AB1078: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 1078

March 25, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Prosser and Murat. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AB1078,1,3 An Act to repeal 230.35 (4) (a) 2.; to amend 230.35 (4) (c) and 230.35 (4) (d) (intro.); and to repeal and recreate 230.35 (4) (b) of the statutes; relating to: state holidays and paid holidays for state employes.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, all offices of the agencies of state government are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and a total of 9.5 state holidays. Among these holidays is the afternoon hours on Good Friday. Under current law, nonrepresented state employes receive a total of 9.5 paid holidays annually, which include a paid holiday for the afternoon of Good Friday, while represented employes receive a paid holiday for that afternoon if their collective bargaining agreements so provide. In addition, nonrepresented state employes receive a total of 3 paid personal holidays annually. In Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Thompson, F. Supp. (W.D. Wis., February 23, 1996), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin found that granting the state holiday of the afternoon on Good Friday was in violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the U.S. constitution.

This bill eliminates the state holiday of Good Friday, with the result that there are 9 state holidays. The bill also reduces the number of paid holidays for nonrepresented state employes to 9 paid holidays annually, but increases the number of paid personal holidays to 3.5 days.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB1078, s. 1 Section 1. 230.35 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB1078, s. 2 Section 2. 230.35 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB1078,2,4 230.35 (4) (b) Compensatory time off or payment, either of which shall be at the rate of time and one-half, shall be granted to state employes for all work performed on the holidays enumerated in par. (a) 1. to 9.

AB1078, s. 3 Section 3. 230.35 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1078,2,8 230.35 (4) (c) All employes except limited term employes shall receive 9.5 9 paid holidays annually in addition to any other authorized paid leave, the time to be at the discretion of the appointing authorities.

AB1078, s. 4 Section 4. 230.35 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1078,2,13 230.35 (4) (d) (intro.) In addition to the holidays granted under par. (c), all employes except limited term employes shall earn 3 3.5 paid personal holidays each calendar year. Eligibility to take the personal holidays during the year earned is subject to the following:

AB1078,2,14 (End)