AB75-ASA1,725,2321 (g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
22of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
23service.
AB75-ASA1,725,2524 (h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
25the purposes set forth in this section.
AB75-ASA1,726,7
1(i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any public
2highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the authority's
3facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or municipal highway,
4street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof shall be duly
5notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as good a condition
6as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs incident to the work
7to be borne by the authority.
AB75-ASA1,726,98 (j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
9facilities, and services provided by the authority.
AB75-ASA1,726,1110 (k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
11regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
AB75-ASA1,726,1212 (L) Sue and be sued in its own name.
AB75-ASA1,726,1313 (m) Have and use a corporate seal.
AB75-ASA1,726,1614 (n) Employ agents, consultants, and employees, engage professional services,
15and purchase such furniture, stationery, and other supplies and materials as are
16reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers.
AB75-ASA1,726,1817 (o) Incur debts, liabilities, or obligations including the borrowing of money and
18the issuance of bonds under subs. (7) and (10).
AB75-ASA1,726,2219 (p) Invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not required
20for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds from the sale of any bonds, in
21such obligations, securities, and other investments as the authority deems proper in
22accordance with s. 66.0603 (1m).
AB75-ASA1,726,2423 (q) Do and perform any acts and things authorized by this section under,
24through, or by means of an agent or by contracts with any person.
AB75-ASA1,727,3
1(r) Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary
2and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including providing for
3passenger safety.
AB75-ASA1,727,144 (s) 1. Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, the taxes
5under subch. V of ch. 77 in the authority's jurisdictional area, except that no
6authority created under sub. (2) (b) may adopt such a resolution until an advisory
7referendum is held in the authority's jurisdictional area on the question of whether
8the authority's board of directors should impose the taxes under subch. V of ch. 77.
9If an authority adopts a resolution to impose the taxes, it shall deliver a certified copy
10of the resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective
11date. The authority may, by adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, repeal
12the imposition of taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and shall deliver a certified copy of
13the repeal resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its
14effective date.
AB75-ASA1,728,815 2. If an authority adopts a resolution to impose the tax, as provided in subd.
161., an authority shall specify to the department of revenue, as provided in this
17subdivision, the exact boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional area. If the
18boundaries are the same as the county lines on all sides of the authority's
19jurisdictional area, the resolution shall specify the county or counties that comprise
20the authority's entire jurisdictional area. If the boundaries are other than a county
21line on any side of the authority's jurisdictional area, the authority shall provide the
22department with a complete list of all the 9-digit zip codes that are entirely within
23the authority's jurisdictional area and a complete list of all the street addresses that
24are within the authority's jurisdictional area and not included in any 9-digit zip code
25that is entirely within the authority's jurisdictional area. The authority shall

1provide a certified copy of the information required under this subdivision to the
2department, in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department, at
3least 120 days prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date
4of the tax imposed under subd. 1. If the boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional
5area subsequently change, the authority shall submit a certified copy of the
6information required under this subdivision to the department at least 120 days
7prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date of such change,
8in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department.
AB75-ASA1,728,11 9(4m) Milwaukee County transit management. In addition to the powers
10specified in sub. (4), the authority created under sub. (2) (a) shall be responsible for
11the management of transit in Milwaukee County.
AB75-ASA1,728,18 12(5) Limitations on authority powers. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b), (c),
13(d), (q), and (r), no authority, and no public or private organization with which an
14authority has contracted for service, may provide service outside the jurisdictional
15area of the authority unless the authority receives financial support for the service
16under a contract with a public or other private organization for the service or unless
17it is necessary in order to provide service to connect residents within the authority's
18jurisdictional area to transit systems in adjacent counties.
AB75-ASA1,729,219 (b) Whenever the proposed operations of an authority would be competitive
20with the operations of a common carrier in existence prior to the time the authority
21commences operations, the authority shall coordinate proposed operations with the
22common carrier to eliminate adverse financial impact for the carrier. This
23coordination may include route overlapping, transfers, transfer points, schedule
24coordination, joint use of facilities, lease of route service, and acquisition of route and
25corollary equipment. If this coordination does not result in mutual agreement, the

1proposals of the authority and the common carrier shall be submitted to the
2department of transportation for arbitration.
