AB 177

Effective July 1, 2015, this bill makes the following changes to the state

technical college system:

1. The bill transfers all technical college district facilities, property, assets, and

liabilities to the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board.

2. The bill transfers all technical college district employees to the WTCS Board.

3. The bill prohibits the technical college district boards from levying property

taxes. Under the bill, a district board's only duty is to advise the district director, who

is appointed by the WTCS Board.

The bill directs the WTCS Board to develop an orderly plan for the changes

described above and to submit the plan to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF)

within 30 days after the bill's effective date.

Effective January 1, 2015, the bill increases the state sales and use tax by one

cent.

The bill provides that all of the changes described above are contingent upon

their approval by the electorate at a referendum held at the spring election in 2014.

Finally, the bill directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare a bill, for

introduction in the 2013 legislature by JCF, that reconciles the statutes with the bill's

provisions.