Wisconsin August 2017 Special Session Status: Enacted

AB 1 — Relating to: authorizing the creation of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, making changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program, authorizing limited use of the design-build construction process, granting contingent highway bonding authority, and making appropriations. (FE)

Last action — Published 9-19-2017

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The amendments to Assembly Bill 1 include the addition of provisions that authorize the creation of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, which comes with various tax benefits and exemptions from certain permits. Additionally, the bill now facilitates a worker training and employment program and modifies the procedures for town incorporations. These changes are significant because they aim to boost economic development in the technology sector, enhance job training opportunities, and streamline local government processes.

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- 2018 LEGISLATURE LRB-4050/1 August 2017 Special Session MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 August 1, 2017 - Introduced by C OMMITTEE ON A SSEMBLY O RGANIZATIO, Representatives VOS, S TEINEK, A UGUST, KERKMAN , W EATHERSTON and W ICHGERS, by request of Governor Scott Walker.
- 2018 LEGISLATURE LRB-4158/1 August 2017 Special Session ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 A N A CT to renumber 196.192 (2) and 238.399 (4);
Referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy.
A N A CT to renumber 196.192 (2) and 238.399 (4);
c., 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.08 (1) (intro.), 71.10 (4) (i), 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.30 (3) (f), 71.34 (1k) (g), 84.0145 (2), 180.0622 (2), 183.0304 (1), 196.491 (1) (f), 238.399 (3) (a), 238.399 (5m), 281.346 (4) (c) 2m., 281.36 (3b) (b) and 281.36 (3m) (a);
c., 67.05 (10), 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.08 (1) (intro.), 71.10 (4) (i), 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.30 (3) (f), 71.34 (1k) (g), 77.70, 84.0145 (2), 180.0622 (2), 183.0304 (1), 196.491 (1) (f), 238.12 (1), 238.399 (3) (a), 238.399 (5m), 281.346 (4) (c) 2m., 281.36 (3b) (b) and 281.36 (3m) (a);
and to create 16.004 (23), 16.297, 20.395 (6) (ad), 20.505 (1) (fr), 20.835 (2) (cp), 20.866 (2) (uuz), 20.923 (4) (c) 2m., 30.12 (1g) (m), 30.123 (6) (f), 30.19 (1m) (h), 30.195 (7) (b), 61.57 (1) and (2), 62.155 (1) and (2), 66.1105 (20), 71.07 (3w) (bm) 5., 71.07 (3wm), 71.28 (3w) (bm) 5., 71.28 (3wm), 73.0300, 77.54 (65), 84.585, 196.192 (1) (b), 196.192 (2m), 196.49 (5g) (ar) 3., 230.08 (2) (xt), 238.396, 238.399 (3) (e), 238.399 (4) (b), 238.399 (5) (f) and 281.36 (4m) of the statutes;
and to create 16.297, 20.395 (6) (ad), 20.445 (1) (bg), 20.505 (1) (fr), 20.835 (2) (cp), 20.866 (2) (uuz), 30.12 (1g) (m), 30.123 (6) (f), 30.19 (1m) (h), 30.195 (7) (b), 61.57 (1) and (2), 62.155 (1) and (2), 66.0203 (2) (bm), 66.0203 (10), 66.0215 (1m), 66.02162 (1m), 66.1105 (20), 67.05 (10m), 71.07 (3w) (bm) 5., 71.07 (3wm), 71.28 (3w) (bm) 5., 71.28 (3wm), 73.0306, 77.54 (65), 84.585, 106.271, 196.192 (1) (b), 196.192 (2m), 196.49 (5g) (ar) 3., 238.03 (5), 238.396, 238.399 (3) (e), 238.399 (4) (b), 238.399 (5) (f) and 281.36 (4m) of the statutes;
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MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 credit program, authorizing limited use of the design-build construction process, granting contingent highway bonding authority, and making appropriations.
ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 information technology manufacturing zone and, in connection with that zone, authorizing certain tax benefits, creating special provisions for tax incremental districts, and creating exemptions from wetland and waterway permits and Public Service Commission certificates;
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING ZONE This bill authorizes the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create not more than one electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
making changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program;
Tax credits Under the bill, WEDC may certify certain businesses to claim income and franchise tax credits if a business begins operations in the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
authorizing limited use of the design-build construction process;
authorizing certain counties to issue debt backed by sales and use tax revenue;
facilitating a worker training and employment program;
making changes to town incorporation procedures;
granting contingent highway bonding authority;
and making appropriations.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Engrossment information:
The text of Engrossed August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1 consists of the following documents adopted in the assembly on August 17, 2017:
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 as affected by Assembly Amendment 24.
The text also includes the August 15, 2017, chief clerk's correction to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1.
Contents of Engrossed August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1:
E LECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING ZONE This substitute amendment authorizes the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create not more than one electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
Tax credits Under the substitute amendment, WEDC may certify certain businesses to claim income and franchise tax credits if a business begins operations in the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
The total amount of all tax credits WEDC may certify under the bill is $2,850,000,000.
The total amount of all tax credits WEDC may certify under the substitute amendment is $2,850,000,000.
WEDC may seek repayment of tax credits under circumstances specified in the bill, and WEDC must revoke a certification to claim tax credits if a certified business does any of the following:
WEDC may seek repayment of tax credits under circumstances specified in the substitute amendment, and WEDC must revoke a certification to claim tax credits if a certified business does any of the following:
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Sales and use tax exemption The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of building materials, supplies, and equipment used to construct facilities located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone if the capital expenditures for constructing the facilities may be claimed as income and franchise tax credits as certified by WEDC.
Sales and use tax exemption The substitute amendment creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of building materials, supplies, and equipment used to construct facilities located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone if the capital expenditures for constructing the facilities may be claimed as income and franchise tax credits as certified by WEDC.
Tax incremental financing districts The bill creates special provisions that apply to certain tax incremental financing districts (TIDs) if WEDC creates an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, and a city or village creates a TID that includes the zone.
Tax incremental financing districts The substitute amendment creates special provisions that apply to certain tax incremental financing districts (TIDs) if WEDC creates an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, and a city or village creates a TID that includes the zone.
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Before a city or village may create a TID, several steps and plans are required.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 1 steps and plans are required.
Also under current law, a city or village may not generally make expenditures for project costs later than five years before the unextended termination date of the TID.
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Generally, under current law, expenditures for project costs must be spent within the boundaries of the TID, although limited exceptions allow expenditures to be made within a one-half mile radius of the TID's boundaries.
Generally, under current law, expenditures for project costs must be spent within the boundaries of the TID, although limited exceptions allow expenditures to be made within a one-half-mile radius of the TID's boundaries.
