AB1089,20,145 114.136 (2) (a) Except as provided by sub. (1) (b) or (c), the county park
6commission in the case of any county except any county with a county executive or
7county administrator in which case the county park manager, the city or village plan
8commission in the case of a city or village, or if there is no such commission or
9manager, a committee of the governing body or bodies of the county, city, village or
10town
city, village, town, county, or district which owns the airport site shall formulate
11a tentative ordinance and hold a public hearing or hearings thereon in some public
12place within the county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or district.
13Notice of the hearings shall be given by publication of a class 3 notice, under ch. 985,
14in the area affected by the proposed ordinance.
AB1089, s. 45 15Section 45. 114.136 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,20,2116 114.136 (4) (a) Any ordinance enacted under this section shall provide for a
17board of appeals. If the county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or
18district
which is the owner of the airport has enacted a zoning ordinance under
19provision of law other than this section, the board of adjustment or board of appeals
20set up by that ordinance shall also function as the board of appeals under the
21ordinance enacted under this section.
AB1089, s. 46 22Section 46. 114.136 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,21,323 114.136 (5) Enforcement. The governing body of the county, city, village or
24town
city, village, town, county, or district owning the airport site may provide for the
25enforcement of any ordinance or regulations enacted pursuant to this section. Such

1enforcement may be by a system of permits or any other appropriate method. The
2governing body enacting the ordinance may provide for the punishment of a violation
3of the ordinance by fine or imprisonment, or both.
AB1089, s. 47 4Section 47. 114.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,21,175 114.14 (1) The governing body of a city, village, town or, county, or district which
6has established an airport or landing field, or landing and take-off strip, and
7acquired, leased or set apart real property for such purpose may construct, improve,
8equip, maintain and operate the same, or may vest jurisdiction for the construction,
9improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation thereof in any suitable officer,
10board or body of such city, village, town or, county, or district. The expenses of such
11construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation shall be a city,
12village, town or, county, or district charge as the case may be. The governing body
13of a city, village, town or, county, or district may adopt regulations, and establish fees
14or charges for the use of such airport or landing field, or may authorize an officer,
15board or body of such village, city, village, town or, county, or district having
16jurisdiction to adopt such regulations and establish such fees or charges, subject
17however to the approval of such governing body before they shall take effect.
AB1089, s. 48 18Section 48. 114.14 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,22,219 114.14 (2) (f) All moneys appropriated for the construction, improvement,
20equipment, maintenance or operation of an airport, managed as provided by this
21subsection, or earned by the airport or made available for its construction,
22improvement, equipment, maintenance or operation in any manner whatsoever,
23shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, village, town or, county, or district
24where it shall be kept in a special fund and paid out only on order of the airport

1commission, drawn and signed by the secretary and countersigned by the
2chairperson.
AB1089, s. 49 3Section 49. 114.151 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,22,13 4114.151 Union airports. All powers conferred upon any county, city, village
5or town
city, village, town, county, or district by ss. 114.11 to 114.15, relating to the
6acquisition, establishment, construction, ownership, control, lease, equipment,
7improvement, maintenance, operation and regulation of airports or landing fields
8may be exercised by any 2 or more municipalities or districts in the establishment,
9acquisition, equipment and operation of joint airports or landing fields. The
10governing body of any county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or
11district
participating in the ownership or operation of a joint airport as provided in
12this section may by resolution withdraw from such joint operation or control and may
13relinquish its interest in the airport.
AB1089, s. 50 14Section 50. 114.32 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,23,17 15114.32 Federal aid for airports. (1) Secretary may accept. The secretary
16may cooperate with the government of the United States, and any agency or
17department thereof in the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance and
18operation of airports and other air navigation facilities in this state, and comply with
19the laws of the United States and any regulations made thereunder for the
20expenditure of federal moneys upon such airports and other air navigation facilities,
21and may enter into any contracts necessary to accomplish such purpose. The
22secretary may accept, receive and receipt for federal moneys and other moneys,
23either public or private, for and in behalf of this state or any municipality or district
24thereof, for training and education programs, for the acquisition, construction,
25improvement, maintenance and operation of airports and other aeronautical

