AB 895 — Relating to: construction of or improvements to indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa1269/1LRB-5049/1 MPG:skwMPG:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 895 February 17,11, 2020 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiNODL.Representatives K NODL , FIELDS, OUDENBECK and V RUWINK, cosponsored by Senators T ESTINand D ARLING.

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendState theAffairs. bill as follows:

1.A N A CT to amend 20.866 (1) (u);

Pageand 2,to linecreate 11:13.48 (20e), 20.866 (2) (zcv) and 20.867 (3) (cv) of the statutes;

deleterelating “state."to: and substitute “state, except facilities whose primary purpose is to improve health and fitness through weight training or the use of cardiovascular equipment or both.".

(END)construction of or improvements to indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill amends the 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program to add grants to assist in constructing or making improvements to indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities statewide.The bill authorizes $5,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for the grants.

Each grant may not exceed $1,000,000, and each grant recipient is required to raise nonstate funding in an amount equal to at least percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is awarded.

For further information see the state 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:

SECTION 1.

13.48 (20e) of the statutes is created to read:

13.48 (20e) G RANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF OR IMPROVEMENTS TO ATHLETIC OR AQUATIC ATHLETIC FACILITIES.(a) The legislature finds and determines that the - 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5049/1 MPG:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 895 S ECTION 1 improvement of the health and well-being of residents of all ages of this state and the promotion of community and economic development are statewide responsibilities of statewide dimension.

The legislature further finds and determines that indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities provide vital opportunities year-round for residents of this state to improve their health and well-being through increased fitness and exercise and promote community and economic development.

It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist in constructing or making improvements to such facilities.

(b) The building commission may authorize up to $5,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist in constructing or making improvements to publicly or privately owned, indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities in this state.

The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant.

Each grant may not exceed $1,000,000.

Before considering each grant application, the building commission shall determine that the organization carrying out the project has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources in an amount that is equal to at least 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

(c) If the building commission awards a grant under par.

(b), and if, for any reason, the construction or improvements carried out with funds from the grant are not used as part of an indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facility, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the construction or improvements equal to the amount of the state's grant.

(d) The building commission may not award a grant under par.

(b) unless the department of administration has reviewed and approved plans for the project associated with the grant.

Notwithstanding ss.

16.85 (1) and 16.855 (1m), the LRB-5049/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - MPG:cjs SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 895 department of administration may not supervise any services or work or let any contract for the project.

Section 16.87 does not apply to the project.

SECTION 2.

20.866 (1) (u) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

20.866 (1) (u) Principal repayment and interest.

A sum sufficient from moneys appropriated under sub.

(2) (zp) and ss.

20.115 (2) (d) and (7) (b) and (s), 20.190 (1) (c), (d), (i), and (j), 20.225 (1) (c) and (i), 20.245 (1) (e) and (j), 20.250 (1) (c) and (e), 20.255 (1) (d), 20.285 (1) (d), (gj), and (je), 20.320 (1) (c) and (t) and (2) (c), 20.370 (7) (aa), (ad), (ag), (aq), (ar), (at), (au), (bq), (br), (cb), (cc), (cd), (cg), (cq), (cr), (cs), (ct), (ea), (eq), and (er), 20.395 (6) (af), (aq), (ar), and (au), 20.410 (1) (e), (ec), and (ko) and (3) (e) and (fm), 20.435 (2) (ee), 20.465 (1) (d), 20.485 (1) (f) and (go) and (4) (qm), 20.505 (4) (es), (et), (ha), and (hb) and (5) (c), (g), and (kc), 20.855 (8) (a), and 20.867 (1) (a) and (b) and (3) (a), (b), (bb), (bc), (bd), (be), (bf), (bg), (bh), (bj), (bL), (bm), (bn), (bq), (br), (bt), (bu), (bv), (bw), (bx), (cb), (cd), (cf), (ch), (cj), (cq), (cr), (cs), (cv), (g), (h), (i), (kd), and (q) for the payment of principal, interest, premium due, if any, and payment due, if any, under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s.

18.06 (8) (a) relating to any public debt contracted under subchs.

I and IV of ch.

18.

SECTION 3.

20.866 (2) (zcv) of the statutes is created to read:

20.866 (2) (zcv) Indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities.

From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the building commission to provide grants for construction of or improvements to indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities, as specified in s.

13.48 (20e).