2005-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 1333
SB 24                                                                                             
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 24 "An Act                                                   
relating to reemployment of and benefits for retired teachers and                                   
public employees and to teachers or employees who participated in                                   
retirement incentive programs and are subsequently reemployed as a                                  
commissioner; repealing secs. 5, 7, and 9, ch. 58, SLA 2001;                                        
providing for an effective date by amending the delayed effective date                              
for secs. 3, 5, 9, and 12, ch. 57, SLA 2001, and repealing sec. 13, ch.                             
58, SLA 2001, which is the delayed effective date for secs. 5, 7, and 9,                            
ch. 58, SLA 2001; and providing for an effective date" which had been                               
moved to the bottom of the calendar (page 1315) was before the                                      
Senate.                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 24 was read the                                              
second time.                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Senator Green, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                   
adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page 1274.                                  
Senator Ellis objected, then withdrew his objection. There being no                                 
further objection, CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE                                             
BILL NO. 24(FIN) was adopted.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was not offered.                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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Senator Seekins offered Amendment No. 2 :                                                            
                                                                                                    
Page 2, following line 20:                                                                          
                                                                                                    
 Insert the following new material:                                                                 
      "(d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section and secs. 10                                         
     and 17 of this Act, it is the intent of the legislature that                                   
     the provisions of ch. 57, SLA 2001, ch. 58, SLA 2001,                                          
     and ch. 15, SLA 2003, that provide for the reemployment                                        
     of retired members of the teachers' and public                                                 
     employees' retirement systems sunset on June 30, 2005,                                         
     and the rights of retirees who were reemployed before                                          
     July 1, 2005 and whose extended periods of                                                     
     reemployment are created by this Act are governed by                                           
     this Act."                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Senator Seekins moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Senator                                  
Ellis objected.                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll                                    
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSSSSB 24(FIN)                                                                                      
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 2                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  11   NAYS:  8   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Cowdery, Dyson, Green, Huggins, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens                                    
B, Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                           
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Davis, Ellis, Elton, French, Guess, Hoffman, Kookesh, Olson                                  
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Bunde                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
and so, Amendment No. 2 was adopted.                                                                
                                                                                                    
President Stevens stated CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR                                              
SENATE BILL NO. 24(FIN) am will be on the May 5 calendar.