Under this bill, for TIDs that are created in an area that includes an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, a number of exceptions apply to the normal provisions that apply to TIDs, including the following:
Under this substitute amendment, for TIDs that are created in an area that includes an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone (zone), a number of exceptions apply to the normal provisions governing TIDs, including the following:
If the resolution creating the TID is adopted between January 1 and December 1, the creating city or village may decide if the TID is considered to have been created on the January 1 of the year in which the resolution is adopted or on the following January 1, and the forms required by DOR must be submitted before - 2018 Legislature - 4 - LRB-4050/1 Aug.
If the resolution creating the TID is adopted between January 1 and December 1, the creating city or village may decide if the TID is considered to have been created on the January 1 of the year in which the resolution is adopted or on the following January 1, and the forms required by DOR must be submitted before December 31 of the year in which the resolution is adopted or between the following April 1 and the following December 1, depending on the TID's creation date.
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The 12 percent rule regarding the total equalized value for taxable property in the city or village does not apply.
The 12 percent rule regarding the total equalized value for taxable property in the city or village does not apply to the creation of the TID that includes a zone, and if the creating city or village then creates another TID, the value increment of the TID that includes the zone is not included in the calculation under the 12 percent rule for that new TID.
The city or village creating the TID may incur expenditures for project costs for any territory that is located in the same county in which the TID is located, provided the expenditure benefits the TID.
Subject to a number of limitations, the city or village creating the TID may incur expenditures for project costs for any territory that is located in the same county in which the TID is located, provided that the expenditure benefits the TID, and may incur project costs for fire stations, police and fire equipment, and general government operations related to providing police and fire protection services.
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Instead of limiting the time period during which expenditures may be made to no later than five years before the termination date of the TID, expenditures may be made up to the termination date.
County bonding The substitute amendment authorizes a county in which a zone is located to issue bonds whose principal and interest are paid only through sales and use tax revenue.
Currently, such county debt may be paid only by property tax revenue.
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ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 under current law, county sales tax revenue may be used only for the purpose of directly reducing the county property tax levy.
Town incorporation as a city or village Once residents of a town file with the circuit court, or the town clerk, a petition to incorporate as a city or village, and once certain town boards initiate a procedure to incorporate as a village, the substitute amendment prohibits any city or village from annexing any of that town's territory until 30 days after the petition is dismissed, all appeals of the petition dismissal are exhausted, or an incorporation referendum is held in the town.
The substitute amendment also authorizes a town that is adjacent to a city or village that contains a zone to incorporate as a city or village if the town approves an incorporation referendum.
None of the current law procedures, including hearings, circuit court review, and incorporation review board analysis, apply to such a town's incorporation procedure.
Under the bill, a determination regarding the issuance of any permit or approval for a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone is not a major action for the purpose of the environmental impact statement requirement.
Under the substitute amendment, a determination regarding the issuance of any permit or approval for a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone is not a major action for the purpose of the environmental impact statement requirement.
Under current state law, subject to exceptions, no person may discharge dredged material or fill material into a federal or nonfederal wetland unless the discharge is authorized by a wetland general permit or individual permit, or the discharge is exempt from permitting requirements.
Under current state law, subject to exceptions, no person may discharge dredged material or fill material into a federal or nonfederal wetland unless the discharge is authorized by a wetland general permit or individual permit or the discharge is exempt from permitting requirements.
For a discharge into a wetland that is not authorized under a wetland general permit, current law requires a person to apply for and obtain a wetland individual permit.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 1 resulting from the discharge, also known as mitigation.
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Before DNR may issue a wetland individual permit, it must require the restoration, enhancement, creation, or preservation of other wetlands to compensate for adverse impacts to a wetland resulting from the discharge, also known as mitigation.
Under this bill, a person may, without a permit, discharge dredged material or fill material into a nonfederal wetland that is located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone if the discharge is related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility that is also located in the zone.
Under this substitute amendment, a person may, without a permit, discharge dredged material or fill material into a nonfederal wetland that is located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone if the discharge is related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility that is also located in the zone.
With respect to a federal wetland located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, the bill provides that no state permit is required and that the state waives water quality certification.
With respect to a federal wetland located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, the substitute amendment provides that no state permit is required and that the state waives water quality certification.
Under the bill, a federal permit for such a discharge is still required.
Under the substitute amendment, a federal permit for such a discharge is still required.
The bill requires any adverse impacts to functional values of federal or nonfederal wetlands in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to be compensated at a ratio of two acres per each acre impacted through the purchase of credits from a mitigation bank, participation in the in lieu fee subprogram or escrow subprogram administered by DNR, or completion of mitigation within this state.
The substitute amendment requires any adverse impacts to functional values of federal or nonfederal wetlands in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to be compensated at a ratio of two acres per each acre impacted through the purchase of credits from a mitigation bank, participation in the in lieu fee subprogram or escrow subprogram administered by DNR, or completion of mitigation within this state.
If compensation occurs through participation in the in lieu fee subprogram, the substitute amendment requires DNR to identify and consider mitigation that could be conducted within the same watershed and authorizes locating mitigation outside the watershed only upon agreement of DNR and the person exempt from wetland permitting.
and 6) change the course of or straighten a navigable stream.
or 6) change the course of or straighten a navigable stream.
Under the bill, DNR generally may not require a permit for any of these activities if they relate to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
Under the substitute amendment, DNR generally may not require a permit for any of these activities if they relate to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
However, the bill provides that DNR may require a permit for the construction or maintenance of bridges and the construction or placement and maintenance of culverts if DNR determines that conditions specific to the site require restrictions in order to prevent significant adverse impacts to the public rights and interests, environmental pollution, or material injury to the riparian rights of any riparian owner.
