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1- Date of enactment:  February 29, 2024
2-2023 Assembly Bill 890 Date of publication*:  March 1, 2024
3-2023 WISCONSIN ACT 98
4-AN ACT to repeal 16.295 (4) (a) 2. and 16.295 (6) (b); to consolidate, renumber and amend 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.)
5-and 1.; to amend 16.295 (5) (c) 3., 16.295 (5) (d) 1., 16.295 (5) (d) 4., 16.295 (6) (a), 16.295 (7) (a) 2., 16.295 (7)
6-(a) 3. (intro.), 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b., 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d., 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.), 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f., 16.295 (7) (c)
7-1., 16.295 (7) (c) 2., 16.295 (7) (c) 3. and 16.295 (8) (intro.); to repeal and recreate 16.295 (6) (c); and to create
8-16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes; relating to:  fund of funds investment program.
9-The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
10-senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
11-SECTION 1. 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the
12-statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, are con-
13-solidated, renumbered 16.295 (4) (a) and amended to
14-read:
15-16.295 (4) (a)  Subject to sub. (3), the department
16-shall contract with the investment manager.  The contract
17-shall establish the investment manager’s compensation,
18-including any management fee.  Any management fee
19-may not exceed the following: 1.  Annually, for no more
20-than 4 years, on an annual basis, 1 percent of the total
21-moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., raised
22-under sub. (5) (b) 3., and reinvested under sub. (6) (c).
23-SECTION 2. 16.295 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created
24-by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is repealed.
25-SECTION 3. 16.295 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes, as created
26-by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:
27-16.295 (5) (c) 3.  Of the moneys designated under par.
28-(b) 4., the investment manager shall commit all of those
29-moneys to at least 4 investments in venture capital funds
30-headquartered in this state within 24 months after the date
31-the investment manager receives the moneys.
32-SECTION 4. 16.295 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes, as
33-affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:
34-16.295 (5) (d) 1.  Make new investments in an amount
35-equal to the moneys it receives under par. (b) in one or
36-more businesses that are headquartered in this state and
37-employ at least 50 percent of their full−time employees,
38-including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this
39-state, and invest at least one−half of those moneys in one
40-or more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full−time
41-employees, including any subsidiary or other affiliated
42-entity, when the venture capital fund first invests moneys
43-in the business under this section.  The venture capital
44-fund’s contract with a business in which the venture capi-
45-tal fund makes an investment under this subdivision shall
46-require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital
47-fund makes that  its initial investment, the business relo-
48-cates its headquarters outside of this state or fails to
49-employ at least 50 percent of its full−time employees,
50-including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this
51-state, the business shall promptly pay to the venture capi-
52-tal fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys
53-designated under par. (b) 1. and 4. that the venture capital
54-fund invested in the business.  The venture capital fund
55-*  Section 991.11,  WISCONSIN STATUTES:   Effective date of acts.  “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
56-partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”  − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 98 2023 Assembly Bill 890
57-shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses
58-that are eligible to receive an investment under this subdi-
59-vision, subject to the requirements of this section.
60-SECTION 5. 16.295 (5) (d) 4. of the statutes is
61-amended to read:
62-16.295 (5) (d) 4.  At least match Ensure that any mon-
63-eys it receives under par. (b) and invests in a business is
64-accompanied with an investment in that business of mon-
65-eys the venture capital fund has raised from sources other
66-than the investment manager.  The investment manager
67-venture capital fund shall ensure that, on average, for
68-every $1 a venture capital fund receives under par. (b) and
69-invests in a business, the venture capital fund invests $2
70-in that business from sources other than the investment
71-manager when measured across all individual businesses
72-receiving moneys under this paragraph, the venture capi-
73-tal fund at least matches any moneys it receives under par.
74-(b) with investments in such businesses the venture capi-
75-tal fund has raised from sources other than the investment
76-manager.
77-SECTION 6. 16.295 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended
78-to read:
79-16.295 (6) (a)  The investment manager shall hold in
80-an escrow account at a bank with its headquarters in this
81-state its gross proceeds from all investments of the mon-
82-eys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4. until the invest-
83-ment manager satisfies allocates the proceeds as pro-
84-vided in par. (b) (c).
85-SECTION 7. 16.295 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
86-SECTION 8. 16.295 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed
87-and recreated to read:
88-16.295 (6) (c)  Within 24 months after receiving any
89-proceeds from the investment of the moneys designated
90-under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., the investment manager shall
91-commit 90 percent of the gross proceeds to investments
92-in venture capital funds headquartered in this state.
