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21(2) (a) The department may designate up to 3 areas in the state as technology
22zones and may, with the approval of the joint committee on finance, designate up to
236 more areas as technology zones. A business that is located in a technology zone and
24that is certified by the department under sub. (3) is eligible for a tax credit as
25provided in sub. (3).
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1(b) The designation of an area as a technology zone shall be in effect for 10 years
2from the time that the department first designates the area. However, not more than
3$3,000,000 in tax credits may be claimed in a technology zone. The department may
4change the boundaries of a technology zone during the time that its designation is
5in effect. A change in the boundaries of a technology zone does not affect the duration
6of the designation of the area or the maximum tax credit amount that may be claimed
7in the technology zone.
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8(3) (a) The department may certify for tax credits in a technology zone a
9business that satisfies all of the following requirements:
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1. The business is located in the technology zone.
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2. The business is a new or expanding business.
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3. The business is a high-technology business.
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(b) In determining whether to certify a business under this subsection, the
14department shall consider all of the following:
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1. How many new jobs the business is likely to create.
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2. The extent and nature of the high technology used by the business.
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3. The likelihood that the business will attract related enterprises.
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4. The amount of capital investment that the business is likely to make in the
19state.
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5. The economic viability of the business.
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(c) When the department certifies a business under this subsection, the
22department shall establish a limit on the amount of tax credits that the business may
23claim. Unless its certification is revoked, and subject to the limit on the tax credit
24amount established by the department under this paragraph, a business that is
25certified may claim a tax credit for 3 years, except that a business that experiences
1growth, as determined for that business by the department under par. (d) and sub.
2(5) (e), may claim a tax credit for up to 5 years.
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(d) The department shall enter into an agreement with a business that is
4certified under this subsection. The agreement shall specify the limit on the amount
5of tax credits that the business may claim, the extent and type of growth, which shall
6be specific to the business, that the business must experience to extend its eligibility
7for a tax credit, the business' baseline against which that growth will be measured,
8any other conditions that the business must satisfy to extend its eligibility for a tax
9credit, and reporting requirements with which the business must comply.
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10(4) (a) The department of commerce shall notify the department of revenue of
11all the following:
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1. A technology zone's designation.
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2. A business' certification and the limit on the amount of tax credits that the
14business may claim.
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3. The extension or revocation of a business' certification.
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(b) The department shall annually verify information submitted to the
17department under ss. 71.07 (3g) (b), 71.28 (3g) (b), and 71.47 (3g) (b).
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18(5) The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of this section,
19including rules related to all the following:
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(a) Criteria for designating an area as a technology zone.
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(b) A business' eligibility for certification, including definitions for all of the
22following:
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1. New or expanding business.
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2. High-technology business.
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(c) Certifying a business, including use of the factors under sub. (3) (b).
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1(d) Standards for establishing the limit on the amount of tax credits that a
2business may claim.
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(e) Standards for extending a business' certification, including what measures,
4in addition to job creation, the department will use to determine the growth of a
5specific business and how the department will establish baselines against which to
6measure growth.
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(f) Reporting requirements for certified businesses.
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(g) The exchange of information between the department of commerce and the
9department of revenue.
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(h) Reasons for revoking a business' certification.
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(i) Standards for changing the boundaries of a technology zone.
SB55-SSA1, s. 3713c
12Section 3713c. 562.057 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 562.057 (4m)
13(a) and amended to read:
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562.057
(4m) (a)
For a racetrack at which $25,000,000 or more was wagered
15during During the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the
16applicant proposes to conduct wagering on simulcast races, at least
250 275 race
17performances were conducted at the racetrack
during that period.
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563.04
(14) Promulgate rules relating to the sale of equal shares of single raffle
22tickets to one or more purchasers under a Class A raffle license under s. 563.92 (1m).
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563.92
(1m) The department may issue a Class A license for the conduct of a
25raffle in which some or all of the tickets for that raffle are sold on days other than the
1same day as the raffle drawing
and in which equal shares of a single ticket may be
2sold to one or more purchasers. The department may issue a Class B license for the
3conduct of a raffle in which all of the tickets for that raffle are sold on the same day
4as the raffle drawing.
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563.93
(2) No raffle ticket may exceed
$50 $100 in cost.
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563.93
(9) If a person who holds a Class A license sells equal shares of a single
9ticket to one or more purchasers, the person shall, prior to the raffle drawing for
10which the shares were sold, purchase any shares of the ticket that have not been sold.
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601.41
(1) Duties. The commissioner shall administer and enforce chs. 600 to
13655 and ss. 59.52 (11) (c), 66.0137 (4)
and (4m), 120.13 (2) (b) to (g), 149.13 and
14149.144 and shall act as promptly as possible under the circumstances on all matters
15placed before the commissioner.