1facilities, whether such work is to be done by the state or by such municipalities or
2districts
, or jointly, aided by grants of aid from the United States, upon such terms
3and conditions as are or may be prescribed by laws of the United States and any rules
4or regulations made thereunder, and the secretary may act as agent of any
5municipality of, or district in, this state or the owner of any public-use airport upon
6the request of such municipality or district, or the owner of the public-use airport,
7in accepting, receiving and receipting for such moneys in its behalf for airports, and
8in contracting for the acquisition, improvement, maintenance or operation of
9airports financed either in whole or in part by federal moneys, and the governing
10body of any such municipality or district, or the owner of the public-use airport, may
11designate the secretary as its agent for such purposes and enter into an agreement
12with the secretary prescribing the terms and conditions of such agency in accordance
13with federal laws, rules and regulations and with this chapter. Such moneys as are
14paid over by the U.S. government shall be retained by the state or paid over to said
15municipalities or districts or to the owners of the public-use airports under such
16terms and conditions as may be imposed by the U.S. government in making such
17grants.
AB1089,24,4 18(3) Contracts. All contracts for the acquisition, construction, improvement,
19maintenance and operation of airports and other aeronautical facilities, made by the
20secretary of transportation either as the agent of this state or as the agent of any
21municipality or district or as the agent of the owner of a public-use airport, shall be
22made pursuant to the laws of this state governing the making of like contracts;
23provided, however, that where the acquisition, construction, improvement,
24maintenance and operation of any airport or landing strip and other aeronautical
25facilities is financed or partially financed with federal moneys, the secretary of

1transportation, as agent of the state or of any municipality or district thereof or of
2the owner of a public-use airport, may let contracts in the manner prescribed by the
3federal authorities, acting under the laws of the United States, and any rules or
4regulations made thereunder, notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary.
AB1089,24,16 5(4) Disposition of federal funds. All moneys accepted for disbursement by the
6secretary of transportation pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state
7treasury, and, unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money
8is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purpose for which the
9moneys were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes. All
10such moneys are appropriated for the purposes for which the same were made
11available to be expended in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with
12this chapter. The secretary of transportation, whether acting for this state or as the
13agent of any of its municipalities or districts or as the agent of the owner of a
14public-use airport, or when requested by the U.S. government or any agency or
15department thereof, may disburse such moneys for the designated purposes, but this
16shall not preclude any other authorized method of disbursement.
AB1089,25,4 17(5) Local projects and funds; secretary's functions. No county, city, village
18or town
city, village, town, county, or district, whether acting singly or jointly with
19a county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or district, shall submit to
20a federal aeronautical agency or department any project application requesting
21federal assistance, for any airport improvement, aeronautical facility or planning
22study, unless the project and the project application have been first approved by the
23secretary. No such county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or district
24shall directly accept, receive, receipt for or disburse any funds granted by the United
25States for the project, but it shall designate the secretary as its agent and in its behalf

1to accept, receive, receipt for and disburse such funds. It shall enter into an
2agreement with the secretary prescribing the terms and conditions of the secretary's
3functions under such agency in accordance with federal laws, rules and regulations
4and applicable laws of this state.
AB1089, s. 51 5Section 51. 114.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,25,176 114.33 (1) Any county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or district,
7either singly or jointly with one or more counties, cities, villages or towns cities,
8villages, towns, counties, or districts
, or any owner of a public-use airport desiring
9to sponsor an airport development project to be constructed with federal aid and state
10aid or with the state aid alone as provided by this chapter, may initiate such project
11in the manner provided by this section. The department may initiate and sponsor
12an airport project in the same manner as a local governing body. If the department
13initiates and sponsors an airport project, it shall hold a hearing in the area affected
14by the project. Notice of the hearing shall be given as provided in sub. (2). The
15department may install, operate and maintain air navigation facilities with or
16without federal aid and may enter into agreements with sponsors to share the
17maintenance and operation costs of such facilities.
AB1089, s. 52 18Section 52. 114.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,26,719 114.33 (2) Such initiation shall be by a petition filed with the secretary by the
20governing body or bodies of the counties, cities, villages or towns cities, villages,
21towns, counties, or districts
or by the governing body of a public-use airport not
22owned by a county, city, village or town city, village, town, county, or district desiring
23to sponsor the project, or if the project is initiated and sponsored by the department
24by a statement by the secretary setting forth among other things that the airport
25project is necessary and the reason therefor; the class of the airport that it is desired

