AB100-engrossed,1986,2120
560.17
(3) (b) The business, together with any affiliate, subsidiary or parent
21entity, has fewer than
25 50 employes.
AB100-engrossed,1986,2423
560.17
(3) (e) The proceeds of the grant
or loan will be used by the business as
24provided in sub. (5).
AB100-engrossed,1987,2
1560.17
(4) (intro.) Before awarding a grant
or loan under sub. (3), the board
2shall consider all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1987,54
560.17
(4) (c) The number of new jobs created by the business in relation to the
5amount of the grant
or loan.
AB100-engrossed,1987,97
560.17
(4) (cm) In relation to the amount of the grant, the number of existing
8jobs that will be retained by the business if the grant is awarded and that likely would
9not be retained if the grant is not awarded.
AB100-engrossed,1987,1211
560.17
(4) (f) Whether the business would be able to start or expand its
12operations without a grant
or loan.
AB100-engrossed,1987,1814
560.17
(4m) Of the total amount awarded in grants in a fiscal biennium under
15sub. (3), the board shall award not less than 25% and not more than 50% for purposes
16related to an agricultural business. The board shall give priority under this
17subsection for grants that will be used for purposes related to a dairy farm, as defined
18in s. 97.22 (1) (a).
AB100-engrossed,1987,2120
560.17
(5) (intro.) A business shall use the proceeds of a grant
or loan under
21sub. (3) to pay for any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1988,223
560.17
(5c) (a)
Subject to par. (b), the board may award a grant under this
24subsection to a person or business proposing to start up, modernize or expand in this
1state a dairy farm, as defined in s. 97.22 (1) (a), or other agricultural business if all
2of the following apply:
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1. The dairy farm or other agricultural business is or will be owned by the
4person or business.
AB100-engrossed,1988,55
2. The amount of the grant does not exceed $15,000.
AB100-engrossed,1988,106
3. The grant proceeds will be used to pay for services related to the start-up,
7modernization or expansion of the dairy farm or other agricultural business, or for
8management assistance, as defined in s. 560.20 (1) (cf), continuing after the
9completion of the start-up, modernization or expansion of the dairy farm or other
10agricultural business.
AB100-engrossed,1988,1211
4. The grant is likely to result in the start-up, modernization or expansion of
12the dairy farm or other agricultural business.
AB100-engrossed,1988,1413
(b) The total amount of grants awarded under this subsection in any fiscal year
14may not exceed $200,000.
AB100-engrossed,1988,1816
560.17
(5m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par.
(c) (cm), the board may award a
grant
17or loan under this subsection that does not exceed
$25,000 $100,000 to a business if
18all of the following apply:
AB100-engrossed,1988,2120
560.17
(5m) (a) 1. The business, together with any affiliate, subsidiary or
21parent entity, has fewer than
25 50 employes.
AB100-engrossed,1988,2523
560.17
(5m) (a) 4. The business
received a grant or loan under sub. (3) and with
24the proceeds successfully
demonstrated its demonstrates the feasibility
of the
25project.
AB100-engrossed,1989,32
560.17
(5m) (b) (intro.) A business shall use the proceeds of a
grant or loan
3under this subsection for any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1989,85
560.17
(5m) (bm) If a business receives a
grant or loan under this subsection
6for the purpose specified in par. (b) 3., the department shall ensure that an employe
7of the business has the option of accepting or declining any relocation assistance that
8is available as a result of the
grant or loan.
AB100-engrossed,1989,1511
560.17
(5m) (cm) Of the total amount awarded in grants and loans in a fiscal
12biennium under this subsection, the board shall award not less than 25% and not
13more than 50% for purposes related to an agricultural business. The board shall give
14priority under this paragraph for grants or loans that will be used for purposes
15related to a dairy farm, as defined in 97.22 (1) (a).
AB100-engrossed,1989,1917
560.17
(6m) In order to receive a grant or loan under this section a person or
18business shall contribute cash, from a source other than the state, in an amount that
19equals at least 25% of the total cost of the project.
AB100-engrossed,1989,2221
560.17
(6r) The board shall give priority for grants or loans under this section
22for projects related to brownfields redevelopment.
AB100-engrossed,1990,324
560.17
(7) (a)
The Except as provided in par. (am), the department shall
25designate staff to evaluate applications for grants or loans and assist the board under
1this section. The board shall act on an application for a grant or loan at its next
2regularly scheduled meeting after the department determines that the application
3is complete.
AB100-engrossed,1990,85
560.17
(7) (am) The department of commerce and the department of
6agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall designate staff to evaluate
7applications for grants or loans for purposes related to agricultural businesses and
8to make recommendations and assist the board with respect to those applications.
