24.61(2)(c)
(c)
Delegation of investment authority to investment board. The board may delegate to the investment board the authority to invest part or all of the moneys belonging to the trust funds. If the board delegates the authority, the investment board may invest the moneys belonging to the trust funds in any fixed income investment or fund that invests only in fixed income instruments.
24.61(2)(cm)
(cm)
Investments in land in this state. The board may not invest moneys in the purchase of any land under
par. (a) 10. unless all of the following occur:
24.61(2)(cm)1.
1. The land is within any applicable consolidation area approved by the board.
24.61(2)(cm)2.
2. The total acreage of public lands managed by the board does not exceed the total acreage of public lands managed by the board on May 3, 2006.
24.61(2)(cm)3.
3. The board determines that the purchase of the land will improve timberland management, address forest fragmentation, or increase public access to the land.
24.61(3)(a)(a)
Authorized loans. The board may loan moneys under its control or belonging to the trust funds to:
24.61(3)(a)1.
1. A school district by whatever name designated, to be used for any of the following:
24.61(3)(a)1.b.
b. Erecting and remodeling school buildings and teacherages.
24.61(3)(a)1.c.
c. Purchasing teacherages, teacherage sites, schoolhouse sites, bus garage sites, transportation vehicles, bus garages, school equipment and school playgrounds.
24.61(3)(a)1.d.
d. Refunding any indebtedness incurred for a lawful purpose within constitutional limitations.
24.61(3)(a)2.
2. A town, village, city or county as provided under
s. 67.04 or otherwise authorized by law.
24.61(3)(a)3.
3. A technical college district as provided under
s. 67.04 or otherwise authorized by law.
24.61(3)(a)4.
4. A public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district for the purposes of the exercise of its powers under
s. 33.22.
24.61(3)(a)5.
5. A town sanitary district created under
s. 60.71 for the purposes for which the district may issue its bonds under
s. 60.78.
24.61(3)(a)6.
6. A metropolitan sewerage district created under
s. 200.05, as provided under
s. 67.04 or otherwise authorized by law.
24.61(3)(a)7.
7. A metropolitan sewerage system created under
s. 200.23, as provided under
s. 67.04 or otherwise authorized by law.
24.61(3)(a)10.
10. A cooperative educational service agency representing 2 or more school districts in the area served by the agency for the purpose of conducting a distance education project by the school districts.
24.61(3)(b)
(b)
Terms; conditions. A municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under
ch. 88, local professional baseball park district created under
subch. III of ch. 229, or federated public library system may obtain a state trust fund loan for the sum of money, for the time and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the board and the borrower, subject to the limitations, restrictions, and conditions set forth in this subchapter.
24.61(4)
(4) Loan limitations to counties. Notwithstanding
sub. (3), the board may not loan moneys to a county unless the governing body of the county demonstrates to the board's satisfaction that
s. 67.045 (1) (a),
(b),
(c),
(d),
(e),
(f),
(g), or
(h) applies.
24.61(4m)
(4m) Loans to pay off existing indebtedness. If the board makes a loan to a municipality to pay off existing indebtedness, the making of the loan and the payment of the existing indebtedness shall be treated as if they occur simultaneously.
24.61(5)
(5) Loans to consortia or cities, villages or towns served by joint library boards. Whenever a consortium applies for a loan under
sub. (3), or whenever a group of cities, villages or towns served by a joint county or municipal library board applies for a loan for an educational technology or distance education project, the board shall treat the application as a loan to each of the members of the consortium or each city, village or town served by a county or municipal library board in an amount equal to the total amount of the loan divided equally by the number of members of the consortium or the number of cities, villages and towns served by the library board, unless all members of the consortium or all cities, villages and towns served by a joint library board agree to a different arrangement specified by the members or cities, villages and towns on their applications. The procedure for application, approval and repayment of the loan by each member of a consortium or group under this subsection shall be the same as provided in this subchapter for application, approval and repayment of a loan to that member individually, except that the loan shall not be made unless all members qualify.
