AB100-ASA1, s. 2346
1Section 2346. 460.05 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,885,52 460.05 (1) (e) 1. Graduated from a school of massage therapy or bodywork
3approved by the educational approval board under s. 45.54 38.50 or completed a
4training program approved by the department under the rules promulgated under
5s. 460.04 (2) (b).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2347 6Section 2347. 460.05 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-ASA1,885,107 460.05 (3) The department shall grant a certificate as a massage therapist or
8bodyworker to a person who satisfies the requirements specified in sub. (1) (a) to (d),
9(g), and (h) and who includes with the application specified in sub. (1) (c) all of the
10following:
AB100-ASA1,885,1311 (a) Evidence satisfactory to the department that, during the 2-year period after
12March 1, 2003, the person was actively engaged in the practice of massage therapy
13or bodywork.
AB100-ASA1,885,1514 (b) An attestation that the person only recently became aware of the
15requirements of this chapter.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2347p 16Section 2347p. 560.031 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,885,21 17560.031 Grants for ethanol production facilities. Notwithstanding ss.
18560.135 (2), 560.138 (2) (a), and 560.17 (3), the department may not make a grant for
19an ethanol production facility on which construction begins after the effective date
20of this section .... [revisor inserts date], unless a competitive bidding process is used
21for the construction of the ethanol production facility.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2348m 22Section 2348m. 560.075 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,886,2 23560.075 Repayment of grants, loans, and tax benefits. (1) In this section,
24"tax benefits" means the credits under ss. 71.07 (2dd), (2de), (2di), (2dj), (2dL), (2dm),
25(2dr), (2ds), (2dx), (3g), and (3t), 71.28 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds),

1(1dx), (3g), and (3t), and 71.47 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds), (1dx), (3g),
2and (3t).
AB100-ASA1,886,10 3(2) The department may not award a grant or loan under this chapter to a
4person or certify a person to receive tax benefits unless the department enters into
5an agreement with the person that requires the person to repay the grant, loan, or
6tax benefits if, within 5 years after receiving the grant or loan or being certified to
7receive tax benefits, the person ceases to conduct in this state the economic activity
8for which the person received the grant or loan or for which the person was certified
9to receive tax benefits and commences substantially the same economic activity
10outside this state.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2348q 11Section 2348q. 560.125 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,886,13 12560.125 Diesel truck idling reduction grants. (1) Definitions. In this
13section:
AB100-ASA1,886,1414 (a) "Common motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (1).
AB100-ASA1,886,1515 (b) "Contract motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (2).
AB100-ASA1,886,1916 (c) "Idling reduction unit" means a device that is installed on a diesel truck to
17reduce the long-duration idling of the truck by providing heat, air conditioning, or
18electricity to the truck while the truck is stationary and the main drive engine of the
19truck is not operating.
AB100-ASA1,886,2320 (d) "Post-1998 diesel truck engine" means a heavy-duty highway diesel engine
21that complies with the air pollutant emission standards promulgated by the federal
22environmental protection agency under 42 USC 7521 for engine model year 1998 or
23a later engine model year.
AB100-ASA1,886,2424 (e) "Private motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (11).
AB100-ASA1,886,2525 (f) "Truck tractor" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (73).
AB100-ASA1,887,3
1(2) Authority. Beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2011, the
2department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purchase and field
3testing of one or more idling reduction units as provided in subs. (3) and (4).
AB100-ASA1,887,5 4(3) Eligible applicants. An applicant is eligible for a grant under this section
5only if all of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1,887,76 (a) The applicant is a common motor carrier, contract motor carrier, or private
7motor carrier that transports freight.
AB100-ASA1,887,88 (b) The applicant is headquartered in this state.
AB100-ASA1,887,129 (c) The applicant pays at least 30 percent of the eligible costs for each idling
10reduction unit covered by a grant under this section without the use of grants, loans,
11or other financial assistance from this state or from a local governmental unit in this
12state.
AB100-ASA1,887,1513 (d) The applicant agrees to collect information relating to the operation and
14performance of each idling reduction unit covered by a grant under this section, as
15required by the department, and to report that information to the department.
AB100-ASA1,887,23 16(4) Grants. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the costs that an applicant has
17incurred or will incur to purchase and install an idling reduction unit on a truck
18tractor that is owned or operated by the applicant and that has a post-1998 diesel
19truck engine are eligible costs under this section if the use of the idling reduction unit
20will result, in the aggregate, in a decrease in the emissions of one or more air
21contaminants, as defined in s. 285.01 (1), from the truck tractor on which the idling
22reduction unit is installed or in a decrease in the use of energy by the truck tractor
23on which the idling reduction unit is installed.
AB100-ASA1,887,2424 (b) The following costs are not eligible costs:
AB100-ASA1,888,2
11. The cost of shipping an idling reduction unit from the manufacturer to the
2facility where the idling reduction unit will be installed on the truck tractor.
AB100-ASA1,888,33 2. The cost of operating an idling reduction unit.
AB100-ASA1,888,44 3. The cost of maintaining an idling reduction unit.
AB100-ASA1,888,75 (c) Subject to par. (d), the department may make a grant under this section of
6up to 70 percent of the eligible costs for not more than the following number of idling
7reduction units:
AB100-ASA1,888,98 1. If the applicant owns and operates one truck tractor with a post-1998 diesel
9truck engine, one.
AB100-ASA1,888,1110 2. If the applicant owns and operates at least 2 but not more than 10 truck
11tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, 2.
AB100-ASA1,888,1312 3. If the applicant owns and operates at least 11 but not more than 50 truck
13tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
AB100-ASA1,888,1615 b. Ten percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck
16engines that the applicant owns and operates.
AB100-ASA1,888,1817 4. If the applicant owns and operates at least 51 but not more than 250 truck
18tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
AB100-ASA1,888,2120 b. Seven percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck
21engines that the applicant owns and operates.
AB100-ASA1,888,2322 5. If the applicant owns and operates at least 251 but not more than 500 truck
23tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
AB100-ASA1,888,2424 a. Eighteen.
AB100-ASA1,889,2
1b. Six percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck
2engines that the applicant owns and operates.
AB100-ASA1,889,43 6. If the applicant owns and operates at least 501 but not more than 2,500 truck
4tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
AB100-ASA1,889,55 a. Twenty-five.
AB100-ASA1,889,76 b. Five percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck
7engines that the applicant owns and operates.
AB100-ASA1,889,108 7. If the applicant owns and operates more than 2,500 truck tractors with
9post-1998 diesel truck engines, 3 percent of the number of truck tractors with
10post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
AB100-ASA1,889,1311 (d) In any fiscal year, the department may not pay to any one applicant more
12than 20 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) (sm) for the fiscal
13year.
AB100-ASA1,889,1514 (e) The department may pay a grant over more than one fiscal year, subject to
15the availability of funds and to par. (d).
AB100-ASA1,889,1916 (f) The department shall require that applicants receiving grants under this
17section covering more than one idling reduction unit purchase idling reduction units
18of more than one type and from more than one manufacturer. The department may
19impose other conditions on the receipt of grants.
AB100-ASA1,889,2420 (g) The department shall withhold payment of at least 20 percent of a grant
21under this section until the recipient has complied with the conditions of the grant
22established by the department, including providing to the department information
23relating to the operation and performance of each idling reduction unit covered by
24the grant.
AB100-ASA1,890,6
1(5) Information. The department shall collect information from recipients of
2grants under this section relating to the operation and performance of idling
3reduction units. The department shall summarize the information collected and
4make it available to common motor carriers, contract motor carriers, and private
5motor carriers in an accessible and cost-effective manner, such as on department's
6Internet site.
AB100-ASA1,890,7 7(6) Sunset. Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply after December 31, 2012.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2351 8Section 2351. 560.137 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,890,119 560.137 (2) (f) If the department awards a grant under this subsection, the
10department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person
11providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2352 12Section 2352. 560.138 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,890,1513 560.138 (6) If the department awards a grant under this section, the
14department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person
15providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2357m 16Section 2357m. 560.155 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2361m 17Section 2361m. 560.18 of the statutes is renumbered 26.40, and 26.40 (1m),
18as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,890,2419 26.40 (1m) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (t), the The department
20may award grants to nonprofit organizations to develop forestry educational
21programs and instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department
22may not award a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with
23the grant recipient and the director of the timber management program at the
24University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2366m
1Section 2366m. 560.275 (2) (a) to (d) and (e) (intro.) of the statutes are
2amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,891,93 560.275 (2) (a) Early stage planning grants and loans. The department may
4make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie)
5for the purpose of funding professional services related to completing an application
6to be submitted to the federal government for the purpose of obtaining early stage
7research and development funding or for the purpose of funding professional services
8that are required to accomplish specific tasks established as a condition of receiving
9early stage financing from 3rd parties that is necessary for business development.
