AJR15: Joint Resolution Text

AJR15, s. 24 Section 24. Joint rule 35 is amended to read:

AJR15,14,16 Joint Rule 35. Assignment of enrolled joint resolution numbers. The chief clerk, in cooperation with the secretary of state, shall assign an enrolled joint resolution number to any joint resolution amending the constitution and may assign an enrolled joint resolution number to any other joint resolution if the joint resolution originated in the chief clerk's house.

AJR15, s. 25 Section 25. Joint rule 41 (3) (a) to (g) are amended to read:

AJR15,15,3 Joint Rule 41 (3) (a) The joint committee on finance by the approval of a majority of its members, or either cochairperson of the committee, may transmit electronically a request from for the legislative fiscal bureau, or through the department of administration from for an appropriate state agency, to prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate on any bill or on a bill as affected by any proposed amendment or proposed substitute amendment if the committee or cochairperson believes that the fiscal estimate on the bill, or on the bill as affected by the proposed amendment, would be substantially different from the fiscal estimate on the original bill. A supplemental fiscal estimate prepared under this paragraph shall be submitted transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,15,17 (b) At the Upon a request of a bill's primary author, transmitted electronically unless directed otherwise by the presiding officer, the presiding officer of either house may transmit electronically a request through the department of administration from for an appropriate state agency to prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate on any bill, or on a bill as affected by any proposed amendment or proposed substitute amendment, if the presiding officer believes that the fiscal estimate on the bill, or on the bill as affected by the proposed amendment, would be substantially different from the fiscal estimate on the original bill. Unless otherwise determined by the house in which the bill may be placed on the calendar, failure to receive a supplemental fiscal estimate requested under this paragraph on a bill which that already has one or more original fiscal estimates shall not delay consideration of the bill. A supplemental fiscal estimate prepared under this paragraph shall be submitted transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,15,21 (c) The department of administration may submit transmit electronically a supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope if the department disagrees with a fiscal estimate prepared by a state agency.

AJR15,16,2 (d) In addition to the original estimates prepared by state agencies, the department of administration shall, if appropriate, submit transmit electronically to the legislative reference bureau, for review by the requester under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope, a consolidated fiscal estimate summarizing all original fiscal estimates prepared by state agencies relating to a specific bill.

AJR15,16,8 (e) Any state agency may submit transmit electronically to the department of administration for submit transmission electronically to the legislative reference bureau for review by the primary author of an introduced bill under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope an updated fiscal estimate supplementing the original estimate on any bill if the agency has available better or more current information.

AJR15,16,14 (f) The legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration shall, if requested it receives an electronic request under joint rule 48 (3), prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate. If a supplemental fiscal estimate is requested electronically the fiscal bureau or the department shall submit transmit electronically the prepared supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,16,19 (g) A state agency shall submit transmit electronically any fiscal estimate requested electronically under joint rule 48 (2) to the department of administration for submission transmission electronically to the legislative reference bureau for review by the primary author under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15, s. 26 Section 26. Joint rule 42 (1) (a) and (2) to (4) are amended to read:

AJR15,16,25 Joint Rule 42 (1) (a) Fiscal estimates shall be prepared by all state agencies receiving the appropriation, collecting the revenue, administering the program, or having information concerning the subject matter of the bill. Bills containing provisions for both appropriations and revenues or either appropriations or revenues for more than one state agency shall receive estimates from each such agency.

AJR15,17,3 (2) The name of the state agency preparing the estimate, and the date, shall be reproduced at the end of the estimate. The estimate shall also be signed by include the name and telephone number of a responsible official of the agency.

AJR15,17,11 (3) Each state agency shall prepare the fiscal estimate within 5 working days from the date on which it receives the bill, but the department of administration, on a limited basis only and upon an agency's request received prior to before the end of the 5-day period and applicable to only one fiscal estimate, may extend such the period for the specified fiscal estimate to not more than 10 working days if the bill necessitates extended research. Whenever such the extension is granted, the department of administration shall immediately notify the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15,17,17 (4) The state agencies are requested to utilize use the bills, substitute amendments, and amendments submitted transmitted to them for official purposes only. In particular, no state agency may copy, or otherwise disseminate information regarding, any bill, substitute amendment, or amendment to it by "LRB" number, indicating that such the bill, substitute amendment, or amendment submitted transmitted has not been offered for introduction or introduced in the legislature.

