DOA:......Bork, BB0224 - Community Climate Action Grants
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
STATE GOVERNMENT
General state government
Community climate action grants
The bill requires DOA to create a grant program to assist local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans or to implement emission reduction and action projects. Under the bill, DOA is required to assist local governments and tribal governments with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans.
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:
Section 1. 16.035 of the statutes is created to read:
16.035 Community climate action grants. (1) The department shall establish and administer a community climate action grant program.
(2) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (cm), award grants to local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state to do any of the following:
1. Conduct climate risk assessments and prepare action plans.
2. Implement emission-reducing and climate action projects.
(b) Assist local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans.
Section 2. 20.505 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (4) (cm) Community climate action grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 16.035 (2).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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