Amendment ASA1-AB225

AB225-ASA1,63,10 8. Candidates for circuit judge, $78,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,12 9. Candidates for district attorney in any prosecutorial unit with a population of 500,000 or less, $78,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,15 10. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a 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, for the following countywide offices:

AB225-ASA1,63,16 a. Candidates for county executive, $122,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,17 b. Candidates for district attorney, $146,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,18 c. Candidates for county supervisor, $8,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,20 d. Candidates for any other countywide elective office, not including candidates specified under subd. 5. or 8., $49,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,23 11. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a 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, for the following offices in cities of the 1st class:

AB225-ASA1,63,24 a. Candidates for mayor, $122,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,25 b. Candidates for city attorney, $73,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,1 c. Candidates for any other city-wide elective office, $49,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,2 d. Candidates for alderperson, $8,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,6 12. Candidates for any local office, who are elected from a jurisdiction or district with less than 500,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal census or census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

AB225-ASA1,64,7 a. Five hundred dollars.

AB225-ASA1,64,9 b. Twenty-four percent of the annual salary for the office sought, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25.

AB225-ASA1,64,11 c. Fifteen cents per inhabitant of the jurisdiction or district, not to exceed $20,000.

AB225-ASA1,118 Section 118. 11.26 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,64,17 11.26 (18) Beginning on July 1, 2015, and every 2 years thereafter, the board shall modify the dollar amounts under subs. (1), (2), (4), (8), and (9), rounded to the nearest multiple of $25, to adjust for the change in the consumer price index, all items, U.S. city average, published by the federal Department of Labor for the preceding 2-year period ending on December 31.

AB225-ASA1,119 Section 119. 11.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,64,21 11.30 (4) No owner or other person with a financial interest in a communications medium may utilize such medium in support of or in opposition to a candidate or referendum except as provided in this chapter.

AB225-ASA1,65,6 (4m) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict fair coverage of bona fide news stories, interviews with candidates and other politically active individuals, editorial comment or endorsement. Such activities editorials by any broadcasting station, cable television operator or producer, Internet site, or newspaper or other periodical publication, including an Internet or electronic publication, unless the communication is made by a candidate, personal campaign committee, support committee of a candidate authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p), or a political party. Activities that are not restricted under this subsection are not subject to an attribution requirement under sub. (2) and need not be reported as a contribution or disbursement.

AB225-ASA1,120 Section 120. 11.31 of the statutes is repealed.

AB225-ASA1,121 Section 121. 11.33 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,65,14 11.33 (2m) This section does not apply to the cost of materials or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor under s. 323.10 affecting any county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the subject of the emergency.

AB225-ASA1,122 Section 122. 11.38 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,65,23 11.38 (1) (a) 1. No foreign or domestic corporation, or association organized under ch. 185 or 193, may make any contribution or disbursement, directly or indirectly, either independently or through any political party, committee, group, candidate or individual for any purpose other than except to promote or defeat a referendum and except that such a corporation or association may make a contribution to a committee that is operated exclusively for the purpose of financing the purchase, lease, or maintenance of space for exclusive use by a political party or legislative campaign committee.

AB225-ASA1,123 Section 123. 11.38 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,5 11.38 (1) (a) 3. No corporation or association specified in subd. 1. may annually expend more than a combined total of $500 annually for solicitation of contributions to a fund established under subd. 2. or to a conduit more than the greater of $20,000 or 20 percent of the amount of contributions in the previous year to the fund established under subd. 2. or to a conduit.

AB225-ASA1,124 Section 124. 13.025 of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,10 13.025 Ethics training for members. Before the oath of office may be administered to any member of the legislature, the member shall complete 4 hours of ethics training administered by the government accountability board under s. 19.48 (9).

AB225-ASA1,125 Section 125. 13.62 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 13.62 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,13 13.62 (1) (intro.) "Administrative action" means the any of the following:

AB225-ASA1,66,16 (a) The proposal, drafting, development, consideration, promulgation, amendment, repeal, or rejection by any agency of any rule promulgated under ch. 227.

AB225-ASA1,126 Section 126. 13.62 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,20 13.62 (1) (b) The consideration of specifications for a procurement by a legislator or by an agency or the award of a procurement contract or order by an agency.

AB225-ASA1,127 Section 127. 13.62 (12e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,22 13.62 (12e) "Procurement" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (11s).

