27,4477
Section 4477
. 560.44 of the statutes is created to read:
560.44 Responsibilities related to brownfields redevelopment projects. (1) Ombudsman. The center shall act as an ombudsman for brownfields redevelopment projects. As ombudsman, the center shall do all of the following:
(a) Promote brownfields redevelopment projects and related educational efforts.
(b) Coordinate interagency activities and responsibilities related to brownfields redevelopment projects.
(c) Coordinate, with the department of workforce development, training programs or activities for unemployed persons who reside in the vicinity of a brownfields redevelopment project.
(2) Administration of brownfields grant program. The center shall assist in administering the grant program under s. 560.13.
27,4478
Section 4478
. 560.60 (1v) of the statutes is created to read:
560.60 (1v) “Brownfields" means abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial facilities, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected by actual or perceived environmental contamination.
27,4479
Section 4479
. 560.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.60 (3) “Consortium" means an association of a business and a higher educational institution, or an association of a business and the Great Lakes composites consortium, which association is subject to an agreement complying with this subchapter.
27,4480
Section 4480
. 560.60 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.60 (4) “Eligible recipient" means a governing body or a person who is eligible to receive a grant under s. 560.615, a grant or loan under s. 560.62, a grant or loan under s. 560.63 or a grant or loan under s. 560.65.
27,4481
Section 4481
. 560.60 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.60 (10) “Job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position providing full-time equivalent employment for one individual for one year, beginning after a project is completed in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays. “Job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.
27,4482
Section 4482
. 560.605 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
560.605 (1) (e) 1. Except as provided under subd.
2. 3. and s. 560.68 (6), not less than 25% of the cost of the project.
27,4483
Section 4483
. 560.605 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
27,4483m
Section 4483m. 560.605 (1) (e) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
560.605 (1) (e) 3. For grants under s. 560.615, not less than 50% of the cost of the management assessment and plan.
27,4485
Section 4485
. 560.605 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.605 (1) (f) The project meets all criteria set forth in s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is appropriate.
27,4486
Section 4486
. 560.605 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.605 (1) (g) Funds from the grant or loan under ss. s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625, 560.63, 560.65 and or 560.66 will not be used to pay overhead costs, except as provided in s. 560.65 (1m) (b), or to replace funds from any other source.
27,4487
Section 4487
. 560.605 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.605 (2) (intro.) The board shall consider all of the following before awarding a grant or loan to an eligible recipient for a project under ss. s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625, 560.63 or 560.66:
27,4488
Section 4488
. 560.605 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.605 (2m) (intro.) When considering whether a project under ss. s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625, 560.63 or 560.66 will be located in a targeted area, the board shall consider all of the following:
27,4489
Section 4489
. 560.605 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
560.605 (6) The board shall give priority for grants or loans under this section for projects related to brownfields redevelopment.
27,4490
Section 4490
. 560.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.61 (1) Make a grant or loan to an eligible recipient for a project that meets the criteria for funding under s. 560.605 (1) and (2) and under s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is appropriate, from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c), (cb), (ie), (s) and (sm).
27,4491
Section 4491
. 560.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.61 (3) Make a loan grant under s. 560.16 from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie) if the board determines that the loan grant meets the requirements of s. 560.16.
27,4492c
Section 4492c. 560.615 of the statutes is created to read:
560.615 Manufacturing assessment grants. (1) The board may award a grant not exceeding $2,500 under s. 560.61 to a business operating for profit, with 500 or fewer employes, including employes of any subsidiary or affiliated organization, to fund a management assessment and plan if all of the following apply:
(a) The manufacturing assessment and plan are likely to assist the business in adopting and implementing readily available and reasonably standardized new manufacturing processes and technologies.
(b) The manufacturing assessment and plan are likely to help make the business more competitive.
(c) The business commits to adopting and implementing the manufacturing and technological changes recommended as a result of the manufacturing assessment and plan.
(2) The total amount of grants made under this section may not exceed $750,000 in a fiscal biennium.
27,4493
Section 4493
. 560.62 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.62 (1) (b) A technology development loan to a business to provide working capital or fixed asset financing for the development of the infrastructure of the business or for the initial commercialization of the
a new industrial product or process if the business received a technology development grant or loan under par. (a) and if the research that was funded by the grant or loan under par. (a) resulted in the successful development of a new, or the improvement of an existing, industrial product or process. A business that receives a loan under this paragraph may use the proceeds only to pay costs related to the production, marketing or sales of the a new or improved industrial product or process.
27,4494
Section 4494
. 560.62 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4495
Section 4495
. 560.625 of the statutes is repealed.
27,4496
Section 4496
. 560.63 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.63 (1) The board may award a grant or loan under s. 560.61 to a business to fund a labor training program that provides state residents with job training in new technology, industrial skills or manufacturing processes or that are new to the business and in which advances have been made, as determined by the board, or with job training in other employment-related skills or techniques in which advances have been made, as determined by the board, in order to meet the staffing needs of a
the business,. The board may not award a grant or loan to fund a labor training program if the training is not available fairly readily available, in the board's determination, through existing federal, state or local resources except as provided in sub. (4).
