AB279,45 25Section 45. 77.54 (62) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,16,4
177.54 (62) The sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible
2personal property and taxable services used to develop and construct sports and
3entertainment arena facilities, as defined in s. 229.41 (11g), but not after the
4secretary of administration issues the certification under s. 229.42 (4e) (d).
AB279,46 5Section 46. 77.983 of the statutes is repealed.
AB279,47 6Section 47. 77.992 of the statutes is repealed.
AB279,48 7Section 48. 79.035 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,16,118 79.035 (5) For Except as provided in sub. (6), for the distribution in 2013 and
9subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this
10section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or
11municipality under this section for 2012.
AB279,49 12Section 49. 79.035 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,16,2113 79.035 (6) (a) If in any year a county having a population of 750,000 or more
14and containing a 1st class city does not certify its debts under s. 59.67 (2) to the fullest
15extent possible, as determined by the secretary of revenue, for collection under s.
1671.93 (8), or the department of revenue collects less than $4,000,000 of the debts
17certified under s. 59.67 (2) for that county, the department of administration shall
18reduce the county's payment under this section for that year by the amount of the
19county's debt that is not certified under s. 59.67 (2), as determined by the secretary
20of revenue, or by the amount of the shortfall, but the reduction amount for any such
21county may not exceed $4,000,000 in any year.
AB279,16,2522 (b) The official responsible for preparing the budget for a county that is subject
23to a reduction under par. (a) and the final budget approved by the county shall
24proportionately reduce funding to each county department, division, or office that
25caused the reduction under par. (a) as determined by the secretary of revenue.
AB279,50
1Section 50. 229.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,17,52 229.26 (4) Title to all property real or personal of the convention institution
3shall be in the name of such city and shall, except as provided in s. 229.47 (1), be held
4by such city for such purposes, but the board shall determine the use to which such
5property shall be devoted as provided for in this section.
AB279,51 6Section 51. 229.26 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,17,127 229.26 (4m) A common council that creates a convention institution under this
8section may dissolve the convention institution and the convention institution's
9board and transfer all of the assets and liabilities owned or administered by the
10convention institution if the common council enters into a transfer agreement under
11s. 229.47 (1) with a district that has jurisdiction over the territory in which the
12convention institution is located.
AB279,52 13Section 52. 229.26 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,17,2514 229.26 (10) If the employees who perform services for the board are included
15within one or more collective bargaining units under subch. IV of ch. 111 that do not
16include other employees of the sponsoring municipality, and a collective bargaining
17agreement exists between the sponsoring municipality and the representative of
18those employees in any such unit, and if the common council enters into a transfer
19agreement under s. 229.47 (1), the board shall transfer its functions under that
20collective bargaining agreement to a local exposition district under subch. II in
21accordance with the transfer agreement. Upon the effective date of the transfer, the
22local exposition district shall carry out the functions of the employer under that
23agreement. Notwithstanding s. 111.70 (4) (d), during the term of any such collective
24bargaining agreement that is in effect at the time of the transfer, the existing
25collective bargaining unit to which the agreement applies shall not be altered.
AB279,53
1Section 53. 229.40 of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,18,10 2229.40 Legislative declaration. (1) The legislature finds and determines
3that the provision of assistance by state agencies, in conjunction with local units of
4government, to a district under this subchapter and any expenditure of funds to
5assist a district under this subchapter serve a statewide public purpose by assisting
6the development and construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities in the
7state for providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism,
8by reducing unemployment, by preserving business activities within the state, and
9by bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people
10throughout the state.
AB279,18,16 11(2) The legislature finds and determines that a district serves a public purpose
12in the district's jurisdiction to the local units of government in which it is located by
13providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by
14reducing unemployment, by preserving business activities within the district's
15jurisdiction, and by bringing needed capital into the district's jurisdiction for the
16benefit and welfare of people in the district's jurisdiction.
AB279,54 17Section 54. 229.41 (9e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,18,2218 229.41 (9e) "Professional basketball team" means a team that is a member of
19a league of professional basketball teams that have home arenas approved by the
20league in at least 10 states and a collective average attendance for all league
21members of at least 10,000 persons per game over the 5 years immediately preceding
22the year in which a district is created.
