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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 518 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators MARKLEIN and TESTIN, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives KURTZ, DALLMAN, DITTRICH, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, MICHALSKI, |
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| 7 | 7 | | NOVAK, O'CONNOR and OLDENBURG. Referred to Committee on Economic |
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| 8 | 8 | | Development and Technical Colleges. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 20.192 (1) (c) and 238.145 of the statutes; relating to: |
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| 10 | 10 | | University of Wisconsin System branch campus redevelopment grants, |
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| 11 | 11 | | including a grant to Richland County, and making an appropriation. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | This bill requires the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to award |
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| 14 | 14 | | grants of up to $2,000,000 to political subdivisions of this state for costs associated |
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| 15 | 15 | | with the redevelopment of buildings or other sites owned by the political subdivision |
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| 16 | 16 | | on a UW System branch campus that are or will no longer be used for academic |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. A branch campus is any of the former two-year college campuses that |
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| 18 | 18 | | were partnered with a four-year UW System campus in the 2018 UW System |
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| 19 | 19 | | restructuring. WEDC must award a $2,000,000 grant to Richland County before |
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| 20 | 20 | | awarding a grant to any other political subdivision. |
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| 21 | 21 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 22 | 22 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 24 | 24 | | enact as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert |
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| 26 | 26 | | the following amounts for the purposes indicated: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 518 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2023-24 2024-25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 20.192 Wisconsin Economic Development |
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| 36 | 36 | | Corporation |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c)Branch campus redevelopment |
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| 39 | 39 | | grants GPR C 6,000,000 -0- |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20.192 (1) (c) Branch campus redevelopment grants. As a continuing |
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| 42 | 42 | | appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants to political subdivisions under |
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| 43 | 43 | | s. 238.145. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. 238.145 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 238.145 Branch campus redevelopment grants. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this |
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| 46 | 46 | | section: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) “Branch campus” means any of the former college campuses that were |
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| 48 | 48 | | partnered with a university in the University of Wisconsin System restructuring |
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| 49 | 49 | | plan approved by the Higher Learning Commission on or about June 28, 2018. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) GRANTS. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (c), and subject to |
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| 52 | 52 | | par. (b), the corporation shall award grants to political subdivisions for costs, |
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| 53 | 53 | | including planning costs, associated with the redevelopment of buildings or other |
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| 54 | 54 | | sites owned by the political subdivision on a branch campus or former branch campus |
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| 55 | 55 | | that are or will no longer be used for academic purposes. |
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| 79 | 79 | | SECTION 3 |
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| 80 | 80 | | SENATE BILL 518 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (b) The corporation shall award a grant under this subsection, in the amount |
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| 82 | 82 | | of $2,000,000, to Richland County before awarding a grant under this subsection to |
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| 83 | 83 | | any other political subdivision. |
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| 84 | 84 | | (c) No grant awarded under this subsection may exceed $2,000,000. |
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