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WI Stat § 238.303 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.303 - Limits on tax benefits and claiming tax benefits.

238.303  Limits on tax benefits and claiming tax benefits. (1) Limits. (a) Except as provided in pars. (am) and (b), the total tax benefits available to be allocated by the corporation under ss. 238.301 to 238.306 may not exceed the sum of the tax benefits remaining to be allocated under s. 560.71 to 560.785, 2009 stats., s. 560.797, 2009 stats., s. 560.798, 2009 stats., s. 560.7995, 2009 stats., and s. 560.96, 2009 stats., on March 6, 2009, plus $100,000,000.(am) The corporation may initially allocate only $61,000,000 of the additional $100,000,000 in tax benefits specified in par. (a). Before the corporation allocates the remaining $39,000,000 in tax benefits specified in par. (a), the corporation shall submit its plan for such allocation, including a report that describes the intended use of the tax benefits, to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee 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 plan, the plan may be implemented and the remaining amount may be allocated as proposed by the corporation. If, within 14 working days after the date of the corporation's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the corporation that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the plan may be implemented and the remaining amount allocated only upon approval of the committee. (b) The corporation may submit to the joint committee on finance a request in writing to exceed the total tax benefits specified in par. (a). The corporation shall submit with its request a justification for seeking an increase under this paragraph. The joint committee on finance, following its review, may approve or disapprove an increase in the total tax benefits available to be allocated under ss. 238.301 to 238.306. (2)  Authority to claim tax benefits. The corporation may authorize a person certified under s. 238.301 (2) to claim tax benefits only after the person has submitted a report to the corporation that documents to the satisfaction of the corporation that the person has complied with the terms of the contract under s. 238.301 (3) and the requirements of any applicable rules adopted under s. 238.306 (2). (3)  Notice of eligibility. The corporation shall provide to the person a notice of eligibility to receive tax benefits that reports the amount of tax benefits for which the person is eligible. (4)  Sunset. No tax benefits may be awarded under ss. 238.301 to 238.306 after December 31, 2015, unless the tax benefits were allocated to a taxpayer by the corporation in a contract that the corporation executed before that date or in a letter of intent to enter into such a contract that the corporation issued before that date.History:  2009 a. 2, 265; 2011 a. 4; 2011 a. 32 ss. 3412 to 3415; Stats. 2011 s. 238.303; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2015 a. 195 s. 82.
WI Stat § 238.304 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.304 - Eligible activities in economically distressed areas and benefiting members of targeted groups.

238.304  Eligible activities in economically distressed areas and benefiting members of targeted groups. The corporation may authorize a person certified under s. 238.301 (2) to claim additional tax benefits under s. 238.303 if, after conducting an investigation, the corporation determines any of the following: (1) The person conducts at least one eligible activity in an area designated by the corporation as economically distressed. In designating an area as economically distressed under this subsection, the corporation shall follow the methodology established by rule under s. 238.306 (2) (e). (2) The person conducts at least one eligible activity that benefits, creates, retains, or significantly upgrades full-time jobs for, that trains, or that reeducates, members of a targeted group. History:  2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3416; Stats. 2011 s. 238.304.
WI Stat § 238.305 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.305 - Revocation of certification.

238.305  Revocation of certification. The corporation shall revoke the certification of a person who does any of the following: (1) Supplies false or misleading information to obtain certification under s. 238.301 (2). (2) Supplies false or misleading information to obtain tax benefits under s. 238.303. (3) Leaves the state to conduct substantially the same business outside of the state. (4) Ceases operations in the state and does not renew operation of the business or a similar business within 12 months.History:  2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3417; Stats. 2011 s. 238.305.
WI Stat § 238.315 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.315 - Invitation to nominate area.

238.315  Invitation to nominate area. If the corporation determines that an area has experienced or is about to experience economic distress, the corporation may invite local governing bodies in the area to nominate the area as a development zone.History:  1997 a. 103; 2011 a. 32 s. 3420; Stats. 2011 s. 238.315.
WI Stat § 238.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.32 - Application by local governing bodies.

