21 Relating to: the notice and degree requirements for the examination to practice as a certified public accountant.  

  •   Date of enactment: July 5, 2013
    2013 Assembly Bill 20   Date of publication*: July 6, 2013
    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : 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."
    2013 WISCONSIN ACT 21
    An Act to amend 442.04 (2) and 442.04 (4) (a) of the statutes; relating to: the notice and degree requirements for the examination to practice as a certified public accountant.
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Section 1 . 442.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
    442.04 (2) Examinations shall be held by the The examining board shall hold an examination at least once in each year at such times and places as are a time and place determined by the examining board. Notice of the time and place of each examination shall be published, as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, in at least one daily newspaper published in the city of Milwaukee, and in at least one daily newspaper published in the city of Madison, with the last insertion not less than 30 days prior to the date of such examination. Not less than 30 days prior to each examination, each applicant who has made inquiry prior to the first insertion, shall be notified by mail by the department, at the address mentioned in the application, of the time and place of the examination.
    Section 2 . 442.04 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
    442.04 (4) (a) In this subsection, "institution" means a bachelor's degree-granting institution of higher education accredited by the commission on institutions of higher education of the north central association of colleges and schools or its regional equivalent an accrediting agency that is recognized by the secretary of the federal department of education .
    Section 3 . Initial applicability.
    (1) This act first applies to an application for a certificate as a certified public accountant that is pending with the accounting examining board on the effective date of this subsection.

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