Wisconsin Legislature: 1999 Wisconsin Act 81

Date of enactment: April 21, 2000
1999 Assembly Bill 571 Date of publication*: May 5, 2000

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1999 WISCONSIN ACT 81

An Act to repeal 13.90 (1m) (c) of the statutes; relating to: repealing the transition provision regarding the name of the head of the legislative council staff (suggested as remedial legislation by the legislative council staff).

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Law revision committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation proposal, requested by the legislative council staff and introduced by the law revision committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4., stats. After careful consideration of the various provisions of the bill, the law revision committee has determined that this bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are desirable as a matter of public policy.

81,1 Section 1. 13.90 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Prior to the enactment of 1987 Wisconsin Act 27, the director of the legislative council staff was appointed by, and served at the pleasure of, the legislative council. The heads of the other legislative service agencies were appointed by, and served at the pleasure of, the joint committee on legislative organization (JCLO). Act 27 designated the JCLO as the appointing authority for the director of the legislative council staff. Act 27 also created s. 13.90 (lm) (c), stats., which is repealed by this bill. Section 13.90 (1m) (c) applied to the then director of the legislative council staff, and clarified that she continued to serve at the pleasure of the legislative council for the duration of her tenure as director. That tenure ended on November 21, 1989, thus making s. 13.90 (1m) (c) superfluous.