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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
May 1, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Jensen, Freese, Hutchison,
Skindrud, Musser, Gard, Albers, Goetsch, Ward and Schafer, cosponsored
by Senators Huelsman, Schultz, Farrow and
Cowles. Referred to Committee
on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB332,1,2
1An Act to amend 59.52 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes;
relating to: the authority of a
2county to construct golf courses.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county board may construct, purchase, lease, develop,
improve and operate facilities such as swimming pools, stadiums, parks,
playgrounds, tennis courts and golf courses. Under this bill, a county may not
construct new golf courses after the effective date of the bill.
For further information see the 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:
AB332, s. 1
3Section
1. 59.52 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB332,2,84
59.52
(6) (d) 1. Construct, purchase, acquire, lease, develop, improve, extend,
5equip, operate and maintain all county buildings, structures and facilities
6hereinafter in this subsection referred to as "projects", including without limitation
7swimming pools, stadiums, golf courses, tennis courts, parks, playgrounds, bathing
1beaches, bathhouses and other recreational facilities, exhibition halls, convention
2facilities, convention complexes, including indoor recreational facilities, dams in
3county lands, garbage incinerators, courthouses, jails, schools, hospitals and
4facilities for medical education use in conjunction with such hospitals, home for the
5aged or indigent, regional projects, sewage disposal plants and systems, and
6including all property, real and personal, pertinent or necessary for such purposes
,
7except that, after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], a
8board may not begin construction of a new golf course.
