Amendment ASA1-AB359

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 359

February 11, 2004 - Offered by Representative Wieckert.

AB359-ASA1,1,2 An Act to amend 16.47 (1); and to create 16.47 (1e) of the statutes; relating to: requirements for the executive budget bill or bills.

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

AB359-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 16.47 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, is amended to read:

AB359-ASA1,1,12 16.47 (1) Except as provided in s. 16.529 (2), the executive budget bill or bills shall incorporate the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the succeeding fiscal biennium and shall satisfy the condition under sub. (1e). The appropriation method shown in the bill or bills shall in no way affect the amount of detail or manner of presentation which may be requested by the joint committee on finance. Appropriation requests may be divided into 3 allotments: personal services, other operating expenses and capital outlay or such other meaningful classifications as may be approved by the joint committee on finance.

AB359-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 16.47 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB359-ASA1,2,9 16.47 (1e) The executive budget bill or bills may not authorize expenditures in any year of the succeeding fiscal biennium that would cause, in any of those fiscal years, the amount of moneys designated as "Total Expenditures" in the summary under s. 20.005 (1) for that fiscal year, as published in the executive budget bill or bills, less any amounts transferred to the budget stabilization fund in that fiscal year, to exceed the sum of the amount of moneys designated as "Taxes" and "Departmental Revenues" in the summary under s. 20.005 (1) for that fiscal year, as published in the executive budget bill or bills.

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