1to develop, the location of the project in general, and the proposed site tentatively
2selected; the character, extent and kind of improvement desired under the project,
3evidence, in the form of a transcript, that the project has received a public hearing
4in the area affected before adoption by the petitioners, and any other statements that
5the petitioners or the department may desire to make. At least 10 days' notice of the
6public hearing shall be given by publication of a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, in the
7area affected.
AB1089, s. 53 8Section 53. 114.33 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,27,29 114.33 (3) If the project has been sponsored by a local governing body or bodies
10or by the governing body of a public-use airport not owned by a county, city, village
11or town
city, village, town, county, or district, the secretary shall make a finding
12within a reasonable time after receipt of the petition. If such finding is generally
13favorable to the development petitioned for, the secretary shall submit the finding
14to the governor for approval and no finding favoring an airport development project
15shall be effective unless the governor's approval is endorsed thereon in writing. If
16the finding is approved by the governor the secretary shall notify the petitioners to
17that effect by filing a copy of the finding, which shall include among other things the
18location of the approved site, the character and extent of the improvements deemed
19necessary, and an approximate estimate of the costs and the amount to be paid by
20the sponsor. The finding shall constitute approval of the airport site so specified as
21a portion of the state airport system. On receipt of the finding the sponsors shall take
22action at their next meeting toward providing their share of the cost and shall
23promptly notify the secretary. The sponsors may proceed in accordance with the
24finding to acquire the site and to make master development plans and project plans,
25and shall be entitled to receive credit therefor as provided by federal law and by this

1chapter. On completion and approval of the plans a revised estimate of the project
2costs shall be made for the purposes of the project application.
AB1089, s. 54 3Section 54. 114.33 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,27,164 114.33 (8) (a) The secretary, upon the petition of a sponsoring municipality or
5district
, may provide that all or certain parts of the required land or interests in land
6may be acquired by the municipality or district named by the secretary. When so
7provided, the municipality or district and the secretary shall appraise and set the
8maximum price, including damages, considered reasonable for the lands or interests
9to be so acquired. The municipality or district shall endeavor to obtain easements
10or title in fee simple by conveyance of the lands or interests required, as directed in
11the secretary's order. The instrument of conveyance shall name the municipality or
12municipalities district as grantee and shall be subject to approval by the secretary,
13and shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds and filed with the secretary.
14If the needed lands or interests in lands cannot be purchased expeditiously within
15the appraised price, the municipality or district may acquire them by condemnation,
16as provided in s. 32.05.
AB1089,27,2017 (b) Any property of whatever nature acquired in the name of a city, village or,
18town, or district pursuant to this section or any predecessor shall be conveyed to the
19state without charge by the city, village or, town, or district when so ordered by the
20secretary.
AB1089,28,221 (c) The municipality or district when so ordered by the secretary shall sell at
22public or private sale, subject to the conditions and terms authorized by the
23secretary, any and all buildings, structures, or parts thereof, and any other fixtures
24or personalty acquired in the name of the municipality or district under this section
25or any predecessor. The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited with the state in

