AB998: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2003 Assembly Bill 998 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : 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].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to renumber and amend 14.035; and to create 14.035 (2) and 19.85 (1) (hm) of the statutes; relating to: approval of Indian gaming compacts.

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

AB998, s. 1 Section 1. 14.035 of the statutes is renumbered 14.035 (1) and amended to read:

14.035 (1) The Subject to sub. (2), the governor may, on behalf of this state, enter into any compact that has been negotiated under 25 USC 2710 (d).

AB998, s. 2 Section 2. 14.035 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

14.035 (2) Before entering into, amending, extending, or renewing a compact, the governor shall submit the proposed compact to the joint committee on legislative organization. The governor may not enter into, amend, extend, or renew a compact unless the joint committee on legislative organization and the legislature approve the proposed compact. If the committee approves a proposed compact, it shall introduce the compact in a bill or companion bills to be put on the calendar. Upon introduction of a bill under this subsection, the committee shall inform the legislature that it approves the bill and recommends passage of the bill without change. A bill introduced under this subsection is not subject to s. 13.093 (1) or 16.47 (2). If the committee does not approve the proposed compact without change or if the legislature does not adopt the bill without change, the proposed compact shall be returned to the governor for renegotiation.

AB998, s. 3 Section 3. 19.85 (1) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

19.85 (1) (hm) Deliberating by the joint committee on legislative organization in a meeting on an Indian gaming compact submitted by the governor to the committee under s. 14.035 (2).