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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 21

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

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 25, 2011. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 23, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 19 to 0

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Mar 8, 2011

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2011 Wisconsin Act 11

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 31, 2011: “Published 4-7-2011”

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What it does

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

Rich Zipperer, 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 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

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 31, 2011

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 25, 2011

    The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 11.

  3. Mar 23, 2011

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 8, 2011

    The Assembly passed it too.

  5. Mar 1, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Mar 1, 2011

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Feb 25, 2011

    The Senate passed it, 19 to 0.

  8. 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)

  9. Feb 24, 2011

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  10. Feb 24, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 0.

  11. Feb 24, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Feb 24, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  13. Feb 23, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.

  14. Feb 23, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Zipperer;Cosponsored by Representative Farrow

  2. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 0

  7. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  9. 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)

  10. Feb 24, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-25-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 25, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 25, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 25, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 25, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0

  15. Feb 25, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Mar 4, 2011 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and placed on calendar 3-8-2011 pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  19. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 9, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Mar 11, 2011 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2011

  27. Mar 23, 2011 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-23-2011

  28. Mar 25, 2011 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-24-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 11

  29. Mar 31, 2011 · Senate

    Published 4-7-2011

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Wisconsin Act

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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

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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