1 | | - | Date of enactment: February 29, 2024 |
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2 | | - | 2023 Assembly Bill 890 Date of publication*: March 1, 2024 |
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3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT 98 |
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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.) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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8 | | - | 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes; relating to: fund of funds investment program. |
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9 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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10 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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11 | | - | SECTION 1. 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the |
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12 | | - | statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, are con- |
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13 | | - | solidated, renumbered 16.295 (4) (a) and amended to |
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14 | | - | read: |
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15 | | - | 16.295 (4) (a) Subject to sub. (3), the department |
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16 | | - | shall contract with the investment manager. The contract |
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17 | | - | shall establish the investment manager’s compensation, |
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18 | | - | including any management fee. Any management fee |
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19 | | - | may not exceed the following: 1. Annually, for no more |
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20 | | - | than 4 years, on an annual basis, 1 percent of the total |
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21 | | - | moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., raised |
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22 | | - | under sub. (5) (b) 3., and reinvested under sub. (6) (c). |
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23 | | - | SECTION 2. 16.295 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created |
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24 | | - | by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is repealed. |
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25 | | - | SECTION 3. 16.295 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes, as created |
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26 | | - | by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read: |
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27 | | - | 16.295 (5) (c) 3. Of the moneys designated under par. |
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28 | | - | (b) 4., the investment manager shall commit all of those |
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29 | | - | moneys to at least 4 investments in venture capital funds |
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30 | | - | headquartered in this state within 24 months after the date |
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31 | | - | the investment manager receives the moneys. |
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32 | | - | SECTION 4. 16.295 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes, as |
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33 | | - | affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read: |
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34 | | - | 16.295 (5) (d) 1. Make new investments in an amount |
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35 | | - | equal to the moneys it receives under par. (b) in one or |
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36 | | - | more businesses that are headquartered in this state and |
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37 | | - | employ at least 50 percent of their full−time employees, |
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38 | | - | including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this |
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39 | | - | state, and invest at least one−half of those moneys in one |
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40 | | - | or more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full−time |
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41 | | - | employees, including any subsidiary or other affiliated |
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42 | | - | entity, when the venture capital fund first invests moneys |
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43 | | - | in the business under this section. The venture capital |
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44 | | - | fund’s contract with a business in which the venture capi- |
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45 | | - | tal fund makes an investment under this subdivision shall |
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46 | | - | require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital |
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47 | | - | fund makes that its initial investment, the business relo- |
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48 | | - | cates its headquarters outside of this state or fails to |
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49 | | - | employ at least 50 percent of its full−time employees, |
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50 | | - | including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this |
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51 | | - | state, the business shall promptly pay to the venture capi- |
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52 | | - | tal fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys |
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53 | | - | designated under par. (b) 1. and 4. that the venture capital |
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54 | | - | fund invested in the business. The venture capital fund |
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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 |
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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 |
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57 | | - | shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses |
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58 | | - | that are eligible to receive an investment under this subdi- |
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59 | | - | vision, subject to the requirements of this section. |
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60 | | - | SECTION 5. 16.295 (5) (d) 4. of the statutes is |
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61 | | - | amended to read: |
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62 | | - | 16.295 (5) (d) 4. At least match Ensure that any mon- |
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63 | | - | eys it receives under par. (b) and invests in a business is |
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64 | | - | accompanied with an investment in that business of mon- |
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65 | | - | eys the venture capital fund has raised from sources other |
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66 | | - | than the investment manager. The investment manager |
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67 | | - | venture capital fund shall ensure that, on average, for |
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68 | | - | every $1 a venture capital fund receives under par. (b) and |
