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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Schraa, Brandtjen, Maxey,
O'Connor, Penterman, Sapik and Stubbs, cosponsored by Senators Feyen,
Ballweg and Felzkowski. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
AB739,1,3
1An Act to create 230.338 of the statutes;
relating to: compensation for certain
2employees of the Department of Corrections who are transferred to the
3Department of Health Services.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that employees of the Department of Corrections who provide
security services at the Wisconsin Resource Center and who are transferred to the
Department of Health Services by
2023 Wisconsin Act 19, the biennial budget act,
are entitled to any raises, wage supplements, or enhancements while employed by
DHS to perform security operations at the Wisconsin Resource Center that they
would have received or been entitled to receive if the employee's position had
remained with DOC, and any raises, wage supplements, or enhancements that are
provided to similarly situated employees of DOC who are employed at maximum
security facilities.
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:
AB739,1
4Section
1. 230.338 of the statutes is created to read:
AB739,2,11
1230.338 Rights of certain employees in the department of health
2services. Any employee of the department of corrections who performs security
3operations at the Wisconsin Resource Center under s. 46.056 (2), 2021 stats., and
4who is transferred to the department of health services by
2023 Wisconsin Act 19,
5section
9108 (1) (b), shall, while employed to perform security operations at the
6Wisconsin Resource Center, be entitled to any raises, wage supplements, or other
7wage enhancements that the employee would have received or been entitled to
8receive after June 30, 2023, if the employee's position had remained in the
9department of corrections and any raises, wage supplements, or other wage
10enhancements that are provided after June 30, 2023, to similarly situated employees
11of the department of corrections who are employed at maximum security facilities.
