Amendment ASA1-AB75

AB75-ASA1, s. 1497 Section 1497. 67.01 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,738,6 67.01 (9) (intro.) This chapter is not applicable to appropriation bonds issued by a county under s. 59.85 or by a 1st class city under s. 62.62 and, except ss. 67.08 (1), 67.09 and 67.10, is not applicable:

AB75-ASA1, s. 1498 Section 1498. 67.05 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,739,16 67.05 (5) (b) No city or village may issue bonds for any purposes other than for water systems, lighting works, gas works, bridges, street lighting, street improvements, street improvement funding, hospitals, airports, harbor improvements, river improvements, breakwaters and protection piers, sewerage, garbage disposal, rubbish or refuse disposal, any combination of sewage, garbage or refuse or rubbish disposal, parks and public grounds, swimming pools and band shells, veterans housing projects, paying the municipality's portion of the cost of abolishing grade crossings, for the construction of police facilities and combined fire and police safety buildings, for the purchase of sites for engine houses, for fire engines and other equipment of the fire department, for construction of engine houses, and for pumps, water mains, reservoirs and all other reasonable facilities for fire protection apparatus or equipment for fire protection, for parking lots or other parking facilities, for school purposes, for libraries, for buildings for the housing of machinery and equipment, for acquiring and developing sites for industry and commerce as will expand the municipal tax base, for financing the cost of low-interest mortgage loans under s. 62.237, for providing financial assistance to blight elimination, slum clearance, community development, redevelopment and urban renewal programs and projects under ss. 66.1105, 66.1301 to 66.1329 and 66.1331 to 66.1337, to issue appropriation bonds under s. 62.62 to pay unfunded prior service liability with respect to an employee retirement system, or for University of Wisconsin System college campuses, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), until the proposition for their issue for the special purpose has been submitted to the electors of the city or village and adopted by a majority vote. Except as provided under sub. (15), if the common council of a city or the village board of a village declares its purpose to raise money by issuing bonds for any purpose other than those specified in this subsection, it shall direct by resolution, which shall be recorded at length in the record of its proceedings, the clerk to call a special election for the purpose of submitting the question of bonding to the city or village electors. If a number of electors of a city or village equal to at least 15% of the votes cast for governor at the last general election in their city or village sign and file a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the city or village clerk requesting submission of the resolution, the city or village may not issue bonds for financing the cost of low-interest mortgage loans under s. 62.237 without calling a special election to submit the question of bonding to the city or village electors for their approval.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1499 Section 1499. 67.05 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,740,11 67.05 (6m) (a) An initial resolution adopted by a technical college district board for an issue of bonds in an amount of money not exceeding $1,000,000 $1,500,000 for building remodeling or improvement need not be submitted to the electors of the district for approval unless within 30 days after the initial resolution is adopted there is filed with the technical college district secretary a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 requesting a referendum thereon. Such a petition shall be signed by electors from each county lying wholly or partially within the district. The number of electors from each county shall equal at least 1.5% of the population of the county as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c). If a county lies in more than one district, the technical college system board shall apportion the county's population as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c) to the districts involved and the petition shall be signed by electors equal to the appropriate percentage of the apportioned population. Any initial resolution adopted under sub. (1) in an amount of money not exceeding $1,000,000 $1,500,000 at the discretion of the district board, may be submitted to the electors without waiting for the filing of a petition. All initial resolutions adopted under sub. (1) in an amount of money in excess of $1,000,000 $1,500,000 or more for building remodeling or improvement shall be submitted to the electors of the district for approval. If a referendum is duly petitioned or required under this subsection, bonds may not be issued until the electors of the district have approved the issue.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1500 Section 1500. 67.12 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,740,23 67.12 (12) (a) Any municipality may issue promissory notes as evidence of indebtedness for any public purpose, as defined in s. 67.04 (1) (b), including but not limited to paying any general and current municipal expense, and refunding any municipal obligations, including interest on them. Each note, plus interest if any, shall be repaid within 10 years after the original date of the note, except that notes issued under this section for purposes of ss. 119.498, 145.245 (12m), 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, and 292.72 issued to raise funds to pay a portion of the capital costs of a metropolitan sewerage district, or issued by a 1st class city or a county having a population of 500,000 or more, to pay unfunded prior service liability with respect to an employee retirement system, shall be repaid within 20 years after the original date of the note.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501 Section 1501. 67.12 (12) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,7 67.12 (12) (e) 5. Within 10 days of the adoption by a technical college district board of a resolution under subd. 1. to issue a promissory note for a purpose under s. 38.16 (2), the secretary of the district board shall publish a notice of such adoption as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985. The notice need not set forth the full contents of the resolution, but shall state the amount proposed to be borrowed, the method of borrowing, the purpose thereof, that the resolution was adopted under this subsection and the place where and the hours during which the resolution is available for public inspection. If the amount proposed to be borrowed is for building remodeling or improvement and does not exceed $1,000,000 $1,500,000 or is for movable equipment, the district board need not submit the resolution to the electors for approval unless, within 30 days after the publication or posting, a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 is filed with the secretary of the district board requesting a referendum at a special election to be called for that purpose. Such petition shall be signed by electors from each county lying wholly or partially within the district. The number of electors from each county shall equal at least 1.5% of the population of the county as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c). If a county lies in more than one district, the technical college system board shall apportion the county's population as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c) to the districts involved and the petition shall be signed by electors equal to the appropriate percentage of the apportioned population. In lieu of a special election, the district board may specify that the referendum shall be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election. Any resolution to borrow amounts of money in excess of $1,000,000 $1,500,000 for building remodeling or improvement shall be submitted to the electors of the district for approval. If a referendum is held or required under this subdivision, no promissory note may be issued until the issuance is approved by a majority of the district electors voting at such referendum. The referendum shall be noticed, called and conducted under s. 67.05 (6a) insofar as applicable, except that the notice of special election and ballot need not embody a copy of the resolution and the question which shall appear on the ballot shall be "Shall .... (name of district) be authorized to borrow the sum of $.... for (state purpose) by issuing its general obligation promissory note (or notes) under section 67.12 (12) of the Wisconsin Statutes?".

