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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 38

Authorizing the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create a tax incremental district for a retail project

Topics: Mercantile establishment, Property tax, Waukesha County

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 1, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass 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.

Under current law, towns may use tax incremental financing (TIF) for limited purposes. A town may use TIF for projects related to tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, or forestry. A town may also use TIF for residential projects, but only to the extent that the residential project has a necessary and incidental relationship to a tourism, agricultural, manufacturing, or forestry project, and for retail projects to the extent that the retail development is related to the retail sale of a product that is produced due to an agricultural, forestry, or manufacturing project.

This bill authorizes the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to use TIF for one project that is related either to retail purposes or to a purpose for which any city or village may create a TIF district.

Who's behind it

Paul F. Farrow, a Republican, is its ⁠.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 2 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (1)

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 Jobs vote to recommend it

Passed, 13 to 1 · Mar 8, 2011

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 Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 13, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 8, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 8, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 1.

  4. Mar 3, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 2, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 1, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.

  7. Mar 1, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Farrow;Cosponsored by Senator Zipperer

  2. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business

  3. Mar 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  7. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 23, 2012 · 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.

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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