LRB-1322/2
JTK:cjs:ph
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0316 - Appointment of director/staff of fed-state relations office
For 2011-13 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: appointment of the director and staff of the federal-state relations office.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
Other state government
Currently, DOA may maintain a federal-state relations office in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of promoting federal-state cooperation. The director and one staff assistant are appointed by the governor, subject to concurrence of the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization. This bill deletes the requirement for concurrence in these appointments by the joint committee.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 16.548 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.548 (1) The department may maintain a federal-state relations office in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of promoting federal-state cooperation, headed by a director. The director and a staff assistant for the office shall be appointed by the governor outside the classified service, subject to the concurrence of the joint committee on legislative organization. The director and staff assistant shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
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