Amendment AA70-SB275

SB275-AA70,11,13 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a technical college district board, $500.

SB275-AA70, s. 24 Section 24. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB275-AA70,11,17 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a technical college district board, $17,250 total in the primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.

SB275-AA70, s. 25 Section 25. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB275-AA70,11,21 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than a technical college district or judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district:

SB275-AA70, s. 27 Section 27. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,11,24 17.01 (10m) By a member of a technical college district board, to the secretary of the district board.

SB275-AA70, s. 28 Section 28. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,12,3 17.02 (2) Technical college district board. Of the resignation of a member of a technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board to the government accountability board.

SB275-AA70, s. 29 Section 29. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,12,7 17.17 (2) Technical college district board. In the office of member of a technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board to the government accountability board.

SB275-AA70, s. 30 Section 30. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB275-AA70,12,19 17.27 (3) Technical college district board. Except as provided in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of a technical college district board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the district board. The temporary appointee shall be a resident of the technical college district and, if the technical college district is apportioned into election districts, of the numbered election district within the technical college district which he or she is appointed to represent. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs during the period beginning on the first Monday of January of the year following the year in which the president of the United States is elected and ending on May 31 of the following year, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, at the succeeding general election.

SB275-AA70, s. 31 Section 31. 38.01 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,12,22 38.01 (12) "Ward" means a municipal ward in effect on August 1 of the year following the federal decennial census on which a districting plan is based.

SB275-AA70, s. 32 Section 32. 38.04 (15) of the statutes is repealed.

SB275-AA70, s. 33 Section 33. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,13,3 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy of the order to the government accountability board.

SB275-AA70, s. 34 Section 34. 38.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB275-AA70,13,14 38.08 (1) (a) A district board shall administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the district, except that in a district that includes territory within a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the district board shall be composed of 11 members who are residents of the district. The members shall be elected at the general election at large by the electors of the district, except that in a district that includes territory within a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the members shall be elected from election districts by the electors of the respective election districts. In each such district, each member of the district board shall be an elector of the election district within the technical college district from which the member seeks office.

SB275-AA70, s. 35 Section 35. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB275-AA70,13,17 38.08 (1) (b) District board members shall take office on July 1 the first Monday in January and shall serve staggered 3-year 4-year terms.

SB275-AA70, s. 36 Section 36. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,13,23 38.08 (1) (c) Promptly upon receipt of the determinations of the government accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any person to fill a temporary vacancy on the district board, the secretary of the district board shall send written notification of the name and address of each member and expiration date of each member's term to the director of the board.

SB275-AA70, s. 37 Section 37. 38.08 (1g), (2) and (2m) of the statutes are repealed.

SB275-AA70, s. 38 Section 38. 38.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB275-AA70,14,7 38.08 (3) The district board shall hold its annual organizational meeting on the 2nd Monday in July January at which it shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary and treasurer. If a vacancy occurs in any of the district board officer positions after the annual organizational meeting, the district board may elect an officer to fill the vacancy at any subsequent district board meeting. No person may serve as chairperson for more than 2 successive annual terms.

SB275-AA70, s. 39 Section 39. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB275-AA70,14,18 38.08 (6) (a) Beginning in 2012, in each district that includes territory within a county having a population of 500,000 or more, within 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and thereafter within 90 days after the population count by block, established in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90 days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 11 numbered election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population as possible.

SB275-AA70,14,24 (b) Within 90 days after the creation of any new district that includes territory within a county having a population of 500,000 or more, or within 90 days after such a population count shows that the population of any county having territory within an existing district has attained at least 500,000, the district board shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 11 numbered election districts within that district in the manner as provided in par. (a).

SB275-AA70,15,2 (c) Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to existing districts may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change.

SB275-AA70,15,6 (d) Insofar as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the community of interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of each election district prescribed by a district board shall be prepared and transmitted by the district board to the director of the board.

SB275-AA70,15,13 (e) All proposed district boundaries established by a district board under par. (a) or (b) shall become effective only upon their approval by the board. If the board disapproves the proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised districting plan for approval of the board. Upon approval of the election district boundaries within any district, the board shall promulgate the boundaries established under par. (a) or (b) as a rule under ch. 227. The boundaries shall become effective on the effective date of the rule.

SB275-AA70, s. 40 Section 40. 38.10 of the statutes is repealed.

SB275-AA70, s. 41 Section 41. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB275-AA70,15,21 (1) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22, and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of each technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of this subsection shall cease to hold office on January 7, 2013. At the 2008 general election, new members shall be elected to each technical college district board for terms of 4 years commencing on January 7, 2013.

SB275-AA70,15,25 (2) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10, 2009 stats., the appointment committee of each technical college district shall not make any appointment to a technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.

SB275-AA70, s. 42 Section 42. Effective dates. This act takes effect on April 15, 2012, except as follows:

SB275-AA70,16,5 (1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.04 (15), 38.08 (1g), (2), (2m), (3), and (6) (a) to (e), and 38.10 of the statutes takes effect on January 7, 2013.".

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