1the appropriate airport fund and the expense incurred in connection with the sale
2shall be paid from that fund.
AB1089, s. 55 3Section 55. 114.33 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,28,74 114.33 (9) The cost of the lands and interests acquired and damages allowed
5pursuant to this section, incidental expenses and the customary per diem and
6expenses of the municipality or district incurred in performing duties pursuant to
7this section, shall be paid out of the available airport improvement funds.
AB1089, s. 56 8Section 56. 114.33 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,28,159 114.33 (11) Subject to the approval of the governor, the secretary may convey
10lands or interests in lands acquired under this section and improvements installed
11on those lands to municipalities or districts named in the secretary's order. The
12conveyance of the lands or interests in lands and improvements shall restrict the use
13of the premises by the municipality or district to the uses for which they were
14acquired, except that the lands or interests in lands declared by the secretary to be
15excess may be conveyed without restrictions as to use.
AB1089, s. 57 16Section 57. 114.33 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089,28,1917 114.33 (13) Subsections (6) to (12) do not apply to lands or interests in lands
18associated with projects for public-use airports which are not owned by a county, city,
19village or town
city, village, town, county, or district.
AB1089, s. 58 20Section 58. 219.09 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1089,28,2121 219.09 (1) (g) Bonds issued by a local airport district under subch. VI of ch. 229.
AB1089, s. 59 22Section 59. Subchapter VI of chapter 229 [precedes 229.860] of the statutes
23is created to read:
AB1089,28,2424 CHAPTER 229
AB1089,29,2
1subchapter vi
2 local airport districts
AB1089,29,3 3229.860 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB1089,29,7 4(1) "Airport" means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use,
5for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used,
6or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way,
7together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.
AB1089,29,10 8(2) "Airport facilities" means all district property, tangible or intangible, owned
9in whole or in part, operated, or leased by a district that is principally related to
10facilities used, available for use, or designed for use, for or by any of the following:
AB1089,29,1111 (a) The navigation, landing, or take-off of aircraft.
AB1089,29,1212 (b) The safety, security, storage, maintenance, servicing, or repair of aircraft.
AB1089,29,1413 (c) The security, comfort, and convenience of airport personnel and the users
14of air transportation.
AB1089,29,1515 (d) Mail service.
AB1089,29,1616 (e) Military and national guard units.
AB1089,29,1817 (f) The safe and efficient operation and maintenance of an airport, and all
18appurtenant areas used for airport facilities, and all appurtenant rights-of-way.
AB1089,29,20 19(3) "Bond" means any bond, note, or other obligation issued under s. 66.0621
20by a district.
AB1089,29,24 21(4) "Chief elected official" means the mayor of a city or, if the city is organized
22under subch. I of ch. 64, the president of the council of that city, the village president
23of a village, or the county executive of a county or, if the county does not have a county
24executive, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors.
AB1089,29,25 25(5) "District" means a special purpose district created under this subchapter.
AB1089,30,1
1(6) "District board" means the governing board of a district.
AB1089,30,3 2(7) "Enabling resolution" means a resolution adopted by the governing body of
3a local governmental unit to create a district.
AB1089,30,4 4(8) "FAA" means the federal aviation administration.
AB1089,30,6 5(9) "FAA approval date" means the earliest date on which all of the following
6are in effect:
AB1089,30,87 (a) The issuance, by the FAA to the district assuming jurisdiction of an airport,
8of a certificate under 14 CFR 139 with respect to such airport.
AB1089,30,119 (b) The concurrence by the FAA of the designation of the district as a sponsor
10of such airport, including the FAA's approval of the assignment of existing grant
11agreements to the district.
AB1089,30,12 12(10) "Local governmental unit" means any city, village, or county.
AB1089,30,13 13(11) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, or county.
AB1089,30,15 14(12) "PFC" means a passenger facility charge authorized under 49 USC 40117
15and designated as a passenger facility charge under 14 CFR 158.
AB1089,30,17 16(13) "Sponsor" means the public agency authorized by 49 USC 47102 (24) to
17submit requests for financial assistance from the FAA.
AB1089,30,19 18(14) "Surrounding community" means the city of Cudahy, Oak Creek, St.
19Francis, or South Milwaukee.
AB1089,30,23 20(15) "Transfer agreement" means a contract between a district and a local
21governmental unit that provides the terms and conditions upon which airport
22facilities and the operation of the facilities are transferred by a local governmental
23unit to a district.
AB1089,31,5 24229.861 Creation, organization, and administration. (1) (a) There is
25created, for each jurisdiction described under s. 229.862 (1), upon the appointment

