LRB-2383/1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
March 29, 2005 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Joint
Committee on Finance.
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1To create senate rule 52m;
relating to: limitations on senate consideration of
2specified senate amendments and senate substitute amendments to an
3executive budget bill.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This resolution is explained in the Prefatory note provided by the Joint
Legislative Council.
Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This resolution was offered at the
recommendation of the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on Improving
Wisconsin's Fiscal Management.
The resolution creates Senate Rule 52m which establishes that the Senate shall
not consider any Senate amendment or Senate substitute amendment to an executive
budget bill that contains either of the following types of policy items:
• A nonfiscal policy that has no or minimal state fiscal effect.
• A private or local measure subject to section 18 of article IV of the constitution.
As used in the Senate rule, an "executive budget bill" includes the executive budget
bill introduced under s. 16.47 (1m), stats., and any subsequent executive budget
adjustment bill.
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4Resolved by the senate, That:
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5Section
1. Senate rule 52m is created to read:
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1Senate Rule 52m.
Policy items in an executive budget bill. The senate
2shall not consider any senate amendment or senate substitute amendment to an
3executive budget bill that contains any of the following:
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(1) A nonfiscal policy that has no or minimal state fiscal effect.
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(2) A private or local measure subject to section 18 of article IV of the
6constitution.
