AB1-engrossed,25,3 2377.77 Transitional provisions. (1) The gross receipts from services subject
24to the tax under s. 77.52 (2) are not subject to the county taxes under this subchapter,
25and the incremental amount of tax caused by a rate increase applicable to those

1services is not due, if those services are billed to the customer and paid for before the
2effective date of the county ordinance, special district resolution or rate increase,
3whether the service is furnished to the customer before or after that date.
AB1-engrossed,25,8 4(2) Lease or rental receipts from tangible personal property that the lessor is
5obligated to furnish at a fixed price under a contract entered into before the effective
6date of a county ordinance or special district resolution are subject to the county taxes
7under this subchapter on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution, as provided
8for the state sales tax under s. 77.54 (18).
AB1-engrossed,25,18 9(3) The sale of building materials to contractors engaged in the business of
10constructing, altering, repairing or improving real estate for others is not subject to
11the county taxes under this subchapter, and the incremental amount of tax caused
12by the rate increase applicable to those materials is not due, if the materials are
13affixed and made a structural part of real estate, and the amount payable to the
14contractor is fixed without regard to the costs incurred in performing a written
15contract that was irrevocably entered into prior to the effective date of the county
16ordinance, special district resolution or rate increase or that resulted from the
17acceptance of a formal written bid accompanied by a bond or other performance
18guaranty that was irrevocably submitted before that date.
AB1-engrossed, s. 49 19Section 49. 77.78 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-engrossed,26,2 2077.78 Registration. No motor vehicle, boat, snowmobile, mobile home not
21exceeding 45 feet in length, trailer, semitrailer, all-terrain vehicle or aircraft that is
22required to be registered by this state may be registered or titled by this state unless
23the registrant files a sales and use tax report and pays the county tax and special
24district tax
at the time of registering or titling to the state agency that registers or

1titles the property. That state agency shall transmit those tax revenues to the
2department of revenue.
AB1-engrossed, s. 50 3Section 50. 219.09 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-engrossed,26,54 219.09 (1) (c) A local professional baseball park district created under subch.
5III of ch. 229.
AB1-engrossed, s. 51 6Section 51. Subchapter III of chapter 229 [precedes 229.64] of the statutes is
7created to read:
AB1-engrossed,26,88 Chapter 229
AB1-engrossed,26,119 Subchapter III
10 Local professional
11 baseball park districts
AB1-engrossed,26,21 12229.64 Legislative declaration. The legislature determines that the
13provision of assistance by state agencies to a district under this subchapter, any
14appropriation of funds to a district under this subchapter and the moral obligation
15pledge under s. 229.74 (7) serve a statewide public purpose by assisting the
16development of a professional baseball park in the state for providing recreation, by
17encouraging economic development and tourism, by reducing unemployment and by
18bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people
19throughout the state. The legislature determines that the taxes that may be imposed
20by a district under subch. V of ch. 77 are special taxes that are generated apart from
21any direct annual tax on taxable property.
AB1-engrossed,26,22 22229.65 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB1-engrossed,27,2 23(1) "Baseball park facilities" means property, tangible or intangible, owned in
24whole or in substantial part, operated or leased by a district that is principally for
25professional baseball including parking lots, garages, restaurants, parks, concession

