The state's new law to dramatically limit collective bargaining for public workers has not been published and is not in effect, a judge said Thursday.

An official in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said he plans to comply with that order and to suspend preparations for deducting money from workers' paychecks.

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi ordered at about 8:15 a.m. Thursday that the law "has not been published within the meaning" of Wisconsin statute and "is therefore not in effect."

The judge said she was basing her amended order on testimony at the March 18 hearing as well as testimony and evidence at the March 29 hearing.

Sumi had reiterated on Tuesday her earlier order that Secretary of State Doug La Follette was barred from setting a date to publish the law and said no steps should be taken to implement it. But at Tuesday's hearing, she declined to issue a declaration that the law had not yet been published.

State Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said Thursday he thinks the law is in full force, but agreed to stop implementing it.