AB40,1242,319 (b) The designation of an area as a technology zone shall be in effect for 10 years
20from the time that the department corporation first designates the area. Not more
21than $5,000,000 in tax credits may be claimed in a technology zone, except that the
22department corporation may allocate the amount of unallocated airport
23development zone tax credits, as provided under s. 560.7995 238.3995 (3) (b), to
24technology zones for which the $5,000,000 maximum allocation is insufficient. The
25department corporation may change the boundaries of a technology zone during the

1time that its designation is in effect. A change in the boundaries of a technology zone
2does not affect the duration of the designation of the area or the maximum tax credit
3amount that may be claimed in the technology zone.
AB40,1242,6 4(3) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (e), the department corporation may
5certify for tax credits in a technology zone a business that satisfies all of the following
6requirements:
AB40,1242,87 (b) (intro.) In determining whether to certify a business under this subsection,
8the department corporation shall consider all of the following:
AB40,1242,169 (c) When the department corporation certifies a business under this
10subsection, the department corporation shall establish a limit on the amount of tax
11credits that the business may claim. Unless its certification is revoked, and subject
12to the limit on the tax credit amount established by the department corporation
13under this paragraph, a business that is certified may claim a tax credit for 3 years,
14except that a business that experiences growth, as determined for that business by
15the department corporation under par. (d) and sub. (5) (e), may claim a tax credit for
16up to 5 years.
AB40,1242,2417 (d) The department corporation shall enter into an agreement with a business
18that is certified under this subsection. The agreement shall specify the limit on the
19amount of tax credits that the business may claim, the extent and type of growth,
20which shall be specific to the business, that the business must experience to extend
21its eligibility for a tax credit, the business' baseline against which that growth will
22be measured, any other conditions that the business must satisfy to extend its
23eligibility for a tax credit, and reporting requirements with which the business must
24comply.
AB40,1243,2
1(4) (a) (intro.) The department of commerce corporation shall notify the
2department of revenue of all the following:
AB40,1243,53 (b) The department corporation shall annually verify information submitted
4to the department corporation under ss. 71.07 (2di), (2dm), (2dx), and (3g), 71.28
5(1di), (1dm), (1dx), and (3g), and 71.47 (1di), (1dm), (1dx), and (3g).
AB40,1243,7 6(5) (intro.) The department corporation shall promulgate adopt rules for the
7operation of this section, including rules related to all the following:
AB40,1243,118 (e) Standards for extending a business's certification, including what
9measures, in addition to job creation, the department corporation will use to
10determine the growth of a specific business and how the department corporation will
11establish baselines against which to measure growth.
AB40,1243,1312 (g) The exchange of information between the department of commerce
13corporation and the department of revenue.
AB40, s. 3449 14Section 3449. Subchapter X (title) of chapter 560 [precedes 560.9801] of the
15statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 3450 16Section 3450. 560.9801 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5601, and 234.5601
17(2) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB40,1243,1918 234.5601 (2) (a) A housing authority organized under s. 59.53 (22), 61.73,
1966.1201, or 66.1213 or ch. 234 this chapter.
AB40, s. 3451 20Section 3451. 560.9802 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5602, and 234.5602
21(1) (a) and (b), (3) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,1243,2422 234.5602 (1) (a) The department authority shall prepare a comprehensive
235-year state housing strategy plan. The department authority shall submit the plan
24to the federal department of housing and urban development.
AB40,1244,3
1(b) In preparing the plan, the department authority may obtain input from
2housing authorities, community-based organizations, the private housing industry
3and others interested in housing assistance and development.
AB40,1244,5 4(3) The department authority shall annually update the state housing strategy
5plan.
AB40,1244,8 6(4) Before October 1 of each year, the department authority shall submit the
7state housing strategy plan to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the
8legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
AB40, s. 3452 9Section 3452. 560.9803 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5603, and 234.5603
10(1) (intro.) and (a), (2) (intro.) and (e) 7. and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,1244,1111 234.5603 (1) (intro.) The department authority shall do all of the following:
AB40,1244,1512 (a) Subject to sub. (2), make grants or loans, directly or through agents
13designated under s. 560.9804 234.5604, from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (2)
1420.490 (7) (b) to persons or families of low or moderate income to defray housing costs
15of the person or family.
