229.41 Definitions. - Wisconsin Statutes

229.41

SUBCHAPTER II
LOCAL EXPOSITION DISTRICTS
229.41 Definitions. In this subchapter:

229.41(2)

(2) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a district.

229.41(3)

(3) "Bond" means any bond, note or other obligation of a district issued under this subchapter.

229.41(3m)

(3m) "Bond resolution" means a resolution of the board of directors 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.

229.41(4)

(4) "Chief executive officer" means, as to a sponsoring municipality, the mayor or city manager of a city, the village president of a village 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.

229.41(4m)

(4m) "District" means a special purpose district created under this subchapter.

229.41(5)

(5) "Enabling resolution" means a resolution, or an amendment of a resolution, adopted by the governing body of a sponsoring municipality and signed by the chief executive officer to create a district.

229.41(6)

(6) "Exposition center" means one or more related structures, including fixtures and equipment, owned, operated or leased by a district and used primarily for conventions, expositions, trade shows, musical or dramatic events or other events involving educational, cultural or commercial activities, and not primarily for recreational or sporting activities.

229.41(7)

(7) "Exposition center facilities" means land or structures, including fixtures and equipment, owned, operated or leased by a district that are used primarily to support the activities of an exposition center, and are functionally related to the exposition center, such as offices, parking lots and garages, storage or loading facilities, access ways, transportation facilities, restaurants and stores.

229.41(8)

(8) "Exposition center site" means land owned, operated or leased by a district upon which an exposition center or exposition center facilities exist or may be constructed.

229.41(9)

(9) "Private sector entity" means an entity that is not a public sector entity.

229.41(10)

(10) "Public sector entity" means this state, a city, village, town or county or a quasi-governmental entity.

229.41(11)

(11) "Sponsoring municipality" means any city, village, town or county that creates a district either separately or in combination with another city, village, town or county.

229.41(12)

(12) "Transfer agreement" means the contract between a district and a sponsoring municipality that provides the terms and conditions upon which the ownership and operation of an exposition center and exposition center facilities are transferred from a sponsoring municipality to the district.

229.41 - ANNOT.

History: 1993 a. 263.