AB279,55 23Section 55. 229.41 (11e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,19,3
1229.41 (11e) "Sports and entertainment arena" means the arena structure and
2the land necessary for its location that is used as the home arena of a professional
3basketball team and for other sports, recreation, and entertainment activities.
AB279,56 4Section 56. 229.41 (11g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,19,185 229.41 (11g) "Sports and entertainment arena facilities" means the sports and
6entertainment arena, land and structures, including all fixtures, equipment, and
7tangible personal property used primarily to support the operation of the sports and
8entertainment arena or are functionally related to the sports and entertainment
9arena, located within 9 acres of contiguous land and with boundaries determined by
10the board of directors. The facilities include the land and may include offices of the
11professional basketball team or its affiliate, parking spaces and garages, storage or
12loading facilities, access ways, sidewalks, skywalks, plazas, transportation facilities,
13and sports team stores located on the land. In addition to the 9 acres of contiguous
14land and structures located on the land, "sports and entertainment arena facilities"
15also includes land adjacent to the sports and entertainment arena and a parking
16structure, owned by the sponsoring municipality, to be constructed on the land by a
17professional basketball team or its affiliate in conjunction with the construction of
18the sports and entertainment arena.
AB279,57 19Section 57. 229.41 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,20,220 229.41 (12) "Transfer agreement" means the contract between a district and
21a sponsoring municipality under s. 229.47 (1), or a contract between a district and
22the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation under s. 229.47 (2),
that
23provides the terms and conditions upon which the ownership and operation of an
24exposition center and exposition center facilities are or ownership of the Bradley
25Center or any part of the center, including real property, is
transferred from a

1sponsoring municipality or the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment
2Corporation
to the district.
AB279,58 3Section 58. 229.42 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,20,64 229.42 (4) (intro.) If Subject to sub. (4e), if the sole sponsoring municipality is
5a 1st class city, the board of directors shall consist of 15 members, who shall be
6qualified and appointed, subject to sub. (7) (b), as follows:
AB279,59 7Section 59. 229.42 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,20,228 229.42 (4) (d) Three members, 2 of whom shall be primarily employees or
9officers of a private sector entity, shall be appointed by the county executive of the
10most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located and the 2
11private sector entity members shall reside in the county but may not reside in the
12sponsoring municipality. The 3rd member shall be the chief executive officer of a
13municipality that contributes a minimum of five-fourteenths of its room tax to an
14entity which promotes tourism and conventions within the jurisdiction of the
15district, as that term is used in s. 229.43, except that if no municipality makes this
16minimum contribution the 3rd member shall be a resident of the district. The room
17tax contribution shall be at least $150,000 each year. The chief executive officer
18appointed under this paragraph shall serve a term that expires 2 years after his or
19her appointment, or shall serve until the expiration of his or her term of elective
20office, whichever occurs first. This paragraph does not apply, and no appointments
21may be made under this paragraph, after the secretary of administration issues the
22certification described in sub. (4e) (d).
AB279,60 23Section 60. 229.42 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,21,1424 229.42 (4) (e) Four members, one of whom shall be the secretary of
25administration, or the secretary's designee, and 3 of whom shall be primarily

1employees or officers of a private sector entity, who shall be appointed by the
2governor. Of the 3 members who are officers or employees of a private sector entity,
3at least one of the appointees shall own, operate or manage an enterprise that is
4located within the district's jurisdiction and that has significant involvement with
5the food and beverage industry and at least one of the appointees shall own, operate
6or manage an enterprise that is located within the district's jurisdiction and that has
7significant involvement with the lodging industry. At least 2 of the appointees under
8this paragraph shall reside in the district's jurisdiction but may not reside in the
9sponsoring municipality. Upon the secretary of administration issuing the
10certification described in sub. (4e) (d), the secretary may continue to serve on the
11board of directors or may select a designee to serve in his or her place, and the 3
12members previously appointed by the governor under this paragraph shall be
13appointed by the county executive of the most populous county in which the
14sponsoring municipality is located, subject to the other provisions of this paragraph.
AB279,61 15Section 61. 229.42 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,21,2016 229.42 (4) (f) Two members, each of whom shall be a cochairperson of the joint
17committee on finance
one of whom shall be the speaker of the assembly, or his or her
18designee, and one of whom shall be the senate majority leader
, or his or her designee,
19if the designee is a member of the same house of the legislature as the cochairperson
20speaker or majority leader who makes the designation.
AB279,62 21Section 62. 229.42 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,21,2322 229.42 (4) (g) Upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification
23described in sub. (4e) (d):
AB279,22,624 1. One member who shall be appointed by the county executive of the most
25populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located and who shall be

1either primarily an employee or officer of a private sector entity. The appointee shall
2own, operate, or manage an enterprise that is located within the district's
3jurisdiction and that has either significant involvement with the food and beverage
4industry or significant involvement with the lodging industry. The appointee under
5this subdivision shall reside in the district's jurisdiction but may not reside in the
6sponsoring municipality.
AB279,22,167 2. One member who shall be appointed by the county executive of the most
8populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located and who is the chief
9executive officer, or his or her designee, of a municipality that contributes a
10minimum of five-fourteenths of its room tax to an entity that promotes tourism and
11conventions within the jurisdiction of the district, as that term is used in s. 229.43.
12If no municipality makes this minimum contribution, the county executive shall
13appoint an additional member who shall be a resident of the district. The room tax
14contribution shall be at least $150,000 each year. The chief executive officer
15described under this subdivision shall serve a term that is concurrent with his or her
16term of elective office.
AB279,63 17Section 63. 229.42 (4) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,22,2218 229.42 (4) (h) Upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification
19described in sub. (4e) (d), one member shall be the comptroller of the most populous
20county in which the sponsoring municipality is located, except that if that county
21does not have a comptroller, one member shall be the chief financial officer of the
22most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located.
AB279,64 23Section 64. 229.42 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,23,424 229.42 (4e) (a) With regard to a district that exists on the effective date of this
25paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], notwithstanding the provisions of subs. (4) (a) to

1(f) and (7) (b), the terms of office of all members of the board of directors shall expire
2on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], except that the
3secretary of administration shall continue as a board member and he or she shall
4become chairperson of the board of directors, notwithstanding sub. (8).
AB279,23,115 (b) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
6inserts date], each appointing authority under sub. (4) (a) to (e) shall appoint and
7certify new members of the board of directors as provided in sub. (4) and s. 229.435,
8except that the secretary of administration who continues in office as provided in par.
9(a) need not be reappointed under sub. (4) (e). The members described in sub. (4) (c)
10and (f) shall become members of the board of directors on the effective date of this
11paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
AB279,23,1312 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub. (3), the secretary of administration
13may act before all board members appointed as provided in par. (b) are certified.
AB279,23,2114 (d) The secretary of administration shall serve as chairperson of the board of
15directors until the secretary certifies that a sports and entertainment arena, the
16construction of which commences on or after the effective date of this paragraph ....
17[LRB inserts date], is completed. The secretary of administration shall make the
18certification described under this paragraph as soon as he or she determines that the
19sports and entertainment arena is completed, but not later than the first game
20played in the sports and entertainment arena by the professional basketball team
21that uses the arena as its home arena.
AB279,23,2322 (e) The terms of board members appointed under par. (b) shall expire or
23terminate upon the earliest occurrence of one of the following:
AB279,23,2424 1. Two years after the member is certified under s. 229.435.
AB279,23,2525 2. The secretary of administration makes the certification described in par. (d).
AB279,24,1
13. One of the provisions described in sub. (7) (b) 2. or 3. occurs.
AB279,24,132 (f) Upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in
3par. (d), which shall cause the expiration or termination of the terms of all board
4members as provided in this subsection, each appointing authority under sub. (4)
5shall appoint and certify new members of the board of directors, as provided in sub.
6(4) and s. 229.435, not later than 30 days after the secretary issues the certification.
7The secretary of administration or the secretary's designee, the persons described in
8sub. (4) (c), (f), and (h), and the chief executive officer of a municipality, as described
9in sub. (4) (g) 2., are considered to be certified upon the secretary issuing the
10certification described in par. (d). A board of directors consisting of members whose
11appointments are described under this paragraph may not take any action until a
12majority of board members so appointed are certified. No individual appointive
13board member may act until he or she is appointed and certified.
