Amendment ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1,888,21 b. Seven percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.

AB100-ASA1,888,23 5. If the applicant owns and operates at least 251 but not more than 500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:

AB100-ASA1,888,24 a. Eighteen.

AB100-ASA1,889,2 b. Six percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.

AB100-ASA1,889,4 6. If the applicant owns and operates at least 501 but not more than 2,500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:

AB100-ASA1,889,5 a. Twenty-five.

AB100-ASA1,889,7 b. Five percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.

AB100-ASA1,889,10 7. If the applicant owns and operates more than 2,500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, 3 percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.

AB100-ASA1,889,13 (d) In any fiscal year, the department may not pay to any one applicant more than 20 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) (sm) for the fiscal year.

AB100-ASA1,889,15 (e) The department may pay a grant over more than one fiscal year, subject to the availability of funds and to par. (d).

AB100-ASA1,889,19 (f) The department shall require that applicants receiving grants under this section covering more than one idling reduction unit purchase idling reduction units of more than one type and from more than one manufacturer. The department may impose other conditions on the receipt of grants.

AB100-ASA1,889,24 (g) The department shall withhold payment of at least 20 percent of a grant under this section until the recipient has complied with the conditions of the grant established by the department, including providing to the department information relating to the operation and performance of each idling reduction unit covered by the grant.

AB100-ASA1,890,6 (5) Information. The department shall collect information from recipients of grants under this section relating to the operation and performance of idling reduction units. The department shall summarize the information collected and make it available to common motor carriers, contract motor carriers, and private motor carriers in an accessible and cost-effective manner, such as on department's Internet site.

AB100-ASA1,890,7 (6) Sunset. Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply after December 31, 2012.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2351 Section 2351. 560.137 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,890,11 560.137 (2) (f) If the department awards a grant under this subsection, the department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2352 Section 2352. 560.138 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,890,15 560.138 (6) If the department awards a grant under this section, the department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2357m Section 2357m. 560.155 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2361m Section 2361m. 560.18 of the statutes is renumbered 26.40, and 26.40 (1m), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,890,24 26.40 (1m) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (t), the The department may award grants to nonprofit organizations to develop forestry educational programs and instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2366m Section 2366m. 560.275 (2) (a) to (d) and (e) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,891,9 560.275 (2) (a) Early stage planning grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to completing an application to be submitted to the federal government for the purpose of obtaining early stage research and development funding or for the purpose of funding professional services that are required to accomplish specific tasks established as a condition of receiving early stage financing from 3rd parties that is necessary for business development.

AB100-ASA1,891,14 (b) Matching grants and loans. 1. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to developing a proposed technologically innovative product, process, or service, if the applicant has received a grant from the federal government for a substantially similar purpose.

AB100-ASA1,891,20 2. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to the accelerated commercialization of a technologically innovative product, process, or service, if the federal government has notified the applicant that the applicant will receive a grant from the federal government for a substantially similar purpose.

AB100-ASA1,892,5 (c) Bridge grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) to a person who has received early stage financing from 3rd parties or a grant from the federal government to fund early stage research and development and who has sought additional early stage financing from 3rd parties or applied for an additional grant from the federal government to fund early stage research and development. A grant or loan under this paragraph shall be for the purpose of funding professional services necessary to maintain the project research and management team and funding basic operations until the applicant's additional 3rd party financing request or federal grant application is approved or denied.

AB100-ASA1,892,8 (d) Venture capital grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of enhancing the applicant's ability to obtain early stage financing from 3rd parties.

AB100-ASA1,892,12 (e) (intro.) Entrepreneurial and technology transfer center grants. The department may make a grant from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of supporting any entrepreneurial and technology transfer center that satisfies all of the following criteria:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2376j Section 2376j. 560.275 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,892,16 560.275 (8) Small businesses. The department shall award not less than 50 percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this section to small businesses, as defined in 560.60 (15).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2376k Section 2376k. 560.275 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,892,20 560.275 (9) Distressed Areas. The department shall award not less than 35 percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this section to businesses in distressed areas, as defined in 560.605 (7) (b).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2376L Section 2376L. 560.60 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 560.60 (15) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,892,24 560.60 (15) (intro.) "Small business" means a business that is operating for profit, with 250 and to which any of the following apply:

