Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB925 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 925
5	5	January 12, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives K URTZ, SWEARINGEN,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BALDEH, BARE, BEHNKE, EDMING, GOEBEN, GOYKE, GREEN,
7	7	GUNDRUM, HURD, JACOBSON, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, MICHALSKI, MURSAU,
8	8	NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SHANKLAND,
9	9	TRANEL and JOERS, cosponsored by Senators FELZKOWSKI, BALLWEG, PFAFF,
10	10	SPREITZER, TAYLOR and TOMCZYK. Referred to Committee on Local
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12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to create 20.835 (1) (zm) and 73.03 (78) of the statutes; relating to: local
14	14	grant writing and compliance assistance and making an appropriation.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	This bill requires the Department of Revenue, in each year from 2024 through
17	17	2027, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of
18	18	less than 10,000 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance
19	19	services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public
20	20	works, transportation infrastructure, or public safety.
21	21	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
22	22	printed as an appendix to this bill.
23	23	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
24	24	enact as follows:
25	25	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
26	26	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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32	32	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 925
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34	34	20.835Shared revenue and tax relief
35	35	(1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS
36	36	(zm)Grant writing and compliance
37	37	assistance SEG A -0- 3,000,000
38	38	SECTION 2. 20.835 (1) (zm) of the statutes is created to read:
39	39	20.835 (1) (zm) Grant writing and compliance assistance. From the local
40	40	government fund, the amounts in the schedule for the local grant writing and
41	41	compliance assistance program under s. 73.03 (78).
42	42	SECTION 3. 73.03 (78) of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	73.03 (78) To establish and maintain a local grant writing and compliance
44	44	assistance program. Under the program, in each year from 2024 through 2027, the
45	45	department shall award grants to applicant political subdivisions, as defined in s.
46	46	66.0602 (1) (c), with populations of less than 10,000 to be used for obtaining grant
47	47	writing and compliance assistance services. All of the following apply to the program
48	48	under this subsection:
49	49	(a) Grant writing and compliance assistance services grants under this
50	50	subsection may be used only to obtain services for grants related to any of the
51	51	following:
52	52	1. Public works.
53	53	2. Transportation infrastructure.
54	54	3. Public safety.
55	55	(b) The department shall prescribe a simple and clear application that is
56	56	reasonably accessible to political subdivisions with limited staffing resources.
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82	82	SECTION 3
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84	84	(c) In each year in which this subsection applies, the department shall
85	85	prioritize grants for political subdivisions that have not previously received a grant
86	86	under this subsection.
87	87	(d) A grant under this subsection may not exceed $5,000.
88	88	(e) No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall submit a report to
89	89	the joint committee on finance evaluating the program under this subsection.
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