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Disabled veteran-owned businesses certified by Comm.Dept: preferences in governmental procurement provisions created; DOA report required; DOT provisions [A.Amdt.1: minority business and disabled veteran-owned business provision added] - AB228

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: amount an individual may claim revised [Sec. 9, 101-105, 152, 153, 196, 197, 219, 223, 789-797, 9310 (1)] - SB62

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: required investment holding time revised [Sec. 1575, 1579, 1659, 1725] - AB75

Early stage seed and angel investment credits revised [Sec. 1573, 1574, 1576-1578, 1657, 1658, 1723, 1724, 1813, 1826, 3061-3069, 9310 (1); original bill only] - AB75

Economic development grants for small business innovation research assistance; funds for farm shoring (outsourcing work to domestic rural locations); Comm.Dept to develop value supply chain based on regional economies; study provided [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 198q, 204p, 207-208, 210, 3082h, 9110 (13u)-(15u), (16u)] - AB75

Economic development: postsecondary education tax credits, certain investment credits limits, Comm.Dept grants, microloans to create new businesses, technical college training program grants, converting manufacturing facilities, U.W. System provisions, rural outsourcing grants - AB641

Economic development: postsecondary education tax credits, certain investment credits limits, Comm.Dept grants, microloans to create new businesses, technical college training program grants, converting manufacturing facilities, U.W. System provisions, rural outsourcing grants [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DCF to award skills enhancement grants to community action agencies; S.Amdt.1: early stage seed and jobs tax credits modifications, rural outsourcing grant provisions revised; A.Amdt.6: Economic Policy Board duties expanded, ``Regulatory Ombudsman Center" changed to ``Office of Regulatory Assistance" and duties revised] - SB409

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept: Community-Based, Rural Economic, and Minority Business Grant programs and boards eliminated; responsibilities of Development Finance Board assumed by Economic Policy Board (EPB); Forward Innovation Fund created [Sec. 29, 35-38, 200-204, 208-210, 667, 735-737, 748, 1492-1495, 1925, 3003, 3008, 3009, 3014, 3016, 3027, 3028, 3033, 3034, 3076-3083, 3128, 9110 (8), (9); Enrolled AB-75: Rural Economic Development Program and board retained, annual funding re Women's Business Initiative Corporation and Forward Innovation Fund, EPB membership re minority individual, deletes 38, 200, 1925, 3003, 3027, 3028] - AB75

Electrical code and licensing program administration: Comm.Dept to conduct cost-benefit analysis re use of contractor rather than department employee [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2157r] - AB75

Electronic medical records tax credit program: effective date delayed [Sec. 1582, 1662, 1728] - AB75

Electronic medical records tax credit program revisions re standards for the interoperability of health care information technology, ARRA provision - SB312

Elevator mechanic's license: alternative requirements created - SB704

Employer-assisted housing program: WHEDA to establish and administer a program to award tax benefits to employers that implement; Comm.Dept appendix report - AB817

Employer-assisted housing program: WHEDA to establish and administer a program to award tax benefits to employers that implement; Comm.Dept appendix report - SB534

Energy conservation codes for commercial building and one- and two-family dwellings to be based on the International Energy Conservation Code; agricultural facility, DATCP, and voluntary design standards for public buildings and places of employment provisions - AB649

Energy conservation codes for commercial building and one- and two-family dwellings to be based on the International Energy Conservation Code; agricultural facility, DATCP, and voluntary design standards for public buildings and places of employment provisions - SB450

Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, LEED certification for public building projects, graywater and rainwater systems; DOA, Building Commission, and Comm.Dept duties; report and lease provisions - AB843

Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, LEED certification for public building projects, graywater and rainwater systems; DOA, Building Commission, and Comm.Dept duties; report and lease provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, voluntary standards for 1- and 2-family dwellings] - SB616

Enterprise zone business with a significant supply chain: Comm.Dept to certify for tax benefits [A.Amdt.1: supply chain provision replaced with a tax credit for purchasing tangible personal property, items, property, goods, or services from Wisconsin vendors] - AB864

Enterprise zone refundable capital investment tax credit created [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1571d-g, 1655m-r, 1721m-r, 3121g, r] - AB75

Enterprise zone revisions, Comm.Dept duties, definitions, and income and franchise tax credit re payroll provisions - AB255

Enterprise zone revisions, Comm.Dept duties, definitions, and income and franchise tax credit re payroll provisions - SB189

Enterprise zones that Comm.Dept may designate increased - AB768

Entrepreneurial assistance grants re ``new business" hiring of student intern to assist in research and marketing; repayment when business becomes profitable; provision re grant to college or university placing multiple interns; report and sunset date [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 206s, 207, 3033L] - AB75

Environmental contamination grants: eligibility of applicants and criteria for awards [Sec. 3015, 3017-3026; Enrolled AB-75: grant to Town of Beloit to construct a children's playground at Preservation Park, 215d, 9110 (12h)] - AB75

Extended-range electric vehicles sales and use tax exemption; property tax exemption for charging station for electric vehicles; property, sales, and use tax exemptions for machinery and certain property used in qualified research in manufacturing, silviculture, or biotechnology; vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program sunsetted; extended-range electric vehicle grant program created; super research and development income and franchise tax credit modified; JSCTE appendix report - AB712

Extended-range electric vehicles sales and use tax exemption; property tax exemption for charging station for electric vehicles; property, sales, and use tax exemptions for machinery and certain property used in qualified research in manufacturing, silviculture, or biotechnology; vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program sunsetted; extended-range electric vehicle grant program created; super research and development income and franchise tax credit modified; JSCTE appendix report - SB521

Federal tax credits awarded by WHEDA to developers of affordable rental housing: goals established re minority- and women-owned businesses, mentor protege program, and employing individuals who live in the vicinity of the project; Comm.Dept appendix report - AB961

Federal tax credits awarded by WHEDA to developers of affordable rental housing: goals established re minority- and women-owned businesses, mentor protege program, and employing individuals who live in the vicinity of the project; Comm.Dept appendix report - SB695

Film production tax credit program changes re new refundable production services and company investment; provision re salary, wages, and non-labor expenses; ``production expenditures" and ``accredited production" defined; electronic games approved by Comm.Dept included; report required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Credit"] - AB75

Film project grants re long-term jobs: program created [Sec. 198, 3012; original bill only] - AB75

Flammable, combustible, and hazardous liquids: revisions re definitions, Comm.Dept duties, and storage tanks (remedial legislation) - SB459

Food processing plant and food warehouse investment credit created [S.Amdt.1: Comm.Dept cannot certify if the taxpayer has hired an alien] - AB757

Forward Wisconsin, Inc.: authorization and funding for Comm.Dept contracts deleted [Sec. 87, 197, 3010, 3011] - AB75

Gaming economic diversification program reduction re grants to Oneida Small Business Inc., Project 2000, and Northwest Regional Planning Commission repealed [Sec. 214, 3030, 3031; Enrolled AB-75: further reductions, grant to Oneida Seven Generations Corporation from funds not disbursed from certain grants, matching funds required, 9110 (16i)] - AB75

Governor's Opportunity Fund created re grants or loans to a political subdivision for specified development projects that create jobs; JCF and Comm.Dept provisions - AB968

Groundwater management areas and groundwater attention areas established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties; environmental review of high capacity wells; Comm.Dept to establish graywater and rainwater system standards; PSC to issue order encouraging water conservation - AB844

Groundwater management areas and groundwater attention areas established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties; environmental review of high capacity wells; Comm.Dept to establish graywater and rainwater system standards; PSC to issue order encouraging water conservation - SB620

HEAB grant appropriations increased in certain cases; TCS Board grants to programs that assist in reducing unemployment, report required; Comm.Dept grants to businesses in economically distressed area for capital investments; angel investment tax credit and income tax revisions - AB513

Health professional loan repayment program and Rural Health Development Council transferred from Comm.Dept to U.W. System [Sec. 40, 43, 211-213, 215, 582, 1296, 3035-3060, 9110 (3)-(5), 9210 (1); Enrolled AB-75: funding and council duties revised, 40g-n, 43d-g, 747s; deletes 40] - AB75

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - AB92

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - SB55

Homeless individuals and families: grant allocation for shelters in Dane County increased, portion designated for applicants providing temporary shelter in the vicinity of the state capitol - AB72

Homeowner Eviction and Lien Protection program created in WHEDA; reports to JCF required; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 7, 15, 762, 779] - SB62

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - AB649

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - SB450

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision - AB660

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision - SB476

Janesville development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3092g-3110b, h, L, r-y] - AB75

Job creation tax benefit created, Comm.Dept and DOR duties - SB539

Job creation tax benefit created re new full-time employees and withholding tax - AB853

Job creation tax benefit created re new full-time employees and withholding tax - SB621

Jobs Tax Benefit created [Sec. 620, 1569, 1654, 1720, 3070, 9110 (6), (7), 9443 (11); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 1540d, 1593b, 1598d, 1625d, 1677b, 1688d, 1702d, 1741b, 1873d] - AB75