AB100-ASA1,891,1410 (b) Matching grants and loans. 1. The department may make a grant or loan
11from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of
12funding professional services related to developing a proposed technologically
13innovative product, process, or service, if the applicant has received a grant from the
14federal government for a substantially similar purpose.
AB100-ASA1,891,2015 2. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s.
1620.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related
17to the accelerated commercialization of a technologically innovative product,
18process, or service, if the federal government has notified the applicant that the
19applicant will receive a grant from the federal government for a substantially similar
20purpose.
AB100-ASA1,892,521 (c) Bridge grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan from
22the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) to a person who has
23received early stage financing from 3rd parties or a grant from the federal
24government to fund early stage research and development and who has sought
25additional early stage financing from 3rd parties or applied for an additional grant

1from the federal government to fund early stage research and development. A grant
2or loan under this paragraph shall be for the purpose of funding professional services
3necessary to maintain the project research and management team and funding basic
4operations until the applicant's additional 3rd party financing request or federal
5grant application is approved or denied.
AB100-ASA1,892,86 (d) Venture capital grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan
7from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of
8enhancing the applicant's ability to obtain early stage financing from 3rd parties.
AB100-ASA1,892,129 (e) (intro.) Entrepreneurial and technology transfer center grants. The
10department may make a grant from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik)
11(c) or (ie) for the purpose of supporting any entrepreneurial and technology transfer
12center that satisfies all of the following criteria:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2376j 13Section 2376j. 560.275 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,892,1614 560.275 (8) Small businesses. The department shall award not less than 50
15percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this section to small
16businesses, as defined in 560.60 (15).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2376k 17Section 2376k. 560.275 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,892,2018 560.275 (9) Distressed Areas. The department shall award not less than 35
19percent of the total amount of grants and loans made under this section to businesses
20in distressed areas, as defined in 560.605 (7) (b).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2376L 21Section 2376L. 560.60 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 560.60 (15) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,892,2423 560.60 (15) (intro.) "Small business" means a business that is operating for
24profit, with 250 and to which any of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1,893,2
1(a) The business has 100 or fewer employees, including employees of any
2subsidiary or affiliated organization.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2376m 3Section 2376m. 560.60 (15) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,893,44 560.60 (15) (b) The business has annual gross receipts of $10,000,000 or less.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2388p 5Section 2388p. 560.605 (1) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,893,86 560.605 (1) (p) For an ethanol production facility on which construction begins
7after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], a competitive
8bidding process is used for the construction of the ethanol production facility.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2407L 9Section 2407L. 560.605 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,893,1110 560.605 (7) (a) The board shall award not less than 50 percent of the total
11amount of grants and loans made under this subchapter to small businesses.
AB100-ASA1,893,1412 (b) The board shall award not less than 35 percent of the total amount of grants
13and loans made under this subchapter to businesses in distressed areas. In this
14paragraph, "distressed area" means an area to which any of the following apply:
AB100-ASA1,893,1515 1. The area has a high level of unemployment.
AB100-ASA1,893,1616 2. The area has a low median household income.
AB100-ASA1,893,1717 3. A significant number of workers in the area have been permanently laid off.
AB100-ASA1,893,2018 4. An employer in the area has given public notice of a plant closing or a
19substantial reduction in force that will result in a significant number of workers in
20the area being permanently laid off.
AB100-ASA1,893,2221 5. The area is designated as a development zone under s. 560.71 or an
22enterprise development zone under s. 560.797.
AB100-ASA1,893,2423 6. As determined by the board, the area is affected by another factor that
24indicates the area is a distressed area.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2418m 25Section 2418m. 560.797 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,894,5
1560.797 (2) (c) The department may not designate as an enterprise
2development zone, or as any part of an enterprise development zone, an area that is
3located within the boundaries of an area that is designated as a development zone
4under s. 560.71, or as a
development opportunity zone under s. 560.795, the
5designation of which is in effect.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2419 6Section 2419. 560.797 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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