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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 565
October 16, 2001 - Offered by Representatives Reynolds and Boyle.
AB565-ASA1,1,2
1An Act to amend 13.14 (3), 13.20 (1), 20.923 (6) (h) and 230.08 (2) (f) of the
2statutes;
relating to: elimination of legislative partisan caucus staffs.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB565-ASA1,1,84
13.14
(3) Travel; legislative personnel. The actual and necessary expenses
5of legislative policy research personnel, assistants to legislators
, and research staff
6assigned to legislative committees
and party caucuses incident to attending
7meetings outside the capital shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s.
820.765 (1) (a) or (b).
AB565-ASA1,2,710
13.20
(1) Number and pay range of legislative employees. The legislature or
11either house thereof may employ under the unclassified service such policy research
1personnel, assistants to legislators,
and research staff assigned to legislative
2committees
and party caucuses and such clerical, professional
, or other assistants
3as in the judgment of the joint committee on legislative organization or the
4committee on organization in each house are necessary to enable it to perform its
5functions and duties and to best serve the people of this state
, except that the
6legislature or a house thereof may not employ a person for, or assign a person to, a
7party caucus.
AB565-ASA1,2,119
20.923
(6) (h) Legislature: policy research personnel, assistants to legislators,
10research staff assigned to legislative committees
and party caucuses, and other
11persons employed under s. 13.20.
AB565-ASA1, s. 4
12Section
4. 230.08 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB565-ASA1,2,1513
230.08
(2) (f) All legislative officers and, in addition, policy research personnel,
14assistants to legislators, research staff assigned to legislative committees
and party
15caucuses, and other persons employed under s. 13.20.
AB565-ASA1, s. 5
16Section
5.
Nonstatutory provisions; elimination of partisan caucus
staffs.
AB565-ASA1,2,21
17(1) (a
) The authorized FTE positions for the assembly, funded from the
18appropriation under section 20.765 (1) (a) of the statutes, are decreased on January
191, 2002, by the number equal to the number of FTE positions assigned to the
20assembly party caucuses on September 1, 2001, minus 3.0, to eliminate staffing of
21party caucuses in the assembly.
AB565-ASA1,3,222
(b)
The authorized FTE positions for the senate, funded from the appropriation
23under section 20.765 (1) (b) of the statutes, are decreased on January 1, 2002, by the
24number equal to the number of FTE positions assigned to the senate party caucuses
1on September 1, 2001, minus 3.0, to eliminate staffing of party caucuses in the
2senate.
AB565-ASA1,3,44
(1)
This act takes effect on January 1, 2002.
