SB92: Bill Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Senate BILL 92

March 20, 2013 - Introduced by Senators L. Taylor and Lassa, cosponsored by Representative C. Taylor. Referred to State and Federal Relations.

SB92,1,4 An Act to amend 16.54 (title); and to create 16.54 (14) of the statutes; relating to: requiring the governor to prepare a bill incorporating proposed expenditure reductions resulting from the sequester of federal spending under the federal Budget Control Act of 2011.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

The federal Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended, requires a reduction in federal discretionary spending beginning on March 1, 2013. This reduction in federal spending, otherwise known as a sequester, will result in a reduction of federal funds available to the states for the remainder of the 2012-13 federal fiscal year, which ends on September 30, 2013, and potentially into future years. This bill requires the governor to prepare a bill that incorporates all proposed expenditure reductions resulting from the sequester of federal spending under the Budget Control Act of 2011. The governor must submit the bill to the legislature, and the bill must be introduced without change in either house of the legislature by the Joint Committee on Finance and must be referred to that committee. The governor may not implement any expenditure reductions resulting from the sequester of federal spending under the Budget Control Act of 2011 unless authorized by 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:

SB92,1 Section 1. 16.54 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB92,2,2 16.54 (title) Acceptance and expenditure of federal funds.

SB92,2 Section 2. 16.54 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

SB92,2,12 16.54 (14) If the federal Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended, requires any reduction in the expenditure of state or federal funds, the governor shall prepare a bill that incorporates his or her recommendations for the expenditure reductions. The governor shall deliver the bill to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance before October 1, and the bill shall be introduced without change in either house of the legislature by the joint committee on finance and when introduced shall be referred to that committee. The governor may not implement any expenditure reductions resulting from the federal Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended, unless authorized by law.

SB92,3 Section 3. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB92,2,17 (1) Notwithstanding the October 1 date by which the governor must submit a bill to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance under section 16.54 (14) of the statutes, as created by this act, the governor shall submit the initial bill no later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection.

SB92,2,18 (End)