SB 1082

This bill requires that businesses that operate a 50-person call center, which

is defined as a business operation to which phone calls from customers are directed

or that makes calls to customers, must notify the Department of Administration if

the business relocates to a foreign country at least 30 percent of the call center's

volume of calls. A business that violates the requirement is subject to a civil

forfeiture of up to $10,000 per day of the violation.

The bill also requires DOA to maintain a list of businesses that have relocated

a call center to a foreign country and businesses that have violated the requirement

to notify DOA of such a relocation. Under the bill, businesses on the list are ineligible

for a grant, loan, certification or other authorization to claim a tax credit, or other

similar benefit awarded by a state agency, authority, including the Wisconsin

Economic Development Corporation, or other body in state government, unless the

secretary of administration determines that denying the benefit would likely result

in substantial job loss in Wisconsin or substantial harm to the environment.

The bill also prohibits a state agency from purchasing services provided by a

call center if any services related to the call center will be performed outside the

state.