AB662: Bill Text

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

2009 Assembly BILL 662

January 21, 2010 - Introduced by Representatives Vos, Brooks, Knodl and Townsend. Referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.

AB662,1,3 An Act to amend 200.09 (1) and 200.09 (7) of the statutes; relating to: changing the method for per diem payments of certain metropolitan sewerage district commissioners.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, commissioners of a metropolitan sewerage district other than commissioners of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) may receive per diem compensation in an amount that may not exceed $50. MMSD commissioners receive a salary in an amount specified by the MMSD commission.

Under this bill, commissioners of a metropolitan sewerage district, other than MMSD commissioners, may receive a per diem payment in an amount that is set by that non-MMSD commission.

For further information see the 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:

AB662, s. 1 Section 1. 200.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB662,2,13 200.09 (1) A district formed under this subchapter shall be governed by a 5-member commission appointed for staggered 5-year terms. Except as provided in sub. (11), commissioners shall be appointed by the county board of the county in which the district is located. If the district contains territory of more than one county, the county boards of the counties not having the greatest population in the district shall appoint one commissioner each and the county board of the county having the greatest population in the district shall appoint the remainder. Of the initial appointments, the appointments for the shortest terms shall be made by the counties having the least amount of population, in reverse order of their population included in the district. Commissioners shall be residents of the district. Initial appointments shall be made no sooner than 60 days and no later than 90 days after issuance of the department order forming a district or after completion of any court proceedings challenging such order. A per diem compensation not to exceed $50 may be paid to commissioners. Commissioners may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred as commissioners in carrying out the work of the commission.

AB662, s. 2 Section 2. 200.09 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB662,2,20 200.09 (7) A per diem compensation not to exceed $50 may be paid to commissioners in an amount the commission specifies by resolution. Any change in the per diem amount after its initial establishment applies only to subsequently appointed or reappointed commissioners. Commissioners shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred as commissioners in carrying out the work of the commission.

AB662, s. 3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

AB662,3,2 (1) This act first applies to a commissioner who is appointed or reappointed on the effective date of this subsection, except that if a commission specifies by resolution a per diem amount that is at least equal to the per diem amount that is paid before the resolution takes effect, the amount specified in the resolution applies to a commissioner on the effective date of that resolution.

AB662,3,3 (End)