SB 771

This bill creates two grant programs to be administered by the Department of

Administration.

Grants for additional policing

The bill authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village, town, or

county for costs associated with additional policing to address automobile theft and

carjacking. DOA must give priority to cities, villages, towns, or counties having a

higher incidence of automobile theft or carjacking. Grants may be used to cover up

to four years of additional policing costs but may not be used to supplant funding that

is available from other sources.

Before DOA implements the additional policing grant program, the bill

requires DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to the Joint Committee on

Finance for approval. The plan must ensure that the grants will be distributed

throughout all geographic areas of Wisconsin and in both urban and rural

communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the additional policing grant program in

the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant

recipients submit reports to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were

expended and the results of such expenditures, including any impact on the number

of persons arrested and charged for automobile theft and carjacking.

Grants for strategic planning

The bill further authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village,

town, or county for costs associated with strategic planning to combat crime. Grants

may be used to cover up to two years of strategic planning costs but may not be used

to supplant funding that is available from other sources.

Before DOA implements the strategic planning grant program, the bill requires

DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to JCF for approval. The plan must

ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of

Wisconsin and in both urban and rural communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the strategic planning grant program in

the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant

recipients submit a report to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were

expended and the results of such expenditures.