This bill is the "executive budget bill" under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes.
It contains the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the 2003-2005
fiscal biennium.

The bill repeals and recreates the appropriation schedule in chapter 20 of the
statutes, thereby setting the appropriation levels for the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium.
The descriptions that follow relate to the most significant changes in the law that are
proposed in the bill. In most cases, changes in the amounts of existing spending
authority and changes in the amounts of bonding authority under existing bonding
programs are not discussed.

For additional information concerning this bill, see the Department of
Administration's publication Budget in Brief and the executive budget books, the
Legislative Fiscal Bureau's summary document, and the Legislative Reference
Bureau's drafting files, which contain separate drafts on each policy item. In most
cases, the drafts contain a more detailed analysis than is printed with this bill.

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As is the case for all other bills, the sections of the budget bill that affect statutes
are organized in ascending numerical order of the statutes affected.

Treatments of prior session laws (styled "laws of [year], chapter ...." from 1848
to 1981, and "[year] Wisconsin Act ...." beginning with 1983) are displayed next by
year of original enactment and by act number.

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The remaining sections of the budget bill are organized by type of provision and,
within each type, alphabetically by state agency. The first two digits of the four-digit
section number indicate the type of provision:

91XX Nonstatutory provisions.

92XX Appropriation changes.

93XX Initial applicability.

94XX Effective dates.

The remaining two digits indicate the state agency to which the provision
relates:

XX01 Administration.

XX02 Adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services
board.

XX03 Aging and long-term care board.

XX04 Agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

XX05 Arts board.

XX06 Building commission.

XX07 Child abuse and neglect prevention board.

XX08 Circuit courts.

XX09 Commerce.

XX10 Corrections.

XX11 Court of appeals.

XX12 District attorneys.

XX13 Educational communications board.

XX14 Elections board.

XX15 Electronic government.

XX16 Employee trust funds.

XX17 Employment relations commission.

XX18 Employment relations department.

XX19 Ethics board.

XX20 Financial institutions.

XX21 Fox River Navigational System Authority.

XX22 Governor.

XX23 Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

XX24 Health and family services.

XX25 Higher educational aids board.

XX26 Historical society.

XX27 Housing and Economic Development Authority.

XX28 Insurance.

XX29 Investment board.