560.185(2)
(2) Advise the department as it promulgates the rules required under
s. 231.35 (7) for the rural hospital loan guarantee program.
560.185(3)
(3) Make recommendations to the department on all of the following:
560.185(3)(a)
(a) Ways to improve the delivery of health care to persons living in rural areas of the state that qualify as eligible practice areas, as defined in
s. 560.183 (1) (ag).
560.185(3)(b)
(b) Ways to help communities evaluate the linkage between rural health facilities and economic development for purposes of determining the value of local support for rural health facilities.
560.185(3)(c)
(c) The coordination of state and federal programs available to assist rural health facilities.
560.185(3)(d)
(d) A rural health initiative for inclusion in the 1991-93 biennial budget that addresses all of the following issues:
560.185(3)(d)1.
1. Stronger coordination and maintenance of rural health services and delivery systems.
560.185(3)(d)2.
2. Development of mechanisms to reduce shortages of health care providers in rural areas.
560.185(3)(d)3.
3. Development of alternative state capital financing mechanisms for rural health facilities and services.
560.185(4)
(4) Perform other advisory functions at the request of the secretary related to rural health development.
560.19
560.19
Hazardous pollution prevention. 560.19(2)
(2) From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (em), the department may contract with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for educational services from the University of Wisconsin-Extension solid and hazardous waste education center. If the department enters into a contract under this subsection, the contract shall provide that the solid and hazardous waste center shall do all of the following:
560.19(2)(a)
(a) Expand its educational program to include business assessment activities that are specified in the contract and that have the following purposes:
560.19(2)(a)1.
1. Determining the full costs of using and producing hazardous substances, toxic pollutants and hazardous waste.
560.19(2)(a)2.
2. Identifying processes that use or produce hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste and the composition of the hazardous substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste.
560.19(2)(b)
(b) Consider all of the following in conducting the business assessment activities under the contract:
560.19(2)(b)1.
1. The need for a hazardous pollution prevention assessment and a program participant's willingness to participate in an assessment.
560.19(2)(b)2.
2. The technical and financial ability of a program participant to implement hazardous pollution prevention.
560.19(2)(b)3.
3. The potential for others to use the information gained from a hazardous pollution prevention assessment.
560.19(3)
(3) The department shall do all of the following:
560.19(3)(a)
(a) In coordination with the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30), the department of natural resources and the council, conduct an education, environmental management and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention among businesses in the state.
560.19(4)
(4) The council shall do all of the following:
560.19(4)(a)
(a) Monitor and make recommendations to the department and other state agencies on hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
560.19(4)(b)
(b) Advise the department and other state agencies on the promotion of hazardous pollution prevention.
560.19(4)(c)
(c) Recommend educational priorities to the University of Wisconsin-Extension for the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30).
560.19(4)(d)
(d) With the assistance of the department, the department of natural resources and the hazardous pollution prevention program under
s. 36.25 (30), prepare and submit to the governor and to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2), by February 15 of each odd-numbered year, a report on all of the following:
560.19(4)(d)3.
3. The activities of the department under this section.
560.19(4)(d)4.
4. Other hazardous pollution prevention activities in this state.
560.20
560.20
Business development initiative. 560.20(1)(b)
(b) "Equity investment" means the purchase of common or preferred capital stock or the purchase of an option or other right to acquire common or preferred capital stock.
560.20(1)(c)
(c) "For-profit business" means any organization or enterprise operated on a for-profit or cooperative basis, including but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm, business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation, cooperative or association.
560.20(1)(cf)
(cf) "Management assistance" means engineering and legal services and professional assistance in establishing or improving management systems, policies or procedures in such management concerns as financial planning, personnel, inventory control, production planning, purchasing, bookkeeping, record keeping and marketing.
560.20(1)(d)
(d) "Nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.02 (8), and any organization described in section
501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code that is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the internal revenue code.
560.20(1)(e)
(e) "Person with severe disabilities" means an individual who is eligible for one or more programs or services under
ch. 47 because he or she is a severely handicapped person, as defined in
s. 47.01 (4).
560.20(1)(f)
(f) "Small business" means a for-profit business having fewer than 25 full-time employes.
560.20(1)(g)
(g) "Technical assistance" includes all of the following:
560.20(1)(g)1.
1. Preparation of preliminary feasibility studies, feasibility studies or business and financial plans.
560.20(1)(g)3.
3. Engineering studies, appraisals or marketing assistance.
560.20(1m)
(1m) Employment opportunities. The department shall develop a program consisting of technical assistance, grants and loans, as described in
subs. (2) and
(3), for the purpose of assisting the expansion and creation of for-profit businesses that are expected to provide employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities.
560.20(2)
(2) Technical assistance; grants and services. 560.20(2)(a)(a) The department may provide technical assistance to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization. In addition to or in lieu of the technical assistance provided by the department, the department may make a grant to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization from the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (en) to partially fund technical assistance provided to the individual, small business or nonprofit organization. Technical assistance or a grant for technical assistance provided under this paragraph shall be for the purpose of developing and planning, at the preliminary stages, the start-up or expansion of a for-profit business that is or will be located in this state.
