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LRB-2241/1
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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Hutton, Nygren,
Kerkman, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Sanfelippo, Murphy, Sortwell, Kuglitsch,
Neylon, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Duchow, Ramthun, Wichgers, Tusler,
Plumer and Dittrich, cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter,
Stroebel, Wirch, Nass, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Petrowski, Larson, Darling and
Ringhand. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB73,1,3 1An Act to amend 77.707 (1), 229.68 (intro.) and 229.685 (2); and to create
2229.682 (9) of the statutes; relating to: lease terms and the imposition of sales
3and use taxes related to a local professional baseball park district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently a local professional baseball park district may impose a sales tax and
a use tax within the area of its jurisdiction, and a district may issue revenue bonds
if the district board determines that the district's lease with a professional baseball
team franchise that uses the district's baseball facilities is for a term of at least 30
years. Generally, the sales and use taxes may not be imposed and collected after the
district pays off the bonds issued to construct the stadium and funds a special
maintenance and capital improvements fund.
Under this bill, the sales and use taxes may not be collected, generally, after
December 31, 2019. Also under the bill, any lease between the district and the
baseball team that uses the facilities must extend for at least the same number of
years during which the sales and use tax is collected. The bill also specifies that the
district board may not incur any new obligations after June 30, 2019, if the obligation
could not be paid once the sales and use tax is no longer collected.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB73,1
1Section 1. 77.707 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB73,2,92 77.707 (1) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax under
3s. 77.705 for any local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of
4ch. 229 after the last day of the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days from the
5date on which the local professional baseball park district board makes a
6certification to the department of revenue under s. 229.685 (2)
ending on December
731, 2019
, except that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that
8accrued before the day after the last day of that calendar quarter and fees, interest
9and penalties that relate to those taxes.
AB73,2 10Section 2 . 229.68 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB73,2,16 11229.68 Powers of a district. (intro.) A district has all of the powers necessary
12or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, except that
13it may not incur any new obligations after June 30, 2019, if such an obligation could
14not be paid out of the district's revenues or assets once the tax under s. 77.707 (1) is
15no longer collected
. In addition to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a
16district may do all of the following:
AB73,3 17Section 3. 229.682 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB73,2,2218 229.682 (9) Lease provisions. Notwithstanding the lease provisions described
19in s. 229.68 (8) (c), any such lease between the district and the professional baseball
20team franchise that uses baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter
21as its home facilities must extend for at least the same number of years during which
22the sales tax and a use tax imposed under s. 77.705 is collected.
AB73,4 23Section 4 . 229.685 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB73,3,1124 229.685 (2) If the district board determines that the revenues in the special
25fund under this section exceed current operating expenses for the operation of

1baseball park facilities, the district board shall apply the excess to either fund a fund
2for maintenance costs and capital improvements or to retire bonds issued for the
3initial construction of baseball park facilities, and any bonds issued to fund or refund
4those bonds, prior to their maturity. As soon as practicable after the retirement of
5all bonds issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities and all bonds
6issued to fund or refund those bonds and after funding a fund for maintenance costs
7and capital improvements sufficiently to meet any maintenance or capital
8improvement obligations between the district and any professional baseball team
9using baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter as a home stadium,
10the district board shall make a certification to the department of revenue and the
11department of transportation to that effect.
AB73,3,1212 (End)
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