Recently Passed Legislation

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Eliminating exceptional performance awards

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 14
• 1997 Assembly Bill 520

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Eliminating exceptional performance awards under the compensation plan for nonrepresented state employees.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin Education Association Council agreement

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 15
• 1997 Assembly Bill 521

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Professional Employees in Research, Statistics and Analysis agreement

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 16
• 1997 Assembly Bill 522

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in Research, Statistics and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional research, statistics and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional research, statistics and analysis collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee agreement

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 17
• 1997 Assembly Bill 523

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, AFL-CIO, and its appropriate affiliated locals, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 State Engineering Association agreement

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 18
• 1997 Assembly Bill 524

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the State Engineering Association for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional engineering collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional engineering collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin Science Professionals agreement

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 19
• 1997 Assembly Bill 525

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Science Professionals, AFT, Local 3732, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees Union agreement for professional social services employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 20
• 1997 Assembly Bill 526

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional social services collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional social services collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees Union agreement for law enforcement employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 21
• 1997 Assembly Bill 527

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the law enforcement collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the security and public safety collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees Union agreement for security and public safety employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 22
• 1997 Assembly Bill 528

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the security and public safety collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the security and public safety collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees Union agreement for technical employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 23
• 1997 Assembly Bill 529

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the technical collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the technical collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees Union agreement for administrative support employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 24
• 1997 Assembly Bill 530

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Changing the name of the clerical and related collective bargaining unit to the administrative support collective bargaining unit, ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the administrative support collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date*: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the former clerical and related collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin State Employees agreement for blue collar and nonbuilding trades employees

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 25
• 1997 Assembly Bill 531

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the blue collar and nonbuilding trades collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the blue collar and nonbuilding trades collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

Providing supplemental benefits to certain Wisconsin retirement system annuitants

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 26
• 1997 Assembly Bill 534

Publication date*: Oct. 10, 1997

Relating to: Providing supplemental benefits to certain Wisconsin retirement system annuitants and making an appropriation.

The executive budget act of the 1997 Legislature

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 27 (vetoed in part)
• 1997 Assembly Bill 100

Publication date*: Oct. 13, 1997

Relating to: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 1997 Legislature, and making appropriations.

Effective date: Several sections take effect on different dates. For complete information, please request a full copy of 1997 Wisconsin Act 27. See ordering information at the beginning of this article.

*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].