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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
January 27, 2016 - Introduced by Representatives Genrich, Hesselbein, Kahl,
Berceau, Ohnstad, Bowen, Pope, Sargent, Brostoff and Subeck,
cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Gudex, Hansen, Vinehout, Ringhand,
Lassa and Bewley. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
AB817,1,2
1An Act to create 301.288 of the statutes;
relating to: overtime policies at the
2Department of Corrections.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill generally prohibits the Department of Corrections from establishing
or enforcing a policy on overtime that results in the expenditure during the fiscal
year of a greater amount of overtime compensation than was spent in the previous
fiscal year.
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:
AB817,1
3Section
1. 301.288 of the statutes is created to read:
AB817,2,2
4301.288 Policies regarding overtime. The department may not establish
5or enforce a policy on overtime if the policy results in the expenditure during that
6fiscal year of an amount of overtime compensation that is greater than the amount
7of overtime compensation spent in the previous fiscal year, except as needed to make
1adjustments for inflation or salary increases that were based on cost-of-living
2increases.
