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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
September 6, 2007 - Introduced by Senator Lazich, cosponsored by
Representatives Pridemore, Owens, Roth and J. Ott. Referred to Committee
on Commerce, Utilities and Rail.
SB258,2,19 1An Act to repeal 38.04 (15), 38.08 (1g), (2) and (2m), 38.10, 60.72 (8) (b), 60.74
2(1), 60.74 (2), 60.74 (3) (b), 60.74 (4), 60.74 (5), 60.74 (5m), 60.74 (6), 60.75 (1)
3(b), 60.75 (2) (c), 60.75 (3) (c), 60.76 (1) (b), 200.09 (9), 200.09 (11), 200.09 (11)
4(a), 200.09 (11) (am) 2. and 3., 200.09 (11) (b), 200.15 (4), 200.25 (1) to (4), 200.25
5(8), 229.42 (4) (a) to (f), 229.42 (7) (b) 2. and 3., 229.822 (2) (a) to (c), 229.842 (2)
6(a) to (d), 229.842 (3) (a) 1. to 4., 229.842 (3) (b) and 229.842 (4); to renumber
7and amend
60.74 (3) (a), 60.75 (1) (a), 60.76 (1) (a), 66.0217 (10) (b), 200.09 (11)
8(am) 1., 229.42 (4) (intro.), 229.42 (7) (b) 1., 229.822 (2) (intro.), 229.842 (2)
9(intro.) and 229.842 (3) (a) (intro.); to amend 5.01 (4) (a), 5.02 (3), (5) and (23),
105.15 (1) (c), 5.58 (1r), 5.58 (2m), 5.58 (3), 5.60 (1) (title), 5.60 (1) (b), 5.60 (4m),
115.60 (6m), 7.10 (1) (a), 7.51 (3) (b), 7.51 (3) (d), 7.51 (4) (b), 7.51 (5) (a) 2. and 3.
12and (b), 7.60 (4) (a), 7.60 (5) (a), 7.70 (3) (d), 8.10 (3) (cm), 8.10 (3) (d), 8.10 (6)
13(a), 8.11 (1) (a), (b) and (d), 9.10 (1) (a), 9.10 (2) (b), 9.10 (2) (d), 9.10 (3) (a), 9.10
14(4) (a), 9.10 (4) (d), 9.10 (7), 10.05, 11.02 (3), 11.26 (1) (c), 11.26 (1) (d) 2., 11.26

1(2) (c), 11.26 (2) (e) 2., 11.31 (1) (f), 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.), 17.13 (intro.), 17.13 (3),
217.27 (1m), 38.08 (1) (b), 60.72 (8) (a), 60.72 (8) (d), 60.75 (2) (a), 60.75 (2) (b),
360.75 (2) (d), 60.75 (3) (a), 60.75 (3) (b), 60.75 (4), 60.785 (2) (b), 66.0219 (2) (a),
466.0227 (3), 67.05 (5) (a), 67.05 (7) (b), 67.05 (7) (e), 200.09 (1), 200.11 (9), 200.27
5(1), 200.27 (3), 229.42 (3), 229.42 (5), 229.42 (6), 229.42 (7) (a), 229.435, 229.822
6(3), 229.822 (6), 229.842 (1) (b), 229.842 (3) (c) and 229.842 (7); to repeal and
7recreate
17.27 (3), 38.08 (1) (a), 200.23 (2) and 200.25 (7) (a); and to create 5.15
8(2) (f) 6., 5.58 (1t), 5.58 (2s), 5.60 (1) (aL), 5.60 (4n), 7.53 (3n), 7.70 (6), 8.10 (3)
9(ae), 8.10 (6) (f), 8.10 (6) (g), 8.11 (2g), 8.11 (6), 8.11 (7), 8.11 (8), 8.11 (10), 11.02
10(9) to (12), 11.02 (14) and (15), 11.31 (1) (g) 1. d., 17.01 (9m), 17.01 (10m), 17.01
11(11n), 17.02 (2), 17.02 (5), 17.17 (2) and (2m), 17.27 (1g), 38.06 (6), 38.08 (1) (c),
1238.08 (6), 66.0217 (10) (b) 1. to 3. and 229.42 (7) (c) of the statutes; relating to:
13governance of metropolitan sewerage districts created by 1st class cities;
14popular election of metropolitan sewerage commissions in other sewerage
15districts, town sanitary district commissions, governing boards of local
16exposition, local professional baseball park, professional football stadium, and
17cultural arts districts, and technical college district boards; providing an
18exemption from and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures;
19and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the members of a metropolitan sewerage district commission in
sewerage districts not created by first class cities and the members of town sanitary
district commissions may be elected or appointed. Currently, the members of the
metropolitan sewerage district commission in a sewerage district created by a first
class city and the members of the governing boards of local exposition, professional
baseball park, professional football stadium, and cultural arts districts are
appointed. This bill provides for the popular election of all members of these

