SB468: Bill Text

SB468,51 Section 51. 20.192 (1) (r) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is renumbered 20.143 (1) (r) and amended to read:

SB468,24,9 20.143 (1) (r) Economic development fund; operations and programs. From the economic development fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity and for funding the economic development programs it administers.

SB468,52 Section 52. 20.192 (1) (s) of the statutes is renumbered 20.143 (1) (s) and amended to read:

SB468,24,14 20.143 (1) (s) Brownfield site assessment grants. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for brownfield site assessment grants under s. 238.133 555.133.

SB468,53 Section 53. 20.370 (2) (mr) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,24,18 20.370 (2) (mr) General program operations — brownfields. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for administration of activities related to brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 555.13 (1) (a).

SB468,54 Section 54. 20.505 (1) (fm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.143 (1) (fm) and amended to read:

SB468,24,22 20.143 (1) (fm) Fund of funds investment program. The amounts in the schedule for the venture capital investment program under s. 16.295 555.155.

SB468,55 Section 55. 20.505 (1) (zr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB468,25,3 20.505 (1) (zr) Badger Innovation Corporation. As a continuing appropriation, from the economic development fund, the amounts in the schedule for the payments to the Badger Innovation Corporation under s. 555.44 (2).

SB468,56 Section 56. 23.167 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,25,8 23.167 (2) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the department:

SB468,57 Section 57. 23.169 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,25,12 23.169 (1) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,58 Section 58. 23.169 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,25,21 23.169 (2) 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 s. 23.167 (1), administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 (2) 555.07 (2). The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this section.

SB468,59 Section 59. 25.17 (70) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,25,25 25.17 (70) (d) Comments solicited from the chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation secretary of economic opportunity and received by the board on or before November 30 of the year of submittal.

SB468,60 Section 60. 25.17 (72) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,26,3 25.17 (72) Appoint the board's representatives to the committee under s. 16.295 555.155 (3) (a).

SB468,61 Section 61. 26.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,26,8 26.37 (1) (b) Establish an implementation committee for the consortium. Members of the committee may include one or more representatives from the department of natural resources, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, and the forest products industry.

SB468,62 Section 62. 26.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,26,22 26.37 (2) The department of natural resources may not expend moneys from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (ax) or (6) (bt), 1997 stats., unless the department of natural resources and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity first submit to the joint committee on finance the plan required under sub. (1). If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of natural resources within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may be implemented and moneys may be expended as proposed by the department of natural resources. If, within 14 days after the date of the submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of natural resources that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, moneys may be expended only after the plan has been approved by the committee.

SB468,63 Section 63. 30.121 (3w) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,27,2 30.121 (3w) (b) The boathouse is located on land zoned exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes or the boathouse is located on a brownfield, as defined in s. 238.13 555.13 (1) (a), or in a blighted area, as defined in s. 66.1331 (3) (a).

SB468,64 Section 64. 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,27,7 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the following for each economic development program, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a), administered by the board:

SB468,65 Section 65. 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,27,11 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,66 Section 66. 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,27,20 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board 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 administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB468,67 Section 67. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,28,5 36.25 (24) Employee-owned businesses program. Through the University of Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, the technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the board shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the management of employee-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance to employee-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.

SB468,68 Section 68. 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,28,9 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the board:

SB468,69 Section 69. 38.04 (10m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,28,13 38.04 (10m) (a) The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,70 Section 70. 38.04 (10m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,28,22 38.04 (10m) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the board 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. (1m) (a), administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB468,71 Section 71. 40.02 (54) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB468,72 Section 72. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,30,8 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02 (5) and subch. V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's highest basic pay rate he or she received while employed by the state, to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor, or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Upon conversion of an employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, but only if the employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).

SB468,73 Section 73. 40.05 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,30,23 40.05 (4) (bm) Except as provided under par. (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 36.30 and 230.35 (2), or 233.10, or 238.04 (8) of any eligible employee shall, upon request of the employee at the time the employee is subject to layoff under s. 40.02 (40), be converted at the employee's highest basic pay rate he or she received while employed by the state to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full amount of the required employee contribution for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of the layoff shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted, the employee is reemployed, or 5 years have elapsed from the date of layoff, whichever occurs first.

SB468,74 Section 74. 40.05 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,31,3 40.05 (5) (b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02 (5) and subch. V of ch. 111.

SB468,75 Section 75. 40.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,31,8 40.62 (2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111, and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 49.825 (4) (d) and (5) (d), 49.826 (4) (d), 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), 757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3).

SB468,76 Section 76. 40.95 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,31,11 40.95 (1) (a) 1. The employee accrues accumulated unused sick leave under s. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), or 757.02 (5).

SB468,77 Section 77. 41.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,31,16 41.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the department:

SB468,78 Section 78. 41.11 (1r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,31,20 41.11 (1r) (a) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,79 Section 79. 41.11 (1r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,32,4 41.11 (1r) (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. (1g) (a), administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2). The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB468,80 Section 80. 59.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,32,17 59.57 (1) (a) Subject to par. (b), the board may appropriate money for and create a county industrial development agency or to any nonprofit agency organized to engage or engaging in activities described in this paragraph, appoint an executive officer and provide a staff and facilities to promote and develop the resources of the county and of its component municipalities. To this end the agency may, without limitation because of enumeration, develop data regarding the industrial needs, advantages and sites in the county, acquaint the purchaser with the products of the county by promotional activities, coordinate its work with that of the county planning commission, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, and private credit development corporations, and do all things necessary to provide for the continued improvement of the industrial climate of the county.

