1995 WISCONSIN ACT 459
(Vetoed in Part)
An Act to amend 20.370 (5) (aw), 23.0955 (2) (a) (intro.), 23.0955 (2) (b) (intro.) and 23.0955 (2) (b) 3.; and to create 23.0955 (2) (am) and 23.0955 (3) of the statutes; relating to: grants for nonprofit conservation organizations and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 20.370 (5) (aw) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
20.370 (5) (aw) (title) Resource aids — nonprofit conservation organizations; Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission. Biennially As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for a grant to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation under s. 23.0955 (2) and for a payment to the Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission under 1993 Wisconsin Act 343, section 24 (1). No moneys may be encumbered from the appropriation under this paragraph after June 30, 1995 for assistance to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.0955.
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Section 2
. 23.0955 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0955 (2) (a) (intro.) The department shall provide one grant of $75,000 in the 1993-95 fiscal biennium
fiscal year 1996-97 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the internal revenue code and organized in this state if the corporation meets all of the following requirements:
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Section 3
. 23.0955 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0955 (2) (am) Beginning in fiscal year 1997-98, the department may provide an annual grant to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that meets all of the qualifications under par. (a).
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Section 4
. 23.0955 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0955 (2) (b) (intro.) The
A corporation receiving the a grant under this subsection shall do all of the following:
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Section 5
. 23.0955 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0955 (2) (b) 3. Conduct, with the assistance of the department, a conference in the 1993-95 fiscal biennium conferences on the topics specified in subd. 2.
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Section 5m. 23.0955 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0955 (3) The department may not provide a grant under sub. (2) unless the department first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed grant. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the department, that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed grant, the department may provide the grant as proposed by the department. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the department, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed grant, the grant may be provided only upon approval of the committee.
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Section 6
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Appropriation changes.
(1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (5) (aw) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, the dollar amount is increased by $75,000 for fiscal year 1996-97 to provide funding for the grant required under section 23.0955 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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Section 7
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Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 1996, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
