Amendment SE5 ASA-AB1

AB1-ASA,37,10 (3) Use of moneys in the special debt service reserve fund. All moneys held in any special debt service reserve fund of a district, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be used, as required, solely for the payment of the principal of bonds secured in whole or in part by the special debt service reserve fund, the making of sinking fund payments with respect to these bonds, the purchase or redemption of these bonds, the payment of interest on these bonds or the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid when these bonds are redeemed prior to maturity. If moneys in a special debt service reserve fund at any time are less than the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund, the district may not use these moneys for any optional purchase or optional redemption of the bonds. Any income or interest earned by, or increment to, any special debt service reserve fund due to the investment of moneys in the special debt service reserve fund may be transferred by the district to other funds or accounts of the district to the extent that the transfer does not reduce the amount of the special debt service reserve fund below the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund.

AB1-ASA,37,18 (4) Limitation on bonds secured by a special debt service reserve fund. A district shall accumulate in each special debt service reserve fund an amount equal to the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund. A district may not at any time issue bonds secured in whole or in part by a special debt service reserve fund if upon the issuance of these bonds the amount in the special debt service reserve fund will be less than the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund.

AB1-ASA,38,9 (5) Special debt service reserve fund requirement. The special debt service reserve fund requirement for a special debt service reserve fund, as of any particular date of computation, is equal to an amount of money, as provided in the bond resolution authorizing the bonds with respect to which the special debt service reserve fund is established, that may not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the district for that fiscal year or any future fiscal year of the district secured in whole or in part by that special debt service reserve fund. In computing the annual debt service for any fiscal year, bonds deemed to have been paid in accordance with the defeasance provisions of the bond resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall not be included in bonds outstanding on such date of computation. The annual debt service for any fiscal year is the amount of money equal to the aggregate of all of the following calculated on the assumption that the bonds will, after the date of computation, cease to be outstanding by reason, but only by reason, of the payment of bonds when due, and the payment when due, and application in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing those bonds, of all of the sinking fund payments payable at or after the date of computation:

AB1-ASA,38,12 (a) All interest payable during the fiscal year on all bonds that are secured in whole or in part by the special debt service reserve fund and that are outstanding on the date of computation.

AB1-ASA,38,15 (b) The principal amount of all of the bonds that are secured in whole or in part by the special debt service reserve fund, are outstanding on the date of computation and mature during the fiscal year.

AB1-ASA,38,19 (c) All amounts specified in bond resolutions of the district authorizing any of the bonds that are secured in whole or in part by the special debt service reserve fund to be payable during the fiscal year as a sinking fund payment with respect to any of the bonds that mature after the fiscal year.

AB1-ASA,38,23 (6) Valuation of securities. In computing the amount of a special debt service reserve fund for the purposes of this section, securities in which all or a portion of the special debt service reserve fund is invested shall be valued at par, or, if purchased at less than par, at their cost to the district.

AB1-ASA,39,15 (7) State moral obligation pledge. If at any time of valuation 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 district board shall certify to the secretary of administration, the governor, the joint committee on finance and the governing body of each county in the district 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 applies only with respect to bonds the issuance of which has been approved by the joint committee on finance.

AB1-ASA,39,19 (8) Information to joint committee on finance. The district shall provide to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance information concerning the district's projected cashflows and security features underlying each issuance of bonds under this subchapter.

AB1-ASA,39,25 229.75 Bonds not public debt. (1) The state and each county in the district's jurisdiction are not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state or either county in the district. All bonds shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. A bond issue does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds.

AB1-ASA,40,11 (2) Nothing in this subchapter authorizes a district to create a debt of the state or a county in the district's jurisdiction, and all bonds issued by a district are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state and each county in the district's jurisdiction are not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on a bond or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by a district. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement undertaken by a district does not impose pecuniary liability upon the state or a county in the district's jurisdiction or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

AB1-ASA,40,18 (3) Bonds issued by the district shall be secured only by the district's interest in any baseball park facilities, including any interest in a lease with the department of administration under s. 16.82 (7); by income from these facilities; by proceeds of bonds issued by the district and other amounts placed in a special redemption fund and investment earnings on such amounts; and by the taxes imposed by the district under subch. V of ch. 77. The district may not pledge its full faith and credit on the bonds and the bonds are not a liability of the district.

