2017 Wisconsin Act 255

  Date of enactment: April 4, 2018
2017 Assembly Bill 786   Date of publication*: April 5, 2018

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2017 WISCONSIN ACT 255

An Act to renumber and amend 165.967; to create 165.967 (2) of the statutes; and to affect 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 763qb, 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9426 (1q) and 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, sections 2265p and 9428 (1r) (b); relating to: the Court Appointed Special Advocates grant program and making an appropriation.

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

255,1 Section 1. 165.967 of the statutes is renumbered 165.967 (1) and amended to read:

165.967 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (es), the department of justice shall in each fiscal year provide $80,000 $250,000 to the Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.

255,2 Section 2. 165.967 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

165.967 (2) Annually, the Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocate Association shall submit to the governor, the joint committee on finance, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a report describing the use of the funds received under sub. (1).

255,3 Section 3. 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 763qb is repealed.

255,4 Section 4. 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9426 (1q), as last affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 2265p, is repealed.

255,5 Section 5. 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, sections 2265p and 9428 (1r) (b) are repealed.

255,6 Section 6. Fiscal changes.

(1) Court Appointed Special Advocates. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of justice under section 20.455 (5) (es) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 is increased by $250,000 for the purposes of the Court Appointed Special Advocates grant program under section 165.967 of the statutes. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of justice under section 20.455 (5) (es) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is increased by $250,000 for the purposes of the Court Appointed Special Advocates grant program under section 165.967 of the statutes.