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69 | | - | invests in a business, the venture capital fund invests $2 |
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70 | | - | in that business from sources other than the investment |
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71 | | - | manager when measured across all individual businesses |
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72 | | - | receiving moneys under this paragraph, the venture capi- |
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73 | | - | tal fund at least matches any moneys it receives under par. |
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74 | | - | (b) with investments in such businesses the venture capi- |
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75 | | - | tal fund has raised from sources other than the investment |
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76 | | - | manager. |
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77 | | - | SECTION 6. 16.295 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended |
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78 | | - | to read: |
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79 | | - | 16.295 (6) (a) The investment manager shall hold in |
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80 | | - | an escrow account at a bank with its headquarters in this |
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81 | | - | state its gross proceeds from all investments of the mon- |
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82 | | - | eys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4. until the invest- |
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83 | | - | ment manager satisfies allocates the proceeds as pro- |
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84 | | - | vided in par. (b) (c). |
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85 | | - | SECTION 7. 16.295 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed. |
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86 | | - | SECTION 8. 16.295 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed |
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87 | | - | and recreated to read: |
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88 | | - | 16.295 (6) (c) Within 24 months after receiving any |
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89 | | - | proceeds from the investment of the moneys designated |
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90 | | - | under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., the investment manager shall |
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91 | | - | commit 90 percent of the gross proceeds to investments |
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92 | | - | in venture capital funds headquartered in this state. |
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93 | | - | SECTION 9. 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to |
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94 | | - | read: |
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95 | | - | 16.295 (6) (d) 1. The investment manager shall |
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96 | | - | ensure that the gross proceeds resulting from investments |
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97 | | - | made with moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and |
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98 | | - | 4. are reinvested so that when averaged across all venture |
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99 | | - | capital fund recipients, for every $1 of moneys reinvested |
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100 | | - | as set forth in par. (c), venture capital fund recipients must |
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101 | | - | receive $2 from sources other than the investment man- |
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102 | | - | ager. Any individual business that receives an invest- |
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103 | | - | ment made by the investment manager under par. (c) is |
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104 | | - | required to receive additional investments made by |
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105 | | - | sources other than the investment manager. |
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106 | | - | 2. The investment manager shall contract with each |
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107 | | - | venture capital fund that receives moneys under par. (c). |
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108 | | - | Each contract shall require the venture capital fund to: |
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109 | | - | a. Make new investments in an amount equal to the |
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110 | | - | moneys it receives under par. (c) in one or more busi- |
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111 | | - | nesses that are headquartered in this state and employ at |
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112 | | - | least 50 percent of their full−time employees, including |
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113 | | - | any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, and |
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114 | | - | invest at least one−half of those moneys in one or more |
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115 | | - | businesses that employ fewer than 150 full−time employ- |
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116 | | - | ees, including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, |
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117 | | - | when the venture capital fund makes its initial investment |
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118 | | - | of moneys in the business under this section. The venture |
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119 | | - | capital fund’s contract with a business in which the ven- |
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120 | | - | ture capital fund makes an investment under this subsec- |
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121 | | - | tion shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture |
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122 | | - | capital fund makes its initial investment, the business |
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123 | | - | relocates its headquarters outside of this state or fails to |
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124 | | - | employ at least 50 percent of its full−time employees, |
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125 | | - | including any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this |
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126 | | - | state, the business shall promptly pay to the venture capi- |
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127 | | - | tal fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys |
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128 | | - | designated under par. (c) that the venture capital fund |
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129 | | - | invested in the business. The venture capital fund shall |
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130 | | - | reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are |
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131 | | - | eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision, |
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132 | | - | subject to the requirements of this section. |
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133 | | - | b. Invest all of the moneys it receives under par. (c) |