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501g Section 1501g. 69.01 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,10 69.01 (1r) "Certificate of termination of domestic partnership" means a certificate issued by a county clerk under s. 770.12 (3).

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501h Section 1501h. 69.01 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,13 69.01 (6r) "Declaration of domestic partnership" means a declaration issued by a county clerk under 770.07 (2).

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501i Section 1501i. 69.01 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,16 69.01 (19) "Registrant" means the subject of a certificate or declaration which a local registrar has accepted for filing in the system of vital statistics.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501j Section 1501j. 69.01 (26) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,20 69.01 (26) (a) Certificates of birth, death, and divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents , and declarations of domestic partnership.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501k Section 1501k. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,742,25 69.01 (27) "Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates of birth, death, divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports or related reports.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501L Section 1501L. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,743,14 69.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates of birth and death, original marriage documents and, original divorce reports, original declarations of domestic partnership, and original certificates of termination of domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61 (5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter, the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the original vital record.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501m Section 1501m. 69.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,743,21 69.03 (8) Prescribe, furnish and distribute forms required under this subchapter and ch. chs. 765 and 770 and prescribe any other means for transmission of data necessary to accomplish complete and accurate reporting and registration. When reasonable and possible the state registrar shall base the prescribed forms on the standard forms recommended by the federal agency responsible for administering the national system of vital statistics.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1501n Section 1501n. 69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,744,4 69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under sub. (3), information in the part of a certificate of birth or, divorce or annulment, or termination of domestic partnership, a marriage document, or a declaration of domestic partnership that is designated on the form as being collected for statistical or medical and statistical use only and information in the part of a death certificate that is designated on the form as being collected as statistical-use-only information under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) may not be disclosed to any person except the following:

AB75-ASA1, s. 1502 Section 1502. 69.22 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, Section 1918h, is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,744,9 69.22 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (c), $7 $20 for issuing one certified copy of a vital record and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1503 Section 1503. 69.22 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, Section 1918j, is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,744,15 69.22 (1) (b) Except as provided under par. (c), $20 for issuing an uncertified copy of a vital record issued under s. 69.21 (2) (a) or (b), or $7 for verifying information about the event submitted by a requester without issuance of a copy, $7, and $3 for any additional copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1505c Section 1505c. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, Section 1918L, is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,744,22 69.22 (1) (c) Twelve Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate or a certified copy of a birth certificate, $7 of which shall be forwarded to the secretary of administration as provided in sub. (1m) and credited to the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h); and $3 for issuing any additional certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate issued at the same time.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1506 Section 1506. 69.22 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, Section 1918n, is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,745,2 69.22 (1) (d) In addition to other fees under this subchapter, $10 $20 for expedited service in issuing a vital record.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1507 Section 1507. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,745,10 69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate for which a fee under sub. (1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriations appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h) the amounts specified in sub. (1) (c) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1509 Section 1509. 69.22 (1q) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,745,14 69.22 (1q) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (gm) all of the following:

AB75-ASA1,745,16 (a) For any certified copy of a vital record for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (a) is charged, $13.

AB75-ASA1,745,18 (b) For any uncertified copy of a vital record for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (b) is charged, $13.

AB75-ASA1,745,20 (c) For any copy of a birth certificate for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (c) is charged, $8.

AB75-ASA1,745,21 (d) For expedited service in issuing a vital record, $10.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1510 Section 1510. 69.22 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,746,2 69.22 (5) (b) 2. The filing of a birth certificate under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5. The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate and the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee, the $5 fee required under sub. (1) (c).

AB75-ASA1, s. 1510g Section 1510g. 69.24 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,746,9 69.24 (1) (f) Willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to any person for any purpose of deception, any vital record or certified copy of a vital record which is counterfeited, altered or amended or false in part or in whole or which is related to the birth, death, marriage or, divorce, domestic partnership, or termination of a domestic partnership of another person, whether living or dead.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1510h Section 1510h. 69.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,746,13 69.24 (2) (a) Willfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited under sub. (1) in relation to a marriage document or, divorce report, declaration of domestic partnership, or certificate of termination of domestic partnership.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1515m Section 1515m. 70.11 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,747,8 70.11 Property exempted from taxation. (intro.) The property described in this section is exempted from general property taxes if the property is exempt under sub. (1), (2), (18), (21), (27) or (30); if it was exempt for the previous year and its use, occupancy or ownership did not change in a way that makes it taxable; if the property was taxable for the previous year, the use, occupancy or ownership of the property changed in a way that makes it exempt and its owner, on or before March 1, files with the assessor of the taxation district where the property is located a form that the department of revenue prescribes or if the property did not exist in the previous year and its owner, on or before March 1, files with the assessor of the taxation district where the property is located a form that the department of revenue prescribes. Leasing Except as provided in subs. (4) (b), (4a) (f), and (4d), leasing a part of the property described in this section does not render it taxable if the lessor uses all of the leasehold income for maintenance of the leased property or construction debt retirement of the leased property, or both, and, except for residential housing, if the lessee would be exempt from taxation under this chapter if it owned the property. Any lessor who claims that leased property is exempt from taxation under this chapter shall, upon request by the tax assessor, provide records relating to the lessor's use of the income from the leased property. Property exempted from general property taxes is:

