SB771: Bill Text

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates two grant programs to be administered by the Department of Administration.

Grants for additional policing

The bill authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village, town, or county for costs associated with additional policing to address automobile theft and carjacking. DOA must give priority to cities, villages, towns, or counties having a higher incidence of automobile theft or carjacking. Grants may be used to cover up to four years of additional policing costs but may not be used to supplant funding that is available from other sources.

Before DOA implements the additional policing grant program, the bill requires DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to the Joint Committee on Finance for approval. The plan must ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of Wisconsin and in both urban and rural communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the additional policing grant program in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant recipients submit reports to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures, including any impact on the number of persons arrested and charged for automobile theft and carjacking.

Grants for strategic planning

The bill further authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village, town, or county for costs associated with strategic planning to combat crime. Grants may be used to cover up to two years of strategic planning costs but may not be used to supplant funding that is available from other sources.

Before DOA implements the strategic planning grant program, the bill requires DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to JCF for approval. The plan must ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of Wisconsin and in both urban and rural communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the strategic planning grant program in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant recipients submit a report to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures.

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:

SB771,1 Section 1. 16.20 of the statutes is created to read:

SB771,2,4 16.20 Grants for additional policing and strategic planning. (1) Definition. In this section, “political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

SB771,2,10 (2) Additional policing. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (e), the department may award one or more grants to a political subdivision for costs associated with additional policing to address automobile theft and carjacking within the political subdivision. In awarding the grants, the department shall give priority to the political subdivisions having a higher incidence of automobile theft or carjacking.

SB771,2,12 (b) No political subdivision may have more than a total of 4 years of additional policing costs funded by grants under par. (a).

SB771,3,2 (c) The department shall ensure that no grant awarded under par. (a) is used to supplant funding available to the political subdivision from other sources.

SB771,3,8 (d) Each political subdivision that receives a grant under par. (a) shall submit a report to the department no later than 2 years after receiving the grant and again no later than 4 years after receiving the grant. Each report shall describe in detail how the grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures, including any impact on the number of persons arrested and charged for automobile theft and carjacking in the political subdivision.

SB771,3,11 (3) Strategic planning. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (eb), the department may award one or more grants to a political subdivision for costs associated with strategic planning to combat crime within the political subdivision.

SB771,3,13 (b) No political subdivision may have more than a total of 2 years of strategic planning costs funded by grants under par. (a).

SB771,3,15 (c) The department shall ensure that no grant awarded under par. (a) is used to supplant funding available to the political subdivision from other sources.

SB771,3,19 (d) Each political subdivision that receives a grant under par. (a) shall submit a report to the department no later than 2 years after receiving the grant. The report shall describe in detail how the grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures.

SB771,2 Section 2 . 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB771,3 Section 3. 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB771,4,3 20.505 (1) (e) Grants for additional policing. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to political subdivisions for additional policing under s. 16.20 (2).

SB771,4 Section 4. 20.505 (1) (eb) of the statutes is created to read:

SB771,4,7 20.505 (1) (eb) Grants for strategic planning. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to political subdivisions for strategic planning to combat crime under s. 16.20 (3).

SB771,5 Section 5 . Nonstatutory provisions.

SB771,4,19 (1) Additional policing. The department of administration shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for the grant program under s. 16.20 (2). The plan shall ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of the state and in both urban and rural communities. The joint committee on finance may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (e) from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a) if the committee approves or modifies and approves the plan submitted under this subsection. The committee may make a supplementation under this subsection without finding that an emergency exists under s. 13.101 (3) (a) 1. If the committee approves or modifies and approves the plan, the department of administration shall implement the grant program in accordance with the plan as approved.

SB771,5,9 (2) Strategic planning. The department of administration shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for the grant program under s. 16.20 (3). The plan shall ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of the state and in both urban and rural communities. The joint committee on finance may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (eb) from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a) if the committee approves or modifies and approves the plan submitted under this subsection. The committee may make a supplementation under this subsection without finding that an emergency exists under s. 13.101 (3) (a) 1. If the committee approves or modifies and approves the plan, the department of administration shall implement the grant program in accordance with the plan as approved.

SB771,6 Section 6 . Fiscal changes.

SB771,5,14 (1) Additional policing. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s. 20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $5,000,000 to supplement the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (e) for grants awarded under s. 16.20 (2).

SB771,5,18 (2) Strategic planning. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s. 20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $5,000,000 to supplement the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (eb) for grants awarded under s. 16.20 (3).

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