Wisconsin Question 2, Effective Date of Legislative Compensation Amendment (April 1992)
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| Topic State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 7, 1992. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to require any legislative pay raises to take effect at the start of a new term after a general election and to apply to all members of the legislature. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to require any legislative pay raises to take effect at the start of a new term after a general election and to apply to all members of the legislature. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 2 |
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736,832 | 67.88% | ||
| No | 348,645 | 32.12% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Legislative compensation, effective date. Shall section 26 of article IV of the constitution be amended so that no legislative compensation increase may take effect until a general election intervenes and the new assembly term begins, at which time the new level of compensation will apply to all members of the legislature including holdover senators? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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(NOTE: Scored material would be added; stricken material would be deleted.)
[Article IV] Section 26 ill The legislature shall never may not grant any extra compensation to any> a public officer, agent, servant or contractor; after the services shall have been rendered or the contract has been entered into; nor shall.
(2) Except as provided in this subsection, the compensation of any a public officer may not be
increased or diminished during his the term of office except that when:
(a) When any increase or decrease provided by the legislature in the compensation of the justices of the supreme court or judges of any court of record shall become becomes effective as to any such justice or judge, it shall be effective from such date as to each of every such justices justice or judges judge. This section
(b) Any increase in the compensation of members of the legislature shall take effect, for all senators and representatives to the assembly, after the next general election beginning with the new assembly term.
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to increased benefits for persons who have been or shall be granted benefits of any kind under a retirement system when such increased benefits are provided by a legislative act passed on a call of ayes and noes by a three-fourths vote of all the members
elected to both houses of the legislature, which and such act [1]
shall provide provides for sufficient state funds to cover the costs of the increased benefits.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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