234.93 Wisconsin development reserve fund.

(1) Establishment of fund. There is established under the jurisdiction and control of the authority, for the purpose of providing funds for guaranteeing loans, a Wisconsin development reserve fund, consisting of all of the following:

(a) Moneys appropriated to the authority under s. 20.490 (5) (a), (q), (r) and (s) or received by the authority for the Wisconsin development reserve fund from any other source.

(b) Any income from investment of money in the Wisconsin development reserve fund by the authority under s. 234.03 (18).

(c) Any moneys transferred from the recycling loan fund, agricultural production loan fund or drought assistance and development loan fund.

(cm) Any moneys transferred under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9125 (1), or under s. 234.75 (5) (c), from the housing rehabilitation loan program administration fund.

(d) Fees collected under s. 234.91 (4).

(2) Program administration.

(a) The authority may enter into a guarantee agreement with any bank, production credit association, credit union, savings bank, savings and loan association or other person who wishes to participate in a loan program guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund. The authority may determine all of the following, consistent with the terms of the specific loan guarantee program:

1. The form of the agreement.

2. Any conditions upon which the authority may refuse to enter into such an agreement.

3. Any procedures required to carry out the agreement, including default procedures and procedures for determining the guaranteed percentage of each loan.

(b) A guarantee agreement between the authority and a bank, production credit association, credit union, savings and loan association or other person under s. 234.67 (5), 1989 stats., s. 234.82 (5), 1989 stats., s. 234.90 (7), 1989 stats., s. 234.905 (7), 1989 stats., or s. 234.907 (5), 1989 stats., in effect immediately before August 15, 1991, shall continue in full force and effect, as if entered into under par. (a).

(bm) A guarantee agreement between the authority and a bank, production credit association, credit union, savings and loan association or other person under par. (a) with respect to a loan guaranteed under s. 234.68, 1995 stats., s. 234.69, 1995 stats., s. 234.765, 1995 stats., s. 234.82, 1995 stats., s. 234.83, 1995 stats., or s. 234.87, 1995 stats., that is in effect immediately before October 14, 1997, shall continue in full force and effect until the termination or expiration of the agreement according to its terms.

(c) The authority may not use any moneys other than those in the Wisconsin development reserve fund for programs guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund.

(d) The authority may establish an eligibility criteria review panel, consisting of experts in finance and in the subject area of the loan guarantee program, to advise the authority about lending requirements and issues related to a loan guarantee program.

(3) Loan guarantees; increases or decreases.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the total principal amount or total outstanding guaranteed principal amount of all loans that the authority may guarantee under the aggregate of the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund, excluding the program under s. 234.935, 1997 stats., may not exceed $49,500,000.

(b) The authority may request the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.10 to permit the authority to increase or decrease the total principal amount or total outstanding guaranteed principal amount of loans that it may guarantee under the aggregate of the programs guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund. Included with its request, the authority shall provide a projection, for the next June 30, that compares the amounts required on that date to pay outstanding claims and to fund guarantees under the aggregate of the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund, and the balance remaining in the Wisconsin development reserve fund on that date after deducting such amounts, if the increase or decrease is approved, with such amounts and the balance remaining, if the increase or decrease is not approved.

(3m) Extension of loan guarantee program. When the authority prepares a fiscal estimate under s. 13.093 (2) (a) with respect to any bill that extends a program that is guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund, the authority shall include in its fiscal estimate a projection, for the next June 30, that compares the amounts required on that date to pay outstanding claims and to fund guarantees under all of the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund, and the balance remaining in the Wisconsin development reserve fund on that date after deducting such amounts, if the program is extended, with such amounts and the balance remaining if the program is not extended.

(4) Balance transfer.

(a) Annually on June 30, until no balance remains, the authority shall transfer to the general fund any balance remaining in the Wisconsin development reserve fund on that date, after deducting an amount sufficient for all of the following:

1. To pay all outstanding claims under the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund.

2. To fund guarantees under all of the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund, except for the program under s. 234.935, 1997 stats., and the program under s. 234.75, at a ratio of $1 of reserve funding to $4.50 of total outstanding principal and outstanding guaranteed principal that the authority may guarantee under all of those programs.

3. To fund guarantees under the program under s. 234.935, 1997 stats., and the program under s. 234.75 at a ratio of $1 of reserve funding to $4 of total principal and outstanding guaranteed principal that the authority may guarantee under that program.

(b) Annually on August 31, the executive director of the authority shall provide to the secretary of administration and to the joint committee on finance a signed statement that includes all of the following:

1. The amounts required to pay outstanding claims and to fund guarantees under each of the programs guaranteed by funds from the Wisconsin development reserve fund on that date.

2. An explanation of how each amount under subd. 1. was calculated or otherwise determined.

3. The amount of the balance, if any, that remains in the Wisconsin development reserve fund after deducting the amounts under subd. 1. and that will be transferred to the general fund under par. (a).

4. A projection of what the amounts under subds. 1. and 3. will be on June 30 in each of the next 2 years.

(4m) Limitation on loan guarantees. The authority shall regularly monitor the cash balance in the Wisconsin development reserve fund. The authority shall ensure that the cash balance in the fund is sufficient for the purposes specified in sub. (4) (a) 1., 2., and 3.

(5) Annual report. On or before November 1 annually, the authority shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under s. 13.172 (2) and to the joint committee on finance an annual report on the number and total dollar amount of guaranteed loans under each of the programs guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund, the default rate on the loans and any other information on a program guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund that the authority determines is significant.

(6) Moral obligation. Recognizing its moral obligation, the legislature expresses its expectation that, if called upon to do so, it shall make an appropriation to meet all demands for funds guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund.

History: 1991 a. 39, 221; 1993 a. 16, 394; 1995 a. 5, 150; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 316.