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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SJR 10

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the dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature on

first consideration, provides that the legislature may abolish by law a state fund, or

program revenue appropriation account thereof, other than a fund or account related

solely to the issuance or payment of public debt or other obligation, only if two-thirds

of all the members elected to each house concur therein.

Any state fund, or program revenue appropriation account thereof, created by

law before, on, or after the date of ratification of this amendment remains in effect

until abolished by law, and the purpose of the fund or account may not be changed

by law.

The proposal also provides that a state fund, or program revenue appropriation

account thereof, created before, on, or after the date of ratification of this amendment

may not be lapsed, transferred, or expended in any manner that would conflict with

the purpose of the fund or account. If a state fund, or program revenue appropriation

account thereof, is abolished, all unencumbered moneys in the fund or account as of

the date the fund or account is abolished are transferred to the general fund of the

state.

A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive

legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Lasee (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Grothman (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Holperin (D) , Hopper (R) , Kanavas (R) , Kapanke (R) , Kedzie (R) , Kreitlow (D) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Olsen (R) , Plale (D) , S. Fitzgerald (R) , Schultz (R)

37 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Davis (R) , Gottlieb (R) , Gunderson (R) , Gundrum (R) , Honadel (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kestell (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kramer (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Lothian (R) , M. Williams (R) , Montgomery (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nass (R) , Nerison (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Pridemore (R) , Ripp (R) , Roth (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , Suder (R) , Tauchen (R) , Van Roy (R) , Vos (R) , Ziegelbauer (I) , Zipperer (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 5, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Plale, Kreitlow, Holperin, Carpenter, Cowles, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Kedzie, Harsdorf, Olsen, Kapanke, Lazich, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Grothman, Darling, Leibham and Hopper;Cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Strachota, Gottlieb, Honadel, Kaufert, Montgomery, Kleefisch, A. Ott, Petersen, Suder, Nygren, Bies, Kestell, Knodl, Ripp, Ballweg, Van Roy, Davis, Lothian, Pridemore, Zipperer, Mursau, Murtha, Gundrum, Nass, Stone, LeMahieu, Brooks, M. Williams, Gunderson, Vos, Ziegelbauer, Nerison, Kramer, Kerkman, Roth and Spanbauer

  2. Feb 5, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1