AR9: Resolution Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Assembly RESOLUTION 9

March 21, 2003 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee on Budget Review.

AR9,1,3 To create assembly rule 54m; relating to: limitations on assembly consideration of specified assembly amendments and assembly substitute amendments to an executive budget bill.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This resolution is explained in the Prefatory note provided by the Joint Legislative Council.

Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This resolution was offered at the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on Improving Wisconsin's Fiscal Management.

The resolution creates Assembly Rule 54m which establishes that the Assembly shall not consider any Assembly amendment or Assembly substitute amendment to an executive budget bill that contains either of the following types of policy items:

• A nonfiscal policy that has no or minimal state fiscal effect.

• A private or local measure subject to section 18 of article IV of the constitution.

As used in the Assembly rule, an "executive budget bill" includes the executive budget bill introduced under s. 16.47 (1m), stats., and any subsequent executive budget adjustment bill.

AR9,1,4 Resolved by the assembly, That:

AR9, s. 1 Section 1. Assembly rule 54m is created to read:

AR9,2,3 Assembly Rule 54m. Policy items in an executive budget bill. The assembly shall not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment to an executive budget bill that contains any of the following:

AR9,2,4 (1) A nonfiscal policy that has no or minimal state fiscal effect.

AR9,2,6 (2) A private or local measure subject to section 18 of article IV of the constitution.

AR9,2,7 (End)