* 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."

An Act to repeal subchapter X of chapter 440 [precedes 440.96]; to renumber 443.17; to amend 15.105 (5), 15.405 (2) (title), 15.405 (2) (ag), 15.405 (2) (ar), 15.405 (2) (b), chapter 443 (title), 443.01 (3), 443.10 (2) (a), 443.10 (2) (e), 443.11 (title), 443.11 (1) (intro.), 443.16 and 703.11 (2) (b); and to create 440.08 (2) (a) 38i., 443.01 (3c), 443.01 (3e), 443.01 (5m), 443.01 (9), 443.015 (1e), 443.02 (5), 443.075, 443.08 (2) (d), 443.08 (3) (a) 4., 443.08 (4) (a) 5., 443.08 (4) (b) 5., 443.08 (5) (d), 443.10 (1) (e), 443.10 (4) (am), 443.11 (1) (dm), 443.17 (2), 443.17 (3), 443.17 (4) and 443.175 of the statutes; relating to: regulation, registration, and the scope of practice of interior designers, certificates of authorization for interior design firms, and granting rule-making authority.

15.105 (5) State capitol and executive residence board. There is created a state capitol and executive residence board, attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03, consisting of the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee, the director of the historical society or the director's designee, an architect or engineer employed by the department of administration appointed by the secretary of administration, 3 senators and 3 representatives to the assembly appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and 7 citizen members appointed for staggered 6-year terms of whom at least 2 shall be architects registered under ch. 443, one shall be a landscape architect registered under ch. 443 and 2 shall be interior designers registered under s. 440.962 ch. 443.

15.405 (2) (title) Examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors, and registered interior designers.

15.405 (2) (ag) There is created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors , and registered interior designers in the department of safety and professional services. Any professional member appointed to the examining board shall be registered or licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, the design of engineering systems, or professional land surveying, or interior design under ch. 443. The examining board shall consist of the following members appointed for 4-year terms: 3 architects, 3 landscape architects, 3 professional engineers, 3 designers, 3 professional land surveyors, 3 registered interior designers, and 10 12 public members.

15.405 (2) (ar) In operation, the examining board shall be divided into an architect section, a landscape architect section, a professional engineer section, a designer section, and a professional land surveyor section, and a registered interior designer section . Each section shall consist of the 3 members of the named profession appointed to the examining board and 2 public members appointed to the section. The examining board shall elect its own officers and shall meet at least twice annually.

15.405 (2) (b) All matters pertaining to passing upon the qualifications of applicants for and the granting or revocation of registration or licensure, and all other matters of interest to either the architect, landscape architect, engineer, designer, or professional land surveyor , or registered interior designer section shall be acted upon solely by the interested section.