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RAC:jld:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
February 11, 2009 - Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Risser, Wirch, Schultz, A.
Lasee, Olsen, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie, Darling, Hopper
and Leibham,
cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Hubler, Krusick, Vukmir, Fields,
Zepnick, Molepske Jr.
and Nass. Referred to Committee on Ethics Reform
and Government Operations.
SB50,1,2 1An Act relating to: legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic
2stimulus funds.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill increases the legislature's role in approving the expenditure of federal
economic stimulus funds during the 2008-09 fiscal year and the 2009-11 fiscal
biennium. Under the bill, "federal economic stimulus funds" are defined to mean
federal moneys received by the state beginning on the bill's effective date and ending
on June 30, 2011, pursuant to federal legislation enacted during the 111th Congress
for the purpose of reviving the economy of the United States.
Under the bill, as soon as practical after the receipt of any federal economic
stimulus funds by the state, the governor must submit to the Joint Committee on
Finance (JCF) a plan for the expenditure of the funds. After receiving the plan, the
cochairpersons of JCF must determine whether the plan is complete. If the
cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, JCF must meet and either
approve or modify and approve the plan within 14 days after the cochairpersons
determine that the plan is complete. The governor must then implement the plan
as approved by JCF.
The bill further provides that JCF must develop guidelines for the timely
completion of all projects proposed in the governor's plan and must require the
governor to submit, on a periodic basis, a status report on all work undertaken on the
projects. If for any reason a project cannot be completed on a timely basis, or if federal
economic stimulus funds cannot be expended as proposed in the plan, the governor
must submit a revised plan to the cochairpersons of JCF. The revised plan may only
be implemented if approved by JCF using the process described above.

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:
SB50, s. 1 1Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB50,2,22 (1) Legislative oversight of federal economic stimulus funds.
SB50,2,63 (a) Definition. In this subsection, "federal economic stimulus funds" means
4federal moneys received by the state beginning on the effective date of this subsection
5and ending on June 30, 2011, pursuant to federal legislation enacted during the
6111th Congress for the purpose of reviving the economy of the United States.
SB50,2,157 (b) Expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds. As soon as practical after
8the receipt of any federal economic stimulus funds, the governor shall submit to the
9joint committee on finance a plan for the expenditure of the federal economic
10stimulus funds. After receiving the plan, the cochairpersons of the joint committee
11on finance jointly shall determine whether the plan is complete. If the
12cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, the joint committee on finance
13shall meet and either approve or modify and approve the plan within 14 days after
14the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete. The governor shall then
15implement the plan as approved by the committee.
SB50,3,316 (c) Review of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds. In approving the
17plan under paragraph (b), the joint committee on finance shall develop guidelines for
18the timely completion of all projects proposed in the plan and shall require the
19governor to submit, on a periodic basis, a status report on all work undertaken on the
20projects. If for any reason a project cannot be completed on a timely basis, or if federal
21economic stimulus funds cannot be expended as proposed in the plan, the governor

1shall submit a revised plan to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance.
2The revised plan may only be implemented if approved by the joint committee on
3finance using the procedure under paragraph (b ).
SB50,3,44 (End)
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