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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 498

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Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge.

Building Energy conservation Housing Landlord and tenant Lease Loan Municipality — Finance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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, a city, village, or town may impose a special charge against

real property for services rendered by allocating the cost of the service to the

properties that are served. Also under current law, a city, village, town, or county

(political subdivision) may make a loan to, or enter into a loan repayment agreement

with, an owner or lessee of a premises for making or installing certain energy or

water efficiency or renewable resource improvements (property assessed clean

energy or PACE program). The political subdivision may collect a loan repayment

under the PACE program as a special charge.

Under this bill, a political subdivision may only make a PACE program loan to,

or enter into a loan repayment agreement with, an owner or a lessee of a property

that is a residential property containing at least five dwelling units or a commercial

property.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Fields (D) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R)

4 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Gundrum (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 28, 2020 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 28, 2020 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. Oct 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Brandtjen, Fields, Skowronski and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Stroebel

  2. Oct 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Oct 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Gundrum added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  5. Dec 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor

  6. Dec 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Dec 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen

  8. Jan 23, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  11. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  12. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules

  13. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1