AB100-ASA1,893,2 (a) The business has 100 or fewer employees, including employees of any subsidiary or affiliated organization.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2376m Section 2376m. 560.60 (15) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,893,4 560.60 (15) (b) The business has annual gross receipts of $10,000,000 or less.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2388p Section 2388p. 560.605 (1) (p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,893,8 560.605 (1) (p) For an ethanol production facility on which construction begins after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], a competitive bidding process is used for the construction of the ethanol production facility.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2407L Section 2407L. 560.605 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,893,11 560.605 (7) (a) The board shall award not less than 50 percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this subchapter to small businesses.

AB100-ASA1,893,14 (b) The board shall award not less than 35 percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this subchapter to businesses in distressed areas. In this paragraph, "distressed area" means an area to which any of the following apply:

AB100-ASA1,893,15 1. The area has a high level of unemployment.

AB100-ASA1,893,16 2. The area has a low median household income.

AB100-ASA1,893,17 3. A significant number of workers in the area have been permanently laid off.

AB100-ASA1,893,20 4. An employer in the area has given public notice of a plant closing or a substantial reduction in force that will result in a significant number of workers in the area being permanently laid off.

AB100-ASA1,893,22 5. The area is designated as a development zone under s. 560.71 or an enterprise development zone under s. 560.797.

