AB43,1347,10 2229.67 Jurisdiction. A district's jurisdiction is any county with a population
3of more than 600,000 that is the site of baseball park facilities that are home to a
4professional baseball team
and all counties that are contiguous to that county and
5that are not already included in a different district. Once created, a district's
6jurisdiction is fixed even if the population of other counties within the district
7subsequently exceeds 600,000. Once a county is included in a district's jurisdiction
8the county remains in the district until the district is dissolved under s. 229.71. In
9this section, “contiguous" includes a county that touches another county only at a
10corner.
AB43,2469 11Section 2469. 229.68 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1347,20 12229.68 Powers of a district. (intro.) A district has all of the powers necessary
13or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, except that
14it may not incur any new obligations after the date on which the district may no
15longer collect the tax under s. 77.707 (1), 2021 stats., if such an obligation could not
16be paid out of the district's revenues or assets once the tax under s. 77.707 (1), 2021
17stats.,
is no longer collected. The district may not incur costs or any obligations for
18signage related to a change in naming rights for the baseball park facilities. In
19addition to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a district may do all of the
20following:
AB43,2470 21Section 2470 . 229.68 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1347,2422 229.68 (4) (intro.) In connection with baseball park facilities and, with respect
23to par. (b), in connection with baseball park facilities and any baseball park
24development
:
AB43,2471 25Section 2471. 229.68 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1348,3
1229.68 (4) (b) Acquire; lease, as lessor or lessee; authorize the sublease of; use;
2or transfer property; except that the district may not enter into any lease that does
3not receive the affirmative vote of a supermajority majority of the district board.
AB43,2472 4Section 2472. 229.68 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1348,105 229.68 (4) (d) Enter into contracts, subject to such standards as may be
6established by the district board, which standards may include approval by a
7professional baseball team pursuant to the terms of a lease with the district
. The
8district board may award any such contract for any combination or division of work
9it designates and may consider any factors in awarding a contract, including price,
10time for completion of work and qualifications and past performance of a contractor.
AB43,2473 11Section 2473. 229.68 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1348,1612 229.68 (9) Maintain funds and invest the funds in any investment that the
13district board considers appropriate. A district may delegate the investment
14authority over any funds held in trust under this subchapter to an investment
15manager who is registered as an investment adviser under the federal Investment
16Advisers Act of 1940, 15 USC 80b-3.
AB43,2474 17Section 2474. 229.68 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1348,1918 229.68 (11) Promote, advertise and publicize its the baseball park facilities and
19related activities.
AB43,2475 20Section 2475. 229.68 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1348,2321 229.68 (12) Set standards governing the use of, and the conduct within, its the
22baseball park facilities in order to promote public safety and convenience and to
23maintain order.
AB43,2476 24Section 2476. 229.68 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1349,3
1229.68 (13) Establish and collect fees, and establish shared revenue
2arrangements or other charges for the use of its the baseball park facilities or for
3services rendered by the district.
AB43,2477 4Section 2477. 229.68 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2478 5Section 2478 . 229.682 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1349,96 229.682 (1) Gifts and donations. The district board shall explore and consider
7ways to solicit and encourage gifts and donations for the development, construction,
8improvement, repair, and maintenance
of baseball park facilities and, to the extent
9feasible, implement means to solicit such gifts and donations.
AB43,2479 10Section 2479 . 229.682 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1349,1211 229.682 (2) Prevailing wage. The construction of a baseball park facility that
12is financed in whole or in part by a district is subject to s. 66.0903.
AB43,2480 13Section 2480. 229.682 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1349,1714 229.682 (3) Special debt payments. The district shall pay, over a 3-year period
15beginning on October 1, 1996, any outstanding debt used to finance improvements
16to a baseball stadium that has been used as a home field by a major league
17professional baseball team in the district, up to a maximum amount of $1,500,000.
AB43,2481 18Section 2481. 229.682 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1349,2419 229.682 (4) Special ticket provisions. A major league professional baseball
20team that uses as its home field baseball park facilities that are constructed under
21this subchapter shall annually designate, for each county that is in the district's
22jurisdiction, at least one of the team's home games as a discount ticket day for that
23county, for which residents of that county may purchase discounted admission
24tickets.
AB43,2482 25Section 2482. 229.682 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1350,7
1229.682 (7) Youth sports organizations. A major league professional baseball
2team that uses as its home field baseball park facilities that are constructed under
3this subchapter shall make an annual contribution of at least $20,000 to youth sports
4organizations in this state for the purchase of equipment or the rental or
5maintenance of athletic facilities that are used by such organizations. The
6contributions that are required under this subsection may be made in cash or
7equipment.
AB43,2483 8Section 2483. 229.685 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1350,129 229.685 (1) The district board shall maintain a special fund into which it
10deposits only the revenue received from the department of revenue, that is derived
11from the taxes imposed under subch. V of ch. 77, 2021 stats., and may use this
12revenue only for purposes related to baseball park facilities.
AB43,2484 13Section 2484. 229.687 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1350,22 14229.687 Facilities enhancement fund. The district shall establish and
15maintain a facilities enhancement fund. The fund shall consist of all moneys received
16from the department of administration under s. 16.09. The district may use moneys
17deposited in the fund solely for purposes related to the development, construction,
18improvement, repair, and maintenance of baseball park facilities. Moneys deposited
19in the fund may not be used for the securitization or retirement of bonds. If any
20amount remains in the fund after the lease specified in s. 16.09 (3) (a) 1. is no longer
21in effect, the district board shall return the amount to the department of
22administration.
AB43,2485 23Section 2485 . 229.69 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1350,2524 229.69 (4) Grant to the state land or other property, especially dedicated by the
25grant to use for a professional baseball park facilities or baseball park development.
AB43,2486
1Section 2486. 229.70 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1351,4 2229.70 (title) Minority contracting goals; disabled veteran-owned
3business contracting goals
; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
4business contracting goals; disability-owned business contracting goals
.
AB43,2487 5Section 2487 . 229.70 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1351,76 229.70 (1) (ae) “Disability-owned business” means a business certified by the
7department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).
AB43,2488 8Section 2488. 229.70 (1) (ag) of the statutes is renumbered 229.70 (1) (bm) and
9amended to read:
AB43,1351,1110 229.70 (1) (bm) “Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business" means a
11business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).
AB43,2489 12Section 2489 . 229.70 (1) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1351,1413 229.70 (1) (aj) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business” means
14a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).
AB43,2490 15Section 2490 . 229.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1352,216 229.70 (2) The district shall ensure that, for construction work and
17professional services contracts, a person who is awarded such a contract by a district
18shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that his or her goal shall be to
19ensure that at least 25 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be
20minority group members, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the
21contract will be employees of a disabled veteran-owned business, at least 1 percent
22of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a lesbian, gay,
23bisexual, or transgender-owned business, at least 1 percent of the employees hired
24because of the contract will be employees of a disability-owned business,
and at least

