r. Veterans Affairs: Services to American Indian Veterans [LFB Paper 173]. Provide the additional American Indian veterans services coordinator position as a permanent position rather than a four-year project position. Provide additional funding of $12,500 PR in 1999-00 and $17,500 PR in 2000-01 to establish a grant program of a maximum $2,500 per tribe for those Wisconsin Indian tribes which designate a tribal veterans service officer and which have had a tribal veterans services officer plan approved by DVA.
s. WHEDA: Small Business Loan Guarantees [LFB Paper 174]. Delete the Governor's recommendation regarding: (1) a one-time transfer of $2,500,000 from tribal gaming revenues to the WDRF, specifically for a loan guarantee program to provide up to $200,000 or 100% guarantee of loans for small businesses located in a county or adjacent to a Wisconsin county with a casino; and (2) allowing WHEDA to provide interest subsidies by paying the lender an annual amount of up to 3.5% of the outstanding loan balance.
The following table lists the tribal gaming revenue allocations under the Committee’s actions. Each item is also summarized in greater detail, including any modifications to position authority, under the respective agency summaries.
Tribal Gaming Revenue Allocations -- Joint Finance
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
1. Administration $500,000 $500,000 County management assistance grant program.
2. Administration -- Office of
Justice Assistance 525,000 925,000 Tribal law enforcement assistance grant program. Done yes, partial #REF! #REF!
3. Administration -- Office of
Justice Assistance 250,000 250,000 County law enforcement grants for certain counties.
4. Arts Board 25,200 25,200 Grants-in-aid to, or contracts with, American Indian individuals or groups for services furthering the development of the arts and humanities. Done Yes, grey #REF! #REF!
5. Commerce 4,500,000 3,000,000 Gaming economic development grants and loans, including grants to Brown County to support construction of a new arena. Done yes #REF! #REF!
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
6. Commerce $0 $2,500,000 Gaming economic diversification grants and loans. Done yes #REF! #REF!
7. Commerce1 388,700 388,700 Physician Loan Assistance Program (PLAP), Health Care Provider Loan Assistance Program (HCPLAP) and a related contract. Done no #REF! #REF!
8. Commerce7 109,700 109,700 Native American liaison, economic development liaison and technical assistance grants. Done yes #REF! #REF!
9. Health and Family Services 1,758,700 1,920,000 Tribal outreach positions, matching funds for federally qualified health centers (FQHC), a contingency fund for BadgerCare premiums of Native American Families and tribal FQHC grants. Done no #REF! #REF!
10. Health and Family Services1 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). Done no #REF! #REF!
11. Health and Family Services1 771,600 771,600 Social services: Indian substance abuse prevention education ($500,000 PR annually) and Indian Aids ($271,600 PR annually). Done no #REF! #REF!
12. Health and Family Services2 250,000 250,000 Compulsive gambling awareness campaign grants. Done no #REF! #REF!
13. Higher Education Aids Board1 779,800 779,800 Indian student assistance grant program for Native American undergraduate or graduate students. Done no #REF! #REF!
14. Higher Education Aids Board 400,000 400,000 Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG) program for tribal college students. Done no #REF! #REF!
15. Historical Society1 170,100 170,100 Northern Great Lakes Center operations funding.
16. Justice3 758,900 758,900 County-tribal law enforcement programs: local assistance ($708,400 annually) and state operations ($50,500 annually). Done yes #REF! #REF!
17. Natural Resources4 2,500,000 2,500,000 Transfer to the fish and wildlife account of the conservation fund. Done no #REF! #REF!
18. Natural Resources5 669,000 619,000 Snowmobile enforcement program. Done no #REF! #REF!
19. Natural Resources1 120,000 120,000 Nonpoint grants and local assistance to the Oneida Nation. Done no #REF! #REF!
20. Natural Resources1 109,700 109,700 Management of state fishery resources in off-reservation areas where tribes have treaty-based rights to fish. Done no #REF! #REF!
21. Natural Resources 50,000 200,000 Management of an elk reintroduction program. Done no #REF! #REF!
22. Natural Resources6 100,000 100,000 Payment to the Lac du Flambeau Band relating to certain fishing and sports licenses. Done no #REF! #REF!
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
23. Natural Resources $81,000 $131,000 Mandatory snowmobile education program. Done no #REF! #REF!
24. Natural Resources 100,000 300,000 One-time grant to the Town of Swiss in Burnett County and the St. Croix Band for a drinking water study and for planning activities related to construction of wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities. Done yes #REF! #REF!
25. Natural Resources 130,300 147,000 Study of crop damage by cranes and a position relating to the reintroduction of whooping cranes.
26. Public Instruction7 198,000 203,000 Aid to alternative schools operating American Indian language and culture education programs. Done no #REF! #REF!
27. Tourism 4,000,000 4,000,000 General tourism marketing, including grants to nonprofit tourism promotion organizations and specific earmarks.
28. University of Wisconsin System 0 0 Ashland full-scale aquaculture demonstration facility: debt service payments and operational costs. Done grey #REF! #REF!
29. Veterans Affairs 79,400 85,500 American Indian services coordinator project position and grants to assist American Indians in obtaining federal and state veterans benefits. Done no #REF! #REF!
30. Workforce Development 350,000 350,000 Vocational rehabilitation services for Native American individuals and tribes or bands. Done no #REF! #REF!
Total $20,595,100 $22,534,200
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 an identical amount of gaming revenue for the same purpose (funding provided in budget bill reflects an increase previously approved under s. 16.515 of the statutes after the adjusted base was established).
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.
Under the Joint Finance provisions, the tribal gaming program revenue appropriation would have an estimated balance of $425,900 on June 30, 2001.
Assembly: Allocate $20,594,400 PR in 1999-00 and $23,023,800 PR in 2000-01 from tribal gaming revenue. These allocations are $700 less in 1999-00 and $489,600 more in 2000-01 than the allocations under Joint Finance. The following provisions adopted by the Assembly reflect changes to the tribal gaming revenue allocation amounts or the purposes for the allocations approved by the Joint Committee on Finance.
a. Arts Board: American Indian Arts. Delete $25,200 PR annually for grants-in-aid to, or contracts with, American Indian groups, individuals, organizations and institutions.
b. Building Program: Swiss Cultural Center. Enumerate the construction of a $6,000,000 Swiss Cultural Center in New Glarus as part of the 1999-01 state building program and provide the following funding for the construction of the facility: (1) provide a grant of up to $1,000,000 PR in 2000-01 from the funding appropriated the Department of Commerce’s Indian gaming economic diversification grant and loan program and require that each $1 in state funding be matched by $2 from other sources; (2) provide $1,000,000 in general fund supported general obligation bonding authorized for the purpose of constructing the Center and create an appropriation to fund the debt service associated with the bonding; and (3) specify that $4,000,000 in gifts, grants and other receipts are to be used to fund the remaining costs of the project. The earmarking of funding from the gaming economic diversification grant and loan program for this purpose does not modify the allocation amount for the program under the Governor/Joint Finance provision. This provision is identical to the Senate provision.
