ar97 Assembly Rule 97. Assembly citations. Any member may issue a citation on behalf of the assembly to a particular person or organization or to commemorate a particular occasion as specified in the citation.

ar97(1) (1) Citations may be used in place of resolutions for commendations, congratulations, and condolences of persons or organizations or to give recognition to unusual and important events, except that the use of citations may not be abused. The committee on assembly organization may more specifically interpret this subsection.

ar97(2) (2) If desired by the issuing representative, a citation on behalf of the assembly may be coauthored by one or more other representatives or cosponsored by one or more senators, but in that case the proposal for issuing the citation shall be signed by each of the coauthors or cosponsors.

ar97(3) (3) The committee on assembly organization shall establish a procedure for reviewing each citation proposed under this rule, but an assembly citation may not be used to declare a special day or to declare a person an honorary citizen.

ar97(4) (4) Any citation on behalf of the assembly shall be signed by the speaker and by the speaker pro tempore. A copy of the finished citation shall be provided to the issuing representative, and another copy thereof shall be filed in the legislative reference bureau.

ar97(5) (5) All citations on behalf of the assembly shall be prepared by employees assigned to the chief clerk, shall be prepared on an artistic form approved by the committee on assembly organization, shall be suitable for framing, and shall be in substantially the following form:

[(3) am. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(5) am. 1999 A.Res. 3]
[(5)(intro.) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]

(scrollwork incorporating state coat of arms)
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CITATION BY THE ASSEMBLY
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Know You By These Presents:

Whereas, Glen Popple has served for 31 years as game warden of Kennedy County ....; and

Whereas, he has devoted many hours ....; now, therefore,

Representative Robert T. Huber on behalf of the Wisconsin State Assembly, [with the concurrence of Representative(s) ....] [and Senators(s) ....,] under Assembly Rule 97, commends Mr. Popple on his fine service to Kennedy County and ....

State Capitol
Madison, Wisconsin

  ............................................
  (Speaker)

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(Date)

  ............................................
  (Speaker pro tempore)

ar98 Assembly Rule 98. Campaign committee activity.

ar98(1) (1) A member may not schedule, hold, attend, or contribute money for or at a fund-raising social event in Dane County during a floorperiod of the legislature or during a special or extraordinary session if the event is for a member; is sponsored by the member's candidate committee, as defined in section 11.0101 of the statutes; or is sponsored by a legislative campaign committee, as defined in section 11.0101 of the statutes.

ar98(2) (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fund-raising social event of a legislative campaign committee held during the period between the first day authorized for filing nomination papers for any special election to the assembly and the date of the special election.

ar98(3) (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fund-raising social event of a current member of the assembly or his or her candidate committee held during the period between the first day authorized for filing nomination papers for any office for which the current member of the assembly is a candidate and the date of the election for that office, if the event is held within the boundaries of the jurisdiction or district served by the office for which the current member of the assembly is a candidate.

ar98(4) (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fund-raising social event of a current member of the assembly or his or her candidate committee held during the period between the first day authorized for filing nomination papers for any office, other than representative to the assembly, for which the current member of the assembly is a candidate and the date of the election for that other office.

ar98(5) (5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fund-raising social event of a current member of the assembly who represents a district that contains part of Dane County, or his or her candidate committee, if:

ar98(5)(a) (a) The event is held within the boundaries of the jurisdiction or district represented by the current member of the assembly;

ar98(5)(b) (b) The event is held during a special or extraordinary session; and

ar98(5)(c) (c) The invitations to attend the event are sent before the special or extraordinary session is called.

[cr. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(1), (3), (4) and (5) (intro.) am. 2017 A.Res. 3]

ar99 Assembly Rule 99. Fiscal estimates.

ar99(1) (1) The speaker or presiding officer may request from the legislative fiscal bureau an original fiscal estimate on a bill if the speaker or presiding officer believes that a fiscal estimate on the bill will not be completed by the state agency assigned to prepare the fiscal estimate before the bill receives a public hearing, is voted on by an assembly standing committee, or is considered by the assembly.

ar99(2) (2) An original fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1) shall be submitted to the legislative reference bureau for review by the requester under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope. The fiscal estimate, however, may not be reproduced or inserted if the fiscal estimate prepared by the state agency is available for reproduction and insertion before the fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1).