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 sponsoring city considers appropriate.
(2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district.
(3) Borrow money under ss. 67.04 and 67.12 (12) for cultural arts facilities or to fund grants, loans or subsidies to a district.
(4) Audit the financial records of a district. The sponsoring city may conduct the audit itself or may contract for the audit to be performed by any other person.
(5) Fix and collect a sum to be paid annually, in lieu of property taxes, by the district except that the sum may not exceed the amount that would be levied by the city as a property tax on the property that is exempted under s. 70.11 (40).
(6) If the district's sponsoring city is not a 1st class city, enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that expands or contracts the area within the district's jurisdiction in which the district board may exercise its power of eminent domain, except that a sponsoring city may not remove from that area any property that was included in the resolution under s. 229.842 (1) (c).
History: 1999 a. 65.
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