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601.47
(2) Annual report. The commissioner shall determine the form for
and
18have printed the report required in s. 601.46 (3)
, in number sufficient and shall have
19the report published in sufficient quantity to meet all requests for copies. The
20commissioner shall distribute copies upon request to any person who pays the
21reasonable price
thereof determined
for the report under sub. (1).
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23614.80 Tax exemption. Every domestic and nondomestic fraternal, except
24those that offer a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a
25limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) is exempt from all state,
1county, district, municipal and school taxes or fees, except the fees required by s.
2601.31 (2), but is required to pay all taxes and special assessments on its real estate
3and office equipment, except as provided in ss. 70.11 (4) and 70.1105
(1).
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632.895
(10) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), every disability insurance policy
6and every health care benefits plan provided on a self-insured basis by a county
7board under s. 59.52 (11), by a city or village under s. 66.0137 (4)
, by a political
8subdivision under s. 66.0137 (4m), by a town under s. 60.23 (25), or by a school district
9under s. 120.13 (2) shall provide coverage for blood lead tests for children under 6
10years of age, which shall be conducted in accordance with any recommended lead
11screening methods and intervals contained in any rules promulgated by the
12department of health and family services under s. 254.158.
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704.05
(5) (a) 2. Give the tenant notice, personally or by ordinary mail
15addressed to the tenant's last-known address, of the landlord's intent to dispose of
16the
personalty personal property by sale or other appropriate means if the property
17is not repossessed by the tenant. If the tenant fails to repossess the property within
1830 days after the date of personal service or the date of the mailing of the notice, the
19landlord may dispose of the property by private or public sale or any other
20appropriate means. The landlord may deduct from the proceeds of sale any costs of
21sale and any storage charges if the landlord has first stored the personalty under
22subd. 1. If the proceeds minus the costs of sale and minus any storage charges are
23not claimed within 60 days after the date of the sale of the personalty, the landlord
24is not accountable to the tenant for any of the proceeds of the sale or the value of the
25property. The landlord shall send the proceeds of the sale minus the costs of the sale
1and minus any storage charges to the department of administration for deposit in the
2appropriation under s. 20.505 (7)
(gm) (h).
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704.31
(3) This section does not apply to a lease to which a local professional
5baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229
or the Fox River
6Navigational System Authority is a party.
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757.05
(1) (a) Whenever a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of
9state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation
10of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar)
, or (bm) or (5) or state laws or municipal or county
11ordinances involving nonmoving traffic violations or safety belt use violations under
12s. 347.48 (2m), there shall be imposed in addition a penalty assessment in an amount
13of
23% 24% of the fine or forfeiture imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the
14penalty assessment shall be based upon the total fine or forfeiture for all offenses.
15When a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the penalty assessment
16shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
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17Section 3774c. 757.05 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
18.... (this act), is amended to read:
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757.05
(1) (a) Whenever a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of
20state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation
21of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar),
or (bm)
, or (br) or (5) or state laws or municipal or
22county ordinances involving nonmoving traffic violations or safety belt use violations
23under s. 347.48 (2m), there shall be imposed in addition a penalty assessment in an
24amount of 13% of the fine or forfeiture imposed. If multiple offenses are involved,
25the penalty assessment shall be based upon the total fine or forfeiture for all offenses.
1When a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the penalty assessment
2shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
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757.05
(1) (b) If a fine or forfeiture is imposed by a court of record, after a
5determination by the court of the amount due, the clerk of the court shall collect and
6transmit
such the amount to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m). The
7county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s.
859.25 (3) (f) 2.
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757.05
(1) (c) If a fine or forfeiture is imposed by a municipal court, after a
11determination by the court of the amount due, the court shall collect and transmit
12such the amount to the treasurer of the county, city, town
, or village, and that
13treasurer shall make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 66.0114 (1)
(b) 14(bm).
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757.05
(1) (d) If any deposit of bail is made for a noncriminal offense to which
17this
section subsection applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a
18sufficient amount to include the assessment prescribed in this
section subsection for
19forfeited bail. If bail is forfeited, the amount of the assessment shall be transmitted
20monthly to the state treasurer under this
section
subsection. If bail is returned, the
21assessment shall also be returned.
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(2) (a)
Law enforcement training fund. Twenty-seven fifty-fifths 24Eleven twenty-fourths of all moneys collected from penalty assessments under sub.
25(1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i) and utilized
1in accordance with ss. 20.455 (2) and 165.85 (5). The moneys credited to the
2appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i), except for the moneys transferred to s.
320.455 (2) (jb), constitute the law enforcement training fund.