1facilities, entertainment facilities and transportation facilities, and other
2functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures.
AB1-engrossed,27,4 3(2) "Bond" means any bond, note or other obligation issued under s. 66.066 by
4a district.
AB1-engrossed,27,8 5(3) "Bond resolution" means a resolution of the district board authorizing the
6issuance of, or providing terms and conditions related to, bonds and includes, where
7appropriate, any trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of
8trust providing terms and conditions for bonds.
AB1-engrossed,27,11 9(4) "Chief executive officer" means the county executive of a county or, if the
10county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of
11supervisors.
AB1-engrossed,27,12 12(5) "District" means a special district created under this subchapter.
AB1-engrossed,27,13 13(6) "District board" means the governing board of a district.
AB1-engrossed,27,18 14229.66 Creation and organization. (1) There is created, for each
15jurisdiction under s. 229.67, a special district that is a local governmental unit, that
16is a body corporate and politic, that is separate and distinct from, and independent
17of, the state, that has the powers under s. 229.68 and the name of which includes
18"Professional Baseball Park District".
AB1-engrossed,27,21 19(2) A district is governed by its district board. The district board may adopt
20bylaws to govern the district's activities, subject to this subchapter. Subject to sub.
21(3), the district board shall consist of the following members:
AB1-engrossed,28,322 (a) Six persons appointed by the governor, one of whom does not reside within
23the district's jurisdiction and, of the remaining appointees, at least one of whom
24resides within each of the counties that are within the jurisdiction of the district. A
25person appointed under this paragraph may take his or her seat immediately upon

1appointment, subject to confirmation or rejection by the senate. At least one person
2appointed under this paragraph shall be a minority group member, as defined in s.
3560.036 (1) (f).
AB1-engrossed,28,84 (b) Two persons appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous
5county within the jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief
6executive officer. A person appointed under this paragraph may take his or her seat
7immediately upon appointment, subject to confirmation or rejection by a majority of
8the members-elect of the county board.
AB1-engrossed,28,159 (c) One person appointed by the chief executive officer of the 2nd most populous
10county within the jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief
11executive officer, except that in single-county jurisdictions the person under this
12paragraph shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of that county and serve
13at the chief executive officer's pleasure. A person appointed under this paragraph
14may take his or her seat immediately upon appointment, subject to confirmation or
15rejection by a majority of the members-elect of the county board.
AB1-engrossed,28,2216 (d) One person appointed by the chief executive officer of the 3rd most populous
17county within the jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief
18executive officer, except that in single-county jurisdictions the person under this
19paragraph shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of that county and serve
20at the chief executive officer's pleasure. A person appointed under this paragraph
21may take his or her seat immediately upon appointment, subject to confirmation or
22rejection by a majority of the members-elect of the county board.
AB1-engrossed,29,423 (e) One person appointed by the chief executive officer of the 4th most populous
24county within the jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief
25executive officer, except that in single-county jurisdictions the person under this

1paragraph shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of that county and serve
2at the chief executive officer's pleasure. A person appointed under this paragraph
3may take his or her seat immediately upon appointment, subject to confirmation or
4rejection by a majority of the members-elect of the county board.
AB1-engrossed,29,115 (f) One person appointed by the chief executive officer of the 5th most populous
6county within the jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief
7executive officer, except that in single-county jurisdictions the person under this
8paragraph shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of that county and serve
9at the chief executive officer's pleasure. A person appointed under this paragraph
10may take his or her seat immediately upon appointment, subject to confirmation or
11rejection by a majority of the members-elect of the county board.
AB1-engrossed,29,1612 (g) One person appointed by the mayor of the most populous city within the
13jurisdiction of a district, who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor. A person
14appointed under this paragraph may take his or her seat immediately upon
15appointment, subject to confirmation or rejection by a majority of the members-elect
16of the common council.
AB1-engrossed,30,7 17(3) Upon appointment under sub. (2), the appointing authorities shall certify
18the appointees to the secretary of administration. The terms of office of 3 of the
19persons appointed under sub. (2) (a) shall be 2 years, and the terms of office of 3 of
20the persons appointed under sub. (2) (a) shall be 4 years, except that for the initial
21appointments for a newly created district the initial terms shall expire on July 1 of
22the 2nd year beginning after creation of a district for persons appointed to 2-year
23terms, and the initial terms shall expire on July 1 of the 4th year beginning after
24creation of a district for persons appointed to 4-year terms. Persons appointed under
25sub. (2) (a) may be removed from the district board before the expiration of their

1terms by the appointing authority but only for cause, as defined in s. 17.16 (2).
2Vacancies for persons appointed under sub. (2) (a) shall be filled by the appointing
3authority who appointed the person whose office is vacant. A person appointed to
4fill a vacancy under sub. (2) (a) shall serve for the remainder of the term to which he
5or she is appointed. All of the appointing authorities shall ensure, to the greatest
6extent possible, that the membership of the board is diverse with respect to race. Of
7the persons appointed under sub. (2), not more than 4 may reside in any one county.
AB1-engrossed,30,12 8(4) The governor shall select the chairperson of the district board and the
9district board shall elect from its membership a vice chairperson, a secretary and a
10treasurer. A majority of the current membership of the district board constitutes a
11quorum to do business. The district may take action based on the affirmative vote
12of a majority of those directors who are present at a meeting of the district board.
AB1-engrossed,30,14 13(5) The members of the district board shall be reimbursed for their actual and
14necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
AB1-engrossed,30,17 15(6) Upon the appointment and qualification of a majority of the members of a
16district board, the district board may exercise the powers and duties of a district
17board under this subchapter.
AB1-engrossed,30,18 18(7) At its first meeting the district board shall name the district.
AB1-engrossed,30,25 19229.67 Jurisdiction. A district's jurisdiction is any county with a population
20of more than 500,000 and all counties that are contiguous to that county, unless any
21of the contiguous counties are already included in a district, in which case the
22district's jurisdiction shall consist solely of the county with the population of more
23than 500,000. Once a county is included in a district's jurisdiction the county
24remains in the district until the district is dissolved under s. 229.71. In this section,
25"contiguous" includes a county that touches another county only at a corner.
AB1-engrossed,31,3
1229.68 Powers of a district. A district has all of the powers necessary or
2convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter. In addition
3to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a district may do all of the following:
AB1-engrossed,31,4 4(1) Adopt and alter an official seal.
AB1-engrossed,31,5 5(2) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded.
AB1-engrossed,31,6 6(3) Maintain an office.
AB1-engrossed,31,7 7(4) In connection with baseball park facilities:
AB1-engrossed,31,108 (a) Acquire, construct, equip, maintain, improve, operate and manage the
9baseball park facilities as a revenue-generating enterprise, or engage other persons
10to do these things.
AB1-engrossed,31,1311 (b) Acquire; lease, as lessor or lessee; use; or transfer property; except that the
12district may not enter into any lease that does not receive the affirmative vote of at
13least 8 members of the district board.
AB1-engrossed,31,1414 (c) Improve real property.
AB1-engrossed,31,1915 (d) Enter into contracts, subject to such standards as may be established by the
16district board. The district board may award any such contract for any combination
17or division of work it designates and may consider any factors in awarding a contract,
18including price, time for completion of work and qualifications and past performance
19of a contractor.
AB1-engrossed,31,2020 (e) Grant concessions.
AB1-engrossed,31,2221 (f) Make a grant of land or other property to the state, especially dedicated by
22the grant to use for a professional baseball park.
AB1-engrossed,32,2 23(5) Employ personnel, and fix and regulate their compensation; and provide,
24either directly or subject to an agreement under s. 66.30 as a participant in a benefit

