AB279: Bill Text

AB279,74 Section 74. 229.44 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,26,23 229.44 (6) Purchase insurance, establish and administer a plan of self-insurance or, subject to an agreement with another governmental entity under s. 66.0301 or 229.47 (1), participate in a governmental plan of insurance or self-insurance.

AB279,75 Section 75. 229.461 of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,27,9 229.461 Development agreement, non-relocation agreement, lease. (1) A district shall enter into a development agreement with a professional basketball team or its affiliate to require the professional basketball team or affiliate to develop and construct sports and entertainment arena facilities that will be financed in part by the district and, subject to sub. (3) (d), leased to the professional basketball team or its affiliate as provided in this subchapter. Before a district may sign the development agreement, the secretary of administration shall certify that the professional basketball team or its affiliate has agreed to fund at least $250,000,000 to the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,27,18 (2) In consideration of the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located promising to commit $250,000,000 of financial assistance to the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities and granting a professional basketball team, or its affiliate, the right to operate and manage the sports and entertainment arena facilities, the professional basketball team shall enter into a non-relocation agreement with the district, at the time it or its affiliate enters into a development agreement with the district under sub. (1), that contains all of the following provisions and commitments during the term of the lease:

AB279,27,20 (a) The professional basketball team shall play substantially all of its home games at the sports and entertainment arena, once it is constructed.

AB279,27,22 (b) The professional basketball team shall maintain its membership in the National Basketball Association or a successor league.

AB279,27,24 (c) The professional basketball team shall maintain its headquarters in this state.

AB279,28,2 (d) The professional basketball team shall maintain in its official team name the name of the sponsoring municipality.

AB279,28,4 (e) The professional basketball team shall not relocate to another political subdivision during the term of the lease.

AB279,28,9 (f) If the professional basketball team is sold or ownership is transferred to another person, the professional basketball team shall ensure that any person who acquires the professional basketball team, including upon foreclosure, commits to acquire the professional basketball team subject to the team's obligations under the non-relocation agreement.

AB279,28,14 (g) During the last 5 years of the original 30-year lease, and during any 5-year extension of the lease, the professional basketball team may negotiate, and enter into agreements, with 3rd parties regarding the professional basketball team playing its home games at a site different from the site to which the lease applies after the conclusion of the lease.

AB279,28,16 (3) The lease between the district and the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall contain at least all of the following:

AB279,28,18 (a) The term of the lease shall be for 30 years, plus 2 extensions of 5 years each, both extensions at the professional basketball team's or its affiliate's option.

AB279,29,3 (b) The lease shall contain provisions concerning the transfer of the Bradley Center and the land on which it is located from the district to the professional basketball team or its affiliate and, following that transfer, subsequent demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure, consistent with s. 229.47 (2) (c). The district shall convey fee title to the professional basketball team or its affiliate free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and obligations, except for easements or similar restrictions that do not include a monetary component. Provided that the Bradley Center arena structure is transferred as provided under this paragraph, the lease shall require the professional basketball team or its affiliate to pay for all costs related to the demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure.

AB279,29,18 (c) The professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities that are constructed pursuant to a development agreement entered into under sub. (1). If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development agreement or non-relocation agreement, the parent company of the professional basketball team shall be jointly and severally responsible with the professional basketball team or its affiliate for the costs of equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing the sports and entertainment arena facilities during the term of the lease. In addition, the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be entitled to receive all revenues related to the operation or use of the sports and entertainment arena facilities, including, but not limited to, ticket revenues, licensing or user fees, sponsorship revenues, revenues generated from events that are held on the plaza that is part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities, revenues from the sale of food, beverages, merchandise, and parking, and revenues from naming rights.

AB279,29,23 (d) The lease shall allow for a separate agreement between the sponsoring municipality and the professional basketball team or its affiliate that addresses the development and construction, leasing, operation, maintenance, and repair of a parking structure constructed as part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities and the ownership of and revenues from the parking structure.

AB279,29,25 (4) (a) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the lease, the district may enforce the lease.

AB279,30,5 (b) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development agreement or the non-relocation agreement, the state, the district, the sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located may act individually or collectively to enforce the development agreement or the non-relocation agreement and, if they prevail, are entitled to all of the following:

AB279,30,6 1. Injunctive relief.

AB279,30,12 2. a. Liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate in an amount equal to the outstanding balance of principal and accrued unpaid interest remaining on any debt issued or incurred by the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located for the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,30,19 b. If the professional basketball team or its affiliate, at the time of its breach of the development agreement or non-relocation agreement, is also in breach of its obligations under the lease to equip, maintain, operate, and repair the sports and entertainment arena facilities, liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate shall also include an amount equal to the cost of performing these obligations during the term of the lease.

AB279,30,24 c. Liquidated damages awarded under this subdivision shall be apportioned among the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located in proportion to that entity's financial contributions towards the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,31,7 (5) The secretary of administration, in his or her capacity as chairperson of the board of directors, shall negotiate the development agreement, the lease, and the non-relocation agreement under this section on behalf of the district and may enter into any such development agreement, non-relocation agreement, or lease without the approval of the board of directors. Any subsequent amendments to, or renewal or extensions of, the development agreement, the non-relocation agreement, or the lease shall require the approval of the board of directors.

AB279,76 Section 76. 229.47 of the statutes is renumbered 229.47 (1).

AB279,77 Section 77. 229.47 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,31,14 229.47 (2) (a) Subject to s. 232.05 (3) (a), a district shall enter into one or more transfer agreements with the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation regarding the transfer of the Bradley Center or any part of the center, including land that cannot be transferred under par. (b). Any such transfer shall be for nominal financial consideration.

AB279,31,22 (b) Following execution of a lease under s. 229.461 (3) and forgiveness by the professional basketball team of any outstanding debt owed to the professional basketball team by the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall transfer to the district the land described in s. 229.41 (11e) that is owned by the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation. The transfer shall occur pursuant to transfer agreements and a parcel transfer schedule certified by the secretary of administration.

AB279,32,2 (c) A transfer agreement shall specify that demolition of the Bradley Center will commence not later than 180 days after the center is transferred to the district, as described in s. 232.05 (2) (h) and that the Bradley Center parking structure may continue to exist and operate.

AB279,78 Section 78. 229.477 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,32,17 229.477 Dissolution of a district. Subject to providing for the payment of its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance of its other contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by the joint action of the district's board of directors and sponsoring municipality. If the district is dissolved, the property of the district that does not include sports and entertainment arena facilities shall be transferred to its sponsoring municipality. The property of the district that does include sports and entertainment arena facilities shall be transferred to the local units of government that compose the district's jurisdiction in such proportions as the secretary of administration determines fairly and reasonably represent the contributions of each local unit of government to the development, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of the property that contains sports and entertainment arena facilities. If the district was created by more than one sponsoring municipality, the municipalities shall agree on the apportioning of the district's property before the district may be dissolved.

AB279,79 Section 79. 229.48 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,32,22 229.48 (1) (intro.) A district may issue bonds for costs and purposes that are related to an exposition center or an exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities, including all of the following:

AB279,80 Section 80. 229.48 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,33,2 229.48 (1) (a) Costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining or improving an exposition center or an exposition center facility or initially developing and constructing a sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,81 Section 81. 229.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,33,5 229.48 (1) (b) Costs of acquiring or improving an exposition center site or sports and entertainment arena facilities site.

AB279,82 Section 82. 229.48 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,33,11 229.48 (1) (c) Engineering, architectural or consultant fees, costs of environmental or feasibility studies, permit and license fees and similar planning or preparatory costs, that are related to an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,83 Section 83. 229.48 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,33,16 229.48 (1) (d) Funding budgeted costs for an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities for the 6-month period immediately following the completion of its construction or acquisition.

AB279,84 Section 84. 229.48 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,33,23 229.48 (1) (e) Interest on bonds or on any debt that is retired with the proceeds of bonds, if the interest is incurred or is reasonably expected to be incurred during the time period beginning a reasonable time period prior to the construction or acquisition of an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities and ending 6 months after the completion of the construction or acquisition.

AB279,85 Section 85. 229.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,34,4 229.48 (1m) For financing purposes, exposition centers and exposition center facilities and sports and entertainment arenas and sports and entertainment arena facilities are public utilities and tax revenues imposed under s. 66.0615 (1m) (a) and (b) and subchs. VIII and IX of ch. 77 are property or income of the public utility.

AB279,86 Section 86. 229.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,34,11 229.48 (2) All bonds are negotiable for all purposes, notwithstanding their payment from a limited source. A district may retain the building commission, the department of administration, or any other person as its financial consultant to assist with and coordinate the issuance of bonds and shall use the building commission as its financial consultant for bonds secured by a special debt service reserve fund under s. 229.50.

AB279,87 Section 87. 229.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,34,17 229.48 (7) The maximum amount of bond proceeds that a district may receive from bonds issued to fund the development and construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities is $203,000,000, plus amounts to pay issuance or administrative expenses, to make deposits to reserve funds, to pay accrued or funded interest, and to pay the costs of credit enhancement.

AB279,88 Section 88. 229.50 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,34,25 229.50 (1) (a) Substantial statewide public purpose. (intro.) The proceeds of the bonds, other than refunding bonds, will be used in connection with an exposition center, or an exposition center facility used primarily to support the activities of an exposition center, or a sports and entertainment arena, or sports and entertainment arena facilities, that serves a substantial statewide public purpose. An exposition center serves a substantial statewide public purpose if all of the following conditions are met:

AB279,89 Section 89. 229.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,35,8 229.50 (1) (d) Use of net proceeds. Not more than $170,000,000 of the total net proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, that would be secured by all special debt service reserve funds of the district will be used for the purposes specified under s. 229.48 (1) (a) to (c), except that no proceeds of the bonds secured by a special debt service reserve fund may be used to remodel or refurbish an existing exposition center or existing exposition center facilities transferred under a transfer agreement under s. 229.47 (1).

AB279,90 Section 90. 229.50 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,35,14 229.50 (1) (f) Transfer agreement. A sponsoring municipality of the district issuing the bonds has entered into a transfer agreement under s. 229.47 (1) that transfers to the district the sponsoring municipality's interests in an existing exposition center and exposition center facilities created under this subchapter or in an existing convention institution under s. 229.26.

AB279,91 Section 91. 229.50 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,36,7 229.50 (7) State moral obligation pledge. If at any time the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for a special debt service reserve fund exceeds the amount of moneys in the special debt service reserve fund, the board of directors of the district shall certify to the secretary of administration, the governor, the joint committee on finance and the governing body of the sponsoring municipality the amount necessary to restore the special debt service reserve fund to an amount equal to the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund. If this certification is received by the secretary of administration in an even-numbered year prior to the completion of the budget compilation under s. 16.43, the secretary shall include the certified amount in the budget compilation. In any case, the joint committee on finance shall introduce in either house, in bill form, an appropriation of the amount so certified to the appropriate special debt service reserve fund of the district. Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature hereby expresses its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make this appropriation. This subsection does not apply to reserve fund shortfalls related to bonds issued by the district to fund the construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,92 Section 92. 229.54 of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,36,12 229.54 Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities. (1) Neither the state, a sponsoring municipality, nor the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located is responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,36,15 (2) The district is responsible only for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the initial development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

AB279,93 Section 93. 232.05 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,36,22 232.05 (2) (h) Within 60 days following the later of the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d) or the expiration of 180 days' written notice delivered by the district to the corporation of the intended construction completion date, complete the sale, exchange, transfer, or divestiture of any part of the Bradley Center that was not previously transferred, as authorized under sub. (3).

AB279,94 Section 94. 232.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,37,5 232.05 (3) (a) Sell, exchange, transfer, or otherwise divest itself of the Bradley center Center except to a district, as defined in s. 229.41 (4m). The sale, exchange, transfer, or divestiture of the Bradley Center, or any part of the center, to a district, as defined in s. 229.41 (4m), shall satisfy and terminate any obligation of the corporation. Except as provided in s. 229.47 (2) (b), the corporation may not act under this paragraph before the secretary of administration issues the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d).

AB279,95 Section 95. 232.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,37,10 232.05 (3) (b) Dissolve and wind up its affairs, unless the legislature enacts a law ordering dissolution or except as provided in s. 232.07 except in connection with the sale, exchange, transfer, or divestment of the Bradley Center upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d).

AB279,96 Section 96. 232.07 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB279,97 Section 97. 232.07 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 232.07 and amended to read:

AB279,37,20 232.07 Dissolution. Promptly upon issuance of the certificate of involuntary Upon dissolution, the corporation shall pay, discharge , or make adequate provision for discharging its debts, liabilities, and obligations, including any judgment, order or decree which may be entered against it in any pending legal action, and shall, subject to s. 232.05 (3) (a), transfer all remaining assets to the state or to a district, as defined in s. 229.41 (4m). The corporation's existence shall continue, subject to the limitations on its activities under s. 181.1405.

AB279,98 Section 98. 342.41 of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,38,2 342.41 Identity of buyer. (1) Notwithstanding s. 342.15, after December 31, 2015, no individual may sell a motor vehicle to another individual, including transferring a junk vehicle by bill of sale, unless within 30 days of the sale the individual reports to the department the identification number of the vehicle and the identity of the individual buyer.

AB279,38,5 (2) The department shall accept electronically information related to the sale of the motor vehicle, including all of the information required to be reported under sub. (1).

AB279,99 Section 99. 345.28 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,38,13 345.28 (2) (c) If Subject to par. (d), if the appearance date specified in the citation is inconvenient for the person, he or she may contact the clerk of circuit court or the municipal court, whichever is applicable, to schedule a more convenient time. The revised date may provide for an appearance during an evening session, as required under s. 753.23 or authorized by a court. The Subject to par. (d), the court may revise the appearance date. The date specified in the citation applies unless the person receives written confirmation of the revised appearance date from the court.

AB279,100 Section 100. 345.28 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,38,20 345.28 (2) (d) A city of the 1st class may enact an ordinance establishing the period within which a person charged with a nonmoving violation shall pay the forfeiture or appear in court. An ordinance under this paragraph shall require that a citation issued for a nonmoving violation include the date on which the court may act under s. 345.37 unless the person has paid the forfeiture or appeared in court prior to that date.

AB279,101 Section 101. 345.28 (4) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB279,102 Section 102. 345.37 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,39,2 345.37 Procedure on default of appearance. (intro.) If the defendant fails to appear in court at the time fixed in the citation or by subsequent postponement, or, if an ordinance under s. 345.28 (2) (d) applies, not less time than the period established in an ordinance under s. 345.28 (2) (d) has elapsed since the person was charged with a nonmoving violation, the following procedure shall apply:

AB279,103 Section 103. 349.13 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,39,7 349.13 (1d) A local authority with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, including state trunk highways or connecting highways within corporate limits, may enact an ordinance making the owner of the vehicle involved in a violation under this section jointly liable for the violation.

AB279,104 Section 104. 349.132 of the statutes is created to read:

AB279,39,12 349.132 Authority to require vehicle registration. The governing body of any town, city, village, or county may enact an ordinance requiring that no vehicle that has been impounded or towed may be released unless the motor vehicle is registered under ch. 341 or exempt from registration under s. 341.05.

AB279,105 Section 105. 846.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,39,25 846.10 (2) Any party may become a purchaser. No sale involving a one- to 4-family residence that is owner-occupied at the commencement of the foreclosure action, a farm, a church or a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization may be held until the expiration of 12 months from the date when judgment is entered, except a sale under s. 846.101 or 846.102. Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) and may be given within the 12-month period except that the first printing of the notice shall not be made less than 10 months after the date when judgment is entered, except that the sale of a farm shall not be made or advertised until the expiration of one year from the date when such judgment is entered. In all cases the parties may, by stipulation, filed with the clerk, consent to an earlier sale. Sales under foreclosure of mortgages given by any railroad corporation may be made immediately after the rendition of the judgment.

AB279,106 Section 106. 846.101 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,40,9 846.101 (2) When plaintiff so elects, judgment shall be entered as provided in this chapter, except that no judgment for deficiency may be ordered therein nor separately rendered against any party who is personally liable for the debt secured by the mortgage and the sale of such mortgaged premises shall be made upon the expiration of 6 months from the date when such judgment is entered. Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) within such 6-month period except that first printing of a copy of such notice in a newspaper shall not be made less than 4 months after the date when such judgment is entered.

AB279,107 Section 107. 846.102 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB279,40,20 846.102 (1) In an action for enforcement of a mortgage lien if the court makes an affirmative finding upon proper evidence being submitted that the mortgaged premises have been abandoned by the mortgagor and assigns, judgment shall be entered as provided in s. 846.10 except that the sale of such mortgaged premises shall be made upon the expiration of 5 weeks from the date when such judgment is entered. Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under ss. 815.31 and 846.16 (1) and placement of the notice may commence when judgment is entered. In this section "abandoned" means the relinquishment of possession or control of the premises whether or not the mortgagor or the mortgagor's assigns have relinquished equity and title.