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Walker vetoes study of jobless benefit appeals decisions, prosecutor board

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//September 21, 2017//

Walker vetoes study of jobless benefit appeals decisions, prosecutor board

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//September 21, 2017//

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When Gov. Scott Walker signs the budget Thursday, it will be missing several additions proposed by lawmakers.

Walker on Wednesday released a list of 99 partial vetoes of budget provisions. Proposals he is striking or modifying include:

  • The creation of a prosecutor board, which Walker called “another layer of bureaucracy which is administratively burdensome.”
  • Although Walker is keeping lawmakers’ recommendation that the Judicial Council remain in the statutes, he is striking language that would let the Supreme Court’s create and pay for a similar body. He noted that the court recently notified the state Department of Administration that it will not be paying for the council’s operations, including its sole employee, starting Thursday. The court made the decision after the council approved giving the staff attorney her first raise in years.
  • Walker has also vetoed lawmakers’ proposals calling on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to do a study of the Labor and Industry Review Commission’s decisions. Walker had proposed earlier this year that the commission, an independent body that reviews equal-rights and jobless-benefits appeals, be eliminated and that those appeals be decided by the department heads of their respective state agencies.
  • Walker has also vetoed lawmakers’ proposal that the DOA study what equipment might be used to replace court reporters in workers’ compensation proceedings. Walker had proposed eliminating the statutory requirement that court reporters be present at all such proceeding except in an emergency. Various lawyers and court reporters had urged lawmakers to maintain current law.

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