AB68-SSA1,1167,2 229.425 Creation of a district, city of Superior. (1) Provisions that do not apply to certain districts. With regard to any district that is created by the city of Superior on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the following provisions do not apply:

AB68-SSA1,1167,3 (a) Section 229.40.

AB68-SSA1,1167,4 (b) Section 229.50 (1) (a) and (e).

AB68-SSA1,1167,5 (c) Subchapter IX of ch. 77.

AB68-SSA1,1167,15 (2) Modification of provisions relating to new districts. (a) Definition. With regard to any district that is created by the city of Superior on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], notwithstanding s. 229.41 (6), “exposition center" means one or more related structures, including fixtures and equipment, owned, operated, or leased by a district and used primarily for conventions, expositions, trade shows, musical or dramatic events, other events involving educational, cultural, or commercial activities, or sporting tournaments and intended to be used by transient tourists and to generate tourism activity including paid overnight stays and purchases at establishments where the taxes under s. 77.98 are imposed.

AB68-SSA1,1167,21 (b) Bonding limitations. 1. The maximum amount of bond proceeds that a district may receive from bonds issued to fund the development and construction of an exposition center is $20,300,000. The district may receive additional proceeds from the bonds to pay issuance or administrative costs related to the bonds, to make deposits in reserve funds related to the bonds, to pay accrued or funded interest on the bonds, and to pay the costs of credit enhancement for the bonds.

AB68-SSA1,1167,24 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 229.50 (1) (c), the amount of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, that may be secured by all special debt service reserve funds of the district shall not exceed $20,000,000.

AB68-SSA1,1168,4 (c) Dissolution of a district. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 229.477, subject to providing for the payment of its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance of its other contractual obligations, a district shall be dissolved by the joint action of the district's board of directors and city of Superior.

AB68-SSA1,1168,9 (3) Referendum requirements. Before an enabling resolution adopted by the city of Superior under s. 229.42 (1) (a) may take effect, it must be approved by a majority of the electors in the city voting on the resolution at a referendum, to be held at the first spring or general election following by at least 70 days the date of adoption of the resolution.

AB68-SSA1,2508 Section 2508. 229.46 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1168,12 229.46 (1) (ae) “Disability-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

AB68-SSA1,2509 Section 2509. 229.46 (1) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1168,15 229.46 (1) (aj) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

AB68-SSA1,2510 Section 2510. 229.46 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1168,25 229.46 (2) (intro.) A person who is awarded a contract by a district shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that at least 25 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be minority group members, at least 5 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be women, and at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a disabled veteran-owned business, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business, and at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a disability-owned business, if any of the following applies:

AB68-SSA1,2511 Section 2511. 229.46 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1169,11 229.46 (3) (intro.) At least 25 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to minority businesses, at least 5 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to women's businesses, and at least 1 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to disabled veteran-owned businesses, at least 1 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned businesses, and at least 1 percent of the aggregate dollar value of contracts awarded by the district in the following areas shall be awarded to a disability-owned business:

AB68-SSA1,2512 Section 2512. 229.46 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1169,16 229.46 (8) With regard to a district created by the city of Superior, the district shall contract with a local tourism entity, as defined in s. 66.0615 (1) (f), to promote, advertise, and publicize its exposition center, exposition center facilities, and related activities.

AB68-SSA1,2513 Section 2513 . 229.682 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1169,19 229.682 (2) Prevailing wage. The construction of a baseball park facility that is financed in whole or in part by a district is subject to s. 66.0903.

AB68-SSA1,2514 Section 2514. 229.70 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1169,23 229.70 (title) Minority contracting goals; disabled veteran-owned business contracting goals; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business contracting goals; disability-owned business contracting goals.

AB68-SSA1,2515 Section 2515. 229.70 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1170,2 229.70 (1) (ae) “Disability-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

AB68-SSA1,2516 Section 2516. 229.70 (1) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1170,5 229.70 (1) (aj) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

AB68-SSA1,2517 Section 2517. 229.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1170,17 229.70 (2) The district shall ensure that, for construction work and professional services contracts, a person who is awarded such a contract by a district shall agree, as a condition to receiving the contract, that his or her goal shall be to ensure that at least 25 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be minority group members, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a disabled veteran-owned business, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business, at least 1 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be employees of a disability-owned business, and at least 5 percent of the employees hired because of the contract will be women if the contract is for the construction of any part of baseball park facilities.