AB100-engrossed,1990,16
10560.18 Forestry education grant program. (1) From the appropriation
11under s. 20.143 (1) (t), the department may award grants to nonprofit organizations,
12as defined in s. 560.20 (1) (d), to develop forestry educational programs and
13instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award
14a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant
15recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of
16Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.
AB100-engrossed,1990,21
17(2) The recipient of a grant under sub. (1) shall submit the programs and
18materials developed with the funds to the department and the director of the timber
19management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of
20Natural Resources for approval. Upon request, the grant recipient shall provide
21approved programs and materials to school districts free of charge.
AB100-engrossed,1990,2524
560.183
(1) (ac) "Clinic hours" means hours spent working with patients in a
25clinic.
AB100-engrossed,1991,52
560.183
(1) (ag) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area,
3an obstetric shortage area, a psychiatric a mental health shortage area,
a state or
4federal prison, an area health education center program established under 42 USC
5295g-1, an American Indian reservation or trust lands of an American Indian tribe.
AB100-engrossed,1991,97
560.183
(1) (aj) "Health professional shortage area" means an area that is
8designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR
9part 5, appendix A, as having a shortage of medical care professionals.
AB100-engrossed,1991,1412
560.183
(1) (b) "Physician"
has the meaning given in means a physician, as
13defined in s. 448.01 (5)
, who specializes in family practice, general internal medicine,
14general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or psychiatry.
AB100-engrossed,1991,2217
560.183
(1) (cm) "Primary care shortage area" means
a shortage area
18established under sub. (7), in which the ratio of the population to the number of
19physicians who provide primary care is more than 2,500 to one, or an area that is in
20a primary care health professional shortage area as determined by the federal
21department of health and human services under
42 CFR part 5, appendix A
,
22excluding a state or federal prison.
AB100-engrossed, s. 4412
23Section
4412. 560.183 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 560.183 (1) (ap)
24and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1992,4
1560.183
(1) (ap) "
Psychiatric Mental health shortage area" means an area that
2is designated by the federal department of health and human services under
42 CFR
3part 5, appendix C, as having a shortage of psychiatric
manpower professionals,
4excluding a state or federal prison and a state or county mental hospital.
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560.183
(3) (a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the
7physician. In the agreement, the physician shall agree to practice
at least 32 clinic
8hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state
9primarily in an eligible practice area, except that a physician specializing
in
10obstetrics may only agree to practice obstetrics in an obstetric shortage area and a
11physician specializing in psychiatry may only agree to practice psychiatry in a
12psychiatric mental health shortage area
and a physician in the expanded loan
13assistance program under sub. (9) may only agree to practice at a public or private
14nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area. The physician shall also
15agree to care for patients who are insured or for whom health benefits are payable
16under medicare, medical assistance or any other governmental program.
AB100-engrossed,1992,2018
560.183
(3) (b) The agreement shall specify that the responsibility of the
19department to make the payments under the agreement is subject to the availability
20of funds in the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm).
AB100-engrossed,1992,2422
560.183
(4) (a)
Ten percent Up to 40% of the principal of the loan or
$5,000 23$20,000, whichever is less, during the first year of
practice participation in the
24program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1993,3
1560.183
(4) (b)
An Up to an additional
12.5% 40% of the principal of the loan
2or
$6,250 $20,000, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of
practice participation in
3the program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1993,75
560.183
(4) (c)
An Up to an additional
15% 20% of the principal of the loan or
6$7,500 $10,000, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of
practice participation in the
7program under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1993,1311
560.183
(5) (a) The obligation of the department to make payments under an
12agreement entered into under sub. (3) (b) is subject to the availability of funds in the
13appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm).
AB100-engrossed,1993,1915
560.183
(5) (b) (intro.) If the cost of repaying the loans of all eligible applicants,
16when added to the cost of loan repayments scheduled under existing agreements,
17exceeds the total amount in the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1)
(fe) (f) and (jm),
18the department shall establish priorities among the eligible applicants based upon
19the following considerations:
AB100-engrossed,1993,2321
560.183
(5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for
22medical care in the eligible practice area
or health professional shortage area in
23which the physician desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1994,3
1560.183
(5) (b) 2. The likelihood that a physician will remain in the eligible
2practice area
or health professional shortage area in which he or she desires to
3practice after the loan repayment period.
AB100-engrossed,1994,65
560.183
(5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area
or health
6professional shortage area in which a physician desires to practice.
AB100-engrossed,1994,118
560.183
(5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for physician recruitment and
9retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the eligible
10practice area
or health professional shortage area in which a physician desires to
11practice.
AB100-engrossed,1994,1613
560.183
(5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the physicians who have
14entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic
15distribution of the eligible practice areas
or health professional shortage areas in
16which the eligible applicants desire to practice.
