Opinion No. Oag 64-81, (1981)

ED JACKAMONIS, Speaker, State Assembly

On behalf of the Committee on Assembly Organization you request my opinion on three questions relating to, in your words, "the deferred salary plan and supplemental retirement benefits granted to former University of Wisconsin President John Weaver." The questions will be answered seriatim.

1. Did the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System have the authority to enter into an agreement with Mr. Weaver to provide a deferred salary plan under the Wis. Statutes then in effect (1970)?

By resolution dated June 18, 1971, the Board of Regents of the…