b. Building Program: Swiss Cultural Center. Adopt the Assembly/Senate provision to 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.
c. Commerce: Economic Development Grant for Menomonee Valley. Delete $100,000 PR annually from the gaming economic development grants and loans program and reduce a grant to the City of Milwaukee for redevelopment activities in the Menomonee Valley from $1.0 million to $900,000 annually.
d. Natural Resources: Drinking Water Study. Adopt the Senate provision to delete $130,000 PR in 1999-00 from the Commerce gaming economic development grants and loans program and provide $130,000 PR in 1999-00 (in addition to the $100,000 PR provided in 1999-00 and the $300,000 PR provided in 2000-01 under Joint Finance) for a one-time grant to the Town of Swiss in Burnett County and the St. Croix Band of Chippewa for a drinking water study and for engineering design and feasibility activities related to construction of wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities.
e. Tourism: County Tourism Aid. Adopt the Assembly provision to allocate $150,000 PR in each year of the 1999-01 biennium from the Tourism tribal gaming marketing appropriation to Burnett and Polk counties ($75,000 each) to promote tourism in northwestern Wisconsin. Within six months of expending the grant, require each county to report to Tourism on how the funds were used.
f. Tourism: Grant to Fort Folle Avoine. Adopt the Senate provision to allocate $100,000 PR in each year of the 1999-01 biennium from the tribal gaming tourism marketing appropriation for a grant to the Burnett County Historical Society for educational programming, marketing and advertising for Fort Folle Avoine. Within six months of expending the grant, require the Burnett County Historical Society to report to Tourism on how the funds were used.
g. Tourism: St. Croix Valley Tourism Alliance. Adopt the Senate provision to allocate $50,000 PR in 1999-00 from the tribal gaming tourism marketing appropriation for grants to the St. Croix Valley Tourism Alliance. Within six months of expending the grant, require the Alliance to report to Tourism on how the funds were used.
h. University of Wisconsin System: Aquaculture Demonstration Facility. Adopt the Senate provision to modify a requirement that the Board of Regents operate the proposed aquaculture demonstration facility to specify that the Board would operate the facility in consultation with representatives of the aquaculture industry. Require the Board to ensure that the facility provide applied research and training to aquaculturists, including Native American aquaculturists and to personnel at state fish hatcheries. Provide that the research and training emphasize all of the following areas related to aquaculture: (1) environmental impact; (2) water quality; (3) appropriate water use; (4) fish health science; (5) innovative methods and practices; and (6) demonstration, education and outreach activities through UW-Extension.
i. Workforce Development: Work-Based Learning Board Grants to Tribal Colleges. Modify the Assembly provision and delete $250,700 PR in 1999-00 and $260,400 PR in 2000-01 from the gaming economic development grant and loan program and provide $600,000 PR annually to the Governor’s Work-Based Learning Board for grants to tribal colleges.
Under the Conference Committee/Legislature provisions, the tribal gaming program revenue appropriation would have an estimated balance of -$18,000 on June 30, 2001.
Veto by Governor: The following partial vetoes of enrolled Assembly Bill 133 reflect changes to the tribal gaming revenue allocation amounts or the purposes of the allocations approved by the Legislature:
a. Administration – Office of Justice Assistance: Tribal Law Enforcement Assistance. Delete the statutory language earmarking funds for the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe ($175,000 annually), the St. Croix Chippewa tribe ($150,000 annually), and the Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa tribe ($125,000 annually). Total funding for the grant program is unaffected by the partial veto.
b. Commerce: Gaming Economic Development and Diversification Grant Programs. Delete the requirement that the Indian gaming economic development grants to the City of Milwaukee and Northwest Regional Planning Commission be annual grants. In addition, eliminate the requirement that the $600,000 in annual tribal gaming revenues be used for grants to tribal colleges for work-based learning programs for their students. In his veto message, the Governor indicates he is vetoing the requirement that the tribal gaming revenues funding for the Work-Based Learning Board be used for grants for tribal colleges to allow DWD to be less restricted in administering grants under the work-based learning program.
c. Health and Family Services: Indian Health Program Funding. Delete $450,000 PR annually for a grant program to support tribal health care entities that provide primary health care, health education and social services to tribal members and their families and to tribal employes and delete all the statutory provisions for the grant program.
d. Natural Resources: Drinking Water Study. Delete $130,000 PR in 1999-00 for a one-time grant to the Town of Swiss in Burnett County and the St. Croix Band of Chippewa for a study of water quality problems and for engineering design and feasibility activities related to construction of wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities. Remaining grant funding would total $400,000 during the 1999-01 biennium.
e. Natural Resources: Elk Management. Delete $22,400 PR in 1999-00 and $27,600 PR in 2000-01 and 0.5 PR wildlife biologist position annually for DNR to manage the elk reintroduction program in the state. Further, make a technical correction to delete a July 1, 2000, effective date for the elk management appropriation to allow funding to be provided in 1999-00. Act 9 provides $27,600 PR in 1999-00 and $172,400 PR in 2000-01 and 0.5 PR wildlife biologist position annually for this purpose.
f. Natural Resources: Crane Management. Delete $37,600 PR in 1999-00 and $43,500 PR in 2000-01 and 0.5 PR wildlife biologist position annually relating to the reintroduction of whooping cranes in Wisconsin. Act 9 provides $92,700 PR in 1999-00 and $103,500 PR in 2000-01 and 0.5 PR wildlife biologist position annually for this purpose.
g. Tourism: Marketing Grant Program. Delete the words "in each fiscal year" from the appropriation language relating to the allocation of $200,000 PR in each fiscal year for grants to the Milwaukee Public Museum for Native American exhibits and activities. While the Governor's veto message indicates the intent of the veto is to make the funding one-time, the act does not specify that funding is one-time.
