Assembly Bill 788
Creating a sunset provision for the county tax levy rate limit
Topics: County: Taxation, Sunset
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 2, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law and subject to a number of exceptions, no county may impose an operating levy at an operating levy rate that exceeds 0.001 or the operating levy rate in 1992, whichever is greater. "Operating levy" is defined as the county purpose levy, less the debt levy, and "operating levy rate" is defined as the total levy rate minus the debt levy rate.
A county may exceed the limit under current law if its board adopts a resolution stating its wish to exceed the operating levy rate limit that is otherwise applicable and if that resolution is approved by the electors of the county in a referendum. The limit may also be exceeded if a county increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to the county by another governmental unit.
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Under this bill, the operating levy rate limit does not apply to any county levy that is imposed after December 2009.
Who's behind it
6 lawmakers are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent. 1 has no party on record.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Shilling
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 2 · Apr 12, 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 Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 12, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 2.
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Mar 23, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 23, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 4, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 2, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Mar 2, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hintz, Shilling, Berceau, Turner, Zigmunt and Ziegelbauer;Cosponsored by Senator Miller
- Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly
Representative Clark added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 6, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 12, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 2
- Apr 12, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote