The bill permits DOA to provide any services to a district, including
engineering, design and building construction services, upon request of the district,
for compensation agreed upon between DOA and the district, if the district has
entered into an agreement with DOA for the lease of land or other property granted
to the state, especially dedicated by the grant to use for a professional baseball park.
Other state agencies may provide assistance to the district, if a lease with DOA has
been entered into.
Contracting
The bill provides that a local professional baseball park district may enter into
contracts without limitation or restriction and, if the district has entered into an
agreement with DOA for the lease of land or other property granted to the state,
especially dedicated by the grant to use for a professional baseball park, the district
may utilize the services of DOA to let contracts for engineering, architectural or
construction work. Whether the district contracts independently or through DOA,
the district is not subject to any state requirements for public notice of proposed
contracts, competitive bidding, contractual service procurement procedures,
preference for procurements from Wisconsin firms, preferences for purchases of
American-made or recycled or recovered materials or preferences for purchases from
the department of corrections or from handicapped work centers or
nondiscrimination in contracting. A district and DOA are, however, directed to

attempt to ensure that at least 15% of the total dollar amount of any contracts let by
the district in each state fiscal year for the initial construction of baseball park
facilities is awarded to minority-owned businesses.
Finances
The bill appropriates $300,000 in state general purpose revenue for DOA to
provide a loan to a local professional baseball park district in the 1995-97 state fiscal
biennium for initial operating costs of the district, upon such terms and conditions
as the secretary of administration specifies. Any such loan must be repaid no later
than June 30, 1997.
Under the bill, a local professional baseball park district is permitted to invest
its moneys in the local government pooled-investment fund, which is managed by
the state investment board.
Highway improvements
The bill authorizes the state to expend $211,103,700 in fiscal year 1995-96 and
$220,103,700 in fiscal year 1996-97 for highway improvements, of which not more
than $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1995-96 and not more than $12,000,000 in fiscal year
1996-97 may be expended for state highway rehabilitation associated with the
construction of a new baseball stadium to be used by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sales of surplus state land
and grants to the state
Currently, any sale of surplus state land having a fair market value of at least
$20,000 is subject to approval of the joint committee on finance. Unless otherwise
provided, a grant of land or other property made to the state is valid only upon
approval of the joint committee on finance. The bill provides that the building
commission may sell or transfer surplus state land to a local professional baseball
park district and DOA may accept a grant of land or other property to the state for
purposes of use for a professional baseball park without approval of the joint
committee on finance.
Open meetings and
records, audits, ethics
Laws requiring, with certain exceptions, open meetings of governmental bodies
and public access to public records apply to a district. The legislative audit bureau
is permitted to audit the records of a district. Members of the board of directors of
a district are subject to the statutory code of ethics for local public officials.
Other
Current law provides that, if a tenant who is required to construct
improvements exceeding $50,000 at the tenant's own expense on land leased to the
tenant under a lease with a term of 30 years or more defaults or breaches a condition
of the lease, the landlord may commence an action to recover the property after a
one-year redemption period free from all liens, claims or demands of the tenant in
the same manner as a mortgage foreclosure except without a sale of the property.
The bill creates an exception under that statute for leases to which a district is a
party.

This bill will be referred to the joint survey committee on tax exemptions for a
detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1, s. 1 1Section 1. 13.48 (14) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,6,122 13.48 (14) (d) 4. If Except as provided in subd. 5., if the commission proposes
3to sell or transfer a parcel of surplus land having a fair market value of at least
4$20,000, the commission shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of its
5proposed action. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the commission
6that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
7proposed sale or transfer within 14 working days after the date of the commission's
8notification, the parcel may be sold or transferred by the commission. If, within 14
9working days after the date of the commission's notification, the cochairpersons of
10the committee notify the commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for
11the purpose of reviewing the proposed sale or transfer, the parcel may be sold or
12transferred under this subdivision only upon approval of the committee.
AB1, s. 2 13Section 2. 13.48 (14) (d) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,6,1614 13.48 (14) (d) 5. The commission may sell or transfer a parcel of surplus land
15to a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229
16without notification or approval under subd. 4.
AB1, s. 3 17Section 3. 16.40 (15m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,7,418 16.40 (15m) Loan to local professional baseball park district. From the
19appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (fm), provide a loan to any local professional
20baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, upon request of the district,