AB75-ASA1,729,53 (c) In exercising its powers under subs. (4) and (4m), an authority shall consider
4any plan of a metropolitan planning organization under 23 USC 134 that covers any
5portion of the authority's jurisdictional area.
AB75-ASA1,729,10 6(6) Authority obligations to employees of mass transportation systems. (a)
7An authority acquiring a comprehensive unified local transportation system for the
8purpose of the authority's operation of the system shall assume all of the employer's
9obligations under any contract between the employees and management of the
10system to the extent allowed by law.
AB75-ASA1,729,2011 (b) An authority acquiring, constructing, controlling, or operating a
12comprehensive unified local transportation system shall negotiate an agreement
13with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected
14by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation to protect the interests of
15employees affected. This agreement shall include all of the provisions identified in
16s. 59.58 (4) (b) 1. to 8. and may include provisions identified in s. 59.58 (4) (c). An
17affected employee has all the rights and the same status under subch. IV of ch. 111
18that he or she enjoyed immediately before the acquisition, construction, control, or
19operation and may not be required to serve a probationary period if he or she attained
20permanent status before the acquisition, construction, control, or operation.
AB75-ASA1,729,2221 (c) In all negotiations under this subsection, a senior executive officer of the
22authority shall be a member of the authority's negotiating body.
AB75-ASA1,730,2 23(7) Bonds; generally. (a) An authority may issue bonds, the principal and
24interest on which are payable exclusively from all or a portion of any revenues
25received by the authority. The authority may secure its bonds by a pledge of any

1income or revenues from any operations, rent, aids, grants, subsidies, contributions,
2or other source of moneys whatsoever.
AB75-ASA1,730,43 (b) An authority may issue bonds in such principal amounts as the authority
4deems necessary.
AB75-ASA1,730,75 (c) 1. Neither the members of the board of directors of an authority nor any
6person executing the bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of the issuance
7of the bonds.
AB75-ASA1,730,128 2. The bonds of an authority are not a debt of the participating political
9subdivisions. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor the state are liable
10for the payment of the bonds. The bonds of any authority shall be payable only out
11of funds or properties of the authority. The bonds of the authority shall state the
12restrictions contained in this paragraph on the face of the bonds.
AB75-ASA1,730,23 13(8) Issuance of bonds. (a) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by
14resolution of the board of directors. The bonds may be issued under such a resolution
15or under a trust indenture or other security instrument. The bonds may be issued
16in one or more series and may be in the form of coupon bonds or registered bonds
17under s. 67.09. The bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times, bear interest
18at the rates, be in the denominations, have the rank or priority, be executed in the
19manner, be payable in the medium of payment and at the places, and be subject to
20the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution, trust
21indenture, or other security instrument provides. Bonds of an authority are issued
22for an essential public and governmental purpose and are public instrumentalities
23and, together with interest and income, are exempt from taxes.
AB75-ASA1,730,2524 (b) The authority may sell the bonds at public or private sales at the price or
25prices determined by the authority.
AB75-ASA1,731,4
1(c) If an officer whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons ceases to be
2an officer of the authority before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, the officer's
3signature shall, nevertheless, be valid for all purposes as if the officer had remained
4in office until delivery of the bonds or coupons.
AB75-ASA1,731,6 5(9) Covenants. An authority may do all of the following in connection with the
6issuance of bonds:
AB75-ASA1,731,77 (a) Covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal.
AB75-ASA1,731,98 (b) Redeem the bonds, or covenant for the redemption of the bonds, and provide
9the terms and conditions of the redemption.
AB75-ASA1,731,1610 (c) Covenant as to charge fees, rates, rents, and charges sufficient to meet
11operating and maintenance expenses, renewals, and replacements of any
12transportation system, principal and debt service on bonds creation and
13maintenance of any reserves required by a bond resolution, trust indenture, or other
14security instrument and to provide for any margins or coverages over and above debt
15service on the bonds that the board of directors considers desirable for the
16marketability of the bonds.
AB75-ASA1,731,2117 (d) Covenant as to the events of default on the bonds and the terms and
18conditions upon which the bonds shall become or may be declared due before
19maturity, as to the terms and conditions upon which this declaration and its
20consequences may be waived, and as to the consequences of default and the remedies
21of bondholders.
AB75-ASA1,731,2422 (e) Covenant as to the mortgage or pledge of, or the grant of a security interest
23in, any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenues of the authority
24to secure the payment of bonds, subject to any agreements with the bondholders.
