justice
8. DOJ Representation in Clouded Title Cases
9. Collection of Delinquent Obligations
10. Attorney for Legal Services
11. Hazardous Substance Cleanup Study
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E. STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Veterans Affairs
1. Payment of Deceased Veterans' Loan Obligations
2. Release of Public Records
3. Administrative Reporting Requirements
4. Information Technology Services Appropriation
5. Large Information Technology System Oversight
6. Performance-Based Budgeting Pilot Program
7. Biennial Budget to Budget Comparisons
land information board/wisconsin land council
8. Geographic Information Systems Authority
State Building Program
9. Local Inducements for State Building Projects
10. State Fair Park Board Program Revenue Authority
11. Nash Auto Museum
12. UW-Center Moveable Equipment Acquisition
13. Surety Bonds for Public Works Contracts
OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
14. Elimination of Certain State Government Boards, Councils and Commissions
Department of employment relations
15. Investigations Relating to Code of Ethics Violations
16. Audit of Public Employe Training Functions
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
17. WRS Service Adjustments to Milwaukee County District Attorneys
retirement research committee
18. Required Reports
general provisions
19. Delegation of Pension Fund Investment Authority
REGULATION AND LICENSING
20. Credential Application and Fee Effective Dates
21. Licensing of Certain Dentists
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F. TAX, FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Board of Commissioners of Public Lands
1. Sunken Logs
2. Expanded Investment Authority
Employment Relations Commission
3. Salary Component of a Qualified Economic Offer (QEO)
General Fund Taxes
4. Supplement to Federal Historic Rehabilitation Credit
5. Penalty for Capital Gains on Business Assets Sold to Family Members
6. Tax Amnesty
7. Sales Tax on Prepaid Calling Cards
8. Sales Tax on University Food Contracts
9. Sales Tax Exemption for Internet Access
10. Sales Tax on Timeshare Property
11. Sales Tax Exemption for Medicine Samples
12. Sales and Use Tax Agreements with Direct Marketers
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS
13. Office of the Commissioner of Railroads Staff
REVENUE
14. Alcohol Beverage Regulation
15. County Sales Tax Administrative Fee
16. Premier Resort Area Tax Administrative Fee
17. Report on Alternative Methods of Filing
18. Property Assessment Manual on CD-ROM
SHARED REVENUE AND TAX RELIEF
19. Garbage and Trash Disposal and Collection
20. Payments for Municipal Services Funding
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VETO ITEMS
A. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
arts BOARD
1. Percent-for-Art Program
Sections 9hm, 233rb, 233 re, 1346sf, 1346sj, 1346wg and 9105 (1g)
These provisions delete the Percent-For-Art program. This program provides funding from the State Building Commission to include works of art in state buildings.
I am vetoing these provisions in order to retain the Percent-for-Art program. While I agree with concerns that the program's scope should be limited to exclude projects in prisons, warehouses, sidewalks and similar facilities, the basic program has merit and should be retained. While this veto retains the program, I am requesting the Building Commission to develop policies which reflect the Legislature's support for restricting the types of projects funded.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD
2. Academic Excellence Scholarship Program
Section 1277d
This provision requires the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to jointly develop tiebreaker guidelines for the academic excellence scholarship program.
I am vetoing this section in its entirety. The effect of this veto will be to retain local school district responsibility for the development of tiebreaker guidelines. The rules for determining class rank, which determine eligibility for an Academic Excellence Scholarship, are most appropriately the responsibility of local school boards.
3. Maximum Allowable Revenue Increase
Section 2898m limits school district revenue increases in the 1997-98 school year. It provides that, in 1997-98, school district revenues may not grow by more than $206 per full-time equivalent pupil plus the annual percentage increase, in dollar terms, of the consumer price index for urban consumers between March 1996 and March 1997.
I am vetoing this section to maintain the allowable increase per pupil in 1997-98 at $206. School districts should have already developed 1997-98 budgets based on the $206 increase. This veto will permit districts to increase their revenues by $206 per pupil in fiscal year 1997-98 and by approximately $211 per pupil in fiscal year 1998-99. These amounts will provide the vast majority of school districts with an annual per pupil adjustment that will exceed inflation throughout the 1997-99 biennium.
Section 169 [as it relates to s.
20.255 (2) (ac)] provides $2,800,000 GPR in fiscal year 1997-98 to pay for the additional revenue increase per pupil. Although there is no language in the budget bill that authorizes this increase, the purpose of this funding was included in a Senate amendment to the bill. By lining out the Department of Public Instruction's s.
20.255 (2) (ac) appropriation and writing in a smaller amount that deletes the $2,800,000 GPR provided for this purpose in fiscal year 1997-98, I am vetoing the part of the bill which funds this provision in fiscal year 1997-98. The effect of this veto will be to reduce expenditures in the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (ac) by $2,800,000 in fiscal year 1997-98. In addition, this veto will also reduce estimated expenditures in the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (ac) in fiscal year 1998-99 by $3,400,000. Therefore, I am requesting the Department of Administration Secretary to reestimate fiscal year 1998-99 expenditures by $3,400,000.
4. Student Achievement Guarantee in Education
Section 2842z
This provision authorizes the Department of Public Instruction to waive the current eligibility requirements for the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program in fiscal year 1998-99 to allow more school districts to participate in the program if any eligible school districts choose not to participate.
I am vetoing this provision because I object to the potential expansion of the SAGE program to districts that do not meet the current eligibility requirements. The SAGE program should be dedicated to those districts that have an above average number of low-income pupils. The effect of this veto is to honor the Legislature's recommendation to provide $5,700,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 to implement the SAGE program in kindergarten and first grade for districts that meet the current eligibility requirements.
