SB70-SSA2,363,2518 (a) “Eligible data center costs” means expenditures made after the effective
19date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], for the development, acquisition,
20construction, renovation, expansion, replacement, or repair and the operation of a
21qualified data center in this state, including costs of tangible personal property and
22property under s. 77.52 (1) (c), as specified in s. 77.54 (70), land, buildings, site
23improvements, modular data centers, computer data center equipment acquisition
24and permitting, lease payments, site characterization and assessment, engineering,
25and design used at a qualified data center in this state.
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1(b) “Qualified data center” means one or more buildings or an array of
2connected buildings owned, leased, or operated by the same business entity, as
3defined in s. 13.62 (5), or its affiliate and for which all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2,364,74 1. The buildings are rehabilitated or constructed to house a group of networked
5server computers in one physical location or multiple locations in order to centralize
6the processing, storage, management, retrieval, communication, or dissemination of
7data and information.
SB70-SSA2,364,108 2. The buildings create a minimum qualified investment in this state of any of
9the following amounts within 5 years from the date on which the corporation certifies
10the data center as eligible to claim the exemption under s. 77.54 (70):
SB70-SSA2,364,1211 a. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 100,000,
12$150,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1413 b. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 50,000
14and not more than 100,000, $100,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1615 c. For buildings in a county having a population of not more than 50,000,
16$50,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1817 d. For buildings located in more than one county, the amount provided under
18subd. 2. a., b., or c. for the most populous county in which the buildings are located.
SB70-SSA2,364,2119 (c) “Qualified investment” means the aggregate, non-duplicative eligible data
20center costs expended at a qualified data center by an owner, operator, or tenant, or
21an affiliate of an owner, operator, or tenant, of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,3 22(2) Certification. (a) The corporation shall certify a qualified data center for
23purposes of the sales and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70). The certification
24shall include a description of the geographic location or locations and buildings of the
25qualified data center and an identification of the business entity specified in sub. (1)

1(b). The corporation shall contract with that business entity and shall, upon request,
2amend the certification and contract to include one or more additional locations and
3buildings of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,114 (b) If the corporation certifies a qualified data center for purposes of the sales
5and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70) and the data center fails to satisfy sub. (1)
6(b) 2., the corporation shall revoke the certification. All amounts of the sales and use
7tax exemption claimed under that certification as of the date of revocation shall
8become due and payable to each taxing authority against whom the exemption was
9claimed in the amounts so claimed. The corporation may grant an extension of time
10within which the qualified data center may avoid revocation by satisfying the
11applicable qualified investment requirement under sub. (1) (b) 2.
SB70-SSA2,438 12Section 438. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1413 250.15 (2) (d) To Two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars to free and
14charitable clinics, $1,500,000.
SB70-SSA2,439 15Section 439 . 256.04 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1716 256.04 (8) Review the annual budget prepared by the department for the
17expenditures under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r).
SB70-SSA2,440 18Section 440 . 256.12 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1919 256.12 (4) (title) Support and improvement of ambulance emergency services.
SB70-SSA2,441 20Section 441 . 256.12 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,366,721 256.12 (4) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r), the
22department shall annually distribute funds for ambulance service vehicles or vehicle
23equipment, emergency medical services supplies or equipment, nondurable or
24disposable medical supplies or equipment, medications,
or emergency medical
25training for personnel to an emergency medical responder department or ambulance

1service provider that is a public agency, a volunteer fire department or a nonprofit
2corporation, under a funding formula consisting of an identical base amount for each
3emergency medical responder department or ambulance service provider plus a
4supplemental amount based on the population of the emergency medical responder
5department's primary service area or the population of the
ambulance service
6provider's primary service or contract area, as established under s. 256.15 (5), as
7applicable
.
SB70-SSA2,442 8Section 442 . 256.12 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,366,219 256.12 (4) (c) Funds distributed under par. (a) or (b) shall supplement existing,
10budgeted moneys of or provided to an ambulance service provider and may not be
11used to replace, decrease or release for alternative purposes the existing, budgeted
12moneys of or provided to the ambulance service provider. A grant recipient under
13this subsection may not expend more than 15 percent of a grant awarded during an
14annual grant cycle on nondurable or disposable medical supplies or equipment and
15medications.
In order to ensure compliance with this paragraph, the department
16shall require, as a condition of relicensure, a financial report of expenditures under
17this subsection from an ambulance service provider and may require a financial
18report of expenditures under this subsection from an emergency medical responder
19department or
an owner or operator of an ambulance service or a public agency,
20volunteer fire department or a nonprofit corporation with which an ambulance
21service provider has contracted to provide ambulance services.
SB70-SSA2,443 22Section 443 . 256.12 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,367,723 256.12 (5) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r), the
24department shall annually distribute funds to emergency medical responder
25departments or
ambulance service providers that are public agencies, volunteer fire

1departments, or nonprofit corporations to purchase the training required for
2licensure and renewal of licensure as an emergency medical technician under s.
3256.15 (6) or for certification and renewal of certification as an emergency medical
4responder under s. 256.15 (8), and to pay for administration of the examination
5required for licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical technician
6under s. 256.15 (6) (a) 3. and (b) 1. or certification or renewal of certification as an
7emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8).
SB70-SSA2,444 8Section 444 . 256.12 (5) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,367,229 256.12 (5) (am) If an emergency medical responder department or ambulance
10service provider does not use funds received under par. (a) within a calendar year,
11the emergency medical responder department or ambulance service provider may
12escrow those funds in the year in which the funds are distributed to the emergency
13medical responder department or
ambulance service provider, except funds
14distributed for nondurable or disposable medical supplies or equipment or
15medications
. In a subsequent year, an emergency medical responder department or
16ambulance service provider may use escrowed funds to purchase the training
17required for certification or renewal of certification as an emergency medical
18responder or licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical services
19practitioner at any level or to pay for administration of the examination required for
20certification or renewal of certification as an emergency medical responder or for
21licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical services practitioner at
22any level.
SB70-SSA2,445 23Section 445 . 256.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 256.12 (5) (b) (intro.)
24and amended to read:
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1256.12 (5) (b) (intro.) The department shall require as a condition of relicensure
2that an ambulance service provider
that all of the following submit to the department
3a financial report on the expenditure of funds received under par. (a).:
SB70-SSA2,446 4Section 446 . 256.12 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,55 256.12 (5) (b) 1. An emergency medical responder department.