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134 | | - | in businesses in the agriculture, information technology, |
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135 | | - | engineered products, advanced manufacturing, medical |
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136 | | - | devices, or medical imaging industry and attempt to |
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137 | | - | ensure that all those moneys are invested in businesses |
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138 | | - | that are diverse with respect to geographic location |
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139 | | - | within this state. |
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140 | | - | c. Provide to the investment manager the information |
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141 | | - | necessary for the investment manager to complete the |
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142 | | - | annual report under sub. (7) (a) and the quarterly report |
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143 | | - | under sub. (7) (c). |
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144 | | - | d. Disclose to the investment manager and the depart- |
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145 | | - | ment any interest that the venture capital fund or an |
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146 | | - | owner, stockholder, partner, officer, director, member, |
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147 | | - | employee, or agent of the venture capital fund holds in a |
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148 | | - | business in which the venture capital fund invests or |
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149 | | - | intends to invest moneys received under par. (c). |
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150 | | - | SECTION 10. 16.295 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is |
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151 | | - | amended to read: |
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152 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 2. The investment manager’s internal |
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153 | | - | rate of return from investments under sub. subs. (5) (b) |
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154 | | - | and (6) (c). |
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155 | | - | SECTION 11. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes |
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156 | | - | is amended to read: |
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157 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) For each venture capital fund |
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158 | | - | that contracts with the investment manager under sub. (5) |
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159 | | - | (d) or (6) (d), all of the following: |
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160 | | - | SECTION 12. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is |
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161 | | - | amended to read: |
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162 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. The amounts invested in the ven- |
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163 | | - | ture capital fund under sub. subs. (5) (b) and (6) (c). |
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164 | | - | SECTION 13. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is |
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165 | | - | amended to read: |
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166 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. The venture capital fund’s average |
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167 | | - | internal rate of return on its investments of the moneys it |
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168 | | - | received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c). − 3 − 2023 Wisconsin Act 98 2023 Assembly Bill 890 |
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169 | | - | SECTION 14. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes |
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170 | | - | is amended to read: |
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171 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) For each business in which |
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172 | | - | a venture capital fund held an investment of moneys the |
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173 | | - | venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c), |
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174 | | - | all of the following: |
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175 | | - | SECTION 15. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. of the statutes is |
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176 | | - | amended to read: |
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177 | | - | 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. A statement of the number of |
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178 | | - | employees the business employed when the venture capi- |
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179 | | - | tal fund first invested moneys in the business that the ven- |
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180 | | - | ture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c), the |
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181 | | - | number of employees the business employed on the first |
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182 | | - | day of the investment manager’s fiscal year, and the num- |
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183 | | - | ber of employees the business employed on the last day |
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184 | | - | of the investment manager’s fiscal year. |
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185 | | - | SECTION 16. 16.295 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is |
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186 | | - | amended to read: |
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187 | | - | 16.295 (7) (c) 1. An identification of each venture |
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188 | | - | capital fund under contract with the investment manager |
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189 | | - | under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d). |
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190 | | - | SECTION 17. 16.295 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes, as |
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191 | | - | affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read: |
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192 | | - | 16.295 (7) (c) 2. An identification of each business |
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193 | | - | in which a venture capital fund held an investment of |
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194 | | - | moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) |
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195 | | - | (b) or (6) (c) and a statement of the amount of the invest- |
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196 | | - | ment in each business that separately specifies the |
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197 | | - | amount of moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. or 4. |
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198 | | - | that were contributed to the investment. |
