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.
28. University of Wisconsin System 0 0 Ashland full-scale aquaculture demonstration facility: debt service payments and operational costs. (No funding is provided in the 1999-01 biennium.)
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.
30. Workforce Development 350,000 350,000 Vocational rehabilitation services for Native American individuals and tribes or bands.
Program Revenue
Department 1999-00 2000-01 Purpose
31. Workforce Development $600,000 $600,000 Work-Based Learning Board grants for work-based learning programs.
Total Act 9 Allocations $20,191,900 $22,235,200
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 Act 9 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.
[Act 9 Sections: 546, 547, 3026 and 3027]
PR $1,030,700
2. TRIBAL GAMING COMPUTER SYSTEM [LFB Paper 155]
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.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Approve the provision. In addition, provide that the funding may not be expended or encumbered until a report on the costs associated with the computer system is approved by the Joint Committee on Finance under a 14-day passive review process.
Veto by Governor [F-2]: Delete the provision that the funding may not be expended or encumbered until a report on the costs associated with the computer system is approved by the Joint Committee on Finance under a 14-day passive review process.
[Act 9 Vetoed Section: 9101(17x)]
3. TRIBAL GAMING REGULATORY POSITIONS [LFB Paper 156]
Governor: Provide $242,800 in 1999-00 and $225,600 in 2000-01 and 5.0 positions annually 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.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete $84,200 in 1999-00 and $97,600 in 2000-01 and 2.0 positions annually (1.0 financial supervisor and 1.0 auditor position).
4. COMPULSIVE GAMBLING AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS [LFB Paper 164]
PR $372,000
Governor/Legislature: Provide $186,000 annually for compulsive gambling awareness campaigns, as follows: (a) provide $200,000 annually from tribal gaming revenue; and (b) delete $14,000 annually currently provided from pari-mutuel racing revenue. Under current law, the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) is provided $100,000 annually ($50,000 from tribal gaming, $14,000 from pari-mutuel racing and $36,000 from the state lottery) for grants to one or more individuals or organizations in the private sector to conduct compulsive gambling awareness campaigns. Under the bill, payments from pari-mutuel racing and the state lottery for this purpose would be eliminated and DHFS would receive a total $250,000 annually from tribal gaming revenue for compulsive gambling awareness campaign grants.
[Act 9 Sections: 455, 545 and 546 thru 548]
5. PARI-MUTUEL RACING POSITIONS
Funding Positions
PR - $258,800 - 3.00
Governor/Legislature: Delete $129,400 and 3.0 positions annually from the general program operations for pari-mutuel racing regulation. The positions include a program assistant, a senior accountant and a regulation compliance investigator. The program assistant and accountant positions are currently vacant. The incumbent investigator would be transferred to the general program operations appropriation for Indian gaming as one of the new positions proposed for tribal gaming regulation.