24.61(7)
(7) Loans to cooperative educational service agencies. Whenever a cooperative educational service agency applies for a loan under
sub. (3), the board shall treat the application as a loan to each of the school districts on behalf of which the loan is sought in an amount equal to the total amount of the loan divided equally by the number of school districts, unless the cooperative educational service agency specifies on its application a different arrangement that has been agreed to by all school districts for which the loan is sought. The board shall not make the loan unless each school district for which the loan is sought qualifies for a loan in the amount specified in this subsection, or a different amount if that amount is specified on the application. If the cooperative educational service agency fails to make a timely repayment of the principal or payment of the interest on the loan, each school district for which the loan is made is liable to repay the principal and pay the interest in the amount determined under this subsection.
24.61 History
History: 1971 c. 154;
1973 c. 114;
1975 c. 224;
1979 c. 34 s.
2102 (22) (a);
1979 c. 221;
1981 c. 169; Stats. 1981 s. 24.61;
1983 a. 196;
1983 a. 207 ss.
2,
95;
1983 a. 423;
1985 a. 49;
1985 a. 332 s.
251 (3);
1987 a. 76,
197;
1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 269;
1993 a. 16,
263,
399;
1995 a. 27,
56,
227;
1997 a. 27;
1999 a. 65,
83;
1999 a. 150 s.
672;
1999 a. 167;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 33;
2005 a. 25,
335,
352;
2007 a. 20,
97;
2009 a. 2,
28;
2011 a. 71.
24.62(1)(1) Except as authorized in
sub. (2), the board shall deduct its expenses incurred in administering investments and loans under
s. 24.61 from the gross receipts of the fund to which the interest and income of the investment or loan will be added.
24.62(2)
(2) The board may charge its expenses incurred in the sale of a state trust fund loan or participation therein under
s. 24.69 to the purchaser of the loan or participation, or may deduct the expenses from the gross receipts of the fund to which the interest and income of the loan or participation will be added, or both. If the board sells any state trust fund loan or participation therein under
s. 24.69 in any fiscal year, the board shall, no later than October 1 following that fiscal year, prepare and file in its office a report which identifies in detail the board's expenses incurred during that fiscal year that are directly attributable to the sale of state trust fund loans and participations under
s. 24.69.
24.62(3)
(3) If any land purchased under
s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. was at the time of purchase subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax, the board shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale of timber or from appropriate trust fund incomes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to property taxes levied on the land in the year prior to the year in which the board purchased the land.
24.62 History
History: 1979 c. 34;
1981 c. 169; Stats. 1981 s. 24.62;
1989 a. 31;
2005 a. 352.
24.63
24.63
Term, amount, interest rate. 24.63(1)
(1)
General obligation loans other than to school districts. A general obligation trust fund loan, other than a loan to a school district, may be made for any term not exceeding 20 years and may be made payable in installments. A general obligation trust fund loan to a municipality other than a school district shall be in an amount which does not, together with all other indebtedness of the municipality applying for the loan, exceed 5% of the valuation of the taxable property within the municipality as equalized for state purposes.
24.63(2)
(2) General obligation school district loans. A general obligation trust fund loan to a school district may be made for any time, not exceeding 20 years, as is agreed upon between the school district and the board, and for an amount which, together with all other general obligation indebtedness of that district, does not exceed its allowable indebtedness as determined under
s. 67.03 (1).
24.63(2m)
(2m) General obligation cooperative educational service agency loans. A general obligation trust fund loan to a cooperative educational service agency may be made for any term, not exceeding 20 years, as is agreed upon between the agency and the board, and for a total amount which, for each school district for which the loan is sought, in the proportion determined under
s. 24.61 (7), together with all other general obligation indebtedness of the school district, does not exceed the school district's allowable indebtedness under
s. 67.03 (1).