AJR15, s. 27 Section 27. Joint rule 43 is amended to read:

AJR15,17,24 Joint Rule 43. Reliable dollar estimate. The estimate shall be factual in nature, and shall provide as reliable a dollar estimate as possible. The fiscal estimate shall contain a statement setting forth the assumptions used in arriving at the dollar estimate. Identification of technical or policy problems in the bill shall not be included in the estimate but should be submitted transmitted electronically and separately in a technical memorandum.

AJR15, s. 28 Section 28. Joint rule 44 (title) and (2) (a) are amended to read:

AJR15,18,1 Joint Rule 44 (title) Bill jackets to display "FE.".

AJR15,18,5 (2) (a) The preliminary determination of whether the bill requires a fiscal estimate shall be made by the legislative reference bureau, which, except as otherwise provided in joint rule 54 (2m), shall indicate that a bill requires a fiscal estimate displaying "FE" prominently on the jacket.

AJR15, s. 29 Section 29. Joint rule 45 is amended to read:

AJR15,18,16 Joint Rule 45. Duties of legislative reference bureau. (1) After a proposed bill has been drafted the legislative reference bureau shall inform the requester that a fiscal estimate is required when it submits the draft to the requester. If authorized by the requester, the bureau shall promptly submit such transmit electronically the proposed bill to the department of administration for preparation of a fiscal estimate. The requester may introduce the bill without the fiscal estimate, but when such a bill is introduced the legislative reference bureau shall promptly submit transmit electronically a copy of the bill to the department of administration for preparation of a fiscal estimate. The legislative reference bureau shall keep a record of the date on which each bill is thus submitted transmitted electronically and its number.

AJR15,19,2 (2) If the fiscal estimate is procured before the bill is introduced, the legislative reference bureau shall submit transmit electronically a copy of the estimate to the requester. If the requester desires to introduce the bill, the reference bureau shall place the estimate and any worksheet at the end of the bill or in the jacket envelope, and prepare the bill for introduction. The fiscal estimate and any worksheet shall be reproduced at the end of the bill or as an appendix as are amendments. If the fiscal estimate is procured transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau after the bill has been introduced, the legislative reference bureau shall submit transmit electronically a copy of the estimate and any worksheet to the primary author of the introduced bill as provided under joint rule 48.

AJR15, s. 30 Section 30. Joint rule 46 is amended to read:

AJR15,19,9 Joint Rule 46. Duties of department of administration and state agencies. (1) The department of administration shall promptly review each bill received, determine all of the agencies to which it that shall be submitted for prepare a fiscal estimate, and forward transmit electronically the fiscal estimate request to such those agencies, keeping a record of the date of submission electronic transmission to and electronic receipt from the agencies and the number of the bill.

AJR15,19,17 (2) The state agency shall prepare an original typed copy of the estimate and of any worksheet and such copies as are specified by the department of administration. It shall return transmit electronically the estimate and any worksheet and the bill within 5 working days to the department of administration unless the department of administration, under joint rule 42 (3), extends the period for the preparation of the estimate. The department of administration shall notify electronically the state agency of any bill not returned transmitted electronically to the department of administration within the deadline.

AJR15,19,20 (3) The department of administration shall promptly return transmit electronically all fiscal estimates and any worksheets to the legislative reference bureau, retaining one copy of each estimate and worksheet for its files.

AJR15,19,24 (4) The department of administration shall, when requested under joint rule 48 (3), prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate, and shall submit transmit electronically the supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,20,6 (5) The department of administration may correct any computation or other clerical error in a fiscal estimate prepared by an agency but may not make any substantive change. If the department makes such a correction it shall note on the fiscal estimate prepared by the agency the manner in which it has been corrected by the department and shall submit transmit electronically both the corrected and uncorrected fiscal estimates to the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15, s. 31 Section 31. Joint rule 47 is amended to read:

AJR15,20,13 Joint Rule 47. Duties of joint committee on finance. The joint committee on finance may, by the vote of a majority of its members, direct that any legislative fiscal bureau memorandum on a bill referred to the committee, other than a budget bill, be inserted in the bill jacket envelope. If the committee so directs, a an electronic copy of the memorandum shall be distributed transmitted electronically to all legislators and to the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15,20,20 Joint Rule 48. Review of agency prepared fiscal estimates. (1) On the 6th working day after the legislative reference bureau submits transmits electronically a copy of a fiscal estimate for an introduced bill to the primary author, the bureau shall forward copies transmit electronically a copy of the fiscal estimate and any worksheet to the legislative fiscal bureau and to the chief clerk of the house of origin to be inserted in the bill jacket envelope and shall forthwith cause the original, signed copy of the estimate and any worksheet to be reproduced as are amendments.

