Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 73 — Relating to: lease terms and the imposition of sales and use taxes related to a local professional baseball park district. (FE)

Last action — Published 11-21-2019

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 07, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • 19 sponsors

    19 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

74 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to AB 73 primarily update timelines and clarify terms regarding the collection of sales and use taxes for local professional baseball park districts. Notably, instead of specifying a calendar year, it now states that these taxes may not be collected after the last day of the calendar fiscal quarter ending in August. Additionally, the amendments shift the language from "collected" to "reported" for tax revenues, which could make it clearer how data is tracked and presented. These changes matter as they tighten the regulations around revenue collection and reporting, potentially improving fiscal accountability and oversight.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0391/1 JK:cjs&ahe ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 3, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 73 June 20, 2019 - Offered by RepresentatiITTKE.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-2241/1 MES&JK:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 73 March 7, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives W ITTKE, HUTTON , N YGREN, K ERKMAN , ZAMARRIPA, SINICK, SANFELIPPO, M URPHY, SORTWELL , KUGLITSCH, N EYLON , BRANDTJEN , HORLACHER , DUCHOW , RAMTHUN , WICHGERS , TUSLER, P LUMER and D ITTRICH, cosponsored by Senators W ANGGAARD , C ARPENTER, S TROEBEL, WIRCH, NASS, .T AYLOR, IFFANY, ETROWSKI , ARSON , DARLINGand R INGHAND .
At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
1.
A N A CT to amend 77.707 (1), 229.68 (intro.) and 229.685 (2);
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and to create 229.682 (9) of the statutes;
delete “the last day of the calend" and substitute “the last day of the calendar fiscal quarter".
relating to:
2.
lease terms and the imposition of sales and use taxes related to a local professional baseball park district.
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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Currently a local professional baseball park district may impose a sales tax and a use tax within the area of its jurisdiction, and a district may issue revenue bonds if the district board determines that the district's lease with a professional baseball team franchise that uses the district's baseball facilities is for a term of at least 30 years.
delete “which" and substitute “in which".
Generally, the sales and use taxes may not be imposed and collected after the district pays off the bonds issued to construct the stadium and funds a special maintenance and capital improvements fund.
3.
Under this bill, the sales and use taxes may not be collected, generally, after December 31, 2019.
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Also under the bill, any lease between the district and the baseball team that uses the facilities must extend for at least the same number of years during which the sales and use tax is collected.
delete “Marchd substitute “August".
The bill also specifies that the district board may not incur any new obligations after June 30, 2019, if the obligation could not be paid once the sales and use tax is no longer collected.
4.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
delete “tax revenues derived from" and substitute “population of".
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2241/1 MES&JK:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 73 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.
5.
77.707 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.707(1) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax under s.
delete “collected" and substitute “reported".
77.705 for any local professional baseball park district created under subch.
6.
III of ch.
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229 after the last day of the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days from the date on which the local professional baseball park district board makes a certification to the department of revenue under s.
delete “tax".
229.685 (2) ending on December 31, 2019, except that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that accrued before the day after the last day of that calendar quarter and fees, interest and penalties that relate to those taxes.
7.
SECTION 2.
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229.68 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
delete “revenues derived from" and substitute “population of".
229.68 Powers of a district.
LRBa0391/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - JK:cjs&ahe 8.
(intro.) A district has all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, except that it may not incur any new obligations after June 30, 2019, if such an obligation could not be paid out of the district's revenues or assets once the tax under s.
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77.707 (1) is no longer collected.
delete “collected" and substitute “reported".
In addition to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a district may do all of the following:
9.
SECTION 3.
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229.682 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
delete “collected" and substitute “reported".
229.682 (9) EASE PROVISIONS.Notwithstanding the lease provisions described in s.
10.
229.68 (8) (c), any such lease between the district and the professional baseball team franchise that uses baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter as its home facilities must extend for at least the same number of years during which the sales tax and a use tax imposed under s.
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77.705 is collected.
delete “including interest, penalties,".
SECTION 4.
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229.685 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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229.685 (2) If the district board determines that the revenues in the special fund under this section exceed current operating expenses for the operation of LRB-2241/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - MES&JK:cdc SECTION 4 ASSEMBLY BILL 73 baseball park facilities, the district board shall apply the excess to either fund a fund for maintenance costs and capital improvements or to retire bonds issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities, and any bonds issued to fund or refund those bonds, prior to their maturity.
delete “March" and substitute “August".
As soon as practicable after the retirement of all bonds issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities and all bonds issued to fund or refund those bonds and after funding a fund for maintenance costs and capital improvements sufficiently to meet any maintenance or capital improvement obligations between the district and any professional baseball team using baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter as a home stadium, the district board shall make a certification to the department of revenue and the department of transportation to that effect.
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Action History

  1. Published 11-21-2019

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 28

  3. Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019

  5. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  12. Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  13. Read a second time

  14. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Carpenter

  15. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  16. Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  17. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  18. Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  19. Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  20. Available for scheduling

  21. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Senator Craig added as a cosponsor

  23. Received from Assembly

  24. Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Read a third time and passed

  26. Rules suspended

  27. Ordered to a third reading

  28. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  29. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  30. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  31. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  32. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  33. Read a second time

  34. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  35. Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  36. Referred to committee on Rules

  37. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  38. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  39. Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  40. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  41. Executive action taken

  42. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  43. Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor

  44. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  45. Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  46. Public hearing held

  47. Fiscal estimate received

  48. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

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

  50. Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Hutton, Nygren, Kerkman, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Sanfelippo, Murphy, Sortwell, Kuglitsch, Neylon, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Duchow, Ramthun, Wichgers, Tusler, Plumer and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Stroebel, Wirch, Nass, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Petrowski, Larson, Darling and Ringhand

Sponsors

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19 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 113 not signed on

Sponsors (19)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (113)

113 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Republican 8000
Democrat 6000
Total 33000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
BERNIER — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
RISSER — Yea
BEWLEY — Yea
ROTH — Yea
KOOYENGA — Yea
SCHACHTNER — Yea
COWLES — Yea
SHILLING — Yea
CRAIG — Yea
DARLING — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
ERPENBACH — Yea
MILLER — Yea
OLSEN — Yea
TIFFANY — Yea
HANSEN — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
RINGHAND — Yea
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea

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Subjects

taxation housing
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 73?
AB 73 is sponsored by Hutton, Rob (Republican), Nygren, Kerkman, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Sanfelippo, Murphy, David (Republican), Kuglitsch, Neylon, Adam (Republican), Brandtjen, Horlacher, Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Wittke, Robert (Republican), Ramthun, Wichgers, Chuck (Republican), Tusler, Ron (Republican), Plumer, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), and Sortwell, Shae (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 73?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 07, 2019. Enacted.
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