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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.
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560.605
(1) (b)
The Whether the project will retain or increase employment in
24this state.
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1560.605
(1) (c)
The Whether the project
is not likely to might not occur without
2the grant or loan.
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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.
AB100-ASA1-AA15, s. 2393g
24Section 2393g. 560.605 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 560.605 (1) (m)
25and amended to read:
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1560.605
(1) (m) The financial soundness of the
business eligible recipient.
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560.605
(2m) (intro.) When considering whether a project
under s. 560.62,
6560.63 or 560.66 will be located in a targeted area, the board
shall may consider
all
7any of the following:
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560.605
(3m) The board may not award a grant or loan under s. 560.61 for an
13ethanol production facility on which construction begins after the effective date of
14this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], unless a competitive bidding process is used
15for the construction of the ethanol production facility.
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560.607
(1) Evaluations of proposed technical research projects
under s.
22560.62.
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1560.61 Make At the request of the board, the department may make a grant
2or loan to an eligible recipient
for a project that meets the criteria for funding under
3s. 560.605 (1) and (2) and under s. 560.62, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is
4appropriate, from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c)
, (cb) and (ie)
for eligible
5activities.
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560.68
(1m) The department shall establish criteria for the award of grants
13and loans under s. 560.61, including the types of projects that are eligible for funding
14and the types of eligible projects that will receive priority.
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560.68
(2m) The department shall determine conditions applicable to a grant
17or loan under s. 560.61.
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560.68
(3) The department may charge a grant or loan recipient an origination
20fee of
up to not more than 2% of the grant or loan amount if the grant or loan
equals
21or exceeds $200,000
and is awarded under s. 560.63 or 560.66. The department shall
22deposit all origination fees collected under this subsection in the appropriation
23account under s. 20.143 (1) (gm).
AB100-ASA1-AA15, s. 2415g
24Section 2415g. 560.68 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 560.68 (5) (intro.) and
25amended to read:
AB100-ASA1-AA15,20,3
1560.68
(5) (intro.) The department, with the approval of the board, shall
2develop procedures
to evaluate related to grants and loans under s. 560.61 for all of
3the following:
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4(b) Evaluating applications
, monitor
.
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5(c) Monitoring project performance
and audit.
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6(d) Auditing the grants and loans
awarded under this subchapter.
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560.68
(5) (a) Submitting applications for grants and loans.
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560.68
(6) If appropriate, the The board
may shall require
that more, as a
11condition of a grant or loan, that a recipient contribute to a project an amount that
12is not less than 25% of the
cost of any project or category of projects be paid from funds
13not provided by this state amount of the grant or loan.
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560.68
(7) (a) Publish and disseminate information about
the projects
under
16ss. 560.62 to 560.66 that may be funded by a grant or loan under s. 560.61 and
the 17about procedures for applying for grants and loans
under s. 560.61.
AB100-ASA1-AA15,20,2219
560.797
(2) (d)
The department may not designate more than 79 enterprise
20development zones unless the department obtains the approval of the joint
21committee on finance to do so. Of the enterprise development zones that the
22department designates, at least 10 shall be designated under par. (bg).
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560.797
(5) (b) When the department designates an area as an enterprise
25development zone under this section, the department shall establish a limit, not to
1exceed $3,000,000, for tax benefits for the enterprise development zone.
The total
2amount of tax benefits authorized under this paragraph for all enterprise
3development zones may not exceed $243,000,000.".
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6560.799 Super employment and economic development zone grant
7program. (1) Beginning on July 1, 2006, from the appropriation under s. 20.143
8(1) (cm), the department may award a grant to an eligible business that locates in an
9extremely depressed area designated under sub. (3) (a), for reimbursing the
10business's eligible costs, if all of the following apply:
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(a) The department determines that the business will create not fewer than 100
12qualifying jobs in the extremely depressed area.
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(b) The business enters into a written agreement with the department that
14specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds and in which the business agrees
15to do all of the following:
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1. Compensate at a family-supporting wage not less than 90 percent of the
17employees in the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
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2. Make every reasonable effort to hire individuals who reside in the extremely
19depressed area to fill at least 75 percent of the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
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3. Submit the report required under sub. (2) by the time the report is required
21under sub. (2).
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22(2) A business that is awarded a grant under this section shall, by March 31
23of the year following a year in which the department disburses grant moneys to the
1business, submit to the department a report detailing how the grant moneys received
2in that year were used.
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3(3) The department shall do all of the following:
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(a) Designate areas in this state as extremely depressed areas. The
5department may not designate an area under this paragraph unless the department
6determines that the unemployment rate for the area equals or exceeds 150 percent
7of the average unemployment rate for this state.
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(b) Promulgate rules defining all of the following terms:
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1. "Eligible costs," which may include property taxes, utilities, job training,
10employee transportation, a portion of wages paid by the business to employees who
11reside in the extremely depressed area, and a portion of the costs incurred by the
12business to provide child care at the business for employees.
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2. "Extremely depressed area."
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3. "Family-supporting wage."
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4. "Qualifying jobs."
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16(4) The department may pay grant proceeds to an eligible business that is
17awarded a grant under this section for up to 5 years.".
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19"(1k)
Forward Wisconsin, inc. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) of the
20statutes, in the 2006-07 fiscal year Forward Wisconsin, Inc., may not spend
21$1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under section 20.143 (1) (bm) of the statutes,
22as affected by this act, unless the department of administration certifies that
23Forward Wisconsin, Inc., has raised at least $2,000,000 in private funds during the
242005-06 and 2006-07 fiscal years.".
