6. Commerce 1 100,700 100,700 Native American liaison, economic development liaison and technical assistance grants.
7. Health and Family Services 2,055,000 2,115,000 Tribal MA outreach positions, matching funds for federally qualified health centers and a contingency fund for BadgerCare premiums of Native American Families.
8. Health and Family Services 1 920,000 920,000 Health services: Tribal medical relief block grants ($800,000 PR annually) and cooperative American Indian health projects ($120,000 PR annually).
9. Health and Family Services 1 $771,600 $771,600 Social services: Indian substance abuse prevention education ($500,000 PR annually) and Indian Aids ($271,600 PR annually).
10. Health and Family Services 2 250,000 250,000 Compulsive gambling awareness campaign grants.
11. Higher Education Aids Board 1 779,800 779,800 Indian student assistance grant program for Native American undergraduate or graduate students.
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
12. Higher Education Aids Board $400,000 $400,000 Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG) program for tribal college students.
13. Historical Society 1 170,100 170,100 Operation of Northern Great Lakes Center as an historic site.
14. Justice 3 758,900 758,900 County-tribal law enforcement programs: local assistance ($708,400 annually) and state operations ($50,500 annually).
15. Justice 81,100 93,700 Operate an Indian law unit for Indian-related litigation.
16. Natural Resources 4 2,000,000 2,000,000 Transfer to the fish and wildlife account of the conservation fund.
17. Natural Resources 1,000,000 1,000,000 Nonpoint program cost-share grants to landowners.
18. Natural Resources 5 669,000 619,000 Snowmobile enforcement program.
19. Natural Resources 1 120,000 120,000 Nonpoint grants and local assistance to the Oneida Nation.
20. Natural Resources 1 109,700 109,700 Management of state fishery resources in off-reservation areas where tribes have treaty-based rights to fish.
21. Natural Resources 81,000 131,000 Mandatory snowmobile education program.
22. Natural Resources 6 100,000 100,000 Payment to Lac du Flambeau Band relating to certain fishing and sports licenses.
23. Natural Resources 1 10,000 10,000 Spearfishing enforcement aids.
24. Natural Resources 0 250,000 Management of an elk reintroduction program.
25. Natural Resources 0 300,000 One-time grant to the Town of Swiss in Burnett County and the St. Croix Band for a drinking water study.
26. Public Instruction 7 198,000 203,000 Alternative schools operating American Indian language and culture education programs.
27. Tourism 4,000,000 4,000,000 Tourism marketing, including grants to nonprofit tourism promotion organizations.
28. University of Wisconsin System 0 0 Ashland full-scale aquaculture demonstration facility: debt service payments and operational costs.
29. Veterans Affairs 66,900 68,000 American Indian services coordinator project position and grants to assist American Indians in obtaining federal and state veterans benefits.
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
30. Wisconsin Housing and
Economic Development Auth. $2,500,000 $0 One-time funding to guarantee loans to small businesses located in, or adjacent to, counties with tribal casinos.
31. Workforce Development 350,000 350,000 Vocational rehabilitation services for Native American individuals and tribes or bands.
Total $20,605,700 $22,134,400
1 Would eliminate GPR funding and provide an identical amount of gaming revenue for the same purpose.
2 Would eliminate PR lottery and racing revenue funding and provide tribal gaming revenue in a greater amount for the same purpose.
3 Would eliminate GPR and PR penalty assessment funding and provide gaming revenue in a greater amount for the same purpose.
4 Would increase revenue for fish and wildlife account, possibly holding down fee increases or preventing certain program reductions.
5 Would eliminate GPR and SEG funding and provide an identical amount of gaming revenue for the same purpose.
6 Would supplant SEG funding (fish and wildlife account) currently used for this purpose.
7 Would eliminate GPR funding and provide gaming revenue in a greater amount for the same purpose.
[Bill Sections: 546, 547, 3026 and 3027]
2. INDIAN GAMING COMPUTER SYSTEM
PR $1,030,700
Governor: Provide $879,800 in 1999-00 and $150,900 in 2000-01 for a computer system to process gaming data provided to the state by tribal casino operations. Under the recently completed state-tribal gaming compact amendments, the tribes agree, with some variations, to provide the state with electronic access to certain slot machine accounting data (as an alternative to on-site physical access allowed under the original compacts). The proposed new computer system would be designed for processing this data. The funding would be placed in unallotted reserve, to be released by DOA, pending a final determination of cost.
3. TRIBAL GAMING REGULATORY POSITIONS
Funding Positions
PR $468,400 5.00
Governor: Provide $242,800 and 5.0 positions in 1999-00 and $225,600 in 2000-01 for the Office of Indian Gaming. The Office of Indian Gaming is responsible for state regulatory activities under the state-tribal gaming compacts. The positions provided would include 1.0 financial supervisor position, 2.0 auditor positions, 1.0 regulation compliance investigator position and 1.0 program assistant position. The funding would also provide $30,000 in one-time funding in 1999-00 to contract with a private investigator to assist with a backlog of vendor background investigations. Base funding for DOA’s Indian gaming appropriation is $913,100 with 10.0 positions authorized.
4. COMPULSIVE GAMBLING AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS
PR $372,000