SB468,81 Section 81. 60.23 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,32,21 60.23 (4) (c) Coordinate its activities with the county planning commission, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity, and private credit development organizations.

SB468,82 Section 82. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,33,2 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. The person, at least 30 days prior to entering into the revenue agreement, has given a notice of intent to enter into the agreement, on a form prescribed under s. 238.11 555.11 (1), to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity and to any collective bargaining agent in this state with whom the person has a collective bargaining agreement.

SB468,83 Section 83. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,33,10 66.1103 (4m) (a) 2. The municipality or county has received an estimate issued under s. 238.11 555.11 (5), and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity has estimated whether the project which the municipality or county would finance under the revenue agreement is expected to eliminate, create, or maintain jobs on the project site and elsewhere in this state and the net number of jobs expected to be eliminated, created, or maintained as a result of the project.

SB468,84 Section 84. 66.1103 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,33,19 66.1103 (4m) (b) Any revenue agreement which an eligible participant enters into with a municipality or county to finance a project shall require the eligible participant to submit to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity within 12 months after the project is completed or 2 years after a revenue bond is issued to finance the project, whichever is sooner, on a form prescribed under s. 238.11 555.11 (1), the net number of jobs eliminated, created, or maintained on the project site and elsewhere in this state as a result of the project.

SB468,85 Section 85. 66.1103 (4s) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,33,22 66.1103 (4s) (a) 1. "Corporation" "Department" means the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,86 Section 86. 66.1103 (4s) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,34,3 66.1103 (4s) (b) 3. The employer shall certify compliance with this subsection to the corporation department, to the governing body of each municipality or county within which a lost job exists and to any collective bargaining agent in this state with which the employer has a collective bargaining agreement at the project site or at a site where a lost job exists.

SB468,87 Section 87. 66.1103 (4s) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,34,10 66.1103 (4s) (b) 4. The employer shall submit a report to the corporation department every 3 months during the first year after the construction of the project is completed. The reports shall provide information about new jobs, lost jobs, and offers of employment made to persons who were formerly employed at lost jobs. The 4th report shall be the final report. The form and content of the reports shall be prescribed by the corporation department under par. (d).

SB468,88 Section 88. 66.1103 (4s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,34,13 66.1103 (4s) (d) The corporation department shall administer this subsection and shall prescribe forms for certification and reports under par. (b).

SB468,89 Section 89. 66.1103 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,34,23 66.1103 (10) (c) A copy of the initial resolution together with a statement indicating when the public notice required under par. (b) was published shall be filed with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity within 20 days following publication of notice. Prior to the closing of the bond issue, the corporation department may require additional information from the eligible participant or the municipality or county. After the closing of the bond issue, the corporation department shall be notified of the closing date, any substantive changes made to documents previously filed with the corporation department, and the principal amount of the financing.

SB468,90 Section 90. 66.1103 (10) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,35,5 66.1103 (10) (g) Bonds may not be issued unless prior to adoption of an initial resolution a document which provides a good faith estimate of attorney fees which will be paid from bond proceeds is filed with the clerk of the municipality or county and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.

SB468,91 Section 91. 70.11 (38r) of the statutes is repealed.

SB468,92 Section 92. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,35,12 71.07 (2dm) (a) 1. "Certified" means entitled under s. 555.395 (3) (a) 4. or s. 238.395 (3) (a) 4., 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (3) (a) 4., 2009 stats., to claim tax benefits or certified under s. 555.395 (5), 555.398 (5), or 555.3995 (4) or s. 238.395 (5), 2013 stats., s. 238.398 (5), 2013 stats., or s. 238.3995 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (5), 2009 stats., s. 560.798 (3), 2009 stats., or s. 560.7995 (4), 2009 stats.

SB468,93 Section 93. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,35,18 71.07 (2dm) (a) 3. "Development zone" means a development opportunity zone under s. 555.395 (1) (e) and (f) or 555.398 or s. 238.395 (1) (e) and (f), 2013 stats., or s. 238.398, 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (1) (e) and (f), 2009 stats., or s. 560.798, 2009 stats., or an airport development zone under s. 555.3995 or s. 238.3995, 2013 stats., or s. 560.7995, 2009 stats.

SB468,94 Section 94. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,36,4 71.07 (2dm) (a) 4. "Previously owned property" means real property that the claimant or a related person owned during the 2 years prior to the department of commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the department of economic opportunity designating the place where the property is located as a development zone and for which the claimant may not deduct a loss from the sale of the property to, or an exchange of the property with, the related person under section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that section 267 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so that if the claimant owns any part of the property, rather than 50% ownership, the claimant is subject to section 267 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of this subsection.

SB468,95 Section 95. 71.07 (2dm) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB468,36,10 71.07 (2dm) (f) 1. A copy of the verification that the claimant may claim tax benefits under s. 555.395 (3) (a) 4. or s. 238.395 (3) (a) 4., 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (3) (a) 4., 2009 stats., or is certified under s. 555.395 (5), 555.398 (3), or 555.3995 (4) or s. 238.395 (5), 2013 stats., s. 238.398 (3) , 2013 stats., or s. 238.3995 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (5), 2009 stats., s. 560.798 (3), 2009 stats., or s. 560.7995 (4), 2009 stats.

SB468,96 Section 96. 71.07 (2dm) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: