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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
November 5, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Jeskewitz, Duff, Musser,
Goetsch, Owens, Plouff, Gunderson, M. Lehman, Kedzie and Seratti,
cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman, Farrow and Panzer. Referred
to Committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy.
AB581,1,2
1An Act to amend 800.065 (1); and
to create 800.065 (2m) of the statutes;
2relating to: the appointment of municipal temporary reserve judges.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the chief judge of a judicial administrative district may
appoint a person as a temporary reserve judge to act as a municipal court judge in
a municipality in that district to perform duties on a day-to-day basis as directed
by the chief judge. To be eligible to be appointed as a temporary reserve judge, a
person must have served eight or more years as a municipal court judge or served
four or more years as a municipal court judge and not been defeated in his or her last
judicial office race. This bill allows the chief judge of a judicial administrative district
to appoint any eligible person to act as a temporary reserve judge within that judicial
district, regardless of where the person resides at the time of the appointment.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB581, s. 1
3Section
1. 800.065 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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800.065
(1) Definitions. In this section, "temporary reserve judge" means a
5person appointed to act as a judge for a municipal court
for any municipality within
6the judicial administrative district appointed by the chief judge of
that the judicial
1administrative district
in which the municipality is located to perform such specified
2duties on a day-by-day basis as the chief judge may direct.
AB581, s. 2
3Section
2. 800.065 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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800.065
(2m) Appointing authority. The chief judge of a judicial
5administrative district may appoint any person who is eligible under sub. (2) to serve
6as a temporary reserve judge regardless of where that person resides at the time of
7the appointment.
