LRB-1922/P2
EAW:kjf
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bork, BB0313 - Tribal Family Services Grants
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public Assistance
1. Tribal family services grants
This bill requires tribal family services grants, administered by DCF, to be funded using Indian gaming receipts.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.437 (1) (bd) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (1) (js) and amended to read:
20.437 (1) (js) Tribal family services grants. The amounts in the schedule for tribal family services grants under s. 48.487. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 12. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).
Section 2. 20.505 (8) (hm) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (8) (hm) 12. The amount transferred to s. 20.437 (1) (js) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.437 (1) (js).
Section 3 . 48.487 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.487 (1m) Tribal family services grants. From the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (bd) (js), the department may distribute tribal family services grants to the elected governing bodies of the Indian tribes in this state. An elected governing body that receives a grant under this subsection may expend the grant moneys received for any of the purposes specified in subs. (2), (3) (b), (4m) (b), (5) (b), (6), and (7) as determined by that body.
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