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03-26-2011, 01:29 AM
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20110325&t=2&i=371269456&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2011-03-25T235258Z_01_BTRE72O1UCD00_RTROPTP_0_USA-WISCONSIN
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Republicans said on Friday a measure stripping state public employees of most collective bargaining rights was now in effect after it was published by a legislative agency despite a judge's order against publication.
The move looked certain to stir fresh controversy over the legislation, which in recent weeks sparked huge demonstrations and ignited a national struggle over efforts by several budget-strapped state governments to rein in union power
Republican supporters of the law said the judge's temporary restraining order on publication had not applied to the Legislative Reference Bureau, which published the legislation, Wisconsin Act 10, electronically on Friday.
Legal publication of the legislation is required for it to go into effect.
The restraining order was issued last week by a judge hearing a complaint by the Dane County district attorney against several Republican legislators who orchestrated the law's passage two weeks ago. Dane County encompasses the state capital, Madison.
Scott Fitzgerald, head of the Republican-controlled state Senate, said the bureau's action made the bill "the law" and insisted the action did not violate the restraining order because that did not mention the bureau specifically.
"If the DA didn't want the Legislative Reference Bureau to publish, then the DA should have made sure that they were part of the restraining order."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/26/us-wisconsin-bill-idUSTRE72O7CT20110326
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Republicans said on Friday a measure stripping state public employees of most collective bargaining rights was now in effect after it was published by a legislative agency despite a judge's order against publication.
The move looked certain to stir fresh controversy over the legislation, which in recent weeks sparked huge demonstrations and ignited a national struggle over efforts by several budget-strapped state governments to rein in union power
Republican supporters of the law said the judge's temporary restraining order on publication had not applied to the Legislative Reference Bureau, which published the legislation, Wisconsin Act 10, electronically on Friday.
Legal publication of the legislation is required for it to go into effect.
The restraining order was issued last week by a judge hearing a complaint by the Dane County district attorney against several Republican legislators who orchestrated the law's passage two weeks ago. Dane County encompasses the state capital, Madison.
Scott Fitzgerald, head of the Republican-controlled state Senate, said the bureau's action made the bill "the law" and insisted the action did not violate the restraining order because that did not mention the bureau specifically.
"If the DA didn't want the Legislative Reference Bureau to publish, then the DA should have made sure that they were part of the restraining order."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/26/us-wisconsin-bill-idUSTRE72O7CT20110326