{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-229.846","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 229.846","heading":"Powers granted to a sponsoring city.","body":"In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a sponsoring city may do any of the following:\n(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.\n(2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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).\n(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).","path":["Chs. 228-229, Populous Counties and Cities","Chapter 229 Public Institutions","SUBCHAPTER V LOCAL CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/229.846","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:09Z","sha256":"789c1f11bb1616b4a1bb68f292c696414b9e62984f5d0ce53c37f76ca8cf5d0d","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-229.845","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-229.847"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}