| 1 | 1 | | LRB-3193/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 345 |
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| 5 | 5 | | June 30, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, BRANDTJEN, DUCHOW, |
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| 6 | 6 | | EDMING, GUSTAFSON, MICHALSKI, MOSES, MURPHY and SCHRAA, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Senators HUTTON, KNODL and ROYS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to amend 757.02 (2) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting a judge from |
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| 10 | 10 | | seeking or holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office |
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| 11 | 11 | | to which the judge was elected or appointed. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | This bill provides that a judge of any court of record in this state, including a |
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| 14 | 14 | | justice of the state supreme court, may not seek or hold an office of public trust, other |
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| 15 | 15 | | than a judicial office, while serving in the judicial office to which the judge was |
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| 16 | 16 | | elected or appointed. Current law prohibits a judge from holding an office of public |
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| 17 | 17 | | trust during the term for which the judge was elected or appointed. The Wisconsin |
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| 18 | 18 | | Supreme Court, in Wagner v. Milwaukee County Election Commission, 2003 WI 103, |
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| 19 | 19 | | has interpreted this provision of current law to prohibit a judge from seeking elected |
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| 20 | 20 | | office for the duration of the term, regardless of whether the judge resigns from his |
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| 21 | 21 | | or her judicial office. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 23 | 23 | | enact as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. 757.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 757.02 (2) The judge of any court of record in this state shall be ineligible to seek |
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| 26 | 26 | | or hold any office of public trust, except a judicial office, during the term for which |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 345 |
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| 35 | 35 | | he or she while serving in the judicial office to which the judge was elected or |
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| 36 | 36 | | appointed. |
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