AB40,1244,17 16(2) (intro.) In connection with grants and loans under sub. (1), the department
17authority shall do all of the following:
AB40,1244,1918 (e) 7. Other persons or families that the department authority determines have
19particularly severe housing problems.
AB40,1244,21 20(3) (a) The department authority may make grants or loans under sub. (1) (a)
21directly or through agents designated under s. 560.9804 234.5604.
AB40,1244,2322 (b) The department authority may administer and disburse funds from a grant
23or loan under sub. (1) (a) on behalf of the recipient of the grant or loan.
AB40, s. 3453 24Section 3453. 560.9804 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5604, and 234.5604
25(1) and (2) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,1245,3
1234.5604 (1) The department authority may enter into an agreement with an
2agent designated under sub. (2) to allow the designated agent to do any of the
3following:
AB40,1245,54 (a) Award grants and loans under s. 560.9803 234.5603 (1) and (2) subject to
5the approval of the department authority.
AB40,1245,76 (b) Disburse the funds for grants and loans to persons or families of low or
7moderate income on terms approved by the department authority.
AB40,1245,108 (c) On terms approved by the department authority, administer and disburse
9funds from a grant or loan under s. 560.9803 234.5603 on behalf of the recipient of
10the grant or loan.
AB40,1245,12 11(2) (intro.) The department authority may designate any of the following as
12agents:
AB40, s. 3454 13Section 3454. 560.9805 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5605, and 234.5605
14(1) (intro.), (2) (intro.) and (c) (intro.) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,1245,2015 234.5605 (1) (intro.) The department authority may make grants to a
16community-based organization, organization operated for profit, or housing
17authority to improve the ability of the community-based organization, organization
18operated for profit, or housing authority to provide housing opportunities, including
19housing-related counseling services, for persons or families of low or moderate
20income. The grants may be used to partially defray any of the following:
AB40,1245,22 21(2) (intro.) The department authority may not make a grant under sub. (1)
22unless all of the following apply:
AB40,1245,2523 (c) (intro.) The department authority determines that the grant to the
24particular community-based organization, organization operated for profit, or
25housing authority is appropriate because of any of the following:
AB40,1246,4
1(4) To ensure the development of housing opportunities, the department
2authority shall coordinate the use of grants provided under this section with projects
3undertaken by housing authorities, organizations operated for profit , and
4community-based organizations.
AB40, s. 3455 5Section 3455. 560.9806 (1), (2) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered
6234.5606 (1), (2) and (3), and 234.5606 (2) (a) and (3) (intro.) and (d), as renumbered,
7are amended to read:
AB40,1246,148 234.5606 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (fm), the
9department authority may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose of
10providing transitional housing and associated supportive services to homeless
11individuals and families if the conditions under par. (b) are satisfied. The
12department authority shall ensure that the funds for the grants are reasonably
13balanced among geographic areas of the state, consistent with the quality of
14applications submitted.
AB40,1246,16 15(3) (intro.) Each recipient of a grant under this section shall annually provide
16all of the following information to the department authority:
AB40,1246,1917 (d) Any other information that the department authority determines to be
18necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the transitional housing program operated
19by the recipient.
AB40, s. 3456 20Section 3456. 560.9806 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 3457 21Section 3457. 560.9807 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5607 and amended
22to read:
AB40,1247,2 23234.5607 Grants to alleviate homelessness. (1) Grants. From moneys
24available under s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (h), the department authority shall make

1grants to organizations, including organizations operated for profit, that provide
2shelter or services to homeless individuals or families.
AB40,1247,5 3(2) Supplemental funds. The department authority shall ensure that grants
4awarded under sub. (1) are not used to supplant other state funds available for
5homelessness prevention or services to homeless individuals or families.
AB40,1247,9 6(2m) Report. Annually, the department authority shall submit a report to the
7speaker of the assembly, the president of the senate and to the appropriate standing
8committees under s. 13.172 (3) that summarizes how much money was received in
9the previous year and how that money was distributed.
AB40,1247,11 10(3) Rules. The department authority shall promulgate adopt rules
11establishing procedures and eligibility criteria for grants under this section.
AB40, s. 3458 12Section 3458. 560.9808 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5608, and 234.5608
13(2) (a) and (b) (intro.), (3) (b), (3m), (4) (intro.) and (5) (intro.), as renumbered, are
14amended to read:
AB40,1247,2215 234.5608 (2) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (fm) and
16(h), the department authority shall award grants to eligible applicants for the
17purpose of supplementing the operating budgets of agencies and shelter facilities
18that have or anticipate a need for additional funding because of the renovation or
19expansion of an existing shelter facility, the development of an existing building into
20a shelter facility, the expansion of shelter services for homeless persons, or an
21inability to obtain adequate funding to continue the provision of an existing level of
22services.
AB40,1247,2523 (b) (intro.) The department authority shall allocate funds from the
24appropriations under s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (fm) and (h) for temporary shelter for
25homeless individuals and families as follows:
AB40,1248,6
1(3) (b) Applications shall be submitted in the form required by the department
2authority and shall be accompanied by the current or proposed operating budget or
3both, as required by the department authority, of each shelter facility or agency
4which that will, directly or indirectly, receive any of the grant money, and an
5explanation of why the shelter facility or agency has or anticipates a need for
6additional funding.
AB40,1248,10 7(3m) Grant eligibility. In awarding grants under this section, the department
8authority shall consider whether the community in which an eligible applicant
9provides services has a coordinated system of services for homeless individuals and
10families.
AB40,1248,12 11(4) (intro.) Rule making Rules required. The department authority shall
12promulgate by rule adopt rules establishing both of the following:
AB40,1248,14 13(5) (intro.) Prohibited uses. The department authority may not provide a grant
14for any of the following purposes:
AB40, s. 3459 15Section 3459. 560.9809 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5609, and 234.5609
16(1), (2) and (3) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,1248,2017 234.5609 (1) The department authority may administer housing programs,
18including the housing improvement grant program and the initial rehabilitation
19grant program, that are funded by a community development block grant, 42 USC
205301
to 5320.
AB40,1248,22 21(2) The department authority may promulgate adopt rules to administer this
22section.
AB40,1249,2 23(3) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department authority shall
24promulgate adopt rules that specify that an applicant for funds under a program
25under this section shall be eligible to receive funds under the program in the year

1following the year for which the applicant submits an application, without having to
2submit another application for that following year, if all of the following apply:
AB40, s. 3460 3Section 3460. 560.9810 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 3461 4Section 3461. 560.9811 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5611, and 234.5611
5(2), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB40,1249,146 234.5611 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (fr), the
7department authority may not award more than $45,000 in each fiscal year to
8applying public or nonprofit private entities for the costs of providing certain mental
9health services to homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental illness.
10Entities that receive funds awarded by the department authority under this
11subsection shall provide the mental health services required under 42 USC
12290cc-24
. The amount that the department authority awards to an applying entity
13may not exceed 50% of the amount of matching funds required under 42 USC
14290cc-23
.
AB40, s. 3462 15Section 3462. 560.9815 of the statutes is renumbered 234.5615 and amended
16to read:
AB40,1249,20 17234.5615 Federal housing assistance programs. Notwithstanding s. 16.54
18(2) (a), the department authority shall administer federal funds made available to
19this state under the Stewart B. McKinney homeless assistance act housing
20assistance programs, 42 USC 11361 to 11402.
AB40, s. 3463 21Section 3463. 563.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1249,2222 563.03 (1) "Adult family home" has the meaning given in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b).
AB40, s. 3464 23Section 3464. 563.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1250,224 563.05 (3) The department may promulgate rules specifying the number of
25business days within which the department must review and make a determination

1on an application for a permit, as defined in s. 560.41 (2) 227.116 (1g), that is issued
2under this chapter.
AB40, s. 3465 3Section 3465. 565.01 (4d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1250,54 565.01 (4d) "Minority business" means a business certified by the department
5of commerce safety and professional services under s. 560.036 490.04 (2).
AB40, s. 3466 6Section 3466. 565.01 (4e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1250,87 565.01 (4e) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036
8490.04 (1) (f).
AB40, s. 3467 9Section 3467. 601.93 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1250,2110 601.93 (2) Every insurer doing a fire insurance business in this state shall,
11before March 1 in each year, file with the commissioner a statement, showing the
12amount of premiums upon fire insurance due for the preceding calendar year.
13Return premiums may be deducted in determining the premium on which the fire
14department dues are computed. Payments of quarterly installments of the total
15estimated payment for the then current calendar year under this subsection are due
16on or before April 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15. On March 1 the
17insurer shall pay any additional amounts due for the preceding calendar year.
18Overpayments will be credited on the amount due April 15. The commissioner shall,
19prior to May 1 each year, report to the department of commerce safety and
20professional services
the amount of dues paid under this subsection and to be paid
21under s. 101.573 (1).
AB40, s. 3468 22Section 3468. 607.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1251,323 607.02 (1) Types of policies permitted. Subject to sub. subs. (2) and (3), the
24life fund may issue to any resident of the state any kind of life insurance with any
25riders or endorsements thereto that would be filed with the commissioner for

1issuance by private insurers authorized to do a life insurance business in this state.
2Coverages may be combined and granted in the same policy by the life fund to the
3same extent as by a private life insurer.
AB40, s. 3469 4Section 3469. 607.02 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,1251,65 607.02 (3) Closed enrollment. On and after the effective date of this
6subsection .... [LRB inserts date], all of the following apply:
AB40,1251,87 (a) The life fund may not accept applications for life insurance coverage under
8the life fund.
AB40,1251,119 (b) Life insurance policies for life insurance coverage under the life fund may
10be issued only on the basis of applications received before the effective date of this
11paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
AB40, s. 3470 12Section 3470. 609.805 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 3471 13Section 3471. 610.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1251,1714 610.70 (1) (a) "Health care provider" means any person licensed, registered,
15permitted or certified by the department of health services or the department of
16regulation and licensing safety and professional services to provide health care
17services, items or supplies in this state.
AB40, s. 3472 18Section 3472. 632.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1251,2219 632.10 (1) "Building and safety standards" means the requirements of chs. 101
20and 145 and of any rule promulgated by the department of commerce safety and
21professional services
under ch. 101 or 145, and standards of a 1st class city relating
22to the health and safety of occupants of buildings.
AB40, s. 3473 23Section 3473. 632.895 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 3474 24Section 3474. 704.05 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1252,14
1704.05 (5) (a) 2. Give the tenant notice, personally or by ordinary mail
2addressed to the tenant's last-known address, of the landlord's intent to dispose of
3the personal property by sale or other appropriate means if the property is not
4repossessed by the tenant. If the tenant fails to repossess the property within 30 days
5after the date of personal service or the date of the mailing of the notice, the landlord
6may dispose of the property by private or public sale or any other appropriate means.
7The landlord may deduct from the proceeds of sale any costs of sale and any storage
8charges if the landlord has first stored the personalty under subd. 1. If the proceeds
9minus the costs of sale and minus any storage charges are not claimed within 60 days
10after the date of the sale of the personalty, the landlord is not accountable to the
11tenant for any of the proceeds of the sale or the value of the property. The landlord
12shall send the proceeds of the sale minus the costs of the sale and minus any storage
13charges to the department of administration for deposit in the appropriation under
14s. 20.143 (2) 20.490 (7) (h).
AB40, s. 3475 15Section 3475. 709.03 (form) C. 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,1252,16 16709.03 (form) - See PDF for table PDF
AB40, s. 3476 17Section 3476. 758.19 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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