238.32  Application by local governing bodies. (1) A local governing body may nominate an area as a development zone, if the corporation has invited the governing body to nominate the area under s. 238.315 and if the governing body does all of the following:(a) Holds at least one public hearing on the issue of designating the area as a development zone.(b) Adopts a resolution or ordinance authorizing it to nominate the area under this section. (2) A local governing body may nominate the area as a development zone by submitting an application to the corporation in a form prescribed by the corporation. The application shall include all of the following:(a) A copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the local governing body to nominate the area as a development zone.(b) Transcripts of the public hearing under sub. (1) (a).(c) Evidence that the area meets at least 3 of the criteria under s. 238.31 (1) (e) 4.(d) Evidence that the area meets the applicable requirements of s. 238.335.(e) A description of the land use patterns in the area including:1. A detailed map of the area.2. Information about vacant buildings or land available for development.(f) A description of past and present economic development activities in the area under local, state, or federal programs.(g) A description of the local governing body's goals for the economic development of the area.(h) An assessment of the effect of making the area a development zone on full-time jobs available to the targeted population.(i) Any other information required by the corporation.(j) Any other information the local governing body considers relevant. (3) Two or more local governing bodies may submit a joint application nominating an area as a development zone, subject to s. 238.335 (2), if each local governing body complies with subs. (1) and (2). (5) The corporation may permit a local governing body to revise an application that the corporation determines is inadequate or incomplete.History:  1987 a. 328; 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 27, 103; 2011 a. 32 s. 3421; Stats. 2011 s. 238.32.
WI Stat § 238.325 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.325 - Evaluation by corporation.

238.325  Evaluation by corporation. (1) The corporation shall evaluate applications received under s. 238.32 (2) and (3). (2) Subject to s. 238.335 (5), the corporation may reduce the size of an area nominated as a development zone, if the corporation determines the boundaries as proposed by the local governing body in an application under s. 238.32 (2) or (3) are inconsistent with the purpose of the development zone program. Any nominated area which is reduced under this subsection need not comply with s. 238.335 (1) and (4). (3) After evaluating an application submitted under s. 238.32 (2) or (3), the corporation may approve the application, subject to any reduction in the size of the nominated area under sub. (2). If the corporation approves the application, the corporation shall designate the area as a development zone, subject to s. 238.31, and notify the local governing body.History:  1987 a. 328; 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 103; 2011 a. 32 s. 3422; Stats. 2011 s. 238.325.
WI Stat § 238.34 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.34 - Change in boundary and size of development zones.

238.34  Change in boundary and size of development zones. (1) Except as provided under sub. (6), at any time after a development zone is designated by the corporation, a local governing body may submit an application to change the boundaries of the development zone. If the boundary change reduces the size of a development zone, the local governing body shall explain why the area excluded should no longer be in a development zone. The corporation may require the local governing body to submit additional information. (2) The corporation may approve an application for a boundary change if the development zone, as affected by the boundary changes, meets the applicable requirements of s. 238.335 and 3 of the criteria under s. 238.31 (1) (e) 4. (3) If the corporation approves an application for a boundary change under sub. (2), it shall do all of the following:(a) Redetermine the limit on the tax benefits for the development zone established under s. 238.345 (2) (a).(b) Notify the local governing body which submitted the application of the change in the boundary or tax benefits limit of the development zone. (4) The change in the boundaries or tax benefits limit of a development zone shall be effective on the day the corporation notifies the local governing body under sub. (3) (b). (5) No change in the boundaries of a development zone may affect the duration of an area as a development zone under s. 238.345 (1) (a). The corporation may consider a change in the boundary of a development zone when evaluating an application for an extension of the designation of an area as a development zone under s. 238.345 (1) (b). (6) The corporation may not accept any applications under sub. (1) to change the boundaries of a development zone designated under s. 238.31 on or after March 6, 2009.History:  1987 a. 328; 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 103; 2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3425; Stats. 2011 s. 238.34.
WI Stat § 238.345 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.345 - Duration, renewal and expiration.

