189 Relating to: the mileage reimbursement rate for travel expenses of national guard members on state active duty (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Military Affairs). (FE)  

  •   Date of enactment: February 29, 2016
    2015 Assembly Bill 680   Date of publication*: March 1, 2016
    * 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."
    2015 WISCONSIN ACT 189
    An Act to amend 321.35 (1) of the statutes; relating to: the mileage reimbursement rate for travel expenses of national guard members on state active duty (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Military Affairs).
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Law Revision Committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation proposal, requested by the Department of Military Affairs and introduced by the Law Revision Committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4. and 5., stats. After careful consideration of the various provisions of the bill, the Law Revision Committee has determined that this bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are desirable as a matter of public policy.
    Section 1 . 321.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
    321.35 (1) Every officer and enlisted person on state active duty in the national guard shall receive the base pay, allowances, and, notwithstanding ss. 16.53 (12) (c) and (d) and 20.916 (8) and (9), travel expenses of an officer or enlisted person of equal rank in the corresponding branch of the U.S. armed forces.
    Note: This bill creates an exception for members of the national guard on state active duty to the prohibition against the Department of Administration approving for payment certain travel expenses exceeding the auto mileage rates set for state employees under s. 20.916 (4) (a) and (e), stats.

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