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AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,19181. Operate and maintain it or lease it to an operator or contract for its use by
19an operator.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,21202. Contract for superintendence of the system with an organization that has
21personnel with the requisite experience and skill.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,2223. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system to

1an appropriate administrative officer, board, or commission of a participating
2political subdivision.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,434. Maintain and improve railroad rights-of-way and improvements on these
4rights-of-way for future use.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,65(c) Contract with a public or private organization to provide transportation
6services in lieu of directly providing these services.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,87(d) Purchase and lease transportation facilities to public or private transit
8companies that operate within and outside the jurisdictional area.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,109(e) Apply for federal aids to purchase transportation facilities considered
10essential for the authoritys operation.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,1911(f) Coordinate specialized transportation services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2)
12(g), for residents who reside within the jurisdictional area and who are disabled or
13aged 60 or older, including services funded under 42 USC 3001 to 3057o, 42 USC
145001, and 42 USC 5011 (b), under ss. 49.43 to 49.499 and 85.21, and under other
15public funds administered by the county. An authority may contract with a county
16that is a participating political subdivision for the authority to provide specialized
17transportation services, but an authority is not an eligible applicant under s. 85.21
18(2) (e) and may not receive payments directly from the department of transportation
19under s. 85.21.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,2220(g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
21of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
22service.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,2
1(h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
2the purposes set forth in this section.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,93(i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any
4public highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the
5authoritys facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or
6municipal highway, street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof
7shall be duly notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as
8good a condition as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs
9incident to the work to be borne by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1110(j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
11facilities, and services provided by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1312(k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
13regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1414(L) Sue and be sued in its own name.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1515(m) Have and use a corporate seal.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1816(n) Employ agents, consultants, and employees, engage professional services,
17and purchase such furniture, stationery, and other supplies and materials as are
18reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,2019(o) Incur debts, liabilities, or obligations including the borrowing of money
20and the issuance of bonds under subs. (7) and (10).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,221(p) Invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not
22required for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds from the sale of any

1bonds, in such obligations, securities, and other investments as the authority deems
2proper in accordance with s. 66.0603 (1m).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,43(q) Do and perform any acts and things authorized by this section under,
4through, or by means of an agent or by contracts with any person.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,75(r) Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary
6and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including providing for
7passenger safety.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,158(s) Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, the taxes
9under subch. V of ch. 77 in the authoritys jurisdictional area. If an authority
10adopts a resolution to impose the taxes, it shall deliver a certified copy of the
11resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date.
12The authority may, by adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, repeal the
13imposition of taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and shall deliver a certified copy of the
14repeal resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective
15date.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,2216(5) Limitations on authority powers. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b),
17(c), (d), (q), and (r), no authority, and no public or private organization with which
18an authority has contracted for service, may provide service outside the
19jurisdictional area of the authority unless the authority receives financial support
20for the service under a contract with a public or other private organization for the
21service or unless it is necessary in order to provide service to connect residents
22within the authoritys jurisdictional area to transit systems in adjacent counties.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,823(b) Whenever the proposed operations of an authority would be competitive

1with the operations of a common carrier in existence prior to the time the authority
2commences operations, the authority shall coordinate proposed operations with the
3common carrier to eliminate adverse financial impact for the carrier. This
4coordination may include route overlapping, transfers, transfer points, schedule
5coordination, joint use of facilities, lease of route service, and acquisition of route
6and corollary equipment. If this coordination does not result in mutual agreement,
7the proposals of the authority and the common carrier shall be submitted to the
8department of transportation for arbitration.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,119(c) In exercising its powers under sub. (4), an authority shall consider any
10plan of a metropolitan planning organization under 23 USC 134 that covers any
11portion of the authoritys jurisdictional area.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,1612(6) Authority obligations to employees of mass transportation
13systems. (a) An authority acquiring a comprehensive unified local transportation
14system for the purpose of the authoritys operation of the system shall assume all of
15the employers obligations under any contract between the employees and
16management of the system to the extent allowed by law.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,417(b) An authority acquiring, constructing, controlling, or operating a
18comprehensive unified local transportation system shall negotiate an agreement
19with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected
20by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation to protect the interests of
21employees affected. This agreement shall include all of the provisions identified in
22s. 59.58 (4) (b) 1. to 8. and may include provisions identified in s. 59.58 (4) (c). An
23affected employee has all the rights and the same status under subch. IV of ch. 111

1that he or she enjoyed immediately before the acquisition, construction, control, or
2operation and may not be required to serve a probationary period if he or she
3attained permanent status before the acquisition, construction, control, or
4operation.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,65(c) In all negotiations under this subsection, a senior executive officer of the
6authority shall be a member of the authoritys negotiating body.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,117(7) Bonds; generally. (a) An authority may issue bonds, the principal and
8interest on which are payable exclusively from all or a portion of any revenues
9received by the authority. The authority may secure its bonds by a pledge of any
10income or revenues from any operations, rent, aids, grants, subsidies,
11contributions, or other source of moneys whatsoever.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,1312(b) An authority may issue bonds in such principal amounts as the authority
13deems necessary.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,1614(c) 1. Neither the members of the board of directors of an authority nor any
15person executing the bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of the
16issuance of the bonds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,21172. The bonds of an authority are not a debt of the participating political
18subdivisions. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor the state are
19liable for the payment of the bonds. The bonds of any authority shall be payable
20only out of funds or properties of the authority. The bonds of the authority shall
21state the restrictions contained in this paragraph on the face of the bonds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,922(8) Issuance of bonds. (a) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by
23resolution of the board of directors. The bonds may be issued under such a

1resolution or under a trust indenture or other security instrument. The bonds may
2be issued in one or more series and may be in the form of coupon bonds or registered
3bonds under s. 67.09. The bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times, bear
4interest at the rates, be in the denominations, have the rank or priority, be executed
5in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment and at the places, and be
6subject to the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution,
7trust indenture, or other security instrument provides. Bonds of an authority are
8issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and are public
9instrumentalities and, together with interest and income, are exempt from taxes.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,1110(b) The authority may sell the bonds at public or private sales at the price or
11prices determined by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,1512(c) If an officer whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons ceases to be
13an officer of the authority before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, the officers
14signature shall, nevertheless, be valid for all purposes as if the officer had remained
15in office until delivery of the bonds or coupons.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,1716(9) Covenants. An authority may do all of the following in connection with
17the issuance of bonds:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,1818(a) Covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,58,2019(b) Redeem the bonds, or covenant for the redemption of the bonds, and
20provide the terms and conditions of the redemption.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,421(c) Covenant as to charge fees, rates, rents, and charges sufficient to meet
22operating and maintenance expenses, renewals, and replacements of any
23transportation system, principal and debt service on bonds creation and

1maintenance of any reserves required by a bond resolution, trust indenture, or
2other security instrument and to provide for any margins or coverages over and
3above debt service on the bonds that the board of directors considers desirable for
4the marketability of the bonds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,95(d) Covenant as to the events of default on the bonds and the terms and
6conditions upon which the bonds shall become or may be declared due before
7maturity, as to the terms and conditions upon which this declaration and its
8consequences may be waived, and as to the consequences of default and the
9remedies of bondholders.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,1210(e) Covenant as to the mortgage or pledge of, or the grant of a security interest
11in, any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenues of the authority
12to secure the payment of bonds, subject to any agreements with the bondholders.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,1513(f) Covenant as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment
14of any revenues, assets, moneys, funds, or property with respect to which the
15authority may have any rights or interest.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,1816(g) Covenant as to the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any
17bonds may be applied, and as to the pledge of such proceeds to secure the payment
18of the bonds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,2119(h) Covenant as to limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the
20terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding
21of outstanding bonds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,59,2322(i) Covenant as to the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or
23security.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,4
1(j) Covenant as to the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for
2the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of
3bonds, the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such
4consent may be given.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,75(k) Covenant as to the custody and safekeeping of any of its properties or
6investments, the insurance to be carried on the property or investments, and the
7use and disposition of insurance proceeds.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,108(L) Covenant as to the vesting in one or more trustees, within or outside the
9state, of those properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the authority
10determines.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,1311(m) Covenant as to the appointing of, and providing for the duties and
12obligations of, one or more paying agent or other fiduciaries within or outside the
13state.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,1614(n) Make all other covenants and do any act that may be necessary or
15convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of
16the authority, tend to make the bonds more marketable.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,60,2017(o) Execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the
18powers granted under this section or in the performance of covenants or duties,
19which may contain such covenants and provisions as a purchaser of the bonds of the
20authority may reasonably require.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,921(10) Refunding bonds. An authority may issue refunding bonds for the
22purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or
23redemption. An authority may issue refunding bonds at such time prior to the

1maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the
2public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or
3provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption
4premium on the bonds, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of
5the bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming
6the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or
7current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by
8the resolution, trust indenture, or other security instruments. To the extent
9applicable, refunding bonds are subject to subs. (8) and (9).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,1210(11) Bonds eligible for investment. (a) Any of the following may invest
11funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, in bonds of the
12authority:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,13131. Public officers and agencies of the state.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,14142. Local governmental units, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,15153. Insurance companies.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,16164. Trust companies.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,18186. Savings banks.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,19197. Savings and loan associations.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,20208. Investment companies.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,21219. Personal representatives.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,222210. Trustees.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,61,232311. Other fiduciaries not listed in this paragraph.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,4
1(b) The authoritys bonds are securities that may be deposited with and
2received by any officer or agency of the state or any local governmental unit, as
3defined in s. 19.42 (7u), for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations
4of the state or any local governmental unit is authorized by law.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,135(12) Budgets; rates and charges; audit. The board of directors of an
6authority shall annually prepare a budget for the authority. Rates and other
7charges received by the authority shall be used only for the general expenses and
8capital expenditures of the authority, to pay interest, amortization, and retirement
9charges on bonds, and for specific purposes of the authority and may not be
10transferred to any political subdivision. The authority shall maintain an
11accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
12shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an
13independent certified public accountant.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,1614(13) Withdrawal from authority. A participating political subdivision that
15joined an authority under sub. (2) (f) 2. may withdraw from an authority if all of the
16following conditions are met:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,1817(a) The governing body of the political subdivision adopts a resolution
18requesting withdrawal of the political subdivision from the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,2019(b) The political subdivision has paid, or made provision for the payment of,
20all obligations of the political subdivision to the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,62,2321(14) Duty to provide transit service. An authority shall provide, or
22contract for the provision of, transit service within the authoritys jurisdictional
23area.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,63,5
1(17) Other statutes. This section does not limit the powers of political
2subdivisions to enter into intergovernmental cooperation or contracts or to
3establish separate legal entities under s. 66.0301 or 66.1021 or any other applicable
4law, or otherwise to carry out their powers under applicable statutory provisions.
5Section 66.0803 (2) does not apply to an authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,1166Section 116. 67.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,63,14767.01 (5) Municipality means any of the following which is authorized to
8levy a tax: a county, city, village, town, school district, board of park commissioners,
9technical college district, metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 200.01 to
10200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, town sanitary district under subch. IX of ch. 60, transit
11authority created under s. 66.1039, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
12district established under s. 33.23, 33.235, or 33.24, and any other public body
13empowered to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the money out of public
14funds or revenues. Municipality does not include the state.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11715Section 117. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,64,161670.11 (2) Municipal property and property of certain districts,
17exception. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district,
18technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district,
19metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22,
20joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, transit authority created under
21s. 66.1039, regional planning commission created under s. 66.0309, long-term care
22district under s. 46.2895, or town sanitary district; lands belonging to cities of any
23other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before

1January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park
2purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt
3from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption
4shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental
5unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted
6to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. The
7exemption under this subsection applies to the property of a regional planning
8commission that the commission owned prior to October 1, 2021. If a regional
9planning commission subsequently sells property exempt from taxation under this
10subsection, the exemption applies to property purchased and owned by the
11commission if the total size of all property owned by the commission is substantially
12similar in size to the total property owned by the commission prior to October 1,
132021. Any property of the regional planning commission in excess of that size
14restriction is subject to taxation under this chapter. Leasing the property exempt
15under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income,
16does not render that property taxable.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11817Section 118. 71.26 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,64,221871.26 (1) (b) Political units. Income received by the United States, the state
19and all counties, cities, villages, towns, school districts, technical college districts,
20joint local water authorities created under s. 66.0823, transit authorities created
21under s. 66.1039, long-term care districts under s. 46.2895 or other political units of
22this state.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11923Section 119. Chapter 77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,65,14
1CHAPTER 77

2TAXATION OF FOREST CROPLANDS;

3 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES;

4 SALES AND USE TAXES; COUNTY,

5 MUNICIPALITY, TRANSIT AUTHORITY,

6 AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES AND

7 USE TAXES; MANAGED FOREST LAND;

8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SURCHARGE;

9 LOCAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX;

10 LOCAL RENTAL CAR TAX; PREMIER

11 RESORT AREA TAXES; STATE RENTAL

12 VEHICLE FEE; DRY CLEANING FEES;

13 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TAX;

14 REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FEES
AB50-ASA2-AA7,12015Section 120. 77.54 (9a) (er) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,65,161677.54 (9a) (er) Any transit authority created under s. 66.1039.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,12117Section 121. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 77 [precedes 77.70] of the
18statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,65,2320SUBCHAPTER V

21COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, TRANSIT

22 AUTHORITY, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT

23 SALES AND USE TAXES
AB50-ASA2-AA7,12224Section 122. 77.708 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,66,7
177.708 Adoption by resolution; transit authority. (1) A transit
2authority created under s. 66.1039, by resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s), may
3impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate not to exceed 0.5
4percent of the gross receipts or sales price. Those taxes may be imposed only in
5their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first day of the first calendar
6quarter that begins at least 120 days after a certified copy of the resolution is
7delivered to the department of revenue.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,66,138(2) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax under sub.
9(1) for any transit authority created under s. 66.1039 beginning on the first day of
10the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days after a certified copy of the repeal
11resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s) is delivered to the department of revenue, except
12that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that accrued before
13such calendar quarter and fees, interest, and penalties that relate to those taxes.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,12314Section 123. 77.73 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,67,21577.73 (2) Counties, municipalities, and special districts, and transit
16authorities do not have jurisdiction to impose the tax under s. 77.71 (2) in regard to
17items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), and tangible personal
18property, except snowmobiles, trailers, semitrailers, limited use off-highway
19motorcycles, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (o), all-terrain vehicles, and utility terrain
20vehicles, purchased in a sale that is consummated in another county, municipality,
21or special district in this state, or in another transit authoritys jurisdictional area,
22that does not have in effect an ordinance or resolution imposing the taxes under this
23subchapter and later brought by the buyer into the county, municipality, or special

1district, or jurisdictional area of the transit authority that has imposed a tax under
2s. 77.71 (2).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,1243Section 124. 77.73 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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