HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1983 (10)RESOLUTION PETITIONING WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND SENATE BILL 83
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WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes designate the County Clerk as area agent for the
sale of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses; and
WHEREAS, in such capacity, the County Clerk of St. Croix County did generate
1982 sales totalling approximately $349,376.50; and
WHEREAS, of that amount, the County Clerk of St. Croix County was authorized by
state statutes to retain approximately $5,485.65 as issuing fee to cover the cost of
administering the program; and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk of St. Croix County did incur a cost of administering
the program in 1982 totalling $12,794.84, and thereby, .requiring a subsidy of $7,309.19
by the property taxpayers of St. Croix County, and
WHEREAS, the recently submitted 1983-1985 Biennium Budget (Senate Bill 83)
proposes, in part, a fee increase for all hunting, trapping and fishing licenses; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin County Clerks were not invited to participate in discussions
relating to the development of those proposed license fee increases; and
WHEREAS, the proposed license fee increases make no provision for an increase in
the issuing fee for the County Clerk to compensate for the actual cost of administering
the hunting, trapping and fishing license program,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors, meet-
ing in regular session, hereby petition the Wisconsin State Legislature to amend the
proposed 1983-1985 budget (Senate Bill 83) to provide for an additional 25-cent issuing
fee per license; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the additional 25-cent issuing fee be secured from
each proposed license fee as submitted in the 1983-1985 Biennium Budget (Senate Bill
83) ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk transmit a certified copy of this
resolution to the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Chief Clerks and to each state legis-
lator representing St. Croix County.
Dated this IC) day of r 1983.
FINANCE, BUDGET, BUILDING AND BOND COMMITTEE
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