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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 84
February 14, 2022 - Offered by Representative Wittke.
SJR84-ASA1,1,3 1To create section 35 of article IV of the constitution; relating to: the appropriation
2authority of the legislature and the allocation of moneys Wisconsin receives
3from the federal government (first consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law under the statutes, the governor has authority to accept
federal moneys on behalf of the state and to allocate federal moneys without the
specific approval or participation of the legislature. This constitutional amendment,
proposed to the 2021 legislature on first consideration, prohibits the legislature from
delegating its sole power to determine how moneys shall be appropriated and
provides that the governor may not allocate any federal moneys the governor accepts
on behalf of the state without the approval of the legislature by joint resolution or by
a joint committee of the legislature designated by legislative rule.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive
legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it becomes effective.
SJR84-ASA1,1,4 4Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
SJR84-ASA1,1 5Section 1 . Section 35 of article IV of the constitution is created to read:
SJR84-ASA1,2,2
1[Article IV] Section 35 (1) The legislature may not delegate its sole power to
2determine how moneys shall be appropriated.
SJR84-ASA1,2,53 (2) The governor may not allocate any federal moneys the governor accepts on
4behalf of the state without the approval of the legislature by joint resolution or by a
5joint committee of the legislature designated by legislative rule.
SJR84-ASA1,2 6Section 2 . Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional
7amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this
8joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the
9sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
SJR84-ASA1,2,12 10Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
11legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for three
12months previous to the time of holding such election.
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