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199 | | - | SECTION 18. 16.295 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is |
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200 | | - | amended to read: |
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201 | | - | 16.295 (7) (c) 3. A statement of the number of |
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202 | | - | employees the business employed when the venture capi- |
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203 | | - | tal fund first invested moneys in the business that the ven- |
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204 | | - | ture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c) and |
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205 | | - | the number of employees the business employed at the |
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206 | | - | end of the quarter. |
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207 | | - | SECTION 19. 16.295 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is |
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208 | | - | amended to read: |
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209 | | - | 16.295 (8) PROGRESS REPORTS. (intro.) In 2015 and, |
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210 | | - | 2018, and 2024, no later than March 1, the department |
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211 | | - | shall submit reports to the joint committee on finance that |
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| 4 | + | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 890 |
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| 5 | + | January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives WITTKE, ZIMMERMAN, DITTRICH, |
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| 6 | + | DUCHOW, MOSES, O'CONNOR and PENTERMAN, cosponsored by Senators TESTIN, |
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| 7 | + | FELZKOWSKI and FEYEN. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. |
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| 8 | + | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | + | AN ACT to repeal 16.295 (4) (a) 2. and 16.295 (6) (b); to consolidate, renumber |
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| 10 | + | and amend 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 16.295 (5) (c) 3., 16.295 (5) |
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| 11 | + | (d) 1., 16.295 (5) (d) 4., 16.295 (6) (a), 16.295 (7) (a) 2., 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.), |
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| 12 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b., 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d., 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.), 16.295 (7) (a) 4. |
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| 13 | + | f., 16.295 (7) (c) 1., 16.295 (7) (c) 2., 16.295 (7) (c) 3. and 16.295 (8) (intro.); to |
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| 14 | + | repeal and recreate 16.295 (6) (c); and to create 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes; |
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| 15 | + | relating to: fund of funds investment program. |
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| 16 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 17 | + | This bill requires the investment manager of the Badger fund of funds to do all |
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| 18 | + | of the following: 1) hold in escrow gross proceeds from its investments of $25,000,000 |
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| 19 | + | received in fiscal year 2013-14 and its investments of $25,000,000 received in fiscal |
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| 20 | + | year 2023-24 until the manager has allocated 90 percent of the gross proceeds to |
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| 21 | + | investments in venture capital funds headquartered in this state; and 2) provide a |
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| 22 | + | progress report no later than March 1, 2024, to the joint committee on finance. |
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| 23 | + | This bill also provides that the investment manager's management fee may not |
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| 24 | + | exceed 1 percent of the sum of the following: the $25,000,000 received by the |
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| 25 | + | investment manager from the state in fiscal year 2013-14 and the first $5,000,000 |
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| 26 | + | raised from other sources; the $25,000,000 received by the investment manager from |
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| 27 | + | the state in fiscal year 2023-24; and any amounts reinvested by the Badger fund of |
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| 28 | + | funds through the proceeds of its prior investments. |
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| 38 | + | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 39 | + | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 40 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 41 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 42 | + | SECTION 1. 16.295 (4) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 |
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| 43 | + | Wisconsin Act 19, are consolidated, renumbered 16.295 (4) (a) and amended to read: |
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| 44 | + | 16.295 (4) (a) Subject to sub. (3), the department shall contract with the |
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| 45 | + | investment manager. The contract shall establish the investment manager's |
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| 46 | + | compensation, including any management fee. Any management fee may not exceed |
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| 47 | + | the following: 1. Annually, for no more than 4 years, on an annual basis, 1 percent |
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| 48 | + | of the total moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., raised under sub. (5) (b) |
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| 49 | + | 3., and reinvested under sub. (6) (c). |
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| 50 | + | SECTION 2. 16.295 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act |
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| 51 | + | 19, is repealed. |
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| 52 | + | SECTION 3. 16.295 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act |
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| 53 | + | 19, is amended to read: |
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| 54 | + | 16.295 (5) (c) 3. Of the moneys designated under par. (b) 4., the investment |
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| 55 | + | manager shall commit all of those moneys to at least 4 investments in venture capital |
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| 56 | + | funds headquartered in this state within 24 months after the date the investment |
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| 57 | + | manager receives the moneys. |
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| 58 | + | SECTION 4. 16.295 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act |
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| 59 | + | 19, is amended to read: |
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| 60 | + | 16.295 (5) (d) 1. Make new investments in an amount equal to the moneys it |
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| 61 | + | receives under par. (b) in one or more businesses that are headquartered in this state |
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| 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 |
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| 89 | + | in one or more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full-time employees, including |
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| 90 | + | any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, when the venture capital fund first invests |
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| 91 | + | moneys in the business under this section. The venture capital fund's contract with |
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| 92 | + | a business in which the venture capital fund makes an investment under this |
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| 93 | + | subdivision shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital fund makes |
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| 94 | + | that its initial investment, the business relocates its headquarters outside of this |
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| 95 | + | state or fails to employ at least 50 percent of its full-time employees, including any |
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| 96 | + | subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, the business shall promptly pay to |
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| 97 | + | the venture capital fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys designated |
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| 98 | + | under par. (b) 1. and 4. that the venture capital fund invested in the business. The |
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| 99 | + | venture capital fund shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are |
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| 100 | + | eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision, subject to the requirements |
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| 101 | + | of this section. |
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| 102 | + | SECTION 5. 16.295 (5) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 103 | + | 16.295 (5) (d) 4. At least match Ensure that any moneys it receives under par. |
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| 104 | + | (b) and invests in a business is accompanied with an investment in that business of |
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| 105 | + | moneys the venture capital fund has raised from sources other than the investment |
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| 106 | + | manager. The investment manager venture capital fund shall ensure that, on |
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| 107 | + | average, for every $1 a venture capital fund receives under par. (b) and invests in a |
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| 108 | + | business, the venture capital fund invests $2 in that business from sources other |
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| 109 | + | than the investment manager when measured across all individual businesses |
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| 110 | + | receiving moneys under this paragraph, the venture capital fund at least matches |
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| 111 | + | any moneys it receives under par. (b) with investments in such businesses the |
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| 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: |
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| 141 | + | 16.295 (6) (a) The investment manager shall hold in an escrow account at a |
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| 142 | + | bank with its headquarters in this state its gross proceeds from all investments of |
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| 143 | + | the moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4. until the investment manager |
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| 144 | + | satisfies allocates the proceeds as provided in par. (b) (c). |
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| 145 | + | SECTION 7. 16.295 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed. |
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| 146 | + | SECTION 8. 16.295 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: |
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| 147 | + | 16.295 (6) (c) Within 24 months after receiving any proceeds from the |
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| 148 | + | investment of the moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and 4., the investment |
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| 149 | + | manager shall commit 90 percent of the gross proceeds to investments in venture |
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| 150 | + | capital funds headquartered in this state. |
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| 151 | + | SECTION 9. 16.295 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 152 | + | 16.295 (6) (d) 1. The investment manager shall ensure that the gross proceeds |
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| 153 | + | resulting from investments made with moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. and |
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| 154 | + | 4. are reinvested so that when averaged across all venture capital fund recipients, |
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| 155 | + | for every $1 of moneys reinvested as set forth in par. (c), venture capital fund |
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| 156 | + | recipients must receive $2 from sources other than the investment manager. Any |
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| 157 | + | individual business that receives an investment made by the investment manager |
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| 158 | + | under par. (c) is required to receive additional investments made by sources other |
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| 159 | + | than the investment manager. |
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| 160 | + | 2. The investment manager shall contract with each venture capital fund that |
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| 161 | + | receives moneys under par. (c). Each contract shall require the venture capital fund |
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| 162 | + | to: |
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| 163 | + | a. Make new investments in an amount equal to the moneys it receives under |
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| 164 | + | par. (c) in one or more businesses that are headquartered in this state and employ |
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| 194 | + | at least 50 percent of their full-time employees, including any subsidiary or other |
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| 195 | + | affiliated entity, in this state, and invest at least one-half of those moneys in one or |
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| 196 | + | more businesses that employ fewer than 150 full-time employees, including any |
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| 197 | + | subsidiary or other affiliated entity, when the venture capital fund makes its initial |
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| 198 | + | investment of moneys in the business under this section. The venture capital fund's |
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| 199 | + | contract with a business in which the venture capital fund makes an investment |
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| 200 | + | under this subsection shall require that, if within 3 years after the venture capital |
