Senate Bill 11
The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee
Topics: Milwaukee: City, Property tax, Revenue, Department of
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 1, 2011. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 21, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 19 to 0
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 8, 2011
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 12
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 5, 2011: “Published 4-14-2011”
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Wisconsin Act
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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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under the current tax incremental financing program, a city or village may create a tax incremental district (TID) in part of its territory to foster development if at least 50 percent of the area to be included in the TID is blighted, in need of rehabilitation or conservation, suitable for industrial sites, or suitable for mixed-use development. Currently, towns also have a limited ability to create a TID under certain circumstances. Before a city or village may create a TID, several steps and plans are required. These steps and plans include public hearings on the proposed TID within specified time frames, preparation and adoption by the local planning commission of a proposed project plan for the TID, approval of the proposed project plan by the common council or village board, approval of the city's or village's proposed TID by a joint review board that consists of members who represent the overlying taxation districts, and adoption of a resolution by the common council or village board that creates the TID as of a date provided in the resolution.
Once these steps are accomplished, the city clerk is required to complete certain forms and an application and submit the documents to the Department of Revenue (DOR) on or before October 31 of the year in which the TID is created, although until October 1, 2010, this deadline was December 31 of the year in which the TID was created. Upon receipt of the application, DOR is required to certify the full aggregate value of the taxable property in the city, which constitutes the tax incremental base of the TID.
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This bill specifies that, if the city of Milwaukee clerk had submitted to DOR not later than May 31, 2010, the required forms and an application for a TID that was created, or attempted to have been created, on January 1, 2009, based on action taken by the city in December 2008, even though the forms and application were originally due on December 31, 2009, DOR must proceed as if the forms had been timely filed not later than December 31, 2009, except that DOR may not certify a value increment before 2011.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 0 · Feb 24, 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 Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 19 to 0 · Feb 25, 2011 · 14 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (19)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dan Kapanke (R, 32)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Pam Galloway (R, 29)
- Randy Hopper (R, 18)
- Rich Zipperer (R, 33)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Didn't vote (14)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Jim Holperin (D, 12)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Spencer Coggs (D, 6)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 5, 2011
The new law was published.
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Apr 1, 2011
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 12.
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Mar 24, 2011
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 8, 2011
The Assembly passed it too.
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Mar 1, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 1, 2011
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 25, 2011
The Senate passed it, 19 to 0.
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Feb 24, 2011
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)” (the official wording)
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Feb 24, 2011
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Feb 24, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 0.
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Feb 1, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 1, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 21, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Jan 21, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 21, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Taylor, S. Coggs and C. Larson;Cosponsored by Representatives Fields, E. Coggs, Kessler, Turner, Grigsby, Young and Staskunas
- Jan 21, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 1, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 1, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 0
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Feb 24, 2011 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-25-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 25, 2011 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 25, 2011 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 25, 2011 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 25, 2011 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0
- Feb 25, 2011 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 9, 2011 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Mar 11, 2011 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2011
- Mar 24, 2011 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-24-2011
- Apr 1, 2011 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-31-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 12
- Apr 5, 2011 · Senate
Published 4-14-2011
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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