AB829: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 829

January 29, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Gard, Handrick, Brancel, Albers, Baldus, Baumgart, Bell, Bock, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Dobyns, Duff, Foti, Freese, Goetsch, Green, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kreibich, Krug, Kunicki, Ladwig, La Fave, Lehman, Linton, Meyer, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, Powers, Prosser, Reynolds, Riley, Schneider, Seratti, Silbaugh, Springer, Turner, Underheim, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Ward, Wasserman, Wirch and R. Young, cosponsored by Senators Rude, Andrea, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Clausing, Darling, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, Jauch, Moen, Panzer, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Grobschmidt, Shibilski, Wineke, Zien and Moore, by request of The Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board. Referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.

AB829,1,2 An Act to repeal 16.20 (10) (cm); and to amend 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes; relating to: wages for Wisconsin conservation corps crew leaders.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law provides that regional crew leaders, crew leaders and assistant crew leaders of crews under the Wisconsin conservation corps may be paid not more than twice the minimum wage. Current law grandfathers in the wages of crew leaders that exceeded this wage cap on July 29, 1995, and authorizes the Wisconsin conservation corps board to waive the wage cap for regional crew leaders. This bill eliminates this wage cap and the grandfathering and waiver provisions.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB829, s. 1 Section 1. 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB829,2,6 16.20 (10) (c) Wages. Corps members shall be paid at the prevailing federal minimum wage or the applicable state minimum wage established under ch. 104, whichever is greater. Assistant crew leaders, crew leaders and regional crew leaders may be paid more than the prevailing federal minimum wage or applicable state minimum wage but may not be paid more than twice the hourly wage of a corps member. The board may waive the wage limitation of a regional crew leader. Corps enrollees shall receive their pay for the previous pay period on the last working day of the current pay period.

AB829, s. 2 Section 2. 16.20 (10) (cm) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

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