2009 Wisconsin Act 144

Date of enactment: March 3, 2010
2009 Senate Bill 293 Date of publication*: March 17, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 144

An Act to create 14.16 (13) of the statutes; relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

144,1 Section 1. 14.16 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

14.16 (13) Medal of honor day. The governor shall annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day to celebrate and honor those members of the U.S. armed forces who have been awarded the Medal of Honor for their valor in action above and beyond the call of duty and to recognize their bravery, heroism, and sacrifice for the United States.