Senate Bill 64
Changing the conditions under which a city or village may require the Department of Revenue to redetermine the value of the tax incremental base of a tax incremental district that is in a decrement situation. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 4, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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 (TIF) 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 (JRB) 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.
Generally under current law a local planning commission may amend the project plan of a TID, by adding or subtracting territory from the district, not more than four times during the TID's existence. If a TID's project plan is amended, current law authorizes the Department of Revenue (DOR) to redetermine the TID's tax incremental base. DOR may charge a city or village $1,000 to determine or redetermine a TID's tax incremental base or, if a project plan amendment both adds and subtracts territory, DOR may impose a fee of $2,000.
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Also under current law a city or village may adopt a resolution, subject to JRB approval, and not more than once during a TID's life, requiring DOR to redetermine the tax incremental base of a TID that is in a decrement situation that has continued for at least two consecutive years. Decrement situation is defined as a situation in which the current aggregate equalized value of all the taxable property within the TID is at least 10 percent less than the current value of the TID's tax incremental base. DOR may charge the city or village $1,000 for the redetermination.
Currently, before a city or village may adopt a resolution requiring DOR to redetermine the tax incremental base of a TID that is in a decrement situation, the city or village must complete a financial analysis of the TID and must amend the TID's project plan to meet at least one of the following three conditions:
1. With regard to the total value of public infrastructure improvements in the district that occur after JRB approval, at least 51 percent of the value of the improvements must be financed by a private developer or other private entity in return for the city's or village's agreement to repay those costs solely through the payment of cash grants, and that cash grants must be paid under a development agreement with the city or village.
2. That all project costs are expected to be paid within 90 percent of the TID's remaining life.
3. That expenditures may be made only within the first one-half of the TID's remaining life, unless approved by unanimous vote of the JRB, and subject to the generally applicable limitations or the timing of expenditures under TIF law.
Under this bill, a city or village may adopt a resolution requiring DOR to redetermine the tax incremental base of a TID that is in a decrement situation that has continued for at least two consecutive years without first completing a financial analysis of the TID and without amending the TID's project plan to meet any of the three conditions that are required under current law.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2015
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues.
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Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 4, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Gudex, Petrowski, Bewley, Olsen and Harris Dodd; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Hintz, Steffen, Quinn, Genrich, Kahl, Spiros, Weatherston, Ripp, Thiesfeldt, Macco, Novak, Doyle, E. Brooks, Katsma and Schraa
- Mar 4, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions, and Rural Issues
- Mar 11, 2015 · Senate
Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate