2023 Wisconsin Act 256

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 29, 2024
2023 Assembly Bill 1097   Date of publication*: March 30, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 256

An Act to amend 302.01 (13) of the statutes; relating to: renaming Lincoln County Correctional Institution Lincoln Correctional Institution (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Corrections).

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Law Revision Committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation proposal, requested by the Department of Corrections and introduced by the Law Revision Committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4. and 5., stats. After careful consideration of the various provisions of the bill, the Law Revision Committee has determined that this bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are desirable as a matter of public policy.

256,1 Section 1. 302.01 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

302.01 (13) The adult correctional institution established under s. 301.16 (1f) is named “Lincoln County Correctional Institution.”

Note: This Section establishes that the name of an adult correctional institution at the location that was the Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School is changed from “Lincoln County Correctional Institution” to “Lincoln Correctional Institution.”