commissions and boards, except the members of a professional baseball park district
board, on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring election, beginning in 2009.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Currently, the membership of the commission governing a metropolitan
sewerage district created by a first class city — currently only the Milwaukee
Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) — is composed of not less than nine nor
more than 13 members who are appointed by the mayor of the first class city and an
executive council consisting of the chief elective officers of the other cities and the
villages and towns that are wholly or partly contained within the district. Members
serve for three-year terms. The allocation of seats between the first class city and
the other municipalities is determined on the basis of the populations of the first
class city and the other territory within the district relative to the population of the
district. Commissioners may be removed by their appointing authorities at any time,
and vacancies are filled in the same manner that regular appointments are made.
This bill provides instead for an 11-member commission to be elected by the
electors of the metropolitan sewerage district on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring
election. Under the bill, each member is elected to represent a subdistrict within the
metropolitan sewerage district. Subdistricts must be equal in population, insofar as
practicable. A member must reside within the subdistrict from which he or she is
elected. Members serve for two-year terms, with the terms of those members
representing even-numbered subdistricts expiring in even-numbered years and the
terms of those members representing odd-numbered subdistricts expiring in
odd-numbered years. Commissioners may be removed from office by a circuit court
for cause and are subject to recall in the same manner as is currently provided for
municipal elective officers. Vacancies are filled by appointment of the remaining
members of the commission until a successor can be chosen at the spring election.
Nomination paper signature requirements and contribution limits are the same as
currently provided for other local offices, and spending guidelines are the same as
for the office of county supervisor in counties having a population of 500,000 or more.
Candidates for the office of commissioner are not eligible to receive public grants to
finance their campaigns.
Under current law, the chairperson of the MMSD is elected by the other
commissioners for a term specified by MMSD rule, although the chairperson is
removable at the pleasure of the commission. Under this bill, the chairperson of the
MMSD is elected by the other commissioners for a one-year term, and he or she is
still removable during his or her term by a majority vote of the other members of the
commission.
The bill provides for the commission to redistrict the subdistricts on a decennial
basis. Under the bill, each reapportionment plan must provide for each subdistrict
to consist of whole wards or municipalities. In addition, the commission must give
due consideration to maintaining the compactness of subdistricts, maintaining the
integrity of counties and municipalities within subdistricts, maintaining
communities of interest within subdistricts, and fostering politically competitive
subdistricts. However, the bill provides for the initial plan of apportionment of the
subdistricts within the metropolitan sewerage district to be prescribed by state law