AB225-ASA1,128 Section 128. 13.625 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,67,8 13.625 (1) (c) (intro.) Except as permitted in this subsection, make a campaign contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6), to a partisan elective state official for the purpose of promoting the official's election to any national, state, or local office,; or to a candidate for a partisan elective state office to be filled at the general election or a special election,; or to the official's or candidate's personal campaign committee. A lobbyist may make a campaign contribution to a partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office or his or her to the personal campaign committee may be made of the official or candidate in the year of a the official's or candidate's election between June 1 the first day authorized by law for the circulation of nomination papers as a candidate and the day of the general election, except that:

AB225-ASA1,129 Section 129. 13.63 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,67,25 13.63 (1) (a) An application applicant for a license to act as a lobbyist may be obtained obtain an application from and filed file the application with the board. Except as authorized under par. (am), an applicant shall include his or her social security number on the application. The application applicant shall be signed, under the penalty for making false statements under s. 13.69 (6m), by the lobbyist sign the application. The applicant shall submit with the application the applicable fee under s. 13.75 (1) or (1m) and evidence that the applicant has completed 4 hours of ethics training administered by the board under s. 19.48 (9) within the preceding 24 months. Upon approval of the application and payment of the applicable license fee under s. 13.75 (1) or (1m) to by the board, the board shall issue a license which to the applicant. A license issued under this paragraph entitles the licensee to practice lobbying on behalf of each registered principal who or which has filed for whom or which an authorization for that lobbyist, as required under s. 13.65 for that lobbyist, has been filed and paid for whom or which the authorization fee required under s. 13.75 (4) has been paid. The A license issued under this paragraph shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB225-ASA1,130 Section 130. 13.67 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,68,21 13.67 Identification of legislative and administrative proposals and topics. (1) Except as authorized under s. 13.621, no person may engage in lobbying as a lobbyist on behalf of a principal and no principal may authorize a lobbyist to engage in lobbying on its behalf unless the principal reports to the board, in such manner as the board may prescribe, each legislative proposal, budget bill subject, proposed procurement, and proposed administrative rule number in connection with which the principal has made or intends to make a lobbying communication or, if the lobbying does not relate to a legislative proposal or proposed administrative rule that has been numbered or a specific proposed procurement or a budget bill subject, each topic of a lobbying communication made or intended to be made by the principal. A principal shall describe any topic of a lobbying communication with reasonable specificity, sufficient to identify the subject matter of the lobbying communication and whether the communication is an attempt to influence legislative or administrative action, or both. The principal shall file the report no later than the end of the 15th day after the date on which the principal makes a lobbying communication with respect to a legislative proposal, proposed administrative rule, proposed procurement, budget bill subject or other topic not previously reported by the principal under this section during the biennial period for which the principal is registered. The report shall be made by a person who is identified by the principal under s. 13.64 (1) (e).

AB225-ASA1,68,25 (2) Any person who is not a principal may, upon payment of the fee prescribed under s. 13.75 (5), register with the board an interest in any legislative proposal, proposed administrative rule, proposed procurement, budget bill subject or other topic.

AB225-ASA1,131 Section 131. 13.68 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,69,5 13.68 (1) (bp) For each proposed procurement in regard to which a lobbyist for the principal attempted to influence administrative action, the principal's reasonable estimate of the proportion of its time spent in lobbying associated with that proposed procurement.

AB225-ASA1,132 Section 132. 13.695 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,69,7 13.695 (1) (a) The name of the agency filing the statement;.

AB225-ASA1,133 Section 133. 13.695 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,69,10 13.695 (1) (b) The name, title, and salary, which is paid by the state, of each officer or employee engaged in such legislative activity, the.

AB225-ASA1,69,12 (c) The proportionate amount of time spent on legislative activity and the general area of legislative action by each such officer or employee.

AB225-ASA1,69,14 (d) The number of each introduced bill on or about which the officer or employee has attempted to influence legislative action.

AB225-ASA1,134 Section 134. 13.75 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,69,19 13.75 (5) Registering an interest in a legislative proposal, proposed administrative rule, proposed procurement, budget bill subject or other topic under 13.67 (2), $10, except that no fee is required for an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44.

AB225-ASA1,135 Section 135. 19.42 (11s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,69,22 19.42 (11s) "Procurement" means the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services exceeding the total value of $50,000.

AB225-ASA1,136 Section 136. 19.45 (8) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,70,7 19.45 (8) (b) No former state public official, for 12 months following the date on which he or she ceases to be a state public official, may, for compensation, on behalf of any person other than a governmental entity, make any formal or informal appearance before, or negotiate with, any officer or employee of a department in connection with any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, application, contract, proposed procurement, claim, or charge which might give rise to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding which was under the former official's responsibility as a state public official within 12 months prior to the date on which he or she ceased to be a state public official.

