SB209: Bill Text

SB209,22,16 2. One member who shall be appointed by the county executive of the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located and who is the chief executive officer, or his or her designee, of a municipality that contributes a minimum of five-fourteenths of its room tax to an entity that promotes tourism and conventions within the jurisdiction of the district, as that term is used in s. 229.43. If no municipality makes this minimum contribution, the county executive shall appoint an additional member who shall be a resident of the district. The room tax contribution shall be at least $150,000 each year. The chief executive officer described under this subdivision shall serve a term that is concurrent with his or her term of elective office.

SB209,63 Section 63. 229.42 (4) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,22,22 229.42 (4) (h) Upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in sub. (4e) (d), one member shall be the comptroller of the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located, except that if that county does not have a comptroller, one member shall be the chief financial officer of the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located.

SB209,64 Section 64. 229.42 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,23,4 229.42 (4e) (a) With regard to a district that exists on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], notwithstanding the provisions of subs. (4) (a) to (f) and (7) (b), the terms of office of all members of the board of directors shall expire on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], except that the secretary of administration shall continue as a board member and he or she shall become chairperson of the board of directors, notwithstanding sub. (8).

SB209,23,11 (b) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], each appointing authority under sub. (4) (a) to (e) shall appoint and certify new members of the board of directors as provided in sub. (4) and s. 229.435, except that the secretary of administration who continues in office as provided in par. (a) need not be reappointed under sub. (4) (e). The members described in sub. (4) (c) and (f) shall become members of the board of directors on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

SB209,23,13 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub. (3), the secretary of administration may act before all board members appointed as provided in par. (b) are certified.

SB209,23,21 (d) The secretary of administration shall serve as chairperson of the board of directors until the secretary certifies that a sports and entertainment arena, the construction of which commences on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], is completed. The secretary of administration shall make the certification described under this paragraph as soon as he or she determines that the sports and entertainment arena is completed, but not later than the first game played in the sports and entertainment arena by the professional basketball team that uses the arena as its home arena.

SB209,23,23 (e) The terms of board members appointed under par. (b) shall expire or terminate upon the earliest occurrence of one of the following:

SB209,23,24 1. Two years after the member is certified under s. 229.435.

SB209,23,25 2. The secretary of administration makes the certification described in par. (d).

SB209,24,1 3. One of the provisions described in sub. (7) (b) 2. or 3. occurs.

SB209,24,13 (f) Upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in par. (d), which shall cause the expiration or termination of the terms of all board members as provided in this subsection, each appointing authority under sub. (4) shall appoint and certify new members of the board of directors, as provided in sub. (4) and s. 229.435, not later than 30 days after the secretary issues the certification. The secretary of administration or the secretary's designee, the persons described in sub. (4) (c), (f), and (h), and the chief executive officer of a municipality, as described in sub. (4) (g) 2., are considered to be certified upon the secretary issuing the certification described in par. (d). A board of directors consisting of members whose appointments are described under this paragraph may not take any action until a majority of board members so appointed are certified. No individual appointive board member may act until he or she is appointed and certified.

SB209,65 Section 65. 229.42 (7) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,25,3 229.42 (7) (b) 1m. Subject to subds. 2. and 3. and sub. (4) (g), the terms of office of the members of the board of directors shall be 3 years, except that for the initial appointments that occur following the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in sub. (4e) (d), 3 of the appointments shall be for one year, 3 appointments shall be for 2 years, and 3 appointments shall be for 3 years. The comptroller's appointments shall be for the comptroller's tenure in his or her position. The term of the secretary of administration or his or her designee shall be concurrent with the secretary's term in office, and the terms of the persons described in sub. (4) (f) shall be their terms in office or the term of the person who designated the board members under sub. (4) (f). The length of the initial terms shall be determined jointly by the secretary of administration and the county executive of the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located. With regard to appointed board members to whom this subdivision applies, no individual may serve on the board of directors for more than 6 years.

SB209,66 Section 66. 229.435 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,25,13 229.435 Certification of board members. Within 30 days after a sponsoring municipality files an enabling resolution under s. 229.42 (1) (b), following the expiration of terms as described in s. 229.42 (4e) (a), and upon the secretary of administration issuing the certification described in s. 229.42 (4e) (d), each person who may appoint members to a board of directors under s. 229.42 (4), (5) or (6) shall certify to the department of administration the names of the persons appointed to the board of directors under s. 229.42 (5) or (6) or, if the sole sponsoring municipality is a 1st class city, the names of the persons appointed to the board of directors under s. 229.42 (4).

