2009 Wisconsin Act 35

Date of enactment: July 20, 2009
2009 Senate Bill 75 Date of publication*: August 3, 2009

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : 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].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 35

An Act to create 14.16 (15) of the statutes; relating to: the designation of Korean War Armistice Day.

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

35,1 Section 1. 14.16 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

14.16 (15) Korean War Armistice Day. To recognize the Wisconsin armed forces members who courageously served during the Korean War, July 27, the date of the military armistice agreement that ended that war, is designated as the "Korean War Armistice Day." The governor shall issue annually a suitable proclamation for the observance of "Korean War Armistice Day" and request that some portion of the day be used for solemn contemplation on the sacrifices that members of the U.S. armed forces made during that war, including the death of over 700 Wisconsin citizens.