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1		-	Date of enactment: March 27, 2024
2		-	2023 Senate Bill 311 Date of publication*: March 28, 2024
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT 244
4		-	AN ACT to amend 93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) and 93.23 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes; relating to: state aid for prizes awarded
5		-	at local fairs.
6		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
7		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
8		-	SECTION 1. 93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is
9		-	amended to read:
10		-	93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) To each county, and any orga-
11		-	nized agricultural society, association, or board in the
12		-	state that complies with the requirements of this section,
13		-	95 percent of the first $8,000 paid in net premiums and
14		-	70 percent of all net premiums paid in excess of $8,000
15		-	at its annual fair upon livestock, articles of production,
16		-	educational exhibits, agricultural implements and tools,
17		-	domestic manufactures, mechanical implements, and
18		-	productions, but not more than $10,000 $20,000 per fair,
19		-	subject to equitable prorating if the total amount due
20		-	exceeds the amount available and to all of the following:
21		-	SECTION 2. 93.23 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended
22		-	to read:
23		-	93.23 (1) (a) 2. In order to have a more equitable dis-
24		-	tribution of state aid among fairs and to effect wider par-
25		-	ticipation and interest by the public in exhibits, the
26		-	department may prescribe uniform premium lists setting
27		-	forth classes of exhibits which will be approved for the
28		-	purposes of state aid, premium awards in such classes and
29		-	entry qualifications, fees and charges for exhibitors. All
30		-	fairs shall receive aid in the same manner and the depart-
31		-	ment may not restrict the number of fairs at which an
32		-	exhibitor may participate and be eligible to receive state−
33		-	aided premium awards, except that an entity operating a
34		-	fair may impose restrictions on the total number of fairs
35		-	at which an exhibitor may participate in order to be eligi-
36		-	ble for premium awards for exhibits at that fair.
37		-	* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
38		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”
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	3	+	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
	4	+	2023 SENATE BILL 311
	5	+	May 24, 2023 - Introduced by Senators BALLWEG, FEYEN, MARKLEIN, SPREITZER and
	6	+	STROEBEL, cosponsored by Representatives KURTZ, SCHUTT, ARMSTRONG,
	7	+	BEHNKE, EDMING, GREEN, MAGNAFICI, MOSES, MURSAU, OLDENBURG, PLUMER,
	8	+	SCHMIDT, SUMMERFIELD, TITTL and SHANKLAND. Referred to Committee on
	9	+	Agriculture and Tourism.
	10	+	AN ACT to amend 93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) and 93.23 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes;
	11	+	relating to: state aid for prizes awarded at local fairs.
	12	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	13	+	Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
	14	+	Protection provides state aid to counties, agricultural societies, associations, and
	15	+	boards that hold local fairs to cover the cost of prizes paid out to exhibitors, up to
	16	+	$10,000 per fair. This bill increases that maximum to $20,000 per fair.
	17	+	Current law also provides that an entity operating a fair may impose
	18	+	restrictions on the total number of fairs at which an exhibitor may participate in
	19	+	order to be eligible, at that fair, for a prize that is paid for with state aid. This bill
	20	+	keeps this provision, but provides that DATCP may not impose such restrictions.
	21	+	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
	22	+	printed as an appendix to this bill.
	23	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	24	+	enact as follows:
	25	+	SECTION 1. 93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
	26	+	93.23 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) To each county, and any organized agricultural society,
	27	+	association, or board in the state that complies with the requirements of this section,
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	34	+	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 311
	35	+	95 percent of the first $8,000 paid in net premiums and 70 percent of all net
	36	+	premiums paid in excess of $8,000 at its annual fair upon livestock, articles of
	37	+	production, educational exhibits, agricultural implements and tools, domestic
	38	+	manufactures, mechanical implements, and productions, but not more than $10,000
	39	+	$20,000 per fair, subject to equitable prorating if the total amount due exceeds the
	40	+	amount available and to all of the following:
	41	+	SECTION 2. 93.23 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
	42	+	93.23 (1) (a) 2. In order to have a more equitable distribution of state aid among
	43	+	fairs and to effect wider participation and interest by the public in exhibits, the
	44	+	department may prescribe uniform premium lists setting forth classes of exhibits
	45	+	which will be approved for the purposes of state aid, premium awards in such classes
	46	+	and entry qualifications, fees and charges for exhibitors. All fairs shall receive aid
	47	+	in the same manner and the department may not restrict the number of fairs at
	48	+	which an exhibitor may participate and be eligible to receive state-aided premium
	49	+	awards, except that an entity operating a fair may impose restrictions on the total
	50	+	number of fairs at which an exhibitor may participate in order to be eligible for
	51	+	premium awards for exhibits at that fair.
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