AB1121,9,11 59.52 (8m) Employment of county jailers. The board shall provide to an individual who is employed as a county jailer an option to elect not to be a protective occupation participant under s. 40.02 (48) (b) at the time the individual is hired as a county jailer. An individual shall make an election under this subsection in writing on a form provided by the board.

AB1121,19 Section 19 . 111.70 (4) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1121,9,15 111.70 (4) (bn) Public safety employee determination regarding county jailers. 1. Except as provided under subd. 2., a county jailer, as defined in s. 40.02 (48) (b) 5., is a general municipal employee.

AB1121,9,21 2. A county that treats a county jailer as a public safety employee on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], shall continue to treat any person it employs as a county jailer as a public safety employee except that, if the county raises a question concerning the appropriateness of including county jailers in a collective bargaining unit that includes public safety employees, no person it employs as a county jailer may be treated as a public safety employee.

AB1121,20 Section 20 . Nonstatutory provision.

AB1121,9,25 (1) County jailer opt out from protective occupation participant status under Wisconsin Retirement System. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection, if an individual employed as a county jailer on the effective date of this subsection does not want to be a protective occupation participant under the Wisconsin Retirement System, the individual shall notify his or her employer in writing on a form provided by the employer. An election not to be a protective occupation participant is irrevocable.

AB1121,21 Section 21 . Effective date.

AB1121,10,6 (1) This act takes effect on the January 1 after publication.

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