AJR15,21,2 (2) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced bill may transmit electronically a request that an original fiscal estimate for the bill as affected by an introduced or an unintroduced a proposed amendment or an introduced or unintroduced a proposed substitute amendment, whether offered for introduction or not, be prepared by the agency which that prepared the fiscal estimate for the bill.

AJR15,21,6 (3) The primary author of an introduced bill may transmit electronically a request that the legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate if the primary author disagrees with the fiscal estimate for the bill prepared by the state agency.

AJR15,21,15 (4) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced bill may transmit electronically a request that the agency which that prepared the fiscal estimate rewrite its fiscal estimate. If the agency agrees to rewrite the estimate and the primary author agrees to a delay in the publication of the fiscal estimate, the agency shall immediately electronically notify the department of administration and the legislative reference bureau, and the rewritten fiscal estimate, notwithstanding sub. (1), shall be the only original estimate reproduced and inserted in the bill jacket envelope, but both the rewritten and the initial fiscal estimate shall be retained by the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15, s. 32 Section 32. Joint rule 49 is amended to read:

AJR15,21,21 Joint Rule 49. Bills not conforming. (1) Any member may at any time that a bill is before the house raise the issue that such the bill requires a fiscal estimate, and if the presiding officer determines that such the bill (not having such the estimate) requires an estimate, the presiding officer shall direct the legislative reference bureau to secure the requisite estimate.

AJR15,21,24 (2) Bills requiring fiscal estimates shall not be voted on by either house, and shall receive neither a public hearing nor be voted on by a standing committee, prior to before the receipt of the original fiscal estimate for the bill.

AJR15,22,3 (3) If the fiscal estimate for the bill has not been provided to the members when the vote on passage is taken, then the chief clerk shall read the fiscal estimate at length before the vote.

AJR15, s. 33 Section 33. Joint rule 50 is created to read:

AJR15,22,8 Joint Rule 50. Waiver of requirement to transmit electronically. The president and speaker may jointly waive for a limited time any requirement under joint rules 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, and 48 for electronic transmission and permit, instead, transmission in paper form.

AJR15, s. 34 Section 34. Joint rule 51 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:

AJR15,22,14 Joint Rule 51. Use of LRB legal services. (intro.) No measure proposal may be introduced or offered for introduction unless it has been put in proper form by the legislative reference bureau. Only the persons authorized by this rule may use the drafting services of the legislative reference bureau to have measures proposals prepared for introduction. Persons authorized to use such the drafting services are:

AJR15,22,16 (2) Any agency of Wisconsin state government, as defined in section 16.70 (1) of the statutes, created under chapter 13, 14, 15, or 758 of the statutes.

AJR15, s. 35 Section 35. Joint rule 51 (4) is created to read:

AJR15,22,18 Joint Rule 51 (4) A party caucus of either house of the legislature.

AJR15, s. 36 Section 36. Joint rule 52 (intro.), (1) (c) and (d) 4. and (e), (4) (intro.), (5) (intro.), (a) and (b), (6) and (7) are amended to read:

AJR15,22,24 Joint Rule 52. Format; text display; structure of proposals. (intro.) All bills shall be reproduced on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Each bill shall have a title, an enacting clause, and subject matter disposed of in one or more sections and shall have the arrangement and wording prescribed by the following:

AJR15,23,4 (1) (c) Any bill may include 2 or more types of actions and treat both general statutory law and nonstatutory law, but the various types of actions used shall be listed in the order shown in par. (a), and, if both statutory and nonstatutory law are treated in the same manner, the statutory law shall be cited first.

AJR15,23,5 (d) 4. Making, continuing, or renewing an appropriation.

AJR15,23,14 (e) Executive budget bills under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes , other lengthy bills that encompass multiple subjects and that are to be introduced at the request of the governor or the committee on organization of either house, bills proposing bulk revision of one or more entire chapters of the statutes, reconciliation bills introduced by the committee on organization of either house, and revisor's correction and revisor's revision bills shall not be subject to the requirements of pars. (a) to (d), and instead may use a descriptive title similar to the following example: "An Act to amend and revise chapter .... and to make diverse other changes in the statutes; relating to:....".

