB209,82 6Section 82. 229.48 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,33,117 229.48 (1) (c) Engineering, architectural or consultant fees, costs of
8environmental or feasibility studies, permit and license fees and similar planning or
9preparatory costs, that are related to an exposition center or exposition center
10facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena
11facilities
.
SB209,83 12Section 83. 229.48 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,33,1613 229.48 (1) (d) Funding budgeted costs for an exposition center or exposition
14center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena
15facilities
for the 6-month period immediately following the completion of its
16construction or acquisition.
SB209,84 17Section 84. 229.48 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,33,2318 229.48 (1) (e) Interest on bonds or on any debt that is retired with the proceeds
19of bonds, if the interest is incurred or is reasonably expected to be incurred during
20the time period beginning a reasonable time period prior to the construction or
21acquisition of an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and
22entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities
and ending 6
23months after the completion of the construction or acquisition.
SB209,85 24Section 85. 229.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,34,4
1229.48 (1m) For financing purposes, exposition centers and exposition center
2facilities and sports and entertainment arenas and sports and entertainment arena
3facilities
are public utilities and tax revenues imposed under s. 66.0615 (1m) (a) and
4(b) and subchs. VIII and IX of ch. 77 are property or income of the public utility.
SB209,86 5Section 86. 229.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,34,116 229.48 (2) All bonds are negotiable for all purposes, notwithstanding their
7payment from a limited source. A district may retain the building commission, the
8department of administration,
or any other person as its financial consultant to
9assist with and coordinate the issuance of bonds and shall use the building
10commission as its financial consultant for bonds secured by a special debt service
11reserve fund under s. 229.50.
SB209,87 12Section 87. 229.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,34,1713 229.48 (7) The maximum amount of bond proceeds that a district may receive
14from bonds issued to fund the development and construction of sports and
15entertainment arena facilities is $203,000,000, plus amounts to pay issuance or
16administrative expenses, to make deposits to reserve funds, to pay accrued or funded
17interest, and to pay the costs of credit enhancement.
SB209,88 18Section 88. 229.50 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,34,2519 229.50 (1) (a) Substantial statewide public purpose. (intro.) The proceeds of
20the bonds, other than refunding bonds, will be used in connection with an exposition
21center, or an exposition center facility used primarily to support the activities of an
22exposition center, or a sports and entertainment arena, or sports and entertainment
23arena facilities,
that serves a substantial statewide public purpose. An exposition
24center serves a substantial statewide public purpose if all of the following conditions
25are met:
SB209,89
1Section 89. 229.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,35,82 229.50 (1) (d) Use of net proceeds. Not more than $170,000,000 of the total net
3proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, that would be secured by all
4special debt service reserve funds of the district will be used for the purposes
5specified under s. 229.48 (1) (a) to (c), except that no proceeds of the bonds secured
6by a special debt service reserve fund may be used to remodel or refurbish an existing
7exposition center or existing exposition center facilities transferred under a transfer
8agreement under s. 229.47 (1).
SB209,90 9Section 90. 229.50 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,35,1410 229.50 (1) (f) Transfer agreement. A sponsoring municipality of the district
11issuing the bonds has entered into a transfer agreement under s. 229.47 (1) that
12transfers to the district the sponsoring municipality's interests in an existing
13exposition center and exposition center facilities created under this subchapter or in
14an existing convention institution under s. 229.26.
SB209,91 15Section 91. 229.50 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,36,716 229.50 (7) State moral obligation pledge. If at any time the special debt
17service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for a special debt service reserve
18fund exceeds the amount of moneys in the special debt service reserve fund, the board
19of directors of the district shall certify to the secretary of administration, the
20governor, the joint committee on finance and the governing body of the sponsoring
21municipality the amount necessary to restore the special debt service reserve fund
22to an amount equal to the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub.
23(5) for the special debt service reserve fund. If this certification is received by the
24secretary of administration in an even-numbered year prior to the completion of the
25budget compilation under s. 16.43, the secretary shall include the certified amount

1in the budget compilation. In any case, the joint committee on finance shall introduce
2in either house, in bill form, an appropriation of the amount so certified to the
3appropriate special debt service reserve fund of the district. Recognizing its moral
4obligation to do so, the legislature hereby expresses its expectation and aspiration
5that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make this appropriation. This subsection
6does not apply to reserve fund shortfalls related to bonds issued by the district to fund
7the construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities.
SB209,92 8Section 92. 229.54 of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,36,12 9229.54 Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities. (1)
10Neither the state, a sponsoring municipality, nor the most populous county in which
11the sponsoring municipality is located is responsible for equipping, maintaining,
12operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities.
SB209,36,15 13(2) The district is responsible only for equipping, maintaining, operating, and
14repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the initial development
15and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.
SB209,93 16Section 93. 232.05 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,36,2217 232.05 (2) (h) Within 60 days following the later of the secretary of
18administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d) or the
19expiration of 180 days' written notice delivered by the district to the corporation of
20the intended construction completion date, complete the sale, exchange, transfer, or
21divestiture of any part of the Bradley Center that was not previously transferred, as
22authorized under sub. (3).
SB209,94 23Section 94. 232.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,37,524 232.05 (3) (a) Sell, exchange, transfer, or otherwise divest itself of the Bradley
25center Center except to a district, as defined in s. 229.41 (4m). The sale, exchange,

