SB468,51 3Section 51. 20.192 (1) (r) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
4is renumbered 20.143 (1) (r) and amended to read:
SB468,24,95 20.143 (1) (r) Economic development fund; operations and programs. From the
6economic development fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the
7schedule for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
8department of economic opportunity and for funding the economic development
9programs it administers.
SB468,52 10Section 52. 20.192 (1) (s) of the statutes is renumbered 20.143 (1) (s) and
11amended to read:
SB468,24,1412 20.143 (1) (s) Brownfield site assessment grants. Biennially, from the
13environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for brownfield site assessment
14grants under s. 238.133 555.133.
SB468,53 15Section 53. 20.370 (2) (mr) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,24,1816 20.370 (2) (mr) General program operations — brownfields. From the
17environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for administration of activities
18related to brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 555.13 (1) (a).
SB468,54 19Section 54. 20.505 (1) (fm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.143 (1) (fm) and
20amended to read:
SB468,24,2221 20.143 (1) (fm) Fund of funds investment program. The amounts in the
22schedule for the venture capital investment program under s. 16.295 555.155.
SB468,55 23Section 55. 20.505 (1) (zr) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.505 (1) (zr) Badger Innovation Corporation. As a continuing appropriation,
2from the economic development fund, the amounts in the schedule for the payments
3to the Badger Innovation Corporation under s. 555.44 (2).
SB468,56 4Section 56. 23.167 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,25,85 23.167 (2) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin
6Economic Development Corporation
department of economic opportunity, shall do
7all of the following for each economic development program administered by the
8department:
SB468,57 9Section 57. 23.169 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,25,1210 23.169 (1) The department shall coordinate any economic development
11assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of
12economic opportunity
.
SB468,58 13Section 58. 23.169 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,25,2114 23.169 (2) Annually, no later than October 1, the department shall submit to
15the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of
16the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
17development programs, as defined in s. 23.167 (1), administered by the department.
18The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 (2) 555.07 (2).
19The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development
20Corporation
department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the
21public on an Internet-based system the information required under this section.
SB468,59 22Section 59. 25.17 (70) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,25,2523 25.17 (70) (d) Comments solicited from the chief executive officer of the
24Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
secretary of economic opportunity
25and received by the board on or before November 30 of the year of submittal.
SB468,60
1Section 60. 25.17 (72) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,26,32 25.17 (72) Appoint the board's representatives to the committee under s.
316.295 555.155 (3) (a).
SB468,61 4Section 61. 26.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,26,85 26.37 (1) (b) Establish an implementation committee for the consortium.
6Members of the committee may include one or more representatives from the
7department of natural resources, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
8department of economic opportunity, and the forest products industry.
SB468,62 9Section 62. 26.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,26,2210 26.37 (2) The department of natural resources may not expend moneys from
11the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (ax) or (6) (bt), 1997 stats., unless the
12department of natural resources and the Wisconsin Economic Development
13Corporation
department of economic opportunity first submit to the joint committee
14on finance the plan required under sub. (1). If the cochairpersons of the joint
15committee on finance do not notify the department of natural resources within 14
16working days after the date of the submittal of the plan that the committee has
17scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may be implemented and moneys
18may be expended as proposed by the department of natural resources. If, within 14
19days after the date of the submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee
20notify the department of natural resources that the committee has scheduled a
21meeting to review the plan, moneys may be expended only after the plan has been
22approved by the committee.
SB468,63 23Section 63. 30.121 (3w) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,27,224 30.121 (3w) (b) The boathouse is located on land zoned exclusively for
25commercial or industrial purposes or the boathouse is located on a brownfield, as

1defined in s. 238.13 555.13 (1) (a), or in a blighted area, as defined in s. 66.1331 (3)
2(a).
SB468,64 3Section 64. 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,27,74 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic
5Development Corporation
department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the
6following for each economic development program, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a),
7administered by the board:
SB468,65 8Section 65. 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,27,119 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. The board shall coordinate any economic development
10assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of
11economic opportunity
.
SB468,66 12Section 66. 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,27,2013 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to
14the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of
15the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
16development programs administered by the board. The report shall include all of the
17information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the
18Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity
19to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information
20required under this subsection.
SB468,67 21Section 67. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,28,522 36.25 (24) Employee-owned businesses program. Through the University of
23Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the Wisconsin
24Economic Development Corporation
department of economic opportunity, the
25technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the board

1shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the management
2of employee-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance to
3employee-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business
4operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in
5obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.
SB468,68 6Section 68. 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,28,97 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic
8Development Corporation
department of economic opportunity, shall do all of the
9following for each economic development program administered by the board:
SB468,69 10Section 69. 38.04 (10m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,28,1311 38.04 (10m) (a) The board shall coordinate any economic development
12assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of
13economic opportunity
.
SB468,70 14Section 70. 38.04 (10m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,28,2215 38.04 (10m) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to
16the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of
17the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
18development programs, as defined in sub. (1m) (a), administered by the board. The
19report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2). The
20board shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
21department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the public on an
22Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.
SB468,71 23Section 71. 40.02 (54) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,72 24Section 72. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused
2sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02 (5)
3and subch. V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon
4qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1)
5or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee
6under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's highest basic pay rate
7he or she received while employed by the state, to credits for payment of health
8insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured
9dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who
10is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor,
11or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have
12been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's
13basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee
14who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of
15an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the
16credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then
17deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall
18provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the
19premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Upon conversion of an
20employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the
21employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured
22dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay
23initiation of deductions from those credits, but only if the employee or surviving
24insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy
25during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the date on

1which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate
2deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured
3dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or
4the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate
5deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be).
6A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and
7medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance
8plan established under s. 40.52 (1).
SB468,73 9Section 73. 40.05 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,30,2310 40.05 (4) (bm) Except as provided under par. (bp), accumulated unused sick
11leave under ss. 36.30 and 230.35 (2), or 233.10, or 238.04 (8) of any eligible employee
12shall, upon request of the employee at the time the employee is subject to layoff under
13s. 40.02 (40), be converted at the employee's highest basic pay rate he or she received
14while employed by the state to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on
15behalf of the employee. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state
16employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher
17supervisor or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses
18that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the
19employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full amount of the required
20employee contribution for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of the
21layoff shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted, the
22employee is reemployed, or 5 years have elapsed from the date of layoff, whichever
23occurs first.
SB468,74 24Section 74. 40.05 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.05 (5) (b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in
2accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02 (5)
3and subch. V of ch. 111.
SB468,75 4Section 75. 40.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,31,85 40.62 (2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules
6of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111,
7and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 49.825 (4) (d) and (5) (d), 49.826 (4) (d), 230.35 (2), 233.10,
8238.04 (8), 757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3).
SB468,76 9Section 76. 40.95 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,31,1110 40.95 (1) (a) 1. The employee accrues accumulated unused sick leave under s.
1113.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), or 757.02 (5).
SB468,77 12Section 77. 41.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,31,1613 41.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin
14Economic Development Corporation
department of economic opportunity, shall do
15all of the following for each economic development program administered by the
16department:
SB468,78 17Section 78. 41.11 (1r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,31,2018 41.11 (1r) (a) The department shall coordinate any economic development
19assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of
20economic opportunity
.
SB468,79 21Section 79. 41.11 (1r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,32,422 41.11 (1r) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the department shall submit
23to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees
24of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
25development programs, as defined in sub. (1g) (a), administered by the department.

1The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 555.07 (2).
2The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development
3Corporation
department of economic opportunity to make readily accessible to the
4public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.
SB468,80 5Section 80. 59.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,32,176 59.57 (1) (a) Subject to par. (b), the board may appropriate money for and create
7a county industrial development agency or to any nonprofit agency organized to
8engage or engaging in activities described in this paragraph, appoint an executive
9officer and provide a staff and facilities to promote and develop the resources of the
10county and of its component municipalities. To this end the agency may, without
11limitation because of enumeration, develop data regarding the industrial needs,
12advantages and sites in the county, acquaint the purchaser with the products of the
13county by promotional activities, coordinate its work with that of the county
14planning commission, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
15department of economic opportunity, and private credit development corporations,
16and do all things necessary to provide for the continued improvement of the
17industrial climate of the county.
SB468,81 18Section 81. 60.23 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,32,2119 60.23 (4) (c) Coordinate its activities with the county planning commission, the
20Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic opportunity,
21and private credit development organizations.
SB468,82 22Section 82. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,33,223 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. The person, at least 30 days prior to entering into the
24revenue agreement, has given a notice of intent to enter into the agreement, on a
25form prescribed under s. 238.11 555.11 (1), to the Wisconsin Economic Development

1Corporation
department of economic opportunity and to any collective bargaining
2agent in this state with whom the person has a collective bargaining agreement.
SB468,83 3Section 83. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,33,104 66.1103 (4m) (a) 2. The municipality or county has received an estimate issued
5under s. 238.11 555.11 (5), and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
6department of economic opportunity has estimated whether the project which the
7municipality or county would finance under the revenue agreement is expected to
8eliminate, create, or maintain jobs on the project site and elsewhere in this state and
9the net number of jobs expected to be eliminated, created, or maintained as a result
10of the project.
SB468,84 11Section 84. 66.1103 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,33,1912 66.1103 (4m) (b) Any revenue agreement which an eligible participant enters
13into with a municipality or county to finance a project shall require the eligible
14participant to submit to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
15department of economic opportunity within 12 months after the project is completed
16or 2 years after a revenue bond is issued to finance the project, whichever is sooner,
17on a form prescribed under s. 238.11 555.11 (1), the net number of jobs eliminated,
18created, or maintained on the project site and elsewhere in this state as a result of
19the project.
SB468,85 20Section 85. 66.1103 (4s) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,33,2221 66.1103 (4s) (a) 1. "Corporation" "Department" means the Wisconsin Economic
22Development Corporation department of economic opportunity.
SB468,86 23Section 86. 66.1103 (4s) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,34,324 66.1103 (4s) (b) 3. The employer shall certify compliance with this subsection
25to the corporation department, to the governing body of each municipality or county