Delete the provision to allocate $75,000 in 1999-00 to DNR for completion of Phase II of upgrading at Aztalan State Park, which would include developing an overall public education and research strategy as well as a long-term interpretive and management plan. Further, delete the requirement that the Historical Society work with the management at Aztalan State Park to achieve this upgrade in a timely fashion and that the management plan include an interpretive and visitor's center, opening other portions of the site to the public and using visual effects to enhance the visitor's experience at the site.
Provide $100,000 over the biennium, rather than $200,000 allocated under the enrolled bill, for a grant to the Burnett County Historical Society for educational programming, marketing and advertising for Fort Folle Avoine.
Provide a grant of $75,000 to both Polk and Burnett Counties over the biennium, rather than $150,000 to each county under the enrolled bill, for tourism promotion in northwestern Wisconsin.
Delete the provision to allocate $50,000 in 1999-00 for grants to the St. Croix Valley Tourism Alliance.
h. University of Wisconsin System: Aquaculture Demonstration Facility. Delete the requirement for submission to and approval of a construction and operation plan by the Joint Committee on Finance and eliminates the restriction that the bonding for this project could not be issued until the Committee approves the plan. Further, delete the requirement that the Board of Regents ensure that the facility provide applied research and training to aquaculturists at the facility as well as the requirement that the research and training emphasize: (1) environmental impact; (2) water quality; (3) appropriate water use; (4) fish health science; (5) innovative aquaculture methods and practices; and (6) demonstration, education and outreach activities through UW-Extension.
i. Veterans Affairs: Services to American Indian Veterans. Reduce the allocations for grants to each of 11 tribal governing bodies to assist American Indians in Wisconsin in obtaining federal and state veterans benefits by $12,500 PR in 1999-00 and $17,500 PR in 2000-01. Following the partial veto, grant funding for this purpose would total $15,000 PR in 1999-00 and $10,000 PR in 2000-01.
Reflecting these vetoes, Act 9 allocates $20,191,900 in 1999-00 and $22,235,200 in 2000-01 from tribal gaming revenue. Under the Act 9 provisions, the tribal gaming program revenue appropriation has an estimated balance of $1,173,100 on June 30, 2001. The following table lists the tribal gaming revenue allocations under Act 9. Each item is also summarized in greater detail, including any modifications to position authority, under the respective agency summaries.
Tribal Gaming Revenue Allocations -- Act 9
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 650,000 1,050,000 Tribal law enforcement assistance grant program.
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.
5. Commerce 3,894,300 2,514,600 Gaming economic development grants and loans, including grants to Brown County to support construction of a new arena and Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.
6. Commerce 0 2,500,000 Gaming economic diversification grants and loans, including a grant for the Swiss Cultural Center in New Glarus.
7. Commerce1 388,700 388,700 Physician Loan Assistance Program (PLAP), Health Care Provider Loan Assistance Program (HCPLAP) and a related contract.
8. Commerce7 109,700 109,700 Native American liaison, economic development liaison grants and technical assistance.
9. Health and Family Services 1,308,700 1,470,000 Tribal outreach positions, matching funds for federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and a contingency fund for BadgerCare premiums of Native American families.
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).
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).
12. Health and Family Services2 250,000 250,000 Compulsive gambling awareness campaign grants.
13. Higher Education Aids Board1 779,800 779,800 Indian student assistance grant program for Native American undergraduate or graduate students.
14. Higher Education Aids Board 400,000 400,000 Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG) program for tribal college students.
15. Historical Society1 170,100 170,100 Northern Great Lakes Center operations funding.
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
16. Justice3 $758,900 $758,900 County-tribal law enforcement programs: local assistance ($708,400 annually) and state operations ($50,500 annually).
17. Natural Resources4 2,500,000 2,500,000 Transfer to the fish and wildlife account of the conservation fund.
18. Natural Resources5 669,000 619,000 Snowmobile enforcement program.
19. Natural Resources1 120,000 120,000 Nonpoint grants and local assistance to the Oneida Nation.
20. Natural Resources1 109,700 109,700 Management of state fishery resources in off-reservation areas where tribes have treaty-based rights to fish.
21. Natural Resources 27,600 172,400 Management of an elk reintroduction program.
22. Natural Resources6 100,000 100,000 Payment to the Lac du Flambeau Band relating to certain fishing and sports licenses.
23. Natural Resources 81,000 131,000 Mandatory snowmobile education program.
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.
25. Natural Resources 92,700 103,500 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.
27. Tourism 4,000,000 4,000,000 General tourism marketing, including grants to nonprofit tourism promotion organizations and specific earmarks.
