SB262: Bill Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Senate BILL 262

September 24, 2003 - Introduced by Senators Reynolds and Lazich, cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, Ladwig, Seratti, Nass, Albers, Hahn and Townsend. Referred to Committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.

SB262,1,3 An Act to create 46.495 (1) (g) and 51.423 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting a county from providing a grant to a nonprofit corporation from community aids unless the nonprofit corporation provides matching funds.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) distributes general purpose revenues and federal revenues, as community aids, to counties to provide social, mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and other drug abuse services. This bill prohibits a county from providing a grant to a nonprofit corporation, from community aids, unless the nonprofit corporation provides matching funds equal to 100% of the grant moneys awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services, or both, but may not include any moneys received from the federal, state, or county government. If in any year the amount of grants provided by a county to nonprofit corporations, from community aids, exceeds the amount of matching funds provided by those corporations for those grants in that year, DHFS must decrease the amount of community aids distributed to that county in the next year by the difference between the amount of grants provided and the amount of matching funds provided.

For further information see the state and local 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:

SB262, s. 1 Section 1. 46.495 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB262,2,13 46.495 (1) (g) A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may not provide a grant to a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 46.93 (1m) (c), from moneys distributed under par. (d), unless the nonprofit corporation provides matching funds equal to 100% of the grant moneys awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services, or both, but any moneys used by a nonprofit corporation toward a match may not include moneys received from the federal, state, or county government. If in any year the amount of grants provided by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 to nonprofit corporations, from moneys distributed under par. (d), exceeds the amount of matching funds provided for those grants in that year, the department shall decrease the amount of moneys distributed to that county department under par. (d) in the next year by the difference between the amount of grants provided and the amount of matching funds provided.

SB262, s. 2 Section 2. 51.423 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB262,3,2 51.423 (6m) A county department under s. 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 may not provide a grant to a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 46.93 (1m) (c), from moneys distributed under sub. (2), unless the nonprofit corporation provides matching funds equal to 100% of the grant moneys awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services, or both, but any moneys used by a nonprofit corporation toward a match may not include moneys received from the federal, state, or county government. If in any year the amount of grants provided by a county department under s. 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 to nonprofit corporations, from moneys distributed under sub. (2), exceeds the amount of matching funds provided for those grants in that year, the department shall decrease the amount of moneys distributed to that county department under sub. (2) in the next year by the difference between the amount of grants provided and the amount of matching funds provided.

SB262, s. 3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

SB262,3,7 (1) Matching funds for grants from community aids. This act first applies to a grant awarded by a county department under section 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 of the statutes to a nonprofit corporation on the effective date of this subsection.

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