AB230: Bill Text

AB230, s. 19 Section 19. 119.06 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB230,9,20 119.06 (4) (c) 2. The nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply, except that reference to the general election shall be inserted.

AB230, s. 20 Section 20. 119.06 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,9,24 119.06 (4) (d) The special election shall be held at the polling places and shall be conducted in the manner of and by the election officials for the spring general election.

AB230, s. 21 Section 21. 119.06 (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB230,10,5 119.06 (5) The board first appointed under sub. (2) or first elected at a special election under sub. (4) shall hold an organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) on the 4th Monday of the month following its appointment or election, or the next day if the 4th Monday is a legal holiday, following their appointment or election, and annually thereafter shall meet in accordance with s. 119.10 (2).

AB230,10,8 (6) Successors to board members appointed under sub. (3) (2) or elected under sub. (4) shall be elected at the spring general election immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of such board members and shall serve for 4-year terms.

AB230, s. 22 Section 22. 119.07 of the statutes is created to read:

AB230,10,18 119.07 Revised method of election of board; transitional provisions. (1) Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (3), the terms of the members of the board of each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], whose terms are scheduled to expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, are extended until the 4th Monday in November, 2002. Notwithstanding s. 119.08 (3), the terms of office of the members of the board of each such city whose terms are scheduled to expire on the 4th Monday in April, 2003, shall expire on the 4th Monday in November, 2002, and the incumbents in those offices shall cease to hold office on that date.

AB230,10,21 (2) At the general election to be held in November 2002, there shall be elected in each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], 11 members of the board.

AB230,11,2 (3) Notwithstanding s. 119.10 (1) and (2), the board of each 1st class city in existence on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], shall hold an organizational meeting on the 4th Monday in April, 2001, and shall not hold any other organizational meeting in 2001. On the 4th Monday in April, 2001, the board of each such city shall elect officers, who shall hold office until the board holds its next organizational meeting under s. 119.10 (2) in 2002.

AB230, s. 23 Section 23. 119.07 of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB230, s. 24 Section 24. 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB230,11,10 119.08 (1) (a) The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8 11 members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The election districts shall consist of whole contiguous wards and shall be substantially equal in population and the. The boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.

AB230,11,17 (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance determining or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of the aldermanic districts wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) 5.15 (1) redetermining the aldermanic district ward boundaries.

AB230, s. 25 Section 25. 119.08 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB230,12,5 119.08 (2) The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city and shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring general election. Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be filled, for unexpired terms. The format for the nomination papers shall be as prescribed in s. 8.10 (2) (b), except that reference to the general election shall be inserted. The primary and spring elections election for board members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state, municipal or judicial election elections shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal election hours shall apply.

AB230,12,8 (3) The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years. The term of each member expires on the first Monday in December of the 4th year following the year in which the member's office is regularly filled.

AB230, s. 26 Section 26. 119.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,12,13 119.08 (4) A vacancy on in the membership of the board occurring on or before June 1 preceding expiration of the member's term of office shall be filled by a special election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.

AB230, s. 27 Section 27. 119.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,12,25 119.10 (1) The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been newly organized.

AB230, s. 28 Section 28. 119.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,13,8 119.10 (2) Annually, no earlier than the 4th first Monday in April December and no later than the first 3rd Monday in May December, the board shall hold its organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing committees to serve for one year.

AB230, s. 29 Section 29. 119.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,13,13 119.12 (3) Each member of the board shall be paid an annual salary in the amount set by the board equal to the annual salary paid to each member of the common council of the city who begins a full term of office in the same year in which the board member begins a full term of office. The salary shall be paid monthly.

AB230, s. 30 Section 30. 119.32 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB230,13,24 119.32 (1) At the general election in each year in which the governor is elected, there shall be elected by the electors of the school district a superintendent of schools. The superintendent of schools shall serve for a term of 4 years beginning on the first Monday of December following his or her election. No person is eligible to serve as superintendent of schools who is not a qualified elector of the school district. A vacancy in the office of superintendent of schools occurring on or before June 1 preceding the expiration of the term of that officer shall be filled by special election ordered by the board. At the special election, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term. The board shall follow the procedures under s. 8.50 in conducting the election, insofar as applicable.

AB230, s. 31 Section 31. 119.32 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,14,5 119.32 (7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the superintendent of schools need not be licensed by the department. Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the board may elect a superintendent of schools, and may employ a business manager, who are is not licensed by the department.

AB230, s. 32 Section 32. 119.36 of the statutes is repealed.

AB230, s. 33 Section 33. 121.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB230,14,18 121.02 (3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall, upon request of the school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum number of electors allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s. 8.10 (3) (i), (km) or (ks) or 8.15 (6) (f), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the state superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in compliance with the standards, the state superintendent may develop with the school board a plan which describes methods of achieving compliance. The plan shall specify the time within which compliance shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall withhold up to 25% of state aid from any school district that fails to achieve compliance within the specified period.

AB230, s. 34 Section 34. Initial applicability.

AB230,14,21 (1) The treatment of section 119.12 (3) of the statutes first applies to members of the board of school directors who are elected in 2002.

AB230, s. 35 Section 35. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2001, except as follows:

AB230,14,24 (1) The repeal of section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2003.

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