SB41: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2003 Senate Bill 41 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : 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 as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to renumber and amend 14.035; and to create 14.035 (2) of the statutes; relating to: legislative approval of Indian gaming compacts.

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

SB41, s. 1 Section 1. 14.035 of the statutes is renumbered 14.035 (1) and amended to read:

14.035 (1) The Subject to sub. (2), the governor may, on behalf of this state, enter into, amend, extend, or renew any compact that has been negotiated under 25 USC 2710 (d).

SB41, s. 2 Section 2. 14.035 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

14.035 (2) Before entering into, amending, extending, or renewing any compact negotiated under sub. (1), the governor shall submit the proposed compact to the legislature for approval. The governor may not enter into, amend, extend, or renew any compact until the legislature approves the proposed compact by joint resolution. If the legislature does not approve without change the proposed compact, the compact shall be returned to the governor for renegotiation.

SB41, s. 3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to Indian gaming compacts negotiated by the governor, but not yet entered into, amended, extended, or renewed by the governor, beginning on the effective date of this subsection.