AJR15,23,19 (4) (intro.) The subject matter of the bill shall follow the enacting clause and be displayed in one or more sections which that, except for budget bills or other bills of unusual length, shall be numbered consecutively. Substitute amendments may follow the section numbering of the bill. Each section shall begin in one of the following forms:

AJR15,23,25 (5) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment that proposes to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution that proposes to amend a section of the state constitution, shall display the full text of the unit of the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with any matter to be stricken out typed with a line through the matter, and any new matter underscored. This requirement shall not apply to:

AJR15,24,2 (a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee of either house and revisor's correction or revisor's revision bills.

AJR15,24,6 (b) Appropriation sections which that only increase or decrease the amount of an existing appropriation, which shall instead indicate the amount by which the applicable appropriation is to be increased or decreased, and the purpose of this increase or decrease.

AJR15,24,10 (6) All parts of the statutes and of other laws which that are intended to be superseded or repealed should be specifically referred to, so far as practicable, and expressly superseded or repealed. This directive is not intended to affect judicial construction.

AJR15,24,17 (7) Except as necessary to revise the relating clause of the affected bill, joint resolution, resolution proposal or substitute amendment, an amendment may not change the title of the proposal. When a substitute amendment or proposal is reproduced with all adopted amendments engrossed therein, or when the proposal is enrolled after passage, or adoption, and concurrence, the legislative reference bureau shall make the required changes in the title so that the title correctly lists all sections provisions affected by the proposal.

AJR15, s. 37 Section 37. Joint rule 53 (1) and (2) (f) and (m) are amended to read:

AJR15,24,22 Joint Rule 53 (1) It is the policy of this state that law of continuing application shall be incorporated into the statutes. The assignment of statute numbering to any part of a bill shall be deemed is indicative of a legislative intent that this text be incorporated into the statutes.

AJR15,24,24 (2) (f) A ratification of a collective bargaining agreement for state employes employees.

AJR15,25,2 (m) Any other provision which that is narrow in scope and intended to be temporary.

AJR15, s. 38 Section 38. Joint rule 54 is amended to read:

AJR15,25,9 Joint Rule 54. Approval and jacketing of drafts. (1) Before jacketing a proposal is jacketed for introduction, the legislative reference bureau shall submit a copy of the draft to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency for approval, but substitute amendments or amendments shall be immediately prepared for introduction to be offered unless the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency requests prior submittal for approval.

AJR15,25,15 (2) The legislative reference bureau, except as otherwise provided in sub. (2m), shall provide to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency 4 copies of each approved proposal approved under sub. (1) and 6 copies of each approved amendment approved under sub. (1). One copy shall be is for the use of the requester. The other copies shall, if a proposal, be inserted in the jacket envelope or, if a substitute amendment or amendment, be attached to an amendment jacket.

AJR15,25,19 (3) (a) Jacket envelopes for proposals, and amendment jackets for substitute amendments and amendments, shall be identified by red for proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments introduced or offered in the senate, and shall be identified by black for those introduced or offered in the assembly.

AJR15,25,25 (b) Each amendment jacket shall contain blanks to identify the substitute amendment or amendment by number, to list the date of introduction it is offered, and to enter the name or names of the member, members, or committee of the house of origin that offered the substitute amendment or amendment. Each amendment jacket shall allow sufficient space to add, if appropriate, the name of the individual or organization requesting the introduction that it be offered.

AJR15,26,2 (c) Each jacket envelope shall be large enough to hold the papers pertaining to the proposal without such the papers being folded.

AJR15, s. 39 Section 39. Joint rule 54 (2m) is created to read:

AJR15,26,10 Joint Rule 54 (2m) (a) The chief of the legislative reference bureau and a chief clerk of either house may enter into a written agreement under this joint rule to have the chief clerk, when the chief clerk's house is in session, receive on the floor of the house copies of drafts of proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments transmitted electronically by the legislative reference bureau, and place the proposals in jacket envelopes and attach jacket cover sheets (stripes) to drafts of amendments and substitute amendments.

AJR15,26,18 (b) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this subsection until the legislative technology services bureau makes the computer programming changes and the legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk make the process changes necessary to permit the legislative reference bureau to transmit and the chief clerk to receive the drafts electronically in the chamber of the house, in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the drafts, without changing the way the legislative reference bureau jackets proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments electronically.

AJR15,26,21 (c) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this subsection unless the chief clerk states in the agreement that the chief clerk and his or her employees:

AJR15,26,23 1. Will comply with the requirements for confidentiality of drafts with which the legislative reference bureau must comply.