238.345  Duration, renewal and expiration. (1) (a) The designation of an area as a development zone shall be effective for 240 months, beginning on the day the corporation notifies the local governing body under s. 238.325 (3) of the designation.(b) The local governing body may apply to the corporation for one 60-month extension of the designation. The corporation shall adopt rules establishing criteria for approving an extension of a designation of an area as a development zone under this subsection. No applications may be accepted by the corporation under this paragraph on or after March 6, 2009.(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to designations of areas as development zones that are in effect on June 2, 2000, or that are made on or after June 2, 2000. (2) (a) When the corporation designates a development zone under s. 238.31, it shall establish a limit for tax benefits for the development zone determined by allocating to the development zone a portion of $38,155,000.(am) Notwithstanding par. (a), the corporation may increase the established limit for tax benefits for a development zone. The corporation may not increase the limit for tax benefits established for any development zone designated under s. 238.31 on or after March 6, 2009.(b) Annually the corporation shall estimate the amount of forgone state revenue because of tax benefits claimed by persons in each development zone.(c) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the designation of an area as a development zone shall expire on the earlier of the following:1. Ninety days after the day on which the corporation determines that the forgone tax revenues under par. (b) will equal or exceed the limit for the development zone established under par. (a) or (am).2. The day that the corporation withdraws its designation of an area as a development zone under sub. (3).(d) The corporation shall immediately notify the local governing body of a change in the expiration date of the development zone under par. (c). (3) The corporation may withdraw the designation of an area as a development zone if any of the following applies:(a) No person is certified as eligible to receive tax benefits under s. 238.365 (3) during the 12-month period beginning on the day the area is designated as a development zone and the corporation determines that the local governing body that nominated the zone is not in compliance with s. 238.363.(b) No person is certified as eligible to receive tax benefits under s. 238.365 (3) during the 24-month period beginning on the day the area is designated a development zone.History:  1987 a. 328; 1989 a. 31, 336; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 27, 103; 1999 a. 9, 32, 193; 2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3426; Stats. 2011 s. 238.345; 2013 a. 166.
WI Stat § 238.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.35 - Additional duties of the corporation.

238.35  Additional duties of the corporation. The corporation shall do all of the following: (1) Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the development zone program. (2) Apply to the federal government for assistance for the development zone program. (4) Help eligible persons apply for and obtain tax benefits. (5) Help local governing bodies prepare applications for development zones. (6) Notify University of Wisconsin small business development centers, the Wisconsin housing and development centers, the central administration of all University of Wisconsin campuses and regional planning commissions about the development zone program and encourage those entities to provide advice to the corporation or local governing bodies on ways to improve the development zone program. (7) Prepare forms for the certification described under s. 238.365 (5). (8) Annually verify information submitted to the corporation under s. 71.07 (2dx), 71.28 (1dx), 71.47 (1dx), or 76.636. (10) Enter into an agreement with the local governing body of a 1st class city where a development zone is designated under s. 238.31 (3) (c) 1. to provide efficient administration of the development zone program within the development zone.History:  1987 a. 328; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6936, 9130 (4); 1995 a. 209; 1997 a. 3, 27, 103; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 259; 2011 a. 32 s. 3427; Stats. 2011 s. 238.35.
WI Stat § 238.363 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.363 - Duties of local governing bodies.

238.363  Duties of local governing bodies. (1) If an area nominated by a local governing body is designated as a development zone under s. 238.31, the local governing body shall do all of the following:(b) Promote economic development within the development zone.(c) Assist the corporation in the administration of the development zone program. (4) The local governing body of a 1st class city where a development zone is designated under s. 238.31 (3) (c) 1. shall enter into an agreement with the corporation to provide efficient administration of the development zone program within the development zone.History:  1987 a. 328; 1995 a. 209; 2011 a. 32 s. 3428; Stats. s. 238.363.
WI Stat § 238.368 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.368 - Limits on tax benefit to certified person.

238.368  Limits on tax benefit to certified person. (1) (a) The corporation shall establish a limit on the maximum amount of tax benefits a person certified under s. 238.365 (3) may claim while an area is designated as a development zone.(b) When establishing a limit on tax benefits under par. (a), the corporation shall do all of the following:1. Consider all of the criteria described in s. 238.365 (3) (a) to (e).2. Establish a limit which does not greatly exceed a recommended limit, established under rules adopted by the corporation based on the cost, number and types of full-time jobs that will be created, retained, or upgraded, including full-time jobs available to members of the targeted population, as a result of the economic activity of the person certified under s. 238.365 (3). (2) The corporation may, upon request, increase a limit on tax benefits established under sub. (1) if the corporation does all of the following:(a) Complies with sub. (1) (b) with respect to the proposed increase.(b) Revises the certification required under s. 238.365 (5) and provides a copy of the revised form to the department of revenue and the person whose limit is increased under this subsection. (3) (a) The corporation may reduce a limit established under sub. (1) or (2) if the corporation determines that any of the following applies:1. The limit is not consistent with the criteria listed under s. 238.365 (3) (a) to (e).2. The information on which the limit is based was inaccurate or significantly misestimated.(b) The corporation shall notify the department of revenue and the person whose limit on tax benefits is reduced under par. (a) and provide a written explanation to the person of the reasons for reducing the limit.History:  1987 a. 328; 1989 a. 31, 56; 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 253; 2011 a. 32 s. 3430; Stats. 2011 s. 238.368.
WI Stat § 238.37 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.37 - Revocation of certification.

