AB571: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 571

November 3, 1999 - Introduced by Law Revision Committee. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

AB571,1,3 An Act to repeal 13.90 (1m) (c) of the statutes; relating to: repealing the transition provision regarding the name of the head of the legislative council staff (suggested as remedial legislation by the legislative council staff).

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Present law provides that the director of the legislative council staff appointed by the council under s. 13.81 (4), 1985 stats., prior to August 1, 1987, shall continue to serve at the pleasure of the council for the duration of her tenure as director. This bill repeals that provision.

For further information, see the Notes provided by the law revision committee of the joint legislative council.

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

Law revision committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation proposal, requested by the legislative council staff and introduced by the law revision committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4., stats. After careful consideration of the various provisions of the bill, the law revision committee has determined that this bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are desirable as a matter of public policy.

AB571, s. 1 Section 1. 13.90 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Prior to the enactment of 1987 Wisconsin Act 27, the director of the legislative council staff was appointed by, and served at the pleasure of, the legislative council. The heads of the other legislative service agencies were appointed by, and served at the pleasure of, the joint committee on legislative organization (JCLO). Act 27 designated the JCLO as the appointing authority for the director of the legislative council staff. Act 27 also created s. 13.90 (lm) (c), stats., which is repealed by this bill. Section 13.90 (1m) (c) applied to the then director of the legislative council staff, and clarified that she continued to serve at the pleasure of the legislative council for the duration of her tenure as director. That tenure ended on November 21, 1989, thus making s. 13.90 (1m) (c) superfluous.

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