SB857: Bill Text

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

2017 Senate BILL 857

February 28, 2018 - Introduced by Senators Vinehout and Ringhand, cosponsored by Representatives Considine, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Kolste, Anderson, Fields, Berceau, Sargent, Genrich, Pope, Shankland, Meyers, Goyke, Zamarripa and C. Taylor. Referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges.

SB857,1,3 An Act to create 20.285 (1) (em) and 36.25 (55) of the statutes; relating to: creating University of Wisconsin-Extension positions for farm succession planning and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to create two positions to advance the UW-Extension's farm succession planning programs. The first position is a specialist within the Center for Dairy Profitability to assist in the financial aspects of farm succession management. The second position is a specialist within the UW-Extension's Farm Management Institute to assist in developing and delivering programs at the local level and focus on research, training, and joint programming with county-based agriculture extension educators throughout the state.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB857,1 Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB857,2 Section 2. 20.285 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

SB857,2,3 20.285 (1) (em) Farm succession planning positions. The amounts in the schedule for the positions created under s. 36.25 (55).

SB857,3 Section 3. 36.25 (55) of the statutes is created to read:

SB857,2,7 36.25 (55) Farm succession planning. The Board of Regents shall create the following 2 full-time positions to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (em) to advance the extension's farm succession planning programs:

SB857,2,10 (a) One specialist within the Center for Dairy Profitability of the extension and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to assist in the financial aspects of farm succession management.

SB857,2,14 (b) One specialist within the Farm Management Institute of the extension to assist in developing and delivering programs at the local level and focus on research, training, and joint programming with county-based agriculture extension educators throughout the state.

SB857,2,15 (End)