1transfer, or divestiture of the Bradley Center, or any part of the center, to a district,
2as defined in s. 229.41 (4m), shall satisfy and terminate any obligation of the
3corporation. Except as provided in s. 229.47 (2) (b), the corporation may not act under
4this paragraph before the secretary of administration issues the certification
5described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d)
.
SB209,95 6Section 95. 232.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,37,107 232.05 (3) (b) Dissolve and wind up its affairs, unless the legislature enacts a
8law ordering dissolution or except as provided in s. 232.07
except in connection with
9the sale, exchange, transfer, or divestment of the Bradley Center upon the secretary
10of administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d)
.
SB209,96 11Section 96. 232.07 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB209,97 12Section 97. 232.07 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 232.07 and amended to
13read:
SB209,37,20 14232.07 Dissolution. Promptly upon issuance of the certificate of involuntary
15Upon dissolution, the corporation shall pay, discharge , or make adequate provision
16for discharging its debts, liabilities, and obligations, including any judgment, order
17or decree which may be entered against it in any pending legal action, and shall,
18subject to s. 232.05 (3) (a),
transfer all remaining assets to the state or to a district,
19as defined in s. 229.41 (4m)
. The corporation's existence shall continue, subject to
20the limitations on its activities under s. 181.1405.
SB209,98 21Section 98. 342.41 of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,38,2 22342.41 Identity of buyer. (1) Notwithstanding s. 342.15, after December 31,
232015, no individual may sell a motor vehicle to another individual, including
24transferring a junk vehicle by bill of sale, unless within 30 days of the sale the

1individual reports to the department the identification number of the vehicle and the
2identity of the individual buyer.
SB209,38,5 3(2) The department shall accept electronically information related to the sale
4of the motor vehicle, including all of the information required to be reported under
5sub. (1).
SB209,99 6Section 99. 345.28 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,38,137 345.28 (2) (c) If Subject to par. (d), if the appearance date specified in the
8citation is inconvenient for the person, he or she may contact the clerk of circuit court
9or the municipal court, whichever is applicable, to schedule a more convenient time.
10The revised date may provide for an appearance during an evening session, as
11required under s. 753.23 or authorized by a court. The Subject to par. (d), the court
12may revise the appearance date. The date specified in the citation applies unless the
13person receives written confirmation of the revised appearance date from the court.
SB209,100 14Section 100. 345.28 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,38,2015 345.28 (2) (d) A city of the 1st class may enact an ordinance establishing the
16period within which a person charged with a nonmoving violation shall pay the
17forfeiture or appear in court. An ordinance under this paragraph shall require that
18a citation issued for a nonmoving violation include the date on which the court may
19act under s. 345.37 unless the person has paid the forfeiture or appeared in court
20prior to that date.
SB209,101 21Section 101. 345.28 (4) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB209,102 22Section 102. 345.37 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,39,2 23345.37 Procedure on default of appearance. (intro.) If the defendant fails
24to appear in court at the time fixed in the citation or by subsequent postponement,
25or, if an ordinance under s. 345.28 (2) (d) applies, not less time than the period

1established in an ordinance under s. 345.28 (2) (d) has elapsed since the person was
2charged with a nonmoving violation,
the following procedure shall apply:
SB209,103 3Section 103. 349.13 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,39,74 349.13 (1d) A local authority with respect to highways under its jurisdiction,
5including state trunk highways or connecting highways within corporate limits, may
6enact an ordinance making the owner of the vehicle involved in a violation under this
7section jointly liable for the violation.
SB209,104 8Section 104. 349.132 of the statutes is created to read:
SB209,39,12 9349.132 Authority to require vehicle registration. The governing body of
10any town, city, village, or county may enact an ordinance requiring that no vehicle
11that has been impounded or towed may be released unless the motor vehicle is
12registered under ch. 341 or exempt from registration under s. 341.05.
SB209,105 13Section 105. 846.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,39,2514 846.10 (2) Any party may become a purchaser. No sale involving a one- to
154-family residence that is owner-occupied at the commencement of the foreclosure
16action, a farm, a church or a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization may be
17held until the expiration of 12 months from the date when judgment is entered,
18except a sale under s. 846.101 or 846.102. Notice of the time and place of sale shall
19be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) and may be given within the 12-month
20period except that the first printing of the notice shall not be made less than 10
21months after the date when judgment is entered, except that the sale of a farm shall
22not be made or advertised until the expiration of one year from the date when such
23judgment is entered. In all cases the parties may, by stipulation, filed with the clerk,
24consent to an earlier sale. Sales under foreclosure of mortgages given by any railroad
25corporation may be made immediately after the rendition of the judgment.
SB209,106
1Section 106. 846.101 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,40,92 846.101 (2) When plaintiff so elects, judgment shall be entered as provided in
3this chapter, except that no judgment for deficiency may be ordered therein nor
4separately rendered against any party who is personally liable for the debt secured
5by the mortgage and the sale of such mortgaged premises shall be made upon the
6expiration of 6 months from the date when such judgment is entered. Notice of the
7time and place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) within such
86-month period except that first printing of a copy of such notice in a newspaper shall
9not be made less than 4 months after the date when such judgment is entered.
SB209,107 10Section 107. 846.102 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,40,2011 846.102 (1) In an action for enforcement of a mortgage lien if the court makes
12an affirmative finding upon proper evidence being submitted that the mortgaged
13premises have been abandoned by the mortgagor and assigns, judgment shall be
14entered as provided in s. 846.10 except that the sale of such mortgaged premises shall
15be made upon the expiration of 5 weeks from the date when such judgment is entered.
16Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) and
17placement of the notice may commence when judgment is entered. In this section
18"abandoned" means the relinquishment of possession or control of the premises
19whether or not the mortgagor or the mortgagor's assigns have relinquished equity
20and title.
SB209,108 21Section 108. 846.103 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,41,422 846.103 (1) No foreclosure sale involving real property other than a one- to
234-family residence that is owner-occupied at the commencement of the foreclosure
24action, a farm, a church or a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization may be
25held until the expiration of 6 months from the date when judgment is entered except

1a sale under sub. (2). Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under ss.
2815.31 and 846.16 (1) and may be given within the 6-month period except that the
3first printing of the notice shall not be made less than 4 months after the date when
4judgment is entered.
SB209,109 5Section 109. 846.103 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB209,41,246 846.103 (2) If the mortgagor of real property other than a one- to 4-family
7residence that is owner-occupied at the commencement of the foreclosure action, a
8farm, a church or a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization has agreed in
9writing at the time of the execution of the mortgage to the provisions of this section,
10the plaintiff in a foreclosure action of a mortgage, which mortgage is recorded
11subsequent to May 12, 1978, may elect by express allegation in the complaint to
12waive judgment for any deficiency which may remain due to the plaintiff after sale
13of the mortgaged premises against every party who is personally liable for the debt
14secured by the mortgage, and to consent that the mortgagor, unless he or she
15abandons the property, may remain in possession of the mortgaged property and be
16entitled to all rents, issues and profits therefrom to the date of confirmation of the
17sale by the court. When the plaintiff so elects, judgment shall be entered as provided
18in this chapter, except that no judgment for deficiency may be ordered nor separately
19rendered against any party who is personally liable for the debt secured by the
20mortgage and the sale of the mortgaged premises shall be made upon the expiration
21of 3 months from the date when such judgment is entered. Notice of the time and
22place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) and may be given within
23the 3-month period except that first printing of the notice shall not be made less than
24one month after the date when judgment is entered.
SB209,110 25Section 110. 846.16 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB209,42,12
1846.16 Notice; confirmation; transfer. (1) Notice of sale and sale. (a)
2The sheriff or referee who will hold the sale of the mortgaged premises under a
3judgment of foreclosure shall give notice of the time and place of sale in the manner
4provided by law for the sale of real estate upon execution or in such other manner
5as the court shall in the judgment direct. If the department of veterans affairs is a
6party in the foreclosure action, the sheriff or referee shall also give notice of the sale
7by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the department, at least 3 weeks
8prior to the date of sale. Upon the sale of the mortgaged premises and upon
9compliance with its terms, the sheriff or referee shall make and execute to the
10purchaser, the purchaser's assigns, or personal representatives a deed of the
11premises sold that includes each parcel of land sold to the purchaser and the
12purchase price.
SB209,42,1413 (b) No later than 10 days after the sale of mortgaged premises, the sheriff or
14referee shall do all of the following:
SB209,42,1515 1. File a report of the sale with the clerk of courts.
SB209,42,1616 2. Deliver to the clerk of courts all of the following:
SB209,42,1717 a. The deed to the mortgaged premises.
SB209,42,1918 b. After deducting the costs and expenses of the sale, unless the court orders
19otherwise, the proceeds of the sale ordered by the court.
SB209,43,220 (c) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2., the sheriff or referee may not accept
21less than $100 as a deposit or down payment from the purchaser at a sale of
22mortgaged premises. The sheriff or referee shall deliver the amount of deposit or
23down payment with the clerk of courts as provided in par. (b) and the purchaser shall
24pay the balance of the sale price to the clerk of courts upon confirmation of the sale.

1If the highest bid is less than $100, the sheriff or referee shall deposit the entire
2amount to the clerk of courts under par. (b).
SB209,43,93 2. If the judgment creditor is the purchaser at the sale of the mortgaged
4premises, the judgment creditor may give the judgment creditor's receipt to the
5sheriff or referee for any sum not exceeding the judgment creditor's judgment. The
6judgment creditor's receipt shall be considered a down payment. If the judgment
7creditor is the purchaser and the judgment amount is less than the purchase price,
8the judgment creditor shall pay the difference to the sheriff or referee at the time of
9sale.
SB209,43,1110 3. Regardless of who purchases the mortgaged property, the purchaser shall
11pay the cost of sale.
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