24.63(2r)
(2r) General obligation federated public library system loans. A general obligation trust fund loan to a federated public library system may be made for any term, not exceeding 20 years, that is agreed upon between the federated public library system and the board and may be made for a total amount that, together with all other general obligation indebtedness of the federated public library system, does not exceed the federated public library system's allowable indebtedness under
s. 43.17 (9) (b).
24.63(2s)(a)(a) A revenue obligation trust fund loan to a city, village, town, or county may be made for any term not exceeding 30 years and may be made payable in installments.
24.63(2s)(b)1.1. If the board makes a revenue obligation trust fund loan to a city, village, town, or county as described in
s. 24.60 (2m) (b) to
(d), the loan may not exceed an amount that would require the city, village, town, or county to make annual payments, including principal and interest, of more than 80 percent of the shared revenue payments received by the city, village, town, or county under
subch. I of ch. 79 in the year immediately preceding the year in which the loan application is made.
24.63(2s)(b)2.
2. The board may allow a city, village, town, or county that pledges and assigns tax increments as security for a revenue obligation trust fund loan to provide that the pledge and assignment is subject to future annual appropriations made by the governing body of the respective city, village, town, or county to repay the loan.
24.63(2s)(b)3.
3. The board may prescribe loan conditions in addition to the conditions specified in this paragraph.
24.63(3)
(3) Interest rates. All state trust fund loans shall bear and draw interest at a rate not less than 2% payable annually.
24.63(4)
(4) Repayment before due date permitted. Any borrower after January 1 and prior to September 1 of any year may repay one or more installments of a state trust fund loan in advance of the due date, and all interest upon such advance payment shall thereupon terminate. The board may charge a borrower who repays one or more installments of a loan a fee to cover any administrative costs incurred by the board in originating and servicing the loan.
24.64
24.64
Reimbursements for certain administrative services. The board shall reimburse the department of administration, from the appropriation account under
s. 20.507 (1) (h), for the costs of administrative services provided by the department of administration and other state agencies to the board.
24.64 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
24.65
24.65
Date when interest and principal become due. The annual interest and installments of principal of all state trust fund loans are payable into the state treasury on or before the date specified in
s. 24.70 (4) or
24.71 (4).
24.65 History
History: 1975 c. 224;
1979 c. 221;
1981 c. 169; Stats. 1981 s. 24.65;
1987 a. 76,
378.
24.66
24.66
The application. 24.66(1)(ag)(ag) No trust fund loan may be made unless an application is made to the board under this section. The application shall state the amount of money required, the purpose to which it is to be applied, the times and terms of repayment, and, in the case of a cooperative educational service agency, the names of the school districts participating in the distance education project for which the loan is sought.
24.66(1)(bg)
(bg) An application for a general obligation trust fund loan shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof of all of the following:
24.66(1)(bg)1.
1. The valuation of all the taxable property within the municipality as equalized for state purposes.
24.66(1)(cg)
(cg) An application for a revenue obligation trust fund loan shall be accompanied by all of the following:
24.66(1)(cg)1.
1. If the loan is for a project that will be secured in the manner specified in
s. 24.60 (2m) (a), a statement of the revenue that the municipality anticipates receiving from moneys generated by that project, and the municipality's pledge and first priority assignment of those revenues to pay off the loan.
24.66(1)(cg)2.
2. If the loan is for project costs that will be secured in the manner specified in
s. 24.60 (2m) (b) to
(d), a statement of the tax increments that the municipality anticipates will be allocated to the municipality for those project costs by the department of revenue and the municipality's pledge and first priority assignment of that allocation to pay off the loan.
24.66(1)(cg)3.
3. Satisfactory proof of the amount of annual shared revenue payments made to the municipality under
subch. I of ch. 79 in the year immediately preceding the year in which the application for the loan is made.
24.66(1)(cg)4.
4. Satisfactory proof of the approval of the application as required by
sub. (2).
