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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 8,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
June 29, 2005 - Offered by Senators Robson, Hansen, Taylor, Carpenter, Lassa,
Risser, Breske, Coggs, Wirch, Decker, Miller, Plale and Erpenbach.
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43. Page 89, line 3: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2005-06 by
5$3,426,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by $7,591,000 to
6increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
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74. Page 99, line 1: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2005-06 by
8$13,500,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by $8,500,000 to
9increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.
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15. Page 99, line 1: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by
2$11,431,600 to increase the authorized FTE faculty positions for the Board of
3Regents of the University of Wisconsin System by 120.0 GPR positions.
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46. Page 103, line 3: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2005-06 by
5$1,500,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by $1,500,000 to
6increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.
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77. Page 103, line 10: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2005-06 by
8$393,400 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by $546,200 to
9increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
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108. Page 103, line 12: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2005-06 by
11$482,400 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2006-07 by $505,600 to
12increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
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14"
Section 152g. 20.143 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.143
(1) (cm)
Super employment and economic development zone grants. 16Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for employment and economic development
17zone grants under s. 560.799.
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20.143
(1) (cs)
Training assistance grants. Biennially, the amounts in the
20schedule for job training grants under s. 560.24.".
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4"
Section 471i. 20.866 (2) (z) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:
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20.866
(2) (z) 5m. In addition to any amount under subd. 3m. that may be used
6for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, an amount equal to $137,500,000 is
7allocated for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The total amount of debt
8authorized under this subdivision may not exceed the following amounts on the
9following dates:
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a. July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011, $45,500,000.
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b. July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013, $91,000,000.
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c. July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015, $137,500,000.".
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14"
Section 726g. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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39.435
(3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one
16academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the
17amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed
$2,500 $3,000 18during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system
19to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the
20board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.".
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23"
Section 729e. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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139.435
(7) (b) (intro.) Annually, beginning on February 1,
2005 2007, the board
2shall
determine the appropriation calculate the amount to be appropriated under s.
320.235 (1) (fe) for the next fiscal year as follows:".
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5"
Section 2362g. 560.24 of the statutes is created to read:
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6560.24 Training assistance grant program. (1) (a) The department may
7award a grant to an employer for training the employer's employees if all of the
8following apply:
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1. The employer satisfies any of the following:
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a. The employer will create significant numbers of new, high-paying jobs in the
11state, as determined by the department.
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b. The employer will introduce new capital investment to retain a significant
13number of jobs in the state, as determined by the department.
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c. The employer agrees to pay a family-supporting wage to employees who
15successfully complete a job training program, and the department determines that
16there is significant potential for those employees to obtain additional wage increases.
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2. The employer submits, and the department approves, a training plan that
18has been developed jointly by the employer with a technical college or other training
19provider and that details the proposed use of the grant proceeds.
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3. The employer enters into an agreement for the use of the grant proceeds.
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4. The employer agrees to submit the report required under par. (b) by the time
22the report is required under par. (b).
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1(b) An employer that is awarded a grant under this section shall submit to the
2department, within 6 months after the full amount of the grant has been spent, a
3report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.
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4(2) In awarding grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to
5employers who submit training plans under which the training will be provided by
6a technical college.
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7(3) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation
8under s. 20.143 (1) (cs). If the department exhausts the moneys in the appropriation
9under s. 20.143 (1) (cs), the department may award grants under sub. (1) from the
10appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (c).
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11(4) The department may pay the proceeds of a grant under sub. (1) directly to
12the technical college or other training provider that participated in developing the
13training plan under sub. (1) (a) 2.
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14(5) The department shall promulgate rules defining, for purposes of the
15program under this section, all of the following terms:
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(a) Capital investment.
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(b) Family-supporting wage.
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(c) High-paying job.
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(d) Significant numbers.".
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21"
Section 2421r. 560.799 of the statutes is created to read:
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22560.799 Super employment and economic development zone grant
23program. (1) Beginning on July 1, 2006, from the appropriation under s. 20.143
24(1) (cm), the department may award a grant to an eligible business that locates in an
1extremely depressed area designated under sub. (3) (a), for reimbursing the
2business's eligible costs, if all of the following apply:
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(a) The department determines that the business will create not fewer than 100
4qualifying jobs in the extremely depressed area.
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(b) The business enters into a written agreement with the department that
6specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds and in which the business agrees
7to do all of the following:
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1. Compensate at a family-supporting wage not less than 90 percent of the
9employees in the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
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2. Make every reasonable effort to hire individuals who reside in the extremely
11depressed area to fill at least 75 percent of the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
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3. Submit the report required under sub. (2) by the time the report is required
13under sub. (2).
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14(2) A business that is awarded a grant under this section shall, by March 31
15of the year following a year in which the department disburses grant moneys to the
16business, submit to the department a report detailing how the grant moneys received
17in that year were used.
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18(3) The department shall do all of the following: