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SB 233

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Relating to: distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE)

Athletics Brown county Revenue, department of Sales tax

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Revenue (DOR) to distribute excess sales

tax revenue collected from the local professional football stadium district to Brown

County and to the municipalities within Brown County. After the district certifies

to DOR that it has paid the district's bond obligations and fully funded reserves for

maintenance and operating costs, DOR must distribute 25 percent of the excess

revenue to Brown County to use for redeveloping the Brown County arena. Brown

County, however, may not spend the revenue without first adopting a resolution

specifying how the money will be used and how much money will be used. DOR must

distribute the remaining 75 percent of the excess revenue to the municipalities

within Brown County in proportion to each municipality's population compared to

the entire population of Brown County. The municipalities may use the revenue for

property tax relief, tax levy supported debt relief, or economic development. A

municipality, however, may not spend the revenue without first adopting a

resolution specifying how the money will be used and how much money will be used.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Lasee (R)

12 cosponsors

Genrich (D) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Quinn (R) , Steffen (R) , Tauchen (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 10, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 10, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0

Passed 4–0 Sep 15, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0

Passed 4–0 Sep 15, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 12

Passed 19–12 Sep 16, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Passed, Ayes 31, Noes 0

Passed 31–0 Sep 16, 2015 official source full page

Not voting · 2

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 2

Passed 89–2 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

Aye · 89

Nay · 2

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 56, Noes 35

Passed 56–35 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 20, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles and Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Macco, Genrich, Jacque, Jarchow, Knodl, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, Nygren, Quinn and Tauchen

  2. Aug 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues

  3. Aug 26, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  4. Aug 31, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 2, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Sep 8, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Sep 10, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Sep 10, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Sep 10, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Sep 15, 2015 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0

  11. Sep 15, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-16-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Sep 15, 2015 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0

  13. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hansen, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Miller, Harris Dodd, Ringhand, L. Taylor and C. Larson

  14. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 12

  17. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time

  20. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Passed, Ayes 31, Noes 0

  21. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Sep 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Oct 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2015 by Committee on Rules

  25. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jorgensen

  27. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 56, Noes 35

  28. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 2

  31. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  33. Nov 4, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Nov 25, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-25-2015

  35. Dec 1, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 114

  36. Dec 1, 2015 · Senate

    Published 12-1-2015