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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
March 15, 2012 - Introduced by Representatives Hulsey, Roys, Berceau and C.
Taylor, cosponsored by Senator Taylor. Referred to Committee on Homeland
Security and State Affairs.
AB735,1,2
1An Act to amend 20.923 (2) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: establishing the
2salary of the governor.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the governor's salary is set at 21.6 percent above the
minimum of the salary range for Executive Salary Group 10, as established in the
state civil service compensation plan. This bill sets the governor's salary at 300
percent of the mean annual salary for all occupations in Wisconsin, as determined
by the Bureau of Labor Standards in the federal Department of Labor.
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:
AB735, s. 1
3Section
1. 20.923 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB735,1,74
20.923
(2) (c) The annual salary of the governor shall be set at
21.6% above the
5minimum of the salary range for executive salary group 10 300 percent of the mean
6annual salary for all occupations in Wisconsin, as determined by the bureau of labor
7statistics in the federal department of labor.
AB735,2,32
(1) This act first applies to a governor who is elected to office on the effective
3date of this subsection.
