Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental di...
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SB 561 — Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)
Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed Assembly
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
35 added · 14 removedPlain-language change summary
The changes made to SB 561 clarify how state aid payments for personal property taxes are distributed after the termination of a tax incremental district. Previously, there was uncertainty about how much aid a tax incremental district would receive, but the updated bill specifies that the aid will be shared among all relevant local taxing jurisdictions. This is important because it ensures more equitable financial support for municipalities and other districts, helping them better manage their funding needs following the closure of a tax incremental district.
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“SAnalysis ECTIONby 1b.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.
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(b).The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
TheS amountECTION1. 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.”.
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-4747/1 JK:cjs SENATE BILL 561 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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- Amended Senate Amendment 1 Current pdf
Action History
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Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Available for scheduling
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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
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Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
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Executive action taken
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Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor
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Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier
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Public hearing held
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Fiscal estimate received
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Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection
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Introduced by Senators Bernier, Ringhand, Marklein, Stroebel, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Macco, Ohnstad, Bowen, Fields, Gundrum, Kolste, Murphy, Novak, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Subeck, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vruwink and Dittrich
Sponsors
- Bernier · Primary
- Ringhand · Primary
- Stroebel · Primary
- L. Taylor · Primary
- Van Wanggaard · Primary
- Howard Marklein · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on
Sponsors (6)
- Bernier
- Ringhand
- Stroebel
- L. Taylor
- Wanggaard, Van Republican
- Marklein, Howard Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (126)
126 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 561?
- SB 561 is sponsored by Bernier, Ringhand, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Wanggaard, Van (Republican), and Marklein, Howard (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 561?
- This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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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