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Public Service Commission certificates and market-based rates This bill exempts public utility projects within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone from obtaining a certificate of authority from the Public Service Commission, which current law generally requires for construction, improvement, and other projects of public utilities.
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MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 before beginning construction of high-voltage transmission lines and associated facilities.
ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 adverse impacts to the public rights and interests, environmental pollution, or material injury to the riparian rights of any riparian owner.
The bill also requires an electric public utility that provides service to an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to file tariffs with the PSC for market-based pricing and options for new retail customers within the zone.
Department of Natural Resources oversight Except as otherwise specifically provided, the substitute amendment requires DNR to ensure that the conditions of applicable permits, licenses, and approvals under DNR's jurisdiction are met for all activities related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, including permits, licenses, and approvals required under current law and any associated rules promulgated by DNR.
The bill requires the tariffs to be filed no later than January 1, 2020.
Public Service Commission certificates and market-based rates This substitute amendment exempts public utility projects that primarily serve a new customer within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone from obtaining a certificate of authority from the Public Service Commission, which current law generally requires for construction, improvement, and other projects of public utilities.
The bill specifies requirements that must be included in the tariffs and requires the PSC to approve rates that are consistent with those requirements.
The substitute amendment also exempts transmission line relocations within such a zone from obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the PSC, which current law generally requires before beginning construction of high-voltage transmission lines and associated facilities.
Grants to local governments This bill authorizes the Department of Administration to make grants to local governmental units for costs associated with development in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, including costs related to infrastructure and public safety.
The substitute amendment also requires an electric public utility that provides service to an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to file tariffs with the PSC for market-based pricing and options for a new retail customer within the zone that the PSC determines is eligible for the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit created by the substitute amendment.
The substitute amendment requires the tariffs to be filed no later than January 1, 2020.
The substitute amendment specifies requirements that must be included in the tariffs and requires the PSC to approve rates that are consistent with those requirements.
Grants to local governments This substitute amendment authorizes the Department of Administration to make grants to local governmental units for costs associated with development in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, including costs related to infrastructure and public safety.
C ONTINGENT HIGHWAY BONDING AUTHORIZATION This bill authorizes the state to contract up to $252,400,000 in general obligation public debt for the I 94 north-south corridor project.
CONTINGENT HIGHWAY BONDING AUTHORIZATION This substitute amendment authorizes the state to contract up to $252,400,000 in general obligation public debt for the I 94 north-south corridor project.
The Department of Transportation, however, may not expend the proceeds of these bonds unless the state receives an award of federal moneys for the project.
The Department of Transportation, however, may not expend the proceeds of these bonds unless the state receives an award of federal moneys for the project and the joint committee on finance approves the expenditure.
D ESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION This bill authorizes a city or village in which an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone is located to contract for the acquisition of water and sewer systems, and wastewater treatment facilities, using the design-build system.
DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION This substitute amendment authorizes a city or village in which an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone is located to contract for the acquisition of water and sewer systems and wastewater treatment facilities using the design-build system.
Under this system, the city or village invites developers to submit proposals to provide completed projects in these areas without following the bidding requirements for public works projects that would otherwise apply.
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ENTERPRISE ZONES Under current law, WEDC may designate areas within the state as “enterprise zones.” WEDC may certify a business in an enterprise zone to receive income and franchise tax credits if the business creates or retains jobs in the enterprise zone, subject to several limitations.
E NTERPRISE ZONES Under current law, WEDC may designate areas within the state as “enterprise zones.” WEDC may certify a business in an enterprise zone to receive income and franchise tax credits if the business creates or retains jobs in the enterprise zone, subject to several limitations.
The bill makes the following changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program:
The substitute amendment makes the following changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program:
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Authorizes WEDC to certify for enterprise zone tax credits a financial services technology business that, after completing a competitive corporate relocation process, retains its corporate headquarters and at least 93 percent of its full-time employees, as determined by WEDC, in Wisconsin.
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N EW POSITIONS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT This substitute amendment creates an economic development liaison project position in the unclassified service of the state civil service.
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The substitute amendment also requires WEDC to hire a full-time employee to be known as the electronics manufacturing small business development director.
ASSEMBLY BILL 1 relocation process, retains its corporate headquarters and at least 93 percent of its full-time employees, as determined by WEDC, in Wisconsin.
The director's duties include coordinating with the economic development liaison in the department of administration and providing outreach to local economic development organizations.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIAISON This bill requires the secretary of administration to appoint an economic development liaison in the unclassified service of the state civil service to perform economic development–related services.
Both of those positions sunset as of December 31, 2022.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
W ORKER TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM This substitute amendment requires the Department of Workforce Development to allocate funding in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium for a program to facilitate worker training and employment.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
In implementing the program, DWD is required to consult the Technical College System Board and WEDC.
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S ECTION 2.
16.004 (23) of the statutes is created to read:
16.004 (23) E CONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIAISON.
The secretary shall appoint an economic development liaison to perform services related to economic development.
SECTION 2.
(1) G RANTS.
(1) D EFINITIONS.
In this section:
