SB148: Bill Text

SB148,105,11 79.04 (7) (a) Beginning with payments in 2005, if a production plant, as described in sub. (6) (a), other than a nuclear-powered production plant, is built on the site of, or on a site adjacent to, an existing or decommissioned production plant; or is built on a site purchased by a public utility before January 1, 1980, that was identified in an advance plan as a proposed site for a production plant; or is built on, or on a site adjacent to, brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a) or s. 560.13 (1) (a), 2009 stats., after December 31, 2003, and has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt, each municipality and county in which such a production plant is located shall receive annually from the public utility account a payment in an amount that is equal to the number of megawatts that represents the production plant's name-plate capacity, multiplied by $600.

SB148,326 Section 326. 84.01 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,105,16 84.01 (6m) (b) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the department:

SB148,327 Section 327. 84.01 (11m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,105,20 84.01 (11m) (a) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority.

SB148,328 Section 328. 84.01 (11m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,106,5 84.01 (11m) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the department shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs, as defined in sub. (6m) (a), administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 235.016 (2). The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB148,329 Section 329. 85.25 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,106,11 85.25 (2) (a) "Business development organization" means the Forward Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority created under s. 234.02 235.011 or any private organization that prepares business and loan plans for and provides other financial, management, and technical assistance to disadvantaged businesses.

SB148,330 Section 330. 93.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,106,25 93.07 (3) Promotion of agriculture. To promote the interests of agriculture, dairying, horticulture, manufacturing, commercial fishing and the domestic arts and to advertise Wisconsin and its dairy, food, and agricultural products by conducting campaigns of education throughout the United States and in foreign markets. Such campaigns shall include the distribution of educational and advertising material concerning Wisconsin and its plant, animal, food, and dairy products. The department shall coordinate efforts by the state to advertise and promote agricultural products of this state, with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority where appropriate. The department shall submit its request and plan for market development program expenditures for each biennium with its biennial budget request. The plan shall include the identification and priority of expenditures for each market development program activity.

SB148,331 Section 331. 93.07 (18) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,107,5 93.07 (18) (b) (intro.) In consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, to do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection:

SB148,332 Section 332. 93.07 (20) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,107,9 93.07 (20) (a) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority.

SB148,333 Section 333. 93.07 (20) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,107,19 93.07 (20) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, to submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs, as defined in sub. (18) (a), administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 235.016 (2). The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB148,334 Section 334. 93.33 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,108,8 93.33 (5) Annual report. (intro.) In September of each year, the council shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, under s. 13.172 (3), the governor, the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the state superintendent of public instruction, the secretary of workforce development, the secretary of natural resources, the chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, the president of the University of Wisconsin System, the director of the technical college system, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The council shall include all of the following in the report:

SB148,335 Section 335. 93.42 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,108,12 93.42 (5) Cooperating with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority in promoting the state's products through the state's foreign trade offices.

SB148,336 Section 336. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,108,23 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

SB148,337 Section 337. 106.16 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,109,6 106.16 (2) Any company that receives a loan or grant from a state agency or an authority under ch. 231 or 234 shall notify the department and the local workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832, of any position in the company that is related to the project for which the grant or loan is received to be filled in this state within one year after receipt of the loan or grant. The company shall provide this notice at least 2 weeks prior to advertising the position.

SB148,338 Section 338. 106.16 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,339 Section 339. 106.27 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,109,11 106.27 (2m) Consultation. The department shall consult with the technical college system board and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority in implementing this section.

SB148,340 Section 340. 109.09 (2) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,109,14 109.09 (2) (c) 1. a. "Commercial lending institution" has the meaning given for "financial institution" in s. 234.01 235.40 (5k).

SB148,341 Section 341. 114.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,110,2 114.31 (6) Technical services to municipalities. The secretary may, insofar as is reasonably possible, offer the engineering or other technical service of the department, to any municipality desiring them in connection with the construction, maintenance or operation or proposed construction, maintenance or operation of an airport. The secretary may assess reasonable costs for services including services performed while acting as agent for a municipality. Such assessment shall include properly allocated administrative costs. Municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the secretary in the development of aeronautics and aeronautical facilities in this state. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority and all agencies are authorized and directed to make available such facilities and services, and to cooperate as far as possible to promote the best interests of aeronautics of the state.

SB148,342 Section 342. 196.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,110,7 196.49 (4) The commission may not issue a certificate under sub. (1), (2), or (3) for the construction of electric generating equipment and associated facilities unless the commission determines that brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a) or s. 560.13 (1) (a), 2009 stats., are used to the extent practicable.

SB148,343 Section 343. 196.491 (3) (a) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,110,12 196.491 (3) (a) 2m. b. The applicant proposes alternative construction sites for the facility that are contiguous or proximate, provided that at least one of the proposed sites is a brownfield, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a), or the site of a former or existing large electric generating facility.

SB148,344 Section 344. 196.491 (3) (d) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,110,15 196.491 (3) (d) 8. For a large electric generating facility, brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a), are used to the extent practicable.

SB148,345 Section 345. 224.71 (1br) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB148,110,22 224.71 (1br) (intro.) "Bona fide nonprofit organization" means an organization that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is certified by the federal department of housing and urban development or the Forward Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, and that does all of the following:

SB148,346 Section 346. 230.03 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:

SB148,111,10 230.03 (3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit thereof or an authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279. "Agency" does not mean any local unit of government or body within one or more local units of government that is created by law or by action of one or more local units of government.

SB148,347 Section 347. Chapter 234 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,348 Section 348. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 234 [precedes 234.01] of the statutes is renumbered subchapter IV (title) of chapter 235 [precedes 235.40] and amended to read:

SB148,111,15 CHAPTER 235

SB148,111,16 SUBCHAPTER IV

SB148,111,18 GENERAL PROVISIONS; HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

SB148,349 Section 349. 234.01 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB148,111,21 235.40 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter:

SB148,350 Section 350. 234.01 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,351 Section 351. 234.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,352 Section 352. 234.01 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,353 Section 353. 234.01 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (3m) and amended to read:

SB148,112,5 235.40 (3m) "Collateral" means a 3rd-party note, mortgage, guaranty, insurance policy, bond, letter of credit, security agreement, or other instrument securing the repayment of an economic development loan or a mortgage loan.

SB148,354 Section 354. 234.01 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (4).

SB148,355 Section 355. 234.01 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,356 Section 356. 234.01 (4n) of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,357 Section 357. 234.01 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (5).

SB148,358 Section 358. 234.01 (5k) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (5k).

SB148,359 Section 359. 234.01 (5m) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (5m) and amended to read:

SB148,112,14 235.40 (5m) "Homeownership mortgage loan" has the meaning given under s. 234.59 235.59 (1) (f).

SB148,360 Section 360. 234.01 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (6), and 235.40 (6) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB148,112,20 235.40 (6) (a) If the corporation receives any loan or advance from the authority under this chapter subchapter, it may enter into an agreement with the authority providing for regulation with respect to rents, profits, dividends , and disposition of property or franchises; and.

SB148,113,5 (b) If the corporation receives a loan or advance under this chapter subchapter, the chairperson of the authority board, or his or her designee, acting with the prior approval of the majority of the members of the authority board, may, if he or she determines that any such loan or advance is in jeopardy of not being repaid, that the proposed development for which such loan or advance was made is in jeopardy of not being constructed, or that the corporation is not carrying out the intent and purposes of this chapter subchapter, appoint to the board of directors of such corporation a number of new directors, which number shall be sufficient to constitute a majority of such that board of directors, notwithstanding any other provision of such articles of incorporation or of any other provision of law.

SB148,361 Section 361. 234.01 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (7).

SB148,362 Section 362. 234.01 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (7m) and amended to read:

SB148,113,10 235.40 (7m) "Housing rehabilitation loan" means a low interest housing rehabilitation loan as defined in s. 234.49 235.49 (1) (f) and (fm).

SB148,363 Section 363. 234.01 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (8), and 235.40 (8) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB148,113,16 235.40 (8) (a) As a condition of acceptance of a loan or advance under this chapter subchapter, the limited-profit entity shall enter into an agreement with the authority providing for limitations of rents, profits, dividends, and disposition of property or franchises; and.

SB148,114,3 (b) If the limited-profit entity receives a loan or advance under this chapter subchapter, the chairperson of the authority board, or his or her designee, acting with the prior approval of the majority of members of the authority board, may, if he or she determines that any such loan or advance is in jeopardy of not being repaid, that the proposed development for which such loan or advance was made is in jeopardy of not being constructed, or that the limited-profit entity is otherwise not carrying out the intent and purposes of this chapter subchapter, appoint to the board of directors or other comparable controlling body of such limited-profit entity a number of new directors or persons, which number shall be sufficient to constitute a voting majority of such board or controlling body, notwithstanding any other provisions of the limited-profit entity's articles of incorporation or other documents of organization, or of any other provisions of law.

SB148,364 Section 364. 234.01 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (9), and 235.40 (9) (a) 5., as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB148,114,19 235.40 (9) (a) 5. That if the corporation receives a loan or advance under this chapter subchapter, the chairperson of the authority board, or his or her designee, acting with the prior approval of the majority of the members of the authority board, may, on determination that any such loan or advance is in jeopardy of not being repaid, that the proposed development for which such loan or advance was made is in jeopardy of not being constructed, that some part of the net income or net earnings of the corporation is inuring to the benefit of any private person, that the corporation is in some manner controlled or under the direction of or acting in the substantial interest of any private person seeking to derive benefit or gain therefrom or seeking to eliminate or minimize losses in any dealings or transactions therewith, or that the corporation is not carrying out the intent and purposes of this chapter subchapter, appoint to the board of directors of such corporation a number of new directors, which number shall be sufficient to constitute a majority of such board, notwithstanding any other provisions of such articles of incorporation or of any other provisions of law.

SB148,365 Section 365. 234.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 235.40 (10) and amended to read:

SB148,115,8 235.40 (10) "Persons and families of low and moderate income" means persons and families who cannot afford to pay the amounts at which private enterprise, without federally-aided federally aided mortgages or loans from the authority, can provide a substantial supply of decent, safe and sanitary housing and who fall within income limitations set by the authority in its rules policies and procedures. In determining such income limitations the authority shall consider the amounts of the total income of such persons available for housing needs, the size of the family, the cost and condition of available housing facilities, standards established for various federal programs, and any other factors determined by the authority to be appropriate in arriving at such limitations. Among low- or moderate-income persons and families, preference shall be given to those displaced by governmental action.

SB148,366 Section 366. 234.02 of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,367 Section 367. 234.03 of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,368 Section 368. 234.032 of the statutes is repealed.

SB148,369 Section 369. 234.034 of the statutes is renumbered 235.401.

SB148,370 Section 370. 234.04 of the statutes is renumbered 235.406, and 235.406 (2), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB148,116,5 235.406 (2) The authority may make or participate in the making and enter into commitments for the making of long-term mortgage loans to eligible sponsors of housing projects for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income, or for the making of homeownership mortgage loans or housing rehabilitation loans or loans for the refinancing of qualified subprime loans under s. 234.592   235.592 to persons and families of low and moderate income, an applicant under s. 234.59 or 234.592 235.59 to 235.592, or other eligible beneficiaries as defined in s. 234.49. The loans may be made only upon the determination by the authority that they are not otherwise available from private lenders upon reasonably equivalent terms and conditions 235.49. The authority may not make a loan to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the authority a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a). The authority may employ, for such compensation as it determines, the services of any financial institution in connection with any loan.

SB148,371 Section 371. 234.05 of the statutes is renumbered 235.407.

SB148,372 Section 372. 234.06 of the statutes is renumbered 235.4075.

SB148,373 Section 373. 234.07 of the statutes is renumbered 235.408, and 235.408 (1), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB148,117,8 235.408 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a limited-profit entity which that receives loans from the authority under this subchapter may not make distributions, other than from funds contributed to the limited-profit entity by stockholders, partners, members, or holders of beneficial interest in the limited-profit entity, in any one year with respect to a project financed by the authority in excess of 6% of its equity in such project on a cumulative basis. The equity in a project shall consist of the difference between the amount of the mortgage loan and the total project cost. Total project cost shall include construction or rehabilitation costs including job overhead and a builder's and sponsor's profit and risk fee, architectural, engineering, legal, and accounting costs, organizational expenses, land value, interest, and financing charges paid during construction, the cost of landscaping and off-site improvements, whether or not such costs have been paid in cash or in a form other than cash. With respect to every project the authority shall, pursuant to rules policies and procedures adopted by it, establish the entity's equity at the time of making of the final mortgage advance and, for purposes of this section, that figure shall remain constant during the life of the authority's loan with respect to such project. Upon the dissolution of the limited-profit entity any surplus in excess of the distributions allowed by this section shall be paid to the authority. For this purpose surplus shall not be deemed to include any increase in net worth of any limited-profit entity by reason of a reduction of mortgage indebtedness, by amortization or similar payments or by reason of the sale or disposition of any assets of a limited-profit entity to the extent such surplus can be attributed to any increase in market value of any real or tangible personal property accruing during the period the assets were owned and held by the limited-profit entity.

SB148,374 Section 374. 234.08 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 235.02 (title).

SB148,375 Section 375. 234.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 235.02 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB148,117,15 235.02 (1) (intro.) The authority may issue its negotiable notes and bonds in such principal amount, as, in the opinion of the authority, is necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its corporate purposes and funding its projects and programs, including the purchase of to do any of the following:

SB148,117,21 (a) Purchase certain mortgages and securities and the making of make secured loans for low- and moderate-income housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, for the rehabilitation of existing structures, and for the construction of facilities appurtenant thereto as provided in this chapter; for the making of to existing structures consistent with the authority's housing-related purposes.

SB148,117,23 (b) Make secured loans to assist eligible elderly homeowners in paying property taxes and special assessments; for the payment of.