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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
March 12, 2014 - Introduced by Representatives Mason, Weatherston, Kerkman
and Ohnstad, cosponsored by Senators Wirch,
Lehman and Schultz. Referred
to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB867,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 77.707 (1) and 229.67; and
to create 77.707
2(1) (b) and 229.67 (2) of the statutes;
relating to: prohibiting the inclusion of
3Racine County in the jurisdiction of a local professional baseball park district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the jurisdiction of a local professional baseball park district
is any county with a population of more than 600,000 and all counties that are
contiguous to that county. Under this bill, beginning on the bill's effective date,
Racine County may not be included in the jurisdiction of a local professional baseball
park district.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB867,1
4Section
1. 77.707 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 77.707 (1) (a) and amended
5to read:
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77.707
(1) (a)
Retailers Except as provided in par. (b), retailers and the
7department of revenue may not collect a tax under s. 77.705 for any local professional
1baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 after the last day of the
2calendar quarter that is at least 120 days from the date on which the local
3professional baseball park district board makes a certification to the department of
4revenue under s. 229.685 (2), except that the department of revenue may collect from
5retailers taxes that accrued before the day after the last day of that calendar quarter
6and fees, interest and penalties that relate to those taxes.
AB867,2
7Section
2. 77.707 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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77.707
(1) (b) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax
9under s. 77.705 in Racine County after the day specified under s. 229.67 (2), except
10that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that accrued before
11the day after that date and fees, interest, and penalties that relate to those taxes.
AB867,3
12Section
3. 229.67 of the statutes is renumbered 229.67 (1) and amended to
13read:
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229.67
(1) A district's jurisdiction is any county with a population of more than
15600,000 and
, except as provided in sub. (2), all counties that are contiguous to that
16county and that are not already included in a different district.
Once Except as
17provided in sub. (2), once created, a district's jurisdiction is fixed even if the
18population of other counties within the district subsequently exceeds 600,000.
Once 19Except as provided in sub. (2), once a county is included in a district's jurisdiction the
20county remains in the district until the district is dissolved under s. 229.71. In this
21section, "contiguous" includes a county that touches another county only at a corner.
AB867,4
22Section
4. 229.67 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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229.67
(2) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts
24date], Racine County may not be included in a district's jurisdiction.
AB867,5
25Section
5.
Effective date.
AB867,3,2
1(1)
This act takes effect on June 1, 2014, or the day after publication, whichever
2is later.
