2005 Wisconsin Act 124

February 2006 Special Session Date of enactment: March 8, 2006
Senate Bill 1 Date of publication*: March 9, 2006

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT 124

An Act to create 20.505 (1) (qm) of the statutes; relating to: increasing low-income energy assistance and making an appropriation.

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

124,1 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

124,2 Section 2. 20.505 (1) (qm) of the statutes is created to read:

20.505 (1) (qm) Low-income energy assistance; petroleum inspection fund. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for low-income energy assistance under 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 3 (1).

124,3 Section 3 . Nonstatutory provisions.

(1) Notwithstanding section 16.27 (5) of the statutes, in fiscal year 2005-06, a household with an annual income that is not less than 150 percent of the federal poverty line but does not exceed 175 percent of the federal poverty line is eligible to receive low-income energy assistance under section 16.27 of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 16.27 (4) of the statutes, a household may apply for low-income energy assistance under this subsection no later than May 15, 2006. Notwithstanding section 16.27 (2), (3), and (6) of the statutes, after reviewing all timely applications for low-income energy assistance under this subsection, the department of administration shall establish a benefit schedule for low-income energy assistance under this subsection based on household income, family size, and energy costs, and shall pay low-income energy assistance benefits under this subsection according to the schedule from the appropriation account under section 20.505 (1) (qm) of the statutes, as affected by this act.