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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2,
TO 2009 ASSEMBLY BILL 138
September 22, 2009 - Offered by Representative Huebsch.
AB138-ASA2,1,3
1An Act to amend 15.05 (1) (c) and 15.34 (2) (a) of the statutes;
relating to:
2appointment of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural
3Resources Board.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the secretary of natural resources is nominated by the
governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the
pleasure of the governor. Under this substitute amendment, the senate may not
consider a nominee for secretary of natural resources unless the Natural Resources
Board has approved the nomination.
Under current law, the Natural Resources Board consists of seven members
nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed,
for six-year terms. As with members of other state boards, a member of the Natural
Resources Board may continue to serve after the expiration of his or her term until
a successor is nominated and the senate consents to the nomination. This substitute
amendment provides that a member of the Natural Resources Board nominated
after January 2, 2011, may serve until a successor is appointed and consented to by
the senate, except that the position becomes vacant one year after the expiration of
the member's term. When a position on the Natural Resources Board becomes
vacant, a provision of current law authorizes the governor to provisionally fill the
vacancy, without the consent of the senate. The provisional appointment remains
in effect until the senate acts on the appointment.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB138-ASA2,2,52
15.05
(1) (c) The secretary of natural resources shall be nominated by the
3governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the
4pleasure of the governor.
The senate may not consider a nominee unless the
5nomination has been approved by the natural resources board.
AB138-ASA2,2,117
15.34
(2) (a) The natural resources board shall consist of 7 members appointed
8for staggered 6-year terms.
A member nominated after January 2, 2011, who is not
9renominated may serve after expiration of his or her term until a successor is
10appointed and qualifies, except that the position held by the member becomes vacant
11one year after the expiration of the term.