AB225-ASA1,70,12 (c) No former state public official may, for compensation, act on behalf of any party other than the state in connection with any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, application, contract, proposed procurement, claim, or charge which might give rise to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding in which the former official participated personally and substantially as a state public official.

AB225-ASA1,137 Section 137. 24.66 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,70,20 24.66 (3) (b) For long-term loans by unified school districts. Every application for a loan, the required repayment of which exceeds 10 years, shall be approved and authorized for a unified school district by a majority vote of the members of the school board at a regular or special meeting of the school board. Every vote so required shall be by ayes and noes duly recorded. In addition, the application shall be approved for a unified school district by a majority vote of the electors of the school district at a special an election as provided under sub. (4).

AB225-ASA1,138 Section 138. 24.66 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,71,4 24.66 (4) Popular vote, when required. If any municipality is not empowered by law to incur indebtedness for a particular purpose without first submitting the question to its electors, the application for a state trust fund loan for that purpose must be approved and authorized by a majority vote of the electors at a special an election called, authorized under s. 8.065 (2) and noticed and held in the manner provided for other special elections referendums. The question to be voted on shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. The notice of the election referendum shall state the amount of the proposed loan and the purpose for which it will be used.

AB225-ASA1,139 Section 139. 32.72 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,71,12 32.72 (1) Sections 32.50 to 32.71 do not take effect in any city until the following question is submitted to the electors of the city at a special an election, authorized under s. 8.065 (2), and adopted by a majority vote of the electors voting: "Shall subchapter II of chapter 32, Wisconsin Statutes, be effective in the city of ................, thus allowing the city to acquire and condemn property for street widening and similar purposes, financed through assessments of benefits and damages?". The question shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37.

AB225-ASA1,140 Section 140. 38.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,72,2 38.15 (1) Subject to sub. (3), if the district board intends to make a capital expenditure in excess of $1,500,000, excluding moneys received from gifts, grants or federal funds, for the acquisition of sites,; the purchase or construction of buildings,; the lease/purchase of buildings if costs exceed $1,500,000 for the lifetime of the lease,; building additions or enlargements; or the purchase of fixed equipment relating to any such activity, it shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to do so and identifying the anticipated source of revenue for each project and shall submit the resolution to the electors of the district for approval. The referendum may be held at an election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) and shall be noticed, called, and conducted as provided in s. 67.05 (3) insofar as applicable. For the purposes of this section, all projects located on a single campus site within one district which are bid concurrently or which are approved by the board under s. 38.04 (10) within a 2-year period shall be considered as one capital expenditure project.

AB225-ASA1,141 Section 141. 38.16 (3) (br) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,72,17 38.16 (3) (br) 1. If a district board wishes to exceed the limit under par. (b) otherwise applicable to the district in 2011 or 2012, it shall adopt a resolution supporting inclusion in the final district budget of an amount equal to the proposed excess levy. The resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the district board shall submit a copy of the resolution to the board and shall notify the board of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a copy of the resolution to the board. The district board shall call a special referendum to be called for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the district for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the district board may specify that the The referendum shall be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election, if such election is to be held authorized under s. 8.065 (2) that occurs not sooner than 42 days after the filing of the resolution of the district board. The district board shall certify the results of the referendum to the board within 10 days after the referendum is held.

AB225-ASA1,142 Section 142. 59.08 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,73,3 59.08 (7) (b) The question of the consolidation of the counties shall be submitted to the voters at the next election to be held on the first Tuesday in April, or the next regular election, or at a special election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) to be held on the day fixed in a date specified in the order issued under par. (a), which day date shall be no sooner than 70 days from the completion of the consolidation agreement and which date shall be the same in each of the counties proposing to consolidate. A copy of the order shall be filed with the county clerk of each of the counties as provided in s. 8.37. If the question of consolidation is submitted at a special election, it shall be held not less than 70 days nor more than 88 days from the completion of the consolidation agreement, but not within 60 days of any spring or general election.

AB225-ASA1,143 Section 143. 59.605 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,73,16 59.605 (3) (a) 1. If the governing body of a county wishes to exceed the operating levy rate limit otherwise applicable to the county under this section, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify either the operating levy rate or the operating levy that the governing body wishes to impose for either a specified number of years or an indefinite period. The governing body shall call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the county for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the governing body may specify that provide for the referendum to be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election to be held authorized under s. 8.065 (2) that occurs not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the resolution of the governing body. The governing body shall file the resolution to be submitted to the electors as provided in s. 8.37.

