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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
January 3, 2008 - Introduced by Representatives Rhoades, Hraychuck, Musser,
Hahn and Murtha, cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Vinehout, Kapanke
and Olsen. Referred to Committee on Insurance.
AB668,1,2
1An Act to amend 15.165 (2) of the statutes;
relating to: membership of the
2group insurance board.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
The Group Insurance Board is responsible for designing and administering
health and other insurance plans for state and local government employees. The
board consists of the governor, the attorney general, the secretary of administration,
the director of the office of state employment relations, and the commissioner of
insurance or their designees, and six persons appointed by the governor for two-year
terms. This bill expands the membership to eight appointed persons and provides
that, beginning on May 1, 2009, each of this state's congressional districts must be
represented by a resident who is an appointed member.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB668, s. 1
3Section
1. 15.165 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB668,2,104
15.165
(2) Group insurance board. There is created in the department of
5employee trust funds a group insurance board. The board shall consist of the
6governor, the attorney general, the secretary of administration, the director of the
1office of state employment relations, and the commissioner of insurance or their
2designees, and
6 8 persons appointed for 2-year terms, of whom one shall be an
3insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is not a teacher, one
4shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a teacher,
5one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a
6retired employee, one shall be an insured employee of a local unit of government, and
7one shall be the chief executive or a member of the governing body of a local unit of
8government that is a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
9Beginning on May 1, 2009, each of this state's congressional districts shall be
10represented by a resident who is an appointed member.
AB668,2,1412
(1) Notwithstanding section 15.165 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act,
13each person appointed to the group insurance board before May 1, 2009, shall serve
14a term of office that expires on May 1, 2009.
