AB 313

During the 2011-12 legislative session,

2011 Wisconsin Acts 10

and

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increased the number of unclassified division administrators in executive branch

state agencies. An unclassified division administrator serves at the pleasure of his

or her appointing authority, while a classified division administrator may only be

removed from the position for cause.

2011 Wisconsin Act 10

also permitted

appointing authorities in executive branch agencies to designate any managerial

position as an unclassified division administrator position.

This bill eliminates the increases in the number of unclassified division

administrator positions that were authorized in

2011 Wisconsin Acts 10

and

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and

eliminates the ability of an appointing authority to designate any managerial

position as an unclassified division administrator position. The bill also requires the

secretary of administration to submit a plan to the Joint Committee on Finance

(JCF) for adjusting appropriations and authorized classified and unclassified

positions that result from the reduction in the number of unclassified division

administrators under this bill. If the cochairpersons of JCF do not notify the

secretary that JCF has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan

within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the secretary may

implement the plan. If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the

secretary the cochairpersons notify him or her that JCF has scheduled a meeting for

the purpose of reviewing the plan, the secretary may implement the plan only with

the approval of JCF.