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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
May 19, 2015 - Introduced by Representatives Kessler,
C. Taylor, E. Brooks,
Goyke and Berceau. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB230,1,2
1An Act to create 755.175 of the statutes;
relating to: requiring a municipal
2judge to be a licensed Wisconsin attorney.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person may be elected or appointed as a municipal judge
if the person is a qualified elector of the municipality in which election or
appointment is sought. A qualified elector is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has
resided in an election district or ward for 28 consecutive days before any election
where the citizen offers to vote. Beginning on January 1, 2016, this bill requires a
person seeking to be elected or appointed as a municipal judge to be an attorney
licensed to practice in this state and a member in good standing of the State Bar of
Wisconsin.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB230,1
3Section
1. 755.175 of the statutes is created to read:
AB230,2,2
4755.175 Municipal judge must be an attorney. Beginning on January 1,
52016, no person may qualify for election or appointment as a judge unless the person
1is an attorney licensed to practice in this state and a member in good standing of the
2State Bar of Wisconsin.
