AB100-engrossed,2005,1612
560.42
(5) (am)
Permit simplification. (intro.) Based on the experience of the
13bureau center in assisting persons and discussions with regulatory agencies, the
14bureau center shall periodically submit a report containing recommendations for the
15legislature, governor, public records board and regulatory agencies concerning all of
16the following:
AB100-engrossed,2005,2118
560.42
(5) (b)
Record of assistance. (intro.) Based on the experiences of the
19bureau center in assisting persons and on reports received under s. 227.116 (4), the
20bureau center shall periodically prepare information for the legislature, governor,
21public records board and regulatory agencies which shall include all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2006,223
560.42
(6) Permit consolidation. In its annual reports submitted under sub.
24(5) (a), the
bureau center shall include its recommendations concerning the
1feasibility and desirability of providing consolidated or multiple permit application
2forms or consolidated hearings on consolidated or multiple permit application forms.
AB100-engrossed,2006,74
560.43
(1) (a) Designate a staff person to coordinate regulatory agency
5cooperation with
bureau center staff, provide information to
bureau center staff on
6the permit process and direct
bureau center staff to appropriate staff within the
7regulatory agency.
AB100-engrossed,2006,119
560.43
(1) (b) Cooperate with
bureau
center staff and respond promptly to
10requests for assistance in expediting and requests for information on the permit
11process under s. 560.42.
AB100-engrossed,2006,1413
560.43
(1) (c) Include material provided by the
bureau center under s. 560.42
14(4) in any public informational material on permits that it provides.
AB100-engrossed,2006,1716
560.43
(1) (g) Provide to the center written notification of a change to a permit,
17along with a copy of the new or revised permit, before the effective date of the change.
AB100-engrossed,2006,2219
560.43
(2) Preapplication meetings. (intro.) Each regulatory agency shall
20provide an opportunity for a preapplication meeting with its staff to any person
21interested in applying for a permit upon request by the person or the
bureau center,
22and shall comply with the following requirements:
AB100-engrossed,2006,2524
560.43
(2) (d) The regulatory agency shall invite participation by
bureau center 25staff in preapplication meetings when appropriate.
AB100-engrossed,2007,4
2560.44 Responsibilities related to brownfields redevelopment
3projects. (1) Ombudsman. The center shall act as an ombudsman for brownfields
4redevelopment projects. As ombudsman, the center shall do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2007,65
(a) Promote brownfields redevelopment projects and related educational
6efforts.
AB100-engrossed,2007,87
(b) Coordinate interagency activities and responsibilities related to
8brownfields redevelopment projects.
AB100-engrossed,2007,119
(c) Coordinate, with the department of workforce development, training
10programs or activities for unemployed persons who reside in the vicinity of a
11brownfields redevelopment project.
AB100-engrossed,2007,13
12(2) Administration of brownfields grant program. The center shall assist in
13administering the grant program under s. 560.13.
AB100-engrossed,2007,1715
560.60
(1v) "Brownfields" means abandoned, idle or underused industrial or
16commercial facilities, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected
17by actual or perceived environmental contamination.
AB100-engrossed,2007,2219
560.60
(3) "Consortium" means an association of a business and a higher
20educational institution
, or an association of a business and the Great Lakes
21composites consortium, which association is subject to an agreement complying with
22this subchapter.
AB100-engrossed,2008,3
1560.60
(4) "Eligible recipient" means a governing body or a person who is
2eligible to receive a grant under s. 560.615, a grant or loan under s. 560.62, a grant
3or loan under s. 560.63 or a grant or loan under s. 560.65.
AB100-engrossed,2008,95
560.60
(10) "Job" means a
regular, nonseasonal full-time position
providing
6full-time equivalent employment for one individual for one year, beginning after a
7project is completed in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required
8to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays. "Job" does
9not include initial training before an employment position begins.
AB100-engrossed,2008,1211
560.605
(1) (e) 1. Except as provided under subd.
2. 3. and s. 560.68 (6), not less
12than 25% of the cost of the project.
AB100-engrossed,2008,1615
560.605
(1) (e) 3. For grants under s. 560.615, not less than 50% of the cost of
16the management assessment and plan.
AB100-engrossed,2008,1918
560.605
(1) (f) The project meets all criteria set forth in s.
560.615, 560.62,
19560.625, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is appropriate.
AB100-engrossed,2008,2321
560.605
(1) (g) Funds from the grant or loan under
ss. s. 560.615, 560.62,
22560.625, 560.63, 560.65
and or 560.66 will not be used to pay overhead costs, except
23as provided in s. 560.65 (1m) (b), or to replace funds from any other source.
AB100-engrossed,2009,3
1560.605
(2) (intro.) The board shall consider all of the following before
2awarding a grant or loan to an eligible recipient for a project under
ss. s. 560.615, 3560.62,
560.625, 560.63 or 560.66:
AB100-engrossed,2009,75
560.605
(2m) (intro.) When considering whether a project under
ss. s. 560.615, 6560.62,
560.625, 560.63 or 560.66 will be located in a targeted area, the board shall
7consider all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2009,109
560.605
(6) The board shall give priority for grants or loans under this section
10for projects related to brownfields redevelopment.
AB100-engrossed,2009,1512
560.61
(1) Make a grant or loan to an eligible recipient for a project that meets
13the criteria for funding under s. 560.605 (1) and (2) and under s.