Kenosha development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3092g, r, 3110e, h, p-y] - AB75

Loan origination fee expansion; administration of 2007 WisAct 125 [Sec. 206, 3029, 3032, 3082, 3086; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 206m; deletes 206] - AB75

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions - AB904

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: water consumption tax credit created; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.1: sunset provided] - SB651

Meat processing facility investment credit created - AB12

Meat processing facility investment credit created [Sec. 17, 85, 100, 109, 113, 114, 132, 147, 165, 169, 177, 191, 207, 541, 800] - SB62

Minority business certification by Comm.Dept re government procurement: requirements revised [Sec. 1922, 1923, 3004- 3007; original bill only] - AB75

Minority Business Development Board and Minority Business Grants and Loans Program restored - AB875

Minority Business Development Board and Minority Business Grants and Loans Program restored - SB393

Mixed-use zoning ordinance clarified; communities required to enact a traditional neighborhood development ordinance to report to DOA on status of compliance; state housing strategy plan to include a bicycle- and pedestrian-oriented design in residential developments - SB314

Motor vehicle displaying disabled plates or ID card: fuel dealer requirement to provide employee to assist expanded; sign and forfeiture provisions; enforcement transferred to DAs - AB285

Motor vehicle displaying disabled plates or ID card: fuel dealer requirement to provide employee to assist expanded; sign and forfeiture provisions; enforcement transferred to DAs - SB679

Movable soccer goal safety standards: Comm.Dept to establish [S.Amdt.1: on public land specified] - AB903

Movable soccer goal safety standards: Comm.Dept to establish - SB655

PECFA reimbursement notification deadline [Sec. 2151, 2152; original bill only] - AB75

Petroleum inspection fee statutes reorganized and term and inspection provisions revised (remedial legislation) - AB742

Petroleum inspection fund transfers to the general, recycling and renewable energy, environmental, and transportation funds [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9210 (1f)-(2f), (3q)] - AB75

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: date to award grant changed - AB641

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: date to award grant changed - SB409

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: grant provided; funding from nonstate sources and written agreement required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 199, 9110 (17q)] - AB75

Private sewage system maintenance program: governmental unit inventory and implementation deadlines changed - AB950

Private sewage system maintenance program: governmental unit inventory and implementation deadlines changed - SB687

Program revisions re benefits for low-income residents: BadgerCare Plus, food stamps, Wisconsin Shares, drug testing for public assistance, MPCP, energy assistance, WHEDA and Comm.Dept housing assistance, HEAB, and EITC; Comm.Dept and JSCTE appendix reports - SB708

Qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity: income and franchise tax credits created; Comm.Dept and federal New Markets Tax Credit provisions - AB642

Qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity: income and franchise tax credits created; Comm.Dept and federal New Markets Tax Credit provisions - SB461

Qualified investment in a registered community development financial institution (CDFI): Comm.Dept may certify an investor to receive a credit against state income and franchise taxes and license fees paid by insurers, reporting requirements - AB948

Qualified investment in a registered community development financial institution (CDFI): Comm.Dept may certify an investor to receive a credit against state income and franchise taxes and license fees paid by insurers, reporting requirements - SB692

Recovery zone facility bonds: waving allocation and requiring Comm.Dept to develop a system to reallocate, other units of government may apply; industrial revenue bonds for ``project" facilities and housing authority included in intergovernmental cooperation agreements - AB643

Recovery zone facility bonds: waving allocation and requiring Comm.Dept to develop a system to reallocate, other units of government may apply; industrial revenue bonds for ``project" facilities and housing authority included in intergovernmental cooperation agreements [S.Amdt.2: counties granted authority to issue IDB] - SB440

Recycling and renewable energy fund repayments to fund additional grants and loans [Sec. 205] - AB75

Region One development manager: Comm.Dept to fill vacancy by certain date [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9110 (18f)] - AB75

Regulatory Ombudsman Center established in Comm.Dept; references to the Business Development Assistance Center repealed [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 204p, 3002r, 3082f, g] - AB75

Regulatory Ombudsman Center: funding for additional position - AB641

Regulatory Ombudsman Center: funding for additional position [A.Amdt.6: ``Regulatory Ombudsman Center" changed to ``Office of Regulatory Assistance" and duties revised] - SB409

Reinvested capital gains: procedure created for certain persons to defer taxation; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1535, 1544, 3073] - AB75

Relocation benefits enforcement: Comm.Dept duties revised [Sec. 729-732, 9110 (10); original bill only] - AB75