LRB-0858/P1
PJH:jld:rs
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Wavrunek, BB0197 - Require Matching Funds from Counties
For 2011-13 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
justice
Under current law, the Office of Justice Assistance within DOA makes grants to counties that establish programs to provide alternatives to prosecuting and incarcerating criminal offenders who abuse alcohol or other drugs.
This bill requires counties that receive these grants to provide a 25 percent funding match.
For further information see the state and local 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. 16.964 (12) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
16.964 (12) (br) Any county that receives a grant under this subsection on or after January 1, 2012, shall provide matching funds that are equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant.
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