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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 1999 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 64
February 23, 2000 - Offered by Senator Wirch.
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1To renumber and amend section 12 of article VII; and
to create
section 12 (2) of
2article VII of the constitution;
relating to: 4-year terms of office for clerks of
3circuit court (first consideration).
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4Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
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5Section
1. Section 12 of article VII of the constitution is renumbered section
612 (1) of article VII and amended to read:
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[Article VII] Section 12 (1) There shall be a clerk of
the circuit court chosen in
8each county organized for judicial purposes by the qualified electors thereof, who
,
9except as provided in sub. (2), shall hold
his office for two years, subject to removal
10as
shall be provided by law
; in.
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11(3) In case of a vacancy, the judge of the circuit court
shall have power to may 12appoint a clerk until the vacancy
shall be is filled by an election
; the.
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1(4) The clerk
thus elected or appointed of circuit court shall give such security
2as the legislature
may require requires by law.
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3(5) The supreme court shall appoint its own clerk, and
may appoint a clerk of
4the circuit court
may be appointed a
to be the clerk of the supreme court.
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5Section
2. Section 12 (2) of article VII of the constitution is created to read:
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[Article VII] Section 12 (2) Beginning with the first general election at which
7the governor is elected which occurs after the ratification of this subsection, a clerk
8of circuit court shall be chosen by the electors of all of the respective counties
9comprising each circuit for the term of 4 years, subject to removal as provided by law.
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10Section
3. Numbering of new provision. The new subsection (2) of section
1112 of article VII of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated
12by the next higher open whole subsection number in that section in that article if,
13before the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint
14resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a subsection (2) of section 12
15of article VII of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create
16a subsection (2) of section 12 of article VII simultaneously with the ratification by the
17people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the subsections created
18shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the subsections created by the
19joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number have the numbers
20designated in that joint resolution and the subsections created by the other joint
21resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the numbers
22of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.
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1Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
2legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3
3months previous to the time of holding such election.
