Wisconsin Legislature: Commerce, Department of

Gaming economic diversification program reduction re grants to Oneida Small Business Inc., Project 2000, and Northwest Regional Planning Commission repealed [Sec. 214, 3030, 3031; Enrolled AB-75: further reductions, grant to Oneida Seven Generations Corporation from funds not disbursed from certain grants, matching funds required, 9110 (16i)] - AB75

Governor's Opportunity Fund created re grants or loans to a political subdivision for specified development projects that create jobs; JCF and Comm.Dept provisions - AB968

Groundwater management areas and groundwater attention areas established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties; environmental review of high capacity wells; Comm.Dept to establish graywater and rainwater system standards; PSC to issue order encouraging water conservation - AB844

Groundwater management areas and groundwater attention areas established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties; environmental review of high capacity wells; Comm.Dept to establish graywater and rainwater system standards; PSC to issue order encouraging water conservation - SB620

HEAB grant appropriations increased in certain cases; TCS Board grants to programs that assist in reducing unemployment, report required; Comm.Dept grants to businesses in economically distressed area for capital investments; angel investment tax credit and income tax revisions - AB513

Health professional loan repayment program and Rural Health Development Council transferred from Comm.Dept to U.W. System [Sec. 40, 43, 211-213, 215, 582, 1296, 3035-3060, 9110 (3)-(5), 9210 (1); Enrolled AB-75: funding and council duties revised, 40g-n, 43d-g, 747s; deletes 40] - AB75

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - AB92

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - SB55

Homeless individuals and families: grant allocation for shelters in Dane County increased, portion designated for applicants providing temporary shelter in the vicinity of the state capitol - AB72

Homeowner Eviction and Lien Protection program created in WHEDA; reports to JCF required; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 7, 15, 762, 779] - SB62

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - AB649

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - SB450

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision - AB660

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision - SB476

Janesville development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3092g-3110b, h, L, r-y] - AB75

Job creation tax benefit created, Comm.Dept and DOR duties - SB539

Job creation tax benefit created re new full-time employees and withholding tax - AB853

Job creation tax benefit created re new full-time employees and withholding tax - SB621

Jobs Tax Benefit created [Sec. 620, 1569, 1654, 1720, 3070, 9110 (6), (7), 9443 (11); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 1540d, 1593b, 1598d, 1625d, 1677b, 1688d, 1702d, 1741b, 1873d] - AB75

Kenosha development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3092g, r, 3110e, h, p-y] - AB75

Loan origination fee expansion; administration of 2007 WisAct 125 [Sec. 206, 3029, 3032, 3082, 3086; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 206m; deletes 206] - AB75

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions - AB904

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: water consumption tax credit created; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.1: sunset provided] - SB651

Meat processing facility investment credit created - AB12

Meat processing facility investment credit created [Sec. 17, 85, 100, 109, 113, 114, 132, 147, 165, 169, 177, 191, 207, 541, 800] - SB62

Minority business certification by Comm.Dept re government procurement: requirements revised [Sec. 1922, 1923, 3004- 3007; original bill only] - AB75

Minority Business Development Board and Minority Business Grants and Loans Program restored - AB875

Minority Business Development Board and Minority Business Grants and Loans Program restored - SB393

Mixed-use zoning ordinance clarified; communities required to enact a traditional neighborhood development ordinance to report to DOA on status of compliance; state housing strategy plan to include a bicycle- and pedestrian-oriented design in residential developments - SB314

Motor vehicle displaying disabled plates or ID card: fuel dealer requirement to provide employee to assist expanded; sign and forfeiture provisions; enforcement transferred to DAs - AB285

Motor vehicle displaying disabled plates or ID card: fuel dealer requirement to provide employee to assist expanded; sign and forfeiture provisions; enforcement transferred to DAs - SB679

Movable soccer goal safety standards: Comm.Dept to establish [S.Amdt.1: on public land specified] - AB903

Movable soccer goal safety standards: Comm.Dept to establish - SB655

PECFA reimbursement notification deadline [Sec. 2151, 2152; original bill only] - AB75

Petroleum inspection fee statutes reorganized and term and inspection provisions revised (remedial legislation) - AB742

Petroleum inspection fund transfers to the general, recycling and renewable energy, environmental, and transportation funds [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9210 (1f)-(2f), (3q)] - AB75

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: date to award grant changed - AB641

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: date to award grant changed - SB409

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: grant provided; funding from nonstate sources and written agreement required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 199, 9110 (17q)] - AB75

Private sewage system maintenance program: governmental unit inventory and implementation deadlines changed - AB950

Private sewage system maintenance program: governmental unit inventory and implementation deadlines changed - SB687

Program revisions re benefits for low-income residents: BadgerCare Plus, food stamps, Wisconsin Shares, drug testing for public assistance, MPCP, energy assistance, WHEDA and Comm.Dept housing assistance, HEAB, and EITC; Comm.Dept and JSCTE appendix reports - SB708

Qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity: income and franchise tax credits created; Comm.Dept and federal New Markets Tax Credit provisions - AB642

Qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity: income and franchise tax credits created; Comm.Dept and federal New Markets Tax Credit provisions - SB461

Qualified investment in a registered community development financial institution (CDFI): Comm.Dept may certify an investor to receive a credit against state income and franchise taxes and license fees paid by insurers, reporting requirements - AB948

Qualified investment in a registered community development financial institution (CDFI): Comm.Dept may certify an investor to receive a credit against state income and franchise taxes and license fees paid by insurers, reporting requirements - SB692

Recovery zone facility bonds: waving allocation and requiring Comm.Dept to develop a system to reallocate, other units of government may apply; industrial revenue bonds for ``project" facilities and housing authority included in intergovernmental cooperation agreements - AB643

Recovery zone facility bonds: waving allocation and requiring Comm.Dept to develop a system to reallocate, other units of government may apply; industrial revenue bonds for ``project" facilities and housing authority included in intergovernmental cooperation agreements [S.Amdt.2: counties granted authority to issue IDB] - SB440

Recycling and renewable energy fund repayments to fund additional grants and loans [Sec. 205] - AB75

Region One development manager: Comm.Dept to fill vacancy by certain date [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9110 (18f)] - AB75

Regulatory Ombudsman Center established in Comm.Dept; references to the Business Development Assistance Center repealed [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 204p, 3002r, 3082f, g] - AB75

Regulatory Ombudsman Center: funding for additional position - AB641

Regulatory Ombudsman Center: funding for additional position [A.Amdt.6: ``Regulatory Ombudsman Center" changed to ``Office of Regulatory Assistance" and duties revised] - SB409

Reinvested capital gains: procedure created for certain persons to defer taxation; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1535, 1544, 3073] - AB75

Relocation benefits enforcement: Comm.Dept duties revised [Sec. 729-732, 9110 (10); original bill only] - AB75

Renewable energy grant and loan program lapse to general fund [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9210 (3f), 9237 (9f)] - AB75

Shelter for the homeless and transitional housing grants: appropriation changed from annual to biennial; December 31 lapse deleted [Sec. 216; Enrolled AB-75: award of grants permitted except to the extent that doing so would reduce federal funding, 215p, 9110 (12u)] - AB75

Small Business Regulatory Review Board membership and administrative rule provisions revised; small business ombudsman clearinghouse changed to Office of the Small Business Advocate, Comm.Dept duties - AB799

Small Business Regulatory Review Board membership and administrative rule provisions revised; small business ombudsman clearinghouse changed to Office of the Small Business Advocate, duties revised and report required - AB767

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required [Sec. 1840, 2076-2150, 2445, 2447, 2741, 2996, 3204, 3233, 9310 (2), 9410 (1); original bill only] - AB75

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required - AB253

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required [for revisions, see entry under ``Tobacco"] - SB181

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and public conveyances specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required - AB252

Targeted microloans pilot program for the creation of new businesses established in Comm.Dept - AB641

Targeted microloans pilot program for the creation of new businesses established in Comm.Dept [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, nonprofit finance corporation to administer] - SB409

Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision - AB641

Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision - SB409

Tenant Resource Center in City of Madison: one-time grant for foreclosure education and assistance to state residents; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 10, 9110 (1), 9210 (1)] - SB62

Thermal system insulation: Comm.Dept to regulate the business of installing and maintaining; council and state inspector position created; licensing, definition, continuing education, and forfeiture provisions - AB102

Thermal system insulation: Comm.Dept to regulate the business of installing and maintaining; council and state inspector position created; licensing, definition, continuing education, and forfeiture provisions - SB94

Unclaimed tenant personal property: landlord to send sale proceeds directly to Comm.Dept if not claimed [Sec. 3201; original bill only] - AB75

Underground petroleum storage tank: Comm.Dept authority to contract for removal; lien provision [Sec. 219, 680, 2155; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions; action of backfilling the excavation specified, 216s, 219e] - AB75

WDF earmarks to the Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation of Racine County (CATI) and to Urban Hope Corporation deleted [Sec. 199, 207, 3009; Enrolled AB-75: annual grant to CATI, matching funds from nonstate sources and agreement required, 3033k] - AB75

WDF grant created for converting unutilized and underutilized manufacturing facilities to the production of, or manufacturing equipment for production of, renewable energy - AB641

WDF grant created for converting unutilized and underutilized manufacturing facilities to the production of, or manufacturing equipment for production of, renewable energy [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``unutilized or underutilized" removed; A.Amdt.6: appropriation revised] - SB409

WDF grants to organizations in the building trades for job training and retraining, including green building and alternative energy systems installation; conditions and Comm.Dept duties [Sec. 8, 9110 (2), (3), 9210 (2), (3)] - SB62

Wetland map review, wetland identification, or wetland confirmation: DNR to provide, for a fee, upon request of person who owns or leases the land; building permits or other construction approvals required to include information re construction on or near wetlands; memorandum of agreement with Army Corps of Engineers provision; DNR informational brochure on laws that apply to wetlands - AB818

Wetland map review, wetland identification, or wetland confirmation: DNR to provide, for a fee, upon request of person who owns or leases the land; building permits or other construction approvals required to include information re construction on or near wetlands; memorandum of agreement with Army Corps of Engineers provision; DNR informational brochure on laws that apply to wetlands - SB557

WHEDA authorized to issue bonds for and make loans for the refinancing of qualified subprime loans; definition and DOA provisions; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 763, 765, 770-775, 777, 778, 9325 (1)] - SB62

Wisconsin venture fund created; advisory council established [Sec. 196, 3075; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, grants to Wisconsin Angel Network, 3074m, 9110 (16u)] - AB75

Wisconsin Workforce Development Association grants for video conferencing system to be used by job centers around the state - AB771

WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.: grant for intellectual property management services for U.W. Extension and other U.W. institutions and colleges except for Madison and Milwaukee [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 199, 9110 (10q)] - AB75

Woody biomass harvesting equipment: income and franchise tax credit created; definition provisions and Comm.Dept duties [A.Amdt.1: ``used exclusively" changed to ``used primarily"] - AB749

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and Comm.Dept provisions - AB91

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and Comm.Dept provisions - SB56

Zero net energy building goal; Comm.Dept duties - AB649

Zero net energy building goal; Comm.Dept duties - SB450

Bulk transfers of inventory: Uniform Commercial Code provisions repealed - AB202