Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 7 R · 2 D cosponsors

AB 620 — Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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 died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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What changed in the latest version

33 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill AB 620 clarifies how state aid payments for personal property taxes are distributed after a tax incremental district is terminated. Previously, the bill did not specify where those funds would go, but the amendment ensures that the aid goes to other local taxing authorities, such as municipalities and school districts. This change matters because it helps ensure that local governments can continue to receive financial support when a tax district ends, which can impact services and budgets at the community level.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0720/1 JK:amn ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 620 November 27, 2019 - Offered by RepresentativesTEFFEN and MACCO .
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-4540/1 JK:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 620 November 19, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives STEFFEN, MACCO , HNSTAD , BOWEN , FIELD, GUNDRUM , KOLSTE, MURPHY, NOVAK, SKOWRONSKI , PREITZER, SUBECK , TUSLER, VANDER M EER, VRUWINK and D ITTRICH, cosponsored by Senators B ERNIER, R INGHAND , M ARKLEIN, S TROEBEL, L .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
TAYLOR and W ANGGAARD .
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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A N A CT to amend 79.096 (3) of the statutes;
before that line insert:
relating to:
“SECTION 1b.
distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district.
79.095 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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.
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 the taxing jurisdiction receives under par.
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.
(b).
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
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.”.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
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 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4540/1 JK:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 620 S ECTION 1 apply after the district closeshe 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. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

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

  4. Received from Assembly

  5. Ordered immediately messaged

  6. Read a third time and passed

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules

  12. Referred to committee on Rules

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

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

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor

  17. Public hearing held

  18. Fiscal estimate received

  19. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Steffen and Macco

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

  21. Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Macco, Ohnstad, Bowen, Fields, Gundrum, Kolste, Murphy, Novak, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Subeck, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vruwink and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ringhand, Marklein, Stroebel, L. Taylor and Wanggaard

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16 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (116)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 620?
AB 620 is sponsored by Steffen, David (Republican), Macco, Ohnstad, Bowen, Fields, Kolste, Murphy, David (Republican), Novak, Todd (Republican), Skowronski, Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Tusler, Ron (Republican), VanderMeer, Nancy (Republican), Vruwink, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), and Gundrum, Rick (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 620?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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