AB40: Bill Text

AB40,2057 Section 2057. 238.133 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,916,9 238.133 (1) (e) "Underground petroleum product storage tank" has the meaning given in s. 101.143 292.63 (1) (i).

AB40,2058 Section 2058. 238.145 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2059 Section 2059. 238.146 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2060 Section 2060. 238.16 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 238.16 (1) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB40,916,20 238.16 (1) (c) 1. "Full-time Except as provided in subd. 2., "full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage and benefits that are not required by federal or state law. "Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins.

AB40,2061 Section 2061. 238.16 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,916,25 238.16 (1) (c) 2. The corporation may grant exceptions to the requirement under subd. 1. that a full-time job means a position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year if all of the following apply:

AB40,917,2 a. The annual pay for the position is more than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB40,917,5 b. An individual in the position is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.

AB40,2062 Section 2062. 238.16 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,917,12 238.16 (3) Eligibility for tax benefits. (intro.) A person certified under sub. (2) may receive tax benefits under this section if, in each year for which the person claims tax benefits under this section, the person increases net employment in the person's business above the net employment in the person's business during the year before the person was certified under sub. (2), as determined by the corporation under its policies and procedures, and one of the following applies:

AB40,2063 Section 2063. 238.16 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,917,17 238.16 (3) (a) In a tier I county or municipality, an eligible employee for whom the person claims a tax credit will earn at least $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in wages from the person in the year for which the credit is claimed.

AB40,2064 Section 2064. 238.16 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2065 Section 2065. 238.16 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,917,24 238.16 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) The corporation may award to a person certified under sub. (2) tax benefits for each eligible employee in an amount equal to up to 10 percent of the wages paid by the person to that employee or $10,000, whichever is less, if that employee earned wages in the year for which the tax benefit is claimed equal to one of the following:

AB40,2066 Section 2066. 238.16 (4) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,918,2 238.16 (4) (b) 1. a. In a tier I county or municipality, at least $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB40,2067 Section 2067. 238.16 (5) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,918,6 238.16 (5) (f) (intro.) The corporation shall adopt rules policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of this section, including rules policies and procedures relating to the following:

AB40,2068 Section 2068. 238.16 (5) (f) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,918,9 238.16 (5) (f) 5. Determining a change in net employment in a person's business.

AB40,2069 Section 2069. 238.20 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2070 Section 2070. 238.30 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,918,12 238.30 Definitions. (intro.) In this section and ss. 238.31 238.301 to 238.395:

AB40,2071 Section 2071. 238.30 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 238.30 (2m) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,918,21 238.30 (2m) (b) (intro.) The corporation may adopt a rule specifying circumstances under which the corporation may grant exceptions to the requirement under par. (a) that a full-time job means a job position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, but under no circumstances may a full-time job mean a job in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work less than 37.5 hours per week. if all of the following apply:

AB40,2072 Section 2072. 238.30 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,918,24 238.30 (2m) (b) 1. The annual pay for the position is more than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB40,2073 Section 2073. 238.30 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,919,3 238.30 (2m) (b) 2. An individual in the position is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.

AB40,2074 Section 2074. 238.30 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,919,17 238.30 (4m) "Member of a targeted group" means a person who resides in an area designated by the federal government as an economic revitalization area, a person who is employed in an unsubsidized job but meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) for a Wisconsin Works employment position, a person who is employed in a trial job, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n), 2011 stats., or in a real work, real pay project position under s. 49.147 (3m) trial employment match program job, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n), a person who is eligible for child care assistance under s. 49.155, a person who is a vocational rehabilitation referral, an economically disadvantaged youth, an economically disadvantaged veteran, a supplemental security income recipient, a general assistance recipient, an economically disadvantaged ex-convict, a dislocated worker, as defined in 29 USC 2801 (9), or a food stamp recipient, if the person has been certified in the manner under 26 USC 51 (d) (13) (A) by a designated local agency, as defined in 26 USC 51 (d) (12).

AB40,2075 Section 2075. 238.303 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,919,25 238.303 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (am) and par. (b), and subject to a reallocation by the corporation pursuant to rules adopted under s. 238.15 (3) (d), the total tax benefits available to be allocated by the corporation under ss. 238.301 to 238.306 may not exceed the sum of the tax benefits remaining to be allocated under s. 560.71 to 560.785, 2009 stats., s. 560.797, 2009 stats., s. 560.798, 2009 stats., s. 560.7995, 2009 stats., and s. 560.96, 2009 stats., on March 6, 2009, plus $25,000,000 $100,000,000.

AB40,2076 Section 2076. 238.303 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2077 Section 2077. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 238.399 (1) (am) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,920,9 238.399 (1) (am) 2. (intro.) The corporation may by rule specify circumstances under which the corporation may grant exceptions to the requirement under subd. 1. that a full-time employee means an individual who, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, but under no circumstances may a full-time employee mean an individual who, as a condition of employment, is required to work less than 37.5 hours per week. if all of the following apply:

AB40,2078 Section 2078. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,920,13 238.399 (1) (am) 2. a. The individual is employed in a job for which the annual pay is more than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.

