LRB-2971/1
RPN:hmh:jf
2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
August 15, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Jeskewitz, Sherman, Starzyk,
Miller, Lippert, D. Meyer, Wade, Owens, Ladwig, Sykora, Ryba, Olsen,
Grothman and Stone, cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman and
Roessler. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB472,1,1
1An Act to amend 755.02 of the statutes;
relating to: terms of municipal judges.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a municipal court judge is elected at large for a term of two
years unless the municipality has established a longer term of not to exceed four
years. This bill requires all municipal court judges to be elected for four-year terms.
For further information see the local 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:
AB472, s. 1
2Section
1. 755.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB472,1,5
3755.02 Term. The judges shall be elected at large for a term of
2 4 years
unless
4a longer term, not exceeding 4 years, is provided by ordinance or bylaw. The term
5shall commence on May 1 of the year of the judge's election.
AB472,1,77
(1) This act first applies to elections held on the effective date of this subsection.
