• Improves access to breast and cervical cancer screenings for low-income women without insurance by increasing funding for the Wisconsin Well Women Program.
• Increases services for individuals with HIV or AIDS by increasing funding for Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services grants, which provides funding to AIDS service organizations.
• Provides an additional $5 million for domestic abuse grant funding.
• Provides $1 million over the biennium to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation for legal services to low-income families for cases related to domestic abuse, sexual abuse, restraining orders and injunctions for at-risk individuals.
• Provides $2 million for residential and/or community-based services for child victims of sex trafficking.
• Increases Sexual Assault Victims Services to $2.1 million in fiscal year 2016-17.
• Provides $421,300 annually for additional global positioning system offender tracking for individuals convicted of serious child offenses and those who violate domestic abuse or harassment temporary restraining orders.
• Enhances services to abused and neglected children by providing $160,000 over the biennium to the Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocates.
• Permits county boards to impose a $20 surcharge on felony or misdemeanor convictions, and creates crime prevention funding boards to distribute such revenues to nonprofit organizations whose purpose is to prevent crime.
In exercising my constitutional authority, I have made 104 vetoes to the budget. These vetoes will reduce overall spending, constrain earmarks, allow the executive branch to efficiently perform its statutory duties, and correct legislative errata. These vetoes increase the general fund balance by $44,495,400 GPR over the biennium.
I commend the Legislature for delivering on our collective priorities: six consecutive years of property tax relief, four consecutive years of University of Wisconsin System tuition freezes, continued workforce development, compassionate entitlement reform, educational reform based on parental options, responsible infrastructure management and enhanced government efficiencies. These achievements demonstrate our commitment to preserving the freedom of our citizens, expanding opportunities to achieve the American dream, and meeting the competitive challenges of a globalized economy while overcoming the failed leadership of our federal government.
Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
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Veto Message
Table of Contents
11.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Funding to the Joint Committee on Finance Supplemental Appropriation 22.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Grants to Various Organizations 33.
Definition of Bona Fide Angel Investments 44.
Conduit Revenue Bonds BB.
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION 55.
Statewide Assessment System 66.
Participation in Athletics and Extracurricular Activities 77.
Read to Lead Fund Deletion 88.
Independent Financial Audits for Parental Choice Program 99.
Appointment of Director of Office of Educational Opportunity 1010.
Director of Office of Educational Opportunity Salary 1111.
Custodian of Records for Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program 1212.
Contract for Study of Special Needs Scholarship Program 1313.
Special Needs Scholarship Program Eligibility Requirements 1414.
Virtual Marketplace for Digital Educational Resources 1515.
Performance Funding Formula 1616.
Performance Funding Report 1717.
Allocable Student Fees 1818.
Annual Financial Audit 1919.
Energy Conservation Master Lease Program 2020.
Investment in Certain Funds 2121.
Gift and Grant Funded Building Projects 2222.
Department of Administration Assessment for Program Revenue Funded Building Projects 2323.
Student Identification Numbers 2525.
Aquaculture Specialist 2626.
Minority Teacher Loan Program Eligibility 2828.
Academic Staff Appointments 2929.
Conservation Fund Appropriations 3030.
Group Insurance Board Appointments 3131.
Review of Annual Proposed Changes to the State Group Health Insurance Program 3232.
Agency Budget Requests 3333.
Statutory Reserve and Budget Stabilization Fund 3434.
Utilization of the Department of Administration Procurement and Purchasing Services 3535.
Pay-for-Performance Contracting Requirements 3636.
Local Zoning Exception 3737.
Building Commission Contracting Requirements 3838.
Health Insurance for Protective Services Employees 3939.
Information Technology Services for Certain Agencies and Shared Agency Services Pilot Program 4040.
Energy Efficient Building Designer Tax Deduction Certification 4141.
Time Allocation for Workers’ Compensation 4242.
Duties of the Secretary of State 4343.
Alternative Telecommunications Utilities 4444.
Intervenor Compensation 4545.
Extension of Municipal Water or Sewer Service Appeals Process 4646.
Universal Service Fund Revenues Report 4747.
State Agency Lease Requirements 4848.
Tourism Marketing – Earmark Study 4949.
Surplus for Rate-Based and Rate-Regulated Providers 5050.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Reporting 5151.
Transfer of Regulation of Food, Lodging and Recreational Establishments 5252.
Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist Fees 5353.
Progressive Raffles 5454.
Joint Committee on Finance Approval of Tax Reciprocity Agreements 5555.
Sales Tax Exemption for Amusement Device Proceeds 5656.
Cigarette Tax Manufacturer’s Discount 5757.
Additional Auditor Reporting Comparison Requirements 5858.
Sales Tax Exemption for Construction Materials 5959.
Implementation of Room Tax Modifications 6060.
Layoff Procedures for Certain Employees 6161.
Unfunded Pension Liability Payment 6262.
County and Municipal Levy Limit Adjustment for Transferred Services 6363.
Alcoholic Beverage License Modification 6464.
Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department DD.
INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE 6565.
State Broadband Office Funding
