Chapter 229, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

229.71 Dissolution of a district. Upon or after the expiration or termination of all lease arrangements between the district and a professional baseball team with respect to the baseball park facilities, and subject to providing for the payment of its bonds, including interest on…

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 financi…

229.74 Special debt service reserve funds. (1) DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS. A district may designate one or more accounts in funds created under s. 66.0621 (4) (e) as special debt service reserve funds, if, prior to each issuance of bonds to be secured by th…

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 doe…

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 power to obt…

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 LOCAL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL STAD…

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 expense…

229.80 Reporting. The district shall provide on an ongoing basis to the department of administration, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the legislative audit bureau project reports relating to all baseball park facilities and all financial reports of the district. History: 2023 …

229.805 Redevelopment report. The district, in consultation with each 1st class city and county within the district’s jurisdiction and the professional baseball team that leases baseball park facilities constructed under this subchapter as its home facilities, shall study the fea…

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 a…

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 stat…

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…

229.822 Creation and organization. (1) There is created, for each jurisdiction under s. 229.823, a special district that is a local governmental unit, that is a body corporate and politic, that is separate and distinct from, and independent of, the state and the political subdivi…

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 foo…

229.824 Powers of a district. A district has all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter. In addition to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a district may do all of the following: (1) Adopt bylaws to govern the d…

229.8245 Limitations on district. (1) The name of a football stadium may not be changed without the written consent of the municipality in which it is located and the professional football team described in s. 229.823. (2) The district may not issue bonds under s. 229.824 (8) unl…

229.825 Special fund tax revenues. (1) The district board shall maintain a special fund into which it deposits all of 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 the purpos…

229.8257 Football stadium facility maintenance and operating cost fund. (1) The district board shall establish a fund into which it deposits all of the revenue received from the department of revenue, that is derived from the revenue from engraved brick or tile sales under s. 229…

229.826 Powers granted to a municipality or county. In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a county or municipality located wholly or partly within a district’s jurisdiction may do any of the following: (1) Make grants or loans to a district upon terms that the cou…

229.827 Contracting. (1) Unless a district board determines that it is not feasible to do so, the district shall enter into a contract with a professional football team, as described in s. 229.823, or a related party, that requires the team or related party to acquire, construct …

229.8273 Minority, disabled veteran, and women contracting. (1) In this section: (a) “Contractor” means a professional football team, as described under s. 229.823, or a related party, or any other person who enters into a contract for construction or renovation work or professio…

229.828 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 a district board adopts a resolutio…

229.829 Issuance and negotiability of bonds. (1) 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 financi…

229.830 Special debt service reserve funds for moral obligation pledge. (1) DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS. A district may designate one or more accounts in funds created under s. 66.0621 (4) (e) as special debt service reserve funds, if, prior to each issuance…

229.831 Bonds not public debt. (1) The state and the county and municipalities located wholly or partly within the district’s jurisdiction are not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state or the county or any municipality located wholly or partly within the distr…

229.832 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 …

229.833 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…

229.834 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 expens…

229.840 Legislative declaration. (1) The legislature determines that this subchapter serves a statewide public purpose by assisting the development of cultural arts facilities in the state, which provide educational and recreational opportunities for Wisconsin residents, by enhan…

229.841 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 …

229.842 Creation and organization. (1) A sponsoring city may create a special purpose district that is a local governmental unit, that is a body corporate and politic, that is separate and distinct from, and independent of, the state and the sponsoring city, that has the powers u…

229.843 Jurisdiction. (1) Except as provided under s. 229.844 (4) (c), a district’s jurisdiction shall be the boundaries of the sponsoring city. (2) A district’s jurisdiction and powers remain in effect even if the sponsoring city, after the creation of the district, is no longer…

229.844 Powers of a district. A district has all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter. In addition to all other powers granted by this subchapter, a district may do all of the following: (1) Adopt bylaws to govern the d…

229.845 Minority contracting goals; disabled veteranowned business contracting goals. (1) In this section: (ag) “Disabled veteran-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3). (am) “Minority business” has the meaning given in …

229.846 Powers granted to a sponsoring city. In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a sponsoring city may do any of the following: (1) Make grants, gifts or loans of any kind of property, or provide any other form of assistance, to a district upon terms that the sp…

229.847 Dissolution of a district. Subject to providing for the payment of its bonds or other debts that it has incurred, including interest on the bonds or other debts, and the performance of its other contractual obligations, a district may be dissolved by one of the following …

229.848 Transfers; transfer agreements. (1) If a district is dissolved under s. 229.847, the property of the district shall be transferred either to the sponsoring city or to an entity described either in section 170 (c) (1) or in both sections 170 (c) (2) and 501 (c) (3) of the …

229.849 District bonds and debt not public debt. (1) Neither the state nor the sponsoring city is liable on bonds or other debt of the district and the bonds and other debt of the district are not a debt of the state or the sponsoring city. All bonds and other debt of the distric…

229.850 Special fund for payment of principal and interest costs on certain bonds. The district may maintain a special fund into which it deposits any income or property of the district that is used for the payment of principal and interest costs of bonds issued by the district o…

229.851 State pledge. The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any bond issued by the district or other debt incurred by the district, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the district, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the…

229.852 Pledge of revenues. A district may pledge the revenues derived, or to be derived, from any cultural arts facility for any of the following purposes: (1) The payment of administrative costs and expenses of the district. (2) The payment of the principal of, the premium on, …

229.853 Trust funds. All moneys received by the district under this subchapter, whether as proceeds from the issuance of bonds or the incurrence of other debt or as revenues, shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subchapter. Any o…

229.854 Sponsoring city employment regulations. Any ordinance of a sponsoring city that regulates employment relations or practices of all private employers, generally, shall apply to employees of the district, unless the sponsoring city’s common council excludes the application …