AB243: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 243

March 26, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Wasserman, Leibham, Schneider, Ainsworth, Albers, Berceau, Boyle, Musser and Turner, cosponsored by Senators Burke and Darling. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

AB243,1,4 An Act to amend 230.15 (1); and to create 36.11 (27), 39.28 (6), 111.335 (1) (cv) and 230.143 of the statutes; relating to: restrictions on state employment and student financial assistance based on failure to register with the selective service system.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person who is required under federal law to register with the selective service system, but has not done so, may not be appointed to a position in the state classified service, to certain positions in the University of Wisconsin (UW) System available to students, or as a corps enrollee in the Wisconsin conservation corps. The bill first applies to original appointments made on the first day of the 13th month beginning after the bill's effective date.

The bill prohibits the board of regents of the UW System and the higher educational aids board from providing any state financial assistance to a person who is required to register with the selective service system and has not done so.

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:

AB243, s. 1 Section 1. 36.11 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

AB243,2,4 36.11 (27) Condition on financial assistance. The board may not provide any state financial assistance under this chapter to any person during the period that the person is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC, Appendix, sections 451 to 473 if the person has not so registered.

AB243, s. 2 Section 2. 39.28 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB243,2,9 39.28 (6) The board may not provide any state financial assistance under this subchapter to any person during the period that the person is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC, Appendix, sections 451 to 473 if the person has not so registered.

AB243, s. 3 Section 3. 111.335 (1) (cv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB243,2,16 111.335 (1) (cv) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ in a position in the classified service, in a position described in s. 230.08 (2) (k), or as a corps enrollee with the Wisconsin conservation corps under s. 106.215 (1) (c) a person who has been convicted under 50 USC, Appendix, section 462 for refusing to register with the selective service system and who has not been pardoned.

AB243, s. 4 Section 4. 230.143 of the statutes is created to read:

AB243,2,21 230.143 Appointment; selective service registration. A person who is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC, Appendix, sections 451 to 473, but has not registered, may not receive any of the following during the period that the person is required to register:

AB243,2,22 (1) An original appointment to a position in the classified service.

AB243,2,23 (2) An appointment to a position described in s. 230.08 (2) (k).

AB243,2,25 (3) An appointment to a position as a corps enrollee with the Wisconsin conservation corps program under s. 106.215 (1) (c).

AB243, s. 5 Section 5. 230.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB243,3,7 230.15 (1) Appointments Subject to the restriction under s. 230.143, appointments to, and promotions in, the classified service shall be made only according to merit and fitness, which shall be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination. The administrator may waive competitive examination for appointments made under subs. (1m) and (2) and shall waive competitive examination for appointments made under sub. (2m).

AB243, s. 6 Section 6. Initial applicability.

AB243,3,11 (1) The treatment of sections 230.143 and 230.15 (1) of the statutes first applies to appointments made on the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB243, s. 7 Section 7. Effective date.

AB243,3,14 (1) This act takes effect on January 1, 2002, or on the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, whichever is later.

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