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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 645
November 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives KRUG, ARMSTRONG, BALDEH,
DITTRICH, MAGNAFICI, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PALMERI, SNYDER, SPIROS,
PENTERMAN, DONOVAN, GOEBEN, SCHMIDT and KITCHENS, cosponsored by
Senators TOMCZYK, HESSELBEIN, BALLWEG and SPREITZER. Referred to
Committee on Local Government.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to renumber and amend 59.53 (3); and to create 59.53 (3) (c) of the
statutes; relating to: county assistance to certain nonprofit organizations.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill authorizes a county to appropriate money to a nonprofit organization
that operates a food bank or food pantry in the county.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 59.53 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (3) (intro.) and
amended to read:
59.53 (3) COMMUNITY ACTION AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES. (intro.) The board may
appropriate funds for promoting any of the following purposes:
(a) Promoting and assisting any community action agency under s. 49.265, and
for making.
(b) Making payments to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 23.197 (4) (a)
1., that has as a primary purpose providing assistance to individuals who are the
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victims of domestic violence and related crimes. The county may also appropriate
money for making payments to such a nonprofit organization for its capital and
operational expenses.
SECTION 2. 59.53 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
59.53 (3) (c) Making payments to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s.
23.197 (4) (a) 1., whose primary purpose is to operate a food bank or food pantry and
who serves the county as part of that operation.
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