1for initial operating costs of the district. Any loan made under this subsection shall
2be made upon the terms and conditions that the secretary specifies, except that the
3secretary shall require any loan made under this subsection to be repaid no later
4than June 30, 1997.
AB1, s. 4 5Section 4. 16.40 (15m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
6(this act), is repealed.
AB1, s. 5 7Section 5. 16.70 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,7,98 16.70 (14) "State" does not include a district created under subch. II or III of
9ch. 229.
AB1, s. 6 10Section 6. 16.82 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,7,1511 16.82 (6) May provide any services to a local professional baseball park district
12created under subch. III of ch. 229, for compensation to be agreed upon between the
13department and the district, if the district has entered into a lease agreement with
14the department under sub. (7). No order or contract to provide any such services is
15subject to s. 16.705, 16.75 (1) to (5) and (8) to (10), 16.752, 16.754 or 16.765.
AB1, s. 7 16Section 7. 16.82 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,7,2117 16.82 (7) May enter into a lease agreement with a local professional baseball
18park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 for the lease of land or other property
19granted to the state and especially dedicated by the grant to use for a professional
20baseball park. The lease agreement may be for such rental payments and for such
21term as the secretary determines.
AB1, s. 8 22Section 8. 16.854 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,8,19 2316.854 Services provided to professional baseball park districts. The
24department may, upon request of any local professional baseball park district, if the
25district has entered into a lease agreement with the department under s. 16.82 (7),

1take charge of and supervise engineering or architectural services or construction
2work, as defined in s. 16.87, performed by, or for, the district for compensation to be
3agreed upon between the department and the district. In connection with such
4services or work, the department may furnish engineering, architectural, project
5management and other building construction services whenever requisitions
6therefor are presented to the department by the district. If the district has entered
7into a lease agreement with the department under s. 16.82 (7), the department may
8also assist the district, upon request of the district, in letting contracts for
9engineering, architectural or construction work authorized by law and in
10supervising the work done thereunder. The department may award any such
11contract for any combination or division of work it designates and may consider any
12factors in awarding a contract including price, time for completion of work and the
13qualifications and past performance of a contractor. In awarding contracts under
14this section for the initial construction of baseball park facilities, as defined in s.
15229.65 (1), the department shall attempt to ensure that at least 15% of the total
16amount expended under the contracts in each fiscal year is awarded to contractors
17and subcontractors which are minority businesses, as defined in s. 16.75 (3m) (a).
18Sections 16.85, 16.855 and 16.87 do not apply to services provided or contracted by
19the department under this section.
AB1, s. 9 20Section 9. 18.03 (5s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,8,2321 18.03 (5s) Upon the request of a local professional baseball park district
22created under subch. III of ch. 229, the commission may serve as financial consultant
23to assist and coordinate the issuance of the bonds of a district.
AB1, s. 10 24Section 10. 19.42 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,9,4
119.42 (13) (a) All positions to which individuals are regularly appointed by the
2governor, except the position of trustee of any private higher educational institution
3receiving state appropriations and the position of member of the district board of a
4local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229
.
AB1, s. 11 5Section 11. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes, as it affects 20.395 (3) (cq) of
6the statutes, is repealed and recreated to read: - See PDF for table PDF
AB1, s. 12 7Section 12. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
8insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF
AB1, s. 13 9Section 13. 20.505 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,10,4
120.505 (1) (fm) Loan to local professional baseball park district. Biennially, the
2amounts in the schedule to provide a loan to any local professional baseball park
3district under s. 16.40 (15m). No moneys may be encumbered from this
4appropriation after June 30, 1997.
AB1, s. 14 5Section 14. 20.505 (1) (fm) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
6.... (this act), is repealed.
AB1, s. 15 7Section 15. 20.505 (1) (ka) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
827
, is amended to read:
AB1,10,189 20.505 (1) (ka) (title) Materials and services to state agencies and certain
10districts
. The amounts in the schedule to provide services primarily to state agencies
11or local professional baseball park districts created under subch. III of ch. 229, other
12than services specified in pars. (im), (is) and (kb) to (kr) and subs. (2) (k) and (5) (ka),
13and to repurchase inventory items sold primarily to state agencies or such districts.
14All moneys received from the provision of services primarily to state agencies and
15such districts
and from the sale of inventory items primarily to state agencies and
16such districts
, other than moneys received and disbursed under pars. (im), (is) and
17(kb) to (kr) and subs. (2) (k) and (5) (ka), shall be credited to this appropriation
18account.
AB1, s. 16 19Section 16. 20.505 (1) (kc) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
2027
, is amended to read:
AB1,11,221 20.505 (1) (kc) Capital planning and building construction services. The
22amounts in the schedule to provide capital planning services under s. 13.48 (5) and
23building construction services under subch. V of ch. 16 on behalf of state agencies and
24local professional baseball park districts created under subch. III of ch. 229
. The
25secretary of administration may credit moneys received for the provision of building

