Amendment ASA1-AB1

2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 1

March 15, 2001 - Offered by Committee on Tax and Spending Limitations, by request of Governor Scott McCallum.

AB1-ASA1,1,2 An Act to create 13.40 of the statutes; relating to: limitations on appropriations from general purpose revenue.

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

AB1-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 13.40 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1,1,5 13.40 Limitation on state appropriations from general purpose revenue. (1) In this section:

AB1-ASA1,1,7 (a) "Fiscal biennium" means a 2-year period beginning on July 1 of an odd-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1,1,9 (b) "General purpose revenue" has the meaning given for "general purpose revenues" in s. 20.001 (2) (a).

AB1-ASA1,2,2 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue for each fiscal biennium, excluding any amount under an appropriation specified in sub. (3) (a) to (g), as determined under sub. (4), may not exceed the sum of:

AB1-ASA1,2,9 (a) The amount appropriated from general purpose revenue, excluding any amount under an appropriation specified in sub. (3), for the 2nd fiscal year of the prior fiscal biennium as determined under sub. (4), multiplied by the sum of 1.0 and the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the first year of the fiscal biennium, as estimated by the department of revenue no later than December 5 of each even-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1,2,14 (b) The amount determined under par. (a) multiplied by the sum of 1.0 and the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the 2nd year of the fiscal biennium, as estimated by the department of revenue no later than December 5 of each even-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1,2,15 (3) The limitation under sub. (2) does not apply to any of the following:

AB1-ASA1,2,17 (a) An appropriation for principal repayment and interest payments on public debt, as defined in s. 18.01 (4), or operating notes, as defined in s. 18.71 (4).

AB1-ASA1,2,21 (b) An appropriation to honor a moral obligation undertaken pursuant to ss. 18.61 (5), 85.25 (5), 101.143 (9m) (i), 229.50 (7), 229.74 (7), 229.830 (7), 234.15 (4), 234.42 (4), 234.54 (4) (b), 234.626 (7), 234.93 (6), 234.932 (6), 234.933 (6), and 281.59 (13m).

AB1-ASA1,2,23 (c) An appropriation to make a payment to the United States that the building commission determines to be payable under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

AB1-ASA1,2,25 (d) An appropriation contained in a bill that is enacted with approval of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.

AB1-ASA1,3,2 (e) An appropriation for legal expenses and the costs of judgments, orders, and settlements of actions and appeals incurred by the state.

AB1-ASA1,3,3 (f) An appropriation to make a payment for tax relief under s. 20.835 (2).

AB1-ASA1,3,5 (g) An appropriation to make a transfer from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund under s. 20.875 (1) (a).

AB1-ASA1,3,9 (4) For purposes of sub. (2), the legislative fiscal bureau shall determine the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue for any fiscal biennium to which sub. (2) applies. The legislative fiscal bureau shall make this determination no later than December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB1-ASA1,3,16 (1) Notwithstanding section 13.40 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of determining the amount that may be appropriated from general purpose revenue for the 2001-03 biennium, the department of revenue shall make the estimations required under section 13.40 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, no later than the first day of the 2nd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB1-ASA1,3,22 (2) Notwithstanding section 13.40 (4) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of determining the amount that may be appropriated from general purpose revenue for the 2001-03 biennium, the legislative fiscal bureau shall make the determination under section 13.40 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, no later than the first day of the 2nd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

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