Veto Message
Table of Contents
A. Growing Our Economy
1. Vapor Recovery Equipment Removal Grant
B. Developing Our Workforce
2. Unemployment Insurance – Holidays and Partial Benefits
C. Transforming Education
3. Release of Data Related to Schools Participating in Parental Choice Programs
4. Work Based Learning Programs
5. School Accountability Report Issuance
6. Acceptance of Pupils Outside the Enrollment Caps
7. Notification by the Department of Public Instruction of Accreditation Status
8. Notification by the Department of Public Instruction of Acceptance Status of Parental Choice Program Applicants
9. Segregated Fee Freeze
10. Differential Tuition Freeze
11. Performance Funding Formula
D. Reforming Government
12. Conversion of Farmland Preservation Credit to Grant
13. Grain Inspection Funding Transfer
14. Weights and Measures Program Contracting
15. Tank and Petroleum Testing Plan Review
16. Self-Insurance for Health Care Liability Coverage
17. Termination and Dissolution of the Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan and Authority
18. Tobacco Use Surcharge for State Employee Health Insurance
19. OpenBook for Municipalities
20. Self-Funded Portal Administrative Rules
21. Information Technology Infrastructure Transfers
22. Prison Industries Procurements
23. Division of Facilities Development Fee
24. Study of Public Library System Efficiencies
25. Report Requirement Related to Overweight Permits for Raw Forest Products
26. Relocation of Outdoor Advertising Signs
27. Highway Signage—Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help
28. Highway Signage—Milwaukee Central Library
29. Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist Fees
30. Transfer Special Counsel Appropriation
31. Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
32. Sale of Department of Natural Resources Land
33. Report on Deletion of Positions in the Department of Natural Resources
34. Unclassified Position Authority
E. Investing in Infrastructure
35. Building Program Issued Bonds
36. Bonding Refunding Authority
37. State-Owned Real Property Sales
38. Disaster Damage Aids Passive Review Requirement
39. Environmental Impact Statement – East Arterial Highway
40. Strategic Blight Elimination Grants
F. Improving Mental Health Programs
41. Family Care Enrollees Admitted to Mental Health Institutes
G. Helping Victims of Domestic Violence
42. Global Positioning System Tracking Grant Program
H. Reforming Health Care Entitlements
43. Voluntary Reduction in FoodShare Benefits
44. Allocations to Income Maintenance Consortia
45. FoodShare Employment and Training Reporting Requirement
46. Certified Medical Coder Position
47. Self-Directed Services Waiver for Post-Secondary Education
I. Protecting Our Citizens
48. Crime Prevention Funding Boards and Crime Prevention Funding Board Surcharge
49. Regulation of Bail Bond Agents, Bail Bond Agencies and Bail Bond Recovery Agents
50. Prerelease Pilot Program for Prisoners
51. Five Star Provider Meeting Requirement
52. Child Support Arrears Pilot Program
J. Supporting Our Veterans
53. Transfers to the Veterans Trust Fund and Mortgage Loan Repayment Fund
K. Supporting Our Veterans
54. Bearskin State Trail Development
55. Catch-and-Release Bass Fishing
56. Sporting Heritage Grant
57. Historical Society Positions
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A. Growing Our Economy
1. Vapor Recovery Equipment Removal Grant
Section 2104k
This provision creates a grant program in the Department of Natural Resources to reimburse gas stations for the costs of removing Stage II vapor recovery equipment. Eligible recipients, who are owners or operators of gas stations who decommissioned Stage II recovery equipment from their facilities on or after April 16, 2012, may receive up to $8,000 per gas station, provided the owner or operator pay 50 percent of the eligible removal costs. In addition, the provision requires the department to promulgate rules outlining the eligible costs, to award grants in the order in which the applications have been received, and to prohibit awards after June 30, 2015.
I am partially vetoing this provision to remove the requirement that all grants must be awarded by June 30, 2015, because the deadline is insufficient to provide gas station operators time to apply for and receive the grants. Instead, I am directing the department to permit applications continuously and request additional appropriation authority as necessary in the 2015-17 biennium to support the program.
B. Developing Our Workforce
2. Unemployment Insurance – Holidays and Partial Benefits
