LRB-0284/P2
JK:kjf:rs
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Quinn, BB0155 - Eliminate joint finance review of negotiation guidelines for municipal service payments
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
local government
Under current law, the state pays municipalities for municipal services provided to state facilities. The state negotiates the payment amount with each municipality. Under current law, DOA must submit proposed negotiation guidelines to JCF, and the committee must approve the guidelines, before negotiating payments. In addition, DOA must report the results of its negotiations and the total amount of the proposed payments to the committee. If the committee schedules a meeting to review the proposed payments no later than 14 working days after receiving the report, the state may not make the payments without the committee's approval. Under this bill, DOA is not required to submit proposed negotiation guidelines to JCF for the committee's approval prior to negotiating payments for municipal services and DOA may make the payments without the committee's approval.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 70.119 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (4) The department shall be responsible for negotiating with municipalities on payments for municipal services and may delegate certain responsibilities of negotiation to other state agencies or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Prior to negotiating with municipalities the department shall submit guidelines for negotiation to the committee for approval.
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2. 70.119 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.119 (5) Upon approval of guidelines by the committee, the department shall proceed with negotiations. In no case may a municipality withhold services to the state or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority during negotiations.
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3. 70.119 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 70.119 (6).
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4. 70.119 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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