LRB-2196/1 MCP:skw 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE 2023 SENATE BILL 750 December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators HESSELBEIN, SPREITZER, AGARD, TAYLOR and LARSON, cosponsored by Representatives CONSIDINE, C. ANDERSON, JOERS, EMERSON, MADISON, STUBBS, CONLEY, MOORE OMOKUNDE, J. ANDERSON, JACOBSON, PALMERI, SUBECK, RATCLIFF, NEUBAUER, BALDEH, OHNSTAD, CLANCY, SHELTON, SHANKLAND and SINICKI. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism. AN ACT to create 20.115 (7) (u) and 93.74 of the statutes; relating to: grants for regional biodigesters, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to provide planning grants for establishing regional biodigesters. Biodigesters are used to break down organic material into gases, liquids, and solids. For further information see the state 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: 1 2 3 4 5 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-2196/1 MCP:skw SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 750 2023-24 2024-25 20.115Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of (7) AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (u)Grants for regional biodigestersSEG A 250,000 250,000 SECTION 2. 20.115 (7) (u) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (u) Grants for regional biodigesters. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for providing planning grants for establishing regional biodigesters. SECTION 3. 93.74 of the statutes is created to read: 93.74 Grants for regional biodigesters. (1) GRANT PROGRAM. From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (u), the department shall provide planning grants for establishing regional biodigesters. (2) RULES. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section. SECTION 4.0Effective date. (1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later. (END) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18