2015 Wisconsin Act 341

  Date of enactment: March 30, 2016
2015 Senate Bill 581   Date of publication*: March 31, 2016

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 341

An Act to amend 66.0501 (4) of the statutes; relating to: compatible offices and positions for city, village, and town elective officeholders.

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

341,1 Section 1. 66.0501 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0501 (4) Compatible offices and positions. A volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder in a city, village, or town whose annual compensation from one or more of those positions, including fringe benefits, does not exceed the amount specified in s. 946.13 (2) (a) $25,000 if the city, village, or town has a population of 5,000 or less, or $15,000 if the city, village, or town has a population of more than 5,000, may also hold an elective office in that city, village, or town. It is compatible with his or her office for an elected town officer to receive wages under s. 60.37 (4) for work that he or she performs for the town.