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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
March 15, 2012 - Introduced by Representatives Young, Zepnick, Grigsby, Turner,
Kessler and Bewley, cosponsored by Senator Lassa. Referred to Committee
on Judiciary and Ethics.
AB706,1,2
1An Act to create 20.932 of the statutes;
relating to: expenditure of moneys
2received by the state from court judgments and settlements.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that if the state wins a money judgment or settlement in any
action on behalf of the citizens of this state, all of the moneys received by the state
from the court judgment or settlement, including any moneys that the judgment or
settlement provides may be expended for discretionary purposes, may only be
expended on purposes for which the action was originally commenced. Under
current law, any discretionary moneys received by the state from court judgments
or settlements may be expended for any purpose.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB706, s. 1
3Section
1. 20.932 of the statutes is created to read:
AB706,2,2
420.932 Expenditure of moneys received from court judgments and
5settlements. If the state wins a money judgment or settlement in any action on
6behalf of the citizens of this state, all of the moneys received by the state from the
7court judgment or settlement, including any moneys that the judgment or settlement
1provides may be expended for discretionary purposes, may only be expended on
2purposes for which the action was originally commenced.
AB706,2,54
(1) This act first applies to moneys received by the state on the effective date
5of this subsection.
