Wisconsin 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 8 R cosponsors

AB 56 — Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)

Last action — Published 7-9-2021

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2021. Enacted.

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  • 11 sponsors

    11 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 17 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Assembly Bill 56 clarifies how state aid payments for personal property taxes are distributed after a tax incremental district terminates. Previously, the bill did not specify how aid would be allocated for districts that had ended before the amendment's effective date. Now, it ensures that municipalities and other taxing jurisdictions will receive past aid payments that the terminated district would have received, which helps those areas maintain funding for local services. This change is significant because it provides financial support to communities affected by the early termination of tax incremental districts.

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- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa0250/1 JK:cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 56 March 16, 2021 - Offered by Representative TEFFEN.
- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRB-0707/1 JK:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 56 February 10, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives STEFFEN, BOWEN, DITTRICH, G UNDRUM , MURPHY , NOVAK , PETERSEN, ROZAR , SKOWRONSKI , SPIROS and ZIMMERMAN , cosponsored by Senators B ERNIER, RINGHAND and STROEBEL .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
1.
A N A CT to amend 79.096 (3);
Page 2, line 12:
and to create 79.095 (4) (d) of the statutes;
after “thereafter." insert “For a tax incremental district that terminated prior to the effective date of this subsection ....
relating to:
[LRB inserts date], if the tax incremental district received a payment under this subsection prior to its termination date, the department of administration shall, with the distribution in 2021, distribute to the municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions the sum of all such payments that would have been paid to the tax incremental district from its termination date to 2021 had the district not terminated.
distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district.
In 2022, and in each year thereafter, the department of administration shall distribute to the municipality and the applicable taxing jurisdictions the amount of the last payment the tax incremental district received under this subsection.".
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, each municipality, county, school district, special purpose district, tax incremental district, and technical college district (taxing jurisdiction) receives a state aid payment to compensate for the personal property taxes that the taxing jurisdictions would have collected on tax exempt computers, machinery, tools, and patterns.
The bill clarifies that following the termination of a tax incremental district the amount that would have been paid to the tax incremental district is distributed to the other applicable taxing jurisdictions.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
79.095 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
79.095 (4) (d) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district within the taxing jurisdiction the district's proportionate share of the amount - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0707/1 JK:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 56 SECTION 1 the taxing jurisdiction receives under par.
(b).
The amount that would have been paid to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.
SECTION 2.
79.096 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
79.096 (3) Each taxing jurisdiction shall attribute to each tax incremental district within the taxing jurisdiction the district's proportionate share of the amount the taxing jurisdiction receives under sub.
(1), except that this subsection does not apply after the district closes.
The amount that would have been paid to a tax incremental district under this subsection shall be distributed to the municipality and applicable taxing jurisdictions in the year following the termination of the tax incremental district and in each year thereafter.
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Action History

  1. Published 7-9-2021

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 61

  3. Presented to the Governor on 7-2-2021

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 6-24-2021

  5. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)

  6. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  7. Received from Senate concurred in

  8. Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Read a third time and concurred in

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Ordered to a third reading

  12. Read a second time

  13. Placed on calendar 6-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  15. Received from Assembly

  16. Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Read a third time and passed

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Ordered to a third reading

  20. Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  21. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steffen

  22. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Representatives Behnke and Snyder added as coauthors

  25. Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  26. Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  27. Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  28. Referred to committee on Rules

  29. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  30. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  31. Executive action taken

  32. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen

  33. Public hearing held

  34. Fiscal estimate received

  35. Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  36. Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  37. Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Bowen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, Novak, Petersen, Rozar, Skowronski, Spiros and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ringhand and Stroebel

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 56?
AB 56 is sponsored by Zimmerman, Shannon (Republican), Spiros, John (Republican), Skowronski, Rozar, Petersen, Kevin (Republican), Novak, Todd (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Bowen, and Steffen, David (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 56?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2021. Enacted.
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