- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBs0146/1LRB-2851/2 MCP:amn&emwMPG:amn SENATE SUBSTITUTEBILL AMENDMENT325 1,April TO27, SENATE2021 BILL- 325Introduced Mayby 21,SenatorsALLWEG 2021, -MARKLEIN Offered, TAFSHOLT, L.TAYLOR and TESTIN, cosponsored by SenatorRepresentatives BURTZ, ALLWEGDALLMAN ., DMING , AMES , KRUG , MURSAU, NOVAK, OLDENBURG , PLUMER , OZAR, SINICK, PIROS, TAUCHEN , THIESFELDT and V ANDER M EER.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism.
and to create 13.94 (1) (ds), 20.11520.192 (3)(1) (b)(c) and 93.425238.24 of the statutes;
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the DepartmentWisconsin ofEconomic Agriculture,Development TradeCorporation and Consumerthe ProtectionDepartment andof theAgriculture, WisconsinTrade Economicand DevelopmentConsumer CorporationProtection to cooperate in achieving certain objectives related to Wisconsin's export of agricultural products.
The bill requires DATCPWEDC to establish an agricultural exports program to promote the export of Wisconsin's agricultural and agribusiness products.
Specifically, the bill requires DATCP'sWEDC and the Center for International Agribusiness Marketing andin WEDCDATCP to cooperate to achieve the following export objectives by June 30, 2026:
The bill requires that DATCPWEDC expend $5,000,000 under the program, after submittingrequesting a request to the Joint Committee on Finance for funding for the program.
LRBs0146/1 - 2022 Legislature - 2 - MCP:amn&emw Of that amount, the bill requires DATCPWEDC to ensure that $2,500,000 is devoted to increasing the value of Wisconsin's milk and other dairy product exports, $1,250,000 is devoted - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2851/2 MPG:amn SENATE BILL 325 to increasing the value of Wisconsin's meat exports, and $1,250,000 is devoted to increasing the value of Wisconsin's crop exports, all as provided above.
Under the bill, DATCPWEDC may not expend more than a total of $1,000,000 under the program in any fiscal year.
No later than December 31, 2021, DATCPWEDC and WEDCDATCP must jointly submit a plan to the legislature for how DATCPWEDC and WEDCDATCP intend to achieve the export objectives established in the bill.
Additionally, no later than June 30, 2024, DATCPWEDC and WEDCDATCP must jointly submit a report to the legislature that describes in detail all progress made in achieving the export goals the bill establishes for the program, as described above.
The bill requires DATCP to reallocate one full-time equivalent position to the agricultural exports program created under the bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
SSECTION ECTION 1.
93.425.238.24.
SSECTION ECTION 2.
LRBs0146/12021-22 -2022-23 202220.192 LegislatureWisconsin -Economic 3Development -Corporation MCP:amn&emw(1) SPROMOTION ECTION2OF 2021-22ECONOMIC 2022-23DEVELOPMENT 20.115(c) Agriculture,Agricultural tradeexports andGPR consumerC protection,-0- department-0- ofLRB-2851/2 (3)- A2022 GRICULTURALLegislature DEVELOPMENT- SERVICES3 (b)- AgriculturalMPG:amn exportsSECTION GPR3 CSENATE -0-BILL -0-325 SECTION 3.
20.11520.192 (3)(1) (b)(c) of the statutes is created to read:
20.115(3)20.192(1) (b)(c) Agricultural exports.
93.425.238.24.
93.425238.24 (2).
93.425238.24 of the statutes is created to read:
93.425238.24 Agricultural exports program.
(1) The centercorporation for international agribusiness marketing shall establish and administer an agricultural exports program to promote the export of this state's agricultural and agribusiness products.
(2) The centercorporation for international agribusiness marketing shall cooperate with the Wisconsincenter Economicfor Developmentinternational Corporationagribusiness tomarketing achieveunder alls. of the following export objectives by June 30, 2026:
93.42 to achieve all of the following export objectives by June 30, 2026:
LRBs0146/1 - 2022 Legislature - 4 - MCP:amn&emw S ECTION 5 (c) Increase the value of this state's crop and crop product exports by at least 25 percent over the value as of December 31, 2021.
20.11520.192 (3)(1) (b),(c), the centercorporation for international agribusiness marketing shall ensure that $2,500,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub.
The centercorporation may not expend more than $1,000,000 under the program in any fiscal year.
- 2022 Legislature - 4 - LRB-2851/2 MPG:amn SENATE BILL 325 S ECTION 5 (4) No later than June 30, 2024, the centercorporation forand internationalthe agribusinessdepartment marketingof andagriculture, thetrade Wisconsinand Economicconsumer Developmentprotection Corporation shall jointly submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
(5) The corporation shall hire at least one full-time employee to administer the agricultural exports program under this section and collaborate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to achieve the export objectives specified in sub.
(2).
(1) SD UBMISSIONEFINITIONSIn OFthis PLAN.section:
No(a) later“Corporation” thanmeans December 31, 2021, the center for international agribusiness marketing and the Wisconsin Economic Development CorporationCorporation. shall jointly submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under s.
13.172(b) (3)“Department” ameans planthe fordepartment howof theagriculture, centertrade and theconsumer corporationprotection. intend to achieve the export objectives specified in s.
93.425(2) (2).SUBMISSION OF PLAN.No later than December 31, 2021, the corporation and the department shall jointly submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under s.
13.172 (3) a plan for how the corporation and department intend to achieve the export objectives specified in s.
238.24 (2).
93.425,238.24, as provided in s.
93.425238.24 (3), to exporters no later than December 31, 2022.
(2)(3) PROGRAM FUNDING.
No later than the 30th day after publication of the 2021 biennial budget act, the centercorporation for international agribusiness marketing shall request under s.
13.101 (3) that the joint committee on finance supplement the LRBs0146/1 - 2022 Legislature - 5 - MCP:amn&emw SECTION 6 appropriation under s.
20.11520.192 (3)(1) (b)(c) with sufficient funds for the centercorporation to carry out the agricultural exports program LRB-2851/2 - 2022 Legislature - 5 - MPG:amn S ECTION6 SENATE BILL 325 under s.
93.425.238.24.
(3) P OSITION AUTHORIZATION.
The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall reallocate 1.0 GPR position, and any associated funding that may be available, to a position to be funded from the appropriation under s.
20.115 (3) (b) for the purpose of administering the agricultural exports program under s.
93.425.
The department shall report to the joint committee on finance as to the position that is reallocated and the source of funding for that position.
The department shall report in its 2023-25 biennial budget request the position reallocated under this subsection, and the reallocation shall be reflected in the final appropriation schedule in ch.
20.