SB199,5,1212 1. The total amount of business subsidies awarded in each county of the state.
SB199,5,1313 2. Distribution of business subsidies, categorized by subsidy amounts.
SB199,5,1514 3. Distribution of business subsidy amounts, categorized by the length of time
15over which the subsidy is provided.
SB199,5,1716 4. Distribution of business subsidies, categorized by type of subsidy, amount of
17subsidy, and public purpose.
SB199,5,1918 5. The percentage and number of recipients that reached their goals by the
19times specified in their subsidy agreements under s. 20.9265 (2) (a) 6.
SB199,5,2120 6. The percentage and number of recipients that reached their interim goals,
21if any.
SB199,5,2322 7. The percentage and number of recipients that did not reach their goals by
23the times specified in their subsidy agreements under s. 20.9265 (2) (a) 6.
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18. The total dollar amount of business subsidies provided to recipients that did
2not reach their goals by the times specified in their subsidy agreements under s.
320.9265 (2) (a) 6.
SB199,6,54 9. The number of jobs created as a result of business subsidies, shown in
5separate wage bands, as defined in s. 20.926 (10).
SB199,6,76 10. Fringe benefits paid or otherwise provided as a result of business subsidies,
7shown in separate wage bands, as defined in s. 20.926 (10).
SB199,6,138 (d) The compilation and summary of the reports under s. 20.9265 (4) (a) shall
9be presented in a manner that allows for comparisons across time periods and among
10grantors and, in addition, shall include sufficient information to enable comparisons
11between wages paid and fringe benefits provided by new jobs created as a result of
12business subsidies and wages paid and fringe benefits provided by comparable jobs
13in each area in which the new jobs are created.
SB199,6,2014 (e) In addition to summarizing and compiling the reports specified in par. (b),
15the legislative audit bureau shall include in the report under this subsection a
16comparison and evaluation of the effectiveness of each business subsidy, or program
17under which business subsidies are provided, in achieving a public purpose and
18recommendations for improving the programs. The legislative audit bureau is not
19required to compare and evaluate under this paragraph the programs included in the
20reports filed under s. 20.9265 (4) (b) and (c).
SB199,6,2421 (f) The legislative audit bureau may develop a report form for the manual or
22electronic submission of the report required under s. 20.9265 (4) (a) to ensure that
23the appropriate data is collected to enable the legislative audit bureau to satisfy the
24requirements under this subsection.
SB199,6,2525 (g) The report under this subsection is open to public inspection.
SB199, s. 2
1Section 2. 20.001 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB199,7,3 220.001 Definitions and abbreviations. (intro.) In Except as otherwise
3provided, in
this chapter terms and abbreviations have the following meanings:
SB199, s. 3 4Section 3. 20.926 of the statutes is created to read:
SB199,7,6 520.926 Definitions for business subsidy awards and reports. In this
6section and s. 20.9265:
SB199,7,7 7(1) "Agency" means a state agency or a local government agency.
SB199,7,8 8(2) "Business" means any of the following:
SB199,7,99 (a) A person engaged in a business enterprise for profit in this state.
SB199,7,1210 (b) An organization or enterprise operating not for profit in this state that has
11at least 100 full-time positions with a ratio of highest-paid to lowest-paid employee
12that exceeds 10 to one, determined on the basis of full-time equivalent positions.
SB199,7,14 13(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), "business subsidy" means any of the
14following:
SB199,7,1715 1. Public improvements that cost at least $25,000, that are made to buildings
16or lands owned by the state or a political subdivision, and that exclusively benefit a
17single business at the time that the improvements are made.
SB199,7,1918 2. Any of the following that has a cost to an agency or the state of at least
19$25,000 and that is given to a business by an agency:
SB199,7,2020 a. A grant.
SB199,7,2121 b. A contribution of personal or real property or infrastructure.
SB199,7,2422 2m. Any transfer of property to a business by an agency for at least $25,000
23below the property's acquisition cost or fair market value at the time of the transfer,
24whichever is greater.
SB199,7,2525 3. A loan of at least $75,000 that is given to a business by an agency.
SB199,8,1
1(b) "Business subsidy" does not include any of the following:
SB199,8,32 1. Assistance for the sole purpose of providing job readiness and training
3services.
SB199,8,44 2. Housing assistance.
SB199,8,55 3. Energy conservation assistance.
SB199,8,86 4. A reduction or deferral of any tax or fee, including tax credits under ch. 71,
7general tax reductions, and tax reductions resulting from conformity with federal
8law.
SB199,8,109 5. General changes in the tax incremental financing laws and other general tax
10law changes.
SB199,8,1111 6. Worker's compensation and unemployment compensation.
SB199,8,1212 7. Payment to a person from an agency for the purchase of goods or services.
SB199,8,1313 7m. Payments made under ch. 32.
SB199,8,1614 8. Funds from bonds issued for the benefit of any institution, facility, or
15organization described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is
16exempt from federal taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SB199,8,1717 9. Assistance for a consortium, as defined in s. 560.60 (3).
SB199,8,1818 10. Any assistance provided by the University of Wisconsin System.
SB199,8,2019 11. Assistance provided by the department of transportation, except for
20assistance provided under s. 84.185 or any similar programs.
SB199,8,2221 12. Federal loan funds provided through the U.S. economic development
22administration.
SB199,8,2423 13. Assistance provided by an agency under a statutory provision that
24identifies the specific recipient or the specific amount.
SB199,8,2525 14. Loans and investments made by the investment board.
SB199,9,3
1(3m) "Development zone" means a development zone under ss. 560.71 to
2560.78, a development opportunity zone under s. 560.795, or an enterprise
3development zone under s. 560.797.
SB199,9,4 4(4) "Grantor" means an agency that awards or provides a business subsidy.
SB199,9,8 5(5) "Local government agency" means any political subdivision, housing
6authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, redevelopment authority created
7under s. 66.1333, or community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or
8any entity created or authorized by any of them.
SB199,9,9 9(6) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
SB199,9,11 10(7) "Recipient" means a business that is benefited by a business subsidy under
11sub. (3) (a) 1. or that receives a business subsidy under sub. (3) (a) 2., 2m., or 3.
SB199,9,15 12(8) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher
13education, association, society, or other body in state government that is created or
14authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including any authority
15created under ch. 231, 233, 234, or 237 but not including the legislature or the courts.
SB199,9,16 16(9) "Technology zone" means a technology zone under s. 560.96.
SB199,9,22 17(10) "Wage bands" means ranges of wages, with the lowest range beginning
18with the federal minimum wage and ending with the wage reflected by rounding the
19federal minimum wage up to the nearest whole dollar and subtracting one cent, and
20with each subsequent range beginning with the nearest whole dollar that is greater
21than the highest wage included within the previous range and ending with the wage
22reflected by adding 99 cents to that whole dollar.
SB199, s. 4 23Section 4. 20.9265 of the statutes is created to read:
SB199,9,25 2420.9265 Business subsidies; awarding and reporting requirements. (1)
25Developing criteria; application requirements; public hearings; prohibitions. (a)

1Every grantor shall develop criteria for awarding business subsidies. The criteria
2shall set minimum requirements that a business must meet to be eligible for a
3business subsidy. The criteria shall provide that, if the public purpose for the subsidy
4is job creation, all jobs created as a result of the subsidy must provide compensation
5that is equal to at least 200% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC
69902
(2), for a family of 2 persons. Compensation may include health insurance
7premiums paid by the employer on behalf of the employee, for purposes of
8determining whether this requirement is met.
SB199,10,109 (b) No grantor may award a business subsidy until the grantor has developed
10the criteria required under par. (a).
SB199,10,1811 (c) A copy of the criteria developed under par. (a) shall be submitted along with
12the first annual report filed by the grantor under sub. (4). A copy of any changes to
13the original set of criteria developed under par. (a) shall be submitted along with the
14first annual report that is filed by the grantor after the changes are made. If in
15awarding a business subsidy a grantor deviates from the criteria developed under
16par. (a), the grantor shall document the reason for the deviation in writing and
17submit a copy of that documentation along with the first annual report that is filed
18by the grantor after the deviation occurs.
SB199,10,2519 (cm) 1. Every applicant for a business subsidy shall reveal in the application
20whether, in the preceding 5 years, the applicant has been determined by an
21administrative proceeding, civil action, criminal action, or other legal proceeding to
22have violated any federal or state environmental or labor law. For purposes of this
23paragraph, issuance of an order or acceptance of an agreement requiring corrective
24action or a stipulated fine, forfeiture, or other penalty is considered a determination
25of a violation, regardless of whether there is a finding or admission of liability.
SB199,11,3
12. For a violation described in subd. 1. that resulted in a finding, the applicant
2shall describe the finding and the penalty assessed and shall specify the entity that
3made the finding and the location of the public records relating to the matter.
SB199,11,94 3. For a violation described in subd. 1. that resulted in an agreement for
5corrective action or a stipulated fine, forfeiture, or other penalty, the applicant shall
6provide a summary description of the violation that led to the agreement or
7stipulation and, if the agreement or stipulation is a public record, a summary
8description of the agreement or stipulation and the location of the agreement or
9stipulation as a public record.
SB199,11,1810 (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., before awarding a business subsidy
11in the amount of $500,000 or greater to a subsidy applicant, a grantor shall hold at
12least one public meeting in the political subdivision in which the applicant proposes
13to conduct the project for which the subsidy will be used. The public meeting must
14be held at least 30 days before the final decision is made on whether to award the
15business subsidy to the applicant for the purpose of providing information, and
16receiving public comment, about the subsidy. The grantor shall give notice of the
17meeting in a manner that is likely to give notice in the political subdivision in which
18the applicant proposes to conduct the project for which the subsidy will be used.
SB199,11,2119 2. The requirement under subd. 1. does not apply if, under another process that
20is separate and distinct from the process under this section, at least one public
21hearing has been held with respect to the project for which the subsidy will be used.
SB199,11,2422 3. The requirement under subd. 1. does not apply if the secretary of
23administration grants a waiver of the requirement because there is insufficient time
24to hold a public meeting.
SB199,12,3
1(e) A grantor may not award to a business subsidy applicant a business subsidy
2in the form of a grant, a loan, or a contribution of personal or real property if any of
3the following applies:
SB199,12,84 1. The business subsidy will be used to subsidize any portion of the cost of
5moving the applicant's business operations from one political subdivision in this
6state to another political subdivision in this state. This subdivision does not apply
7if the governing body of the political subdivision from which the applicant intends
8to move consents to the move in writing, which may be by resolution.
SB199,12,129 2. The business subsidy will be used to subsidize any portion of the cost of
10moving the applicant's business operations to this state from a state with which this
11state has entered into an agreement or compact related to businesses moving from
12one state to another, except as allowed under the terms of the agreement or compact.
SB199,12,1613 (f) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a recipient may not apply for another
14business subsidy, and a grantor may not award another business subsidy to a
15recipient, if the recipient fails to submit a report required under sub. (3) (a) within
166 months of the time required for submitting such report under sub. (3) (b).
SB199,12,1917 2. A recipient that submits a report more than 6 months after the time required
18under sub. (3) (b) may apply for, and may be awarded, another business subsidy only
19upon the approval of the secretary of administration.
SB199,12,22 20(2) Subsidy agreement. (a) Whenever a grantor provides a business subsidy,
21the recipient shall enter into a subsidy agreement with the grantor. The subsidy
22agreement shall include all of the following:
SB199,12,2423 1. A description of the subsidy, including the amount, or fair market value, and
24type of subsidy.
SB199,13,2
12. A description of a public purpose for the subsidy, other than expanding the
2property tax base.
SB199,13,33 3. A statement of why the subsidy is needed.
SB199,13,44 4. Specific measurable goals for the subsidy.
SB199,13,75 4m. If the public purpose for the subsidy is the creation or retention of jobs,
6specific measurable goals for the number of jobs to be created or retained and wage
7goals for the jobs to be created or retained.
SB199,13,108 5. If the public purpose for the subsidy is the retention of jobs, the total number
9of jobs currently provided by the recipient and identification of the jobs that would
10be lost without the subsidy.
SB199,13,1211 6. The time by which the goals specified in subd. 4. and, if applicable, in subd.
124m. are to be achieved.
SB199,13,1413 7. A commitment to continue operations at the location where the subsidy is
14to be used for at least 5 years from the date of receiving the full amount of the subsidy.
SB199,13,1815 8. A description of any financial or other obligation of the recipient if the goals
16under subd. 4. or, if applicable, under subd. 4m. are not met by the time specified
17under subd. 6. or if the recipient ceases operations at the location before the time
18specified in subd. 7.
SB199,13,1919 9. The name and address of the recipient's parent corporation, if any.
SB199,13,2120 10. A list, by amount and provider, of all other public financial assistance for
21the project for which the subsidy will be used.
SB199,14,222 11. A commitment to ensure that, unless otherwise authorized by the grantor,
23any depreciable tangible personal property purchased with money obtained through
24the subsidy will remain in Wisconsin for at least 5 years or, if the property is mobile,

1the property's base of operations for at least 50% of its use will be at a location in
2Wisconsin for at least 5 years.
SB199,14,63 (b) A subsidy agreement under par. (a) shall be in writing and signed by both
4the recipient and the grantor. If the grantor is a local government agency that is not
5a political subdivision, the governing body of the political subdivision within which
6the local government agency operates must approve the agreement.
SB199,14,9 7(3) Reports of recipients. (a) Each recipient shall submit to its grantor, by
8the time required under par. (b), a report in a format specified by the grantor that
9provides the following information:
SB199,14,1010 1. The type, public purpose, and amount of the subsidy.
SB199,14,1211 2. The hourly wage of each job created or retained as a result of the subsidy,
12shown in separate wage bands.
SB199,14,1413 3. The sum of the hourly wages and cost of health insurance premiums paid by
14the recipient, shown in separate wage bands.
SB199,14,1615 4. A statement of the goals identified in the subsidy agreement under sub. (2)
16(a) 4. and a statement of the progress toward meeting those goals.
SB199,14,2017 4m. If the public purpose for the subsidy is the creation or retention jobs, a
18statement of the goals identified in the subsidy agreement under sub. (2) (a) 4m. and
19a statement of the progress toward meeting the job and wage goals or the date on
20which the job and wage goals were or are expected to be achieved.
SB199,14,2321 5. If the public purpose for the subsidy is the retention of jobs, the total number
22of jobs currently provided by the recipient, shown in separate wage bands, and the
23status of the jobs identified under sub. (2) (a) 5.
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