24.66(2)
(2) For municipalities other than school districts, public inland lake districts, town sanitary districts or sewerage districts. Every application shall be approved and authorized for a town, by the signatures of a majority of its supervisors acknowledged as conveyances of land are acknowledged; for a village, by a majority vote of its trustees; for a city, by a majority vote of the members of its common council; and for a county, by a majority vote of the members of its board of supervisors at some regular or special session thereof. Every vote so required shall be by ayes and noes duly recorded.
24.66(2m)
(2m) For public inland lake districts. Every application shall be approved and authorized for a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district by a majority of the commissioners of the district.
24.66(2p)
(2p) For sewerage districts. Every application for a loan under this section to a sewerage district created under
s. 200.05 shall be approved and authorized by a majority of the commissioners of the district; to a sewerage district created under
s. 200.23, as provided under
s. 200.27 (2) (a); and to a joint sewerage system created under
s. 281.43 (4), as provided under
s. 281.43 (4) (d).
24.66(2r)
(2r) For town sanitary districts. Every application for a loan under this section to a town sanitary district created under
s. 60.71 shall be approved and authorized by a majority of the commissioners of the district.
24.66(3)(a)(a)
For long-term loans by common, union high and 1st class city school districts. Every application for a loan, the required repayment of which exceeds 10 years, shall be approved and authorized for a common, union high or 1st class city school district by a vote of a majority of its legal voters voting on this question. If the vote is taken at a special meeting the objects thereof shall be clearly stated in the notice of the meeting. The application shall state the facts in detail respecting the holding of the meeting, and the taking and the result of the vote required. The application shall be signed by a majority of the members of the district board and verified by the clerk. The statement accompanying the application shall contain a correct map or plat of the district. If the district is a joint district, the statement accompanying the application shall show the assessed valuation in its several parts separately, so that the valuation of each part of the district which lies in each town or municipality may be readily shown.
24.66(3)(am)
(am)
For short-term loans by common, union high and 1st class city school districts. Every application for a loan, the required repayment of which is 10 years or less, shall be approved and authorized for a common, union high or 1st class city school district under
par. (a) or
(c), to the extent applicable.
24.66(3)(b)
(b)
For long-term loans by unified school districts. Every application for a loan, the required repayment of which exceeds 10 years, shall be approved and authorized for a unified school district by a majority vote of the members of the school board at a regular or special meeting of the school board. Every vote so required shall be by ayes and noes duly recorded. In addition, the application shall be approved for a unified school district by a majority vote of the electors of the school district at a special election as provided under
sub. (4).
24.66(3)(bm)
(bm)
For short-term loans by unified school districts. Every application for a loan, the required repayment of which is 10 years or less, shall be approved and authorized for a unified school district under
par. (b) or
(c), to the extent applicable.
24.66(3)(c)
(c)
Alternative short-term loan process for all school districts. 24.66(3)(c)1.1. If the procedure in
par. (a) or
(b) is not used for the approval of a school district loan, the required repayment of which is 10 years or less, the governing body of the school district, before any certificate of indebtedness is issued, shall adopt and record a resolution specifying the purposes and the maximum amount of the certificate of indebtedness issued.
24.66(3)(c)2.