AB40,2079 Section 2079. 238.399 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,920,17 238.399 (1) (am) 2. b. The individual is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.

AB40,2080 Section 2080. 238.399 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,920,20 238.399 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) The business makes a significant capital investment in property located in the enterprise zone and all of the following apply:

AB40,2081 Section 2081. 238.399 (5) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2082 Section 2082. 238.399 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,920,24 238.399 (5) (d) 1. The business is an original equipment a manufacturer with a significant supply chain in the state, as determined by the corporation by rule.

AB40,2083 Section 2083. 238.399 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,921,4 238.399 (6) (d) The corporation may require a business to repay any tax benefits the business claims for a year in which the business failed to maintain employment or capital investment levels or a significant capital investment in property required by an agreement under sub. (5) (c).

AB40,2084 Section 2084. 238.399 (6) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,921,7 238.399 (6) (g) (intro.) The corporation shall adopt rules policies and procedures specifying all of the following:

AB40,2085 Section 2085. 238.399 (6) (g) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2086 Section 2086. 238.399 (6) (g) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,921,11 238.399 (6) (g) 2m. The definition of "significant capital investment" for purposes of sub. (5).

AB40,2087 Section 2087. 256.125 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2088 Section 2088. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.33 (3) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,921,16 281.33 (3) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as restricted under subd. 2., the department shall establish by rule minimum standards for activities all of the following:

AB40,921,19 a. Activities related to construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building and to storm water management that have a land disturbance that is one acre or more in area.

AB40,2089 Section 2089. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,921,23 281.33 (3) (a) 1. b. Activities related to construction site erosion control at sites that have a land disturbance that is less than one acre and to which ss. 101.1206 and 101.653 do not apply.

AB40,2090 Section 2090. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,921,25 281.33 (3) (a) 1. c. Storm water management.

AB40,2091 Section 2091. 281.33 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,922,5 281.33 (3) (b) (intro.) The minimum standards for construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building described in par. (a) 1. a. and b. shall provide for the regulation of any construction activity, at such a site, that:

AB40,2092 Section 2092. 281.33 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,922,16 281.33 (4) Model ordinances; state plan; distribution. The department shall prepare a model zoning ordinance for construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building described in sub. (3) (a) 1. a. and b. and for storm water management in the form of an administrative rule. The model ordinance is subject to s. 227.19 and other provisions of ch. 227 in the same manner as other administrative rules. Following the promulgation of the model ordinance as a rule, the department shall distribute a copy of the model ordinance to any city, village, town or county that submits a request. The department shall distribute a copy of the state plan to any agency which submits a request.

AB40,2093 Section 2093. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,922,19 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $69,200,000 $76,700,000 during the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40,2094 Section 2094. 281.59 (3e) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,922,22 281.59 (3e) (b) 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40,2095 Section 2095. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,922,25 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $30,700,000 $29,600,000 during the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40,2096 Section 2096. 281.59 (3s) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,923,3 281.59 (3s) (b) 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40,2097 Section 2097. 283.33 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,923,7 283.33 (1) (a) A discharge from a discernible, confined , and discrete conveyance of storm water associated with an industrial activity, including construction, that meets criteria in rules promulgated by the department.

AB40,2098 Section 2098. 283.33 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,923,12 283.33 (1) (am) A discharge from a discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance of storm water associated with a construction site, including a construction site for a building, that meets criteria in rules promulgated by the department.

AB40,2099 Section 2099. 283.33 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,923,18 283.33 (3) (d) If the department determines that rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (2) prescribe performance standards that meet the requirements for establishing minimum standards under this subsection, the department's rules under s. 281.16 (2) satisfy the rule-making requirements under this subsection and shall apply as if they were promulgated under this subsection.

AB40,2100 Section 2100. 283.33 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,923,24 283.33 (4) (a) (intro.) In addition to obtaining a permit under this section, the owner or operator of an industrial activity described in sub. (1) (a) or (am) that discharges storm water through a municipal separate storm sewer system described in sub. (1) (b) to (cr) shall submit the following information to the owner or operator of the municipal separate storm sewer system:

AB40,2101 Section 2101. 283.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,924,3 283.33 (5) Other dischargers. A person who is required to obtain a permit under sub. (1) (a), (am), or (d) may apply for an individual permit or request coverage under a general permit issued by the department under s. 283.35.

AB40,2102 Section 2102. 283.33 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,924,9 283.33 (7) Petitions. The owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system may petition the department to require a permit under this section for any discharge through the municipal separate storm sewer system. The department may approve the petition only if a permit for the discharge is required under sub. (1) (a), (am), or (d).

AB40,2103 Section 2103. 283.35 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,924,11 283.35 (1m) (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply after June 30, 2013 2015.