560.20(2)(b)
(b) In deciding whether to provide technical assistance or make a grant under
par. (a), or both, the department shall consider all of the following:
560.20(2)(b)1.
1. The likelihood that the for-profit business will actually be profitable.
560.20(2)(b)2.
2. The extent to which the expansion or creation of the for-profit business will increase employment in this state.
560.20(2)(b)3.
3. The extent to which the expansion or creation of the for-profit business is expected to create employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities, particularly persons with severe disabilities who are minority group members.
560.20(2)(c)
(c) The amount of each grant awarded under
par. (a) may not exceed $15,000. As a condition of receiving a grant, the individual, small business or nonprofit organization shall provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least 25% of the amount of the grant. The department may allow the individual, small business or nonprofit organization to satisfy the matching fund requirement by contributing, or having another person contribute on its behalf, services toward the technical assistance that have a value, as determined by the department, equal to at least 25% of the amount of the grant.
560.20(2)(d)
(d) The department shall do all of the following:
560.20(2)(d)1.
1. Develop an application form to be used by individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations seeking technical assistance and grants under
par. (a) and furnish the application upon request.
560.20(2)(d)2.
2. Award grants under
par. (a) on a competitive basis after evaluating applications received by the department for technical assistance and grants under
par. (a).
560.20(3)
(3) Management assistance; loans and grants. 560.20(3)(a)(a) The department may award funds appropriated under
s. 20.143 (1) (en) and
(in) to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization for use in connection with the start-up or expansion of a for-profit business if all of the following apply:
560.20(3)(a)1.
1. The department provided technical assistance or a grant for technical assistance under
sub. (2) for developing and planning the start-up or expansion of the for-profit business.
560.20(3)(a)2.
2. The for-profit business is or will be at least 51% owned by a handicapped person, as defined in
s. 47.01 (3), or by a nonprofit organization that provides services to handicapped persons, as defined in
s. 47.01 (3).
560.20(3)(b)
(b) If the department awards funds under this subsection to an individual, small business or nonprofit organization, up to 20% of the award, or $5,000, whichever is less, may be a grant and the balance shall be a loan.
560.20(3)(c)
(c) An individual, small business or nonprofit organization that receives an award of funds under this subsection may use loan proceeds only for working capital or fixed-asset financing, and may use grant proceeds, if any, only for management assistance.
560.20(3)(d)
(d) The department may not award under this subsection funds that exceed $30,000 in a fiscal biennium to any single individual, small business or nonprofit organization. As a condition of receiving an award under this subsection, an individual, small business or nonprofit organization shall provide matching funds that are at least equal to the amount of the award.
560.20(3)(e)
(e) In deciding whether to make an award under this subsection, the department shall consider all of the following:
560.20(3)(e)1.
1. The likelihood that the for-profit business will actually be profitable.
560.20(3)(e)2.
2. The extent to which the expansion or creation of the for-profit business will increase employment in this state.
560.20(3)(e)3.
3. The extent to which the expansion or creation of the for-profit business is expected to create employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities, particularly persons with severe disabilities who are minority group members.
560.20(3)(e)4.
4. The extent to which the award is necessary for the successful completion of the start-up or expansion of the for-profit business because funding is unavailable in traditional capital markets, or because credit has been offered on terms that would preclude the success of the for-profit business.
560.20(3)(f)
(f) The department shall do all of the following:
560.20(3)(f)1.
1. Develop an application form to be used by individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations seeking an award under this subsection and furnish the application upon request.
560.20(3)(f)2.
2. Before awarding a loan under this subsection, determine the terms for repayment of the principal amount of the loan.
560.20(3)(f)3.
3. Before awarding the loan, establish all other terms and conditions of the loan after considering the circumstances of the individual, small business or nonprofit organization.
560.20(3)(f)4.
4. Deposit in the appropriation account under
s. 20.143 (1) (in) all interest and principal received in repayment of loans under this subsection, any proceeds from equity investments made by the community development finance company under s.
234.965, 1991 stats., that are received by the department or the community development finance company and any unencumbered grant funds returned to the department under
1993 Wisconsin Act 437, section 9115 (1t).
560.20(3)(g)
(g) The department, in agreement with the for-profit business, may convert any equity investments made by the community development finance company in a for-profit business under s.
234.965, 1991 stats., to a grant or a loan under this subsection without regard to the requirements under
par. (b).
560.20(3)(h)
(h) The community development finance company shall transfer to the department any proceeds that the company receives from equity investments made by the community development finance company under s.
234.965, 1991 stats.
PERMIT INFORMATION AND REGULATORY ASSISTANCE BUREAU
560.41
560.41
Definitions. In this subchapter:
560.41(1)
(1) "Bureau" means the permit information and regulatory assistance bureau in the department.
560.41(2)
(2) "Permit" means any approval of a regulatory agency required as a condition of operating a business in this state.
