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WI Stat § 229.54 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.54 - Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities.

229.54  Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities. (1) Neither the state, a sponsoring municipality, nor the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located is responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, improving, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities. (2) The district is responsible only for equipping, maintaining, operating, improving, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the initial development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities. If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the non-relocation agreement or lease under s. 229.461, the district is responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the remainder of the lease, but only from moneys received from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate resulting from the breach of the non-relocation agreement or lease. History:  2015 a. 60.
WI Stat § 229.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.55 - Trust funds.

229.55  Trust funds. All moneys received under this subchapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or from any other source, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subchapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, those moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of those moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purposes of this subchapter, subject to this subchapter and the bond resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds.History:  1993 a. 263.
WI Stat § 229.56 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.56 - Funding and refunding bonds.

229.56  Funding and refunding bonds. (1) A district may issue bonds to fund or refund any outstanding bond, including the payment of any redemption premium on the outstanding bond and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity. (2) A district may apply the proceeds of the bonds issued to fund or refund any outstanding bond to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of the outstanding bond either on its earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity of the bond. A district may, pending application, place the proceeds in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on any date the board of directors determines.History:  1993 a. 263.
WI Stat § 229.57 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.57 - Budgets; rates and charges; audit.

229.57  Budgets; rates and charges; audit. A district shall adopt a calendar year as its fiscal year for accounting purposes. The board of directors shall annually prepare a budget for the district. Rates and other charges received by the district shall be used for the general expenses and capital expenditures of the district and to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on bonds. The district shall maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an independent certified public accountant.History:  1993 a. 263.
WI Stat § 229.64 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.64 - Legislative declaration.

229.64  Legislative declaration. (1) The legislature determines that the provision of assistance by state agencies to a district under this subchapter, any appropriation of funds to a district under this subchapter and the moral obligation pledge under s. 229.74 (7) serve a statewide public purpose by assisting the development of a professional baseball park in the state for providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. The legislature determines that the taxes that may be imposed by a district under subch. V of ch. 77 are special taxes that are generated apart from any direct annual tax on taxable property. (2) The legislature determines that a district including a county with a population of more than 600,000 serves a public purpose in that county and all counties that are contiguous to that county by providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the multicounty area for the benefit of people in the multicounty area.History:  1995 a. 56; 2001 a. 16.1995 Wisconsin Act 56, which created subchapter III of chapter 229, is constitutional. Libertarian Party v. State, 199 Wis. 2d 791, 546 N.W.2d 424 (1996), 95-3114.
WI Stat § 229.65 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.65 - Definitions.

229.65  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Baseball park facilities" means property, tangible or intangible, owned in whole or in substantial part, operated or leased by a district that is principally for professional baseball including parking lots, garages, restaurants, parks, concession facilities, entertainment facilities and transportation facilities, and other functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures. (2) “Bond" means any bond, note or other obligation issued under s. 66.0621 by a district. (3) “Bond resolution" means a resolution of the district board authorizing the issuance of, or providing terms and conditions related to, bonds and includes, where appropriate, any trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust providing terms and conditions for bonds. (4) “Chief executive officer" means the county executive of a county or, if the county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors. (5) “District" means a special district created under this subchapter. (6) “District board" means the governing board of a district. (7) “Supermajority" means not less than 60 percent of the members of the district board.History:  1995 a. 56; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 229.67 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.67 - Jurisdiction.

229.67  Jurisdiction. A district's jurisdiction is any county with a population of more than 600,000 and all counties that are contiguous to that county and that are not already included in a different district. Once created, a district's jurisdiction is fixed even if the population of other counties within the district subsequently exceeds 600,000. Once a county is included in a district's jurisdiction the county remains in the district until the district is dissolved under s. 229.71. In this section, “contiguous" includes a county that touches another county only at a corner.History:  1995 a. 56; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 229.682 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.682 - Special provisions.

229.682  Special provisions. (1) Gifts and donations. The district board shall explore and consider ways to solicit and encourage gifts and donations for the construction of baseball park facilities and, to the extent feasible, implement means to solicit such gifts and donations. (3)  Special debt payments. The district shall pay, over a 3-year period beginning on October 1, 1996, any outstanding debt used to finance improvements to a baseball stadium that has been used as a home field by a major league professional baseball team in the district, up to a maximum amount of $1,500,000. (4)  Special ticket provisions. A major league professional baseball team that uses as its home field baseball park facilities that are constructed under this subchapter shall annually designate, for each county that is in the district's jurisdiction, at least one of the team's home games as a discount ticket day for that county, for which residents of that county may purchase discounted admission tickets. (6)  Use of stadium. The district board shall consider during the design review process the utilization of the facility for events in addition to baseball, which are consistent with the program statement and design for the stadium complex, and do not adversely affect the design, construction schedule or budget. (7)  Youth sports organizations. A major league professional baseball team that uses as its home field baseball park facilities that are constructed under this subchapter shall make an annual contribution of at least $20,000 to youth sports organizations in this state for the purchase of equipment or the rental or maintenance of athletic facilities that are used by such organizations. The contributions that are required under this subsection may be made in cash or equipment. (8)  Special rental payments. If a district board enters into a lease agreement with a professional baseball team for the rental of baseball park facilities under this subchapter, the lease agreement shall include all of the following:(a) A provision requiring lessees of sky boxes located in the facilities to pay to the team an amount equivalent to the combined sales tax rates in the jurisdictions in which the facilities are located multiplied by the total of all payments for the rental of the sky boxes.(b) A provision requiring the team to include amounts received under par. (a) as part of its rental payment to the district.History:  1995 a. 56; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 229.685 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.685 - Special fund tax revenues.

229.685  Special fund tax revenues. (1) The district board shall maintain a special fund into which it deposits only the revenue received from the department of revenue, that is derived from the taxes imposed under subch. V of ch. 77, and may use this revenue only for purposes related to baseball park facilities. (2) If the district board determines that the revenues in the special fund under this section exceed current operating expenses for the operation of baseball park facilities, the district board shall apply the excess to either fund a fund for maintenance costs and capital improvements or to retire bonds issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities, and any bonds issued to fund or refund those bonds, prior to their maturity. As soon as practicable after the retirement of all bonds issued for the initial construction of baseball park facilities and all bonds issued to fund or refund those bonds and after funding a fund for maintenance costs and capital improvements sufficiently to meet any maintenance or capital improvement obligations between the district and any professional baseball team using baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter as a home stadium, the district board shall make a certification to the department of revenue and the department of transportation to that effect.History:  1995 a. 56; 2017 a. 249.
WI Stat § 229.69 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.69 - Powers granted to a city or a county in a district.

229.69  Powers granted to a city or a county in a district. In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a city or a county within a district's jurisdiction may do any of the following: (1) Make grants or loans to a district upon terms that the city or county considers appropriate. (2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district. (3) Borrow money under ss. 67.04 and 67.12 (12) for baseball park facilities or to fund grants, loans or subsidies to a district. (4) Grant to the state land or other property, especially dedicated by the grant to use for a professional baseball park.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.71 - Dissolution of a district.

229.71  Dissolution of a district. Subject to providing for the payment of its bonds, including interest on the bonds, and the performance of its other contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by the action of the district board. If the district is dissolved, the property of the district shall be transferred to the counties in the jurisdiction, based on the tax revenues derived from each county, as determined by the secretary of administration.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.72 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.72 - Issuance and negotiability of bonds.

229.72  Issuance and negotiability of bonds. (1m) Negotiability. All bonds are negotiable for all purposes, notwithstanding their payment from a limited source. (2)  Employment of financial consultant. A district may retain the building commission or any other person as its financial consultant to assist with and coordinate the issuance of bonds. (6)  Liability. Neither the members of the district board nor any person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds, unless the personal liability or accountability is the result of willful misconduct.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.75 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.75 - Bonds not public debt.

229.75  Bonds not public debt. (1) The state and each county in the district's jurisdiction are not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state or any county in the district. All bonds shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. A bond issue does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds. (2) Nothing in this subchapter authorizes a district to create a debt of the state or a county in the district's jurisdiction, and all bonds issued by a district are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state and each county in the district's jurisdiction are not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on a bond or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by a district. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement undertaken by a district does not impose pecuniary liability upon the state or a county in the district's jurisdiction or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power. (3) Bonds issued by the district shall be secured only by the district's interest in any baseball park facilities, including any interest in a lease with the department of administration under s. 16.82 (7); by income from these facilities; by proceeds of bonds issued by the district and other amounts placed in a special redemption fund and investment earnings on such amounts; and by the taxes imposed by the district under subch. V of ch. 77. The district may not pledge its full faith and credit on the bonds and the bonds are not a liability of the district.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.76 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.76 - State pledge.