AJR15,27,3 2. Provide, maintain, and supervise the equipment and the jackets for the electronic transmittal to the chief clerk as if the equipment and jackets were under the immediate supervision of the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15,27,5 3. Submit directly to, and only to, the member any proposal in its jacket and any substitute amendment or amendment with its jacket attached.

AJR15,27,9 (d) The legislative reference bureau may not transmit a draft of a proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment to the chief clerk under this rule unless the member requesting the draft waives confidentiality of the draft and requests the legislative reference bureau to transmit the draft under this rule.

AJR15, s. 40 Section 40. Joint rule 55 is amended to read:

AJR15,27,14 Joint Rule 55. Authors and cosponsors. (1) Any bill, joint resolution, or motion under joint rule 7 may have, following and separate from the names of the authors of the measure bill, joint resolution, or motion, the names of one or more cosponsors from the other house.

AJR15,27,17 (2) When a proposal or amendment is introduced or offered by request, the name of the person requesting introduction or the offering of the proposal or offering of the amendment shall be made a part of the record of the proposal.

AJR15, s. 41 Section 41. Joint rule 56 (title), (1), (2) and (3) (b) are amended to read:

AJR15,27,23 Joint Rule 56 (title) Clerical corrections in legislative measures proposals and amendments. (1) The chief clerks and the legislative reference bureau shall correct all minor clerical errors found in any bill, resolution proposal or amendment thereto. Any correction under this rule shall be entered by the chief clerk in the history file for the proposal of the house having possession of the proposal.

AJR15,27,25 (2) The current edition of Webster's new international dictionary shall be used as is the standard on questions of correct spelling, word usage, and proper grammar.

AJR15,28,3 (3) (b) Correcting the title of a proposal so that the enumeration of sections affected accurately reflects the statutes, session laws, Wisconsin Acts, sections of the constitution, or legislative rules treated in the proposal.

AJR15, s. 42 Section 42. Joint rule 57 (2) (intro.) and (b) are amended to read:

AJR15,28,9 Joint Rule 57 (2) (intro.) The text of a proposed constitutional amendment is not subject to change when a joint resolution submits such text for "2nd consideration" after the proposal joint resolution was adopted on "first consideration" by the last preceding legislature, unless appropriate changes are made to revert the status of the constitutional amendment to "first consideration.".

AJR15,28,16 (b) Because any change in the text of a proposed constitutional amendment before the senate or assembly for "2nd consideration" reverts that proposed amendment to "first consideration" status, any such change shall be presented to the senate or assembly in the form of a substitute amendment which that, in its title, its resolving clauses, and its instructions for transmittal to the next succeeding legislature, properly sets forth the resultant "first consideration" status of the proposed constitution text constitutional amendment.

AJR15, s. 43 Section 43. Joint rule 59 is amended to read:

AJR15,29,8 Joint Rule 59. Explanative notes. In addition to such notes as are required by law or joint rule, explanative notes may be included in revision and correction bills prepared by the revisor of statutes, in reconciliation bills introduced by the committee on organization of either house, and in bills, joint resolutions, or resolutions proposals introduced or offered and in substitute amendments or amendments offered by the joint legislative council or its law revision committee, at the request of the judicial council, and by or at the request of any other official interim study or investigative group. Such The notes shall be prepared by the requester, shall be factual in nature, shall be as brief as may be and, where feasible, shall follow the section of the measure proposal or amendment to which they relate. Notes shall appear in the original reproduced version of the measure proposal or amendment only, and shall not appear in the Wisconsin Acts or session law volumes unless the chief of the legislative reference bureau determines that including them is essential or in the statutes unless the revisor determines that including them is essential. Such The notes constitute no part of the proposed act or engrossed or enrolled resolution.

AJR15, s. 44 Section 44. Joint rule 60 (title) and (1) are amended to read:

AJR15,29,19 Joint Rule 60 (title) Enrolled bills proposals. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), immediately after the passage of any bill, or the adoption of and concurrence in any joint resolution amending the constitution, and in the case of a bill, before it is presented to the governor for approval, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare the number of enrolled copies of the proposal requested by the chief clerk of the house in which the measure proposal originated. One such copy shall be used as the enrolled bill that is presented to the governor or the enrolled resolution that is deposited with the secretary of state. Four copies of the enrolled bill or resolution shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A sufficient number of copies of the enrolled bill or enrolled resolution shall be delivered to the revisor of statutes.