Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB448 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 448
5	5	September 20, 2023 - Introduced by Senators QUINN, BALLWEG, JAMES and
6	6	SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives N OVAK, KITCHENS, ALLEN,
7	7	ANDRACA, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, CONSIDINE, EDMING, GREEN, JACOBSON,
8	8	MURSAU, OLDENBURG, ROZAR, SHANKLAND, SPIROS and TUSLER. Referred to
9	9	Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to create 20.380 (3) (dm) and 41.567 of the statutes; relating to: rural
12	12	creative economy grant program and making an appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill creates a grant program administered by the Arts Board in the
15	15	Department of Tourism. The bill requires the Arts Board to award grants on a
16	16	competitive basis to businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit, local
17	17	governmental agencies, tribal governmental agencies, and business development
18	18	organizations or associations that work to promote creative businesses, products, or
19	19	services in rural areas in Wisconsin, including by fostering any of the following:
20	20	1. Job and business creation and capacity building.
21	21	2. Workforce training and development.
22	22	3. Community and sector planning, development, and engagement.
23	23	4. Products or services with artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic qualities.
24	24	Under the bill, such a grant may not exceed $50,000 and must be expended
25	25	solely for the benefit of rural areas. Additionally, the bill prohibits the Arts Board
26	26	from awarding a grant unless the grant recipient matches the amount of the grant
27	27	with moneys raised from nonstate sources.
28	28	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
29	29	an appendix to this bill.
30	30	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
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36	36	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
37	37	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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39	39	20.380 Tourism, department of
40	40	(3) SUPPORT OF ARTS PROJECTS
41	41	(dm)Rural creative economy grant
42	42	program GPR C 500,000 500,000
43	43	SECTION 2. 20.380 (3) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
44	44	20.380 (3) (dm) Rural creative economy grant program. As a continuing
45	45	appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for rural creative economy development
46	46	grants under s. 41.567.
47	47	SECTION 3. 41.567 of the statutes is created to read:
48	48	41.567 Rural creative economy grant program. (1) In this section:
49	49	(a) “Creative business, product, or service” means a business, product, or
50	50	service having an artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic value.
51	51	(b) “Rural area" means any of the following:
52	52	1. A city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.
53	53	2. An area in this state that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the federal
54	54	bureau of the census.
55	55	3. A county in this state that has a population of less than 25,000.
56	56	(2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (3) (dm), the board shall award
57	57	rural creative economy development grants on a competitive basis to businesses,
58	58	whether operated for profit or not for profit, municipal and county governmental
59	59	agencies, tribal governmental agencies, and business development organizations or
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87	87	associations that work to promote and assist creative businesses, products, or
88	88	services in rural areas in this state, including by fostering any of the following:
89	89	1. Job and business creation and capacity building.
90	90	2. Workforce training and development.
91	91	3. Community and sector planning, development, and engagement.
92	92	4. Products or services with artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic qualities.
93	93	(b) A grant awarded under par. (a) may not exceed $50,000 and shall be
94	94	expended solely for the benefit of rural areas in this state.
95	95	(3) The board may not award a grant under sub. (2) unless the business,
96	96	governmental agency, or business development organization or association has
97	97	secured from nonstate sources an amount equal to the amount of the proposed grant.
98	98	SECTION 4.0Nonstatutory provision.
99	99	(1) EFFECTIVENESS REPORT. The arts board shall develop a matrix to evaluate
100	100	the effectiveness of rural creative economy development grants awarded under s.
101	101	41.567 and shall submit a report on the effectiveness of the rural creative economy
102	102	development grants, as determined using the matrix developed under this
103	103	subsection, to the joint committee on finance no later than May 1, 2025.
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