229.76  State pledge. The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, and persons that enter into contracts with a district under this subchapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in a district by this subchapter, including the rights and powers under s. 229.68 (15), before the district has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has fully performed its contracts, unless adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with a district.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.77 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.77 - Trust funds.

229.77  Trust funds. All moneys received under this subchapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or from any other source, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subchapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, those moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of those moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purposes of this subchapter, subject to this subchapter and the bond resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.79 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.79 - Budgets; rates and charges; audit.

229.79  Budgets; rates and charges; audit. A district shall adopt a calendar year as its fiscal year for accounting purposes. The district board shall annually prepare a budget for the district. Rates and other charges received by the district shall be used for the general expenses and capital expenditures of the district and to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on bonds. A district shall maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an independent certified public accountant.History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.81 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.81 - Assistance by state agencies.

229.81  Assistance by state agencies. (1) Definition. In this section, “state agency" has the meaning given in s. 20.001 (1). (2)  Assistance with respect to granted land or property. All state agencies may provide assistance to a district if the district has entered into a lease agreement with the department of administration under s. 16.82 (7).History:  1995 a. 56.
WI Stat § 229.820 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.820 - Legislative declaration.

229.820  Legislative declaration. (1) The legislature determines that the provision of assistance by state agencies to a district under this subchapter, any appropriation of funds to a district under this subchapter and the moral obligation pledge under s. 229.830 (7) serve a statewide public purpose by assisting the development of professional football stadium facilities in the state for providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. The legislature determines that the taxes that may be imposed by a district under subch. V of ch. 77 are special taxes that are generated apart from any direct annual tax on taxable property. (2) The legislature determines that a district serves a public purpose in the district's jurisdiction by providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the district's jurisdiction for the benefit of people in the district's jurisdiction.History:  1999 a. 167.
WI Stat § 229.821 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.821 - Definitions.

229.821  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Bond" means any bond, note, or other obligation issued under s. 66.0621 by a district. (2) “Bond resolution" means a resolution of the district board authorizing the issuance of, or providing terms and conditions related to, bonds and includes, where appropriate, any trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust providing terms and conditions for bonds. (3) “Chief elected official" means the mayor of a city or, if the city is organized under subch. I of ch. 64, the president of the council of that city, the village president of a village, the town board chair of a town or the county executive of a county or, if the county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors. (4) “District" means a special purpose district created under this subchapter. (5) “District board" means the governing board of a district. (6) “Football stadium" means a stadium that is principally used as the home stadium of a professional football team described in s. 229.823 at the time that a district is created, or if no home stadium exists at the time that a district is created, “football stadium" means a stadium that includes the site of a proposed home stadium of such a team. (7) “Football stadium facilities" means football stadium property, tangible or intangible, including spectator seating of all types, practice facilities, parking lots and structures, garages, restaurants, parks, concession facilities, entertainment facilities, facilities for the display or sale of memorabilia, transportation facilities, and other functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures. (8) “Home stadium" means a stadium approved as provided in s. 229.823. (9) “Members-elect" means those members of the governing body of a municipality or county, at a particular time, who have been duly elected or appointed for a current regular or unexpired term and whose service has not terminated by death, resignation or removal from office. (10) “Municipality" means a city, village or town. (11) “Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county. (12) “Related party" means a corporation or business entity that is owned, controlled or operated by, or under common control with, a professional football team.History:  1999 a. 167; 2001 a. 38.
WI Stat § 229.823 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 229 - Public institutions.|229.823 - Jurisdiction.

229.823  Jurisdiction. A district's jurisdiction is any county with a population at the date of the district's creation of more than 150,000 that includes the principal site of a stadium that is home to a professional football team, that is a member of a league of professional football teams that have home stadiums in at least 10 states and a collective average attendance for all league members of at least 40,000 persons per game over the 5 years immediately preceding the year in which a district is created, and that is approved by that league for use as a home stadium for that professional football team. Once created, the district's jurisdiction remains fixed even if population or attendance figures subsequently decline below the minimums described in this section.History:  1999 a. 167.