560.615, 560.62,
14560.625, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is appropriate, from the appropriations
15under s. 20.143 (1) (c), (cb), (ie), (s) and (sm).
AB100-engrossed,2009,1917
560.61
(3) Make a
loan grant under s. 560.16 from the appropriations under
18s. 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie) if the board determines that the
loan grant meets the
19requirements of s. 560.16.
AB100-engrossed,2009,25
21560.615 Manufacturing assessment grants. (1) The board may award a
22grant not exceeding $2,500 under s. 560.61 to a business operating for profit, with
23500 or fewer employes, including employes of any subsidiary or affiliated
24organization, to fund a management assessment and plan if all of the following
25apply:
AB100-engrossed,2010,3
1(a) The manufacturing assessment and plan are likely to assist the business
2in adopting and implementing readily available and reasonably standardized new
3manufacturing processes and technologies.
AB100-engrossed,2010,54
(b) The manufacturing assessment and plan are likely to help make the
5business more competitive.
AB100-engrossed,2010,86
(c) The business commits to adopting and implementing the manufacturing
7and technological changes recommended as a result of the manufacturing
8assessment and plan.
AB100-engrossed,2010,10
9(2) The total amount of grants made under this section may not exceed
10$750,000 in a fiscal biennium.
AB100-engrossed,2010,2012
560.62
(1) (b) A technology development loan to a business to provide working
13capital or fixed asset financing for the development of the infrastructure of the
14business or for the initial commercialization of
the
a new industrial product or
15process
if the business received a technology development grant or loan under par.
16(a) and if the research that was funded by the grant or loan under par. (a) resulted
17in the successful development of a new, or the improvement of an existing, industrial
18product or process. A business that receives a loan under this paragraph may use
19the proceeds only to pay costs related to the production, marketing or sales of
the a 20new or improved
industrial product or process.
AB100-engrossed,2011,824
560.63
(1) The board may award a grant or loan under s. 560.61 to a business
25to fund a labor training program that provides state residents with job training in
1new technology, industrial skills or manufacturing processes
or that are new to the
2business and in which advances have been made, as determined by the board, or with
3job training in other employment-related skills or techniques in which advances
4have been made
, as determined by the board, in order to meet the staffing needs of
5a the business
,. The board may not award a grant or loan to fund a labor training
6program if the training is
not available fairly readily available, in the board's
7determination, through existing federal, state or local resources except as provided
8in sub. (4).
AB100-engrossed,2011,1310
560.63
(4) The contribution required under s. 560.605 (1) (e)
2. may consist of
11funding or of in-kind contributions. Not more than 20% of the contribution of a
12business may consist of funding which the business receives under the federal job
13training partnership act,
29 USC 1501 to
1781.
AB100-engrossed,2011,1916
560.66
(1) (intro.) The board may award grants and loans under s. 560.61 to
17eligible recipients for any project that is not eligible for a grant or loan under
ss. s. 18560.615, 560.62
, 560.625 or 560.63, if the board determines that the project is a major
19economic development project and considers all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2011,2521
560.68
(3) The department may charge a grant or loan recipient an origination
22fee of up to 1.5% of the grant or loan amount if the grant or loan exceeds $200,000
23and is awarded under s. 560.63 or 560.66. The department shall deposit all
24origination fees collected under this subsection in the appropriation account under
25s. 20.143 (1) (gm).
AB100-engrossed,2012,62
560.68
(8) At least 10 days before a grant or loan awarded under this
3subchapter is presented to the eligible recipient of the grant or loan, the department
4shall notify the senator for the senate district, and the representative to the assembly
5for the assembly district, in which the eligible recipient is located of the date, time
6and location of the presentation of the grant or loan.
AB100-engrossed,2012,138
560.70
(2m) "Full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position
9in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least
102,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual
11receives pay that is equal to at least 150% of the federal minimum wage and benefits
12that are not required by federal or state law. "Full-time job" does not include initial
13training before an employment position begins.
AB100-engrossed,2012,1715
560.70
(6) "Target population" means persons who are members of targeted
16groups for the purposes of the credit under ss. 71.07
(2dj) (2dx), 71.28
(1dj) (1dx) and
1771.47
(1dj) (1dx).
AB100-engrossed,2012,2019
560.70
(7) "Tax benefits" means the development zones credit under ss. 71.07
20(2dx), 71.28 (1dx) and 71.47 (1dx)
.
AB100-engrossed,2012,2322
560.71
(1m) (d) The number of
full-time jobs that are likely to be created or
23retained in the area as a result of its designation as a development zone.
AB100-engrossed,2013,2
1560.71
(1m) (e) The number of
full-time jobs that are likely to be available to
2the target population as a result of the designation of the area as a development zone.
AB100-engrossed,2013,64
560.71
(3) (a) Determine the number of development zones designated under
5sub. (1) but may not designate more than
18 22 development zones over the life of the
6program.
AB100-engrossed,2013,98
560.72
(2) (h) An assessment of the effect of making the area a development
9zone on
full-time jobs available to the targeted population.
AB100-engrossed,2013,1211
560.73
(1) (e) The effect of making the area a development zone on
full-time 12jobs available to the targeted population.
AB100-engrossed,2013,1814
560.735
(6r) Subject to the population limit under sub. (6m), if an area that is
15nominated or designated as a development zone is comprised of one or more entire
16counties and a city, village or town is partially located in the area and partially
17located outside of the area, the entire city, village or town shall be part of the
18nominated or designated area.