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SECTION 2 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 (a) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, or county that contains any part of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
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67.01 (6).
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(2m) C ONTRACT.
The secretary may contract with a local governmental unit to implement subs.
(1m) and (2).
(3) MORAL OBLIGATION PLEDGE.
(a) Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature expresses its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make an appropriation to pay the principal and interest of a local governmental unit's municipal obligations, if all of the following apply:
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The local governmental unit's municipal obligation is issued to finance costs related to development occurring in or for the benefit of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
238.396 (1m).
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Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature expresses its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make an appropriation to pay up to 40 percent of the principal and interest of a local governmental unit's obligations, if all of the following apply:
(b) No more than 40 percent of a local governmental unit's aggregate municipal obligations under par.
(a) The local governmental unit's obligation is issued to finance costs related to development occurring in or for the benefit of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
(a) shall be subject to the moral obligation pledge under that paragraph.
(c) The proceeds of municipal obligations issued by a local governmental unit under this subsection shall be used to finance costs related to development occurring in or for the benefit of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
(b) The secretary approves the local governmental unit's obligation before it is issued.
The legislature determines that the provision of assistance by state agencies to a local governmental unit under this section, any appropriation of funds to a local governmental unit under this section, and the moral obligation pledge under par.
(4) AGREEMENT.
(a) serve a substantial statewide public purpose by assisting the development of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone in the state, by encouraging economic development, by reducing unemployment, and by bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state.
The secretary may contract with a local governmental unit to implement this section.
2017-18 2018-19 20.505 Administration, department of (1) SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT (fr) Grants for local government expenditures GPR C 10,000,000 -0- SECTION 4.
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SECTION 3 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 2017-18 2018-19 20.505 Administration, department of (1) SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT (fr) Grants for local government expenditures GPR C 10,000,000 -0- SECTION 4.
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(this act), section 60 (1), and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s.
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SECTION 4 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s.
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20.445 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (bg) Worker training and employment program.
As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the worker training and employment program under s.
106.271.
20.835 (2) (cp) Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit.
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20.923 (4) (c) 2m.
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20.923 (4) (c) 2m.
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30.123 (6) (f) The construction or maintenance of bridges and the construction or placement and maintenance of culverts that are required for the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility and that affect a portion of a navigable stream within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
30.123 (6) (f) The construction or maintenance of bridges and the construction or placement and maintenance of culverts that are related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility and that affect a portion of a navigable stream within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
(6) (d) or apply for an individual permit or seek authorization under a general permit if the department has conducted an investigation and visited the site of the activity and has determined that conditions specific to the site require restrictions on the activity in order to prevent any of the following:
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30.19(1m) (h) Any activity that affects a portion of a navigable stream and that is required for the construction, access, and operation of a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
30.19(1m) (h) Any activity that affects a portion of a navigable stream and that is related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
30.195 (7) APPLICATION OF SECTION.(intro.) This section does not apply to municipal any of the following:
30.195 (7) APPLICATION OF SECTION.(intro.) This section does not apply to municipalany of the following:
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30.195 (7) (b) Activity related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
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S ECTION 14 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 30.195 (7) (b) Activity related to the construction, access, or operation of a new manufacturing facility located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
61.54 if the village invites developers to submit proposals to provide a completed project and evaluates proposals according to site, cost, design and the developers' experience in other similar projects.
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SECTION 18d.
66.0203 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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SECTION 18d ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 66.0203 (2) (bm) Once a petition is filed under par.
(b), no territory within the town may be annexed by any city or village under s.
66.0217 or 66.0219 until 30 days after one of the following occurs:
1.
Subject to subd.
2., the petition is dismissed by the court under sub.
(8) or the board under sub.
(9).
2.
If the petition is dismissed as described under subd.
1.
and the dismissal is appealed as described under s.
66.0209, all appeals are exhausted.
3.
An incorporation referendum is held in the town.
SECTION 18e.
66.0203 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0203 (10) C ERTAIN TOWNS MAY BECOME A CITY OR VILLAGEA town that is adjacent to a city or village that contains an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone that is designated under s.
238.396 (1m) may become a city or village if the town holds, and approves, an incorporation referendum as described in s.
66.0211 (3).
None of the other procedures contained in ss.
66.0201 to 66.0213 need to be fulfilled, and no approval by the board under s.
66.0207 is necessary for the town to become a city or village.
SECTION 18g.
66.0215 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0215 (1m) A NNEXATION LIMITATIONOnce a petition is filed under sub.
(1), no territory within the town may be annexed by any city or village under s.
66.0217 or 66.0219 until 30 days after the referendum is held in the town.
SECTION 18i.
66.02162 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
66.02162(1m) A NNEXATION LIMITATIONOnce a resolution is adopted under sub.
(1), no territory within the town may be annexed by any city or village under s.
66.0217 or 66.0219 until 30 days after the referendum is held in the town.
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S ECTION 20.
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(10) (c), (16) (d), (17), and (18) (c) 3., and (20) (b), the equalized value of taxable property of the district plus the value increment of all existing districts does not exceed 12 percent of the total equalized value of taxable property within the city.
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SECTION 20 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 property of the district that is reported under s.