15 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be women if the contract
2is for the construction of any part of baseball park facilities.
AB43,2491 3Section 2491 . 229.70 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1352,144 229.70 (3) (intro.) It shall be a goal of the district to ensure that at least 25
5percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the
6following areas shall be awarded to minority businesses, at least 1 percent of the
7aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas
8shall be awarded to disabled veteran-owned businesses, at least 1 percent of the
9aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas
10shall be awarded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned businesses, at least
111 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the
12following areas shall be awarded to disability-owned businesses,
and at least 5
13percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the
14following areas shall be awarded to women's businesses:
AB43,2492 15Section 2492 . 229.70 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1352,2216 229.70 (4) It shall be a goal of a district, with regard to each of the contracts
17described under sub. (3) (a), (b) and (c), to award at least 25 percent of the dollar value
18of such contracts to minority businesses, at least 1 percent of the dollar value of such
19contracts to disabled veteran-owned businesses, at least 1 percent of the dollar value
20of such contracts to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned businesses, at least
211 percent of the dollar value of such contracts to disability-owned businesses,
and
22at least 5 percent of the dollar value of such contracts to women's businesses.
AB43,2493 23Section 2493 . 229.70 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1353,824 229.70 (4m) (a) The district shall ensure that, for construction work and
25professional services contracts, a person who is awarded such a contract by a district

1shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that if he or she is unable to meet
2the goal under sub. (2), he or she shall make a good faith effort to contract with the
3technical college district board of the technical college district in which the facilities
4are to be constructed or the professional services contract is to be performed, to
5develop appropriate training programs designed to increase the pool of minority
6group members, disabled veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
7individuals, individuals with a disability,
and women who are qualified to perform
8the construction work or professional services.
AB43,2494 9Section 2494 . 229.70 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1353,1610 229.70 (4m) (b) If the district is unable to meet the goals under subs. (3) and
11(4), the district shall make a good faith effort to contract with the technical college
12district board of the technical college district in which the contracts described under
13sub. (3) (a), (b) and (c) are to be performed, to develop appropriate training programs
14designed to increase the pool of minority group members, disabled veterans, lesbian,
15gay, bisexual, or transgender individuals, individuals with a disability,
and women
16who are qualified to perform the contracts described under sub. (3) (a), (b) and (c).
AB43,2495 17Section 2495 . 229.70 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1353,2218 229.70 (5) (b) 1. The supply of eligible minority businesses, disabled
19veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
20businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses that have the
21financial capacity, technical capacity, and previous experience in the areas in which
22contracts were awarded.
AB43,2496 23Section 2496 . 229.70 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1354,224 229.70 (5) (b) 2. The competing demands for the services provided by eligible
25minority businesses, disabled veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or

1transgender-owned businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's
2businesses, as described in subd. 1., in areas in which contracts were awarded.
AB43,2497 3Section 2497 . 229.70 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1354,104 229.70 (5) (b) 3. The extent to which the district or contractors advertised for
5and aggressively solicited bids from eligible minority businesses, disabled

6veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
7businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses, as described in
8subd. 1., and the extent to which eligible minority businesses, disabled
9veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
10businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses submitted bids.
AB43,2498 11Section 2498 . 229.70 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1354,1512 229.70 (6) The district shall solicit from any major league professional baseball
13club team to whom the district leases baseball park facilities its minority hiring goals
14in connection with the operation of a baseball stadium and its minority contracting
15goals in connection with vending contractors at a baseball stadium.
AB43,2499 16Section 2499 . 229.71 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1355,2 17229.71 Dissolution of a district. Subject Upon or after the expiration or
18termination of all lease arrangements between the district and a professional
19baseball team with respect to the baseball park facilities, and subject
to providing
20for the payment of its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance
21of its other contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by the action of the
22district board. If the district is dissolved, the property of the district shall be
23transferred to the state. The state shall apportion and distribute property
24transferred under this section among the state and the
counties in the jurisdiction
25of the district, based on the tax revenues derived from each county and the

1appropriation made by the state under s. 20.505 (1) (bm)
, as determined by the
2secretary of administration.
AB43,2500 3Section 2500. 229.75 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1355,114 229.75 (3) Bonds issued by the district shall be secured only by the district's
5interest in any baseball park facilities, including any interest in a lease with the
6department of administration under s. 16.82 (7); by income from these facilities; by
7proceeds of bonds issued by the district and other amounts placed in a special
8redemption fund and investment earnings on such amounts; and by the taxes
9imposed by the district under subch. V of ch. 77, 2021 stats. The district may not
10pledge its full faith and credit on the bonds and the bonds are not a liability of the
11district.
AB43,2501 12Section 2501. 229.76 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1355,19 13229.76 State pledge. The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders,
14and persons that enter into contracts with a district under this subchapter, that the
15state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in a district by this
16subchapter, including the rights and powers under s. 229.68 (15), before the district
17has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has
18fully performed its contracts, unless adequate provision is made by law for the
19protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with a district.
AB43,2502 20Section 2502 . 229.8273 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1355,22 21229.8273 (title) Minority, disabled veteran, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
22transgender, disability
, and women contracting.
AB43,2503 23Section 2503 . 229.8273 (1) (ak) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1355,2524 229.8273 (1) (ak) “Disability-owned business” means a business certified by
25the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).
AB43,2504
1Section 2504. 229.8273 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 229.8273 (1)
2(cm) and amended to read:
AB43,1356,43 229.8273 (1) (cm) “Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business" means
4a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).
AB43,2505 5Section 2505 . 229.8273 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1356,76 229.8273 (1) (ar) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business”
7means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).
AB43,2506 8Section 2506 . 229.8273 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1356,209 229.8273 (2) A district shall ensure that, for construction or renovation work
10and professional services contracts that relate to the construction or renovation of
11football stadium facilities that are financed by the proceeds of bonds issued under s.
12229.824 (8), a person who is awarded such a contract by the district or by a contractor
13shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that his or her goal shall be to
14ensure that at least 15 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be
15minority group members, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the
16contract will be employees of a disabled veteran-owned business, at least 1 percent
17of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a lesbian, gay,
18bisexual, or transgender-owned business, at least 1 percent of the employees hired
19because of the contract will be employees of a disability-owned business,
and at least
205 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be women.
AB43,2507 21Section 2507 . 229.8273 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1357,722 229.8273 (3) It shall be a goal of the district to ensure that at least 15 percent
23of the aggregate dollar value of contracts that relate to the construction or renovation
24of football stadium facilities that are financed by the proceeds of bonds issued under
25s. 229.824 (8), shall be awarded to minority businesses, at least 1 percent of the

1aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the board shall be awarded to
2disabled veteran-owned businesses, at least 1 percent of the aggregate dollar value
3of contracts awarded by the board shall be awarded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
4transgender-owned businesses, at least 1 percent of the aggregate dollar value of
5contracts awarded by the board shall be awarded to disability-owned businesses,

6and at least 5 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the board
7shall be awarded to women's businesses.
AB43,2508 8Section 2508 . 229.8273 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1357,199 229.8273 (4) (a) The district shall ensure that, for construction or renovation
10work and professional services contracts described under sub. (2), a person who is
11awarded such a contract by the district or by a contractor shall agree, as a condition
12to receiving the contract, that if he or she is unable to meet the goal under sub. (2),
13he or she shall make a good faith effort to contract with the technical college district
14board of the technical college district in which the football stadium facilities are to
15be constructed or renovated, or the professional services contract is to be performed,
16to develop appropriate training programs designed to increase the pool of minority
17group members, disabled veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
18individuals, individuals with a disability,
and women who are qualified to perform
19the construction work or professional services.
AB43,2509 20Section 2509 . 229.8273 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1358,221 229.8273 (4) (b) If the district is unable to meet the goals under sub. (3), the
22district shall make a good faith effort to contract with the technical college district
23board of the technical college district in which the contracts described under sub. (3)
24are to be performed to develop appropriate training programs designed to increase
25the pool of minority group members, disabled veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or

1transgender individuals, individuals with a disability,
and women who are qualified
2to perform the contracts described under sub. (3).
AB43,2510 3Section 2510 . 229.8273 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1358,84 229.8273 (5) (b) 1. The supply of eligible minority businesses, disabled
5veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
6businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses that have the
7financial capacity, technical capacity and previous experience in the areas in which
8contracts were awarded.
AB43,2511 9Section 2511 . 229.8273 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1358,1310 229.8273 (5) (b) 2. The competing demands for the services provided by eligible
11minority businesses, disabled veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
12transgender-owned businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's
13businesses, as described in subd. 1., in areas in which contracts were awarded.
AB43,2512 14Section 2512 . 229.8273 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1358,2115 229.8273 (5) (b) 3. The extent to which the district or contractors advertised for
16and aggressively solicited bids from eligible minority businesses, disabled
17veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
18businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses, as described in
19subd. 1., and the extent to which eligible minority businesses, disabled
20veteran-owned businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
21businesses, disability-owned businesses,
and women's businesses submitted bids.
AB43,2513 22Section 2513 . 229.8275 of the statutes is created to read:
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