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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 925
January 12, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives K URTZ, SWEARINGEN,
ARMSTRONG, BALDEH, BARE, BEHNKE, EDMING, GOEBEN, GOYKE, GREEN,
GUNDRUM, HURD, JACOBSON, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, MICHALSKI, MURSAU,
NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SHANKLAND,
TRANEL and JOERS, cosponsored by Senators FELZKOWSKI, BALLWEG, PFAFF,
SPREITZER, TAYLOR and TOMCZYK. Referred to Committee on Local
Government.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 20.835 (1) (zm) and 73.03 (78) of the statutes; relating to: local
grant writing and compliance assistance and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Revenue, in each year from 2024 through
2027, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of
less than 10,000 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance
services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public
works, transportation infrastructure, or public safety.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 925
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20.835Shared revenue and tax relief
(1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS
(zm)Grant writing and compliance
assistance SEG A -0- 3,000,000
SECTION 2. 20.835 (1) (zm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.835 (1) (zm) Grant writing and compliance assistance. From the local
government fund, the amounts in the schedule for the local grant writing and
compliance assistance program under s. 73.03 (78).
SECTION 3. 73.03 (78) of the statutes is created to read:
73.03 (78) To establish and maintain a local grant writing and compliance
assistance program. Under the program, in each year from 2024 through 2027, the
department shall award grants to applicant political subdivisions, as defined in s.
66.0602 (1) (c), with populations of less than 10,000 to be used for obtaining grant
writing and compliance assistance services. All of the following apply to the program
under this subsection:
(a) Grant writing and compliance assistance services grants under this
subsection may be used only to obtain services for grants related to any of the
following:
1. Public works.
2. Transportation infrastructure.
3. Public safety.
(b) The department shall prescribe a simple and clear application that is
reasonably accessible to political subdivisions with limited staffing resources.
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SECTION 3
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(c) In each year in which this subsection applies, the department shall
prioritize grants for political subdivisions that have not previously received a grant
under this subsection.
(d) A grant under this subsection may not exceed $5,000.
(e) No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall submit a report to
the joint committee on finance evaluating the program under this subsection.
(END)
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