pursuant to the recommendations of a special legislative committee which is charged
by the bill with recommending an initial apportionment plan to the legislature. The
bill provides that the plan is subject to the same standards that apply to a decennial
reapportionment plan. Under the bill, the committee consists of ten members,
including four members of the majority party within each house and one member of
the minority party within each house. Each house must ensure that at least three
of its appointees represent legislative districts that are wholly or partially contained
within the metropolitan sewerage district. The enacted plan remains in effect until
the next decennial census.
Other metropolitan sewerage commissions
Currently, the commissioners of a metropolitan sewerage district that does not
include territory within a first class city are appointed by the county board or boards
of supervisors of the county or counties having territory within the district or by the
municipalities having territory in the district, except that if the governing bodies of
all municipalities having territory within a district so determine, the commissioners
are elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring election.
This bill provides that the commissioners of all metropolitan sewerage districts
that do not include territory within a first class city shall be elected at large on a
nonpartisan ballot at the spring election. Under the bill, the terms of service, method
for filling vacancies, nomination paper signature requirements, and contribution
limits for the office of commissioner in such districts are the same as currently
provided for elective commissioners of the districts. Candidates for the office of
commissioner are not eligible to receive public grants to finance their campaigns.
Town sanitary district commissions
Currently, one or more towns may organize a town sanitary district. The
boundaries of the district need not be coterminous with any town. Each district is
governed by a town sanitary district commission consisting of three members who
serve at large for six-year terms, except that if a district is contained entirely within
one town, the town board may constitute itself as the commission. Alternatively, the
town board may provide for the appointment of commissioners, or may provide for
the election of commissioners on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring election. If a
district is contained within more than one town, the town board of the town
containing the largest portion of the equalized full value of taxable property in the
district may provide for the appointment or election of commissioners. Upon petition
of a number of electors of the town equaling at least 20 percent of the vote cast for
governor in the district at the last election, the district must change the method of
selection of commissioners from appointment to election, and if a petition is approved
by the electors of the district in a referendum, must change the method of selection
of commissioners from election to appointment.
This bill provides for the election of each town sanitary district commission by
the electors of the district at large on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring election.
Under the bill, commissioners continue to serve for staggered six-year terms. The
bill provides that the method of filling vacancies, nomination paper signature
requirements, and contribution limits for the office of commissioner are the same as
currently provided for elected commissioners of town sanitary districts. Under the

bill, candidates for the office of commissioner are not eligible to receive public grants
to finance their campaigns.
Technical college district boards
Currently, the state technical college system is managed on the local level by
district boards consisting of nine members in each of the state's 16 technical college
districts. The members of the technical college district board for each district are
appointed by an appointment committee consisting of local elected officials in
accordance with a representation plan based upon population distribution within
the district, including distribution of women and minorities. All members of district
boards must be residents of the district. Two members must be employers and two
members must be employees. One member must be a school district administrator
of a school district that lies within the technical college district. All members serve
for three-year terms.
This bill provides for the election of all members of district boards from election
districts within each technical college district on a nonpartisan ballot at the spring
election. Each member must be an elector of the election district from which he or
she is elected. Terms are changed to four years. Board members may be removed
from office by a circuit court for cause and are subject to recall in the same manner
as is currently provided for municipal elective officers. Vacancies are filled by
appointment of the remaining members of the board until a successor can be chosen
at the spring election. Under the bill, current district board members serve until July
1, 2009, at which time district board members who are elected at the 2009 spring
election take office. The terms of the members are staggered so that at least two are
elected every year. Nomination paper signature requirements, contribution limits,
and spending guidelines are the same as currently provided for the office of
representative to the assembly. Candidates for the district board are not eligible to
receive public grants to finance their campaigns.
Local exposition district boards of directors
Currently, any municipality or combination of two or more municipalities may
create an exposition district, the territory of which is coterminous with the territory
of the sponsoring municipality or municipalities, except that if the sponsoring
municipality is a first class city, the territory of the district is coterminous with that
municipality and each city or village that is wholly or partly contained within the
most populous county in which the city is located. The district is governed by a board
of directors whose members are appointed by the chief executive officer or officers of
the sponsoring municipality or municipality, subject to confirmation by the
municipal governing body or bodies. The number of members of a board of directors
varies depending upon which municipality sponsors the district and whether there
is more than one such municipality. Board members must be qualified to serve in
accordance with certain statutory membership categories. Board members serve for
staggered three-year terms.
This bill provides for the election of all members of local exposition district
boards for staggered three-year terms at large by the electors of the district on a
nonpartisan ballot at the spring election. Under the bill, all board members must
be residents of the district. The bill permits the current appointing authorities or

authorities to appoint initial board members in a newly created district and to fill
vacancies by appointment. Nomination paper signature requirements and
contribution limits are the same as currently established for local offices in special
purpose districts. Under the bill, candidates for the office of board member are not
eligible to receive public grants to finance their campaigns.
Local professional baseball park district boards
Currently, there is created a professional baseball park district in each county
with a population of 600,000 or more and all counties that are contiguous to that
county that are not included within another such district. The district is governed
by a district board whose members are appointed, in numbers specified in the
statutes, by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, by the chief executive
officers of the counties within the district, and by the mayor or common council
president of the most populous city within the district. Currently, there exists one
professional baseball park district in this state which has a district board consisting
of 13 members.
This bill creates a special committee for each local professional baseball park
district that is in existence on the day the bill becomes law. The committee consists
of the county executive (or the county board chairperson if there is no executive) of
each county that has territory within the district. The committee is directed to report
to the 2009 legislature when it convenes concerning the committee's
recommendation for a process for popular election of the members of the district
board of the district.
Local professional football stadium district boards
Currently, there is created a professional football stadium district in each
county with a population of more than 150,000 in which is located the principal site
of a stadium that is home to a professional football team that meets certain specified
statutory criteria. The district is governed by a district board whose members are
appointed, in numbers specified in the statutes, by the mayor of the most populous
city that is located wholly or partly within the district, the chief elected official of each
other municipality that is located wholly or partly within the district, and the county
executive or board chairperson of the county in which the football stadium is located.
Currently, there exists one professional football stadium district in this state which
has a district board consisting of eight members.
Local cultural arts district boards
Currently, any city with a population of more than 150,000 may create a
cultural arts district, the boundaries of which are coterminous with the boundaries
of the city. The district is governed by a district board. If the sponsoring city is a first
class city, the common council determines the membership and method of selection
of the district board members. If the sponsoring city is not a first class city, the
governor, mayor of the sponsoring city, and county executive or their designees serve
as members of the district board, and the governor may appoint three additional
members, the mayor may appoint six additional members, and the county executive
may appoint one additional member.
This bill provides for the election of all members of each cultural arts district
board for staggered four-year terms at large by the electors of the district on a

nonpartisan ballot at the spring election. Under the bill, all district board members
must have resided within 25 miles of the sponsoring city's city hall for at least one
year prior to assuming office. The bill permits a committee consisting of the governor,
the mayor of the sponsoring city, and the county executive or board chairperson of
the county in which the largest portion of the population of the sponsoring city is
located to appoint initial district board members in a newly created district and to
fill vacancies by appointment. Nomination paper signature requirements and
contribution limits are the same as currently established for local offices in special
purpose districts. Under the bill, candidates for the office of district board member
are not eligible to receive public grants to finance their campaigns.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB258, s. 1 1Section 1. 5.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,7,82 5.01 (4) (a) If 2 or more candidates for the same office receive the greatest, but
3an equal number of votes, the winner shall be chosen by lot in the presence of the
4board of canvassers charged with the responsibility to determine the election, or in
5the case of an election for state or national office or metropolitan sewerage
6commissioner, if the commissioner metropolitan sewerage district is elected
7organized under s. 200.09 (11) (am) subch. I of ch. 200, in the presence of the
8chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee.
SB258, s. 2 9Section 2. 5.02 (3), (5) and (23) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB258,7,1110 5.02 (3) "Educational officer" means the state superintendent, a member of a
11technical college district board,
and a school board members member.
SB258,8,2 12(5) "General election" means the election held in even-numbered years on the
13Tuesday after the first Monday in November to elect United States senators,
14representatives in congress, presidential electors, state senators, representatives to
15the assembly, district attorneys, state officers other than the state superintendent,