93-SECTION 9. 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to
94-read:
95-16.295 (6) (d) 1.  The investment manager shall
96-ensure that the gross proceeds resulting from investments
97-made with moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and
98-4. are reinvested so that when averaged across all venture
99-capital fund recipients, for every $1 of moneys reinvested
100-as set forth in par. (c), venture capital fund recipients must
101-receive $2 from sources other than the investment man-
102-ager.  Any individual business that receives an invest-
103-ment made by the investment manager under par. (c) is
104-required to receive additional investments made by
105-sources other than the investment manager.
106-2.  The investment manager shall contract with each
107-venture capital fund that receives moneys under par. (c).
108-Each contract shall require the venture capital fund to:
109-a.  Make new investments in an amount equal to the
110-moneys it receives under par. (c) in one or more busi-
111-nesses that are headquartered in this state and employ at
112-least 50 percent of their full−time employees, including
113-any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, and
114-invest at least one−half of those moneys in one or more
115-businesses that employ fewer than 150 full−time employ-
116-ees, including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity,
117-when the venture capital fund makes its initial investment
118-of moneys in the business under this section.  The venture
119-capital fund’s contract with a business in which the ven-
120-ture capital fund makes an investment under this subsec-
121-tion shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture
122-capital fund makes its initial investment, the business
123-relocates its headquarters outside of this state or fails to
124-employ at least 50 percent of its full−time employees,
125-including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this
126-state, the business shall promptly pay to the venture capi-
127-tal fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys
128-designated under par. (c) that the venture capital fund
129-invested in the business.  The venture capital fund shall
130-reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are
131-eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision,
132-subject to the requirements of this section.
133-b.  Invest all of the moneys it receives under par. (c)
134-in businesses in the agriculture, information technology,
135-engineered products, advanced manufacturing, medical
136-devices, or medical imaging industry and attempt to
137-ensure that all those moneys are invested in businesses
138-that are diverse with respect to geographic location
139-within this state.
140-c.  Provide to the investment manager the information
141-necessary for the investment manager to complete the
142-annual report under sub. (7) (a) and the quarterly report
143-under sub. (7) (c).
144-d.  Disclose to the investment manager and the depart-
145-ment any interest that the venture capital fund or an
146-owner, stockholder, partner, officer, director, member,
147-employee, or agent of the venture capital fund holds in a
148-business in which the venture capital fund invests or
149-intends to invest moneys received under par. (c).
150-SECTION 10. 16.295 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is
151-amended to read:
152-16.295 (7) (a) 2.  The investment manager’s internal
153-rate of return from investments under sub. subs. (5) (b)
154-and (6) (c).
155-SECTION 11. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes
156-is amended to read:
157-16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.)  For each venture capital fund
158-that contracts with the investment manager under sub. (5)
159-(d) or (6) (d), all of the following:
160-SECTION 12. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is
161-amended to read:
162-16.295 (7) (a) 3. b.  The amounts invested in the ven-
163-ture capital fund under sub. subs. (5) (b) and (6) (c).
164-SECTION 13. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is
165-amended to read:
166-16.295 (7) (a) 3. d.  The venture capital fund’s average
167-internal rate of return on its investments of the moneys it
168-received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c).  − 3 − 2023 Wisconsin Act 98 2023 Assembly Bill 890
169-SECTION 14. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes
170-is amended to read:
171-16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.)  For each business in which
172-a venture capital fund held an investment of moneys the
173-venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c),
174-all of the following:
175-SECTION 15. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. of the statutes is
176-amended to read:
177-16.295 (7) (a) 4. f.  A statement of the number of
178-employees the business employed when the venture capi-
179-tal fund first invested moneys in the business that the ven-
180-ture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c), the
181-number of employees the business employed on the first
182-day of the investment manager’s fiscal year, and the num-
183-ber of employees the business employed on the last day
184-of the investment manager’s fiscal year.
185-SECTION 16. 16.295 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is
186-amended to read:
187-16.295 (7) (c) 1.  An identification of each venture
188-capital fund under contract with the investment manager
189-under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d).
190-SECTION 17. 16.295 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes, as
191-affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:
192-16.295 (7) (c) 2.  An identification of each business
193-in which a venture capital fund held an investment of
194-moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5)
195-(b) or (6) (c) and a statement of the amount of the invest-
196-ment in each business that separately specifies the
197-amount of moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. or 4.
198-that were contributed to the investment.
199-SECTION 18. 16.295 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is
200-amended to read:
201-16.295 (7) (c) 3.  A statement of the number of
202-employees the business employed when the venture capi-
203-tal fund first invested moneys in the business that the ven-
204-ture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c) and
205-the number of employees the business employed at the
206-end of the quarter.
207-SECTION 19. 16.295 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is
208-amended to read:
209-16.295 (8)  PROGRESS REPORTS.  (intro.)  In 2015 and,
210-2018, and 2024, no later than March 1, the department
211-shall submit reports to the joint committee on finance that
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5+January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives WITTKE, ZIMMERMAN, DITTRICH,
6+DUCHOW, MOSES, O'CONNOR and PENTERMAN, cosponsored by Senators TESTIN,
7+FELZKOWSKI and FEYEN. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
8+***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
9+AN ACT to repeal 16.295 (4) (a) 2. and 16.295 (6) (b); to consolidate, renumber
10+and amend 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 16.295 (5) (c) 3., 16.295 (5)
11+(d) 1., 16.295 (5) (d) 4., 16.295 (6) (a), 16.295 (7) (a) 2., 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.),
12+16.295 (7) (a) 3. b., 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d., 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.), 16.295 (7) (a) 4.
13+f., 16.295 (7) (c) 1., 16.295 (7) (c) 2., 16.295 (7) (c) 3. and 16.295 (8) (intro.); to
14+repeal and recreate 16.295 (6) (c); and to create 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes;
15+relating to: fund of funds investment program.
16+Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17+This bill requires the investment manager of the Badger fund of funds to do all
18+of the following: 1) hold in escrow gross proceeds from its investments of $25,000,000
19+received in fiscal year 2013-14 and its investments of $25,000,000 received in fiscal
20+year 2023-24 until the manager has allocated 90 percent of the gross proceeds to
21+investments in venture capital funds headquartered in this state; and 2) provide a
22+progress report no later than March 1, 2024, to the joint committee on finance.
23+This bill also provides that the investment manager's management fee may not
24+exceed 1 percent of the sum of the following: the $25,000,000 received by the
25+investment manager from the state in fiscal year 2013-14 and the first $5,000,000
26+raised from other sources; the $25,000,000 received by the investment manager from
27+the state in fiscal year 2023-24; and any amounts reinvested by the Badger fund of
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38+For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
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40+The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
41+enact as follows:
42+SECTION 1. 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023
43+Wisconsin Act 19, are consolidated, renumbered 16.295 (4) (a) and amended to read:
44+16.295 (4) (a) Subject to sub. (3), the department shall contract with the
45+investment manager. The contract shall establish the investment manager's
46+compensation, including any management fee. Any management fee may not exceed
47+the following: 1. Annually, for no more than 4 years, on an annual basis, 1 percent
48+of the total moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., raised under sub. (5) (b)
49+3., and reinvested under sub. (6) (c).
50+SECTION 2. 16.295 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act
51+19, is repealed.
52+SECTION 3. 16.295 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act
53+19, is amended to read:
54+16.295 (5) (c) 3. Of the moneys designated under par. (b) 4., the investment
55+manager shall commit all of those moneys to at least 4 investments in venture capital
56+funds headquartered in this state within 24 months after the date the investment
57+manager receives the moneys.
58+SECTION 4. 16.295 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
59+19, is amended to read:
60+16.295 (5) (d) 1. Make new investments in an amount equal to the moneys it
61+receives under par. (b) in one or more businesses that are headquartered in this state
62+and employ at least 50 percent of their full-time employees, including any subsidiary
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88+or other affiliated entity, in this state, and invest at least one-half of those moneys
89+in one or more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full-time employees, including
90+any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, when the venture capital fund first invests
91+moneys in the business under this section. The venture capital fund's contract with
92+a business in which the venture capital fund makes an investment under this
93+subdivision shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital fund makes
94+that its initial investment, the business relocates its headquarters outside of this
95+state or fails to employ at least 50 percent of its full-time employees, including any
96+subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, the business shall promptly pay to
97+the venture capital fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys designated
98+under par. (b) 1. and 4. that the venture capital fund invested in the business. The
99+venture capital fund shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are
100+eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision, subject to the requirements
101+of this section.
102+SECTION 5. 16.295 (5) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
103+16.295 (5) (d) 4. At least match Ensure that any moneys it receives under par.
