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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
March 13, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Pettis, Schooff, Balow, Gottlieb
and Krusick, cosponsored by Senator Robson, by request of Osceola Fourth
Graders, Clinton Elementary Fourth Graders and Elm Dale Fourth Graders.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Spending
Limitations.
AB160,1,2
1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); and
to create 1.10 (3) (q) of the statutes;
relating
2to: designating Little Bluestem as the Wisconsin state grass.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law designates a variety of state symbols and requires the Wisconsin
Blue Book to include information about them. This bill designates Little Bluestem
as the Wisconsin state grass and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that
information.
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:
AB160, s. 1
3Section
1. 1.10 (3) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
AB160,1,44
1.10
(3) (q) Little Bluestem (schizachyrium scoparium) is the state grass.
AB160, s. 2
5Section
2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB160,2,26
1.10
(4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
7this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,
1flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
2mineral, rock,
and soil
, and grass.