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is adopted if the resolution is adopted between January 1 and December 1, and the resolution specifies that the district's creation date is January 1 of the year in which the resolution is adopted.
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c., the equalized value of taxable property of a tax incremental district described under this subsection does not count in the calculation of the 12 percent limit.
c.:
1.
That findings requirement does not apply to a local legislative body's resolution which relates to a district described under this subsection.
2.
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(4) (gm) 4.
c.
for a tax incremental district created under this section but not under this subsection, that findings requirement may not include the value increment of the district created under this subsection, provided that the district created under this subsection has not terminated.
With regard to a tax incremental district described under this subsection, the creating city may incur project costs for any territory that is located in the same county as the district, provided that the expenditure benefits the district.
With regard to a tax incremental district described under this subsection, and subject to par.
(ce), the creating city may incur project costs for any of the following, provided that the expenditures benefit the district:
1.
Territory that is located in the same county as the district.
2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub.
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SECTION 21 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 over the district's lifetime, 15 percent of the total positive tax increments received by the creating city over the district's lifetime.
With regard to capital expenditures that may be made under this subdivision, such expenditures may be made only for the first 84 months following the district's creation, and any expenditures made under this subdivision for constructing or expanding fire stations may be made only for fire stations located within a one-mile radius of the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone that is designated under s.
238.396 (1m).
(ce) Certification.
Before the creating city may incur project costs for any territory that is located outside the district but in the same county as the district, the city must obtain certification from the department of administration that the department believes such a proposed expenditure benefits the district.
(cm) Expenditure period.
Notwithstanding the limitation on expenditures described in sub.
(6) (am) 1., expenditures for a district described under this subsection may be made up to the unextended termination date described in par.
(e).
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S ECTION 21 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 (e) Termination.
SECTION 21m.
67.05 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
67.05 (10) DIRECT, ANNUAL, IRREPEALABLE TAX.The Except as provided in sub.
(10m), the governing body of every municipality proceeding under this chapter shall, at the time of or after the adoption of an initial resolution in compliance with sub.
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ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 S ECTION 21m (1) or (2), or, after the approval of the resolution by popular vote when such approval is required, and before issuing any of the contemplated bonds, levy by recorded resolution a direct, annual tax sufficient in amount to pay and for the express purpose of paying the interest on such bonds as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof at maturity.
The municipality shall be and continue without power to repeal such levy or obstruct the collection of the tax until all such payments have been made or provided for.
After the issue of the bonds, the tax shall be from year to year carried into the tax roll of the municipality and collected as other taxes are collected, provided that the amount of tax carried into the tax roll may be reduced in any year by the amount of any surplus money in the debt service fund created under s.
67.11, and provided further that the municipality issuing the bonds may make an appropriation in advance of the authorization of the bonds to provide funds for any payment coming due on the bonds prior to the first collection of taxes levied for that payment.
The amount of the appropriation shall be based on estimates of the amount of bonds to be sold and the rate of interest the bonds will bear.
The appropriation shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which appropriated and any surplus in the appropriation shall be transferred to the general fund of the municipality.
The municipality is not required to levy a tax equal to the amount of that appropriation.
S ECTION 21n.
67.05 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
67.05 (10m) C OUNTIES MAY ISSUE SALES TAX REVENUE BONDSA county in which an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone that is designated under s.
238.396 (1m) exists may issue bonds under this chapter whose principal and interest are paid only through sales and use tax revenues imposed by the county under s.
77.70.
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S ECTION 24.
“Full-time employee" means a full-time employee, as defined in s.
“Full-time employee” means an individual who is employed in a job for which the annual pay is at least $30,000 and who is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.
238.399 (1) (am).
4.
“Tier I county or municipality" means a tier I county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.396 (4) (e).
5.
“Tier II county or municipality" means a tier II county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.396 (4) e).
“Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid to full-time employees for services that are performed in the zone or that are performed outside the zone, but within the state, and for the benefit of the operations within the zone, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
“Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid by the claimant to full-time employees for services that are performed in the zone or that are performed outside the zone, but within the state, and for the benefit of the operations within the zone, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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Determine the zone payroll for the taxable year for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality.
Determine the zone payroll for the taxable year for full-time employees employed by the claimant.
2.
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71.02 or 71.08 an amount equal to 15 percent of the claimant's significant capital expenditures in the zone in the taxable year, as determined under s.
71.02 or 71.08 up to 15 percent of the claimant's significant capital expenditures in the zone in the taxable year, as determined under s.
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(d) Administration.
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S ECTION 25.
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71.07 (1), (2dx), (2dy), (3m), (3n), (3p), (3q), (3r), (3rm), (3rn), (3s), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4k), (5b), (5d), (5e), (5f), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5n), (6), (6e), (8r), (9e), (9m), and (9r), 71.28 (1dx), (1dy), (2m), (3), (3n), (3t), (3w), (3wm),1.47 (1dx), (1dy), (2m), (3), (3n), (3t), (3w), and (3y), 71.57 to 71.61, and 71.613 and subch.
71.07 (1), (2dx), (2dy), (3m), (3n), (3p), (3q), (3r), (3rm), (3rn), (3s), (3t), (3w), (3wm),(3y), (4k), (5b), (5d), (5e), (5f), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5n), (6), (6e), (8r), (9e), (9m), and (9r), 71.28 (1dx), (1dy), (2m), (3), (3n), (3t), (3w), (3wm),1.47 (1dx), (1dy), (2m), (3), (3n), (3t), (3w), and (3y), 71.57 to 71.61, and 71.613 and subch.
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S ECTION 26 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 71.07 (3rm), food processing plant and food warehouse investment credit under s.
71.07 (9e), estimated tax payments under s.
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560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant that has retained the minimum number of full-time employees determined under s.
238.399 (5) (f) and maintained average zone payroll for the taxable year equal to or greater than the base year may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.23 an amount equal to the percentage, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the 12 months prior to the certification date to the claimant's full-time employees in the enterprise zone whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum - 2018 Legislature - 26 - LRB-4158/1 Aug.
MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 S ECTION 29 employees determined under s.
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238.399 (5) (f) and maintained average zone payroll for the taxable year equal to or greater than the base year may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.23 an amount equal to the percentage, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the 12 months prior to the certification date to the claimant's full-time employees in the enterprise zone whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality.
“Full-time employee" means a full-time employee, as defined in s.
“Full-time employee” means an individual who is employed in a job for which the annual pay is at least $30,000 and who is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.
238.399 (1) (am).
4.
6.
“Tier I county or municipality" means a tier I county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.396 (4) (e).
5.
“Tier II county or municipality" means a tier II county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.396 (4) e).
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S ECTION 30 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 6.
“Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid to full-time employees for services that are performed in the zone or that are performed outside the zone, but within the state, and for the benefit of the operations within the zone, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
“Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid by the claimant to full-time employees for services that are performed in the zone or that are performed outside the zone, but within the state, and for the benefit of the operations within the zone, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(b) Filing claims;
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Determine the zone payroll for the taxable year for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality.
Determine the zone payroll for the taxable year for full-time employees employed by the claimant.
71.23 an amount equal to 15 percent of the claimant's significant capital expenditures in the zone in the taxable year, as determined under s.
71.23 up to 15 percent of the claimant's significant capital expenditures in the zone in the taxable year, as determined under s.
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Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this subsection, but the eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit are based on their payment of amounts described under pars.
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S ECTION 31 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 services credit under s.
71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (1dy), (3), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3p), (3q), (3r), (3rm), (3rn), (3t), (3w), ((3y), (4), (5), (5e), (5f), (5g), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n), and (8r) and passed through to shareholders.
71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (1dy), (3), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3p), (3q), (3r), (3rm), (3rn), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4), (5), (5e), (5f), (5g), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n), and (8r) and passed through to shareholders.
73.0300 of the statutes is created to read:
73.0306 of the statutes is created to read:
73.0300 Disregarded entities.
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SECTION 35.
SECTION 34e.
84.0145 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.70 of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 17, is amended to read:
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77.70 Adoption by county ordinance.
Any county desiring to impose county sales and use taxes under this subchapter may do so by the adoption of an ordinance, stating its purpose and referring to this subchapter.
The rate of the tax imposed under this section is 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price.
The provided in s.
67.05 (10m), the county sales and use taxes may be imposed only for the purpose of directly reducing the property tax levy and only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter.
That ordinance shall be effective on the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July or the first day of October.
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ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 34e certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior to its effective date.
The repeal of any such ordinance shall be effective on December 31.
A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal.
Except as provided under s.
77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any assessment nor act on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under s.
77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the county has enacted a repeal ordinance under this section.
SECTION 35.
84.0145 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.0145 (2) Subject to sub.
SECTION 37.
SECTION 36m.
106.271 of the statutes is created to read:
106.271 Worker training and employment program.
(1) P ROGRAM.
Of the amounts appropriated under s.
20.445 (1) (bg) in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department shall allocate $20,000,000 to provide funding, through grants or other means, to facilitate worker training and employment in this state.
(2) P OWERS OF DEPARTMENT.
The department shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, including the power to audit and inspect the records of grant recipients.
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SECTION 36m ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 (3) C ONSULTATION.
The department shall consult with the technical college system board and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in implementing this section.
(4) A PPROVAL OF JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Prior to expending any funds appropriated under s.
20.445 (1) (bg), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for implementing the program under this section.
The department may not expend any funds appropriated under s.
20.445 (1) (bg) except in accordance with the plan as approved by the committee.
(5) A NNUAL REPORT.
Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under this section during the preceding fiscal year.
S ECTION 37.
73.0300, and except that a shareholder may become personally liable by his or her acts or conduct other than as a shareholder.
73.0306, and except that a shareholder may become personally liable by his or her acts or conduct other than as a shareholder.
SECTION 38.
S ECTION 38.
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SECTION 39.
196.192 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.192 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
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S ECTION 39 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 (a) “Electricublic utility" means a public utility whose purpose is the generation, distribution and sale of electric energy.
ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 38 liability company, except that a member or manager may become personally liable by his or her acts or conduct other than as a member or manager.
SECTION 39.
196.192 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.192 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
196.192 (1) (intro.) In this section, “electric:
(a) “Electric public utility" means a public utility whose purpose is the generation, distribution and sale of electric energy.
196.192 (2m) (a) No later than January 1, 2020, an electric public utility providing service to an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone shall file with the commission tariffs that include market-based pricing and options that allow a new retail customer within the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to receive market benefits and take market risks for some or all of the customer's purchases of capacity or energy, subject to the maximum capacity or energy purchase limits that shall be established by the commission, and shall include the following requirements in the tariffs:
