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14Section
324. 106.27 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.27
(2m) Consultation. The department shall consult with the technical
16college system board and the
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation 17department of economic opportunity in implementing this section.
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18Section
325. 114.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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114.31
(6) Technical services to municipalities. The secretary may, insofar
20as is reasonably possible, offer the engineering or other technical service of the
21department, to any municipality desiring them in connection with the construction,
22maintenance or operation or proposed construction, maintenance or operation of an
23airport. The secretary may assess reasonable costs for services including services
24performed while acting as agent for a municipality. Such assessment shall include
25properly allocated administrative costs. Municipalities are authorized to cooperate
1with the secretary in the development of aeronautics and aeronautical facilities in
2this state.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and all All agencies
3are authorized and directed to make available such facilities and services, and to
4cooperate as far as possible to promote the best interests of aeronautics of the state.
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5Section
326. 196.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.49
(4) The commission may not issue a certificate under sub. (1), (2), or (3)
7for the construction of electric generating equipment and associated facilities unless
8the commission determines that brownfields, as defined in s.
238.13 555.13 (1) (a) or
9s. 560.13 (1) (a), 2009 stats., are used to the extent practicable.
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10Section
327. 196.491 (3) (a) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.491
(3) (a) 2m. b. The applicant proposes alternative construction sites for
12the facility that are contiguous or proximate, provided that at least one of the
13proposed sites is a brownfield, as defined in s.
238.13 555.13 (1) (a), or the site of a
14former or existing large electric generating facility.
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15Section
328. 196.491 (3) (d) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.491
(3) (d) 8. For a large electric generating facility, brownfields, as defined
17in s.
238.13 555.13 (1) (a), are used to the extent practicable.
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230.03
(3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or
21department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or
22statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the
23head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or
24statute, except the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, a
25legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit
1thereof or an authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 232, 233,
2234, 237,
238, or 279. "Agency" does not mean any local unit of government or body
3within one or more local units of government that is created by law or by action of
4one or more local units of government.
SB468,330
5Section
330. 230.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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230.81
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits an employee from disclosing
7information to an appropriate law enforcement agency, a state or federal district
8attorney in whose jurisdiction the crime is alleged to have occurred, a state or federal
9grand jury or a judge in a proceeding commenced under s. 968.26, or disclosing
10information pursuant to any subpoena issued by any person authorized to issue
11subpoenas under s. 885.01. Any such disclosure of information
, or a report under
12sub. (4), is a lawful disclosure under this section and is protected under s. 230.83.
SB468,331
13Section
331. 230.81 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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230.81
(4) Any employee of the department of economic opportunity who is
15aware that a fraud has been perpetrated against that department shall report or
16cause that fraud to be reported to the department of justice or the appropriate district
17attorney.
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18Section
332. 234.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.02
(1) There is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as
20the "Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority." The members of the
21authority shall be the
chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development
22Corporation secretary of economic opportunity or his or her designee and the
23secretary of administration or his or her designee, and 6 public members nominated
24by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for
25staggered 4-year terms commencing on the dates their predecessors' terms expire.
1In addition, one senator of each party and one representative to the assembly of each
2party appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective
3houses shall serve as members of the authority. A member of the authority shall
4receive no compensation for services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses,
5including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of duties. Subject to the bylaws
6of the authority respecting resignations, each member shall hold office until a
7successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of appointment or
8reappointment of any member shall be filed with the authority and the certificate
9shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment.
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10Section
333. 234.032 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.032
(2) (intro.) The authority, in consultation with the
Wisconsin Economic
12Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the
13following for each economic development program administered by the authority:
SB468,334
14Section
334. 234.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.08
(5) This section does not supersede or impair the power of the
Wisconsin
16Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity to carry
17out its program responsibilities relating to economic development which are funded
18by bonds or notes issued under this section.
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19Section
335. 234.08 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.08
(6) The authority may reimburse the
Wisconsin Economic Development
21Corporation department of economic opportunity its operating costs to carry out its
22program responsibilities relating to economic development which are funded by
23bonds or notes issued under this section.
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24Section
336. 234.255 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1234.255
(1) The authority shall coordinate any economic development
2assistance with the
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of
3economic opportunity.
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4Section
337. 234.255 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.255
(2) Annually, no later than October 1, the authority shall submit to the
6joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the
7legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
8development programs, as defined in s. 234.032 (1), administered by the authority.
9The report shall include all of the information required under s.
238.07 555.07 (2).
10The authority shall collaborate with the
Wisconsin Economic Development
11Corporation department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the
12public on an Internet-based system the information required under this section.
SB468,338
13Section
338. 234.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.84
(1) Definition. In this section,
"corporation" "department" means the
15Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.
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16Section
339. 234.84 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.84
(3) (c) The interest rate on the loan, including any origination fees or
18other charges, is approved by the
corporation department.