1construction and capital planning services on behalf of state agencies and such
2districts
to this appropriation account.
AB1, s. 17 3Section 17. 20.566 (1) (gd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,11,84 20.566 (1) (gd) Administration of special district taxes. From the moneys
5received from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb), the amounts in the
6schedule for the purpose of administering the special district taxes imposed under
7s. 77.705 by a district created under subch. III of ch. 229 and the room tax imposed
8under s. 66.75 (1m) (a) by a district created under subch. III of ch. 229.
AB1, s. 18 9Section 18. 20.835 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,11,1510 20.835 (4) (g) County taxes. All moneys received from the taxes imposed under
11subch. V of ch. 77 s. 77.70 for distribution to the counties that enact an ordinance
12imposing taxes under that subchapter section and for interest payments on refunds
13under s. 77.76 (3), except that 1.5% of those tax revenues collected under that
14subchapter section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1)
15(g).
AB1, s. 19 16Section 19. 20.835 (4) (gb) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,12,217 20.835 (4) (gb) Special district taxes. All moneys received from the taxes
18imposed under s. 77.705 and from taxes imposed by a local professional baseball park
19district under s. 66.75 (1m) (a), for the purpose of distribution to the special districts
20that adopt a resolution imposing taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and under s. 66.75
21(1m) (em), and for the purpose of financing a local professional baseball park district,
22except that of those tax revenues collected under subch. V of ch. 77 3% for the first
232 years of collection and 1.5% thereafter shall be credited to the appropriation
24account under s. 20.566 (1) (gd) and except that of those tax revenues collected under

1s. 66.75 (1m) (em) 3% for the first 2 years of collection and 1.5% thereafter shall be
2credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gd).
AB1, s. 20 3Section 20. 20.907 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,12,74 20.907 (1e) Professional baseball parks. The department of administration
5may accept a grant of land or other property to the state for purposes of use for a
6professional baseball park. Upon acceptance, the grant is legal and valid and the
7department shall execute and enforce the terms of the grant.
AB1, s. 21 8Section 21. 24.61 (2) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,12,109 24.61 (2) (a) 7. Bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district
10created under subch. III of ch. 229.
AB1, s. 22 11Section 22. 25.17 (3) (b) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,12,1312 25.17 (3) (b) 10. Bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district
13created under subch. III of ch. 229.
AB1, s. 23 14Section 23. 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
15is amended to read:
AB1,12,2316 25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power
17district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland
18lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district
19created under subch. III of ch. 229,
public library system, school district or technical
20college district in this state, any commission, committee, board or officer of any
21governmental subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court
22of appeals or the supreme court, or any authority created under s. 231.02, 233.02 or
23234.02.
AB1, s. 24 24Section 24. 66.04 (2) (a) 3p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,13,2
166.04 (2) (a) 3p. Bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district
2created under subch. III of ch. 229.
AB1, s. 25 3Section 25. 66.066 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,13,134 66.066 (1) (a) "Municipality" means any city, village, town, county, commission
5created by contract under s. 66.30, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
6district established under s. 33.23, 33.235 or 33.24, metropolitan sewerage district
7created under ss. 66.20 to 66.26 or 66.88 to 66.918, town sanitary district under
8subch. IX of ch. 60, a local professional baseball park district created under subch.
9III of ch. 229
or a municipal water district or power district under ch. 198 and any
10other public or quasi-public corporation, officer, board or other public body
11empowered to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the same out of revenues.
12"Municipality" does not include the state or a local exposition district created under
13subch. II of ch. 229.
AB1, s. 26 14Section 26. 66.066 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,13,1915 66.066 (1) (c) "Revenue" means all moneys received from any source by a public
16utility and all rentals and fees and in the case of a local professional baseball park
17district created under subch. III of ch. 229 includes tax revenues deposited into a
18special fund under s. 229.685 and payments made into a special debt service reserve
19fund under s. 229.74
.
AB1, s. 27 20Section 27. 66.066 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,13,2221 66.066 (5) Revenue bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district
22created under subch. III of ch. 229 are subject to the provisions in ss. 229.72 to 229.81.
AB1, s. 28 23Section 28. 66.067 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,14,6 2466.067 Public works projects. For financing purposes, garbage
25incinerators, toll bridges, swimming pools, tennis courts, parks, playgrounds, golf

1links, bathing beaches, bathhouses, street lighting, city halls, village halls, town
2halls, courthouses, jails, schools, cooperative educational service agencies, hospitals,
3homes for the aged or indigent, regional projects, waste collection and disposal
4operations, systems of sewerage, local professional baseball park facilities and any
5and all other necessary public works projects undertaken by any municipality are
6public utilities within the meaning of s. 66.066.
AB1, s. 29 7Section 29. 66.30 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,14,168 66.30 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department
9or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, school district, public library
10system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district,
11farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid
12waste management system created under s. 59.07 (135), local exposition district
13created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created
14under subch. III of ch. 229,
water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal
15electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract
16under this section, taxation district or regional planning commission.
AB1, s. 30 17Section 30. 66.75 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,14,1918 66.75 (1) (bm) "Local professional baseball park district" has the meaning
19given for "district" in s. 229.65 (5).
AB1, s. 31 20Section 31. 66.75 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,15,1021 66.75 (1m) (a) The governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance,
22and a district, under par. (e), and a local professional baseball park district, under
23par. (em)
, may adopt a resolution, imposing a tax on the privilege of furnishing, at
24retail, except sales for resale, rooms or lodging to transients by hotelkeepers, motel
25operators and other persons furnishing accommodations that are available to the