AB225-ASA1,144 Section 144. 60.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,73,22 60.62 (2) If the county in which the town is located has enacted a zoning ordinance under s. 59.69, the exercise of the authority under sub. (1) is subject to approval by the town meeting or by a referendum vote of the electors of the town to be held at the time of any regular or special an election authorized under s. 8.065 (2). The question for the referendum vote shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37.

AB225-ASA1,145 Section 145. 60.74 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,74,9 60.74 (5) (b) A petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40, signed by qualified electors of the district equal to at least 20% 20 percent of the vote cast for governor in the district at the last gubernatorial election, and requesting a change to appointment of commissioners, may be submitted to the town board, subject to sub. (5m) (a). The petition shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. Upon receipt of the petition, the town board shall submit the question to the electors at a referendum to be held at the next regular spring election or general election, or shall call a special an election for that purpose authorized under s. 8.065 (2). The inspectors shall count the votes and submit a statement of the results to the commission. The commission shall canvass the results of the election and certify the results to the town board which has authority to appoint commissioners.

AB225-ASA1,146 Section 146. 61.187 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,74,19 61.187 (1) Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40, signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for village officers at the next preceding election for village officers in that village, shall be presented to the village board, and filed as provided in s. 8.37, praying for dissolution of the village, the village board shall submit to the electors of the village the question whether or not the village shall be dissolved. The question shall be determined by ballot, in substantially the manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, at a general an election or at a special election called by the village board for that purpose authorized under s. 8.065 (2).

AB225-ASA1,147 Section 147. 61.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,75,7 61.46 (1) General; limitation. The village board shall, on or before December 15 in each year, by resolution to be entered of record, determine the amount of corporation taxes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in such village for the current year. Before levying any tax for any specified purpose, exceeding one percent of the assessed valuation aforesaid, the village board shall, and in all other cases may in its discretion, submit the question of levying the same to the village electors at any general or special an election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) by giving 10 days' notice thereof prior to such election by publication in a newspaper published in the village, if any, and if there is none, then by posting notices in 3 public places in said village, setting forth in such notices the object and purposes for which such taxes are to be raised and the amount of the proposed tax. The village board shall file the question as provided in s. 8.37.

AB225-ASA1,148 Section 148. 62.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,75,25 62.09 (1) (a) The officers shall be a mayor, treasurer, clerk, comptroller, attorney, engineer, one or more assessors unless the city is assessed by a county assessor under s. 70.99, one or more constables as determined by the common council, a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), or local board of health, as defined in s. 250.01 (3), street commissioner, board of police and fire commissioners except in cities where not applicable, chief of police except in a city where it is not applicable, chief of the fire department except in a city where it is not applicable, chief of a combined protective services department except in a city where it is not applicable, board of public works, 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district, and such other officers or boards as are created by law or by the council. If one alderperson from each aldermanic district is provided under s. 66.0211 (1), the council may, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of all its members and approved by the electors at a general or special an election authorized under s. 8.065 (2), provide that there shall be 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district. If a city creates a combined protective services department under s. 62.13 (2e) (a) 1., it shall create the office of chief of such a department and shall abolish the offices of chief of police and chief of the fire department.

AB225-ASA1,149 Section 149. 62.13 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,76,11 62.13 (6) (b) The provisions of this subsection shall apply only if adopted by the electors. Whenever not less than 70 days prior to a regular city an election specified under s. 8.065 (2) a petition therefor, conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 and signed by electors equal in number to not less than 20% 20 percent of the total vote cast in the city for governor at the last general election, shall be filed with the clerk as provided in s. 8.37, the clerk shall give notice in the manner of notice of the regular city election of a referendum on the adoption of this subsection. Such referendum election shall be held with the regular city an election, and authorized under s. 8.065 (2), the ballots shall conform with the provisions of ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, and the question shall be "Shall s. 62.13 (6) of the statutes be adopted?"

AB225-ASA1,150 Section 150. 64.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,76,18 64.03 (1) Every ordinance or resolution for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15, and every petition for a special referendum election on the same, shall state the number of members of which the council herein provided for shall be composed, the term of office of its members, which term shall not exceed 2 years, whether they shall be nominated and elected from aldermanic districts or from the city at large, and the compensation, if any, which they shall receive.

AB225-ASA1,151 Section 151. 64.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,76,25 64.39 (3) Upon filing such petition, the mayor shall, by proclamation, submit the questions prescribed in sub. (1) at a special an election to be held at a time specified therein and within 2 months after such petition is filed authorized under s. 8.065 (2). The election upon such question shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law for other city elections.