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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 273

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Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE)

Municipality — Finance Municipality — Officers Property tax Public utility

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, instead of paying property taxes, the state pays

municipalities for municipal services provided to state facilities located in the

municipalities. The state negotiates the payment amount with each municipality

based on the state's calculation of the value of state property located in the

municipality. If the appropriation for making the payments for municipal services

is insufficient for paying the full amount of all the negotiated payments, the state

prorates the payments among the municipalities.

Under this bill, the state pays to municipalities for municipal services 65

percent of the full amount in fiscal year 2016-17, 80 percent of the full amount in

fiscal year 2017-18, 95 percent of the full amount in fiscal year 2018-19, and the full

amount in fiscal year 2019-20 and in each year thereafter.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Gudex (R) , Hansen (D) , Marklein (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D)

15 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Genrich (D) , Hintz (D) , Jacque (R) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Kremer (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wachs (D) , Weatherston (R)

Full history

  1. Sep 30, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Gudex, Ringhand, Hansen, Bewley, Risser and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, C. Taylor, Jacque, Kahl, Steffen, Spreitzer, Genrich, Kolste, Berceau, Ohnstad, Hintz, Subeck, Kremer and Weatherston

  2. Sep 30, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government

  3. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 22, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Wachs added as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 23, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1