Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Introduction
This bill is the “executive budget bill" under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes.
It contains the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the 2017-2019
fiscal biennium.
The bill repeals and recreates the appropriation schedule in chapter 20 of the
statutes, thereby setting the appropriation levels for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.
The descriptions that follow relate to the most significant changes in the law that are
proposed in the bill. In most cases, changes in the amounts of existing spending
authority and changes in the amounts of bonding authority under existing bonding
programs are not discussed.
For additional information concerning this bill, see the Department of
Administration's publication Budget in Brief and the executive budget books, the
Legislative Fiscal Bureau's summary document, and the Legislative Reference
Bureau's drafting files, which contain separate drafts on each policy item.
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Guide to the bill
As is the case for all other bills, the sections of the budget bill that affect statutes
are organized in ascending numerical order of the statutes affected.
Treatments of prior session laws (styled “laws of [year], chapter ...." from 1848
to 1981, and “[year] Wisconsin Act ...." beginning with 1983) are displayed next by
year of original enactment and by act number.
The remaining sections of the budget bill are organized by type of provision and,
within each type, alphabetically by state agency. The first two digits of the four-digit
section number indicate the type of provision:
91XX Nonstatutory provisions.
92XX Fiscal changes.
93XX Initial applicability.
94XX Effective dates.
The remaining two digits indicate the state agency or subject area to which the
provision relates:
XX01 Administration.
XX02 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
XX03 Arts Board.
XX04 Building Commission.
XX05 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.
XX06 Children and Families.
XX07 Circuit Courts.
XX08 Corrections.
XX09 Court of Appeals.
XX10 District Attorneys.
XX11 Educational Approval Board.
XX12 Educational Communications Board.
XX13 Elections Commission.
XX14 Employee Trust Funds.
XX15 Employment Relations Commission.
XX16 Ethics Commission.
XX17 Financial Institutions.
XX18 Governor.
XX19 Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
XX20 Health Services.
XX21 Higher Educational Aids Board.
XX22 Historical Society.
XX23 Housing and Economic Development Authority.
XX24 Insurance.
XX25 Investment Board.
XX26 Joint Committee on Finance.
XX27 Judicial Commission.
XX28 Justice.
XX29 Legislature.
XX30 Lieutenant Governor.
XX31 Local Government.
XX32 Military Affairs.
XX33 Natural Resources.
XX34 Public Defender Board.
XX35 Public Instruction.
XX36 Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.
XX37 Public Service Commission.
XX38 Revenue.
XX39 Safety and Professional Services.
XX40 Secretary of State.
XX41 State Fair Park Board.
XX42 Supreme Court.
XX43 Technical College System.
XX44 Tourism.
XX45 Transportation.
XX46 Treasurer.
XX47 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority;
Medical College of Wisconsin.
XX48 University of Wisconsin System.
XX49 Veterans Affairs.
XX50 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
XX51 Workforce Development.
XX52 Other.
For example, for general nonstatutory provisions relating to the State
Historical Society, see Section 9122. For any agency that is not assigned a two-digit
identification number and that is attached to another agency, see the number of the
latter agency. For any other agency not assigned a two-digit identification number
or any provision that does not relate to the functions of a particular agency, see
number “52" (Other) within each type of provision.
Separate section numbers and headings appear for each type of provision and
for each state agency, even if there are no provisions included in that section number
and heading. Section numbers and headings for which there are no provisions will
be deleted in enrolling and will not appear in the published act.
Following is a list of the most commonly used abbreviations appearing in the
analysis.
DATCP Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
DCF Department of Children and Families
DETF Department of Employee Trust Funds
DFI Department of Financial Institutions
DHS Department of Health Services
DMA Department of Military Affairs
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DOA Department of Administration
DOC Department of Corrections
DOJ Department of Justice
DOR Department of Revenue
DOT Department of Transportation
DPI Department of Public Instruction
DSPS Department of Safety and Professional Services
DVA Department of Veterans Affairs
DWD Department of Workforce Development
JCF Joint Committee on Finance
LRB Legislative Reference Bureau
