AB1022: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 1022

March 13, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Hanson, Gronemus, Handrick, Musser and Seratti. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

AB1022,1,2 An Act to amend 13.90 (3) of the statutes; relating to: assignment of office space to members of the legislature.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the joint committee on legislative organization (JCLO) assigns office space to members of the legislature.

This bill directs JCLO to ensure that, no later than the time of completion of the capitol renovation project that is currently in progress, office space is assigned to members of the legislature by district number, with the exception of offices occupied by the speaker of the assembly, president of the senate, assembly majority leader, senate majority leader and cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. The bill also provides that upon completion of the renovation project, each member of a house, except a member who is appointed or elected to a position specified above, shall occupy the office space that is assigned by JCLO to his or her district for the duration of his or her continuous service as a member of that house.

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

AB1022, s. 1 Section 1. 13.90 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1022,2,13 13.90 (3) The joint committee on legislative organization shall assign office space for legislative offices and the offices of the legislative service agencies as defined in sub. (1m). The joint committee may assign any space in the capitol not reserved for other uses under s. 16.835. Except as provided in ss. 13.09 (6) and 13.45 (4) (c), the joint committee may locate any legislative office or the office of any legislative service agency outside the capitol at another suitable building in the city of Madison. The joint committee shall ensure that, no later than the time of completion of the capitol renovation project in progress on the effective date of this subsection [revisor inserts date], office space is assigned to members of the legislature by district number, with the exception of offices occupied by the speaker of the assembly, president of the senate, assembly majority leader, senate majority leader and cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. Upon completion of the capitol renovation project in progress on the effective date of this subsection [revisor inserts date], each member of a house, except a member who is appointed or elected to a position specified in this subsection, shall occupy the office space that is assigned by the committee to his or her district for the duration of his or her continuous tenure as a member of that house.

AB1022,2,14 (End)