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January 2020 Special Session
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 7, 2020 - Introduced by
Committee on Assembly Organization, by
request of Governor Tony Evers. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
AB4,1,3
1An Act to create 36.115 (9) of the statutes;
relating to: county-based
2agriculture positions in the Division of Extension of the University of
3Wisconsin-Madison and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates 20 county-based agriculture positions in the Division of
Extension of UW-Madison and provides $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 to fund the positions. The positions are for local
experts in agriculture who provide free research and technical assistance to
Wisconsin farmers on agricultural practices and business management and
planning.
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:
AB4,1
4Section 1
. 36.115 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB4,2,35
36.115
(9) From the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board
6of Regents shall allocate $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $2,000,000 in each
1fiscal year thereafter to pay all costs associated with the 20.0 full-time equivalent
2county-based agriculture positions in the Division of Extension of the University of
3Wisconsin-Madison authorized under 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 2.
AB4,2
4Section 2
.
Fiscal changes.
AB4,2,155
(1)
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of
6Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar
7amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $500,000 to increase the authorized
8FTE positions for the University of Wisconsin System by 20.0 GPR positions on the
9effective date of this subsection, for county-based agriculture positions in the
10Division of Extension of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the schedule
11under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University
12of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21
13is increased by $2,000,000 to provide funding for these 20.0 FTE county-based
14agriculture positions in the Division of Extension of the University of
15Wisconsin-Madison.
