Assembly Bill 270
Utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power
Topics: County: Finance, Electric utility, Energy conservation, Public utility: Taxation, Shared revenue, Town: Finance
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 19, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, for power production plants that begin operation as a new or repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, each county and municipality in which such a plant is located receives a utility aid payment based on the plant's megawatt capacity. The total amount of the payment for each production plant is calculated by multiplying the plant's megawatt capacity by $2,000. If the production plant is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the total amount of the payment and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to one-third of the total amount of the payment. If the production plant is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to one-third of the total amount and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the total amount.
Under this bill, if a production plant that generates electricity from wind power is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to 50 percent of the total amount of the utility aid payment for that plant, based on its megawatt capacity, and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to 50 percent of the total amount of that utility aid payment.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . 13 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 29, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 19, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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May 19, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 19, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives LeMahieu, Turner, Kestell, Fields, Ripp, Smith, Petrowski, A. Ott, Bies, Ballweg, Brooks, Gunderson, Townsend, Lothian, Stone and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Plale, Leibham, Holperin, Taylor, A. Lasee and Schultz
- May 19, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- May 27, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative LeMahieu
- May 29, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate