Amendment ASA1-AB126

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 126

March 29, 1995 - Offered by Representative Silbaugh.

AB126-ASA1,1,3 An Act to renumber and amend 19.45 (12); to amend 13.10 (3) and 19.58 (1); and to create 19.45 (12) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) of the statutes; relating to: requests for increased appropriations to state agencies.

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

AB126-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 13.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB126-ASA1,1,13 13.10 (3) All requests for action by the committee shall be filed with the secretary of the committee in writing and shall contain a statement of the action requested, the purposes therefor, the statutory provision authorizing or directing the performance of the action, and such other information as the committee may require. The governor shall submit a recommendation on the request to the committee. The committee shall afford all such requests a public hearing and the secretary of the committee shall give public notice of the time and place of such hearing. The committee shall not act upon any request that is submitted in violation of s. 19.45 (12).

AB126-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 19.45 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 19.45 (12) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB126-ASA1,2,8 19.45 (12) (a) (intro.) No agency, as defined in s. 16.52 (7), or officer or any employe thereof may present any request, or knowingly utilize any interests outside the agency to present any request, to either house of the legislature or to any member or committee thereof, for appropriations which exceed the amount requested by the agency in the agency's most recent request submitted under s. 16.42 ., except as follows:

AB126-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 19.45 (12) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) of the statutes are created to read:

AB126-ASA1,2,12 19.45 (12) (a) 1. An employe of such an agency may seek additional appropriations for the agency upon receiving written approval from the governor or the secretary of administration.

AB126-ASA1,2,15 2. An employe of such an agency may seek additional appropriations for the agency while acting in his or her capacity as a private citizen, if the request is made while the employe is not engaged in official duties.

AB126-ASA1,2,18 (b) An officer of an agency under par. (a) who is not an employe of the agency may present any request to either house of the legislature or to any member or committee thereof.

AB126-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 19.58 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB126-ASA1,2,23 19.58 (1) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this subchapter, except s. 19.45 (12), or a any code of ethics adopted or established under s. 19.45 (11) (a) or (b) shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both.

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