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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 734

The creation of a Fox Cities regional transit authority

Topics: Calumet County, Metropolitan transportation, Outagamie County, Winnebago County

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Apr 22, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 11, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 51 to 46

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

The Biennial Budget Act, 2009 Wisconsin Act 28 (Act 28), authorized the creation of the Dane County regional transit authority (RTA), the Chippewa Valley RTA, and the Chequamegon Bay RTA. Each RTA, once created, is a public body corporate and politic and a separate governmental entity.

This bill authorizes the creation of a Fox Cities RTA. Under the bill, the Fox Cities RTA is created if the governing body of any two or more municipalities located in whole or in part within the urbanized Fox Cities metropolitan planning area (planning area) adopt a resolution authorizing the municipality to become a member of the RTA and each resolution is ratified by the electors at a referendum held in the municipality. Each resolution must also include an identical provision specifying the number and composition of the RTA's board of directors. After the Fox Cities RTA is created, any municipality located in whole or in part within the planning area, and any municipality within the counties of Outagamie, Calumet, or Winnebago that is outside the planning area, may also join the RTA if the governing body of the municipality adopts a resolution to join the RTA, the resolution is ratified by the electors at a referendum held in the municipality, and the board of directors of the RTA approves. The jurisdictional area of the Fox Cities RTA is the geographic area encompassing the combined territorial boundaries of all municipalities creating or joining the RTA.

Read the full summary

The provisions of current law, as created in Act 28, governing the powers and duties of the Dane County RTA, the Chippewa Valley RTA, and the Chequamegon Bay RTA also apply to the Fox Cities RTA. In brief, an RTA's authority is vested in its board of directors and its bylaws govern its management, operations, and administration. An RTA may: operate a transportation system or provide for its operation by contracting with a public or private organization; impose, by its board of directors adopting a resolution, a sales and use tax in the RTA's jurisdictional area at a rate not exceeding 0.5 percent of the sales price if certain conditions are satisfied;

acquire property by condemnation; and issue tax-exempt revenue bonds. An RTA has a duty to provide, or contract for the provision of, transit service within the RTA's jurisdictional area. Rates and other charges received by an RTA must be used only for the general expenses and capital expenditures of the RTA, to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on the RTA's revenue bonds, and for specific purposes of the RTA and may not be transferred to any political subdivision.

Finally, if the Fox Cities RTA imposes a sales tax, a political subdivision that is a member of the RTA must decrease its property tax levy for transit purposes by the amount of sales taxes collected in excess of the amount of federal funding the political subdivision previously received for transit purposes.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (1)

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.

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 4 · Apr 9, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 7, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 52 to 45 · Apr 22, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 45”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 51 to 46 · Apr 22, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 46”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 23, 2010

    The Senate received it.

  3. Apr 22, 2010

    The Assembly passed it, 51 to 46.

  4. Apr 22, 2010

    “Point of order that Assembly amendment 2 not germane well taken” (the official wording)

  5. Apr 20, 2010

    “Placed at the foot of the calendar of 4-20-2010” (the official wording)

  6. Apr 9, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  7. Apr 9, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 4.

  8. Mar 11, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  9. Mar 11, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  10. Mar 1, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  11. Feb 11, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  12. Feb 11, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Nelson, Hintz, Barca, Berceau, Black, Smith and Turner;Cosponsored by Senator Ellis

  2. Feb 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 1, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 8, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  8. Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:02 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 24

  10. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed at the foot of the calendar of 4-20-2010

  11. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Roth

  12. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Montgomery

  13. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 45

  15. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly amendment 2 not germane well taken

  16. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 46

  19. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Apr 23, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary