Vetoed by Governor Tony Evers

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that increases state funding for communities that increase police budget spending.

Highlights:

• Requires each county and municipality to receive a payment under this law that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies if in any year a municipality decreases the amount of its municipal budget dedicated to hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers so that the amount is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the department of administration will reduce the municipality's payment under this law by the amount of the decrease in the municipality's budget dedicated to hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers (Sec. 3.a). 

• Specifies that the amount of the most recent reduced payment that the municipality receives under this law will be the amount of the municipality's payment in subsequent years. This law does not apply to a municipality that transfers responsibility for providing law enforcement to another local unit of government or that enters into a cooperative agreement to share law enforcement responsibilities with another local unit of government (Sec. 3.a).

• Requires the amount of all reductions in the year of distribution to be distributed to the municipalities that are not subject to a reduction in proportion to their share of all payments under this law (Sec. 3.b).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases state funding for communities that increase police budget spending.

Highlights:

• Requires each county and municipality to receive a payment under this law that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies if in any year a municipality decreases the amount of its municipal budget dedicated to hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers so that the amount is less than the amount so dedicated in the previous year, the department of administration will reduce the municipality's payment under this law by the amount of the decrease in the municipality's budget dedicated to hiring, training, and retaining law enforcement officers (Sec. 3.a). 

• Specifies that the amount of the most recent reduced payment that the municipality receives under this law will be the amount of the municipality's payment in subsequent years. This law does not apply to a municipality that transfers responsibility for providing law enforcement to another local unit of government or that enters into a cooperative agreement to share law enforcement responsibilities with another local unit of government (Sec. 3.a).

• Requires the amount of all reductions in the year of distribution to be distributed to the municipalities that are not subject to a reduction in proportion to their share of all payments under this law (Sec. 3.b).

Full Bill Text