196.192 (2m) (a) No later than January 1, 2020, an electric public utility providing service to an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone shall file with the commission tariffs that include market-based pricing and options that allow a new retail customer that is within the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and that the commission determines is eligible for a credit under s.
71.07 (3wm) to receive market benefits and take market risks for some or all of the customer's purchases of capacity or energy, subject to the maximum capacity or energy purchase limits that shall be established by the commission.
The electric public utility shall include the following requirements in the tariffs:
The electric public utility shall verify that the customer is eligible for an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit under s.
71.07 (3wm).
2.
3.
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SECTION 42 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 3.
The term of the market-based tariff may not be less than 10 years.
4.
(2)m), except that the commission may not approve a market-based rate unless the commission determines that the rate will not harm shareholders of the investor-owned electric public utility or customers who are not subject to the rate.
(2) par.
(am), except that the commission may not approve a market-based rate unless the commission determines that the rate will not harm shareholders of the investor-owned electric public utility or customers who are not subject to the rate.
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S ECTION 44 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 196.192 (3m) Nothing in s.
ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 44 196.192 (3m) Nothing in s.
(2) (am) or or approving market-based rates under par.
(2) (am) or (2m) (a) or approving market-based rates under par.
(bm) or implement the options in filings under sub.
(bm) or implement the options in filings under supar.
(2)am) that are approved by the commission.
(am) that are approved by the commission.
The project is within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
The project is primarily to provide service to a new customer within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s.
SECTION 48.
SECTION 48m.
230.08 (2) (xt) of the statutes is created to read:
238.03 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
230.08 (2) (xt) The economic development liaison in the department of administration.
238.03(5) The board shall hire a full-time employee who shall be known as the electronics manufacturing small business development director.
SECTION 49.
The director's duties shall include coordinating with the economic development liaison in the LRB-4158/1 - 2018 Legislature - 35 - ALL:all Aug.
238.396 of the statutes is created to read:
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MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 49 238.396 Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
SECTION 48m ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 department of administration and providing outreach to local economic development organizations.
(1) D EFINITIO.
This subsection has no effect after December 31, 2022.
SECTION 48s.
238.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
238.12 (1) In this section, “tax benefits" means the credits under ss.
71.07 (2dm), (2dx), (3g), and (3t), and (3wm), 71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (3g), and (3t), and (3wm), 71.47 (1dm), (1dx), (3g), and (3t), and 76.636.
SECTION 49.
238.396 of the statutes is created to read:
238.396 Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
(1) DEFINITIO.
(1m) D ESIGNATION OF ZONES;
(1m) D ESIGNATION OF ZONE;
CRITERIA.(a) The corporation may designate not more than one electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
CRITERI(a) The corporation may designate not more than one electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
(c) The corporation shall specify whether an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under par.
(a) is located in a tier I county or municipality or a tier II county or municipality.
(3) CERTIFICATION.The corporation may certify for tax benefits a business that begins operations in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
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(3m) A DDITIONAL TAX BENEFITS FOR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
If the corporation determines that a business certified under sub.
(3) makes a significant LRB-4050/1 - 2018 Legislature - 29 - MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj Aug.
SECTION 49 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 capital expenditure in the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, the corporation may certify the business to receive additional tax benefits in an amount to be determined by the corporation, but not exceeding 15 percent of the business's capital expenditures.
ALL:all ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 49 (3) CERTIFICATION.The corporation may certify for tax benefits a business that begins operations in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
(3m) A DDITIONAL TAX BENEFITS FOR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
If the corporation determines that a business certified under sub.
(3) makes a significant capital expenditure in the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, the corporation may certify the business to receive additional tax benefits in an amount to be determined by the corporation, but not exceeding 15 percent of the business's capital expenditures.
(4) OTHER DUTIES.(a) The corporation shall revoke a certification under sub.
(4) OTHER DUTIES.
(a) The corporation shall revoke a certification under sub.
(b) The corporation may require a business to repay any tax benefits the business claims for a year in which the business failed to maintain employment levels or a significant capital investment in property required by an agreement between the business and the corporation.
(b) The corporation may require a business to repay any tax benefits the business claims for a year in which the business failed to maintain employment LRB-4158/1 - 2018 Legislature - 37 - ALL:all Aug.
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MS/MG/JK/ZW/MK:emw&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 1 S ECTION 49 (c) The corporation shall determine the maximum amount of the tax benefits that a certified business may claim and shall notify the department of revenue of this amount.
S ECTION 49 ENGROSSED ASSEMBLY BILL 1 levels or a significant capital investment in property required by an agreement between the business and the corporation.
(c) The corporation shall determine the maximum amount of the tax benefits that a certified business may claim and shall notify the department of revenue of this amount.
(e) The corporation shall adopt policies and procedures defining a tier I county or municipality and a tier II county or municipality.
The corporation may consider all of the following information when establishing the definitions required under this paragraph:
1.
Unemployment rate.
2.
Percentage of families with incomes below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).
3.
Median family income.
4.
Median per capita income.
5.
Other significant or irregular indicators of economic distress, such as a natural disaster or mass layoff.
(5) NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED.The issuance of any permit or approval for a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under this section is not a major action for the purposes of s.
(g) The corporation shall, to the extent possible, attempt to include terms in any agreement negotiated between the corporation and a business certified under sub.
(3) that encourage the business's hiring of Wisconsin residents.
(5) NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIREDThe issuance of any permit or approval for a new manufacturing facility within an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under this section is not a major action for the purposes of s.
S ECTION 50.
SECTION 50.
238.399 (3) (a) The corporation may designate not more than35 enterprise zones.
238.399 (3) (a) The corporation may designate not more than 30nterprise zones.
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SECTION 51.
2017 Spec.
Sess.
S ECTION 51 ASSEMBLY BILL 1 SECTION 51.
SECTION 52.
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Action History