AB75-ASA1,732,3
1(f) Covenant as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment
2of any revenues, assets, moneys, funds, or property with respect to which the
3authority may have any rights or interest.
AB75-ASA1,732,64 (g) Covenant as to the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds
5may be applied, and as to the pledge of such proceeds to secure the payment of the
6bonds.
AB75-ASA1,732,97 (h) Covenant as to limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the
8terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding
9of outstanding bonds.
AB75-ASA1,732,1110 (i) Covenant as to the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or
11security.
AB75-ASA1,732,1512 (j) Covenant as to the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for
13the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of
14bonds, the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such
15consent may be given.
AB75-ASA1,732,1816 (k) Covenant as to the custody and safekeeping of any of its properties or
17investments, the insurance to be carried on the property or investments, and the use
18and disposition of insurance proceeds.
AB75-ASA1,732,2119 (L) Covenant as to the vesting in one or more trustees, within or outside the
20state, of those properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the authority
21determines.
AB75-ASA1,732,2422 (m) Covenant as to the appointing of, and providing for the duties and
23obligations of, one or more paying agent or other fiduciaries within or outside the
24state.
AB75-ASA1,733,3
1(n) Make all other covenants and do any act that may be necessary or
2convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of
3the authority, tend to make the bonds more marketable.
AB75-ASA1,733,74 (o) Execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the
5powers granted under this section or in the performance of covenants or duties,
6which may contain such covenants and provisions as a purchaser of the bonds of the
7authority may reasonably require.
AB75-ASA1,733,19 8(10) Refunding bonds. An authority may issue refunding bonds for the
9purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or
10redemption. An authority may issue refunding bonds at such time prior to the
11maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the
12public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or
13provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption
14premium on the bonds, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of
15the bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming
16the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or
17current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by
18the resolution, trust indenture, or other security instruments. To the extent
19applicable, refunding bonds are subject to subs. (8) and (9).
AB75-ASA1,733,21 20(11) Bonds eligible for investment. (a) Any of the following may invest funds,
21including capital in their control or belonging to them, in bonds of the authority:
AB75-ASA1,733,2222 1. Public officers and agencies of the state.
AB75-ASA1,733,2323 2. Local governmental units, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u).
AB75-ASA1,733,2424 3. Insurance companies.
AB75-ASA1,733,2525 4. Trust companies.
AB75-ASA1,733,26
15. Banks.
AB75-ASA1,734,22 6. Savings banks.
AB75-ASA1,734,33 7. Savings and loan associations.
AB75-ASA1,734,44 8. Investment companies.
AB75-ASA1,734,55 9. Personal representatives.
AB75-ASA1,734,66 10. Trustees.
AB75-ASA1,734,77 11. Other fiduciaries not listed in this paragraph.
AB75-ASA1,734,118 (b) The authority's bonds are securities that may be deposited with and
9received by any officer or agency of the state or any local governmental unit, as
10defined in s. 19.42 (7u), for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations
11of the state or any local governmental unit is authorized by law.
AB75-ASA1,734,20 12(12) Budgets; rates and charges; audit. The board of directors of an authority
13shall annually prepare a budget for the authority. Except as provided in sub. (15),
14rates and other charges received by an authority shall be used only for the general
15expenses and capital expenditures of the authority, to pay interest, amortization,
16and retirement charges on bonds, and for specific purposes of the authority and may
17not be transferred to any political subdivision. The authority shall maintain an
18accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
19shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an
20independent certified public accountant.
AB75-ASA1,734,23 21(13) Withdrawal from authority. A participating political subdivision that
22joined an authority under sub. (2) (b) 3. may withdraw from an authority if all of the
23following conditions are met:
AB75-ASA1,734,2524 (a) The governing body of the political subdivision adopts a resolution
25requesting withdrawal of the political subdivision from the authority.
AB75-ASA1,735,2
1(b) The political subdivision has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all
2obligations of the political subdivision to the authority.
AB75-ASA1,735,103 (c) If a participating political subdivision withdraws from an authority, the
4authority shall provide the department of revenue with a certified copy of the
5resolution that approves the withdrawal. The withdrawal is effective on the first day
6of the calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days after the department receives
7the certified copy of the resolution approving the withdrawal. If the authority in
8which the withdrawing political subdivision continues to exist after the withdrawal,
9the authority shall provide information describing the exact boundaries of its
10jurisdictional area, as provided in sub. (4) (s) 2.
AB75-ASA1,735,12 11(14) Duty to provide transit service. An authority shall provide, or contract
12for the provision of, transit service within the authority's jurisdictional area.
AB75-ASA1,735,16 13(15) Requirements related to Milwaukee County authority's tax revenues.
14(a) Subject to par. (b), the authority created under sub. (2) (a) may use the revenues
15from taxes imposed by the authority under sub. (4) (s) to fund transit, parks, cultural,
16and emergency medical services programs in the authority's jurisdictional area.
AB75-ASA1,735,1917 (b) The authority created under sub. (2) (a) shall annually pay to the city of
18Milwaukee an amount equal to 15 percent of the revenues from taxes imposed by the
19authority under sub. (4) (s).
AB75-ASA1,735,2120 (c) Milwaukee County shall serve as the fiscal agent of the authority created
21under sub. (2) (a).
AB75-ASA1,736,2 22(17) Other statutes. This section does not limit the powers of political
23subdivisions to enter into intergovernmental cooperation or contracts or to establish
24separate legal entities under s. 66.0301 or 66.1021 or any other applicable law, or

1otherwise to carry out their powers under applicable statutory provisions. Section
266.0803 (2) does not apply to an authority.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1489 3Section 1489. 66.1105 (6) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,736,74 66.1105 (6) (ae) With regard to each district for which the department of
5revenue authorizes the allocation of a tax increment under par. (a), the department
6shall charge the city that created the district an annual administrative fee of $150
7that the city shall pay to the department no later than May 15.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1490 8Section 1490. 66.1106 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,736,139 66.1106 (7) (am) With regard to each district for which the department
10authorizes the allocation of a tax increment under par. (a), the department shall
11charge the political subdivision that created the district an annual administrative
12fee of $150 that the political subdivision shall pay to the department no later than
13May 15.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1491 14Section 1491. 66.1113 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,736,2215 66.1113 (1) (a) "Infrastructure expenses" means the costs of purchasing,
16constructing, or improving parking lots; access ways; transportation facilities,
17including roads and bridges; sewer and water facilities; exposition center facilities
18used primarily for conventions, expositions, trade shows, musical or dramatic
19events, or other events involving educational, cultural, recreational, sporting, or
20commercial activities;
parks, boat ramps, beaches, and other recreational facilities;
21fire fighting equipment; police vehicles; ambulances; and other equipment or
22materials dedicated to public safety or public works.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1492 23Section 1492. 66.1305 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
24read:
AB75-ASA1,737,2
166.1305 (2) (a) 2. "Technology-based incubator" means a facility that provides
2a new or expanding technically-oriented business with all of the following:
AB75-ASA1,737,33 a. Office and laboratory space.
AB75-ASA1,737,44 b. Shared clerical and other support service.
AB75-ASA1,737,55 c. Managerial and technical assistance.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1493 6Section 1493. 66.1305 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1494 7Section 1494. 66.1333 (2m) (d) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,737,118 66.1333 (2m) (d) 8. Studying the feasibility of an initial design for a
9technology-based incubator, and developing and operating a technology-based
10incubator and applying for a grant under s. 560.14 (3) in connection with a
11technology-based incubator
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1495 12Section 1495. 66.1333 (2m) (t) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
13read:
AB75-ASA1,737,1514 66.1333 (2m) (t) "Technology-based incubator" means a facility that provides
15a new or expanding technically-oriented business with all of the following:
AB75-ASA1,737,1616 1. Office and laboratory space.
AB75-ASA1,737,1717 2. Shared clerical and other support service.
AB75-ASA1,737,1818 3. Managerial and technical assistance.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1496 19Section 1496. 67.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,738,220 67.01 (5) "Municipality" means any of the following which is authorized to levy
21a tax: a county, city, village, town, school district, board of park commissioners,
22technical college district, metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 200.01 to
23200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, town sanitary district under subch. IX of ch. 60, transit
24authority created under s. 66.1039,
public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
25district established under s. 33.23, 33.235, or 33.24 , and any other public body

1empowered to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the money out of public
2funds or revenues. "Municipality" does not include the state.
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