383 Relating to: Public Service Commission intervenor grants and making an appropriation.

Date of enactment: May 18, 2010
2009 Assembly Bill 689 Date of publication*: June 1, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 383

An Act to amend 20.155 (1) (j); and to create 196.31 (2m) of the statutes; relating to: Public Service Commission intervenor grants and making an appropriation.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 20.155 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.155 (1) (j) Intervenor financing and grants . The Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for intervenor financing and grants under s. 196.31. All moneys received for intervenor financing under s. 196.31 (2) shall be credited to this appropriation.

Section 2 . 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission shall make an annual grant of $300,000 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that has a history of advocating on behalf of residential ratepayers for affordable rates, for the purpose of offsetting the general expenses of the corporation, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility expenses.

Section 3 . Fiscal changes.

(1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the public service commission under section 20.155 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $300,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the public service commission under section 20.155 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $300,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.