238.38 Certification prohibited in certain cases.

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), no person may be certified under s. 238.365 (3), or a person's certification may be revoked under s. 238.37, if the proposed new business, expansion of an existing business, or other proposed economic activity in a development zone would do or does any of the following:

(a) Result in the direct loss of full-time jobs at another of the person's business locations in this state outside of the development zone.

(b) Likely result in the direct transfer of employees from a business location in this state to a business location in the development zone.

(1m) No person may be certified under s. 238.365 (3) on or after March 6, 2009.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, after a hearing, the corporation, or the local governing body under sub. (3) (a), determines that any of the following applies:

(a) The total number of full-time jobs provided by the person in this state would be reduced if the person were not certified under s. 238.365 (3) or if the person's certification were revoked.

(b) The situation is extraordinary.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), if the economic activity for which a person is seeking certification under s. 238.365 (3) is the relocation of a business into a development zone from a location that is outside the development zone but within the limits of a city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian reservation in which that development zone is located, the local governing body that nominated that area as a development zone under s. 238.32 shall determine whether sub. (2) (a) or (b) applies.

(b) Only the corporation may determine whether sub. (2) (a) or (b) applies to a business relocation described in par. (a) if the business relocation would likely result in the loss of full-time jobs at or transfer of employees from a business location that is in this state but outside the limits of any city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian reservation in which the development zone is located.

(c) No local governing body may make any determination under this subsection on or after March 6, 2009.

History: 1987 a. 328; 1993 a. 275; 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 253; 2009 a. 2; 2011 a. 32 s. 3432; Stats. 2011 s. 238.38.