LRB-0105/1
RAC:cjs:rs
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
March 16, 2011 - Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Carpenter, Moulton, Schultz,
Risser
and Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Mursau, Nass,
Pasch, Rivard, Roys, Sinicki, Spanbauer
and Stone. Referred to Committee on
Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
SJR16,1,3 1To renumber section 23a of article IV; and to create section 23a (2) of article IV of
2the constitution; relating to: veto power of county executive over
3appropriations (second consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Explanation of Proposal
This proposed constitutional amendment, to be given second consideration by
the 2011 legislature for submittal to the voters in April 2011, was first considered by
the
2009 legislature in 2009 Senate Joint Resolution 11, which became 2009
Enrolled Joint Resolution 27.
The proposed constitutional amendment provides that, in approving an
appropriation in part, the chief executive of a county may not create a new word by
rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance and may not
create a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the resolution
or ordinance. Currently, in exercising the partial veto power, the chief executive of
a county may approve appropriations contained in resolutions or ordinances in whole
or part without restriction.
Procedure for second ConsideratioN
When a proposed constitutional amendment is before the legislature on second
consideration, any change in the text approved by the preceding legislature causes
the proposed constitutional amendment to revert to first consideration status so that
second consideration approval would have to be given by the next legislature before

the proposal may be submitted to the people for ratification [see joint rule 57 (2)].
If the legislature approves a proposed constitutional amendment on second
consideration, it must also set the date for submitting the proposed constitutional
amendment to the people for ratification and must determine the question or
questions to appear on the ballot.
SJR16,2,41 Whereas, the 2009 legislature in regular session considered a proposed
2amendment to the constitution in 2009 Senate Joint Resolution 11, which became
32009 Enrolled Joint Resolution 27, and agreed to it by a majority of the members
4elected to each of the 2 houses, which proposed amendment reads as follows:
SJR16, s. 1 Section 1. Section 23a of article IV of the constitution is
renumbered 23a (1) of article IV of the constitution.
SJR16, s. 2 Section 2. Section 23a (2) of article IV of the constitution is created
to read:
[Article IV] Section 23a (2) In approving an appropriation in part
under sub. (1), the chief executive may not create a new word by rejecting
individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance and may not
create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences of the
resolution or ordinance.
SJR16, s. 3 Section 3. Numbering of new provisions. The new subsection
(2) of section 23a of article IV of the constitution created in this joint
resolution shall be designated by the next higher open whole subsection
number in that section in that article if, before the ratification by the
people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other
ratified amendment has created a subsection (2) of section 23a of article
IV of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create
a subsection (2) of section 23a of article IV simultaneously with the
ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint
resolution, the subsections created shall be numbered and placed in a
sequence so that the subsections created by the joint resolution having the
lowest enrolled joint resolution number have the numbers designated in
that joint resolution and the subsections created by the other joint
resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the
numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.
SJR16,3,4 5Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring,
6That
the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2011
7legislature; and, be it further
8Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be

1submitted to a vote of the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April,
22011; and, be it further
3Resolved, That the question concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed
4amendment to the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
SJR16,3,10 5Question 1: "Partial veto. Shall section 23a of article IV of the constitution
6be renumbered to 23a (1) of article IV, and shall section 23a (2) of article IV of the
7constitution be created, to provide that, in approving an appropriation in part, the
8chief executive of a county may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters
9in the words of a resolution or ordinance and may not create a new sentence by
10combining parts of two or more sentences of the resolution or ordinance?"
SJR16,3,1111 (End)
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