SB209,67 Section 67. 229.44 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,25,17 229.44 (4) (intro.) Do any of the following in connection with an exposition center and exposition center facilities and sports and entertainment arena and sports and entertainment arena facilities:

SB209,68 Section 68. 229.44 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,25,22 229.44 (4) (a) Acquire, construct, equip, maintain, improve, operate and manage the exposition center and exposition center facilities and acquire, construct and equip the sports and entertainment arena and sports and entertainment arena facilities, or engage other persons to do these things.

SB209,69 Section 69. 229.44 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,26,2 229.44 (4) (b) Acquire, lease, use or transfer; lease, as lessor or lessee; use; or transfer or accept transfers of property. With the approval of all sponsoring municipalities of the district, the district may acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 or 32.06.

SB209,70 Section 70. 229.44 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,26,5 229.44 (4) (c) Improve, maintain, and repair real property, other than sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,71 Section 71. 229.44 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,26,11 229.44 (4) (d) Enter into contracts. All Except as provided in s. 229.461, all contracts, the estimated costs of which exceed $30,000 $100,000, except contracts subject to s. 229.46 (5) and contracts for personal or professional services, shall be subject to bid and shall be awarded to the lowest qualified and competent bidder. The district may reject any bid that is submitted under this paragraph.

SB209,72 Section 72. 229.44 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,26,13 229.44 (4) (f) Sell or otherwise dispose of unneeded or unwanted property.

SB209,73 Section 73. 229.44 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,26,18 229.44 (5) Employ personnel, and fix and regulate their compensation; and provide, either directly or subject to an agreement under s. 66.0301 or 229.47 (1) as a participant in a benefit plan of another governmental entity, any employee benefits, including an employee pension plan.

SB209,74 Section 74. 229.44 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,26,23 229.44 (6) Purchase insurance, establish and administer a plan of self-insurance or, subject to an agreement with another governmental entity under s. 66.0301 or 229.47 (1), participate in a governmental plan of insurance or self-insurance.

SB209,75 Section 75. 229.461 of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,27,9 229.461 Development agreement, non-relocation agreement, lease. (1) A district shall enter into a development agreement with a professional basketball team or its affiliate to require the professional basketball team or affiliate to develop and construct sports and entertainment arena facilities that will be financed in part by the district and, subject to sub. (3) (d), leased to the professional basketball team or its affiliate as provided in this subchapter. Before a district may sign the development agreement, the secretary of administration shall certify that the professional basketball team or its affiliate has agreed to fund at least $250,000,000 to the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,27,18 (2) In consideration of the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located promising to commit $250,000,000 of financial assistance to the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities and granting a professional basketball team, or its affiliate, the right to operate and manage the sports and entertainment arena facilities, the professional basketball team shall enter into a non-relocation agreement with the district, at the time it or its affiliate enters into a development agreement with the district under sub. (1), that contains all of the following provisions and commitments during the term of the lease:

SB209,27,20 (a) The professional basketball team shall play substantially all of its home games at the sports and entertainment arena, once it is constructed.

SB209,27,22 (b) The professional basketball team shall maintain its membership in the National Basketball Association or a successor league.

SB209,27,24 (c) The professional basketball team shall maintain its headquarters in this state.

SB209,28,2 (d) The professional basketball team shall maintain in its official team name the name of the sponsoring municipality.

SB209,28,4 (e) The professional basketball team shall not relocate to another political subdivision during the term of the lease.

SB209,28,9 (f) If the professional basketball team is sold or ownership is transferred to another person, the professional basketball team shall ensure that any person who acquires the professional basketball team, including upon foreclosure, commits to acquire the professional basketball team subject to the team's obligations under the non-relocation agreement.

SB209,28,14 (g) During the last 5 years of the original 30-year lease, and during any 5-year extension of the lease, the professional basketball team may negotiate, and enter into agreements, with 3rd parties regarding the professional basketball team playing its home games at a site different from the site to which the lease applies after the conclusion of the lease.

SB209,28,16 (3) The lease between the district and the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall contain at least all of the following:

SB209,28,18 (a) The term of the lease shall be for 30 years, plus 2 extensions of 5 years each, both extensions at the professional basketball team's or its affiliate's option.

