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LRB-1750LRB-1750/2
RCT:kjf:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Walker, BB0436 - Transfer from agrichemical management fund to general fund
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
This bill transfers $130,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $130,100 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the agrichemical management fund to the general fund.
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 9203. Appropriation changes; agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(1) AGRICHEMICAL MANAGEMENT FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the agrichemical management fund to the general fund $130,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $130,100 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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LRB-1762LRB-1762/2
PG:wlj:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hanle, BB0446 - Adult literacy grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill directs DPI to award grants to nonprofit organizations in the 2005-06 fiscal year to support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish new volunteer-based programs in areas of the state that have a demonstrated need for adult literacy services. A grant may not exceed $25,000.
For further information see the state and local 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. 20.255 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (3) (b) Adult literacy grants. The amounts in the schedule for adult literacy grants to nonprofit organizations under 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9137 (1). No moneys may be expended from this appropriation after June 30, 2006.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.
(1) ADULT LITERACY GRANTS. From the appropriation under section 20.255 (3) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of public instruction shall award grants in the 2005-06 fiscal year to nonprofit organizations, as defined in section 108.02 (19) of the statutes, to support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish new volunteer-based programs in areas of this state that have a demonstrated need for adult literacy services. No grant may exceed $25,000, and no organization may receive more than one grant.
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LRB-1786LRB-1786/P1
MDK:wlj:ch
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Walker, BB0445 - Telecommunications late fees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
Public utility regulation
This bill establishes maximum late payment charges that telecommunications utilities are allowed to charge retail consumers. Under current law, a telecommunications utility is an entity that provides local calling service to consumers, except for entities that provide such service on a resale basis.
With two exceptions, the bill prohibits a telecommunications utility from imposing on retail consumers a late payment charge at a rate greater than 1.5 percent per month computed upon the declining principal balance of any amount that is not paid when due. The first exception applies to retail consumers that are not residential consumers. For any month in which the maximum late payment charge otherwise allowed under the bill is less than $5, the bill allows the telecommunications utility to impose a late payment charge of $5 for that month. Under the bill's second exception, the PSC may allow a telecommunications utility to impose a late payment charge that is greater than that otherwise allowed under the bill, but only if the PSC determines that the greater charge is consistent with factors specified under current law for determining whether a charge is just and reasonable.
The bill also requires telecommunications utilities that impose late payment charges on consumers to pay to the PSC, on a semiannual basis, 5 percent of the charges they collect from consumers that are not residential consumers. The PSC must use the money for consumer education purposes as determined by the PSC.
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. 20.155 (1) (Ls) of the statutes is created to read:
20.155 (1) (Ls) Late payment charges. All moneys received from telecommunications utilities under s. 196.219 (3m) (b) for consumer education purposes as determined by the commission.
SECTION 2. 196.219 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
196.219 (3m) LATE PAYMENT CHARGES. (a) Maximum allowed. 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., a telecommunications utility may not impose a late payment charge on a retail consumer at a rate that exceeds $1.50 upon $100 for each month computed upon the declining principal balance of any amount that is not paid when due.
2. Except as provided in subd. 3., if the maximum late payment charge for any month that is allowed under subd. 1. is less than $5 for that month, the telecommunications utility may impose a late payment charge that does not exceed $5 for that month. This subdivision does not apply to residential retail consumers.
3. The commission may allow a telecommunications utility to impose a late payment charge at a rate that is greater than that allowed under subd. 1. or 2. if the commission determines that the greater amount is consistent with the factors specified in s. 196.03 (6).
(b) Payments to commission. 1. A telecommunications utility that imposes late payment charges that are subject to par. (a) shall pay to the commission, on a semiannual basis, 5 percent of such charges that are collected from nonresidential retail consumers.
2. The payments required under subd. 1. are due to the commission no later than 60 days after the conclusion of a semiannual period.
(c) Commission jurisdiction. The commission does not have jurisdiction over late payment charges except as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of this subsection.
SECTION 9339. Initial applicability; public service commission.
(1) LATE PAYMENT CHARGES. The treatment of section 196.219 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes first applies at the conclusion of the semiannual period that begins on the effective date of this subsection.
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LRB-1788LRB-1788/P1
MDK:jld:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0444 - Utility Public Benefits Fund transfers
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
Public utility regulation
This bill transfers $18,185,300 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $16,949,400 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the utility public benefits fund to the general fund.
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 9201. Appropriation changes; administration.
(1) UTILITY PUBLIC BENEFITS FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the utility public benefits fund to the general fund $18,185,300 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $16,949,400 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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LRB-1789LRB-1789/1
GMM:kjf:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0447 - Wisconsin higher education grant increase
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board awards Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) to undergraduates enrolled at least half time at nonprofit public institutions of higher education or tribally controlled colleges in this state. Currently, a WHEG grant may not exceed $2,500 for any academic year. This bill increases that maximum grant amount to $3,000 for any academic year.
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. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $2,500 $3,000 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.
SECTION 9322. Initial applicability; higher educational aids board.
(1) WISCONSIN HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS. The treatment of section 39.435 (3) of the statutes first applies to Wisconsin higher education grants awarded by the Higher Educational Aids Board for the 2005-06 academic year.
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LRB-1795LRB-1795/4
RAC:jld:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kraus, BB0448 - Conflict of interest provisions affecting Lottery Division employees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
