This bill repeals these rules described as 1) and 2), above.

Access boxes on financial institution buildings

Under current law, DSPS is required to promulgate rules establishing standards for building safety, including prescribing safety devices, safeguards, and other means of protection necessary to render public buildings and places of employment safe. Under current law generally, local ordinances that establish minimum standards for constructing, altering, or adding to public buildings or places of employment must conform to applicable DSPS rules.

This bill prohibits DSPS from requiring, and prohibits local units of government from enacting or enforcing an ordinance requiring, a financial institution to install an access box in or on any financial institution building. The bill defines “access box” as “any box that is installed in or on a building and that is designed to hold keys or access codes to the building for use by emergency responders.”

Promissory notes of certain public bodies

Under current law, a public body that has the authority to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the money out of public funds or revenues and that has the authority to levy a tax may issue promissory notes for any public purpose. Public bodies covered by this provision include cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts. Each promissory note, with several exceptions, must be repaid within 10 years after the original date of the note. Under this bill, each promissory note must be repaid within 20 years after the original date of the note.

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:

SB596,1 Section 1. 34.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB596,4,2 34.08 (2) Payments under sub. (1) shall be made in the order in which satisfactory proofs of loss are received by the division of banking. The payment made to any public depositor for all losses of the public depositor in any individual public depository may not exceed $400,000 $1,000,000 above the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States at the public depository that experienced the loss. Upon a satisfactory proof of loss, the division of banking shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant payable from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) and the secretary of administration shall pay the warrant under s. 16.401 (4) in favor of the public depositor that has submitted the proof of loss.

SB596,2 Section 2. 38.20 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB596,4,21 38.20 (2) (e) The district purchasing property under this subsection may, with approval of the city council or village board involved, pay the purchase price by issuing and delivering directly to the city or village the general obligation promissory notes or the notes of the district under s. 67.12 (12), except that no referendum may be held and the 10-year 20-year limitation on such notes shall be inapplicable to such notes issued under this paragraph. Such notes shall mature and be payable at such times, in such amounts and at such rate of interest as will amortize and pay when due the principal and interest on the outstanding obligations of the city or village for technical college purposes. All such notes, upon execution and delivery to the city or village, shall in all respects be held and considered as an authorized investment under s. 66.0603 (1m) or 67.11 (2) and (3) of the debt service fund created for payment of the city or village obligations issued for technical college purposes and shall be offset against city or village indebtedness in computing legal debt limit to the same extent as other authorized investments of the debt service fund and such notes may be sold and hypothecated. If the offset against city or village indebtedness under this paragraph is determined to be invalid in any respect, such city or village immediately may require the district issuing the promissory notes to such city or village to comply with pars. (c) and (d) to the extent necessary to cure such invalidity.

SB596,3 Section 3. 66.0440 of the statutes is created to read:

SB596,4,23 66.0440 (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB596,5,3 (a) “Access box” means any box that is installed in or on a building and that is designed to hold keys or access codes to the building for use by emergency responders.

SB596,5,4 (b) “Financial institution” has the meaning given in s. 705.01 (3).

SB596,5,5 (c) “Local governmental unit” has the meaning given in s. 66.0137 (1) (as).

SB596,5,8 (2) No local governmental unit may enact or enforce an ordinance that requires a financial institution to install or use an access box in or on any building owned or occupied by a financial institution.

SB596,4 Section 4. 67.12 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB596,5,19 67.12 (12) (a) Any municipality may issue promissory notes as evidence of indebtedness for any public purpose, as defined in s. 67.04 (1) (b), including but not limited to paying any general and current municipal expense, and refunding any municipal obligations, including interest on them. Each note, plus interest if any, shall be repaid within 10 years after the original date of the note, except that notes issued under this section for purposes of ss. 119.498, 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, and 292.72, issued to raise funds to pay a portion of the capital costs of a metropolitan sewerage district, or issued by a 1st class city or a county having a population of 750,000 or more, to pay unfunded prior service liability with respect to an employee retirement system, shall be repaid within 20 years after the original date of the note.

SB596,5 Section 5. 101.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB596,5,21 101.02 (7m) (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB596,5,24 1. “Access box” means any box that is installed in or on a building and that is designed to hold keys or access codes to the building for use by emergency responders.

SB596,5,25 2. “Financial institution” has the meaning given in s. 705.01 (3).

SB596,6,1 3. “Local governmental unit” has the meaning given in s. 66.0137 (1) (as).

SB596,6,5 (b) Notwithstanding subs. (1) (b) and (15) (h) to (j), the department may not require, and notwithstanding subs. (7) (a) and (7r), no local governmental unit may enact or enforce an ordinance that requires, a financial institution to install or use an access box in or on any building owned or occupied by a financial institution.

SB596,6 Section 6. 705.04 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: