AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 2397 Section 2397. 560.605 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2398 Section 2398. 560.605 (2m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2399 Section 2399. 560.605 (2m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2400 Section 2400. 560.605 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2401 Section 2401. 560.605 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2402 Section 2402. 560.605 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2403 Section 2403. 560.605 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2404 Section 2404. 560.607 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1036,2 560.607 (1) Evaluations of proposed technical research projects under s. 560.62.

AB100, s. 2405 Section 2405. 560.61 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2406 Section 2406. 560.61 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 560.61 and amended to read:

AB100,1036,10 560.61 Make At the request of the board, the department may make a grant or loan to an eligible recipient for a project that meets the criteria for funding under s. 560.605 (1) and (2) and under s. 560.62, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is appropriate, from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c), (cb) and (ie) for eligible activities.

AB100, s. 2407 Section 2407. 560.61 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2408 Section 2408. 560.62 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2409 Section 2409. 560.63 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2410 Section 2410. 560.65 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2411 Section 2411. 560.66 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 2412 Section 2412. 560.68 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1036,19 560.68 (1m) The department shall establish criteria for the award of grants and loans under s. 560.61, including the types of projects that are eligible for funding and the types of eligible projects that will receive priority.

AB100, s. 2413 Section 2413. 560.68 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1036,22 560.68 (2m) The department shall determine conditions applicable to a grant or loan under s. 560.61.

AB100, s. 2414 Section 2414. 560.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1037,3 560.68 (3) The department may charge a grant or loan recipient an origination fee of up to not more than 2% of the grant or loan amount if the grant or loan equals or exceeds $200,000 and is awarded under s. 560.63 or 560.66. The department shall deposit all origination fees collected under this subsection in the appropriation account under s. 20.143 (1) (gm).

AB100, s. 2415 Section 2415. 560.68 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 560.68 (5) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,1037,8 560.68 (5) (intro.) The department, with the approval of the board, shall develop procedures to evaluate related to grants and loans under s. 560.61 for all of the following:

AB100,1037,9 (b) Evaluating applications, monitor .

AB100,1037,10 (c) Monitoring project performance and audit.

AB100,1037,11 (d) Auditing the grants and loans awarded under this subchapter.

AB100, s. 2416 Section 2416. 560.68 (5) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1037,13 560.68 (5) (a) Submitting applications for grants and loans.

AB100, s. 2417 Section 2417. 560.68 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1037,18 560.68 (6) If appropriate, the The board may shall require that more, as a condition of a grant or loan, that a recipient contribute to a project an amount that is not less than 25% of the cost of any project or category of projects be paid from funds not provided by this state amount of the grant or loan.

AB100, s. 2418 Section 2418. 560.68 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1037,22 560.68 (7) (a) Publish and disseminate information about the projects under ss. 560.62 to 560.66 that may be funded by a grant or loan under s. 560.61 and the about procedures for applying for grants and loans under s. 560.61.

AB100, s. 2419 Section 2419. 560.797 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1038,2 560.797 (2) (d) The department may not designate more than 79 enterprise development zones unless the department obtains the approval of the joint committee on finance to do so. Of the enterprise development zones that the department designates, at least 10 shall be designated under par. (bg).

AB100, s. 2420 Section 2420. 560.797 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1038,8 560.797 (5) (b) When the department designates an area as an enterprise development zone under this section, the department shall establish a limit, not to exceed $3,000,000, for tax benefits for the enterprise development zone. The total amount of tax benefits authorized under this paragraph for all enterprise development zones may not exceed $243,000,000.

AB100, s. 2421 Section 2421. 560.799 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1038,14 560.799 Super employment and economic development zone grant program. (1) Beginning on July 1, 2006, from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (cm), the department may award a grant to an eligible business that locates in an extremely depressed area designated under sub. (3) (a), for reimbursing the business's eligible costs, if all of the following apply:

AB100,1038,16 (a) The department determines that the business will create not fewer than 100 qualifying jobs in the extremely depressed area.

AB100,1038,19 (b) The business enters into a written agreement with the department that specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds and in which the business agrees to do all of the following:

AB100,1038,21 1. Compensate at a family-supporting wage not less than 90 percent of the employees in the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).

AB100,1038,23 2. Make every reasonable effort to hire individuals who reside in the extremely depressed area to fill at least 75 percent of the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).

AB100,1038,25 3. Submit the report required under sub. (2) by the time the report is required under sub. (2).

AB100,1039,4 (2) A business that is awarded a grant under this section shall, by March 31 of the year following a year in which the department disburses grant moneys to the business, submit to the department a report detailing how the grant moneys received in that year were used.

AB100,1039,5 (3) The department shall do all of the following:

AB100,1039,9 (a) Designate areas in this state as extremely depressed areas. The department may not designate an area under this paragraph unless the department determines that the unemployment rate for the area equals or exceeds 150 percent of the average unemployment rate for this state.

AB100,1039,10 (b) Promulgate rules defining all of the following terms:

AB100,1039,14 1. "Eligible costs," which may include property taxes, utilities, job training, employee transportation, a portion of wages paid by the business to employees who reside in the extremely depressed area, and a portion of the costs incurred by the business to provide child care at the business for employees.

AB100,1039,15 2. "Extremely depressed area."

AB100,1039,16 3. "Family-supporting wage."

AB100,1039,17 4. "Qualifying jobs."

AB100,1039,19 (4) The department may pay grant proceeds to an eligible business that is awarded a grant under this section for up to 5 years.

AB100, s. 2422 Section 2422. 560.9810 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1039,22 560.9810 (5) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to property that is authorized to be sold under s. 16.848.

AB100, s. 2423 Section 2423. 562.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1040,3 562.06 (3) Day care. Nothing in this section prohibits a licensee from operating a day care area at a track if the day care area is licensed by the department of health and family services workforce development under s. 48.65 49.98.

AB100, s. 2424 Section 2424. 565.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1040,7 565.05 (1) (intro.) No Except as provided in sub. (1m), no employee in the lottery division of the department or the executive assistant or the secretary or deputy secretary of revenue may do any of the following:

AB100, s. 2425 Section 2425. 565.05 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1040,14 565.05 (1m) An employee in the lottery division of the department who terminates employment with the department may be employed by a vendor at any time after his or her date of termination if the department has entered into a contract, on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], with the vendor to perform lottery functions that were previously performed by the employee while he or she was employed in the lottery division.

AB100, s. 2426 Section 2426. 565.05 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1040,20 565.05 (3) No employee in the lottery division may discuss with a vendor who is attempting to obtain a major procurement contract under s. 565.25 any matter relating to the future employment of the employee with the vendor unless the discussion relates to employment under s. 565.25 (3) (cm) and the administrator provides prior written consent.

AB100, s. 2427 Section 2427. 565.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1041,5 565.10 (3) (b) No lottery retailer contract may be entered into with a person who has been finally adjudged to be delinquent in the payment of taxes under ch. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, or 139 or, who has been found delinquent in the payment of contributions to the unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.16 in a proceeding under s. 108.10, or who owes a payment to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.82 or 102.85 (4) or to the work injury supplemental benefit fund under s. 102.49 (5) (a), 102.59 (2), or 102.60 (5) (b) if the person remains delinquent in the payment of liable for those taxes or, contributions, or payments at the time the person seeks to enter into the lottery retailer contract.

AB100, s. 2428 Section 2428. 565.25 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1041,12 565.25 (3) (cm) If a contract for a major procurement is for services that were performed by employees in the lottery division before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the contract may not be entered into unless the contract requires the vendor to offer employment to those employees in the lottery division who performed those services and whose positions were terminated on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].

AB100, s. 2429 Section 2429. 565.48 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1041,17 565.48 Collection of unpaid liabilities. Any unpaid amount owed by a retailer to the department under this chapter shall be assessed, collected, and reviewed in the same manner as income taxes are assessed, collected, and reviewed under ch. 71.

AB100, s. 2430 Section 2430. 655.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1042,5 655.27 (2) Fund administration and operation. Management of the fund shall be vested with the board of governors. The commissioner shall either provide staff services necessary for the operation of the fund or, with the approval of the board of governors, contract for all or part of these services. Such a contract is subject to s. ss. 16.765 and 16.771, but is otherwise exempt from subch. IV of ch. 16. The commissioner shall adopt rules governing the procedures for creating and implementing these contracts before entering into the contracts. At least annually, the contractor shall report to the commissioner and to the board of governors regarding all expenses incurred and subcontracting arrangements. If the board of governors approves, the contractor may hire legal counsel as needed to provide staff services. The cost of contracting for staff services shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (2) (u).

AB100, s. 2431 Section 2431. 655.27 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1042,17 655.27 (6) Purpose and integrity of fund. The fund is established to ensure the availability of health care providers in this state, to curb the rising costs of health care by financing part of the liability incurred by health care providers as a result of medical malpractice claims and, to ensure that proper claims are satisfied, and to enable the deployment of health care information systems technology for health care quality, safety, and efficiency, as specified in s. 153.076 (2). The fund, including any net worth of the fund, is held in irrevocable trust for the sole benefit of health care providers participating in the fund and proper claimants and for the deployment of health care information systems technology for health care quality, safety, and efficiency by the health care quality and patient safety board. Moneys in the fund may not be used for any other purpose of the state.

AB100, s. 2432 Section 2432. 704.90 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1042,21 704.90 (9) Rules. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

AB100, s. 2433 Section 2433. 704.90 (11) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1042,24 704.90 (11) (title) Duties of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice.

AB100, s. 2434 Section 2434. 704.90 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1043,5 704.90 (11) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice shall investigate alleged violations of this section and rules promulgated under sub. (9). To facilitate its investigations, the department may subpoena persons and records and may enforce compliance with the subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12.

AB100, s. 2435 Section 2435. 707.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1043,15 707.49 (4) Surety bond and other options. Instead of placing deposits in an escrow account, a developer may obtain a surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a similar arrangement, in an amount which at all times is not less than the amount of the deposits otherwise subject to the escrow requirements of this section. The bond, letter of credit, or similar arrangement shall be filed with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice and made payable to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice for the benefit of aggrieved parties.

AB100, s. 2436 Section 2436. 707.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1043,25 707.57 (2) Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice authority. (a) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice, or any district attorney upon informing the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this chapter. Before entry of final judgment, the court may make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of these acts or practices is submitted to the satisfaction of the court.

AB100,1044,3 (b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and take testimony to aid in its investigation of violations of this chapter.

AB100, s. 2437 Section 2437. 707.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1044,9 707.57 (3) Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter shall be required to forfeit not more than $5,000 for each offense. Forfeitures under this subsection shall be enforced by action on behalf of the state by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice or by the district attorney of the county where the violation occurs.

AB100, s. 2438 Section 2438. 757.05 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1044,11 757.05 (1) (title) Levy of penalty assessment surcharge.