1and qualification of the members of its district board constituting a quorum, a
2district that is a unit of local government, that is a body corporate and politic, that
3is separate and distinct from, and independent of, the state and the political
4subdivisions within its jurisdiction, that has the powers under s. 229.863 and the
5name of which includes "Airport District."
AB1089,31,106 (b) One or more local governmental units may create a district that is a unit
7of local government, that is a body corporate and politic, that is separate and distinct
8from, and independent of, the state and the political subdivisions within its
9jurisdiction, that has the powers under s. 229.863 and the name of which includes
10"Airport District", if all of the following occur:
AB1089,31,1311 1. Each local governmental unit adopts an identical enabling resolution
12declaring the need for, and establishing, a district and identifying the district's
13jurisdiction, as described under s. 229.862 (2).
AB1089,31,1514 2. The enabling resolution adopted by each local governmental unit is signed
15by that unit's chief elected official.
AB1089,31,1616 3. The signed enabling resolution is filed with the secretary of transportation.
AB1089,31,1717 4. The members of the district board are appointed and qualified.
AB1089,31,18 18(2) A district is governed by its district board.
AB1089,31,20 19(3) If the district is created under sub. (1) (a), the district board consists of the
20members specified and appointed as follows:
AB1089,31,2421 (a) Four members of the district board shall be appointed by the governor to
224-year terms expiring on July 1, and 3 members of the district board shall be
23appointed by the chief elected official of the county in which the airport described
24under s. 229.862 (1) is located to 4-year terms expiring on July 1, except that:
AB1089,32,5
11. One of the governor's initial appointments and one of the chief elected
2official's initial appointments shall expire on July 1 of the 3rd year beginning after
3the year of creation of a district. The member appointed by the governor under this
4subdivision, and every successor to the member appointed by the governor under this
5subdivision, shall be a resident of a surrounding community.
AB1089,32,116 2. One of the governor's initial appointments and one of the chief elected
7official's initial appointments shall expire on July 1 of the 4th year beginning after
8the year of creation of a district. The member appointed by the chief elected official
9under this subdivision, and every successor to the member appointed by the chief
10elected official under this subdivision, shall be a resident of a surrounding
11community.
AB1089,32,1412 3. One of the governor's initial appointments and one of the chief elected
13official's initial appointments shall expire on July 1 of the 5th year beginning after
14the year of creation of a district.
AB1089,32,1615 4. One of the governor's initial appointments shall expire on July 1 of the 6th
16year beginning after the year of creation of a district.
AB1089,33,217 (b) 1. A member appointed by the governor may take his or her seat
18immediately upon appointment and qualification, subject to confirmation or
19rejection by the senate. Three of the members appointed by the governor shall reside
20within the jurisdiction of the regional planning commission created under s. 66.0309
21in which the airport described under s. 229.862 (1) is located, and one member
22appointed by the governor may not reside within that area. If the airport is located
23in an area that is not within the jurisdiction of a regional planning commission, 3 of
24the members appointed by the governor shall reside in the county in which the

1airport is located, and one member appointed by the governor may not reside within
2that county.
AB1089,33,53 2. A member appointed by the chief elected official may take his or her seat
4immediately upon appointment and qualification, subject to confirmation or
5rejection by the county board.
AB1089,33,96 (c) No member appointed under par. (a) may hold a state or political subdivision
7elective office or be an employee of the senate or any political subdivision. A member
8appointed under par. (a) may be removed before the expiration of his or her term by
9the appointing authority but only for cause, as defined in s. 17.001.
AB1089,33,1610 (d) Members of the district board may serve any number of terms, except that
11no member of the district board may serve more than 2 consecutive terms. Vacancies
12shall be filled by the appointing authority who appointed the person whose office is
13vacant. A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the
14unexpired term to which he or she is appointed, unless removed at an earlier time,
15and such service shall be considered one term for purposes of determining
16consecutive terms of office.
AB1089,33,1817 (e) The term of a member of a district board expires or terminates upon the
18earliest occurrence of one of the following:
AB1089,33,1919 1. The term for which the member was appointed expires.
AB1089,33,2120 2. A member becomes an elected public official or an employee of a
21governmental body.
AB1089,33,2322 3. A member subject to a residency requirement establishes a nonqualifying
23residence.
AB1089,33,2524 4. The member is removed by the appointing authority for cause, as defined in
25s. 17.001.
AB1089,34,2
1(4) If the district is created under sub. (1) (b), the district board consists of the
2members specified and appointed as follows:
AB1089,34,63 (a) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), 5 members of the district board shall be
4appointed by the chief elected official of the creating local governmental unit to
54-year terms expiring on July 1, each of whom shall be a resident of the local
6governmental unit.
AB1089,34,107 (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), 2 members of the district board shall be
8appointed by the chief elected official of the creating local governmental unit to
94-year terms expiring on July 1, neither of whom may be a resident of the county in
10which the largest airport in the district is located in whole or in part.
AB1089,34,1211 (c) 1. Two of the chief elected official's initial appointments shall expire on July
121 of the 3rd year beginning after the year of creation of a district.
AB1089,34,1413 2. Two of the chief elected official's initial appointments shall expire on July 1
14of the 4th year beginning after the year of creation of a district.
AB1089,34,1615 3. Three of the chief elected official's initial appointments shall expire on July
161 of the 5th year beginning after the year of creation of a district.
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