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Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 2
- 1997 Assembly Bill 145
Publication date*: May 12, 1997
Relating to: The salary of the research director of the
joint survey committee on retirement systems.
Changing the Name of the Department of Industry, Labor and Job
Development
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 3
- 1997 Senate Bill 68
Publication date*: May 12, 1997
Relating to: Changing the name of the department of
industry, labor and job development to the department of workforce
development.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of section 301.45(9) of the statutes takes effect
on June 1, 1997
(2) The repeal and recreation of sections 46.495(1)(d),
46.495(1)(dc), 46.495(1)(f)1., 48.57(3m)(d) and 48.57(3m)(e) of the
statutes takes effect on July 1, 1997.
Temporary Placement of Young Adult Offenders
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 4
- 1997 Senate Bill 113
Publication date*: May 12, 1997
Relating to: The temporary placement of young adult
offenders at a juvenile secured correctional facility.
Building Commission Property Acquisition
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 5
- 1997 Senate Bill 76
Publication date*: May 12, 1997
Relating to: Acquisition of certain property by the building
commission.
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: 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]
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