LRB-1711LRB-1711/5
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Grinde, BB0427 - GPR spending limits
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State finance
Current statutes contain a rule of procedure governing legislative action on certain bills affecting general purpose revenue (GPR). Generally, the rule provides that the amount appropriated from GPR may not exceed the amount appropriated from GPR in the prior fiscal year, increased by any percentage increase in this state's aggregate personal income. There are a number of exclusions under current law from this GPR appropriation limitation. This bill provides that in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, a GPR appropriation for county and municipal aid payments is excluded from the limitation. In addition, the bill provides that any amount appropriated to pay Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) unfunded liability obligations is excluded from the limitation.
Current statutes contain an additional rule that in fiscal year 2005-06 and in fiscal year 2006-07, the amount appropriated from GPR for state operations may generally not exceed the amount appropriated from GPR for state operations in fiscal year 2004-05, less $100,000,000. This bill eliminates the rule for fiscal year 2006-07 and excludes a number of appropriation expenditures from the calculation for fiscal year 2005-06.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 13.40 (3) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.40 (3) (fm) An appropriation for the 2003-05 2005-07 fiscal biennium to make payments to counties, towns, villages, and cities under s. 79.035.
SECTION 2. 13.40 (3) (jm) of the statutes is created to read:
13.40 (3) (jm) An appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (br).
SECTION 3. 13.40 (3m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 4. 13.40 (3m) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
13.40 (3m) (ae) In this subsection, an "excluded appropriation" consists of all of the following:
1. State operations appropriations for the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
2. Appropriations for fuel and utility costs.
3. An appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (br).
4. An appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (c) and (cm).
SECTION 5. 13.40 (3m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.40 (3m) (am) In addition to the limitations limitation under sub. (2) and par. (a), the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue for state operations in fiscal year 2005-06 and in fiscal year 2006-07,, less any excluded appropriation and excluding the estimated amount to be expended from general purpose revenue for debt service for that fiscal year, may not exceed the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue for state operations in fiscal year 2004-05, less any excluded appropriation and excluding the estimated amount to be expended from general purpose revenue for debt service for that fiscal year, as shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) published in the 2003-04 Wisconsin Statutes, less $100,000,000.
SECTION 6. 13.40 (3m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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LRB-1734LRB-1734/1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Caucutt, BB0433 - Reduction in legislative expenditures for 05-07 fiscal biennium
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: a reduction in expenditures and authorized full-time equivalent positions for the legislature.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
STATE government
State finance
This bill directs the cochairpersons of the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to take actions during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium to ensure that from general purpose revenue appropriations to the legislature an amount equal to a total of $4,675,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $4,675,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 is lapsed from sum certain appropriation accounts or is subtracted from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both. The bill also directs that the cochairpersons take actions during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium to ensure that the authorized full-time equivalent positions for the legislature are decreased by 38.0 full-time equivalent positions from the full-time equivalent position level that is authorized for the legislature on the day the 2005-07 biennial budget act becomes law.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 13.121 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.121 (1) CURRENT MEMBER. From the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), each member of the legislature shall be paid, in equal installments, the salary provided under s. 20.923.
SECTION 2. 13.123 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.123 (1) (c) Each member shall certify to the chief clerk of the house in which the member serves, as promptly as may be following the 1st of each month, the number of days during the previous calendar month on which the member was in Madison on legislative business and for which the member seeks the allowance provided by this subsection. Such allowances shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) within one week after each calendar month; and shall be paid, upon the filing with the department of administration, the chief clerk's affidavit stating the number of days in Madison on legislative business for all members of the chief clerk's house.
SECTION 3. 13.123 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.123 (2) INTERIM EXPENSES. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), each member of the legislature shall be entitled to an expense allowance for postage and clerical assistance for each full calendar month during which the legislature is in actual session 3 days or less. No allowance is payable to a representative to the assembly unless the speaker of the assembly files with the chief clerk of the assembly a written authorization for the allowance to be paid. No allowance is payable to a senator unless the majority leader of the senate files with the chief clerk of the senate a written authorization for the allowance to be paid. An authorization filed under this subsection becomes effective for the month in which it is filed and continues in effect through the month in which the speaker of the assembly or the majority leader of the senate files a written revocation of the authorization with the chief clerk of the appropriate house. The rate of such allowance shall be as follows:
SECTION 4. 13.123 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.123 (3) (a) Any senator authorized by the committee on senate organization to attend a meeting outside the state capital, any representative to the assembly authorized by the committee on assembly organization to attend an out-of-state meeting or authorized by the speaker to attend a meeting within this state outside the state capital, and all members of the legislature required by law, legislative rule, resolution or joint resolution to attend such meetings, shall be paid no additional compensation for such services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), but no legislator may be reimbursed under this subsection for expenses on any day for which the legislator submits a claim under sub. (1).
SECTION 5. 13.125 of the statutes is amended to read:
13.125 Chaplains. The officiating chaplain of the senate and assembly shall be paid such amount as may be established by each house for each day of service from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5). Payment shall be made on certification by the chief clerk of the senate or of the assembly, respectively, showing the amount to which each chaplain is entitled.
SECTION 6. 13.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.14 (2) FLORAL PIECES. The senate and assembly may procure floral pieces for deceased or ill members of the legislature and state officers who, in the judgment of the presiding officer and chief clerk, have been identified with the legislative process. Such expenses shall be by voucher, signed by the presiding officer or chief clerk of the respective house, and shall be drawn on the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).