2. Unless the purpose and amount of the borrowing have been approved by the electors under
s. 67.05 (6a) or considered approved by the electors under
s. 67.05 (7) (d) 3., the purpose is to refund any outstanding obligation, the purpose is to pay unfunded prior service liability contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System if all of the proceeds of the note will be used for that purpose, or the borrowing would not be subject to a referendum as a bond issue under
s. 67.05 (7) (cc),
(h), or
(i), or
s. 67.12 (12) (e) 2g.,
(f), or
(h) applies, the school district clerk shall, within 10 days after a governing body of a school district adopts a resolution as described above to issue a certificate of indebtedness, publish notice of such adoption as a class 1 notice, under
ch. 985. Alternatively, the notice may be posted as provided under
s. 10.05. The notice need not set forth the full contents of the resolution, but shall state the maximum amount proposed to be borrowed, the purpose thereof, that the resolution was adopted under this subsection, and the place where, and the hours during which, the resolution may be inspected. If, within 30 days after publication or posting, a petition conforming to the requirements of
s. 8.40 is filed with the school district clerk for a referendum on the resolution signed by at least 7,500 electors of the district or at least 20 percent of the number of district electors voting for governor at the last general election, as determined under
s. 115.01 (13), whichever is the lesser, then the resolution shall not be effective unless adopted by a majority of the district electors voting at the referendum. The referendum shall be called in the manner provided under
s. 67.05 (6a), except that the question which appears on the ballot shall be "Shall .... (name of district) borrow the sum of $.... for (state purpose) by issuing its general obligation promissory note (or notes) under section 24.66 (3) of the Wisconsin Statutes?". If a governing body of a school district adopts a resolution to borrow a sum of money under this subsection and a sufficient petition for referendum is not filed within the time permitted, then the power of the governing body of a school district to borrow the sum and expend the sum for the purpose stated shall be deemed approved by the school district electors upon the expiration of the time for filing the petition.
24.66(3)(c)3.
3. If the governing body of a school district adopts a resolution to borrow a sum of money under this subsection, and if
subd. 2. does not apply, the governing body of a school district has the power to borrow and spend the sum for the purpose stated without the approval of the electors of the school district.
24.66(3m)
(3m) For educational technology or distance education loans. An application by a county, city, village or town to undertake an educational technology or distance education project shall be accompanied by a resolution of the county or municipal library board for that county, city, village or town requesting the county, city, village or town to apply for the loan for the purpose of conducting an educational technology or distance education project.
24.66(3r)
(3r) For a drainage district. An application for a loan by a drainage district created under
ch. 88 shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the board of the drainage district approving the loan.
24.66(3s)
(3s) For cooperative educational service agencies. An application for a loan by a cooperative educational service agency shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the board of control of the agency approving the loan and shall contain satisfactory proof of the valuation of all taxable property within each school district for which the loan is sought as equalized for state purposes, of the existing indebtedness of each such school district and of approval of the application by each school district in the same manner as provided for a loan to that school district for the same amount and terms under
sub. (3).
24.66(3v)
(3v) For federated public library systems. An application for a loan by a federated public library system shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the board of the federated public library system approving the loan.
24.66(3w)
(3w) Local professional baseball park district. An application for a loan by a local professional baseball park district created under
subch. III of ch. 229 shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the district board of the local professional baseball park district approving the loan.
24.66(4)
(4) Popular vote, when required. If any municipality is not empowered by law to incur indebtedness for a particular purpose without first submitting the question to its electors, the application for a state trust fund loan for that purpose must be approved and authorized by a majority vote of the electors at a special election called, noticed and held in the manner provided for other special elections. The question to be voted on shall be filed as provided in
s. 8.37. The notice of the election shall state the amount of the proposed loan and the purpose for which it will be used.
24.66(5)(a)(a) Every application for a general obligation trust fund loan under this section by a municipality shall be accompanied by a certified copy under the hand of the proper clerk of a recorded resolution adopted by the municipality applying for or approving the loan, levying, except as provided in
par. (b), upon all the taxable property of the municipality a direct annual tax for the purpose of paying and sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the proposed loan as they become due. In a 1st class city school district, the application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution, adopted by the board of school directors, stating that it is the intention of the board of school directors to include in its budget transmitted to the common council under
s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of money necessary to pay the principal and interest on the loan as they become due. Every application for a general obligation trust fund loan under this subsection by a cooperative educational service agency shall be accompanied by a copy of a recorded resolution adopted by the school board of each school district for which the loan is sought, certified by the school district clerk of that school district, levying upon all taxable property of the school district a direct annual tax for the purpose of paying and sufficient to pay the school district's share of the principal and interest on the proposed loan as they become due. The levy imposed by the municipality shall be void if the board declines to make the loan; otherwise it shall remain valid and irrepealable until the loan and all interest on the loan are fully paid.
