City of Milwaukee - File #: 090739

• File #: 090739
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/24/2009
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/13/2009
• Effective date: 10/30/2009
• Title: An ordinance relating to domestic partnership registration.
• Sponsors: ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS, WAGES AND BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/29/2009	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
10/14/2009	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/13/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
10/5/2009	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
9/29/2009	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/24/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
090739

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON

Title
An ordinance relating to domestic partnership registration.

Sections
81-43.7 rp
111 rp
112-1-5-g am
350-35-5-a am
350-245 cr

Analysis
This ordinance repeals the city’s registration of domestic partners, except for city employes who wish to register for city benefit purposes. The state of Wisconsin has enacted statewide registration of same-sex domestic partners, which is handled by county clerks.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-43.7 of the code is repealed.

Part 2. Chapter 111 of the code is repealed.

Part 3. Section 112-1-5-g of the code is amended to read:

112-1. Definitions. 5. g. A domestic partner as defined in [s. 111-3] >ch. 770, Wis. Stats<.

Part 4. Section 350-35-5-a of the code is amended to read:

350-35. Leave of Absence Policies.

5. FUNERAL LEAVE. a. Immediate Family. Except for those positions listed in par. c, funeral leave shall cover necessary absence from duty of general city employes because of death in the immediate family of the employe. "Immediate family" is defined as husband or wife, child, stepchild, brother, sister, parent, stepparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or grand-child of the employe. [Also effective January 2, 2005 for] >For< management, and nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes, “brother-in-law” and “sister-in-law” includes a spouse’s sibling’s spouse. For management and nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes, "immediate family" also includes stepparents and stepchildren by virtue of the employe's current spouse. Furthermore, eligibility to use stepparent funeral leave benefits shall be limited to one
stepmother and one stepfather regardless of the number of stepparents. [Effective January 1, 2002, for] >For< management and nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes, “immediate family” shall include an employe’s domestic par...