SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
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In the Matter of the
Amendment of
Supreme Court
Rules: Review of ORDER
Proposed Rules -- SCR
98.03 No. 96-09
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The court, on its own motion, has
considered the advisability of amending the rule, SCR 98.03, providing for
review and suggestions as to drafting style and numbering of proposed
amendments to the Supreme Court Rules to specify that the confidential treatment
of the review and suggestions applies to the chief and staff of the Legislative
Reference Bureau and to the Revisor of Statutes, to whom proposed rules are
sent for review and suggestions. The
court, in its discretion, may provide the suggestions filed with the court to
the rule proponents and other interested persons prior to the public hearing on
the proposal or court action on it.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of
this order, SCR 98.03 is amended to read:
SCR 98.03
Review of language.
Prior to adoption, a proposed rule shall be
submitted to the director of state courts.
Copies of the proposed rule shall be sent for review and suggestions
as to drafting style and numbering to the chief of the legislative
reference bureau and the revisor of statutes for review and suggestions as
to drafting style and numbering. The
, who shall treat the review and any suggestions shall be treated
as confidential prior to the issuance of an order by the supreme court adopting
the rule. The procedure specified in
this rule shall be followed unless the supreme court determines there is
insufficient time to use the procedure prior to the required adoption of a
rule.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this
amendment of the Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an official
publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 27th day
of June, 1996.
BY THE COURT:
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Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk