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Bills from the Oct 2013 Special Session

Assembly Bill 2

Expanding the authority of the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create tax incremental financing districts. (FE)

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

    Oct 15, 2013

  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, Nov 12, 2013: “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 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 and counties 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.

Also under current law, once a TID has been created, the Department of Revenue (DOR) calculates the "tax incremental base" value of the TID, which is the equalized value of all taxable property within the TID at the time of its creation. If the development in the TID increases the value of the property in the TID above the base value, a "value increment" is created. That portion of taxes collected on the value increment in excess of the base value is called a "tax increment." The tax increment is placed in a special fund that may be used only to pay back the project costs of the TID.

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The project costs of a TID, which are initially incurred by the creating city or village, include public works such as sewers, streets, and lighting systems; financing costs; site preparation costs; and professional service costs. DOR authorizes the allocation of the tax increments until the TID terminates or, generally, 20 years, 23 years, or 27 years after the TID is created, depending on the type of TID and the year in which it was created. Also under current law, a city or village may not generally make expenditures for project costs later than five years before the unextended termination date of the TID. Under certain circumstances, the life of the TID, the expenditure period, and the allocation period may be extended.

Under the current law limitations on towns to use tax incremental financing (TIF), a town may create a TID 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.

A town may also create a TID in limited circumstances under which the town enters into a cooperative plan with a city or village under which part or all of the town will be annexed or attached by the city or village.

Under current law the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County, using the general authority towns may exercise to create a TID, may create one TID for a project that is related to either retail purposes, or to a purpose for which a city may create a TID.

Under this bill, the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County may create TIDs in the same way and subject to the same conditions as any city or village. If any part of such a TID is annexed by a city or village, any assets or liabilities associated with that annexed territory, including bonds or other debt, become the responsibility of the annexing city or village.

Who's behind it

The Joint Committee on Finance introduced it at the governor's request.

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.

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 16 to 0 · Oct 15, 2013

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Nov 12, 2013

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 15, 2013

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 16 to 0.

  3. Oct 15, 2013

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Oct 15, 2013

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Oct 15, 2013

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  6. Oct 15, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Committee on Finance, by request of Governor Scott Walker

  2. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  7. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 10-17-2013 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93

  8. Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  9. Nov 12, 2013 · 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.

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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

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

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

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

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