1997 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To amend section 4 (1) of article VI; and to create section 4 (7) of article VI of the constitution; relating to: 4-year terms of office for district attorneys (first consideration).
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
AJR43, s. 1
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1. Section 4 (1) of article VI of the constitution is amended to read:
[Article VI] Section 4 (1) Sheriffs, coroners, registers of deeds,
district attorneys, and all other elected county officers except judicial officers, district attorneys and chief executive officers, shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every 2 years.
AJR43, s. 2
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2. Section 4 (7) of article VI of the constitution is created to read:
[Article VI] Section 4 (7) Beginning with the first general election which occurs following ratification of this subsection, district attorneys shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every 4 years.
AJR43, s. 3
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3. Reconciliation. If the amendment of section 4 (1) of article VI of the constitution as proposed by 1997 Senate Joint Resolution 43 is ratified by the people prior to the ratification of this amendment, section 4 (1) of article VI of the constitution shall, in lieu of the treatment shown in
Section 1, be amended as follows:
[Article VI] Section 4 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), coroners, registers of deeds, district attorneys, and all other elected officers except judicial officers, sheriffs, district attorneys and chief executive officers, shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every 2 years.
AJR43, s. 4
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4. Numbering of new provision. The new subsection (7) of section 4 of article VI of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated by the next higher open whole subsection number in that section in that article if, before the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a subsection (7) of section 4 of article VI of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create a subsection (7) of section 4 of article VI simultaneously with the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the subsections created shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the subsections created by the joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number have the numbers designated in that joint resolution and the subsections created by the other joint resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