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516 Section 1516. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,747,24 70.11 (2) Municipal property and property of certain districts, exception. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22, joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or town sanitary district; lands belonging to cities of any other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. Leasing the property exempt under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income, does not render that property taxable.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516d Section 1516d. 70.11 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 70.11 (4) (a) and amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,749,4 70.11 (4) (a) Property owned and used exclusively by educational institutions offering regular courses 6 months in the year; or by churches or religious, educational or benevolent associations, or by a nonprofit entity that is operated as a facility that is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 50, including benevolent nursing homes and retirement homes for the aged but not including an organization that is organized under s. 185.981 or ch. 611, 613 or 614 and that offers a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) or an organization that is issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that offers a health maintenance organization or a limited service health organization and not including property owned by any nonstock, nonprofit corporation which services guaranteed student loans for others or on its own account, and also including property owned and used for housing for pastors and their ordained assistants, members of religious orders and communities, and ordained teachers, whether or not contiguous to and a part of other property owned and used by such associations or churches, and also including property described under par. (b); or by women's clubs; or by domestic, incorporated historical societies; or by domestic, incorporated, free public library associations; or by fraternal societies operating under the lodge system (except university, college and high school fraternities and sororities), but not exceeding 10 acres of land necessary for location and convenience of buildings while such property is not used for profit. Property owned by churches or religious associations necessary for location and convenience of buildings, used for educational purposes and not for profit, shall not be subject to the 10-acre limitation but shall be subject to a 30-acre limitation. Property that is exempt from taxation under this subsection and is leased remains exempt from taxation only if, in addition to the requirements specified in the introductory phrase of this section, the lessee does not discriminate on the basis of race.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516e Section 1516e. 70.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,749,9 70.11 (4) (b) 1. Leasing a part of property described in par. (a) that is owned and operated by a nonprofit organization as a facility that is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 50, as residential housing, does not render the property taxable, regardless of how the lessor uses the leasehold income.

AB75-ASA1,749,15 2. Leasing a part of property described in par. (a) that is occupied by one or more individuals with permanent disabilities for whom evidence is available that demonstrates that such individuals meet the medical definition of permanent disability used to determine eligibility for programs administered by the federal social security administration, as residential housing, does not render the property taxable, regardless of how the lessor uses the leasehold income.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516f Section 1516f. 70.11 (4a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,749,22 70.11 (4a) Low-income housing. (a) Property owned by a nonprofit entity and used as low-income housing, including all common areas of a low-income housing project. Property used for a low-income housing project, including other low-income housing projects under common control with such project, and exempt under this subsection may not exceed 30 acres necessary for the location and convenience of buildings or 10 contiguous acres in any one municipality.

AB75-ASA1,750,2 (b) For purposes of this subsection, "low-income housing" means any housing project described in sub. (4b) or any residential unit within a low-income housing project that is occupied by a low-income or very low-income person or is vacant and is only available to such persons.

AB75-ASA1,750,4 (c) For purposes of this subsection, "low-income housing project" means a residential housing project for which all of the following apply:

AB75-ASA1,750,7 1. At least 75 percent of the occupied residential units are occupied by low-income or very low-income persons or are vacant and available only to low-income or very low-income persons.

AB75-ASA1,750,8 2. At least one of the following applies:

AB75-ASA1,750,10 a. At least 20 percent of the residential units are rented to persons who are very low-income persons or are vacant and are only available to such persons.

AB75-ASA1,750,13 b. At least 40 percent of the residential units are rented to persons whose income does not exceed 120 percent of the very low-income limit or are vacant and only available to such persons.

AB75-ASA1,750,17 (d) For purposes of this subsection, low-income persons and very low-income persons shall be determined in accordance with the income limits published by the federal department of housing and urban development for low-income and very low-income families under the National Housing Act of 1937.

AB75-ASA1,750,21 (e) For purposes of this subsection, all properties included within the same federal department of housing and urban development contract or within the same federal department of agriculture, rural development, contract are considered to be one low-income housing project.