AB1-ASA,40,25 229.76 State pledge. The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, and persons that enter into contracts with a district under this subchapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in a district by this subchapter, including the rights and powers under s. 229.68 (15), before the district has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has fully performed its contracts, unless adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with a district.

AB1-ASA,41,7 229.77 Trust funds. All moneys received under this subchapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or from any other source, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subchapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, those moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of those moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purposes of this subchapter, subject to this subchapter and the bond resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds.

AB1-ASA,41,15 229.79 Budgets; rates and charges; audit. A district shall adopt a calendar year as its fiscal year for accounting purposes. The district board shall annually prepare a budget for the district. Rates and other charges received by the district shall be used for the general expenses and capital expenditures of the district and to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on bonds. A district shall maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an independent certified public accountant.

AB1-ASA,41,17 229.81 Assistance by state agencies. (1) Definition. In this section, "state agency" has the meaning given in s. 20.001 (1).

AB1-ASA,41,20 (2) Assistance with respect to granted land or property. All state agencies may provide assistance to a district if the district has entered into a lease agreement with the department of administration under s. 16.82 (7).

AB1-ASA, s. 52 Section 52. 234.65 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,41,25 234.65 (1) (c) The authority may not issue more than $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of bonds and notes under this section, excluding bonds or notes secured by a capital reserve fund pursuant to sub. (6) (am) and excluding bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding bonds or notes issued under this section.

AB1-ASA, s. 53 Section 53. 234.65 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,42,4 234.65 (1) (h) Bonds and notes issued by the authority to finance an economic development loan for a project described under s. 234.01 (4n) (d) are not general obligations of the authority.

AB1-ASA, s. 54 Section 54. 234.65 (1) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,42,10 234.65 (1) (hm) The authority may not make a loan under this section for an economic development project described under s. 234.01 (4n) (d) to any professional athletic team unless the team first obtains all approvals necessary to grant an enforceable lien on the franchise as security for the loan and unless the team first grants the lien as security for the loan.

AB1-ASA, s. 55 Section 55. 234.65 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA,42,17 234.65 (6) (b) The Except as provided in sub. (8), the authority may issue bonds and notes secured by a capital reserve fund pursuant to par. (am) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $35,000,000 $50,000,000 plus such additional amount as the authority considers necessary or desirable to fund a deposit into the capital reserve fund to pay costs of issuing the bonds and notes or to pay capitalized interest on the bonds and notes.

AB1-ASA, s. 56 Section 56. 234.65 (8) to (10) of the statutes are created to read:

AB1-ASA,42,24 234.65 (8) The authority shall not issue bonds or notes under this section to finance the construction of baseball park facilities, as defined in s. 229.65 (1), in relation to any single professional baseball park in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000, excluding bonds and notes issued to fund a deposit into the capital reserve fund, to pay costs of issuing the bonds and notes or to pay capitalized interest on the bonds and notes.

AB1-ASA,43,4 (9) The authority shall not issue bonds or notes under this section to finance the construction of baseball park facilities, as defined in s. 229.65 (1), for a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 unless the joint committee on finance approves the issuance.

AB1-ASA,43,8 (10) The authority shall provide to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance information concerning the authority's projected cashflows and security features underlying each issuance of bonds to a business for the purpose of financing baseball park facilities, as defined in s. 229.65 (1).

AB1-ASA, s. 57 Section 57. 704.31 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA,43,11 704.31 (3) This section does not apply to a lease to which a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 is a party.

AB1-ASA, s. 58 Section 58. Appropriation changes; administration.

AB1-ASA,43,18 (1)  In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.505 (1) (kc) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, the dollar amount is increased by $336,200 for fiscal year 1995-96 and the dollar amount is increased by $790,100 for fiscal year 1996-97 to provide funding for services provided to local professional baseball park districts, as created by this act.

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