LRB-3940/1
JTK:jlg:hmh
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
November 19, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Travis, Walker, Baldwin,
Duff, Bock, F. Lasee, Hasenohrl, Huber, Krug, Notestein, Robson, R. Young
and Ziegelbauer, cosponsored by Senators Moen and
Burke. Referred to
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB616,1,2
1An Act to create 19.59 (1) (e) and (em) of the statutes;
relating to: conflicts of
2interest by local public officials.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any elective or major appointive official of a local government
from representing a person for compensation before a local government with respect
to a matter if the official is authorized to take official action requiring the exercise
of discretion with respect to that matter. The bill also prohibits such an official from
taking official action with respect to a matter before a subunit of a local government
if the official has discretion with respect to the matter and the official has a financial
interest in another's representation of a person before that subunit with respect to
that matter. Currently, there are no such restrictions.
Violators are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of not more than $1,000 for
each violation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB616, s. 1
3Section
1. 19.59 (1) (e) and (em) of the statutes are created to read:
AB616,2,24
19.59
(1) (e) No local public official may represent a person for compensation
5before a board, council, commission, committee, department, agency or other subunit
1of a local governmental unit with respect to a matter if the official is authorized to
2take official action requiring the exercise of discretion with respect to that matter.
AB616,2,73
(em) No local public official may take official action with respect to a matter
4before a board, council, commission, committee, department, agency or other subunit
5of a local governmental unit if the official has discretion with respect to that matter
6and the official has a financial interest in another's representation of a person before
7that subunit with respect to that matter.