1plan of another governmental entity, any employe benefits, including an employe
2pension plan.
AB1-engrossed,32,5 3(6) Purchase insurance, establish and administer a plan of self-insurance or,
4subject to an agreement with another governmental entity under s. 66.30,
5participate in a governmental plan of insurance or self-insurance.
AB1-engrossed,32,6 6(7) Mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber the district's property or funds.
AB1-engrossed,32,12 7(8) Issue revenue bonds under s. 66.066, subject to ss. 229.72 to 229.79, and
8enter into agreements related to the issuance of bonds, including liquidity and credit
9facilities, remarketing agreements, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, letter
10of credit or reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, interest exchange
11agreements and currency exchange agreements, except that the district may issue
12bonds under this subsection only if all of the following conditions are met:
AB1-engrossed,32,1313 (a) At least 8 members of the district board vote in favor of issuing bonds.
AB1-engrossed,32,1614 (b) A majority of the members of the district board determines, based on the
15best available information, that the total cost of the initial construction of baseball
16park facilities does not exceed $250,000,000.
AB1-engrossed,32,2017 (c) A majority of the members of the district board determines that the district's
18lease arrangement with the professional baseball team franchise that uses baseball
19park facilities constructed under this subchapter as its home facilities incorporates
20a term of at least 30 years.
AB1-engrossed,32,22 21(9) Maintain funds and invest the funds in any investment that the district
22board considers appropriate.
AB1-engrossed,32,24 23(11) Promote, advertise and publicize its baseball park facilities and related
24activities.
AB1-engrossed,33,3
1(12) Set standards governing the use of, and the conduct within, its baseball
2park facilities in order to promote public safety and convenience and to maintain
3order.
AB1-engrossed,33,6 4(13) Establish and collect fees, and establish shared revenue arrangements or
5other charges for the use of its baseball park facilities or for services rendered by the
6district.
AB1-engrossed,33,8 7(14) Enter into partnerships, joint ventures, common ownership or other
8arrangements with other persons to further the district's purposes.
AB1-engrossed,33,14 9(15) Impose, by the adoption of a resolution, the taxes under subch. V of ch. 77.
10A district may not levy any taxes that are not expressly authorized under subch. V
11of ch. 77 and that do not receive the affirmative vote of at least 8 members of the
12district board. If a district adopts a resolution which imposes taxes, it shall deliver
13a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary of revenue at least 30 days before
14its effective date.
AB1-engrossed,33,16 15(16) Accept gifts, loans and other aid, which may be used only for the following
16purposes:
AB1-engrossed,33,1717 (a) Retiring the bonds used to construct the baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,33,1818 (b) Maintaining the baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,33,1919 (c) Operating the baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,33,2020 (d) Making capital improvements to the baseball park facilities
AB1-engrossed,33,22 21(17) Administer the receipt of revenues, and oversee the payment of bonds
22issued by the district.
AB1-engrossed,34,2 23229.682 Special provisions. (1) Gifts and donations. The district board
24shall explore and consider ways to solicit and encourage gifts and donations for the

1construction of baseball park facilities and, to the extent feasible, implement means
2to solicit such gifts and donations.
AB1-engrossed,34,4 3(2) Prevailing wages. The construction of a baseball park facility that is
4financed in whole or in part by a district is subject to s. 66.293.
AB1-engrossed,34,9 5(3) Special debt payments. The district shall pay, over a 3-year period
6beginning on the first day of the 12th month after the effective date of this subsection
7.... [revisor inserts date], any outstanding debt on a baseball stadium that has been
8used as a home field by a major league professional baseball team, up to a maximum
9amount of $1,500,000.
AB1-engrossed,34,15 10(4) Special ticket provisions. A major league professional baseball team that
11uses as its home field baseball park facilities that are constructed under this
12subchapter shall annually designate, for each county that is in the district's
13jurisdiction, at least one of the team's home games as a discount ticket day for that
14county, for which residents of that county may purchase discounted admission
15tickets.
AB1-engrossed,34,18 16(5) Smoking. The district board shall include in any lease negotiated with a
17professional baseball club a prohibition on smoking in the general seating areas of
18the stadium.
AB1-engrossed,34,22 19(6) Use of stadium. The district board shall consider during the design review
20process the utilization of the facility for events in addition to baseball, which are
21consistent with the program statement and design for the stadium complex, and do
22not adversely affect the design, construction schedule or budget.
AB1-engrossed,35,2 23229.685 Special fund tax revenues. (1) The district board shall maintain
24a special fund into which it deposits only the revenue received from the department