AB75-ASA1,750,24 (f) Leasing property that is exempt from taxation under this subsection or sub. (4b) as low-income housing does not render it taxable, regardless of how the leasehold income is used.

AB75-ASA1,751,7 (g) 1. Annually, no later than March 1, each person who owns a low-income housing project shall file with the assessor of the taxation district in which the project is located a statement that specifies which units were occupied on January 1 of that year by persons whose income satisfied the income limit requirements under par. (b), as certified by the property owner to the appropriate federal or state agency, and a copy of the federal department of housing and urban development contract or federal department of agriculture, rural development, contract, if applicable.

AB75-ASA1,751,9 2. The format and distribution of statements under this paragraph shall be governed by s. 70.09 (3).

AB75-ASA1,751,13 3. If the statement required under this paragraph is not received on or before March 1, the taxation district assessor shall send the property owner a notice, by certified mail to the owner's last-known address of record, stating that failure to file a statement is subject to the penalties under subd. 5.

AB75-ASA1,751,17 4. In addition to the statement under subd. 1., the taxation district assessor may require that a property owner submit other information to prove that the person's property qualifies as low-income housing that is exempt from taxation under this subsection.

AB75-ASA1,751,20 5. A person who fails to file a statement within 30 days after notification under subd. 3. shall forfeit $10 for each succeeding day on which the form is not received by the taxation district assessor, but not more than $500.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516g Section 1516g. 70.11 (4b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,751,24 70.11 (4b) Housing projects financed by Housing and Economic Development Authority. All property of a housing project that satisfies all of the following:

AB75-ASA1,752,3 (a) It is owned by a corporation, organization, or association described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB75-ASA1,752,5 (b) It is financed by the Housing and Economic Development Authority under s. 234.03 (13).

AB75-ASA1,752,7 (c) The Housing and Economic Development Authority holds a first-lien mortgage security interest on it.

AB75-ASA1,752,8 (d) It is in existence on January 1, 2008.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1516h Section 1516h. 70.11 (4d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,753,5 70.11 (4d) Retirement homes for the aged. Property that is used as a retirement home for the aged, but not exceeding 30 acres of land necessary for the location and convenience of buildings, while such property is not used for profit, if the fair market value of the individual dwelling unit, as determined by the assessor for the taxation district in which the property is located, is less than 160 percent of the average equalized value under s. 70.57 of improved parcels of residential property located in the county in which the retirement home for the aged is located in the previous year, as determined by the assessor of the taxation district in which the property is located based on the sum of the average per parcel equalized value of residential land and the average per parcel equalized value of residential improvements, as determined by the department of revenue. For purposes of determining the fair market value of an individual dwelling unit under this subsection, the value of any common area is excluded. The common area of a retirement home for the aged is exempt from general property taxes if 50 percent or more of the home's individual dwelling units are exempt from general property taxes under this subsection. If less than 50 percent of the home's individual dwelling units are exempt from general property taxes under this subsection, an equal percentage of the common area of the retirement home for the aged is exempt from general property taxes. Leasing a part of property used as a retirement home for the aged, as described in this subsection, does not render it taxable, regardless of how the leasehold income is used.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1518 Section 1518. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,753,9 70.11 (41s) Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority. All property owned by the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, provided that use of the property is primarily related to the purposes of the authority.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1520d Section 1520d. 70.32 (1a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,753,13 70.32 (1a) In determining the value of a leased property under sub. (1), the assessor, if applying the income approach, shall consider the effects of the actual rent and provisions of all leases affecting the property.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1525 Section 1525. 71.01 (1ap) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,753,18 71.01 (1ap) "Air carrier" means a person who provides or offers to provide air transportation, if, during the taxable year, 51 percent or more of the person's business consists of providing air transportation. "Air carrier" does not include an air freight forwarder or aircraft lessor.

AB75-ASA1, s. 1526 Section 1526. 71.01 (6) (n) of the statutes is repealed.