AB100-ASA1,893,24 6. As determined by the board, the area is affected by another factor that indicates the area is a distressed area.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2418m Section 2418m. 560.797 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,894,5 560.797 (2) (c) The department may not designate as an enterprise development zone, or as any part of an enterprise development zone, an area that is located within the boundaries of an area that is designated as a development zone under s. 560.71, or as a development opportunity zone under s. 560.795, the designation of which is in effect.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2419 Section 2419. 560.797 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,894,10 560.797 (2) (d) The department may not designate more than 79 85 enterprise development zones unless the department obtains the approval of the joint committee on finance to do so. Of the enterprise development zones that the department designates, at least 10 shall be designated under par. (bg).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2419k Section 2419k. 560.797 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,894,16 560.797 (4) (a) Subject to par. (b), if If the department approves a project plan under sub. (3) and designates the area in which the person submitting the project plan conducts or intends to conduct the project as an enterprise development zone under the criteria under sub. (2), the department shall certify the person as eligible for tax benefits.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2419L Section 2419L. 560.797 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2419m Section 2419m. 560.797 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,894,22 560.797 (4) (bm) Of the persons certified as eligible for tax benefits in the areas designated by the department as enterprise development zones after the effective date of this paragraph....[revisor inserts date], not less than one-half shall be businesses with 100 or fewer employees.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422 Section 2422. 560.9810 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,894,25 560.9810 (5) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to property that is authorized to be sold under s. 16.848.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422b Section 2422b. 562.01 (11g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,895,3 562.01 (11g) "Race meeting" means the period during a calendar year for which a person has been issued a license under s. 562.05 (1) (b) or (bm).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422c Section 2422c. 562.02 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,895,5 562.02 (1) (L) Promulgate rules administering s. 562.058.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422d Section 2422d. 562.02 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,895,8 562.02 (5) The department may not impose a fee greater than $75 for renewal of a license issued under this chapter to operate a concession at a racetrack.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422e Section 2422e. 562.05 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,895,12 562.05 (1) (bm) The ownership and operation of a racetrack at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted and the sponsorship and management of any race on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted and which is not located at a fair.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422f Section 2422f. 562.05 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,895,20 562.05 (1g) A license issued under sub. (1) (a) or (bm) may authorize the ownership and operation of a racetrack where horse racing is conducted, the ownership and operation of a racetrack not at a fair where dog racing is conducted or the ownership and operation of a racetrack not at a fair where both horse racing and dog racing are conducted. A license issued under sub. (1) (b) or (bm) may authorize the sponsorship and management of horse races or dog races, or both horse races and dog races, at the same location.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422g Section 2422g. 562.05 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,896,2 562.05 (2m) In issuing a license to own and operate a racetrack not at a fair, the department shall consider the competitive effects on any other licensee under sub. (1) (a) or, (b), or (bm). These competitive effects shall include, but not be restricted to, the impact on the economic viability of existing licensed racetracks and the jobs that have been created by such licensed racetracks.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422h Section 2422h. 562.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,896,13 562.05 (3) No person may hold more than one license issued under sub. (1) (a) that authorizes ownership and operation of a racetrack at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted and one license issued under sub. (1) (b) or (c) that authorizes sponsorship and management of any race on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted. If the applicant for any of those licenses is a corporation, association, limited liability company or partnership, the department shall determine whether the applicant is the same person as another licensee for the purpose of applying this subsection. Nothing in this subsection prohibits any person with a license under sub. (1) from contracting for services with any other person with a license under sub. (1), subject to any rules promulgated by the department.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422i Section 2422i. 562.05 (3r) of the statutes is renumbered 562.05 (3r) (a) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,2 562.05 (3r) (a) The Except as provided under par. (b), the application for the first license under sub. (1) (a) or (bm) to be issued for any location shall be accompanied by a resolution, supporting the proposed location of the racetrack and its ownership and operation by the applicant, which has been adopted, after a public hearing, by the governing body of the city, village or town where the racetrack is proposed to be located. A common council may not adopt such a resolution if an ordinance prohibiting the location of a racetrack at the proposed location has been adopted under s. 9.20 before May 3, 1988, or a petition for such an ordinance has been filed, under s. 9.20, before May 3, 1988. Except as provided in this subsection, no ordinance adopted under s. 9.20 or 66.0101 may prohibit the location of a racetrack in any city or village.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422j Section 2422j. 562.05 (3r) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,6 562.05 (3r) (b) The requirements under par. (a) do not apply to an application for the first license under sub. (1) (bm) for a location if a license under sub. (1) (a) has been issued for the location.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422L Section 2422L. 562.05 (3wr) of the statutes is renumbered 562.05 (3wr) (a) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,12 562.05 (3wr) (a) The Except as provided under par. (b), the first license issued to each applicant under sub. (1) (a) or (bm) for each racetrack expires after 5 years. Any subsequent license issued to the same applicant for that racetrack expires after one year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422m Section 2422m. 562.05 (3wr) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,16 562.05 (3wr) (b) A first license issued to an applicant under sub. (1) (bm) for a racetrack expires after one year if the applicant held a license under sub. (1) (a) for the racetrack at the time of application for the license under sub. (1) (bm).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422n Section 2422n. 562.05 (3wt) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,22 562.05 (3wt) In the first license issued to each applicant under sub. (1) (a) or (bm) for each racetrack, the department shall specify a date by which each of the types of racing authorized under the license shall begin at that racetrack. Upon request of the licensee, the department may change a specified date to an earlier or later date pursuant to rules of the department.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422o Section 2422o. 562.05 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,897,25 562.05 (4m) (c) The license will not create competition that will adversely affect any other licensee under sub. (1) (a) or, (b), or (bm).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422om Section 2422om. 562.05 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,898,4 562.05 (4r) Except as provided under subs. (3) to (3r) and (4), the department may issue a license under sub. (1) (bm) if the department determines that the conditions under subs. (3w) (a) to (d) and (4m) (a) to (c) are satisfied.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2422p Section 2422p. 562.05 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,898,19 562.05 (5) (c) 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if after the application for a license is made or a license is issued any new officer, director, partner, member or owner subject to par. (a), as specified in par. (b), or any other new person with a present or future direct or indirect financial or management interest in the application or license joins the applicant or licensee, the applicant or licensee shall, within 5 working days, notify the department of the change and provide the affidavit under subd. 1. After an application for a license under sub. (1) (a) or, (b), or (bm) is made or after a license under sub. (1) (a) or, (b), or (bm) is issued, no ownership interest or right of ownership in the applicant or licensee may be transferred unless the applicant or licensee provides the affidavit under subd. 1. for the proposed new owner and the proposed new owner is approved by the department. The department shall conduct the background investigations required under sub. (7) of any new officer, director, partner, member, shareholder or proposed owner of an applicant or licensee named in a notice to the department under this subdivision.