Senate

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues

Senate Bill 668

Relating to: the limit on tax credits that may be certified under the historic rehabilitation tax credit.

By Senators Darling, Feyen, Roth, Shilling, Olsen, Carpenter, Bewley, Hansen and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Rohrkaste, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Nygren, Born, Kitchens, Felzkowski, Jacque, Rodriguez, Kerkman, Anderson, Goyke, Berceau, VanderMeer, Ballweg, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Ohnstad, Novak, Genrich, Brostoff, Barca, Ott, Kolste, Subeck, Murphy, Tranel, Bernier, Riemer, E. Brooks, Fields, Krug, Stuck, Shankland, Spreitzer, Doyle, C. Taylor, Billings and Skowronski.

December 21, 2017     Referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues

January 10, 2018         Public Hearing Held

Present:       (5)        Senator Marklein; Senators LeMahieu, Tiffany, Ringhand and Vinehout.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      Sen. Alberta Darling - 8th Senate District

·      Rep. Mike  Rohrkaste - 55th Assembly District

·      Mayor Mike Vandersteen - City of Sheboygan

·      Mayor Dale Oppermann - City of Jefferson

·      Tim Freitag - City of Jefferson

·      Edward Matkon - Gorman & Company

·      Lon Arbegust - AD German Warehouse

·      Brenda Wood - City of Milwaukee

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      Jim   Draeger - WI Historical Society

Registrations For

·      Alice O'Connor - Gorman Co.

·      Jonathan Beck - Alexander Co.

·      Jason Tish - Archetype Historic Property Consultants, LLC

·      Curt Witynski - League of WI Municipalities

·      Mark Reihl - North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters

·      William Babcock - Wisconsin Society of Architects

·      Tom Larson - WI Realtors Assoc. & NAIOP WI

·      Sen. Dan Feyen - 18th Senate District

·      Michael Welsh - WI Economic Development Assoc.

·      David Uihlein

·      Joe Alexander - Alexander Co.

·      Dawn McCarthy - Milwaukee Preservation Alliance

·      Joe Leibham - WI Historic Tax Credit Coalition

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

January 17, 2018         Executive Session Held by Paper Ballot

Present:       (5)        Senator Marklein; Senators LeMahieu, Tiffany, Ringhand and Vinehout.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Moved by  that Senate Bill 668 be recommended for passage.

Ayes:     (5)     Senator Marklein; Senators LeMahieu, Tiffany, Ringhand and Vinehout.

Noes:     (0)     None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0

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Vincent Williams

Committee Clerk