Wis. Stat. § 66.0601
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 66.0601, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Appropriations.
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(1) Prohibited appropriations.
(a) Bonus to state institution. No appropriation or bonus, except a donation, may be made by a town, village, or city, nor municipal liability created nor tax levied, as a consideration or inducement to the state to locate any public educational, charitable, reformatory, or penal institution.
(b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927 .
(c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.
(2) Celebration of holidays. A town, county, school board, or school district may appropriate money for the purpose of initiating or participating in appropriate celebrations of any legal holiday listed in s. 995.20 .
History: 1999 a. 65 s. 14 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 89 , 90 , 92 , 94 , 165 to 167 ; 2001 a. 30 ; 2005 a. 155 ; 2007 a. 20 .
(a) Bonus to state institution. No appropriation or bonus, except a donation, may be made by a town, village, or city, nor municipal liability created nor tax levied, as a consideration or inducement to the state to locate any public educational, charitable, reformatory, or penal institution.
(b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927 .
(c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.
(2) Celebration of holidays. A town, county, school board, or school district may appropriate money for the purpose of initiating or participating in appropriate celebrations of any legal holiday listed in s. 995.20 .
History: 1999 a. 65 s. 14 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 89 , 90 , 92 , 94 , 165 to 167 ; 2001 a. 30 ; 2005 a. 155 ; 2007 a. 20 .
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