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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1120
March 5, 2024 - Introduced by Representative WITTKE. Referred to Committee on
Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 20.192 (1) (c) and 238.24 of the statutes; relating to: grants
to small- or medium-sized manufacturers for the purchase of advanced
manufacturing technology hardware and software and making an
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to award
grants to small- or medium-sized manufacturers headquartered in Wisconsin for
the purchase of advanced manufacturing technology hardware and software. No
grant awarded under the bill may exceed 33 percent of the purchase price paid by the
manufacturer for the hardware and software or $200,000, whichever is less, and the
manufacturer is required to have established an advanced technology adoption
implementation plan approved by the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and
Productivity, Inc., that includes the purchase of the hardware and software that is
subject to the grant and requires that such hardware and software be utilized in
Wisconsin. Under the bill, WEDC must coordinate with the Wisconsin Center for
Manufacturing and Productivity to implement the grant program.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 1120
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
2023-24 2024-25
20.192 Wisconsin Economic Development
Corporation
(1) PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(c)Manufacturing modernization
grants GPR A 5,000,000 5,000,000
SECTION 2. 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
20.192 (1) (c) Manufacturing modernization grants. The amounts in the
schedule for grants to small- or medium-sized manufacturers for the purchase of
advanced manufacturing technology hardware and software under s. 238.24 and for
administration of those grants.
SECTION 3. 238.24 of the statutes is created to read:
238.24 Manufacturing modernization grant program. (1) DEFINITION.
In this section, “small- or medium-sized manufacturer” means a manufacturer
headquartered in this state who had $50 million or less in gross revenues in the
manufacturer's fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the manufacturer's
application for a grant under this section.
(2) GRANTS. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (c), the corporation
may award grants to small- or medium-sized manufacturers for the purchase of
advanced manufacturing technology hardware and software.
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(b) No grant awarded under this section may exceed 33 percent of the purchase
price paid by the small- or medium-sized manufacturer for the hardware and
software or $200,000, whichever is less.
(c) The corporation may not award a grant under this section unless the small-
or medium-sized manufacturer has established an advanced technology adoption
implementation plan approved by the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and
Productivity, Inc., that includes the purchase of the hardware and software that is
subject to the grant and requires that all such hardware and software be utilized in
this state.
(3) COLLABORATION. In implementing the grant program under this section, the
corporation shall coordinate with the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and
Productivity, Inc.
(END)
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