238.37  Revocation of certification. (1) The corporation shall revoke the certification of a person certified under s. 238.365 (3) if the person does any of the following:(a) Supplies false or misleading information to obtain certification.(b) Becomes subject to revocation under s. 238.38 (1).(c) Leaves the development zone to conduct substantially the same business outside of the development zone.(d) Ceases operations in the development zone and does not renew operation of the trade or business or a similar trade or business in the development zone within 12 months. (2) The corporation shall notify the department of revenue within 30 days of revoking a certification under sub. (1).History:  1987 a. 328; 2011 a. 32 s. 3431; Stats. 2011 s. 238.37.
WI Stat § 238.38 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 238 - Wisconsin economic development corporation.|238.38 - Certification prohibited in certain cases.

238.38  Certification prohibited in certain cases. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), no person may be certified under s. 238.365 (3), or a person's certification may be revoked under s. 238.37, if the proposed new business, expansion of an existing business, or other proposed economic activity in a development zone would do or does any of the following:(a) Result in the direct loss of full-time jobs at another of the person's business locations in this state outside of the development zone.(b) Likely result in the direct transfer of employees from a business location in this state to a business location in the development zone. (1m) No person may be certified under s. 238.365 (3) on or after March 6, 2009. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, after a hearing, the corporation, or the local governing body under sub. (3) (a), determines that any of the following applies:(a) The total number of full-time jobs provided by the person in this state would be reduced if the person were not certified under s. 238.365 (3) or if the person's certification were revoked.(b) The situation is extraordinary. (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), if the economic activity for which a person is seeking certification under s. 238.365 (3) is the relocation of a business into a development zone from a location that is outside the development zone but within the limits of a city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian reservation in which that development zone is located, the local governing body that nominated that area as a development zone under s. 238.32 shall determine whether sub. (2) (a) or (b) applies.(b) Only the corporation may determine whether sub. (2) (a) or (b) applies to a business relocation described in par. (a) if the business relocation would likely result in the loss of full-time jobs at or transfer of employees from a business location that is in this state but outside the limits of any city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian reservation in which the development zone is located.(c) No local governing body may make any determination under this subsection on or after March 6, 2009.History:  1987 a. 328; 1993 a. 275; 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 253; 2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3432; Stats. 2011 s. 238.38.
WI Stat § 240.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 240 - Fraudulent conveyances and contracts relating to real estate.|240.001 - Definitions.

240.001  Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Conveyance" includes every instrument in writing except a last will and testament, whatever its form, and by whatever name it is known in law, by which any estate or interest in lands is created, aliened, assigned, or surrendered. (2) “Estate and interest in lands" includes every estate and interest, freehold and chattel, legal and equitable, present and future, vested and contingent, in lands. (3) “Lands" means lands, tenements, and hereditaments. History:  2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 240.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 240 - Fraudulent conveyances and contracts relating to real estate.|240.01 - Conveyances, when void.

240.01  Conveyances, when void. Every conveyance of any estate or interest in land, or the rents and profits of lands and every charge upon lands or upon the rents and profits thereof, made or created with the intent to defraud prior or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration of the same lands, rents or profits, as against such purchasers, shall be void.
WI Stat § 240.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 240 - Fraudulent conveyances and contracts relating to real estate.|240.02 - Conveyances not fraudulent, when.

240.02  Conveyances not fraudulent, when. No such conveyance or charge shall be deemed fraudulent in favor of a subsequent purchaser who shall have actual or legal notice thereof at the time of his or her purchase, unless it shall appear that the grantee in such conveyance or person to be benefited by such charge was privy to the fraud intended.History:  1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 240.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 240 - Fraudulent conveyances and contracts relating to real estate.|240.03 - Conveyances with power of revocation, void.

240.03  Conveyances with power of revocation, void. Every conveyance or charge of or upon any estate or interest in lands containing any provision for the revocation, determination or alteration of such estate or interest or any part thereof, at the will of the grantor, shall be void as against subsequent purchasers from such grantor for a valuable consideration of any estate or interest so liable to be revoked or determined, although the same be not expressly revoked, determined or altered by such grantor by virtue of the power reserved or expressed in such prior conveyance or charge.