Chapter 20

20.923(4)(e)2. 2. Employment relations commission: chairperson.

20.923(4)(e)3. 3. Workforce development: employment and training: executive director.

20.923(4)(e)4. 4. Administration, department of: labor and industry review commission: member and chairperson.

20.923(4)(e)11. 11. Public service commission; office of the commissioner of railroads: commissioner.

20.923(4)(e)12. 12. State fair park board: state fair park director.

20.923(4)(f) (f) Positions assigned to executive salary group 6:

20.923(4)(f)1. 1. Administration, department of; division of personnel management: administrator.

20.923(4)(f)2. 2. Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)2d. 2d. Children and families, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)2m. 2m. Commerce, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)3f. 3f. Financial institutions, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)6. 6. Legislature; legislative council staff: director.

20.923(4)(f)6f. 6f. Legislature; legislative human resources office: director.

20.923(4)(f)6m. 6m. Legislature; legislative audit bureau: director.

20.923(4)(f)6n. 6n. Legislature, legislative technology services bureau: director.

20.923(4)(f)7. 7. Veterans affairs, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)7m. 7m. Legislature; legislative reference bureau: chief.

20.923(4)(f)7s. 7s. Legislature; legislative fiscal bureau: director.

20.923(4)(f)7t. 7t. Office of the governor: executive secretary.

20.923(4)(f)7v. 7v. Insurance, commissioner of.

20.923(4)(f)7w. 7w. Public defender board: state public defender.

20.923(4)(f)8e. 8e. Military affairs, department of: adjutant general.

20.923(4)(f)8h. 8h. Public service commission: chairperson and commissioners.

20.923(4)(f)8m. 8m. Safety and professional services, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(f)9. 9. Tourism, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(g) (g) Positions assigned to executive salary group 7:

20.923(4)(g)1e. 1e. Administration, department of; division of enterprise technology: administrator.

20.923(4)(g)1r. 1r. Historical society: director.

20.923(4)(g)2. 2. Natural resources, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(g)3. 3. Revenue, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(g)4. 4. Transportation, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(g)6. 6. Workforce development, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(h) (h) Positions assigned to executive salary group 8:

20.923(4)(h)1. 1. Administration, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(h)2g. 2g. Corrections, department of: secretary.

20.923(4)(h)5. 5. Health services, department of: secretary.

20.923(6) (6) Salaries set by appointing authorities. Salaries for the following positions may be set by the appointing authority, subject to restrictions otherwise set forth in the statutes and the compensation plan under s. 230.12, except where the salaries are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91:

20.923(6)(ac) (ac) Administration, department of: deputy and assistant district attorneys.

20.923(6)(ah) (ah) Administration, department of; federal-state relations office: director and staff assistant.

20.923(6)(aj) (aj) Administration, department of; interagency council on homelessness: director.

20.923(6)(aL) (aL) Administration, department of: director of Indian gaming, and the attorney appointed under s. 569.015 (2).

20.923(6)(am) (am) Each elective executive officer, except the secretary of state and the state treasurer: a stenographer.

20.923(6)(as) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction: a deputy or assistant.

20.923(6)(b) (b) Educational communications board: unclassified professional staff.

20.923(6)(bd) (bd) Children and families, department of: director of the office of urban development.

20.923(6)(bg) (bg) Historical society: state historian.

20.923(6)(bj) (bj) Historical society: unclassified sales and development professionals employed under s. 44.20 (4) (a).

20.923(6)(bm) (bm) Investment board: all positions.

20.923(6)(bp) (bp) Legislative technology services bureau: staff employees.

20.923(6)(c) (c) Organized militia: offices and positions, except as provided in sub. (8).

20.923(6)(cm) (cm) Judicial commission: staff member.

20.923(6)(d) (d) Judicial council: attorney, technical and clerical help.

20.923(6)(e) (e) Law library, state: librarian, assistant librarian, clerical and expert assistants.

20.923(6)(em) (em) Legislative audit bureau: legislative auditors, assistants and clerical employees.

20.923(6)(f) (f) Legislative council staff: clerical and expert assistants.

20.923(6)(fm) (fm) Legislative human resources office: all positions.

20.923(6)(g) (g) Legislative fiscal bureau: assistants, analysts and clerical employees.

20.923(6)(gm) (gm) Legislative reference bureau: all positions other than the chief.

20.923(6)(h) (h) Legislature: policy research personnel, assistants to legislators, research staff assigned to legislative committees, and other persons employed under s. 13.20.

20.923(6)(hh) (hh) Lower Wisconsin state riverway board: staff employees.

20.923(6)(hm) (hm) Public defender board: staff attorneys.

20.923(6)(hq) (hq) State fair park board: staff employees.

20.923(6)(i) (i) Supreme court: assistants, clerks and employees.

20.923(6)(j) (j) Supreme court: clerk.

20.923(6)(k) (k) Supreme court: deputy clerk.

20.923(6)(L) (L) Kickapoo reserve management board: executive director and staff.

20.923(6)(Lm) (Lm) University of Wisconsin-Madison, chancellor: all positions assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, other than chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

20.923(6)(m) (m) University of Wisconsin System: all positions, including the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but not including any other position assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

20.923(7) (7) General senior executive positions. The salary ranges for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary, deputy secretary, and assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for the director and executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the salary for the secretary of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which the position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:

20.923(7)(a) (a) The positions assigned to general senior executive group 1 are the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds.

20.923(7)(b) (b) The positions assigned to general senior executive group 2 are the director of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the secretary and deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds.

20.923(8) (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.

20.923(9) (9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system and the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection.

20.923(10) (10) Office of the governor staff. The salary for key professional staff of the office of the governor identified as office of the governor assistants, other than the executive secretary, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 3.

20.923(12) (12) Other department of safety and professional services positions. The salaries for division administrators and bureau directors appointed under s. 440.04 (6) shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 3.

20.923(14) (14) Salary administration.

20.923(14)(a) (a) Any adjustment of salary for any incumbent in a position specified in subs. (4), (8), (9) and (12) is governed by the provisions of the compensation plan concerning executive salary groups as adopted by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (3) (b).

20.923(14)(c) (c) Any adjustment of salary for an incumbent specified in sub. (7) is governed by the provisions of the proposal concerning general senior executives as approved by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e).

20.923(15) (15) Salary adjustment limitations.

20.923(15)(a) (a) An incumbent of a position that has been assigned to an executive salary group of the compensation plan or to a general senior executive group under this section, whose current salary exceeds the maximum of the salary range to which his or her position’s group is assigned, shall remain at his or her current rate of pay while he or she remains employed in that position until the maximum of the salary range to which his or her executive salary group is assigned equals or exceeds his or her current rate of pay.

20.923(15)(b) (b) Except for the positions identified in sub. (7) (b) and positions approved by the joint committee of employment relations, the pay of any incumbent whose salary is subject to a limitation under this section may not equal or exceed that amount paid the governor.

20.923(16) (16) Overtime and compensatory time exclusion. The salary paid to any person whose position is included under subs. (2), (4), (7), and (8) to (12) is deemed to compensate that person for all work hours. No overtime compensation may be paid, and no compensatory time under s. 103.025 may be provided, to any such person for hours worked in any workweek in excess of the standard basis of employment as specified in s. 230.35 (5) (a).

20.923(18) (18) Prison industries sales positions.

20.923(18)(a) (a) The division of personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.

20.923(18)(b) (b) In addition to the salary set under par. (a), each sales representative of prison industries and each sales manager of prison industries who is appointed in the unclassified service under s. 303.01 (10) shall be eligible to earn commission compensation in an amount established by the appointing authority as defined in s. 230.03 (4). That appointing authority shall establish the amount of commission compensation based on invoiced sales and new customers.

20.923 History History: 1971 c. 18, 125, 164; 1971 c. 270 ss. 98, 104; 1971 c. 307, 321; 1973 c. 90, 156, 243, 333; 1975 c. 28; 1975 c. 39 ss. 236c to 247, 735 (5); 1975 Ex. Order No. 24; 1975 c. 189, 199, 224, 422; 1977 c. 29 ss. 399g to 406d, 1649, 1650m, 1654 (8) (e), 1656 (43); 1977 c. 44; 1977 c. 187 ss. 29, 30, 31, 135; 1977 c. 196 ss. 74 to 76m, 131; 1977 c. 203, 272, 277, 418, 447, 449; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979); 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (1); 1979 c. 34, 89, 189; 1979 c. 221 ss. 201m to 218, 2202 (13); 1979 c. 361; 1981 c. 20 ss. 587 to 592g, 2202 (33) (b), (c), (56) (a); 1981 c. 96 ss. 16, 67; 1981 c. 121, 127, 347, 353; 1981 c. 390 s. 252; 1983 a. 27, 46, 121, 192, 371, 378; 1985 a. 18, 23; 1985 a. 29 ss. 603 to 607, 3202 (22) (a); 1985 a. 34, 332; 1987 a. 6, 27, 82, 119, 306, 340, 354, 399, 403; 1989 a. 31, 56, 107, 208, 219, 336; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 12, 16, 75, 123, 144, 184, 294, 349, 399, 490; 1995 a. 27 ss. 1193 to 1217m, 9130 (4), 9216 (19); 1995 a. 37, 216, 225; 1997 a. 2, 3, 27, 29, 41, 194, 237; 1999 a. 9, 42, 102, 186; 2001 a. 16, 19, 29, 109; 2003 a. 33 ss. 721 to 735m, 9160; 2003 a. 91, 320; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 1; 2007 a. 20 ss. 616 to 630, 9121 (6) (a); 2007 a. 196; 2009 a. 28, 180; 2011 a. 10, 32, 38; 2013 a. 20 ss. 492 to 497, 2365m, 9448; 2013 a. 166; 2015 a. 55, 58, 118; 2017 a. 59, 74, 143, 366; 2021 a. 58; 2023 a. 19, 73, 100.

20.923 Annotation The salary cap provisions of sub. (15) (b) do not apply to judicial salaries. Moran v. DOA, 230 Wis. 2d 103, 603 N.W.2d 234 (Ct. App. 1999), 98-3008.

20.924 20.924 Building program execution.

20.924(1) (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), in supervising and authorizing the implementation of the state building program under the appropriation authority of s. 20.867, the building commission: