SB 187

Under current law, the members of the board of the Wisconsin Economic

Development Corporation (board) include the following:

1. Six members who are nominated by the governor and appointed with the

advice and consent of the senate and who serve at the pleasure of the governor.

2. Three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, consisting of one

majority and one minority party representative to the assembly and one person

employed in the private sector. All of those board members serve at the speaker's

pleasure.

3. Three members appointed by the senate majority leader, consisting of one

majority and one minority party senator and one person employed in the private

sector. All of those board members serve at the senate majority leader's pleasure.

Under this bill, the members of the board nominated by the governor no longer

serve at the pleasure of the governor but serve four-year, staggered terms; and the

members of the board appointed by the speaker of the assembly and senate majority

leader no longer serve at the pleasure of the speaker or majority leader but serve

two-year terms based on the legislative biennium, if the board member is a member

of the legislature, or four-year terms, if the board member is employed in the private

sector.