SB 15 — Relating to: new internship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0065/1LRB-0300/1 MDK:wljMDK:amn SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 15 FebruaryJanuary 26,29, 2019 - OfferedIntroduced by SenatoEYEN.Senators F EYEN, D ARLING and W ANGGAARD , cosponsored by Representatives R OHRKASTE, GUNDRUM , ULP and R AMTHUN .

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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under this bill, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the office of economic development within the office of university relations of the University of Wisconsin System must jointly administer a program to award grants to businesses operating in this state for legal, human resources, and staff training expenses related to beginning an internship program after the bill's effective date.

The bill provides that a business is not eligible for a grant unless it plans to hire at least three paid interns in the state during the three-year period following receipt of a grant.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes:

at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0300/1 MDK:amn SENATE BILL 15 SECTION 1 2019-20 2020-21 20.192 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (1) P ROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (c) New internship grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 SECTION 2.

20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

20.192 (1) (c) New internship grants.

The amounts in the schedule for grants under s.

238.137.

SECTION 3.

238.137 of the statutes is created to read:

238.137 New internship grants.

(1) In this section, “office” means the office of economic development within the office of university relations of the University of Wisconsin System.

(2) The corporation and office shall jointly administer a program to award grants from the appropriation under s.

20.192 (1) (c) to businesses operating in this state that begin internship programs after the effective date of this subsection ....

[LRB inserts date].

A business is not eligible for a grant under this subsection unless the business plans to hire at least 3 paid interns in this state during the 3-year period following receipt of a grant.

A business may use a grant under this subsection only for legal, human resources, and staff training expenses related to beginning an internship program.

SECTION 40Effective date.

(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2019 biennial budget act, whichever is later.