1members of the technical college district boards,
and judicial officers, and county
2officers other than supervisors and county executives.
SB258,8,7 3(23) "State office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
4of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, justice of the
5supreme court, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, state senator, state
6representative to the assembly and, district attorney, and member of a technical
7college district board
.
SB258, s. 3 8Section 3. 5.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,8,189 5.15 (1) (c) The wards established by municipal governing bodies under this
10section on the basis of the published results of each federal decennial census of
11population shall govern the adjustment of supervisory districts under s. 59.10 (2) (a)
12and (3) (b) and of aldermanic districts under s. 62.08 (1) for the purpose of local
13elections beginning on January 1 of the 2nd year commencing after the year of the
14census until revised under this section on the basis of the results of the next
15decennial census of population unless adjusted under sub. (2) (f) 4. or 6., (6) (a) or (7),
16or unless adjusted, as a matter of statewide concern, in the enactment of legislative
17districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution on the basis of the most recent
18decennial census of population.
SB258, s. 4 19Section 4. 5.15 (2) (f) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB258,8,2320 5.15 (2) (f) 6. That part of a metropolitan sewerage district created under s.
21200.23 required to create a subdistrict under s. 200.25 (7) (a) that has a population
22which is, as nearly as practicable, equal to other subdistricts in the metropolitan
23sewerage district.
SB258, s. 5 24Section 5. 5.58 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,9,10
15.58 (1r) Town sanitary district commission. There shall be a separate ballot
2for members of the town sanitary district commission if commissioners are elected
3under s. 60.74
and the boundaries of the district are not coterminous with one or more
4towns, except as authorized in s. 5.655. Candidates for different seats shall be listed
5in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested in any election.
6Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the town clerk of the
7town whose board of supervisors directs the election in which the district is located
8or, if located in more than one town, of the town containing the largest portion of the
9equalized full value of taxable property within the district
, in the same manner as
10provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b).
SB258, s. 6 11Section 6. 5.58 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:
SB258,9,1912 5.58 (1t) Exposition district board of directors. There shall be a separate
13ballot for members of the exposition district board of directors whenever the
14exposition district is not coterminous with the boundaries of a single municipality,
15except as authorized under s. 5.655. Candidates for different seats shall be listed in
16separate columns or rows. Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be
17determined by the county clerk or executive director of the board of election
18commissioners of the county in which the greatest portion of the population of the
19district is located, in the same manner as provided under s. 5.60 (1) (b).
SB258, s. 7 20Section 7. 5.58 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,9,2521 5.58 (2m) Metropolitan sewerage commission. Except as authorized in s.
225.655, there shall be a separate ballot for members of the metropolitan sewerage
23commission if commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), with. In districts
24created under s. 200.23, the ballot shall list the names of the candidates for
25metropolitan sewerage commissioner from the subdistrict for the ward or election

1district in which the ballot is used. In other districts, the names of the
candidates
2for different seats shall be listed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat
3is contested at any election. Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be
4determined by the board, except that in metropolitan sewerage districts created
5under s. 200.23, arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the
6secretary of the metropolitan sewerage district
.
SB258, s. 8 7Section 8. 5.58 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB258,10,128 5.58 (2s) Technical college district board. When required, there shall be a
9separate ballot for member of a technical college district board. Arrangement of the
10names on the ballot shall be determined by the elections board under s. 5.60 (1) (b).
11The ballot shall be titled "Official Primary Ballot for .... (name of district) Technical
12College District Board."
SB258, s. 9 13Section 9. 5.58 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,11,714 5.58 (3) Names on spring ballot. Only 2 candidates for state superintendent,
15for any judicial office, for any elected seat on a metropolitan sewerage commission
16or town sanitary district commission, for member of a technical college district board
17from any election district, or for any seat on an exposition district board of directors,
18a professional baseball park district board, a professional football stadium district
19board, or a cultural arts district board,
in counties having a population of 500,000 or
20more only 2 candidates for member of the board of supervisors within each district,
21in counties having a population of less than 500,000 only 2 candidates for each
22member of the county board of supervisors from each district or numbered seat or
23only 4 candidates for each 2 members of the county board of supervisors from each
24district whenever 2 supervisors are elected to unnumbered seats from the same
25district, in 1st class cities only 2 candidates for any at-large seat and only 2

1candidates from any election district to be elected to the board of school directors, in
2school districts electing school board members to numbered seats, or pursuant to an
3apportionment plan or district representation plan, only 2 school board candidates
4for each numbered seat or within each district, and twice as many candidates as are
5to be elected members of other school boards or other elective officers receiving the
6highest number of votes at the primary shall be nominees for the office at the spring
7election. Only their names shall appear on the official spring ballot.
SB258, s. 10 8Section 10. 5.60 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,11,109 5.60 (1) (title) State superintendent Nonpartisan state officers; judiciary;
10county executive
and; county supervisors supervisor; local district officers.
SB258, s. 11 11Section 11. 5.60 (1) (aL) of the statutes is created to read:
SB258,11,1512 5.60 (1) (aL) There shall be a separate ballot for the seat of each member of the
13technical college district board in the election district when so required. The
14elections board shall determine the official ballot arrangement for technical college
15district board candidates by using the same method as that used under par. (b).
SB258, s. 12 16Section 12. 5.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,12,617 5.60 (1) (b) The board shall certify the candidates' names and designate the
18official ballot arrangement for candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of
19appeals judge, member of a technical college district board, circuit judge and, if
20commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am),
the metropolitan sewerage
21commission if the metropolitan sewerage district is organized under subch. I of ch.
22200
. The arrangement of names of all candidates on the ballot whose nomination
23papers are filed with the board shall be determined by the board by the drawing of
24lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first Tuesday
25is a holiday. Whenever a primary is held for an office, a 2nd drawing of all candidates

1for that office shall be held by or under the supervision of the board not later than
2the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass to determine the
3arrangement of candidates on the election ballot. In metropolitan sewerage districts
4created under s. 200.23, arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined
5by the secretary of the metropolitan sewerage district using the same method as that
6used by the board under this paragraph.
SB258, s. 13 7Section 13. 5.60 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,12,158 5.60 (4m) Metropolitan sewerage commission. A separate ballot shall list the
9names of all candidates for the metropolitan sewerage commission seats, if
10commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am)
, except as authorized in s. 5.655.
11The In districts created under s. 200.23, the ballot shall list the names of the
12candidates for metropolitan sewerage commissioner from the subdistrict for the
13ward or election district in which the ballot is used. In other districts, the
names of
14the candidates
for the different seats shall be placed in separate columns or rows if
15more than one seat is contested at any election.
SB258, s. 14 16Section 14. 5.60 (4n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB258,12,2017 5.60 (4n) Exposition district board of directors. A separate ballot shall list
18the names of all candidates for the exposition district board of directors, except as
19authorized under s. 5.655. The names of the candidates for the different seats shall
20be placed in separate columns or rows.
SB258, s. 15 21Section 15. 5.60 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,13,222 5.60 (6m) Town sanitary district commission. Except as authorized in s. 5.655,
23a separate ballot shall list the names of all candidates for town sanitary district
24commission seats, if commissioners are elected under s. 60.74 and the boundaries of
25the district are not coterminous with the boundaries of one or more towns. The

1names for different seats shall be placed in separate columns or rows if more than
2one seat is contested at any election.
SB258, s. 16 3Section 16. 7.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,13,104 7.10 (1) (a) Each county clerk shall provide ballots for every election in the
5county for all national, state and county offices, including metropolitan sewerage
6commission elections under s. 200.09 (11) (am), for municipal judges elected under
7s. 755.01 (4), for an exposition district board of directors whenever the exposition
8district is not coterminous with the boundaries of a single municipality,
and for state
9and county referenda. The official and sample ballots shall be prepared in
10substantially the same form as those prescribed by the board under s. 7.08 (1) (a).
SB258, s. 17 11Section 17. 7.51 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,13,2212 7.51 (3) (b) For ballots which relate only to municipal or school district offices
13or referenda, or offices or referenda of metropolitan sewerage districts created under
14s. 200.23
, the inspectors, in lieu of par. (a), after counting the ballots shall return
15them to the proper ballot boxes, lock the boxes, paste paper over the slots, sign their
16names to the paper and deliver them and the keys therefor to the municipal or school
17district clerk or the secretary of the metropolitan sewerage district. For ballots that
18relate to an exposition district for which ballots were provided by the county clerk
19or board of election commissioners of a different county, the inspectors shall return
20the ballot boxes and keys therefor to the county clerk or board of election
21commissioners who provided the ballots
. The clerk or secretary shall retain the
22ballots until destruction is authorized under s. 7.23.
SB258, s. 18 23Section 18. 7.51 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,14,624 7.51 (3) (d) Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
25under s. 7.52, all absentee certificate envelopes which have been opened shall be

1returned by the inspectors to the municipal clerk in a securely sealed carrier
2envelope which is clearly marked "used absentee certificate envelopes". The
3envelopes shall be signed by the chief inspector and 2 other inspectors. Except when
4the ballots are used in a municipal or school district election only , or when the ballots
5are used only in an election affecting a metropolitan sewerage district created under
6s. 200.23
, the municipal clerk shall transmit the used envelopes to the county clerk.
SB258, s. 19 7Section 19. 7.51 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB258,14,148 7.51 (4) (b) The chief inspector, or one of the inspectors appointed by him or her,
9immediately after the votes are tabulated or counted at each election, shall report
10the returns of the election to the municipal clerk for municipal elections or to the
11school district clerk for school district elections, except in 1st class cities, or to the
12secretary of the metropolitan sewerage district for elections in metropolitan
13sewerage districts created under s. 200.23
. The clerk or secretary shall then make
14the returns public.
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