1within which a lost job exists and to any collective bargaining agent in this state with
2which the employer has a collective bargaining agreement at the project site or at a
3site where a lost job exists.
SB468,87 4Section 87. 66.1103 (4s) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,34,105 66.1103 (4s) (b) 4. The employer shall submit a report to the corporation
6department every 3 months during the first year after the construction of the project
7is completed. The reports shall provide information about new jobs, lost jobs, and
8offers of employment made to persons who were formerly employed at lost jobs. The
94th report shall be the final report. The form and content of the reports shall be
10prescribed by the corporation department under par. (d).
SB468,88 11Section 88. 66.1103 (4s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,34,1312 66.1103 (4s) (d) The corporation department shall administer this subsection
13and shall prescribe forms for certification and reports under par. (b).
SB468,89 14Section 89. 66.1103 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,34,2315 66.1103 (10) (c) A copy of the initial resolution together with a statement
16indicating when the public notice required under par. (b) was published shall be filed
17with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic
18opportunity
within 20 days following publication of notice. Prior to the closing of the
19bond issue, the corporation department may require additional information from the
20eligible participant or the municipality or county. After the closing of the bond issue,
21the corporation department shall be notified of the closing date, any substantive
22changes made to documents previously filed with the corporation department, and
23the principal amount of the financing.
SB468,90 24Section 90. 66.1103 (10) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.1103 (10) (g) Bonds may not be issued unless prior to adoption of an initial
2resolution a document which provides a good faith estimate of attorney fees which
3will be paid from bond proceeds is filed with the clerk of the municipality or county
4and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation department of economic
5opportunity
.
SB468,91 6Section 91. 70.11 (38r) of the statutes is repealed.
SB468,92 7Section 92. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,35,128 71.07 (2dm) (a) 1. "Certified" means entitled under s. 555.395 (3) (a) 4. or s.
9238.395 (3) (a) 4., 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (3) (a) 4., 2009 stats., to claim tax benefits
10or certified under s. 555.395 (5), 555.398 (5), or 555.3995 (4) or s. 238.395 (5), 2013
11stats., s.
238.398 (5), 2013 stats., or s. 238.3995 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (5), 2009
12stats., s. 560.798 (3), 2009 stats., or s. 560.7995 (4), 2009 stats.
SB468,93 13Section 93. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,35,1814 71.07 (2dm) (a) 3. "Development zone" means a development opportunity zone
15under s. 555.395 (1) (e) and (f) or 555.398 or s. 238.395 (1) (e) and (f), 2013 stats., or
16s. 238.398, 2013 stats., or s. 560.795 (1) (e) and (f), 2009 stats., or s. 560.798, 2009
17stats., or an airport development zone under s. 555.3995 or s. 238.3995, 2013 stats.,
18or s. 560.7995, 2009 stats.
SB468,94 19Section 94. 71.07 (2dm) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,36,420 71.07 (2dm) (a) 4. "Previously owned property" means real property that the
21claimant or a related person owned during the 2 years prior to the department of
22commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the department
23of economic opportunity
designating the place where the property is located as a
24development zone and for which the claimant may not deduct a loss from the sale of
25the property to, or an exchange of the property with, the related person under section

1267 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that section 267 (b) of the Internal Revenue
2Code is modified so that if the claimant owns any part of the property, rather than
350% ownership, the claimant is subject to section 267 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue
4Code for purposes of this subsection.
SB468,95 5Section 95. 71.07 (2dm) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,36,106 71.07 (2dm) (f) 1. A copy of the verification that the claimant may claim tax
7benefits under s. 555.395 (3) (a) 4. or s. 238.395 (3) (a) 4., 2013 stats., or s. 560.795
8(3) (a) 4., 2009 stats., or is certified under s. 555.395 (5), 555.398 (3), or 555.3995 (4)
9or
s. 238.395 (5), 2013 stats., s. 238.398 (3) , 2013 stats., or s. 238.3995 (4), 2013 stats.,
10or s. 560.795 (5), 2009 stats., s. 560.798 (3), 2009 stats., or s. 560.7995 (4), 2009 stats.
SB468,96 11Section 96. 71.07 (2dm) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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