56 Relating to: giving certain veterans priority in registering for courses at the University of Wisconsin System.

  Date of enactment: November 8, 2013
2013 Assembly Bill 201   Date of publication*: November 9, 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 56

An Act to create 36.11 (47m) and 38.12 (12) of the statutes; relating to: giving veterans and members of the armed forces priority in registering for courses at the University of Wisconsin System and technical colleges.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 36.11 (47m) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (47m) Service members; priority registration. (a) In this subsection, "service member" means a person who has served or is serving on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

(b) The board shall ensure that a student who is a service member is given priority in registering for courses at any college campus or institution.

Section 2 . 38.12 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

38.12 (12) Service members; priority registration. (a) In this subsection, "service member" has the meaning given in s. 36.11 (47m) (a).

(b) Each district board shall ensure that a student who is a service member is given priority in registering for courses at any technical college in the district.

Section 3 . Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to registration for courses offered in the 2014 spring semester.