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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 2000 - Introduced by Senators Shibilski, Cowles, Breske, Baumgart and
Schultz, cosponsored by Representatives Johnsrud, Gronemus, Meyerhofer,
Gunderson, Gard, Owens and Musser. Referred to Committee on Agriculture,
Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
SB444,1,3
1An Act to amend 26.11 (7) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: the unencumbered
2balances in the appropriation accounts to which moneys for fighting forest fires
3are credited.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, moneys that the department of natural resources (DNR)
receives from the federal government and from other states for forest fire fighting
activities provided by DNR are credited to two appropriation accounts. The moneys
in those accounts must be used for forest fire fighting activities. Current law
provides that if the sum of the unencumbered balances in those accounts exceeds
$500,000 at the close of the fiscal year, the excess amounts lapse to the conservation
fund. This bill increases the ceiling above which the amounts in those accounts are
lapsed to the conservation fund to $1,000,000.
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:
SB444, s. 1
4Section
1. 26.11 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB444,2,35
26.11
(7) (a) Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), if the sum of the unencumbered
6balances in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.370 (1) (cs) and (mz) exceeds
1$500,000 $1,000,000 on June 30 of any fiscal year, the amount in excess of
$500,000 2$1,000,000 shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (cs) to the
3conservation fund, except as provided in par. (b).
