Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 855
5	5	December 26, 2023 - Introduced by Senators FELZKOWSKI, BALLWEG, PFAFF,
6	6	SPREITZER, TAYLOR and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives KURTZ,
7	7	SWEARINGEN, ARMSTRONG, BALDEH, BARE, BEHNKE, EDMING, GOEBEN, GOYKE,
8	8	GREEN, GUNDRUM, HURD, JACOBSON, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, MICHALSKI,
9	9	MURSAU, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT,
10	10	SHANKLAND and TRANEL. Referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue.
11	11	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
12	12	AN ACT to create 20.835 (1) (zm) and 73.03 (78) of the statutes; relating to: local
13	13	grant writing and compliance assistance and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill requires the Department of Revenue, in each year from 2024 through
16	16	2027, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of
17	17	less than 10,000 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance
18	18	services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public
19	19	works, transportation infrastructure, or public safety.
20	20	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
21	21	printed as an appendix to this bill.
22	22	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
23	23	enact as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
25	25	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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31	31	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 855
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33	33	20.835Shared revenue and tax relief
34	34	(1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS
35	35	(zm)Grant writing and compliance
36	36	assistance SEG A -0- 3,000,000
37	37	SECTION 2. 20.835 (1) (zm) of the statutes is created to read:
38	38	20.835 (1) (zm) Grant writing and compliance assistance. From the local
39	39	government fund, the amounts in the schedule for the local grant writing and
40	40	compliance assistance program under s. 73.03 (78).
41	41	SECTION 3. 73.03 (78) of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	73.03 (78) To establish and maintain a local grant writing and compliance
43	43	assistance program. Under the program, in each year from 2024 through 2027, the
44	44	department shall award grants to applicant political subdivisions, as defined in s.
45	45	66.0602 (1) (c), with populations of less than 10,000 to be used for obtaining grant
46	46	writing and compliance assistance services. All of the following apply to the program
47	47	under this subsection:
48	48	(a) Grant writing and compliance assistance services grants under this
49	49	subsection may be used only to obtain services for grants related to any of the
50	50	following:
51	51	1. Public works.
52	52	2. Transportation infrastructure.
53	53	3. Public safety.
54	54	(b) The department shall prescribe a simple and clear application that is
55	55	reasonably accessible to political subdivisions with limited staffing resources.
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81	81	SECTION 3
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83	83	(c) In each year in which this subsection applies, the department shall
84	84	prioritize grants for political subdivisions that have not previously received a grant
85	85	under this subsection.
86	86	(d) A grant under this subsection may not exceed $5,000.
87	87	(e) No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall submit a report to
88	88	the joint committee on finance evaluating the program under this subsection.
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