LRB-4570/1
EVM:cdc
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Hesselbein, Ballweg and
Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Krug,
Armstrong, Baldeh,
Dittrich, Magnafici, Nedweski, O'Connor, Palmeri, Snyder, Spiros,
Penterman, Donovan, Goeben, Schmidt and Kitchens. Referred to
Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
SB539,1,2
1An Act to renumber and amend 59.53 (3); and
to create 59.53 (3) (c) of the
2statutes;
relating to: county assistance to certain nonprofit organizations.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill authorizes a county to appropriate money to a nonprofit organization
that operates a food bank or food pantry in the county.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB539,1
3Section
1. 59.53 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (3) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
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59.53
(3) Community action and nonprofit agencies. (intro.) The board may
6appropriate funds for
promoting any of the following purposes:
SB539,1,8
7(a) Promoting and assisting any community action agency under s. 49.265
, and
8for making.
SB539,2,3
9(b) Making payments to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 23.197 (4) (a)
101., that has as a primary purpose providing assistance to individuals who are the
1victims of domestic violence and related crimes. The county may also appropriate
2money for making payments to such a nonprofit organization for its capital and
3operational expenses.
SB539,2
4Section
2. 59.53 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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59.53
(3) (c) Making payments to a nonprofit organization, as defined in s.
623.197 (4) (a) 1., whose primary purpose is to operate a food bank or food pantry and
7who serves the county as part of that operation.
