Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Board of
Vocational, technical and adult education districts and the State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education do not have the power of eminent domain and, therefore, are not subject to secs. 32.19 to 32.27, Stats. (Relocation Act). 63-367
WISCONSIN RESOURCE CENTER
Prisoner transfers
Rights and responsibilities of counties in prisoner transfers to the Wisconsin Resource Center discussed. 71-170
WISCONSIN RETIREMENT BOARD
Powers discussed
Authority of the Employe Trust Funds Board, the Teachers Retirement Board and the Wisconsin Retirement Board in contested cases discussed. 79-139
WISCONSIN RETIREMENT FUND
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
County collective bargaining agreement providing for payment of employe contributions to Wisconsin Retirement System only for those deputy sheriffs under age fifty-five violates the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. 72-91
Fixed Retirement Trust
Validity of possible statutory modifications to the Fixed Retirement Trust of the Wisconsin Retirement System discussed. 78-198
Police and firefighter employes
Section 40.21(4), Stats., limits prospective mandatory Wisconsin Retirement System coverage to present and future police and firefighter employes of cities and villages that had police and firefighter employes included in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund prior to March 31, 1978. 75-34
Prior service credit
The prior service credit for elected officials participating in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund, authorized by ch. 288, Laws of 1973 (sec. 41.02(12)(i), Stats.), may be paid in whole or in part by the governmental employer of those officials eligible for that credit. 64-61
Public administrators
Public administrators are public officials and, therefore, includable as "employes" under the Federal-State Social Security coverage agreement. Public administrators may be properly excluded by act of the Legislature from future coverage under the Wisconsin Retirement Fund and State Group Life Insurance. 62-20
School district
School district lacks authority to establish a pension plan other than through participation in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund for noncertified employes not subject to a collective bargaining agreement. (Unpub.). 68-1976
WISCONSIN RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Age discrimination in Employment Act
County collective bargaining agreement providing for payment of employe contributions to Wisconsin Retirement System only for those deputy sheriffs under age fifty-five violates the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. 72-91
Benefits for persons no longer working
Only the portion of 1987 Assembly Bill 265 that increases benefits for persons no longer working for a Wisconsin Retirement System participating employer is subject to the three-fourths vote requirement of article IV, section 26 of the Wisconsin Constitution. The Public Employe Trust Fund constitutes "state funds" as used in article IV, section 26 of the Wisconsin Constitution. 76-224
Budget Bill of 1991
Section 1148m of 1991 Wisconsin Act 39 does not violate article IV, sections 18 or 31 of the Wisconsin Constitution. 80-167
Military service credit
Constitutionality of 1989 Assembly Bill 565, providing military service credit for State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Teachers Retirement System teachers who retired in 1981, discussed. 79-125
Police and firefighter employes
Section 40.21(4), Stats., limits prospective mandatory Wisconsin Retirement System coverage to present and future police and firefighter employes of cities and villages that had police and firefighter employes included in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund prior to March 31, 1978. 75-34
Statutory modifications discussed
Validity of possible statutory modifications to the Fixed Retirement Trust of the Wisconsin Retirement System discussed. 78-198
Teachers
Constitutionality of 1989 Assembly Bill 565, providing military service credit for State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Teachers Retirement System teachers who retired in 1981, discussed. 79-125
Transaction Amortization Account
Validity of possible statutory modifications to the Fixed Retirement Trust of the Wisconsin Retirement System discussed. 78-198
WISCONSIN STATE BAR
See STATE BAR
WISCONSIN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Not a "state agency"
The Wisconsin Student Association is not a "state agency" within the meaning of such term as employed in sec. 20.918, Stats. (Unpub.). 47-1980
WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME
Derivative membership
Those provisions of sec. 45.37, Stats., which limit derivative membership in the Wisconsin Veterans Home of otherwise eligible spouses and surviving spouses of male veterans and which limit the derivative membership of otherwise eligible parents of veterans to mothers are violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because there is no rational relationship between the sex of the otherwise eligible spouse or parent of the veteran and the state objectives sought to be advanced by sec. 45.37, Stats. 64-69
Wills
A will made by a person prior to entering the Wisconsin Veterans Home and prior to July 31, 1975, is invalid. A will made by a person who entered the Home before July 31, 1975, but who made the will on or after July 31, 1975, is valid. (Unpub.). 48-1980
WISCONSIN WATERWAYS COMMISSION
Rule-making
The Commission does not have independent rule-making authority. (Unpub.). 37-1979
WITNESSES
Administrative hearings
In administrative hearings, a subpoenaed witness has a duty to attend pursuant to the subpoena and to remain in attendance until excused. 68-251
Police
Where it is duty of county traffic officer to prosecute or assist in prosecution of county traffic offense he is not entitled to witness fees but may be paid additional compensation where duty takes place outside regular working hours. 62-93
