-Date 2022of LEGISLATUREenactment: LRB-4044/1 RAC:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 407 June 23, 2021 - Introduced by J OINT C OMMITTEE ON FINANCE .
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WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to repeal 13.15 (2) (a);to amend 13.15 (2) (title), 13.22, 13.90 (1) (intro.) and 13.90 (1m) (a);
AnalysisThe bypeople of the Legislativestate Referenceof BureauWisconsin, Thisrepresented billin creates(1) aD LegislativeUTIES HumanOF ResourcesTHE OfficeOFFICE. (LHRO), a nonpartisan legislative service agency, headed by a director.
The Jointlegislative Committeehuman onsenate Legislative Organization appoints the director and theassembly, directordo reportsenact toas JCLO.follows:
Theresources directoroffice isshall: assigned to executive salary group six, and the director and all LHRO staff hold positions in the unclassified service of the state civil service system.
TheSECTION LHRO4. must perform all of the following duties:
1.13.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is (a) Provide human resources services to the legisla- tive branch, as directed by the joint committee on legisla- amended to read:
Provide13.90 human(1) resources(intro.) servicesThe tojoint thecommittee on legislative branch,tive asorganization. directed by JCLO.
2.organization shall be the policy−making board for the (b) Establish a formal complaint process to review legislative reference bureau, the legislative fiscal bureau, and investigate allegations of harassment, discrimina- the legislative audit bureau, the legislative human tion, retaliation, violence, or bullying by legislators, leg- resources office, and the legislative technology services islative employees, and legislative service agency bureau.
Establish a formal complaint process to review and investigate allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, violence, or bullying by legislators, legislative employees, and legislative service agency employees.
The office shall investigate all such allegations, unless the director designates another person or entity to review and investigate any specific allegation.
3.
At all times observe the confidential nature of records, requests, advice, complaints, reviews, investigations, disciplinary actions, and other information in its possession relating to human resources matters.
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Certify to the Department of Administration the payroll for legislative employees in the assembly and senate and for legislative service agency employees.
In addition, under the bill, the LHRO director must perform the following duties:
1.
Direct the operations of the LHRO staff.
2.
Employ, train, and supervise the personnel assigned to the director.
3.
Supervise all expenditures of the LHRO.
4.
Manage reviews and investigations of the formal complaint process.
Upon completion of an investigation, report the findings to the appropriate legislative leader or employee supervisor.
5.
On a periodic basis, recommend to JCLO improvements to human resources services and programs.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
13.15 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.15 (2) (title) ALARY AND EXPENSES EXPENSES.
S ECTION 2.
13.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
S ECTION 3.
13.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
13.22 Payroll, legislative employees.
The chief clerk and sergeant at arms of each house legislative human resources office shall certify to the department of administration the payrolls for legislative employees in their respective houses the assembly and senate.
Such certificates shall be approved as provided by the rules of each house.
S ECTION 4.
13.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.90 (1) (intro.) The joint committee on legislative organization shall be the policy-making board for the legislative reference bureau, the legislative fiscal bureau, the legislative audit bureau, the legislative human resources office, the legislative technology services bureau.
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13.90The (1m)office (a)shall ofinvestigate theall statutessuch isallega- amendedSECTION to5. read:
13.90 (1m) (a) Inof this subsection, “legislative service agency" means the legislativestatutes councilis staff,amended thetions, legislativeunless audit bureau, the legislativedirector fiscaldesignates bureau,another theperson legislativeor referenceto bureau,read: the legislative human resources and the legislative technology services bureau.
entity to review and investigate any specific allegation.
13.90(1m) (a) In this subsection, “legislative service (2) D UTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
The director of the leg- agency” means the legislative council staff, the legisla- islative human resources office shall:
tive audit bureau, the legislative fiscal bureau, the legisla- tive reference bureau, the legislative human resources (a) Report to the joint committee on legislative orga- office, and the legislative technology services bureau.
nization.
(b) Direct the operations of the staff.
(c) Employ, train, and supervise the personnel 13.97 Legislative human resources office.
ThereThereis isassigned createdto a service agency known as the “Legislative Human Resources Office,” headed by a director.
Thecreated legislativea humanservice resourcesagency officeknown shallas be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential“Legislative natureHuman ofResources records,Office,” requests,headed advice,by complaints,a reviews,director. investigations, disciplinary actions, and other information in its possession relating to human resources matters.
(1)Theleg- DUTIES(d) OFSupervise THEall OFFICETheexpenditures of the legislative islative human resources office shall:shall be strictly nonparti- human resources office.
(a)san Provideand humanshall resourcesat servicesall totimes observe the legislativeconfidential branch,nature as(e) directedManage byreviews and investigations of the jointformal committeeof onrecords, legislativerequests, organization.advice, complaints, reviews, investi- complaint process established under sub.
(b) Establish a formal complaint process to review and investigate allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, violence, or bullying by legislators, legislative employees, and legislative service agency employees.
The office shall investigate all such allegations, unless the director designates another person or entity to review and investigate any specific allegation.
(c) Certify to the department of administration payroll for legislative service agency employees.
(2) D UTIES OF THE DIRECTORThe director of the legislative human resources office shall:
(a) Report to the joint committee on legislative organization.
- 2022 Legislature - 4 - LRB-4044/1 RAC:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 407 SECTION 6 (b) Direct the operations of the staff.
(c) Employ, train, and supervise the personnel assigned to the director.
(d) Supervise all expenditures of the legislative human resources office.
(e) Manage reviews and investigations of the formal complaint process established under sub.
Upon gations, disciplinary actions, and other information in its completion of an investigation, report the findings to the appropriatepossession legislativerelating leaderto orhuman employeeresources supervisor.matters.
(f)appropriate On a periodic basis, recommend to the joint committee on legislative organizationleader improvementsor toemployee humansupervisor. resources services and programs.
SECTION* 7.Section 991.11ISCONSINSTATUTES:
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.” Wisconsin Act − 2 − 2021 Assembly Bill 407 (f) On a periodic basis, recommend to the joint com- 20.923 (6) (fm) Legislative human resources office:
mittee on legislative organization improvements to all positions.
human resources services and programs.
S ECTION 9.
230.08 (2) (fr) of the statutes is created SECTION 7.
of the statutes is createdcreatedto to read:
20.923to (4)read: (f) 6f.
230.08(2) (fr) The director and staff of the legislative 20.923 (4) (f) 6f.
legislative human human resources office:office.
resources office:
20.923 (6) (fm) Legislative human resources office:
all positions.
SECTION 9.
230.08 (2) (fr) of the statutes is created to read:
230.08 (2) (fr) The director and staff of the legislative human resources office.
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