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(1) (fm) "Small business" means a business that has fewer than 100
8full-time employes.
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(2) (a) 1. Enable a
community-based organization or a political
11subdivision receiving a grant to develop a plan for diversifying
its the local or
12regional economy
, attracting new businesses and jobs and promoting economic
13development.
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14Section
2971. 560.14 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 560.14 (2)
15(c) and amended to read:
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560.14
(2) (c) An individual grant under this subsection may not exceed
17whichever of the following applies: $30,000.
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(3m) The department may make a grant from the appropriation under
22s. 20.143 (1) (fg) to a community-based organization for the purpose of creating a
23revolving loan fund for making loans to small businesses. The department shall
24promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this subsection.
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1560.14
(3r) (a)
The department may make a grant from the appropriation
2under s. 20.143 (1) (fg) to a private, nonprofit foundation, including the National
3Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship to Handicapped and Disadvantaged
4Youth, or other private, nonprofit organizations if all of the following apply:
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1. The foundation or organization teaches business skills to economically
6disadvantaged or socially at-risk children.
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2. The grant proceeds will be used for costs associated with teaching the skills
8and developing the knowledge necessary to start and maintain a business
9enterprise.
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(b) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the
11program under this subsection.
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560.14
(4m) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department may make a grant under
14this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (fg) to a community-based
15organization or private nonprofit organization for a venture capital development
16conference if all of the following apply:
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1. The conference will assist entrepreneurs or businesses in the state in
18obtaining capital for the start-up or development of a business.
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2. The conference will likely stimulate investment, promote economic
20development or create or retain jobs in the state.
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3. The grant applicant submits a plan that describes the proposed activity, how
22the activity satisfies the criteria under this paragraph, how the grant will be
23administered, how the grant proceeds will be used to support the activity and how
24the activity will be coordinated with other venture capital development conferences
25or programs, including any conferences or programs of the department.
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14. The secretary approves the plan under subd. 3.
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5. The grant applicant funds at least 50% of the total cost of the conference by
3providing cash or in-kind contributions.
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(b) The department may not award more than $75,000 in grants under this
5subsection in any fiscal year.
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560.14
(5) (b)
Promulgate Subject to par. (d), promulgate rules to develop
8criteria for evaluating applications for grants under this section.
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(5) (c) Consistent with subs. (2)
, (3) and (4) to (4m), award grants under
11this section on a competitive basis, using the criteria developed under par. (b).
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560.14
(5) (d) Give priority for grants under this section for projects related to
14brownfields redevelopment.
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16560.16 (title)
Employe ownership assistance
loans grants.
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(1) (b) "Business" means an employe-owned business or an existing
19business which is the subject of an application for a
loan grant under this section.
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(2) (title)
Employe ownership assistance loans grants
.
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(2) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie), the
24department may make
loans grants to existing business groups for a feasibility study
1to investigate the reorganization or new incorporation of an existing business as an
2employe-owned business and for professional services to implement the study.
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(2) (b) The department may not make a
loan grant under this section
5unless the board has approved the
loan grant under this section or requested the
6department to make the grant under s. 560.61 (3).
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(2) (c) (intro.) The board may not approve a
loan grant under this section
9unless the board has considered all of the following:
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560.16
(2) (d) The board may approve a
loan grant regardless of the number
12of employes laid off or to be laid off by the business or, if the business is closed, the
13length of time that it has been closed.
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560.16
(3) (title)
Loan
Grant applications. (intro.) To apply for a
loan grant 16under this section, a group shall submit an application to the department which
17includes:
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560.16
(3) (e) A description of the group's financial assets available to match
20the
loan grant and a statement indicating the group's willingness to match the
loan 21grant.
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560.16
(3) (f) A written commitment from a person with the recognized
24expertise and experience necessary to conduct the feasibility study or provide the
25professional services to be financed by the
loan
grant.
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560.16
(4) (title)
Loan
Grant limits; contract approval.
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560.16
(4) (a) A
loan grant to a group under this section may not exceed
$25,000
5unless the joint committee on finance, under s. 13.101 (5m), approves a specified
6amount exceeding $25,000 $15,000.
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(4) (b) As a condition of approval of a
loan grant to a group under this
9section, the board shall require that the group provide matching funds for at least
1025% of the cost of the project, except that the board may waive application of that
11requirement if the board determines that the group is subject to extreme financial
12hardship.
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560.16
(4) (c) Any contract for any feasibility study or professional services
15financed by a
loan grant under sub. (2) (a) shall be subject to the approval of the
board 16department. The
board department may not approve such a contract unless it
17determines that the contractor has the expertise required to provide the necessary
18study or services and that the contractor's costs are consistent with existing market
19rates.
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21Section
2992. 560.16 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.16
(6) (a) (intro.) Any feasibility study of an existing business financed by
23a
loan grant under sub. (2) (a)
shall may include:
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1560.16
(6) (b) The results of a feasibility study of an existing business financed
2by a
loan grant under sub. (2) (a) shall be solely for the use of the group which received
3the
loan grant, except that if the group's bid to purchase the business has been
4withdrawn, rejected or terminated, the group shall submit a copy of the study and
5the results of any professional services financed by the
loan grant to the board and
6the board may provide a copy of such results to any person seeking to purchase the
7existing business.
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9560.165 Division of international and export development; fees. The
10division of international and export development may charge fees for services it
11provides to cover the costs incurred by the division in providing the services. The
12division shall deposit all fees collected under this section in the appropriation
13account under s. 20.143 (1) (g).
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560.17
(1) (am) "Brownfields" has the meaning given in s. 560.60 (1v).
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560.17
(1) (bm) "Job" has the meaning given in s. 560.60 (10).
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560.17
(1) (d) 2. A city, town or village with a population of
4,000 6,000 or less.
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(2) (b) The department shall make the grant or loan
, except for a grant
22under sub. (5c), from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (er) or (ir).
The
23department shall make a grant under sub. (5c) from the appropriation under s.
2420.143 (1) (g).
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(3) (intro.)
The
Subject to sub. (4m), the board may award a grant
or loan 2under this subsection to a business if all of the following apply:
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(3) (a) The amount of the grant
or loan does not exceed
$30,000 $15,000.
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(3) (b) The business, together with any affiliate, subsidiary or parent
7entity, has fewer than
25 50 employes.
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(3) (e) The proceeds of the grant
or loan will be used by the business as
10provided in sub. (5).
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560.17
(4) (c) The number of new jobs created by the business in relation to the
13amount of the grant
or loan.
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560.17
(4) (cm) In relation to the amount of the grant, the number of existing
16jobs that will be retained by the business if the grant is awarded and that likely would
17not be retained if the grant is not awarded.
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(4) (f) Whether the business would be able to start or expand its
20operations without a grant
or loan.
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(4m) Of the total amount awarded in grants in a fiscal biennium under
23sub. (3), the board shall award not less than 25% and not more than 50% for purposes
24related to an agricultural business. The board shall give priority under this
1subsection for grants that will be used for purposes related to a dairy farm, as defined
2in s. 97.22 (1) (a).
