AB644: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 644

November 27, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Freese, Ainsworth, Wieckert, Meyerhofer, Owens, Ott, Riley and J. Lehman, cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Burke and Welch. Referred to Committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry.

AB644,1,3 An Act to create 20.370 (5) (ax) of the statutes; relating to: funding for the reconstruction of the Atlas Mill in the city of Appleton and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, many of the programs that are administered by the department of natural resources (DNR) are funded from the state's conservation fund which is a segregated trust fund. This bill requires DNR to provide $250,000 in fiscal year 2001-02, from the conservation fund, to an organization known as the Paper International Hall of Fame, Inc., to reconstruct the facility known as the Atlas Mill located in the city of Appleton into a facility containing a hands-on forestry project designed to educate children about forestry and the environment. The bill requires the new facility to be known as the World Paper Center.

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:

AB644, s. 1 Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

AB644, s. 2 Section 2. 20.370 (5) (ax) of the statutes is created to read:

AB644,2,5 20.370 (5) (ax) Resource aids — Atlas Mill reconstruction. The amounts in the schedule for reconstruction of the Atlas Mill under 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act). No moneys may be encumbered from this appropriation after June 30, 2002.

AB644, s. 3 Section 3. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB644,2,13 (1) Atlas Mill reconstruction. From the appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (ax) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of natural resources shall provide $250,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 to an organization known as the Paper International Hall of Fame, Inc., to reconstruct the facility known as the Atlas Mill located in the city of Appleton into a facility containing a hands-on forestry project designed principally to educate children about the relationship between forestry and education. The facility shall be known as the World Paper Center.

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