SB209,29,3 (b) The lease shall contain provisions concerning the transfer of the Bradley Center and the land on which it is located from the district to the professional basketball team or its affiliate and, following that transfer, subsequent demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure, consistent with s. 229.47 (2) (c). The district shall convey fee title to the professional basketball team or its affiliate free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and obligations, except for easements or similar restrictions that do not include a monetary component. Provided that the Bradley Center arena structure is transferred as provided under this paragraph, the lease shall require the professional basketball team or its affiliate to pay for all costs related to the demolition of the Bradley Center arena structure.

SB209,29,18 (c) The professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities that are constructed pursuant to a development agreement entered into under sub. (1). If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development agreement or non-relocation agreement, the parent company of the professional basketball team shall be jointly and severally responsible with the professional basketball team or its affiliate for the costs of equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing the sports and entertainment arena facilities during the term of the lease. In addition, the professional basketball team or its affiliate shall be entitled to receive all revenues related to the operation or use of the sports and entertainment arena facilities, including, but not limited to, ticket revenues, licensing or user fees, sponsorship revenues, revenues generated from events that are held on the plaza that is part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities, revenues from the sale of food, beverages, merchandise, and parking, and revenues from naming rights.

SB209,29,23 (d) The lease shall allow for a separate agreement between the sponsoring municipality and the professional basketball team or its affiliate that addresses the development and construction, leasing, operation, maintenance, and repair of a parking structure constructed as part of the sports and entertainment arena facilities and the ownership of and revenues from the parking structure.

SB209,29,25 (4) (a) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the lease, the district may enforce the lease.

SB209,30,5 (b) If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the development agreement or the non-relocation agreement, the state, the district, the sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located may act individually or collectively to enforce the development agreement or the non-relocation agreement and, if they prevail, are entitled to all of the following:

SB209,30,6 1. Injunctive relief.

SB209,30,12 2. a. Liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate in an amount equal to the outstanding balance of principal and accrued unpaid interest remaining on any debt issued or incurred by the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located for the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,30,19 b. If the professional basketball team or its affiliate, at the time of its breach of the development agreement or non-relocation agreement, is also in breach of its obligations under the lease to equip, maintain, operate, and repair the sports and entertainment arena facilities, liquidated damages from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate shall also include an amount equal to the cost of performing these obligations during the term of the lease.

SB209,30,24 c. Liquidated damages awarded under this subdivision shall be apportioned among the district, this state, a sponsoring municipality, and the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located in proportion to that entity's financial contributions towards the development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,31,7 (5) The secretary of administration, in his or her capacity as chairperson of the board of directors, shall negotiate the development agreement, the lease, and the non-relocation agreement under this section on behalf of the district and may enter into any such development agreement, non-relocation agreement, or lease without the approval of the board of directors. Any subsequent amendments to, or renewal or extensions of, the development agreement, the non-relocation agreement, or the lease shall require the approval of the board of directors.

SB209,76 Section 76. 229.47 of the statutes is renumbered 229.47 (1).

SB209,77 Section 77. 229.47 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,31,14 229.47 (2) (a) Subject to s. 232.05 (3) (a), a district shall enter into one or more transfer agreements with the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation regarding the transfer of the Bradley Center or any part of the center, including land that cannot be transferred under par. (b). Any such transfer shall be for nominal financial consideration.

SB209,31,22 (b) Following execution of a lease under s. 229.461 (3) and forgiveness by the professional basketball team of any outstanding debt owed to the professional basketball team by the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall transfer to the district the land described in s. 229.41 (11e) that is owned by the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation. The transfer shall occur pursuant to transfer agreements and a parcel transfer schedule certified by the secretary of administration.

SB209,32,2 (c) A transfer agreement shall specify that demolition of the Bradley Center will commence not later than 180 days after the center is transferred to the district, as described in s. 232.05 (2) (h) and that the Bradley Center parking structure may continue to exist and operate.

SB209,78 Section 78. 229.477 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,32,17 229.477 Dissolution of a district. Subject to providing for the payment of its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance of its other contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by the joint action of the district's board of directors and sponsoring municipality. If the district is dissolved, the property of the district that does not include sports and entertainment arena facilities shall be transferred to its sponsoring municipality. The property of the district that does include sports and entertainment arena facilities shall be transferred to the local units of government that compose the district's jurisdiction in such proportions as the secretary of administration determines fairly and reasonably represent the contributions of each local unit of government to the development, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of the property that contains sports and entertainment arena facilities. If the district was created by more than one sponsoring municipality, the municipalities shall agree on the apportioning of the district's property before the district may be dissolved.

SB209,79 Section 79. 229.48 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,32,22 229.48 (1) (intro.) A district may issue bonds for costs and purposes that are related to an exposition center or an exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities, including all of the following:

SB209,80 Section 80. 229.48 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,33,2 229.48 (1) (a) Costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining or improving an exposition center or an exposition center facility or initially developing and constructing a sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,81 Section 81. 229.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,33,5 229.48 (1) (b) Costs of acquiring or improving an exposition center site or sports and entertainment arena facilities site.

SB209,82 Section 82. 229.48 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,33,11 229.48 (1) (c) Engineering, architectural or consultant fees, costs of environmental or feasibility studies, permit and license fees and similar planning or preparatory costs, that are related to an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,83 Section 83. 229.48 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,33,16 229.48 (1) (d) Funding budgeted costs for an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities for the 6-month period immediately following the completion of its construction or acquisition.

SB209,84 Section 84. 229.48 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,33,23 229.48 (1) (e) Interest on bonds or on any debt that is retired with the proceeds of bonds, if the interest is incurred or is reasonably expected to be incurred during the time period beginning a reasonable time period prior to the construction or acquisition of an exposition center or exposition center facility or sports and entertainment arena or sports and entertainment arena facilities and ending 6 months after the completion of the construction or acquisition.

SB209,85 Section 85. 229.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,34,4 229.48 (1m) For financing purposes, exposition centers and exposition center facilities and sports and entertainment arenas and sports and entertainment arena facilities are public utilities and tax revenues imposed under s. 66.0615 (1m) (a) and (b) and subchs. VIII and IX of ch. 77 are property or income of the public utility.

SB209,86 Section 86. 229.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,34,11 229.48 (2) All bonds are negotiable for all purposes, notwithstanding their payment from a limited source. A district may retain the building commission, the department of administration, or any other person as its financial consultant to assist with and coordinate the issuance of bonds and shall use the building commission as its financial consultant for bonds secured by a special debt service reserve fund under s. 229.50.

SB209,87 Section 87. 229.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

SB209,34,17 229.48 (7) The maximum amount of bond proceeds that a district may receive from bonds issued to fund the development and construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities is $203,000,000, plus amounts to pay issuance or administrative expenses, to make deposits to reserve funds, to pay accrued or funded interest, and to pay the costs of credit enhancement.

SB209,88 Section 88. 229.50 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,34,25 229.50 (1) (a) Substantial statewide public purpose. (intro.) The proceeds of the bonds, other than refunding bonds, will be used in connection with an exposition center, or an exposition center facility used primarily to support the activities of an exposition center, or a sports and entertainment arena, or sports and entertainment arena facilities, that serves a substantial statewide public purpose. An exposition center serves a substantial statewide public purpose if all of the following conditions are met:

SB209,89 Section 89. 229.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,35,8 229.50 (1) (d) Use of net proceeds. Not more than $170,000,000 of the total net proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, that would be secured by all special debt service reserve funds of the district will be used for the purposes specified under s. 229.48 (1) (a) to (c), except that no proceeds of the bonds secured by a special debt service reserve fund may be used to remodel or refurbish an existing exposition center or existing exposition center facilities transferred under a transfer agreement under s. 229.47 (1).

SB209,90 Section 90. 229.50 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,35,14 229.50 (1) (f) Transfer agreement. A sponsoring municipality of the district issuing the bonds has entered into a transfer agreement under s. 229.47 (1) that transfers to the district the sponsoring municipality's interests in an existing exposition center and exposition center facilities created under this subchapter or in an existing convention institution under s. 229.26.

SB209,91 Section 91. 229.50 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB209,36,7 229.50 (7) State moral obligation pledge. If at any time the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for a special debt service reserve fund exceeds the amount of moneys in the special debt service reserve fund, the board of directors of the district shall certify to the secretary of administration, the governor, the joint committee on finance and the governing body of the sponsoring municipality the amount necessary to restore the special debt service reserve fund to an amount equal to the special debt service reserve fund requirement under sub. (5) for the special debt service reserve fund. If this certification is received by the secretary of administration in an even-numbered year prior to the completion of the budget compilation under s. 16.43, the secretary shall include the certified amount in the budget compilation. In any case, the joint committee on finance shall introduce in either house, in bill form, an appropriation of the amount so certified to the appropriate special debt service reserve fund of the district. Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature hereby expresses its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make this appropriation. This subsection does not apply to reserve fund shortfalls related to bonds issued by the district to fund the construction of sports and entertainment arena facilities.

SB209,92 Section 92. 229.54 of the statutes is created to read: