AB100, s. 2397 17Section 2397. 560.605 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2398 18Section 2398. 560.605 (2m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2399 19Section 2399. 560.605 (2m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2400 20Section 2400. 560.605 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2401 21Section 2401. 560.605 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2402 22Section 2402. 560.605 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2403 23Section 2403. 560.605 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2404 24Section 2404. 560.607 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1560.607 (1) Evaluations of proposed technical research projects under s.
2560.62
.
AB100, s. 2405 3Section 2405. 560.61 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2406 4Section 2406. 560.61 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 560.61 and amended
5to read:
AB100,1036,10 6560.61 Make At the request of the board, the department may make a grant
7or loan to an eligible recipient for a project that meets the criteria for funding under
8s. 560.605 (1) and (2) and under s. 560.62, 560.63, 560.65 or 560.66, whichever is
9appropriate,
from the appropriations under s. 20.143 (1) (c), (cb) and (ie) for eligible
10activities
.
AB100, s. 2407 11Section 2407. 560.61 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2408 12Section 2408. 560.62 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2409 13Section 2409. 560.63 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2410 14Section 2410. 560.65 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2411 15Section 2411. 560.66 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2412 16Section 2412. 560.68 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1036,1917 560.68 (1m) The department shall establish criteria for the award of grants
18and loans under s. 560.61, including the types of projects that are eligible for funding
19and the types of eligible projects that will receive priority.
AB100, s. 2413 20Section 2413. 560.68 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1036,2221 560.68 (2m) The department shall determine conditions applicable to a grant
22or loan under s. 560.61.
AB100, s. 2414 23Section 2414. 560.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1037,324 560.68 (3) The department may charge a grant or loan recipient an origination
25fee of up to not more than 2% of the grant or loan amount if the grant or loan equals

1or
exceeds $200,000 and is awarded under s. 560.63 or 560.66. The department shall
2deposit all origination fees collected under this subsection in the appropriation
3account under s. 20.143 (1) (gm).
AB100, s. 2415 4Section 2415. 560.68 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 560.68 (5) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
AB100,1037,86 560.68 (5) (intro.) The department, with the approval of the board, shall
7develop procedures to evaluate related to grants and loans under s. 560.61 for all of
8the following:
AB100,1037,9 9(b) Evaluating applications, monitor .
AB100,1037,10 10(c) Monitoring project performance and audit.
AB100,1037,11 11(d) Auditing the grants and loans awarded under this subchapter.
AB100, s. 2416 12Section 2416. 560.68 (5) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1037,1313 560.68 (5) (a) Submitting applications for grants and loans.
AB100, s. 2417 14Section 2417. 560.68 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1037,1815 560.68 (6) If appropriate, the The board may shall require that more, as a
16condition of a grant or loan, that a recipient contribute to a project an amount that
17is not less
than 25% of the cost of any project or category of projects be paid from funds
18not provided by this state
amount of the grant or loan.
AB100, s. 2418 19Section 2418. 560.68 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1037,2220 560.68 (7) (a) Publish and disseminate information about the projects under
21ss. 560.62 to 560.66
that may be funded by a grant or loan under s. 560.61 and the
22about procedures for applying for grants and loans under s. 560.61.
AB100, s. 2419 23Section 2419. 560.797 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1038,224 560.797 (2) (d) The department may not designate more than 79 enterprise
25development zones unless the department obtains the approval of the joint

1committee on finance to do so.
Of the enterprise development zones that the
2department designates, at least 10 shall be designated under par. (bg).
AB100, s. 2420 3Section 2420. 560.797 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1038,84 560.797 (5) (b) When the department designates an area as an enterprise
5development zone under this section, the department shall establish a limit, not to
6exceed $3,000,000, for tax benefits for the enterprise development zone. The total
7amount of tax benefits authorized under this paragraph for all enterprise
8development zones may not exceed $243,000,000.
AB100, s. 2421 9Section 2421. 560.799 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1038,14 10560.799 Super employment and economic development zone grant
11program.
(1) Beginning on July 1, 2006, from the appropriation under s. 20.143
12(1) (cm), the department may award a grant to an eligible business that locates in an
13extremely depressed area designated under sub. (3) (a), for reimbursing the
14business's eligible costs, if all of the following apply:
AB100,1038,1615 (a) The department determines that the business will create not fewer than 100
16qualifying jobs in the extremely depressed area.
AB100,1038,1917 (b) The business enters into a written agreement with the department that
18specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds and in which the business agrees
19to do all of the following:
AB100,1038,2120 1. Compensate at a family-supporting wage not less than 90 percent of the
21employees in the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
AB100,1038,2322 2. Make every reasonable effort to hire individuals who reside in the extremely
23depressed area to fill at least 75 percent of the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
AB100,1038,2524 3. Submit the report required under sub. (2) by the time the report is required
25under sub. (2).
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1(2) A business that is awarded a grant under this section shall, by March 31
2of the year following a year in which the department disburses grant moneys to the
3business, submit to the department a report detailing how the grant moneys received
4in that year were used.
AB100,1039,5 5(3) The department shall do all of the following:
AB100,1039,96 (a) Designate areas in this state as extremely depressed areas. The
7department may not designate an area under this paragraph unless the department
8determines that the unemployment rate for the area equals or exceeds 150 percent
9of the average unemployment rate for this state.
AB100,1039,1010 (b) Promulgate rules defining all of the following terms:
AB100,1039,1411 1. "Eligible costs," which may include property taxes, utilities, job training,
12employee transportation, a portion of wages paid by the business to employees who
13reside in the extremely depressed area, and a portion of the costs incurred by the
14business to provide child care at the business for employees.
AB100,1039,1515 2. "Extremely depressed area."
AB100,1039,1616 3. "Family-supporting wage."
AB100,1039,1717 4. "Qualifying jobs."
AB100,1039,19 18(4) The department may pay grant proceeds to an eligible business that is
19awarded a grant under this section for up to 5 years.
AB100, s. 2422 20Section 2422. 560.9810 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1039,2221 560.9810 (5) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to property that is
22authorized to be sold under s. 16.848.
AB100, s. 2423 23Section 2423. 562.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1040,3
1562.06 (3) Day care. Nothing in this section prohibits a licensee from operating
2a day care area at a track if the day care area is licensed by the department of health
3and family services
workforce development under s. 48.65 49.98.
AB100, s. 2424 4Section 2424. 565.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1040,75 565.05 (1) (intro.) No Except as provided in sub. (1m), no employee in the
6lottery division of the department or the executive assistant or the secretary or
7deputy secretary of revenue may do any of the following:
AB100, s. 2425 8Section 2425. 565.05 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1040,149 565.05 (1m) An employee in the lottery division of the department who
10terminates employment with the department may be employed by a vendor at any
11time after his or her date of termination if the department has entered into a
12contract, on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], with
13the vendor to perform lottery functions that were previously performed by the
14employee while he or she was employed in the lottery division.
AB100, s. 2426 15Section 2426. 565.05 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1040,2016 565.05 (3) No employee in the lottery division may discuss with a vendor who
17is attempting to obtain a major procurement contract under s. 565.25 any matter
18relating to the future employment of the employee with the vendor unless the
19discussion relates to employment under s. 565.25 (3) (cm) and the administrator
20provides prior written consent.
AB100, s. 2427 21Section 2427. 565.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1041,522 565.10 (3) (b) No lottery retailer contract may be entered into with a person who
23has been finally adjudged to be delinquent in the payment of taxes under ch. 71, 72,
2476, 77, 78, or 139 or, who has been found delinquent in the payment of contributions
25to the unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.16 in a proceeding under s. 108.10,

1or who owes a payment to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.82 or 102.85
2(4) or to the work injury supplemental benefit fund under s. 102.49 (5) (a), 102.59 (2),
3or 102.60 (5) (b)
if the person remains delinquent in the payment of liable for those
4taxes or, contributions, or payments at the time the person seeks to enter into the
5lottery retailer contract.
AB100, s. 2428 6Section 2428. 565.25 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1041,127 565.25 (3) (cm) If a contract for a major procurement is for services that were
8performed by employees in the lottery division before the effective date of this
9paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the contract may not be entered into unless the
10contract requires the vendor to offer employment to those employees in the lottery
11division who performed those services and whose positions were terminated on or
12after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
AB100, s. 2429 13Section 2429. 565.48 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1041,17 14565.48 Collection of unpaid liabilities. Any unpaid amount owed by a
15retailer to the department under this chapter shall be assessed, collected, and
16reviewed in the same manner as income taxes are assessed, collected, and reviewed
17under ch. 71.
AB100, s. 2430 18Section 2430. 655.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1042,519 655.27 (2) Fund administration and operation. Management of the fund shall
20be vested with the board of governors. The commissioner shall either provide staff
21services necessary for the operation of the fund or, with the approval of the board of
22governors, contract for all or part of these services. Such a contract is subject to s.
23ss. 16.765 and 16.771, but is otherwise exempt from subch. IV of ch. 16. The
24commissioner shall adopt rules governing the procedures for creating and
25implementing these contracts before entering into the contracts. At least annually,

1the contractor shall report to the commissioner and to the board of governors
2regarding all expenses incurred and subcontracting arrangements. If the board of
3governors approves, the contractor may hire legal counsel as needed to provide staff
4services. The cost of contracting for staff services shall be funded from the
5appropriation under s. 20.145 (2) (u).
AB100, s. 2431 6Section 2431. 655.27 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1042,177 655.27 (6) Purpose and integrity of fund. The fund is established to ensure
8the availability of health care providers in this state,
to curb the rising costs of health
9care by financing part of the liability incurred by health care providers as a result
10of medical malpractice claims and, to ensure that proper claims are satisfied, and to
11enable the deployment of health care information systems technology for health care
12quality, safety, and efficiency, as specified in s. 153.076 (2)
. The fund, including any
13net worth of the fund, is held in irrevocable trust for the sole benefit of health care
14providers participating in the fund and proper claimants and for the deployment of
15health care information systems technology for health care quality, safety, and
16efficiency by the health care quality and patient safety board
. Moneys in the fund
17may not be used for any other purpose of the state.
AB100, s. 2432 18Section 2432. 704.90 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1042,2119 704.90 (9) Rules. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer
20protection
justice may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this
21section.
AB100, s. 2433 22Section 2433. 704.90 (11) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1042,2423 704.90 (11) (title) Duties of the department of agriculture, trade and
24consumer protection
justice.
AB100, s. 2434 25Section 2434. 704.90 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1043,5
1704.90 (11) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), the department of agriculture,
2trade and consumer protection
justice shall investigate alleged violations of this
3section and rules promulgated under sub. (9). To facilitate its investigations, the
4department may subpoena persons and records and may enforce compliance with the
5subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12.
AB100, s. 2435 6Section 2435. 707.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1043,157 707.49 (4) Surety bond and other options. Instead of placing deposits in an
8escrow account, a developer may obtain a surety bond issued by a company
9authorized to do business in this state, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a similar
10arrangement, in an amount which at all times is not less than the amount of the
11deposits otherwise subject to the escrow requirements of this section. The bond,
12letter of credit, or similar arrangement shall be filed with the department of
13agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice and made payable to the
14department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice for the benefit of
15aggrieved parties.
AB100, s. 2436 16Section 2436. 707.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1043,2517 707.57 (2) Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
18justice authority. (a) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer
19protection
justice, or any district attorney upon informing the department of
20agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice, may commence an action in
21circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent
22injunction any violation of this chapter. Before entry of final judgment, the court may
23make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any
24pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof
25of these acts or practices is submitted to the satisfaction of the court.
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1(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may
2conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and take testimony to aid in
3its investigation of violations of this chapter.
AB100, s. 2437 4Section 2437. 707.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1044,95 707.57 (3) Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter shall be required to
6forfeit not more than $5,000 for each offense. Forfeitures under this subsection shall
7be enforced by action on behalf of the state by the department of agriculture, trade
8and consumer protection
justice or by the district attorney of the county where the
9violation occurs.
AB100, s. 2438 10Section 2438. 757.05 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1044,1111 757.05 (1) (title) Levy of penalty assessment surcharge.
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