(AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to have the Legislature meet outside of the Capitol may not be legal.
Walker said Tuesday he planned to announce details of his state budget plan on Feb. 22 before a joint session of the Legislature at animal feed manufacturer Vita Plus in Madison.
But one of the Legislature’s attorneys says in a memo that unless there is an emergency, state law requires the Legislature to meet in the Capitol building.
The Wisconsin Legislative Council memo says circumstances do not currently exist that allow for convening the Legislature outside of the Capitol building.
For decades Wisconsin governors have delivered their budgets at a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chamber. Walker says he wanted to do it at a business instead.
