2011 Wisconsin Act 211

Date of enactment: April 4, 2012
2011 Senate Bill 339 Date of publication*: April 18, 2012

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 211

An Act to amend 63.39 (2m) and 230.275 (1) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system and expanding the number of veterans that may be added to 1st class city civil service certification lists.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

211,1e Section 1e. 63.39 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

63.39 (2m) Notwithstanding s. 230.16 (7), the board shall certify persons from the list of eligibles without adding preference points to their grades. After the certification under sub. (1) or (2), the board shall add to the certification list any veteran or veteran's spouse whose grade, plus the points to which the veteran or spouse is entitled under s. 230.16 (7), is equal to or higher than the lowest grade on the list of eligibles. The number of persons added to a certification list under this subsection may not exceed the number of persons initially certified under sub. (1) or (2).

211,1m Section 1m. 230.275 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.275 (1) (intro.) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service that is determined by the administrator to be a nonprofessional position or in an entry professional position under s. 230.22, the appointing authority may appoint a disabled veteran on a noncompetitive basis if all of the following occur: