Relating to: limiting the number of assembly standing committees.
By Representatives Black, Bock, Carpenter, Notestein, Travis, Ryba, Huber, La Fave, Potter, Baldwin and Bell.
Representative Black introduced a privileged resolution.
Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: the compensation and classification plan for assembly employes.
By Representatives Black, Bock, Carpenter, Notestein, Travis, Ryba, Baldus, La Fave, Potter, Baldwin and Bell.
Representative Carpenter introduced a privileged resolution.
Assembly Resolution 7
Relating to: prohibiting the offering of assembly proposals creating a state symbol.
By Representatives Carpenter, Potter, Baldwin, La Fave, Robson, Krug, Black, Bell, Reynolds, Plache, Notestein, Riley, Wilder, Travis, Turner, Ziegelbauer and Meyer.
Representative Carpenter introduced a privileged resolution.
Assembly Resolution 8
Relating to: prohibiting the offering of assembly proposals designating a day, week, month or year for observance.
By Representatives Carpenter, Potter, Baldwin, Bock, La Fave, Robson, Krug, Black, Bell, Reynolds, Plache, Wilder, Vander Loop, Travis, Turner, L. Young, Ziegelbauer and Meyer.
Representative Carpenter introduced a privileged resolution.
Assembly Resolution 9
Relating to: prohibiting the offering of assembly proposals memorializing congress.
By Representatives Carpenter, Potter, Baldwin, La Fave, Robson, Krug, Black, Bell, Reynolds, Plache, Notestein, Riley, Wilder, Travis, Turner, L. Young, R. Young, Ziegelbauer and Meyer.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that Assembly Resolution 3, Assembly Resolution 4, Assembly Resolution 5, Assembly Resolution 6, Assembly Resolution 7, Assembly Resolution 8, and Assembly Resolution 9, be made special orders of business at 10:03 A.M. tomorrow. Granted.
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COMMUNICATIONS
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
November 30, 1994
To the Chief Clerk of the Assembly:
I, Douglas La Follette, Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the following proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin have been approved by the Regular Session of the 1993-94 Legislature and duly published as required by Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution:
Enrolled Joint Resolution 11 (Senate Joint Resolution 8)
Enrolled Joint Resolution 19 (Assembly Joint Resolution 3)
Enrolled Joint Resolution 20 (Assembly Joint Resolution 81)
Enrolled Joint Resolution 21 (Assembly Joint Resolution 121)
A11 Enrolled Joint Resolution 27 (Senate Joint Resolution 49)
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS La FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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1993 Senate Joint Resolution 8 Enrolled No. 11
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To create section 13 of article XIII of the constitution, relating to the administration and investment of any public employe trust fund administered by the state or by a county or city in this state and prohibiting the diversion of funds from such trust funds (first consideration).
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
SECTION 1. Section 13 of article XIII of the constitution is created to read:
[Article XIII] Section 13 (1) Any public employe trust fund administered by the state or by a county or city in this state, including moneys appropriated or required to be appropriated to the fund by law, the income or other gain from investment of moneys or other assets in the fund and any balances in the accounts of specific benefit plans, is a public trust that shall be administered and invested solely for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the benefit commitments to public employe participants, as provided by law, and that may not be used for, diverted to or encumbered for any other purpose.
(2) The legislature shall provide by law, or the appropriate county board or city common council in the case of a locally administered public employe trust fund shall provide by ordinance, for trustees to administer and invest the assets of the public employe trust fund administered by the state or by that county or city. The trustees of each fund shall have full fiduciary authority over the fund administered by them, but the legislature may divide responsibility for the administration or investment of the public employe trust fund administered by the state between more than one board of trustees. Within their area of control, the trustees shall have full fiduciary responsibility to those having a beneficial interest in the public employe trust fund.
SECTION 2. Numbering of new section. The new section "13" of article XIII of the constitution, created in this joint resolution, shall be designated by the next higher open whole section number in that article if, prior to or simultaneously with the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a section 13 of article XIII of the constitution of this state. If several ratified amendments simultaneously create a section 13 of article XIII, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequence and the numbering.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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1993 Assembly Joint Resolution 3 Enrolled No. 19
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To amend section 3 of article XIII of the constitution, relating to eligibility to office of a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust or of a felony (first consideration).
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
Section 3. of article XIII of the constitution is amended to read:
[Article XIII] Section 3 (1) No member of congress , nor any and no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States (postmasters excepted) except postmaster, or under any foreign power; no, shall be eligible to any office of trust, profit or honor in this state.
(2) No person convicted of any infamous crime a felony, in any court within the United States; and no person being a defaulter to the United States or to this state, or to any county or town therein, or to any state or territory within the United States, no person convicted in federal court of a crime designated, at the time of commission, under federal law as a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust and no person convicted, in a court of a state, of a crime designated, at the time of commission, under the law of the state as a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust shall be eligible to any office of trust, profit or honor in this state unless pardoned of the conviction.
A12 (3) No person may seek to have placed on any ballot for a state or local elective office in this state the name of a person convicted of a felony, in any court within the United States, the name of a person convicted in federal court of a crime designated, at the time of commission, under federal law as a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust or the name of a person convicted, in a court of a state, of a crime designated, at the time of commission, under the law of the state as a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust, unless the person named for the ballot has been pardoned of the conviction.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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1993 Assembly Joint Resolution 81 Enrolled No. 20
To amend section 10 (1) of article VII of the constitution, relating to permitting a judge to assume a nonjudicial office of public trust after resigning during the term of the judicial office (first consideration).
