I also believe while the final product of the budget deliberations was positive, the budget process left much to be desired and needs to be improved. I will consider proposing changes to the process in my next budget.
The budget I am signing represents a transition from the 20th Century to the 21st Century. The budget also provides a foundation for our state’s future, a future with unlimited potential in which our taxes are competitive with other states, our schools are the best in the nation and all our citizens find productive employment. That future begins today.
Respectfully submitted,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Date: October 27, 1999
VETO MESSAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ARTS BOARD
1. Arts Board Grant Programs
EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD
2. Public Broadcasting Committee
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD
3. Talent Incentive Program (TIP) and Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG) for University of Wisconsin System (UWS) Students
4. Tuition Grant Program public instruction
5. Neighborhood Schools Initiative
6. SAGE Program Eligibility and Bonding Program
7. Foreign Language Requirement
8. High School Graduation Test
9. Revenue Limit Increase for Positive Tax Increment of a Tax Incremental District
10. Foreign Language Instruction Grants
11. Minority Group Pupil Scholarships
12. Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Pupil Income Eligibility
13. Agricultural Education Consultant Position
14. Direct Instruction Program Grant State historical society
15. Heritage Trust Program
TEACH WISCONSIN
16. Funding for K-12 Instructional Web Site
17. Training and Technical Assistance Grants
18. 2001-2003 Biennial Budget Requirements
19. Federal E-Rate Reporting Requirements
20. Federal E-Rate Appropriations
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS AUTHORITY
21. Bonding Authority Limitations
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
22. Plan for Increased Enrollment
23. Lawton Minority Undergraduate Grant Appropriation
24. Advanced Opportunity Program
25. GPR Position Flexibility
26. Area Health Education Centers
27. Information Technology Student Retention Plan and Report
28. Ginseng Research Grants
29. Study of Programs in Marathon County
30. Stray Voltage Research
31. Wisconsin Humanities Council Wisconsin Technical college system
32. Agricultural Education Consultant
33. Rules for Wisconsin Technical College System Grant Programs
B. ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL RESOURCES
AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
1. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
2. Pesticide Database
3. Agricultural Chemical Cleanup Fund – GPR Appropriation
4. Purchase of Development Rights Pilot Program
5. Financial Assistance for Paratuberculosis Testing
6. Weights and Measures Enforcement in Certain Towns
7. Telecommunications Complaint Reporting Requirements
8. Federal Funding for Agricultural Export Marketing commerce
9. PECFA – Deductibles
11. PECFA – Site Priority Classification
12. PECFA – Risk Based Analysis Rule Deadline
13. PECFA – Criteria for Waiver of Site Bidding Process
14. PECFA – Usual and Customary Costs
15. Home Heating Oil Tank
16. Private Sewage Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
17. Brownfields Grant Program
18. Wisconsin Development Fund Earmarks
19. Grant for Manufacturing Technology Training Center
20. Loan to City Brewery in La Crosse
21. Biotechnology Development Finance Company
22. Community Development Block Grant Earmarks .
23. Grant to CAP Services, Inc.
24. Audit of State Economic Development Strategy
25. Development Zones – Effective Dates