104+(b) and invests in a business is accompanied with an investment in that business of
105+moneys the venture capital fund has raised from sources other than the investment
106+manager. The investment manager venture capital fund shall ensure that, on
107+average, for every $1 a venture capital fund receives under par. (b) and invests in a
108+business, the venture capital fund invests $2 in that business from sources other
109+than the investment manager when measured across all individual businesses
110+receiving moneys under this paragraph, the venture capital fund at least matches
111+any moneys it receives under par. (b) with investments in such businesses the
112+venture capital fund has raised from sources other than the investment manager.
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140+SECTION 6. 16.295 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
141+16.295 (6) (a) The investment manager shall hold in an escrow account at a
142+bank with its headquarters in this state its gross proceeds from all investments of
143+the moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4. until the investment manager
144+satisfies allocates the proceeds as provided in par. (b) (c).
145+SECTION 7. 16.295 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
146+SECTION 8. 16.295 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
147+16.295 (6) (c) Within 24 months after receiving any proceeds from the
148+investment of the moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., the investment
149+manager shall commit 90 percent of the gross proceeds to investments in venture
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151+SECTION 9. 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
152+16.295 (6) (d) 1. The investment manager shall ensure that the gross proceeds
153+resulting from investments made with moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and
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155+for every $1 of moneys reinvested as set forth in par. (c), venture capital fund
156+recipients must receive $2 from sources other than the investment manager. Any
157+individual business that receives an investment made by the investment manager
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160+2. The investment manager shall contract with each venture capital fund that
161+receives moneys under par. (c). Each contract shall require the venture capital fund
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194+at least 50 percent of their full-time employees, including any subsidiary or other
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196+more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full-time employees, including any
197+subsidiary or other affiliated entity, when the venture capital fund makes its initial
198+investment of moneys in the business under this section. The venture capital fund's
199+contract with a business in which the venture capital fund makes an investment
200+under this subsection shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital
201+fund makes its initial investment, the business relocates its headquarters outside of
202+this state or fails to employ at least 50 percent of its full-time employees, including
203+any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, the business shall promptly pay
204+to the venture capital fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys
205+designated under par. (c) that the venture capital fund invested in the business. The
206+venture capital fund shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are
207+eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision, subject to the requirements
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209+b. Invest all of the moneys it receives under par. (c) in businesses in the
210+agriculture, information technology, engineered products, advanced manufacturing,
211+medical devices, or medical imaging industry and attempt to ensure that all those
212+moneys are invested in businesses that are diverse with respect to geographic
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214+c. Provide to the investment manager the information necessary for the
215+investment manager to complete the annual report under sub. (7) (a) and the
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217+d. Disclose to the investment manager and the department any interest that
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246+employee, or agent of the venture capital fund holds in a business in which the
247+venture capital fund invests or intends to invest moneys received under par. (c).
248+SECTION 10. 16.295 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
249+16.295 (7) (a) 2. The investment manager's internal rate of return from
250+investments under sub. subs. (5) (b) and (6) (c).
251+SECTION 11. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
252+16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) For each venture capital fund that contracts with the
253+investment manager under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d), all of the following:
254+SECTION 12. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
255+16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. The amounts invested in the venture capital fund under sub.
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257+SECTION 13. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
258+16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. The venture capital fund's average internal rate of return
259+on its investments of the moneys it received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c).
260+SECTION 14. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
261+16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) For each business in which a venture capital fund held
262+an investment of moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6)
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264+SECTION 15. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
265+16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. A statement of the number of employees the business
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267+the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c), the number of employees
268+the business employed on the first day of the investment manager's fiscal year, and
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300+SECTION 16. 16.295 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
301+16.295 (7) (c) 1. An identification of each venture capital fund under contract
302+with the investment manager under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d).
303+SECTION 17. 16.295 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
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305+16.295 (7) (c) 2. An identification of each business in which a venture capital
306+fund held an investment of moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5)
307+(b) or (6) (c) and a statement of the amount of the investment in each business that
308+separately specifies the amount of moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. or 4. that
309+were contributed to the investment.
310+SECTION 18. 16.295 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
311+16.295 (7) (c) 3. A statement of the number of employees the business employed
312+when the venture capital fund first invested moneys in the business that the venture
313+capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c) and the number of employees the
314+business employed at the end of the quarter.
315+SECTION 19. 16.295 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
316+16.295 (8) PROGRESS REPORTS. (intro.) In 2015 and, 2018, and 2024, no later
317+than March 1, the department shall submit reports to the joint committee on finance
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