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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
March 8, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Benedict, Sheridan, Black,
Berceau, Hebl, Kerkman and Seidel, cosponsored by Senators Robson and
Taylor, by request of Clinton Elementary School 4th grade class. Referred to
Committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
AB176,1,2
1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); and
to create 1.10 (3) (q) of the statutes;
relating
2to: designating little bluestem as the Wisconsin state grass.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law designates a variety of state symbols and requires the
Wisconsin
Blue Book to include information about them. This bill designates little bluestem as
the Wisconsin state grass and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that
information.
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:
AB176, s. 1
3Section
1. 1.10 (3) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
AB176,1,44
1.10
(3) (q) Little bluestem (schizachyrium scoparium) is the state grass.
AB176, s. 2
5Section
2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB176,2,26
1.10
(4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
7this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,
1flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
2mineral, rock, soil,
grass, and fruit.