1of revenue, that is derived from the taxes imposed under subch. V of ch. 77, and may
2use this revenue only for purposes related to baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,35,14 3(2) If the district board determines that the revenues in the special fund under
4this section exceed current operating expenses for the operation of baseball park
5facilities, the district board shall apply the excess to either fund a fund for
6maintenance costs and capital improvements or to retire bonds issued for the initial
7construction of baseball park facilities, and any bonds issued to fund or refund those
8bonds, prior to their maturity. As soon as practicable after the retirement of all bonds
9issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities and all bonds issued to
10fund or refund those bonds and after funding a fund for maintenance costs and
11capital improvements sufficiently to meet any maintenance or capital improvement
12obligations between the district and any professional baseball team using baseball
13park facilities constructed under this subchapter as a home stadium, the district
14board shall make a certification to the department of revenue to that effect.
AB1-engrossed,35,17 15229.69 Powers granted to a city or a county in a district. In addition to
16any powers that it may otherwise have, a city or a county within a district's
17jurisdiction may do any of the following:
AB1-engrossed,35,19 18(1) Make grants or loans to a district upon terms that the city or county
19considers appropriate.
AB1-engrossed,35,20 20(2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district.
AB1-engrossed,35,22 21(3) Borrow money under ss. 67.04 and 67.12 (12) for baseball park facilities or
22to fund grants, loans or subsidies to a district.
AB1-engrossed,35,24 23(4) Grant to the state land or other property, especially dedicated by the grant
24to use for a professional baseball park.
AB1-engrossed,35,25 25229.70 Minority contracting goals. (1) In this section:
AB1-engrossed,36,1
1(a) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (e).
AB1-engrossed,36,22 (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (f).
AB1-engrossed,36,53 (c) "Women's business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture
4or corporation that is at least 51% owned, controlled and actively managed by
5women.
AB1-engrossed,36,11 6(2) The district shall ensure that, for construction work and professional
7services contracts, a person who is awarded such a contract by a district shall agree,
8as a condition to receiving the contract, that his or her goal shall be to ensure that
9at least 25% of the employes hired because of the contract will be minority group
10members and at least 5% of the employes hired because of the contract will be women
11if the contract is for the construction of any part of baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,36,16 12(3) It shall be a goal of the district to ensure that at least 25% of the aggregate
13dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be
14awarded to minority businesses and at least 5% of the aggregate dollar value of
15contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to women's
16businesses:
AB1-engrossed,36,1717 (a) Contracts for the construction of baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,36,1918 (b) Contracts for professional services related to the construction of baseball
19park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,36,2020 (c) Contracts for the development of baseball park facilities.
AB1-engrossed,36,24 21(4) It shall be a goal of a district, with regard to each of the contracts described
22under sub. (3) (a), (b) and (c), to award at least 25% of the dollar value of such
23contracts to minority businesses and at least 5% of the dollar value of such contracts
24to women's businesses.
AB1-engrossed,37,7
1(5) (a) The district shall hire an independent person to monitor the district's
2compliance with minority contracting goals under subs. (2), (3) and (4) and the
3department of administration's compliance with minority contracting goals under s.
416.854 (2) and (3). The person hired shall have previous experience working with
5minority group members. The district shall develop a mechanism to receive regular
6reports from the person hired with respect to the results of the person's studies of
7compliance with minority contracting goals.
AB1-engrossed,37,118 (b) If the district or a contractor is unable to meet the goals under sub. (2), (3)
9or (4), the person hired under par. (a) shall assess whether the district or contractor
10made a good faith effort to reach the goals. In determining whether a good faith effort
11was made to meet the goals, the person hired shall consider all of the following:
AB1-engrossed,37,1412 1. The supply of eligible minority businesses and women's businesses that have
13the financial capacity, technical capacity and previous experience in the areas in
14which contracts were awarded.
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