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WI Stat § 238.046 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.046 - Private interest in public contract.

238.046  Private interest in public contract. (1) A member of the board or an employee of the corporation to whom the board delegates its authority to contract shall notify the corporation's legal counsel or, if the corporation's legal counsel is unavailable, the chief executive officer of the corporation if the member or employee has a direct or indirect, private, pecuniary interest in a contract that is being negotiated, bid for, or entered into with the corporation. If the corporation's legal counsel or chief executive officer is notified under this section, he or she shall report the name of the individual from whom he or she received the notification and the contract in which the individual has a private, pecuniary interest to the board. A member or employee who notifies the corporation's legal counsel or chief executive officer under this section is not authorized to participate in the member's or employee's capacity as a member of the board or an employee of the corporation in the making of the contract or to perform in regard to the contract some official function requiring the exercise of discretion on the member's or employee's part. (2) An employee of the corporation shall notify the corporation's legal counsel or, if the corporation's legal counsel is unavailable, the chief executive officer of the corporation if the employee has a controlling interest in an entity that is negotiating, bidding for, or entering into a contract with the corporation. If the corporation's legal counsel or chief executive officer is notified under this section, he or she shall report the name of the individual from whom he or she received the notification and the contract at issue to the board. The board shall prohibit the corporation from entering into any contract with an entity in which an employee of the corporation has a controlling interest.History:  2013 a. 43 s. 1; 2013 a. 173 s. 32.
WI Stat § 238.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.06 - Liability limited.

238.06  Liability limited. Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state, nor any officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state who is acting within the scope of employment or agency, is liable for any debt, obligation, act, or omission of the corporation.History:  2011 a. 7.
WI Stat § 238.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.07 - Submission of annual reports to legislature.

238.07  Submission of annual reports to legislature. (1) Annually, by January 1, the board shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report identifying the economic development projects that the board intends to develop and implement during the current calendar year. (2) Annually, no later than October l, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report for the previous fiscal year on each of the economic development programs of the corporation that contains all of the following:(a) A description of each program.(ag) An accounting of the location, by municipality, of each job created or retained in the state in the previous fiscal year as a result of the program. (ar) An accounting of the industry classification, by municipality, of each job created or retained in the state as a result of the program. (b) A comparison of expected and actual program outcomes.(c) The number of grants made under the program.(d) The number of loans made under the program.(dm) The total amount of tax benefits allocated, and the total amount of tax benefits verified to the department of revenue, under the program. (e) The amount of each grant and loan made under the program.(f) The recipient of each grant or loan made under the program.(fm) An identification of each recipient of a tax benefit allocated, and each recipient of a tax benefit that was verified to the department of revenue, under the program. (g) The sum total of all grants and loans awarded to and received by each recipient under the program.(h) Any recommended changes to the program. (3) The board shall make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under sub. (2). (4) Annually, beginning in 2014, the board shall have an independent audit conducted of the corporation's financial statements for the previous fiscal year and submit the audit report to the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). History:  2011 a. 7; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 238.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.08 - Records of the corporation.

238.08  Records of the corporation. All records of the corporation are open to the public as provided in s. 19.35 (1) except those records relating to pending grants, loans, or economic development projects that, in the opinion of the corporation, must remain confidential to protect the competitive nature of the grant, loan, or project. History:  2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 238.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.09 - Procurement policies and procedures.

238.09  Procurement policies and procedures. The board shall adopt policies and procedures that specify all of the following: (1) When the corporation is required to publicly solicit proposals from multiple vendors of goods or services. (2) How the corporation is to evaluate proposals from multiple vendors. (3) How the corporation is to assess any conflict of interest a vendor may have if the vendor sells goods or services to the corporation. History:  2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 238.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.10 - Allocation of volume cap on tax-exempt bonds.

238.10  Allocation of volume cap on tax-exempt bonds. (1) Allocation. The corporation shall establish under 26 USC 146 and administer a system for the allocation of the volume cap on the issuance of private activity bonds, as defined under 26 USC 141 (a), among all municipalities, as defined in s. 67.01 (5), and any corporation formed on behalf of those municipalities, and among this state, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (2)  Amendment to allocation. At any time prior to December 31 in any year, the corporation may adopt rules to revise the allocation system established for that year under sub. (1), except that any revision under this subsection does not apply to any allocation under which the recipient of that allocation has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of a private activity bond, as defined in 26 USC 141 (a). (3)  Conditions. The corporation may establish any procedure for, and place any condition upon, the granting of an allocation under this section which the corporation deems to be in the best interest of the state including a requirement that a cash deposit, at a rate established by the corporation, be a condition for an allocation. (4)  Certification. If the corporation receives notice of the issuance of a bond under an allocation under subs. (1) to (3), the corporation shall certify that that bond meets the requirements of 26 USC 146.History:  1987 a. 69, 403; 1989 a. 8; 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 335; 2011 a. 32 s. 3315; Stats. 2011 s. 238.10.
WI Stat § 238.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.11 - Employment impact estimates.

238.11  Employment impact estimates. (1) The corporation shall prescribe the notice forms to be used under s. 66.1103 (4m) (a) 1. The corporation shall include on the forms a requirement for information on the number of jobs the person submitting the notice expects to be eliminated, created, or maintained on the project site and elsewhere in this state by the project which is the subject of the notice. The corporation shall prescribe the forms to be used under s. 66.1103 (4m) (b). (2) If the corporation receives a notice under s. 66.1103 (4m) (a), the corporation shall estimate, no later than 20 days after receipt of the notice, whether the project that is the subject of the notice is expected to eliminate, create, or maintain jobs on the project site and elsewhere in this state and the net number of jobs expected to be eliminated, created, or maintained as a result of the project. (5) The corporation shall issue an estimate made under sub. (2) to the city, village, town, or county which will issue the bonds to finance the project which is the subject of the estimate.History:  1985 a. 299; 1999 a. 85; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2001 a. 104; 2009 a. 112; 2011 a. 32 s. 3318; Stats. 2011 s. 238.11; 2011 a. 214.
WI Stat § 238.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.115 - Tax credit reporting.

238.115  Tax credit reporting. (1) Corporation obligations. No later than the end of the first month following each quarter, the corporation shall provide to the department of revenue all of the following information for the previous quarter:(a) The identity of each person the corporation certified for tax credits under this chapter and, for each person, the amount certified.(b) The identity of each person the corporation verified to claim tax credits under this chapter based on the person's satisfaction of all applicable requirements to be eligible to claim the tax credits and, for each person, the amount verified.(c) The identity of each person, whether an entity or individual, who may claim tax credits as the result of each verification of each person identified under par. (b). The information provided under this paragraph shall specify the taxable year that applies for each of those persons.(d) The identity of each person, whether an entity or individual, who may claim tax credits as the result of a transfer of tax credits under this chapter and, for each person, the amount transferred. The information provided under this paragraph shall specify the taxable year that applies for each of those persons.(e) The identity of each person for whom the corporation revoked a certification for tax credits and, for each person, the amount revoked.(f) The amount of tax credits the corporation determined each person identified under par. (e) was eligible to claim that, if already claimed, must be repaid by the person as the result of the revocation.(g) Any other information the department of revenue and the corporation agree is necessary to accurately track certification, verification, transfer, and usage of tax credits under this chapter. (2)  Taxpayer obligations. Each person the corporation certifies for tax credits under this chapter shall provide all information necessary for the corporation to comply with the reporting requirements under sub. (1). (3)  Department of revenue's obligation. The department of revenue shall track the amount of all tax credits administered by the corporation that have been claimed or used to offset tax liability and the amount of all available unused tax credits under this chapter. History:  2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 9.
WI Stat § 238.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.12 - Repayment of grants, loans, and tax benefits.

238.12  Repayment of grants, loans, and tax benefits. (1) In this section, “tax benefits" means the credits under ss. 71.07 (2dm), (2dx), (3g), (3t), and (3wm), 71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (3g), (3t), and (3wm), 71.47 (1dm), (1dx), (3g), and (3t), and 76.636. (2) The corporation may not award a grant or loan under this chapter to a person or certify a person to receive tax benefits unless the corporation enters into an agreement with the person that requires the person to repay the grant, loan, or tax benefits if, within 5 years after receiving the grant or loan or being certified to receive tax benefits, the person ceases to conduct in this state the economic activity for which the person received the grant or loan or for which the person was certified to receive tax benefits and commences substantially the same economic activity outside this state.History:  2005 a. 25, 259; 2011 a. 32 s. 3327; Stats. 2011 s. 238.12; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 58.
WI Stat § 238.124 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.124 - Loan limitations.

238.124  Loan limitations. (1) The corporation may not originate any loan that is forgivable in whole or in part upon the loan recipient's achievement of one or more conditions or goals. (2) Each new lending program the corporation implements or administers shall adhere as closely as practicable to commonly accepted commercial lending practices. The corporation shall adopt policies and procedures implementing this subsection.History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 238.125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.125 - Notification of position openings; compliance.

238.125  Notification of position openings; compliance. The corporation shall monitor compliance with the position-opening notification requirements under ss. 66.1103 (6m) and 106.16.History:  1987 a. 27; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2011 a. 32 s. 3333; Stats. 2011 s. 238.125.
WI Stat § 238.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.135 - Grants to regional economic development organizations.

238.135  Grants to regional economic development organizations. The corporation shall award annual grants to regional economic development organizations to fund marketing activities. The amount of each grant may not exceed $100,000 or the amount of matching funds the organization obtains from sources other than the corporation or the state, whichever is less. History:  2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 238.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.14 - St. Croix Valley Business Incubator.

238.14  St. Croix Valley Business Incubator. From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a), the corporation shall make a grant of $250,000 to the River Falls Economic Development Corporation to construct the St. Croix Valley Business Incubator. The corporation may award the grant under this section only if federal moneys are secured for the same purpose.History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 238.155 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.155 - Talent attraction and retention initiatives.

238.155  Talent attraction and retention initiatives. The corporation shall collaborate with state agencies to develop and implement initiatives for the attraction of talent to and retention of talent in this state, including by leveraging the existing programs of state agencies for those purposes within the scopes of those existing programs.History:  2017 a. 318.
WI Stat § 238.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.17 - Historic rehabilitation tax credit.

238.17  Historic rehabilitation tax credit. (1) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, the corporation may certify a person to claim a tax credit under s. 71.07 (9m), 71.28 (6), or 71.47 (6), if the corporation determines that the person is conducting an eligible activity under s. 71.07 (9m), 71.28 (6), or 71.47 (6). No person may claim a tax credit under s. 71.07 (9m), 71.28 (6), or 71.47 (6) without first being certified under this subsection. (2) Beginning July 1, 2018, the corporation may not certify persons to claim more than a total of $3,500,000 in tax credits for all projects undertaken on the same parcel. (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the corporation may not certify a person for a tax credit under sub. (1) if the person is not subject to the taxes imposed under s. 71.02, 71.08, 71.23, or 71.43, except that the corporation may certify a nonprofit entity described under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code for a tax credit under sub. (1) if the entity intends to sell or otherwise transfer the credit, as provided under s. 71.07 (9m), 71.28 (6) (h), or 71.47 (6) (h).(b) The corporation may certify a nonprofit entity not described under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code for a tax credit under sub. (1) by submitting the proposal for the certification to the joint committee on finance for approval. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the corporation within 14 working days after the date of the corporation's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the proposal may be implemented as proposed by the corporation. If, within 14 working days after the corporation's submittal, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the corporation that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the proposal may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.History:  2013 a. 62; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59, 280.
WI Stat § 238.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.25 - Assistance to loan recipients.

238.25  Assistance to loan recipients. The corporation shall assist new businesses and small businesses receiving the assistance of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority in locating sources of venture capital and in obtaining the state and federal licenses and permits necessary for business operations.History:  2011 a. 32 s. 3305; Stats. 2011 s. 238.25; 2011 a. 214.
WI Stat § 238.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.26 - Report to investment board.

238.26  Report to investment board. No later than September 30 of each even-numbered year, the corporation shall submit to the investment board a report describing the types of investments in businesses in this state that will have the greatest likelihood of enhancing economic development in this state.History:  2011 a. 32 s. 3329.
WI Stat § 238.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.28 - Refundable tax credits.

238.28  Refundable tax credits. It is the intent of the legislature that all credits awarded under ss. 238.16, 238.308, 238.396, and 238.399 become a permanent part of the working capital structure of businesses claiming the credits.History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 238.301 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.301 - Certification for tax benefits.

238.301  Certification for tax benefits. (1) Application. Any person may apply to the corporation on a form prepared by the corporation for certification under this section. The application shall include all of the following:(a) The name and address of the person.(b) The federal tax identification number of the person.(c) The names and addresses of the locations where the person conducts business and a description of the business activities conducted at those locations.(d) A description of each eligible activity conducted or proposed to be conducted by the person.(e) Other information required by the corporation or the department of revenue. (2) (a) The corporation may certify a person who submits an application under sub. (1) if, after conducting an investigation, the corporation determines that the person is conducting or intends to conduct at least one eligible activity.(b) The corporation shall provide a person certified under this section with a copy of the certification. (3)  Contract. A person certified under this section shall enter into a written contract with the corporation. The contract shall include provisions that detail all of the following:(a) A description of each eligible activity being conducted or proposed to be conducted by the person.(b) Whether any of the eligible activities will occur in an economically distressed area, as designated by the corporation under s. 238.304 (1).(c) Whether any of the eligible activities will benefit members of a targeted group, as determined by the corporation under s. 238.304 (2).(d) A compliance schedule that includes a sequence of anticipated actions to be taken or goals to be achieved by the person before the person may receive tax benefits under s. 238.303.(e) The reporting requirements with which the person must comply.(f) If feasible, a determination of the tax benefits the person will be authorized to claim under s. 238.303 (2) if the person fulfills the terms of the contract.History:  2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3410; Stats. 2011 s. 238.301; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 238.302 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.302 - Eligible activities.

238.302  Eligible activities. A person who conducts or proposes to conduct any of the following may be certified under s. 238.301 (2): (1)  Job creation project. A project that creates and maintains for a period of time established by the corporation by rule full-time jobs in addition to any existing full-time jobs provided by the person. (2)  Capital investment project. A project that involves a significant investment of capital, as defined by the corporation by rule under s. 238.306 (2) (b), by the person in new equipment, machinery, real property, or depreciable personal property. (3)  Employee training project. A project that involves significant investments in the training or reeducation of employees, as defined by the corporation by rule under s. 238.306 (2) (c), by the person for the purpose of improving the productivity or competitiveness of the business of the person. (4)  Project related to persons with corporate headquarters in Wisconsin. A project that will result in the location or retention of a person's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin or that will result in the retention of employees holding full-time jobs in Wisconsin if the person's corporate headquarters are located in Wisconsin.History:  2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3411; Stats. 2011 s. 238.302.