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.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 229 - Public institutions.
229.11 - First class city museums.
229.12 - Board of trustees, composition.
229.13 - Board of trustees; annual meeting and general functions.
229.14 - Director and employees; curators.
229.15 - Museum funds; expenditures.
229.16 - Donations and miscellaneous receipts.
229.17 - Site, buildings and equipment.
229.18 - Accountability; reports.
229.19 - Applicability of sections 229.11 to 229.18.
229.21 - First class city auditoriums and music halls.
229.23 - Property and finance.
229.40 - Legislative declaration.
229.42 - Creation and organization.
229.435 - Certification of board members.
229.44 - Powers of a district.
229.45 - Powers granted to sponsoring municipality.
229.46 - Certain contracting requirements.
229.461 - Development agreement, non-relocation agreement, lease.
229.477 - Dissolution of a district.
229.50 - Special debt service reserve funds.
229.52 - Bonds not public debt.
229.54 - Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities.
229.56 - Funding and refunding bonds.
229.57 - Budgets; rates and charges; audit.
229.64 - Legislative declaration.
229.66 - Creation and organization.
229.68 - Powers of a district.
229.685 - Special fund tax revenues.
229.69 - Powers granted to a city or a county in a district.
229.70 - Minority contracting goals; disabled veteran-owned business contracting goals.
229.71 - Dissolution of a district.
229.72 - Issuance and negotiability of bonds.
229.74 - Special debt service reserve funds.
229.75 - Bonds not public debt.
229.79 - Budgets; rates and charges; audit.
229.81 - Assistance by state agencies.
229.820 - Legislative declaration.
229.822 - Creation and organization.
229.824 - Powers of a district.
229.8245 - Limitations on district.
229.825 - Special fund tax revenues.
229.8257 - Football stadium facility maintenance and operating cost fund.
229.826 - Powers granted to a municipality or county.
229.8273 - Minority, disabled veteran, and women contracting.
229.828 - Dissolution of a district.
229.829 - Issuance and negotiability of bonds.
229.830 - Special debt service reserve funds for moral obligation pledge.
229.831 - Bonds not public debt.
229.834 - Budgets; rates and charges; audit.
229.840 - Legislative declaration.
229.842 - Creation and organization.
229.844 - Powers of a district.
229.845 - Minority contracting goals; disabled veteran-owned business contracting goals.
229.846 - Powers granted to a sponsoring city.
229.847 - Dissolution of a district.
229.848 - Transfers; transfer agreements.
229.849 - District bonds and debt not public debt.
229.850 - Special fund for payment of principal and interest costs on certain bonds.