LRB-3746/2
PG:jld:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
November 24, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Danou, Sinicki,
Soletski, Huebsch, Davis, Ballweg, M. Williams and Zepnick, cosponsored by
Senators Cowles, Schultz, Kapanke and
Hansen. Referred to Committee on
State Affairs and Homeland Security.
AB597,1,3
1An Act to create 32.03 (7) of the statutes;
relating to: requiring the University
2of Wisconsin System to obtain the approval of the Joint Committee on Finance
3in order to acquire property by condemnation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
System (board) to acquire property by condemnation. This bill requires the board,
whenever it intends to acquire property by condemnation, to notify the Joint
Committee on Finance (JCF). The notice must describe the project, explain its public
purpose, specify the status of and schedule for construction, and identify the funding
for the project.
The bill requires JCF to schedule a public hearing on the intended
condemnation. Members of the board, including the chairperson of the board's
capital planning and budget committee, and appropriate board staff, must attend
the hearing. After the hearing, the board must provide a written response to all
questions asked at the hearing by JCF members and members of the public.
Finally, the bill prohibits the board from acquiring property by condemnation
unless the committee approves the condemnation by at least a three-quarters vote
of the members, taken by roll call. If the condemnation is approved, the board must
provide JCF with periodic reports as it proceeds with the project.
For further information see the state 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:
AB597, s. 1
1Section
1. 32.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
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32.03
(7) (a) In this subsection:
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1. "Board" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
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2. "Committee" means the joint committee on finance.
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(b) If the board intends to acquire property by condemnation, it shall notify the
6committee in writing. The notice shall describe the project, explain its public
7purpose, specify the status of and schedule for construction, and identify the funding
8for the project.
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(c) The cochairpersons of the committee shall schedule a public hearing on the
10board's intended condemnation. Members of the board, including the chairperson of
11the board's capital planning and budget committee, and appropriate board staff,
12shall appear at the hearing for the information of the committee. Testimony shall
13be allowed from members of the public.
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(d) Within a reasonable period after the hearing, the board shall provide to the
15committee a written response to all questions asked at the hearing by committee
16members and members of the public.
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(e) The board may not acquire property for the project by condemnation without
18the approval, by roll call vote, of at least three-quarters of all members of the
19committee.
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1(f) If the committee approves the acquisition by condemnation under par. (e),
2the board shall provide periodic reports to the committee as it proceeds with the
3project.
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(1) This act first applies to a jurisdictional offer made on the effective date of
6this subsection.
