LRB-1182/P4
MPG:jld&kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0154 - Renewable energy appropriation
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
state government
Other state government
This bill creates appropriations related to the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources for DOA, DOC, DHS, DPI, DVA, and the UW System.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.255 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (1) (c) Energy costs; Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; energy-related assessments. The amounts in the schedule to be used at the facilities of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired to pay for utilities and for fuel, heat, and air conditioning, to pay assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities, and to pay costs incurred by or on behalf of the department under ss. 16.858 and 16.895. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (cm).
Section 2. 20.255 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (1) (cm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 3. 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.285 (1) (a) General program operations. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of educational programs and related programs. The board of regents may not encumber amounts appropriated under this paragraph for groundwater research without the approval of the secretary of administration. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (am).
Section 4. 20.285 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
20.285 (1) (am) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 5. 20.410 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (1) (f) Energy costs; energy-related assessments. The amounts in the schedule to be used at state correctional institutions to pay for utilities and for fuel, heat and air conditioning, to pay assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities, and to pay costs incurred by or on behalf of the department under ss. 16.858 and 16.895. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (fm).
Section 6. 20.410 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.410 (1) (fm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 7. 20.435 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (2) (f) Energy costs; energy-related assessments. The amounts in the schedule to be used at mental health institutes and centers for the developmentally disabled to pay for utilities and for fuel, heat and air conditioning, to pay assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities, and to pay costs incurred by or on behalf of the department under ss. 16.858 and 16.895. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (fm).
Section 8. 20.435 (2) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.435 (2) (fm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 9. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:
20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the medical assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation account accounts under par. pars. (kc) and (kg), and for the payment of grants under s. 45.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43. All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.51 (7) (b) and (8) and all moneys received for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be credited to this appropriation account. Except for the moneys transferred under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kc), no moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kc).
Section 10. 20.485 (1) (kc) of the statutes is created to read:
20.485 (1) (kc) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (gk) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 11. 20.505 (5) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (5) (ka) Facility operations and maintenance; police and protection functions. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of financing the costs of operation of state-owned or operated facilities that are not funded from other appropriations, including custodial and maintenance services; for minor projects; for utilities, fuel, heat, and air conditioning; for assessments levied by the department under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities; for facility design services provided to agencies under s. 16.849; and for costs incurred under ss. 16.858 and 16.895 by or on behalf of the department; and for police and protection functions under s. 16.84 (2) and (3). All moneys received from state agencies for the operation of such facilities, from parking rental fees established under s. 16.843 (2) (bm) and miscellaneous other sources, from assessments under s. 16.895, from the performance of gaming protection functions under s. 16.84 (3), and from the fees assessed under s. 16.849, and all moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (2) (e) for this purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kg).
Section 12. 20.505 (5) (kg) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (5) (kg) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources. All moneys received from agencies, as defined in s. 16.75 (12) (a) 1., for this purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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