1public, irrespective of whether membership is required for use of the
2accommodations. Any tax imposed under this paragraph is not subject to the
3selective sales tax imposed by s. 77.52 (2) (a) 1. and may not be imposed on sales to
4the federal government and persons listed under s. 77.54 (9a). Any tax imposed
5under this paragraph by a municipality shall be paid to the municipality and may
6be forwarded to a commission if one is created under par. (c), as provided in par. (d).
7Except as provided in par. (am), any tax imposed under this paragraph by a
8municipality may not exceed 8%. Except as provided in par. (am), if a tax greater
9than 8% under this paragraph is in effect on May 13, 1994, the municipality imposing
10the tax shall reduce the tax to 8%, effective on June 1, 1994.
AB1, s. 32 11Section 32. 66.75 (1m) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,15,1812 66.75 (1m) (em) A local professional baseball park district may adopt a
13resolution under s. 229.68 (15) imposing a room tax under par. (a) in an amount not
14to exceed 1% of total room charges. The resolution shall be effective on the first day
15of the first month that begins at least 30 days after the adoption of the resolution.
16A room tax imposed by a local professional baseball park district under this
17paragraph applies within the local professional baseball park district's jurisdiction,
18as specified in s. 229.67.
AB1, s. 33 19Section 33. 66.75 (1m) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,15,2220 66.75 (1m) (fm) 1. The department of revenue shall administer the tax that is
21imposed under par. (a) by a local professional baseball park district and may take any
22action, conduct any proceeding and impose interest and penalties.
AB1,16,223 2. Sections 77.51 (14) (c), (f) and (j) and (14g), 77.52 (3), (4), (6) and (18), 77.58
24(1) to (5) and (7), 77.59, 77.60, 77.61 (2), (5), (8), (9) and (12) to (14) and 77.62, as they

1apply to the taxes under subch. III of ch. 77, apply to the tax described under subd.
21.
AB1,16,173 3. From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (gb), the department of revenue,
4for the first 2 years of collection, shall distribute 97% of the taxes collected under this
5paragraph to the local professional baseball park district, no later than the end of the
6month following the end of the calendar quarter in which the amounts were collected.
7From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (gb), the department of revenue, after the
8first 2 years of collection, shall distribute 98.5% of the taxes collected under this
9paragraph to the local professional baseball park district, no later than the end of the
10month following the end of the calendar quarter in which the amounts were collected.
11The taxes distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds,
12audit adjustments and all other adjustments. Interest paid on refunds of the tax
13under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (gb)
14at the rate under s. 77.60 (1) (a). If the local professional baseball park district
15receives a report along with a payment under this subdivision or subd. 2., the local
16professional baseball park district is subject to the duties of confidentiality to which
17the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61 (5).
AB1,17,218 4. Hotels and motels and the department of revenue may not collect taxes under
19this paragraph for any local professional baseball park district after the calendar
20quarter during which all bonds issued by the local professional baseball park district
21created under subch. III of ch. 229 during the first 60 months after the effective date
22of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and any bonds issued to fund or refund
23those bonds, are retired or for more than 2 years if bonds have not been issued during
24that time, except that the department may collect from hotels and motels taxes that

1accrued before that calendar quarter, or before the end of that 2-year period, and
2interest and penalties that relate to those taxes.
AB1,17,63 5. Persons who are subject to the tax under this subsection, if that tax is
4administered by the department of revenue, shall register with the department. Any
5person who is required to register, including any person authorized to act on behalf
6of a person who is required to register, who fails to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor.
AB1, s. 34 7Section 34. 66.75 (2) (intro.), (a), (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to
8read:
AB1,17,139 66.75 (2) (intro.) As a means of enforcing the collection of any room tax imposed
10by a municipality or, a district or a local professional baseball park district under sub.
11(1m), the municipality or, district or local professional baseball park district may
12exchange audit and other information with the department of revenue and may do
13any of the following:
AB1,17,1914 (a) Whenever the municipality or, district or local professional baseball park
15district
has probable cause to believe that the correct amount of room tax has not
16been assessed or that the tax return is not correct, inspect and audit the financial
17records of any person subject to sub. (1m) pertaining to the furnishing of
18accommodations to determine whether or not the correct amount of room tax is
19assessed and whether or not any room tax return is correct.
AB1,17,2320 (c) Determine the tax under sub. (1m) according to its best judgment if any
21person required to make a return fails, neglects or refuses to do so for the amount,
22in the manner and form and within the time prescribed by the municipality or,
23district or local professional baseball park district.
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