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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 721

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Relating to: loan to the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitor Bureau for the construction of a visitor information and education center and authorizing general fund supported borrowing to fund the loan. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Brown county Building commission state Bus and truck Green bay city of Loan

  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

This bill requires the Department of Administration to award an interest-free

loan in the amount of $2,000,000 to the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitor

Bureau to assist in the construction of a visitor information and education center

located in Brown County. The bill authorizes $2,000,000 in general fund supported

borrowing authority to finance the loan.

Under

2019 Wisconsin Act 9

, the biennial budget act, the Building Commission

is authorized to award moneys for construction projects having a public purpose and

may authorize up to $25,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for that

purpose. This bill delegates to DOA the Building Commission's authority to make

such an award for purposes of the loan under the bill. The bill also authorizes

$2,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing in lieu of the Building Commission

doing so pursuant to Act 9. Under the bill, DOA, with the advice of bond counsel,

establishes appropriate terms and conditions for contracting the public debt

authorized in the bill and supervises all matters relating to contracting the debt.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R)

13 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Gruszynski (D) , Hansen (D) , Kitchens (R) , Macco (R) , Mursau (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Stuck (D) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

Full history

  1. Jan 24, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Steffen, Kitchens, Macco, Mursau, Rohrkaste, Steineke, Tittl, Tusler, Gruszynski and Stuck

  2. Jan 24, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development

  3. Jan 24, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Cowles added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 4, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1