Amendment SE5 ASA-AB1

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September 1995 Special Session

1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, To ASSEMBLY BILL 1

September 22, 1995 - Offered by Committee on Finance.

AB1-ASA,2,7 An Act to repeal 71.05 (1) (d) (title) and 71.05 (1) (e) (title); to renumber and amend 71.05 (1) (c), 71.05 (1) (d) and 71.05 (1) (e); to amend 13.94 (4) (a) 1., 16.70 (14), 19.42 (13) (a), 19.59 (1) (a), 20.505 (1) (ka), 20.505 (1) (kc), 20.835 (4) (g), 25.50 (1) (d), 66.066 (1) (a), 66.066 (1) (c), 66.067, 66.30 (1) (a), 71.26 (1) (bm), 71.36 (1m), chapter 77 (title), subchapter V (title) of chapter 77 [precedes 77.70], 77.71 (intro.) and (1), 77.71 (2), 77.71 (3) and (4), 77.73, 77.75, 77.76 (1), 77.76 (2), 77.77, 77.78, 234.65 (1) (c) and 234.65 (6) (b); and to create 13.94 (10), 16.82 (6), 16.82 (7), 16.854, 18.03 (5s), 19.59 (1) (g), 20.566 (1) (gd), 20.835 (4) (gb), 24.61 (2) (a) 7., 25.17 (3) (b) 10., 66.04 (2) (a) 3p., 66.066 (5), 71.05 (1) (c) 4., 71.26 (1m) (g), 71.45 (1t) (g), 77.705, 77.707, 77.76 (3m), 219.09 (1) (c), subchapter III of chapter 229 [precedes 229.64], 234.65 (1) (h), 234.65 (1) (hm), 234.65 (8) to (10) and 704.31 (3) of the statutes; relating to: creating a local professional baseball park district in certain jurisdictions; giving a local professional baseball park district the authority to issue bonds and granting income tax exemptions for interest income on bonds issued by the district; making a state moral obligation pledge with respect to bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district; giving a local professional baseball park district the authority to impose a sales tax and a use tax; creating an income and franchise tax exemption for a local professional baseball park district; creating an exception for a local professional baseball park district from certain landlord-tenant provisions; increasing a limitation on certain economic development bonding by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority; making appropriations; and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB1-ASA, s. 1 Section 1. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,2,20 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically a professional baseball park district; every provider of medical assistance under ch. 49; technical college district boards; development zones designated under s. 560.71; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50% of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.

AB1-ASA, s. 2 Section 2. 13.94 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,3,4 13.94 (10) Financial status of local professional baseball park districts. As promptly as possible following the end of each state fiscal biennium in which there are outstanding bonds or notes issued by a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 that are subject to s. 229.74 (7), the legislative audit bureau shall submit a report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance concerning the financial status of that district.

AB1-ASA, s. 3 Section 3. 16.70 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,3,7 16.70 (14) "State" does not include a district created under subch. II or III of ch. 229.

AB1-ASA, s. 4 Section 4. 16.82 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,3,13 16.82 (6) May provide any services to a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, for compensation to be agreed upon between the department and the district, if the district has entered into a lease agreement with the department under sub. (7). No order or contract to provide any such services is subject to s. 16.705, 16.75 (1) to (5) and (8) to (10), 16.752, 16.754 or 16.765.

AB1-ASA, s. 5 Section 5. 16.82 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,3,19 16.82 (7) May enter into a lease agreement with a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 for the lease of land or other property granted to the state and especially dedicated by the grant to use for a professional baseball park. The lease agreement may be for such rental payments and for such term as the secretary determines.

AB1-ASA, s. 6 Section 6. 16.854 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,3,22 16.854 Services provided to professional baseball park districts. (1) In this section:

AB1-ASA,3,23 (a) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (e).

AB1-ASA,3,24 (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (f).

AB1-ASA,4,3 (c) "Women's business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture or corporation that is at least 51% owned, controlled and actively managed by women.

AB1-ASA,5,3 (2) The department may, upon request of any local professional baseball park district, if the district has entered into a lease agreement with the department under s. 16.82 (7), take charge of and supervise engineering or architectural services or construction work, as defined in s. 16.87, performed by, or for, the district for compensation to be agreed upon between the department and the district. In connection with such services or work, the department may furnish engineering, architectural, project management and other building construction services whenever requisitions therefor are presented to the department by the district. If the district has entered into a lease agreement with the department under s. 16.82 (7), the department may also assist the district, upon request of the district, in letting contracts for engineering, architectural or construction work authorized by law and in supervising the work done thereunder. The department may award any such contract for any combination or division of work it designates and may consider any factors in awarding a contract including price, time for completion of work and the qualifications and past performance of a contractor. In awarding contracts under this section for the construction of baseball park facilities, as defined in s. 229.65 (1), the department shall ensure that any person who is awarded a contract agrees, as a condition to receiving the contract, that his or her goal shall be to attempt to ensure that at least 25% of the employes hired because of the contract will be minority group members and at least 5% of the employes hired because of the contract will be women. It shall also be a goal of the department to attempt to ensure that at least 25% of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded for the construction of such facilities in the following areas are awarded to minority businesses and at least 5% of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded for the construction of such facilities in the following areas are awarded to women's businesses:

AB1-ASA,5,4 (a) Contracts for the construction of baseball park facilities.

AB1-ASA,5,6 (b) Contracts for professional services related to the construction of baseball park facilities.

AB1-ASA,5,7 (c) Contracts for the development of baseball park facilities.

