Assembly Bill 526
Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge
Topics: Energy conservation, Lien, Municipality: Finance, Real property, Water supply
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
Feb 3, 2012
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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, a city, village, or town may impose a special charge against real property for services rendered by allocating the cost of the service to the properties that are served. Generally, a special charge is not payable in installments.
Also under current law, a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision) may make a loan to, or enter into a loan repayment agreement with, an owner or lessee of a premises for making or installing certain energy or water efficiency improvements (property assessed clean energy or PACE program). The political subdivision may collect a loan repayment under the PACE program as a special charge. A special charge imposed under the PACE program may be collected in installments.
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Under this bill, a political subdivision that imposes a special charge under the PACE program and allows the charge to be paid in installments may allow a third party that has provided financing for the PACE program project to collect the installments. Also under this bill, a delinquent PACE program special charge installment becomes a lien on the property that benefits from the PACE program project. Also under this bill, if the political subdivision funds a PACE program project that costs $250,000 or more, the political subdivision must require the owner of the premises to obtain a written guarantee from the contractor or project engineer that the PACE program project will achieve a savings-to-investment ratio greater than 1.0 or that the contractor or engineer will pay the owner any shortfall in savings. For a PACE program project that costs less than $250,000, a political subdivision may require a third party technical review of the projected savings before making a PACE program loan or agreement.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, 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 Energy and Utilities vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Feb 20, 2012
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 Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 20, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 20, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Feb 7, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 6, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 3, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Feb 3, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 3, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Weininger, Tauchen, Spanbauer, T. Larson and Molepske Jr;Cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Holperin and Wanggaard
- Feb 3, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- Feb 6, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:22 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22
- Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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