  1. Published 9-19-2017

  2. Report approved by the Governor with partial veto on 9-18-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 58

  3. Presented to the Governor on 9-15-2017

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 9-15-2017

  5. Action ordered immediately messaged

  6. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 31, Paired 4

  7. Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 33

  8. Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Hebl, Kessler, Riemer, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  9. Referred to calendar of 9-14-2017 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93

  10. Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate substitute amendment 1 as amended by Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 and Senate amendment 13 to Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted)

  11. Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  13. Rules suspended

  14. Ordered to a third reading

  15. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Senate Amendment 14 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  17. Senate Amendment 13 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  18. Refused to reject Senate Amendment 13 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1, Ayes 14, Noes 19

  19. Senate Amendment 8 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  20. Senate Amendment 12 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  21. Senate Amendment 11 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  22. Senate Amendment 10 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 11

  23. Senate Amendment 9 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  24. Senate Amendment 8 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 placed after Senate Amendment 12 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1

  25. Senate Amendment 7 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  26. Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  27. Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  28. Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  29. Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  30. Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  31. Senate Amendment 14 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  32. Senate Amendment 13 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Fitzgerald

  33. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  34. Senate Amendment 12 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Hansen and Johnson

  35. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  36. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Miller

  37. Senate Amendment 11 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Erpenbach and Johnson

  38. Senate Amendment 10 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Erpenbach and Johnson

  39. Senate Amendment 9 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Shilling, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Erpenbach, Risser and Johnson

  40. Senate Amendment 8 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Risser, Shilling, Miller, Ringhand, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach and Johnson

  41. Senate Amendment 7 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Vinehout, Larson, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser, Johnson, Miller, Ringhand, Shilling, Bewley, Wirch and Hansen

  42. Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Vinehout, Larson, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser, Johnson, Miller, Ringhand, Shilling, Bewley, Wirch and Hansen

  43. Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Shilling, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, Vinehout, Erpenbach, Risser and Johnson

  44. Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Shilling, Miller, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser and Johnson

  45. Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Shilling, Miller, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser and Johnson

  46. Read a second time

  47. Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Shilling, Miller, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Bewley, Wirch, Hansen, Larson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser and Johnson

  48. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Fitzgerald

  49. Placed on calendar 9-12-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  50. Available for scheduling

  51. Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  52. Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  53. Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  54. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  55. Report introduction of Senate Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  56. Executive action taken

  57. Report of joint survey on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 6, Noes 2

  58. Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk-4158

  59. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  60. Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

  61. Received from Assembly

  62. Ordered immediately messaged

  63. Representatives Kremer and Snyder added as coauthors

  64. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 59, Noes 30, Paired 6

  65. Rules suspended

  66. Ordered to a third reading

  67. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  68. Assembly Amendment 27 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 30

  69. Assembly Amendment 27 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley, Fields, Sinicki, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kessler, Mason, Pope, Shankland, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zepnick and Kolste

  70. Assembly Amendment 26 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 30

  71. Assembly Amendment 26 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Stuck, Fields, Crowley, Sinicki, Barca, Bowen, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kessler, Pope, Shankland, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zepnick and Kolste

  72. Assembly Amendment 25 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 31

  73. Assembly Amendment 25 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Stuck, Fields, Crowley, Barca, Billings, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kessler, Mason, Shankland, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Kolste and Young

  74. Assembly Amendment 24 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  75. Assembly Amendment 24 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ballweg and Neylon

  76. Refused to refer to joint committee on Finance, Ayes 32, Noes 57

  77. Read a second time

  78. Referred to calendar of 8-17-2017 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93

  79. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  80. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  81. Executive action taken

  82. Assembly Amendment 23 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  83. Assembly Amendment 22 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  84. Assembly Amendment 21 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  85. Assembly Amendment 20 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Ohnstad, Stuck and Sinicki

  86. Assembly Amendment 19 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Ohnstad, Stuck, Sinicki and Mason

  87. Assembly Amendment 18 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley, Sinicki and Mason

  88. Assembly Amendment 17 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  89. Assembly Amendment 16 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  90. Assembly Amendment 15 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  91. Assembly Amendment 14 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Ohnstad, Stuck and Sinicki

  92. Assembly Amendment 13 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  93. Assembly Amendment 12 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Stuck and Crowley

  94. Assembly Amendment 11 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Stuck and Crowley

  95. Assembly Amendment 10 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stuck, Ohnstad, Crowley and Sinicki

  96. Assembly Amendment 9 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stuck, Ohnstad, Crowley and Sinicki

  97. Assembly Amendment 8 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  98. Assembly Amendment 7 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stuck, Ohnstad, Crowley and Sinicki

  99. Assembly Amendment 6 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  100. Assembly Amendment 5 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Stuck and Crowley

  101. Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Stuck and Crowley

  102. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Ohnstad, Stuck and Sinicki

  103. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  104. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad, Stuck, Crowley and Sinicki

  105. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Neylon, Vos, Steineke and Nygren

  106. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative E. Brooks

  107. LRB correction

  108. Fiscal estimate received

  109. Fiscal estimate received

  110. Fiscal estimate received

  111. Fiscal estimate received

  112. LRB correction

  113. Public hearing held

  114. Fiscal estimate received

  115. Fiscal estimate received

  116. Emergency statement attached by Governor pursuant to s. 16.47(2), Wisconsin Statutes

  117. LRB correction

  118. Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy

  119. Introduced by Committee on Assembly Organization, Vos, Steineke, August, Kerkman, Weatherston and Wichgers, by request of Governor Scott Walker

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