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19Section
340. 234.84 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.84
(4) (a) Subject to par. (b), the authority shall guarantee collection of a
21percentage of the principal of, and all interest and any other amounts outstanding
22on, any loan eligible for a guarantee under sub. (2). The
corporation department 23shall establish the percentage of the principal of an eligible loan that will be
24guaranteed, using the procedures described in the agreement under s. 234.932 (3)
25(a). The
corporation department may establish a single percentage for all
1guaranteed loans or establish different percentages for eligible loans on an
2individual basis.
SB468,341
3Section
341. 234.84 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.84
(5) (a) The program under this section shall be administered by the
5corporation department with the cooperation of the authority. The
corporation 6department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the authority
7setting forth the respective responsibilities of the
corporation department and the
8authority with regard to the administration of the program, including the functions
9and responsibilities specified in s. 234.932. The memorandum of understanding
10shall provide for reimbursement to the
corporation
department by the authority for
11costs incurred by the
corporation department in the administration of the program.
SB468,342
12Section
342. 234.84 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.84
(5) (b) The
corporation department may charge a premium, fee, or other
14charge to a borrower of a guaranteed loan under this section for the administration
15of the loan guarantee.
SB468,343
16Section
343. 234.932 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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234.932
(3) (c) The
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department
18of economic opportunity may establish an eligibility criteria review panel, consisting
19of experts in finance and in the subject area of the job training loan guarantee
20program, to provide advice about lending requirements and issues related to the job
21training loan guarantee program.
SB468,344
22Section
344. Chapter 238 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,345
23Section
345. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 238 [precedes 238.01] of the
24statutes is renumbered Subchapter I (title) of chapter 555 [precedes 555.01].
SB468,346
25Section
346. 238.01 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 555.01 (intro.).
SB468,347
1Section
347. 238.01 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,348
2Section
348. 238.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,349
3Section
349. 238.01 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 555.01 (2).
SB468,351
6Section
351. 238.03 (title) and (1) to (3) of the statutes are renumbered 555.03
7(title) and (1) to (3), and 555.03 (title), (1), (2) (intro.) and (c) and (3) (intro.), (a) and
8(b) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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9555.03 (title)
Duties of board the department.
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10(1) The
board department shall develop and implement economic programs to
11promote family-supporting jobs, to provide business support and expertise and
12financial assistance to companies that are investing and creating jobs in Wisconsin
, 13and to support new business start-ups and business expansion and growth in
14Wisconsin. The
board department may also develop and implement any other
15programs related to economic development in Wisconsin.
The department shall
16emphasize programs that encourage entrepreneurship, new business start-ups, and
17woman-owned, disabled-veteran owned, and minority businesses.
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18(2) (intro.) For each program developed and implemented by the
board 19department, the
board department shall do all of the following:
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(c) Require that each recipient of a grant or loan under the program submit a
21report to the
corporation department. Each contract with a recipient of a grant or
22loan under the program must specify the frequency and format of the report to be
23submitted to the
corporation department and the performance measures to be
24included in the report.
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1(3) (intro.) The
board department shall require for each program developed and
2implemented by the
board department all of the following:
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(a) That each recipient of a grant or loan under the program of at least $100,000
4submit to the
corporation department, within 120 days after the end of the recipient's
5fiscal year in which any grant or loan funds were expended, a schedule of
6expenditures of the grant or loan funds, including expenditures of any matching cash
7or in-kind match, signed by the director or principal officer of the recipient to attest
8to the accuracy of the schedule of expenditures. The recipient shall engage an
9independent certified public accountant to perform procedures, approved by the
10corporation department and consistent with applicable professional standards of the
11American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, to determine whether the grant
12or loan funds and any matching cash or in-kind match were expended in accordance
13with the grant or loan contract. The
board department shall also require the
14recipient of such a grant or loan to make available for inspection the documents
15supporting the schedule of expenditures. The
board
department shall include the
16requirements under this paragraph in the contract with grant or loan recipients.
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(b) (intro.) That the
board department, if a recipient of a grant or loan under
18the program submits false or misleading information to the
corporation department 19or fails to comply with the terms of a contract entered into with the
corporation 20department, without providing satisfactory explanation for the noncompliance, do
21all of the following:
SB468,353
24Section
353. 238.04 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,354
25Section
354. 238.045 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,355
1Section
355. 238.046 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,356
2Section
356. 238.05 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,357
3Section
357. 238.06 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,358
4Section
358. 238.07 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 555.07 (1) and amended
5to read:
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555.07
(1) Annually, by January 1, the
board department shall submit to the
7chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
8s. 13.172 (2), a report identifying the economic development projects that the
board 9department intends to develop and implement during the current calendar year.
