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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
March 3, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Freese, Kessler, Seidel, Parisi,
Hines, Mursau and
Lehman. Referred to Committee on Urban and Local
Affairs.
AB154,1,2
1An Act to repeal 59.10 (3) (b) 3.; and
to amend 59.10 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes;
2relating to: contiguity of territory within county supervisory districts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, except in counties having only one town (Menominee County), each
county is required to enact a revised supervisory district plan to reflect the results
of each federal decennial census. With limited exceptions, each supervisory district
that is created under such a plan must consist of contiguous, whole wards or
municipalities. For this purpose, the law provides that a district that includes
territory that is connected to other territory only from corner to corner is considered
to be contiguous.
This bill deletes the law which provides that territory in a county supervisory
district plan that is connected to other territory from corner to corner is considered
to be contiguous, effective with revised county supervisory district plans enacted in
response to the 2010 federal decennial census of population.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB154, s. 1
3Section
1. 59.10 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB154,2,134
59.10
(2) (d) 1. `Number of supervisors; redistricting.' The board may, not more
5than once prior to November 15, 2010, decrease the number of supervisors after the
1enactment of a supervisory district plan under par. (a). In that case, the board shall
2redistrict, readjust, and change the boundaries of supervisory districts, so that the
3number of districts equals the number of supervisors, the districts are substantially
4equal in population according to the most recent countywide federal census, the
5districts are in as compact a form as possible, and the districts consist of contiguous
6whole wards in existence at the time at which the redistricting plan is adopted. In
7the redistricting plan, the board shall adhere to the requirements under sub. (3) (b)
82.
and 3. with regard to contiguity and shall, to the extent possible, place whole
9contiguous municipalities or contiguous parts of the same municipality within the
10same district. In redistricting under this subdivision, the original numbers of the
11districts in their geographic outlines, to the extent possible, shall be retained. The
12chairperson of the board shall file a certified copy of any redistricting plan adopted
13under this subdivision with the secretary of state.
AB154, s. 2
14Section
2. 59.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB154,2,1716
(1) This act first applies with respect to county supervisory district plans
17enacted in response to the 2010 federal decennial census of population.