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
SECTION 1. Section 10 (1) of article VII of the constitution is amended to read:
[Article VII] Section 10 (1) No justice of the supreme court or judge of any court of record shall hold any other office of public trust, except a judicial office, during the term for which elected. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge who shall not, at the time of election or appointment, be a qualified elector within the jurisdiction for which chosen.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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1993 Assembly Joint Resolution 121 Enrolled No. 21
To amend sections 3, 7, 9, 19 and 21 (2) of article I, sections 6, 12, 13 and 23a of article IV, sections 4 and 6 of article V, section 2 of article VI, sections 1 and 12 of article VII, section 3a of article XI and sections 4, 11 and 12 (6) of article XIII of the constitution, relating to removing from the constitution unnecessary references to the masculine gender (first consideration).
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
SECTION 1. Sections 3, 7, 9, 19 and 21 (2) of article I of the constitution are amended to read:
[Article I] Section 3. Every person All persons may freely speak, write and publish his their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no laws shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence, and if it shall appear appears to the jury that the matter charged as libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Section 7. In all criminal prosecutions the accused and counsel for the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him the accused; to meet the witnesses face to face; to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his on behalf of the accused; and in prosecutions by indictment, or information, to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district wherein the offense shall have been was committed; which county or district shall have been previously ascertained by law.
Section 9. Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which he the person may receive in his the person's person, property, or character; he every person ought to obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Section 19. No religious tests shall ever be required as a qualification for any office of public trust under the state, and no person shall be rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity in consequence of his the person's opinions on the subject of religion.
Section 21 (2) In any court of this state, any suitor may prosecute or defend his the person's suit either in his the person's own proper person or by an attorney of the suitor's choice.
SECTION 2. Sections 6, 12, 13 and 23a of article IV of the constitution are amended to read:
[Article IV] Section 6. No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not have resided one year within the state, and be a qualified elector in the district which he the person may be chosen to represent.
Section 12. No member of the legislature shall, during the term for which he the legislator was elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in the state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the term for which he the legislator was elected.
A13 Section 13. No person being who is a member of congress, or holding who holds any military or civil office under the United States, shall be eligible to a seat in the legislature; and if any person shall, after his the person's election as a member of the legislature, be elected to congress, or be appointed to any office, civil or military, under the government of the United States, his the person's acceptance thereof shall vacate his the person's seat. This restriction shall not prohibit a legislator from accepting short periods of active duty as a member of the reserve or from serving in the armed forces during any emergency declared by the executive.
Section 23a (1) Every resolution or ordinance passed by the county board in any county shall, before it becomes effective, be presented to the chief executive officer. If he the chief executive officer approves, he the chief executive officer shall sign it; if not, he the chief executive officer shall return it with his the chief executive officer's objections, which objections shall be entered at large upon the journal and the board shall proceed to reconsider the matter.
(2) Appropriations may be approved in whole or in part by the chief executive officer and the part approved shall become law, and the part objected to shall be returned in the same manner as provided for in other resolutions or ordinances.
(3) If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members-elect of the county board agree to pass the resolution or ordinance or the part of the resolution or ordinance objected to, it shall become effective on the date prescribed but not earlier than the date of passage following reconsideration.
(4) In all such cases, the votes of the members of the county board shall be determined by ayes and noes and the names of the members voting for or against the resolution or ordinance or the part thereof objected to shall be entered on the journal.
(5) If any resolution or ordinance is not returned by the chief executive officer to the county board at its first meeting occurring not less than 6 days, Sundays excepted, after it has been was presented to him the chief executive officer, it shall become effective unless the county board has recessed or adjourned for a period in excess of 60 days, in which case it shall not be effective without his the chief executive officer's approval.
SECTION 3. Sections 4 and 6 of article V of the constitution are amended to read:
[Article V] Section 4 (1) The governor shall be commander in chief of the military and naval forces of the state. He shall have power to
(2) The governor may convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions, and in case of invasion, or danger from the prevalence of contagious disease at the seat of government, he the governor may convene them the legislature at any other suitable place within the state. He
(3) The governor shall communicate to the legislature, at every session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters to them the legislature for their its consideration as he may deem the governor deems expedient. He
(4) The governor shall transact all necessary business with the officers of the government, civil and military. He
(5) The governor shall expedite all such measures as may be resolved upon by the legislature, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Section 6 (1) The governor shall have power to may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think the governor thinks proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
(2) Upon conviction for treason he shall have the power to, the governor may suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be is reported to the legislature at its next meeting, when the legislature shall either pardon, or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He
(3) The governor shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he that person was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve, with his the governor's reasons for granting the same.
SECTION 4. Section 2 of article VI of the constitution is amended to read:
A14 [Article VI] Section 2. The secretary of state shall keep a fair record of the official acts of the legislature and executive department of the state, and shall, when required, lay the same and all matters relative thereto before either branch of the legislature. He The secretary of state shall perform such other duties as shall be are assigned him to the secretary of state by law. He The secretary of state shall receive as a compensation for his services yearly such sum as shall be is provided by law, and shall keep his the office of the secretary of state at the seat of government.
SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 12 of article VII of the constitution are amended to read:
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