The Legislative Branch The Wisconsin Assembly Currently made up of 99 assemblymen/women. Each assemblyperson serves a two year term Each person represents.

The Legislative BranchThe Wisconsin Assembly

Currently made up of 99 assemblymen/women.

Each assemblyperson serves a two year term

Each person represents an assembly district.

Must be a qualified elector of their district One Year Resident Over the age of 18

The Wisconsin Senate Currently made up of 33 members of

senators Each Wisconsin senator serves a 4 year

term Each senator represents a senate

district Must be a qualified elector of their

district. One Year Resident Over the age of 18

The State AssemblyWho is Your Assembly Rep

49th District Travis Tranel (Rep.)

50th DistrictEd Brooks (Rep.)

51st DistrictHoward Marklein (Rep.)

The State AssemblyWho is Your Senator

17th Senate DistrictDale Schultz

LawmakingThe Wisconsin Legislature

Any house may take up a bill submitted by any representative. Majority vote in both houses required to send to governor for approval Bill must be published before it is enforced All sessions are open to the public except in cases of state security

Other Duties Assembly impeaches Senate hears impeachment

trial

Amendments Approved by majority of both

houses Published Next legislature must

approve State referendum must

approve the amendment.

The State Militia Can decide who makes up the militia Can makes laws organizing and disciplining the militia

The Executive BranchThe Governor of Wisconsin

Chooses a Lieutenant Governor to run with.

Serves a 4 year term Must be a qualified elector

in the state of Wisconsin. U.S. Citizen A qualified voter in the

state of Wisconsin

The Lieutenant Governor Runs on same ticket as

governor Serves a 4 year term Must be qualified to serve as

governor as he/she will replace the governor if they are unable to serve. Next in line would be the

Secretary of State.

Enforcing Laws and RegulationsThe main duty of the governor of Wisconsin is to insure that any and all laws

created by the legislature are carried out by the various departments in charge of implementing the laws.

The State of the State AddressThe governor is responsible for presenting the current state of Wisconsin and then bring up any issues and suggest any possible solutions to solving these problems.

Final ApprovalAny bill passed by the Wisconsin Legislature must be presented to the governor for final approval where he may veto the bill, veto portions

of a bill, approve the bill, and/or approve parts of the bill.

The Line-Item Veto

Since the amending of

the constitution in 1990, the line

item veto cannot be used to create new

words or create new sentences.

The State MilitiaThe governor is the commander-in-chief of the state militia, which is the Wisconsin National

Guard, and may call it up in times of emergency.

The governor is the commander-

in-chief of the state militia, which is the Wisconsin

National Guard, and may call it up

in times of emergency.

Convene Legislature

The governor may call the legislature into special sessions in times of

emergency.

Other EmergenciesThe governor may

convene the legislature anywhere in the state in case of

an invasion or if contagious diseases

make the capital unfit for meeting.

Law EnforcementThe governor has the power to grant pardons, reprieves, and

commute sentences, except in the case of treason and impeachment by submitting them to the legislature with his/her reasoning.

TreasonGovernor can suspend the sentence until the next legislature when

they may vote to pardon, commute, or reprieve the accused.

The governor is elected in a direct election with the majority vote getter winning.

Governor runs on the same ticket as the Lt. Governor since 1967

Majority of Assembly can impeach the governor

Senate is the court for all impeachments and requires 2/3 vote of all senators to convict

No elected representative can be recalled until a year after they were elected.

25% of voters in the previous election must sign a petition for recall

Governor must compete in primary and election.

Can only be recalled one time in a term.

Chain of Command

Gov. Scott Walker Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch Sec. State Doug La Follete

In much the same way as the National government has a chain of command, the state government has a chain of command

to insure that the governor’s duties are carried out in his/her absence.

The governor is replaced by the Lieutenant Governor, and if there is a vacancy in the office of Lt. Gov., the Secretary of State acts as governor.

Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is at the top of the Wisconsin Court System and has

appellate jurisdiction over all courts but may also have original jurisdiction over cases of their choosing.

Elections and Qualifications Elected for 10 year terms

Must be licensed to practice law

Must be licensed for 5 years

Must be a qualified elector of Wisconsin

Must not hold any other public office

Must not be over the age of 70 upon taking office.

Current Events Justice David Prosser recently won

reelection after a statewide recount.

Wisconsin Court SystemThe Wisconsin Court System is made up of the Supreme Court, Appeals Court,

Circuit Courts, and Municipal Courts.

Court of Appeals 16 judges elected by qualified electors of the district for a 6

year term and live in the district A chief judge is appointed by the supreme court for 3 years

who administers the district There are 4 districts with headquarters in;

Madison Waukesha Wausau Milwaukee

Circuit Courts 249 circuit court judges elected by qualified electors of the

district for a 6 year term and live in the district A chief judge is appointed by the supreme court for 2 years who

administers the district There are circuit court branches in each of the 72 counties with

the following combined counties Buffalo/Pepin Florence/Forest Shawano/Menominee

Municipal CourtsMunicipal Courts may be created by any municipality or combined municipalities with the municipal judge chosen by the qualified electors of those municipalities.

Municipal Courts deal with traffic, and ordinance violations and juvenile matters including curfew violations, underage drinking, drug offenses, and truancy issues.

Richland Center MayorPaul F. Corcoran