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| 201 | + | fund makes its initial investment, the business relocates its headquarters outside of |
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| 202 | + | this state or fails to employ at least 50 percent of its full-time employees, including |
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| 203 | + | any subsidiary or other affiliated entity, in this state, the business shall promptly pay |
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| 204 | + | to the venture capital fund an amount equal to the total amount of moneys |
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| 205 | + | designated under par. (c) that the venture capital fund invested in the business. The |
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| 206 | + | venture capital fund shall reinvest those moneys in one or more businesses that are |
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| 207 | + | eligible to receive an investment under this subdivision, subject to the requirements |
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| 208 | + | of this section. |
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| 209 | + | b. Invest all of the moneys it receives under par. (c) in businesses in the |
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| 210 | + | agriculture, information technology, engineered products, advanced manufacturing, |
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| 211 | + | medical devices, or medical imaging industry and attempt to ensure that all those |
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| 212 | + | moneys are invested in businesses that are diverse with respect to geographic |
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| 213 | + | location within this state. |
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| 214 | + | c. Provide to the investment manager the information necessary for the |
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| 215 | + | investment manager to complete the annual report under sub. (7) (a) and the |
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| 216 | + | quarterly report under sub. (7) (c). |
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| 217 | + | d. Disclose to the investment manager and the department any interest that |
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| 218 | + | the venture capital fund or an owner, stockholder, partner, officer, director, member, |
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| 246 | + | employee, or agent of the venture capital fund holds in a business in which the |
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| 247 | + | venture capital fund invests or intends to invest moneys received under par. (c). |
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| 248 | + | SECTION 10. 16.295 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 249 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 2. The investment manager's internal rate of return from |
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| 250 | + | investments under sub. subs. (5) (b) and (6) (c). |
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| 251 | + | SECTION 11. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 252 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) For each venture capital fund that contracts with the |
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| 253 | + | investment manager under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d), all of the following: |
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| 254 | + | SECTION 12. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 255 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. b. The amounts invested in the venture capital fund under sub. |
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| 256 | + | subs. (5) (b) and (6) (c). |
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| 257 | + | SECTION 13. 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 258 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 3. d. The venture capital fund's average internal rate of return |
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| 259 | + | on its investments of the moneys it received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c). |
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| 260 | + | SECTION 14. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 261 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 4. (intro.) For each business in which a venture capital fund held |
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| 262 | + | an investment of moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) |
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| 263 | + | (c), all of the following: |
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| 264 | + | SECTION 15. 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 265 | + | 16.295 (7) (a) 4. f. A statement of the number of employees the business |
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| 266 | + | employed when the venture capital fund first invested moneys in the business that |
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| 267 | + | the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c), the number of employees |
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| 268 | + | the business employed on the first day of the investment manager's fiscal year, and |
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| 269 | + | the number of employees the business employed on the last day of the investment |
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| 270 | + | manager's fiscal year. |
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| 300 | + | SECTION 16. 16.295 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 301 | + | 16.295 (7) (c) 1. An identification of each venture capital fund under contract |
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| 302 | + | with the investment manager under sub. (5) (d) or (6) (d). |
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| 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 |
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| 306 | + | fund held an investment of moneys the venture capital fund received under sub. (5) |
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| 307 | + | (b) or (6) (c) and a statement of the amount of the investment in each business that |
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| 308 | + | separately specifies the amount of moneys designated under sub. (5) (b) 1. or 4. that |
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| 309 | + | were contributed to the investment. |
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| 310 | + | SECTION 18. 16.295 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 311 | + | 16.295 (7) (c) 3. A statement of the number of employees the business employed |
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| 312 | + | when the venture capital fund first invested moneys in the business that the venture |
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| 313 | + | capital fund received under sub. (5) (b) or (6) (c) and the number of employees the |
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| 314 | + | business employed at the end of the quarter. |
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| 315 | + | SECTION 19. 16.295 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 316 | + | 16.295 (8) PROGRESS REPORTS. (intro.) In 2015 and, 2018, and 2024, no later |
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| 317 | + | than March 1, the department shall submit reports to the joint committee on finance |
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| 318 | + | that include all of the following: |
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