SECTION 7. 13.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.14 (3) TRAVEL; LEGISLATIVE PERSONNEL. The actual and necessary expenses of legislative policy research personnel, assistants to legislators, and research staff assigned to legislative committees incident to attending meetings outside the state capital shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).
SECTION 8. 13.45 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.45 (3) (a) For any day for which the legislator does not file a claim under s. 13.123 (1), any legislator appointed to serve on a legislative committee or a committee to which the legislator was appointed by either house or the officers thereof shall be reimbursed from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a member of the committee.
SECTION 9. 13.50 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.50 (6) (am) The cochairpersons of the joint survey committee on retirement systems or the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, with respect to any bill or amendment specified in par. (a), or the presiding officer of either house of the legislature, with respect to any bill or amendment specified in par. (a) that is pending in his or her house, may make a determination, based on any available information, that the bill or amendment may have a significant fiscal impact on the costs, actuarial balance or goals of the Wisconsin Retirement System and order the attachment of an independent actuarial opinion on such impact. The cochairpersons or presiding officer ordering such an opinion shall direct the staff under sub. (4) to obtain the opinion. The staff shall make payment for the opinion from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (2) (ab) or (5).
SECTION 10. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.56 (2) PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. The cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint committee on legislative organization to designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b) or shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SECTION 11. 13.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.57 (3) All expenses under sub. (1) shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).
SECTION 12. 13.81 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.81 (6) REIMBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL STUDIES. At the end of each fiscal year, the general fund shall be reimbursed, from any other state fund, the amounts actually expended by the joint legislative council under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5) for the cost of making and publishing surveys and analyses of activities and policies related to such funds. The council shall bill such state funds at the end of each fiscal year for the costs so incurred, in accordance with cost records maintained by the council.
SECTION 13. 13.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.81 (8) CONFERENCE ON LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES. Following each general election, the joint legislative council shall sponsor a conference to acquaint new legislators or legislators-elect with legislative procedures. Expenses for the conference shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5).
SECTION 14. 13.83 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
13.83 (3) (c) 1. The joint legislative council shall pay the expenses incurred by the members appointed under par. (b) 1., in performing their functions on the special committee, from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5).
SECTION 15. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization or their designated agent shall accept service made under s. 806.04 (11). If the committee, the senate organization committee or the assembly organization committee, determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, that committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b) or shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SECTION 16. 13.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.90 (4) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall authorize payment of fees entitling the legislature to membership in national organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (fa) or (5).
SECTION 17. 13.93 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.93 (2) (k) Pay, from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (a) or (5), the expenses of attendance at meetings of members of the Commission on Uniform State Laws who are appointed by the governor.
SECTION 18. 13.94 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.94 (1m) INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. The legislative audit bureau may contract for the services of such independent professional or technical experts as deemed necessary to carry out the statutory duties and functions of the bureau within the limits of the amount provided under s. 20.765 (3) (c) or (5); and, in the case of postaudits involving the performance and program accomplishments of a department, shall contract for the services of such subject matter and program specialists from any state or federal agency or public institution of higher learning as deemed necessary by the joint committee on legislative organization.
SECTION 19. 14.38 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.38 (10) (c) Publish in the official state newspaper within 10 days after the date of publication of an act a notice certifying the number of each act, the number of the bill from which it originated, the date of publication and the relating clause. Each certificate shall also contain a notice of where the full text of each act can be obtained. Costs under this paragraph shall be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5).
SECTION 20. 20.765 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.765 (1) (a) General program operations -- assembly. A sum sufficient to carry out the functions of the assembly, excluding expenses for legislative documents. No moneys may be expended or encumbered under this appropriation before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, other than moneys encumbered under this appropriation before July 26, 2003, until such time as the joint committee on legislative organization acts under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9133 (2).
SECTION 21. 20.765 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.765 (1) (b) General program operations -- senate. A sum sufficient to carry out the functions of the senate, excluding expenses for legislative documents. No moneys may be expended or encumbered under this appropriation before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, other than moneys encumbered under this appropriation before July 26, 2003, until such time as the joint committee on legislative organization acts under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9133 (2).
SECTION 22. 20.765 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.765 (1) (d) Legislative documents. A sum sufficient to pay legislative expenses for acquisition, production, retention, sales and distribution of legislative documents authorized under ss. 13.17, 13.90 (1) (g), 13.92 (1) (e), 13.93 (3) and 35.78 (1) or the rules of the senate and assembly, except as provided in sub. (3) (em). No moneys may be expended or encumbered under this appropriation before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, other than moneys encumbered under this appropriation before July 26, 2003, until such time as the joint committee on legislative organization acts under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9133 (2).
SECTION 23. 20.765 (3) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.765 (3) (fa) Membership in national associations. A sum sufficient to be disbursed under s. 13.90 (4) for payment of the annual fees entitling the legislature to membership in national organizations including, without limitation because of enumeration, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances. No moneys may be expended or encumbered under this appropriation before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, other than moneys encumbered under this appropriation before July 26, 2003, until such time as the joint committee on legislative organization acts under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9133 (2).
SECTION 24. 20.765 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 25. 35.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
35.24 (3) Reprints of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5).
SECTION 26. 35.91 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
35.91 (1) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a price, calculated to the nearest dollar, to be fixed by the department, based on cost plus 75% of the revisor's expenditures under s. 20.765 (3) (a) or (5) during the preceding biennium. The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by it.