AB279,65 14Section 65. 229.42 (7) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,25,315 229.42 (7) (b) 1m. Subject to subds. 2. and 3. and sub. (4) (g), the terms of office
16of the members of the board of directors shall be 3 years, except that for the initial
17appointments that occur following the secretary of administration issuing the
18certification described in sub. (4e) (d), 3 of the appointments shall be for one year, 3
19appointments shall be for 2 years, and 3 appointments shall be for 3 years. The
20comptroller's appointments shall be for the comptroller's tenure in his or her
21position. The term of the secretary of administration or his or her designee shall be
22concurrent with the secretary's term in office, and the terms of the persons described
23in sub. (4) (f) shall be their terms in office or the term of the person who designated
24the board members under sub. (4) (f). The length of the initial terms shall be
25determined jointly by the secretary of administration and the county executive of the

1most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located. With regard
2to appointed board members to whom this subdivision applies, no individual may
3serve on the board of directors for more than 6 years.
AB279,66 4Section 66. 229.435 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,25,13 5229.435 Certification of board members. Within 30 days after a sponsoring
6municipality files an enabling resolution under s. 229.42 (1) (b),
following the
7expiration of terms as described in s. 229.42 (4e) (a), and upon the secretary of
8administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d),
each person
9who may appoint members to a board of directors under s. 229.42 (4), (5) or (6) shall
10certify to the department of administration the names of the persons appointed to
11the board of directors under s. 229.42 (5) or (6) or, if the sole sponsoring municipality
12is a 1st class city, the names of the persons appointed to the board of directors under
13s. 229.42 (4).
AB279,67 14Section 67. 229.44 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,25,1715 229.44 (4) (intro.) Do any of the following in connection with an exposition
16center and exposition center facilities and sports and entertainment arena and
17sports and entertainment arena facilities
:
AB279,68 18Section 68. 229.44 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,25,2219 229.44 (4) (a) Acquire, construct, equip, maintain, improve, operate and
20manage the exposition center and exposition center facilities and acquire, construct
21and equip the sports and entertainment arena and sports and entertainment arena
22facilities
, or engage other persons to do these things.
AB279,69 23Section 69. 229.44 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,26,224 229.44 (4) (b) Acquire, lease, use or transfer; lease, as lessor or lessee; use; or
25transfer or accept transfers of
property. With the approval of all sponsoring

1municipalities of the district, the district may acquire property by condemnation
2using the procedure under s. 32.05 or 32.06.
AB279,70 3Section 70. 229.44 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,26,54 229.44 (4) (c) Improve, maintain, and repair real property, other than sports
5and entertainment arena facilities
.
AB279,71 6Section 71. 229.44 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,26,117 229.44 (4) (d) Enter into contracts. All Except as provided in s. 229.461, all
8contracts, the estimated costs of which exceed $30,000 $100,000, except contracts
9subject to s. 229.46 (5) and contracts for personal or professional services, shall be
10subject to bid and shall be awarded to the lowest qualified and competent bidder. The
11district may reject any bid that is submitted under this paragraph.
AB279,72 12Section 72. 229.44 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,26,1313 229.44 (4) (f) Sell or otherwise dispose of unneeded or unwanted property.
AB279,73 14Section 73. 229.44 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,26,1815 229.44 (5) Employ personnel, and fix and regulate their compensation; and
16provide, either directly or subject to an agreement under s. 66.0301 or 229.47 (1) as
17a participant in a benefit plan of another governmental entity, any employee
18benefits, including an employee pension plan.
AB279,74 19Section 74. 229.44 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB279,26,2320 229.44 (6) Purchase insurance, establish and administer a plan of
21self-insurance or, subject to an agreement with another governmental entity under
22s. 66.0301 or 229.47 (1), participate in a governmental plan of insurance or
23self-insurance.
AB279,75 24Section 75. 229.461 of the statutes is created to read:
AB279,27,9
1229.461 Development agreement, non-relocation agreement, lease. (1)
2A district shall enter into a development agreement with a professional basketball
3team or its affiliate to require the professional basketball team or affiliate to develop
4and construct sports and entertainment arena facilities that will be financed in part
5by the district and, subject to sub. (3) (d), leased to the professional basketball team
6or its affiliate as provided in this subchapter. Before a district may sign the
7development agreement, the secretary of administration shall certify that the
8professional basketball team or its affiliate has agreed to fund at least $250,000,000
9to the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.
