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560.135
(5) (b) Whether the project will be located in a targeted area, as
22determined by the board after considering the factors under s. 560.605
(2m) (a) to (h) 23(2m) (a), (b), and (f) to (h).".
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560.14
(1) (ar) "Brownfields" has the meaning given in s.
560.60 (1v) 560.13 (1)
3(a).
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560.155
(1) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2), the department may award a grant to
10a business
from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (eh) if all of the following apply:
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560.155
(2) (e) If the department awards a grant under this section, the
13department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person
14providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
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560.17
(1) (am) "Brownfields" has the meaning given in s.
560.60 (1v) 560.13
18(1) (a).
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560.17
(1) (bm) "Job"
has the meaning given in s. 560.60 (10) means a position
21providing full-time equivalent employment. "Job" does not include initial training
22before an employment position begins.
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4560.24 Training assistance grant program. (1) (a) The department may
5award a grant to an employer for training the employer's employees if all of the
6following 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
9state, as determined by the department.
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b. The employer will introduce new capital investment to retain a significant
11number 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
13successfully complete a job training program, and the department determines that
14there 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
16has been developed jointly by the employer with a technical college or other training
17provider 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
20the report is required under par. (b).
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(b) An employer that is awarded a grant under this section shall submit to the
22department, within 6 months after the full amount of the grant has been spent, a
23report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.
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1(2) In awarding grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to
2employers who submit training plans under which the training will be provided by
3a technical college.
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4(3) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation
5under s. 20.143 (1) (cs). If the department exhausts the moneys in the appropriation
6under s. 20.143 (1) (cs), the department may award grants under sub. (1) from the
7appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (c).
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8(4) The department may pay the proceeds of a grant under sub. (1) directly to
9the technical college or other training provider that participated in developing the
10training plan under sub. (1) (a) 2.
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11(5) The department shall promulgate rules defining, for purposes of the
12program 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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38.34
(2) Grants. Subject to sub.
(4) (3), the
department board may make a
22grant from the appropriation under s.
20.143 (1) (fj)
20.292 (1) (fj) to a
23technology-based nonprofit organization to provide support for a manufacturing
24extension center if all of the following apply:
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1(a) The technology-based nonprofit organization submits to the
department 2board a plan detailing its proposed expenditures and performance measures related
3to the project.
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(b) The
secretary state director approves the plan submitted under par. (a).
AB100-ASA1-AA15,15,1111
560.60
(3m) "Eligible activities" means any of the following:
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(a) Capital financing.
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(b) Worker training.
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(c) Entrepreneurial development.
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(d) Providing assistance to technology-based businesses or to businesses at a
16foreign trade show or event.
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(e) Promoting urban or regional economic development.
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(f) Establishing revolving loan funds.
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(g) Providing working capital.
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(h) Promoting employee ownership through all of the following:
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1. Conducting feasibility studies to investigate the reorganization or new
22incorporation of existing businesses as employee-owned businesses.
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2. Implementing feasibility studies under subd. 1.
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1560.60
(4) "Eligible recipient" means a governing body or a person who is
2eligible to receive a grant or loan under s.
560.62, a grant or loan under s. 560.63 or
3a grant or loan under s. 560.65 560.61.
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560.60
(15) "Small business" means a business
operating for profit, with
250
10or fewer
than 100 employees, including employees of any subsidiary or affiliated
11organization.
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560.605
(1) (intro.)
The Upon receipt of an application by an eligible recipient,
16the board may
consider any of the following in determining whether to award a grant
17or loan under s. 560.61
upon the receipt and consideration of an application by an
18eligible recipient for a project under ss. 560.62 to 560.66, if the board determines all
19of the following:
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560.605
(1) (a)
The Whether the project serves a public purpose.
AB100-ASA1-AA15,16,2423
560.605
(1) (b)
The Whether the project will retain or increase employment in
24this state.
AB100-ASA1-AA15,17,2
1560.605
(1) (c)
The Whether the project
is not likely to might not occur without
2the grant or loan.
AB100-ASA1-AA15,17,54
560.605
(1) (d)
Financing Whether financing is
unavailable available from
any
5other another source on reasonably equivalent terms.
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560.605
(1) (e)
Except as provided in s. 560.68 (6), the eligible recipient
8receiving the grant or loan will contribute, from The extent to which the project will
9be financed with funds not provided by this state
, not less than 25% of the cost of the
10project.
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560.605
(1) (g)
Funds Whether funds from the grant or loan
under s. 560.62,
14560.63, 560.65 or 560.66 will be used to pay overhead costs
, except as provided in s.
15560.65 (1m) (b), or to replace funds from
any other another source.
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560.605
(1) (h)
The Whether the project will
not displace
any workers in this
18state.
