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This bill provides a $42 million state grant to Domtar Paper Company, LLC for modernizing a dam on the Wisconsin River near its mill in the village of Rothschild, with several specific conditions attached to the funding. The grant comes with multiple financial and investment requirements, including that Domtar must invest $100 million in its manufacturing facilities in north central Wisconsin within three years, use only Wisconsin-sourced wood products during the dam project, and repay the entire grant amount under certain circumstances such as not starting the project by December 31, 2026, selling either of its mills before project completion, receiving excessive external financial assistance for the project, or failing to make the required local investments. The bill specifies that the financial assistance will be paid from a specific state appropriation (s. 20.370 (4) (jq)) and includes provisions allowing the state department to reclaim the full grant amount if Domtar does not meet the prescribed conditions, thereby creating a performance-based funding mechanism with significant financial accountability measures.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb421