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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
May 18, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Starzyk, McCormick,
Sykora, Ryba, Boyle, Townsend, Walker, Turner, Suder, J. Lehman,
Gundrum, Ott, Gronemus, Freese, Balow, Pettis, Hahn, Wade, Bies, Rhoades,
Kreibich, Hoven, Jeskewitz, Nass, D. Meyer, J. Fitzgerald, Gunderson
and
Albers, cosponsored by Senators Plache, Hansen, M. Meyer, S. Fitzgerald,
Schultz, Harsdorf, Roessler, Rosenzweig
and Darling. Referred to
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs. Referred to Joint survey
committee on Retirement Systems.
AB414,1,3 1An Act to repeal 40.02 (15) (c) 1. and 40.02 (15) (c) 5.; to amend 40.02 (15) (c)
24.; and to create 40.02 (15) (c) 1g. and 40.02 (15) (c) 1r. of the statutes; relating
3to:
creditable military service under the Wisconsin retirement system.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a participating employee under the Wisconsin retirement
system (WRS) may receive one year of creditable service under the WRS for each year
of military service, up to a maximum of four years of military service credit, at the
time of retirement in either of the following ways:
1. If the participant left employment covered under the WRS to enter military
service and returned to the same employer within 180 days after being discharged,
the participant may receive one year of military service credit for each year of
military service (regardless of the amount of the participant's creditable service).
2. If the participant's military service was performed before 1974, the
participant may receive up to one, two, three, or four years of military service credit
if the participant has at least five, ten, fifteen, or twenty years, respectively, of
creditable service (not counting previously granted military service credit).
This bill provides that a participating employee in the WRS who terminates
covered service on or after the effective date of the bill may receive creditable military
service under item 2. for active military service served at any time.
In addition, the bill provides that, for the purposes of item 2., the participant
may receive military service credits under the WRS for military service that is used
for the purpose of establishing entitlement to a retirement benefit that is paid by the
federal government.

This bill will be referred to the joint survey committee on retirement systems
for a detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB414, s. 1 1Section 1. 40.02 (15) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB414, s. 2 2Section 2. 40.02 (15) (c) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB414,2,53 40.02 (15) (c) 1g. For a participant who terminates creditable service on or after
4January 1, 1982, but before the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts
5date], this paragraph applies only to active military service prior to January 1, 1974.
AB414, s. 3 6Section 3. 40.02 (15) (c) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
AB414,2,97 40.02 (15) (c) 1r. For a participant who terminates creditable service on or after
8the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], this paragraph applies
9to active military service served at any time.
AB414, s. 4 10Section 4. 40.02 (15) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB414,2,1711 40.02 (15) (c) 4. This If the participant makes an election under s. 40.30 (2), this
12paragraph does not apply to any active service used for the purpose of establishing
13entitlement to, or the amount of, any benefit, other than a disability benefit, to be
14paid by any federal retirement program except OASDHI and the retired pay for
15nonregular military service program under 10 USC 1331 to 1337 or, if the participant
16makes an election under s. 40.30 (2),
by any retirement system specified in s. 40.30
17(2) other than the Wisconsin retirement system.
AB414, s. 5 18Section 5. 40.02 (15) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB414, s. 6 19Section 6. Initial applicability.
AB414,3,3
1(1) The treatment of section 40.02 (15) (c) 4. of the statutes first applies to
2participating employees under the Wisconsin retirement system who terminate
3covered employment on the effective date of this subsection.
AB414,3,44 (End)
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