AB1-ASA,5,12 (3) It shall be a goal of the department, with regard to each of the contracts described under sub. (2) (a), (b) and (c), to award at least 25% of the dollar value of such contracts to minority businesses and at least 5% of the dollar value of such contracts to women's businesses. Sections 16.85, 16.855 and 16.87 do not apply to services provided or contracted by the department under this section.

AB1-ASA, s. 7 Section 7. 18.03 (5s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,5,16 18.03 (5s) Upon the request of a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, the commission may serve as financial consultant to assist and coordinate the issuance of the bonds of a district.

AB1-ASA, s. 8 Section 8. 19.42 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,5,21 19.42 (13) (a) All positions to which individuals are regularly appointed by the governor, except the position of trustee of any private higher educational institution receiving state appropriations and the position of member of the district board of a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229.

AB1-ASA, s. 9 Section 9. 19.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,6,6 19.59 (1) (a) No local public official may use his or her public position or office to obtain financial gain or anything of substantial value for the private benefit of himself or herself or his or her immediate family, or for an organization with which he or she is associated. A violation of this paragraph includes the acceptance of free or discounted admissions to a professional baseball game by a member of the district board of a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229. This paragraph does not prohibit a local public official from using the title or prestige of his or her office to obtain campaign contributions that are permitted and reported as required by ch. 11.

AB1-ASA, s. 10 Section 10. 19.59 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,6,8 19.59 (1) (g) 1. In this paragraph:

AB1-ASA,6,10 a. "District" means a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229.

AB1-ASA,6,11 b. "District board member" means a member of the district board of a district.

AB1-ASA,6,14 2. No district board member may accept or retain any transportation, lodging, meals, food or beverage, or reimbursement therefor, except in accordance with this paragraph.

AB1-ASA,6,19 3. A district board member may receive and retain reimbursement or payment of actual and reasonable expenses for a published work or for the presentation of a talk or participation in a meeting related to processes, proposals and issues affecting a district if the payment or reimbursement is paid or arranged by the organizer of the event or the publisher of the work.

AB1-ASA,7,2 4. A district board member may receive and retain anything of value if the activity or occasion for which it is given is unrelated to the member's use of the time, facilities, services or supplies of the district not generally available to all residents of the district and the member can show by clear and convincing evidence that the payment or reimbursement was unrelated to and did not arise from the recipient's holding or having held a public office and was paid for a purpose unrelated to the purposes specified in subd. (3).

AB1-ASA,7,8 5. A district board member may receive and retain from the district or on behalf of the district transportation, lodging, meals, food or beverage, or reimbursement therefor or payment or reimbursement of actual and reasonable costs that the member can show by clear and convincing evidence were incurred or received on behalf of the district and primarily for the benefit of the district and not primarily for the private benefit of the member or any other person.

AB1-ASA,7,13 6. No district board member may intentionally use or disclose information gained in the course of or by reason of his or her official position or activities in any way that could result in the receipt of anything of value for himself or herself, for his or her immediate family, or for any other person, if the information has not been communicated to the public or is not public information.

AB1-ASA,7,16 7. No district board member may use or attempt to use the position held by the member to influence or gain unlawful benefits, advantages or privileges personally or for others.

AB1-ASA,8,3 8. No district board member, member of a district board member's immediate family, nor any organization with which the district board member or a member of the district board member's immediate family owns or controls at least 10% of the outstanding equity, voting rights, or outstanding indebtedness may enter into any contract or lease involving a payment or payments of more than $3,000 within a 12-month period, in whole or in part derived from district funds unless the district board member has first made written disclosure of the nature and extent of such relationship or interest to the ethics board and to the district. Any contract or lease entered into in violation of this subdivision may be voided by the district in an action commenced within 3 years of the date on which the ethics board, or the district, knew or should have known that a violation of this subdivision had occurred. This subdivision does not affect the application of s. 946.13.

AB1-ASA,8,9 9. No former district board member, for 12 months following the date on which he or she ceases to be a district board member, may, for compensation, on behalf of any person other than a governmental entity, make any formal or informal appearance before, or negotiate with, any officer or employe of the district with which he or she was associated as a district board member within 12 months prior to the date on which he or she ceased to be a district board member.

AB1-ASA,8,18 10. No former district board member, for 12 months following the date on which he or she ceases to be a district board member, may, for compensation, on behalf of any person other than a governmental entity, make any formal or informal appearance before, or negotiate with, any officer or employe of a district with which he or she was associated as a district board member in connection with any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, application, contract, claim, or charge which might give rise to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding which was under the former member's responsibility as a district board member within 12 months prior to the date on which he or she ceased to be a member.

AB1-ASA,8,24 11. No former district board member may, for compensation, act on behalf of any party other than the district with which he or she was associated as a district board member in connection with any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, application, contract, claim, or charge which might give rise to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding in which the former member participated personally and substantially as a district board member.

AB1-ASA, s. 11 Section 11. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table - See PDF for table

AB1-ASA, s. 12 Section 12. 20.505 (1) (ka) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,9,14 20.505 (1) (ka) (title) Materials and services to state agencies and certain districts. The amounts in the schedule to provide services primarily to state agencies or local professional baseball park districts created under subch. III of ch. 229, other than services specified in pars. (im), (is) and (kb) to (kr) and subs. (2) (k) and (5) (ka), and to repurchase inventory items sold primarily to state agencies or such districts. All moneys received from the provision of services primarily to state agencies and such districts and from the sale of inventory items primarily to state agencies and such districts, other than moneys received and disbursed under pars. (im), (is) and (kb) to (kr) and subs. (2) (k) and (5) (ka), shall be credited to this appropriation account.

AB1-ASA, s. 13 Section 13. 20.505 (1) (kc) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read: