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16Section
5. 13.97 of the statutes is created to read:
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1713.97 Legislative partisan caucus staffs. (1) There is created an agency
18to be known as the "Legislative Partisan Caucus Staffs", to be headed by a director
19of legislative caucus staffs. The agency shall be strictly nonpartisan.
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20(2) The agency shall gather such information, prepare such analyses and
21studies and assist with such policy development as the legislative caucuses may
22direct.
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23(3) The director of legislative caucus staffs shall:
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(a) Employ, supervise and train the personnel assigned to the director.
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1(b) Assign an equal number of employes to provide staffing services exclusively
2to each party caucus in each house of the legislature.
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(c) Supervise all expenditures of the legislative partisan caucus staffs.
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4Section
6. 19.45 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.45
(8) (intro.) Except in the case where the state public office formerly held
6was that of legislator, legislative employe under s. 20.923 (6) (f), (g)
, (gn) or (h), chief
7clerk of a house of the legislature, sergeant at arms of a house of the legislature or
8a permanent employe occupying the position of auditor for the legislative audit
9bureau:
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10Section
7. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
11the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
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12Section
8. 20.765 (3) (cn) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.765
(3) (cn)
Legislative partisan caucus staffs. For the legislative partisan
14caucus staffs, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations
15under s. 13.97.
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16Section
9. 20.765 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.765
(3) (g)
Gifts and grants to service agencies. For the legislative service
18agency under s. 13.81, 13.82, 13.90, 13.91, 13.92, 13.93, 13.94
or, 13.95
or 13.97 to
19which directed, as a continuing appropriation, all
moneys received from gifts, grants,
1bequests and devises for the purposes for which made not inconsistent with said
2sections.
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3Section
10. 20.923 (6) (gn) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.923
(6) (gn) Legislative partisan caucus staffs: director and staff employes.
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5Section
11. 20.923 (6) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.923
(6) (h) Legislature: policy research personnel, assistants to legislators,
7research staff assigned to legislative committees
and party caucuses and other
8persons employed under s. 13.20.
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9Section
12. 230.08 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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230.08
(2) (f) All legislative officers and, in addition, policy research personnel,
11assistants to legislators, research staff assigned to legislative committees
and party
12caucuses and other persons employed under s. 13.20.
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13Section
13. 230.08 (2) (fq) of the statutes is created to read:
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230.08
(2) (fq) The director and staff employes of the legislative partisan caucus
15staffs.
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16Section
14.
Nonstatutory provisions; legislature.
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(1)
Deauthorization of existing partisan caucus staffs.
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(a) The authorized FTE positions for the assembly, funded from the
19appropriation under section 20.765 (1) (a) of the statutes, are decreased by 30.0 GPR
20positions to eliminate staffing of party caucuses.
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(b)
The authorized FTE positions for the senate, funded from the appropriation
22under section 20.765 (1) (b) of the statutes, are decreased by 24.0 GPR positions to
23eliminate staffing of party caucuses.
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(2)
Authorization of positions for legislative partisan caucus staffs. There
25is authorized for the legislative partisan caucus staffs 1.0 FTE GPR director position
1and 24.0 FTE GPR staff employe positions to be funded from the appropriation under
2section 20.765 (3) (cn) of the statutes, as created by this act.
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(1)
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.
