12. Report on Capping the Number of Brand Name Prescription Drugs
13. Generic Drug Copayments
14. Outpatient Hospital Reimbursement Rates
15. Essential Access City Hospital Payments
16. Bariatric Surgery Prohibition
17. Actuarial Soundness of Health Maintenance Organization Reimbursement Rates
18. Family Planning Funding Preference
19. Foster Care Rates
20. Termination of Parental Rights Warning in Subsidized Guardianships
21. Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare Report on Caseworker Retention
22. Study of Funding Options for Refugee Family Strengthening Project
23. Study of Evidence-Based Practices
24. Supplemental Security Income Benefits Appropriation
25. Supplemental Security Income Managed Care Expansion Reporting Requirement
26. Health Care Information Study and Reports
27. Joint Services Study
D. JUSTICE
Circuit Courts
1. Register in Probate Copy Fee
CORRECTIONS
2. Pilot Program for Pharmaceutical Contracting
3. Study of Funding for Long-Term Care Inmates
4. Facilities Study
5. Unit Supervisors
6. Contract Bed Funding
7. Sale of Inmate Products
8. Juvenile Correctional Facility Cost Reduction
9. Juvenile Correctional Services Deficit
10. Youth Diversion Program in Ward 3 in the City of Racine
Justice
11. County Law Enforcement Services Grant
12. Drug Law Enforcement and Crime Laboratories Appropriations Lapse
OFFICE OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
13. Interagency and Intra-Agency Aids Appropriation
E. STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Budget Management
1. Lapse to General Fund
2. Transfer from the Joint Committee on Finance Appropriation
3. Limit on Expenditure of General Fund Revenues
ADMINISTRATION
4. Asset Sales Reporting Dates
5. Vacant Attorney Positions
6. Sale of State-Owned Heating, Cooling and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
7. Limitations on Resale of Telecommunications Services by State Agencies
8. Video Gaming Devices and Pari-Mutuel Race Track Licensing
9. Payment of Fiscal Year 2004-05 MHEC Membership Dues
10. Required Reports on Information Technology
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11. Pension Obligation Lapses and Transfers
Building Commission
12. General Fund Supported Borrowing Target
EMPLOYEE TRUST FUNDS
13. Required Nonrepresented State Employee Retirement Contributions
Regulation and Licensing
14. Transfer of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor Certification
VETERANS AFFAIRS
15. Operational Efficiency Consultant
F. TAX
General Fund Taxes
1. Individual Income Tax Exclusion for Social Security Benefits
2. Private School and Homeschool Tax Credit
3. Adoption Expenses Credit
4. Health Savings Accounts
5. Sales Tax on Services Provided by Temporary Help Companies
6. Individual and Corporate Income and Franchise and Insurance Premiums Tax Credit for HIRSP Assessments
7. Withholding from Nonresident Members of Pass-Through Entities – Technical Veto
8. Definition of Taxable Sales – Technical Veto
REVENUE
9. Lottery Vending Machine Placements
SHARED REVENUE AND TAX RELIEF
10. School Levy Tax Credit
11. Levy Limit for Counties and Municipalities
12. Shared Revenue Utility Aid – Distribution Formula
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VETO ITEMS
A.
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
ARTS BOARD
1.
Required Lapse to the General Fund
Section 9204
This section requires the Wisconsin Arts Board to lapse five percent of the total amount appropriated under each of the board's general purpose revenue appropriations to the general fund in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07.
I am vetoing this section in its entirety to preserve state funding for the arts. State support for the arts in Wisconsin, on a per capita basis, is only one-third of the national average, ranking Wisconsin near the bottom nationally in state support for arts programs. Given the continuing importance of cultural programs to Wisconsin's economic development and quality of life, the insignificant savings that would result from this lapse is not worth putting the arts in Wisconsin at an even greater risk.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD
2.
Wisconsin Higher Education Grants; University of Wisconsin System Students
Section 166d
This section caps the sum sufficient appropriation for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grants for University of Wisconsin System students at $37,057,200 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $39,280,600 in fiscal year 2006-07.
I am partially vetoing this section to increase the cap to $45,057,200 in fiscal year 2005-06. I object to the Legislature's failure to keep the doors of higher education open to all Wisconsin students, regardless of their family income. The Legislature would have provided $76.3 million over the 2005-07 biennium for Wisconsin Higher Education Grants, an $11.1 million reduction from my original budget proposal. If signed into law, this reduction would make it increasingly difficult for low-income students to pay for a University of Wisconsin education. Furthermore, the Legislature rejected my proposal to increase the statutory maximum for grant awards from $2,500 to $3,000, making it impossible for the board to hold the neediest students harmless from University of Wisconsin tuition increases for the full 2005-07 biennium. As a result of the Legislature's refusal to increase the maximum grant award, the board must now send letters rescinding 2005-06 financial aid awards above $2,500 to those University of Wisconsin students with the greatest financial need.
This veto, while not able to restore my proposal to increase the maximum grant amount, more closely reflects my original proposal to protect lower income students from University of Wisconsin tuition increases over the next two academic years.
My original budget called for $87.4 million to be appropriated for Wisconsin Higher Education Grants for University of Wisconsin System students over the biennium. While the Legislature decreased the amount to $76 million, my veto will increase the amount for grants to $84.3 million, $8 million above the amount provided by the Legislature. Maintaining adequate financial aid is a critical component to keep higher education accessible and affordable and is also central to Wisconsin's long-term economic development goal of increasing the number of citizens with a college education. My veto will help to expand postsecondary opportunities for all qualified students and reverse the Legislature's decision to make the University of Wisconsin less affordable for students from low- and moderate-income backgrounds.
3.
School District Revenue Limits
