AB493: Bill Text

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Assembly BILL 493

October 1, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Gruszynski, Bowen, Considine, Crowley and Ohnstad, cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Ringhand. Referred to Committee on Tourism.

AB493,1,4 An Act to amend 20.866 (1) (u); and to create 13.48 (46h), 20.866 (2) (zcu) and 20.867 (3) (cu) of the statutes; relating to: 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program, grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, 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 a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, to assist in the construction of a visitor information and education center in Brown County. The project has a combined cost of $7,000,000 ($2,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing authority and $5,000,000 in gifts, grants, and other receipts).

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:

AB493,1 Section 1 . 13.48 (46h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB493,2,6 13.48 (46h) Experience Greater Green Bay Visitor Information and Education Center. (a) The legislature finds and determines that the tourism industry is of vital importance in creating jobs and contributing to economic development and tourism in this state and is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Experience Greater Green Bay Corporation and Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., in the construction of a visitor information and education center in Brown County.

AB493,2,16 (b) The building commission may authorize up to $2,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist the Experience Greater Green Bay Corporation and Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., in the construction of a visitor information and education center in Brown County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for the construction of the visitor information and education center, the building commission shall determine that the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project of at least $5,000,000 from nonstate revenue sources.

AB493,2,21 (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the space that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used for visitor information and education, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the constructed space equal to the amount of the state's grant.

AB493,2 Section 2 . 20.866 (1) (u) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB493,3,12 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), (cu), (cw), (cx), (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.

AB493,3 Section 3 . 20.866 (2) (zcu) of the statutes is created to read:

AB493,3,19 20.866 (2) (zcu) Experience Greater Green Bay Visitor Information and Education Center. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the building commission to provide a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., for the construction of the visitor information and education center specified in s. 13.48 (46h). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for this purpose.

AB493,4 Section 4 . 20.867 (3) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:

AB493,4,3 20.867 (3) (cu) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Experience Greater Green Bay Visitor Information and Education Center. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of the visitor information and education center specified in s. 13.48 (46h), to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the project, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

AB493,5 Section 5 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB493,4,7 (1) In 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (1), the following new paragraph is created to add the following new project to the 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown: - See PDF for table

AB493,5,7 (2) Notwithstanding s. 13.48 (46h) (b), the building commission may not make a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., for the construction of the visitor information and education center, as enumerated in sub. (1), under s. 13.48 (46h), unless the department of administration has reviewed and approved plans for the project. Notwithstanding ss. 16.85 (1) and 16.855 (1m), the 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.

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