27,4497
Section 4497
. 560.63 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.63 (4) The contribution required under s. 560.605 (1) (e) 2. may consist of funding or of in-kind contributions. Not more than 20% of the contribution of a business may consist of funding which the business receives under the federal job training partnership act, 29 USC 1501 to 1781.
27,4497d
Section 4497d. 560.65 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4498
Section 4498
. 560.66 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.66 (1) (intro.) The board may award grants and loans under s. 560.61 to eligible recipients for any project that is not eligible for a grant or loan under ss.
s. 560.615, 560.62, 560.625 or 560.63, if the board determines that the project is a major economic development project and considers all of the following:
27,4499
Section 4499
. 560.68 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
560.68 (3) The department may charge a grant or loan recipient an origination fee of up to 1.5% of the grant or loan amount if the grant or loan exceeds $200,000 and is awarded under s. 560.63 or 560.66. The department shall deposit all origination fees collected under this subsection in the appropriation account under s. 20.143 (1) (gm).
27,4499e
Section 4499e. 560.68 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
560.68 (8) At least 10 days before a grant or loan awarded under this subchapter is presented to the eligible recipient of the grant or loan, the department shall notify the senator for the senate district, and the representative to the assembly for the assembly district, in which the eligible recipient is located of the date, time and location of the presentation of the grant or loan.
27,4500
Section 4500
. 560.70 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
560.70 (2m) “Full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least 150% of the federal minimum wage and benefits that are not required by federal or state law. “Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.
27,4501
Section 4501
. 560.70 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.70 (6) “Target population" means persons who are members of targeted groups for the purposes of the credit under ss. 71.07 (2dj) (2dx), 71.28 (1dj) (1dx) and 71.47 (1dj) (1dx).
27,4502
Section 4502
. 560.70 (7) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
560.70 (7) “Tax benefits" means the development zones credit under ss. 71.07 (2dx), 71.28 (1dx) and 71.47 (1dx).
27,4503
Section 4503
. 560.71 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.71 (1m) (d) The number of full-time jobs that are likely to be created or retained in the area as a result of its designation as a development zone.
27,4504
Section 4504
. 560.71 (1m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.71 (1m) (e) The number of full-time jobs that are likely to be available to the target population as a result of the designation of the area as a development zone.
27,4504j
Section 4504j. 560.71 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.71 (3) (a) Determine the number of development zones designated under sub. (1) but may not designate more than 18 22 development zones over the life of the program.
27,4505
Section 4505
. 560.72 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.72 (2) (h) An assessment of the effect of making the area a development zone on full-time jobs available to the targeted population.
27,4506
Section 4506
. 560.73 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.73 (1) (e) The effect of making the area a development zone on full-time jobs available to the targeted population.
27,4507
Section 4507
. 560.735 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:
560.735 (6r) Subject to the population limit under sub. (6m), if an area that is nominated or designated as a development zone is comprised of one or more entire counties and a city, village or town is partially located in the area and partially located outside of the area, the entire city, village or town shall be part of the nominated or designated area.
27,4508
Section 4508
. 560.745 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.745 (1) (b) The local governing body may apply to the department for up to 3 5 12-month extensions of the designation. The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for approving an extension of a designation of an area as a development zone under this subsection.
27,4509
Section 4509
. 560.745 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.745 (2) (a) When the department designates a development zone under s. 560.71, it shall establish a limit for tax benefits for the development zone determined by allocating to the development zone a portion of $28,155,000 $33,155,000.
27,4510
Section 4510
. 560.745 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.745 (2) (am) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may increase the established limit for tax benefits for a development zone that was designated before April 25, 1996, by no more than $500,000.
27,4511
Section 4511
. 560.745 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
560.745 (2) (c) 1. Ninety days after the day on which the department determines that the foregone tax revenues under par. (b) will equal or exceed the limit for the development zone established under par. (a) or (am).
27,4512
Section 4512
. 560.75 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.75 (8) Verify Annually verify information submitted to the department under ss. s. 71.07 (2di) (d) 2., (2dj) (e) 3., (2dL) (f) and (2ds) (d) 2. (2dx), 71.28 (1di) (d) 2., (1dj) (e) 3., (1dL) (f), (1ds) (d) 2. and (4) (am) and (1dx) or 71.47 (1di) (d) 2., (1dj) (e) 3., (1dL) (f), (1ds) (d) 2. and (4) (am) (1dx).
27,4513
Section 4513
. 560.75 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4514
Section 4514
. 560.765 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.765 (3) (c) The number of full-time jobs that will be created, retained or substantially upgraded as a result of the person's economic activity in relation to the amount of tax benefits estimated for the person under sub. (4).
27,4515
Section 4515
. 560.765 (3) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
27,4516
Section
4516. 560.765 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.765 (5) (e) The estimated number of full-time jobs that will be created, retained or significantly upgraded in the development zone because of the person's business.
27,4517
Section 4517
. 560.765 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