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757.57
(5) Except as provided in SCR 71.04 (4), every reporter, upon the request
6of any party to an action or proceeding, shall make a typewritten transcript, and as
7many copies thereof as the party requests, of the testimony and proceedings reported
8by him or her in the action or proceeding, or any part thereof specified by the party,
9the transcript and each copy thereof to be duly certified by him or her to be a correct
10transcript thereof. For the transcripts the reporter is entitled to receive the fees
11prescribed in s. 814.69 (1) (b)
and (bm).
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757.69
(8). Each court commissioner appointed under s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72,
14767.13, or 938.065 shall participate in programs of continuing court commissioner
15education required by the supreme court. The supreme court shall charge court
16commissioners a fee for the costs of the continuing education programs required
17under this subsection. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited
18to the appropriation account under s. 20.680 (2) (ga).
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758.19
(7) The director of state courts shall adopt, revise biennially and submit
21to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy and technology, the
22governor and the
secretary of administration department of electronic government,
23no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, a strategic plan for the
24utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the courts and
25judicial branch agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (5). The plan shall address the
1business needs of the courts and judicial branch agencies and shall identify all
2resources relating to information technology which the courts and judicial branch
3agencies desire to acquire, contingent upon funding availability, the priority for such
4acquisitions and the justification for such acquisitions. The plan shall also identify
5any changes in the functioning of the courts and judicial branch agencies under the
6plan.
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7Section
3782. 765.12 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 765.12 (1) (a) and
8amended to read:
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765.12
(1) (a) If ss. 765.02, 765.05, 765.08
, and 765.09 are complied with, and
10if there is no prohibition against or legal objection to the marriage, the county clerk
11shall issue a marriage license. With each marriage license the county clerk shall
12provide a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome.
After
13the application for the marriage license the clerk shall, upon the sworn statement
14of either of the applicants, correct any erroneous, false or insufficient statement in
15the marriage license or in the application therefor which shall come to the clerk's
16attention prior to the marriage and shall show the corrected statement as soon as
17reasonably possible to the other applicant.
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765.12
(1) (b) If, after completion of the marriage license application, one of the
20applicants notifies the clerk in writing that any of the information provided by that
21applicant for the license is erroneous, the clerk shall notify the other applicant of the
22correction as soon as reasonably possible. If the marriage license has not been
23issued, the clerk shall prepare a new license with the correct information entered.
24If the marriage license has been issued, the clerk shall immediately send a letter of
25correction to the state registrar to amend the erroneous information.
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765.12
(1) (c) If, after completion of the marriage license application, the clerk
3discovers that correct information has been entered erroneously, the clerk shall, if
4the marriage license has not been issued, prepare a new license with the correct
5information correctly entered. If the marriage license has been issued, the clerk shall
6immediately send a letter of correction to the state registrar to amend the erroneous
7information.
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9765.13 Form of marriage document. The marriage document shall
contain
10the social security number of each party, as well as any other informational items
11that the department of health and family services determines are necessary and
12shall agree in the main with the standard form recommended by the federal agency
13responsible for national vital statistics. It consist of the marriage license and the
14marriage license worksheet. The marriage license shall contain a notification of the
15time limits of the authorization to marry, a notation that the issue of the marriage
16license shall not be deemed to remove or dispense with any legal disability,
17impediment or prohibition rendering marriage between the parties illegal, and the
18signature of the county clerk, who shall acquire the information for the marriage
19document and enter it in its proper place when the marriage license is issued.
The
20marriage license worksheet shall contain the social security number of each party,
21as well as any other information items that the department of health and family
22services determines are necessary and shall agree in the main with the standard
23form recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
24The county clerk shall transmit the marriage license worksheet to the state registrar
25within 5 days after the date of issuance of the marriage license.
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767.08
(2) (b) The court in the action shall, as provided under s. 767.25 or
3767.26, determine and adjudge the amount, if any, the person should reasonably
4contribute to the support and maintenance of the spouse or child and how the sum
5should be paid. This amount
may must be expressed as a
percentage of the person's
6income or as a fixed sum, or as a combination of both in the alternative by requiring
7payment of the greater or lesser of either a percentage of the person's income or a 8fixed sum
unless the parties have stipulated to expressing the amount as a
9percentage of the payer's income and the requirements under s. 767.10 (2) (am) 1. to
103. are satisfied. The amount so ordered to be paid may be changed or modified by the
11court upon notice of motion or order to show cause by either party upon sufficient
12evidence.
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767.10
(2) (am) A court may not approve a stipulation for expressing child
15support or family support as a percentage of the payer's income unless all of the
16following apply:
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1. The state is not a real party in interest in the action under any of the
18circumstances specified in s. 767.075 (1).
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2. The payer is not subject to any other order, in any other action, for the
20payment of child or family support or maintenance.
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3. All payment obligations included in the order, other than the annual
22receiving and disbursing fee under s. 767.29 (1) (d), are expressed as a percentage
23of the payer's income.