AB279,27,18 10(2) In consideration of the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and
11the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located promising
12to commit $250,000,000 of financial assistance to the development and construction
13of the sports and entertainment arena facilities and granting a professional
14basketball team, or its affiliate, the right to operate and manage the sports and
15entertainment arena facilities, the professional basketball team shall enter into a
16non-relocation agreement with the district, at the time it or its affiliate enters into
17a development agreement with the district under sub. (1), that contains all of the
18following provisions and commitments during the term of the lease:
AB279,27,2019 (a) The professional basketball team shall play substantially all of its home
20games at the sports and entertainment arena, once it is constructed.
AB279,27,2221 (b) The professional basketball team shall maintain its membership in the
22National Basketball Association or a successor league.
AB279,27,2423 (c) The professional basketball team shall maintain its headquarters in this
24state.
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1(d) The professional basketball team shall maintain in its official team name
2the name of the sponsoring municipality.
AB279,28,43 (e) The professional basketball team shall not relocate to another political
4subdivision during the term of the lease.
AB279,28,95 (f) If the professional basketball team is sold or ownership is transferred to
6another person, the professional basketball team shall ensure that any person who
7acquires the professional basketball team, including upon foreclosure, commits to
8acquire the professional basketball team subject to the team's obligations under the
9non-relocation agreement.
AB279,28,1410 (g) During the last 5 years of the original 30-year lease, and during any 5-year
11extension of the lease, the professional basketball team may negotiate, and enter into
12agreements, with 3rd parties regarding the professional basketball team playing its
13home games at a site different from the site to which the lease applies after the
14conclusion of the lease.
AB279,28,16 15(3) The lease between the district and the professional basketball team or its
16affiliate shall contain at least all of the following:
AB279,28,1817 (a) The term of the lease shall be for 30 years, plus 2 extensions of 5 years each,
18both extensions at the professional basketball team's or its affiliate's option.
AB279,29,319 (b) The lease shall contain provisions concerning the transfer of the Bradley
20Center and the land on which it is located from the district to the professional
21basketball team or its affiliate and, following that transfer, subsequent demolition
22of the Bradley Center arena structure, consistent with s. 229.47 (2) (c). The district
23shall convey fee title to the professional basketball team or its affiliate free and clear
24of all liens, encumbrances, and obligations, except for easements or similar
25restrictions that do not include a monetary component. Provided that the Bradley

1Center arena structure is transferred as provided under this paragraph, the lease
2shall require the professional basketball team or its affiliate to pay for all costs
3related to the demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure.
AB279,29,184 (c) The professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be responsible for
5equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena
6facilities that are constructed pursuant to a development agreement entered into
7under sub. (1). If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the
8development agreement or non-relocation agreement, the parent company of the
9professional basketball team shall be jointly and severally responsible with the
10professional basketball team or its affiliate for the costs of equipping, maintaining,
11operating, and repairing the sports and entertainment arena facilities during the
12term of the lease. In addition, the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall
13be entitled to receive all revenues related to the operation or use of the sports and
14entertainment arena facilities, including, but not limited to, ticket revenues,
15licensing or user fees, sponsorship revenues, revenues generated from events that
16are held on the plaza that is part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities,
17revenues from the sale of food, beverages, merchandise, and parking, and revenues
18from naming rights.
AB279,29,2319 (d) The lease shall allow for a separate agreement between the sponsoring
20municipality and the professional basketball team or its affiliate that addresses the
21development and construction, leasing, operation, maintenance, and repair of a
22parking structure constructed as part of the sports and entertainment arena
23facilities and the ownership of and revenues from the parking structure.
AB279,29,25 24(4) (a) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the lease, the
25district may enforce the lease.
AB279,30,5
1(b) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development
2agreement or the non-relocation agreement, the state, the district, the sponsoring
3municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is
4located may act individually or collectively to enforce the development agreement or
5the non-relocation agreement and, if they prevail, are entitled to all of the following:
AB279,30,66 1. Injunctive relief.
AB279,30,127 2. a. Liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional
8basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate in an amount equal
9to the outstanding balance of principal and accrued unpaid interest remaining on
10any debt issued or incurred by the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and
11the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located for the
12development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.
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