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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 25,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 40
June 14, 2011 - Offered by Representative Krusick.
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3"(b) "Grant" means a payment, including a loan or tax benefit, made to an
4entity, including a public utility as defined in s. 196.01 (5) or a sewerage system
5operator as defined in s. 196.04 (4) (a).".
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62. Page 55, line 5: delete "has the meaning given in s. 20.001 (1)" and
7substitute "means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher
8education, association, society, or other body in state government created or
9authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend
10moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts and including
11an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 52, 231,
1232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279. "State agency" includes a county or
2municipality".
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4"6. An accounting by job classification of the compensation, including benefits
5and bonuses or other incentive pay, that the grant recipient paid to each of its
6employees in the immediately preceding fiscal year; and an accounting of the
7percentage and dollar amount of increase in compensation, including benefits and
8bonuses or other incentive pay, for each employee in the immediately preceding fiscal
9year relative to the fiscal year prior to that year.
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7. A verified statement describing the recipient's expenditure of the grant from
11the state agency, signed by both an independent certified public accountant and the
12director or principal officer of the recipient to attest to the accuracy of the verified
13statement.".
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15"(c) Each state agency shall be responsible for, and shall develop policies and
16procedures for, the detection and investigation of misuse of grants from the state
17agency, including fraud. If a state agency detects any misuse of a state grant or fraud,
18the state agency shall, in addition to any penalty under par. (d), report that misuse
19or fraud to the department of justice for investigation, including criminal
20investigation.
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(d) If, after investigation and an opportunity for hearing, a state agency
22determines that a recipient of a state grant has misused the grant or committed
23fraud, the state agency may do all of the following:
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a. Recoup payments made to the recipient.
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1b. Withhold payments to be made to the recipient.
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c. Impose a forfeiture on the recipient.".
