Amendment SSA1-SB316

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 SENATE BILL 316

March 14, 2000 - Offered by Committee on Human Services and Aging.

SB316-SSA1,1,7 An Act to renumber and amend 49.179 (1), 49.179 (3) and 49.179 (5); to amend 49.179 (2); and to create 49.179 (1) (a), 49.179 (3) (a) to (g), 49.179 (5) (b), 49.179 (6) and 49.179 (7) of the statutes; relating to: the expenditure of community reinvestment funds by Wisconsin works agencies and requiring the department of workforce development to submit criteria for the use of community reinvestment funds and reports on community reinvestment funds to the joint committee on finance.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB316-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 49.179 (1) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is renumbered 49.179 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB316-SSA1,1,10 49.179 (1) (intro.) In this section,:

SB316-SSA1,1,11 (b) "Wisconsin works" has the meaning given in s. 49.141 (1) (p).

SB316-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. 49.179 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB316-SSA1,2,4 49.179 (1) (a) "Community reinvestment funds" means moneys allocated under s. 49.175 (1) (d) and moneys identified for community reinvestment in contracts negotiated under s. 49.143 that have a term that expires on or after December 31, 1999.

SB316-SSA1, s. 3 Section 3. 49.179 (2) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

SB316-SSA1,2,9 49.179 (2) Annually, beginning January 1, 2000, the department shall distribute the moneys allocated under s. 49.175 (1) (d) community reinvestment funds to Wisconsin works agencies.

SB316-SSA1, s. 4 Section 4. 49.179 (3) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is renumbered 49.179 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB316-SSA1,2,16 49.179 (3) (intro.) Funds distributed under sub. (2) Community reinvestment funds may be used only for community reinvestment projects. The department shall establish specify criteria for the use of the community reinvestment funds distributed under sub. (2). The criteria shall provide that the purposes for which the funds may be used include all of the following purposes:

SB316-SSA1, s. 5 Section 5. 49.179 (3) (a) to (g) of the statutes are created to read:

SB316-SSA1,2,19 49.179 (3) (a) Improving access to transportation, including vehicle lease, vehicle purchase and car repair assistance programs.

SB316-SSA1,2,21 (b) Providing individuals with assistance so that each individual may possess a valid driver's license.

SB316-SSA1,2,22 (c) Education and job training programs.

SB316-SSA1,2,23 (d) Housing assistance programs.

SB316-SSA1,2,24 (e) Alcohol and other drug abuse assessment and treatment programs.

SB316-SSA1,2,25 (f) Domestic violence services.

SB316-SSA1,3,1 (g) Legal advocacy programs.

SB316-SSA1, s. 6 Section 6. 49.179 (5) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is renumbered 49.179 (5) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB316-SSA1,3,6 49.179 (5) (intro.) No expenditures from the funds distributed under sub. (2) Except as provided in sub. (6), no community reinvestment funds may be made expended unless the department first certifies does all of the following:

SB316-SSA1,3,8 (a) Certifies that the expenditures are allowable under the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant program under 42 USC 601 et. seq.

SB316-SSA1, s. 7 Section 7. 49.179 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB316-SSA1,3,14 49.179 (5) (b) In the case of a Wisconsin works agency that is not a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or a tribal governing body, determines that the Wisconsin works agency actively solicited public participation in planning for the use of the community reinvestment funds and certifies that the proposed uses meet the criteria established under sub. (3).

SB316-SSA1, s. 8 Section 8. 49.179 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB316-SSA1,3,19 49.179 (6) Programs that are approved by the department before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], may be funded with community reinvestment funds regardless of whether the department certifies that a Wisconsin works agency complied with the requirements of sub. (5) (b).

SB316-SSA1, s. 9 Section 9. 49.179 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

SB316-SSA1,4,2 49.179 (7) Beginning January 1, 2002, the department shall annually submit a report to the joint committee on finance specifying the uses for which any community reinvestment funds that were distributed to Wisconsin works agencies in the preceding year were expended, how the expenditures met the criteria established by the department under sub. (3) and the total amount of the expenditures.

SB316-SSA1, s. 10 Section 10. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB316-SSA1,4,15 (1) Community reinvestment criteria. No later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, the department of workforce development shall submit the criteria established under section 49.179 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary of workforce development within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed criteria the department may implement the criteria. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary of workforce development that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the criteria, the department may implement the criteria only with the approval of the committee.

SB316-SSA1,4,21 (2) Report on expenditure of community reinvestment funds. No later than January 1, 2001, the department of workforce development shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance specifying the uses for which community reinvestment funds identified in contracts negotiated under section 49.143 of the statutes with a term ending December 31, 1999, were used by Wisconsin works agencies and the total amount of the funds that have been expended.

SB316-SSA1, s. 11 Section 11. Initial applicability.

SB316-SSA1,4,24 (1) This act first applies to community reinvestment funds available for distribution to Wisconsin works agencies on the effective date of this subsection.

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