SB468,359
10Section
359. 238.07 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 555.07 (2), and 555.07
11(2) (intro.), (ag) and (ar), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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555.07
(2) (intro.) Annually, no later than October l, the
board department shall
13submit to the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of
14the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report for the
15previous fiscal year on each of the economic development programs of the
corporation 16department that contains all of the following:
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(ag) An accounting of the location, by municipality, of each job created or
18retained in the state in the previous fiscal year as a result of the program.
The
19department may not rely on aggregate jobs impact numbers for its report under this
20paragraph.
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(ar) An accounting of the industry classification, by municipality, of each job
22created or retained in the state as a result of the program.
The department may not
23rely on aggregate jobs impact numbers for its report under this paragraph.
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24Section
360. 238.07 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 555.07 (3) and amended
25to read:
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1555.07
(3) The
board department shall make readily accessible to the public
2on an
Internet-based system Internet site the information required under sub. (2).
3The department's Internet site shall also contain the department's job creation and
4retention goals; all amendments to contracts executed under an economic
5development program of the department; and all agendas, meeting minutes, and
6materials discussed for meetings of the economic development policy board and the
7board of directors of the Badger Innovation Corporation.
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8Section
361. 238.07 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,362
9Section
362. 238.08 of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,363
10Section
363. 238.09 of the statutes is repealed.
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11Section
364. 238.10 of the statutes is renumbered 555.10 and amended to
12read:
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555.10
(1) Allocation. The
corporation department shall establish under
26
14USC 146 and administer a system for the allocation of the volume cap on the issuance
15of private activity bonds, as defined under
26 USC 141 (a), among all municipalities,
16as defined in s. 67.01 (5), and any corporation formed on behalf of those
17municipalities, and among this state, the Wisconsin Health and Educational
18Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, and the Wisconsin Housing
19and Economic Development Authority.
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20(2) Amendment to allocation. At any time prior to December 31 in any year,
21the
corporation department may adopt rules to revise the allocation system
22established for that year under sub. (1), except that any revision under this
23subsection does not apply to any allocation under which the recipient of that
24allocation has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of a private activity
25bond, as defined in
26 USC 141 (a).
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1(3) Conditions. The
corporation department may establish any procedure for,
2and place any condition upon, the granting of an allocation under this section which
3the
corporation department deems to be in the best interest of the state including a
4requirement that a cash deposit, at a rate established by the
corporation department,
5be a condition for an allocation.
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6(4) Certification. If the
corporation department receives notice of the issuance
7of a bond under an allocation under subs. (1) to (3), the
corporation department shall
8certify that that bond meets the requirements of
26 USC 146.
SB468,365
9Section
365. 238.11 of the statutes is renumbered 555.11 and amended to
10read:
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555.11
(1) The
corporation department shall prescribe the notice forms to be
12used under s. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. The
corporation
department shall include on the
13forms a requirement for information on the number of jobs the person submitting the
14notice expects to be eliminated, created, or maintained on the project site and
15elsewhere in this state by the project which is the subject of the notice. The
16corporation department shall prescribe the forms to be used under s. 66.1103 (4m)
17(b).
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18(2) If the
corporation department receives a notice under s. 66.1103 (4m) (a),
19the
corporation department shall estimate, no later than 20 days after receipt of the
20notice, whether the project that is the subject of the notice is expected to eliminate,
21create, or maintain jobs on the project site and elsewhere in this state and the net
22number of jobs expected to be eliminated, created, or maintained as a result of the
23project.
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1(5) The
corporation department shall issue an estimate made under sub. (2) to
2the city, village, town, or county which will issue the bonds to finance the project
3which is the subject of the estimate.
SB468,366
4Section
366. 238.115 of the statutes, as created by
2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
5renumbered 555.115, and 555.115 (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (e) and (g), (2) and (3), as
6renumbered, are amended to read:
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555.115
(1) Corporation
Department obligations. (intro.) No later than the
8end of the first month following each quarter, the
corporation department shall
9provide to the department of revenue all of the following information for the previous
10quarter:
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(a) The identity of each person the
corporation
department certified for tax
12credits under this chapter and, for each person, the amount certified.
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(b) The identity of each person the
corporation
department verified to claim tax
14credits under this chapter based on the person's satisfaction of all applicable
15requirements to be eligible to claim the tax credits and, for each person, the amount
16verified.
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(e) The identity of each person for whom the
corporation department revoked
18a certification for tax credits and, for each person, the amount revoked.
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(g) Any other information the department of revenue and the
corporation 20department agree is necessary to accurately track certification, verification,
21transfer, and usage of tax credits under this chapter.
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22(2) Each person the
corporation department certifies for tax credits under this
23chapter shall provide all information necessary for the
corporation department to
24comply with the reporting requirements under sub. (1).
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1(3) The department of revenue shall track the amount of all tax credits
2administered by the
corporation department under this chapter that have been
3claimed or used to offset tax liability and the amount of all available unused tax
4credits under this chapter.