AB 310

2011 Wisconsin Acts 10

and

32

and

2013 Wisconsin Act 20

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

32

and

2013 Wisconsin Act 20

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.