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(4) (c) If a municipal clerk fails to file a copy of a division ordinance or
2resolution, accompanied by the list and map specified in par. (a), within the time
3period prescribed under par. (b), the municipality is liable to the state for any
4additional costs that are incurred by the elections board and by the legislature and
5legislative service agencies in recording ward data and that are caused by the
6untimely filing. If a county clerk fails to file a copy of a division ordinance or
7resolution, accompanied by the list and map specified in par. (a), within the time
8period prescribed under par. (b), the county is liable to the state for any additional
9costs that are incurred by the elections board and by the legislature and legislative
10service agencies in recording ward data and that are caused by the untimely filing.
11The legislative reference bureau may compile all additional costs for which a
12municipality or county is liable under this paragraph and may submit a statement
13of these costs to the appropriate municipal or county clerk.
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14Section
22. 5.15 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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15Section
23. 5.15 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(6) (a) Following any municipality-wide special federal census of
17population, the governing body of the municipality in which the special census was
18held may, by ordinance or resolution, adjust the ward boundaries
to correlate with
19the results of the census, but no ward line adjustment may cross the boundary of an
20assembly district. The municipal clerk shall
transmit
file copies of the ordinance or
21resolution in compliance with sub. (4) (b).
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22Section
24. 5.15 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(7) If a new town is created or if part of a town is annexed to a city or village
24during a decennial period after the period for ward adjustments under sub. (1) (b),
25the town board of
any the new town
to which territory is attached or
of the town from
1which territory is detached, without regard to the time provisions of sub. (1) (b), may,
2by ordinance or resolution, adjust the wards in that town, but no ward line
3adjustment may cross the boundary of an assembly district. The town clerk shall
4transmit file copies of the ordinance or resolution making the adjustment in
5compliance with sub. (4) (b).
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6Section
25. 5.15 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(8) Until divided, all Every municipality that is divided into wards shall
8hold all elections
are held in the established wards
, until adjusted or revised under
9this section.
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10Section
26. 20.510 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.510
(1) (k)
Ward data recording. All moneys received from municipalities
12under s. 5.15 (4) (c) for additional costs of recording ward data incurred by the board
13as a result of late reports, to be used for that purpose.
SB518, s. 27
14Section
27. 59.10 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(2) (a)
Composition; supervisory districts. Within
60 90 days after the
16population count by
census block, established in the decennial federal census of
17population, and maps showing the location and numbering of census blocks become
18available in printed form from the federal government or are published for
19distribution by an agency of this state, but no later than July 1 following the year of
20each decennial census, the board shall adopt and transmit to the governing body of
21each city and village wholly or partially contained within the county a tentative
22county supervisory district plan to be considered by the cities and villages when
23dividing into wards. The
tentative plan shall
specify the number of supervisors to
24be elected and shall divide the county into a number of districts equal to the number
25of supervisors, with each district substantially equal in population
and consisting of
1contiguous whole wards. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the board
2shall develop and adopt the tentative plan in accordance with sub. (3) (b) 1.
The
3tentative plan shall not include provision for division of any census block, as utilized
4by the U.S. bureau of the census in the most recent federal decennial census of
5population, unless the block is bisected by a municipal boundary or unless a division
6is required to enable creation of supervisory districts that are substantially equal in
7population. The board shall adopt a final plan by enacting an ordinance in
8accordance with sub. (3) (b) 2. to 4.
Changes to the final plan shall be governed by
9sub. (3) (c).
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10Section
28. 59.10 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 1. Within
60 90 days after the population count by
census block,
12established in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the
13location and numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the
14federal government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state, but
15no later than July 1 following the year of each decennial census, each board shall
16propose a tentative county supervisory district plan setting forth the number of
17supervisory districts
proposed by the board and tentative boundaries
or a description
18of boundary requirements, hold a public hearing on the proposed plan and adopt a
19tentative plan. The proposed plan may be amended after the public hearing.
The
20tentative plan shall divide the county into a number of districts equal to the number
21of supervisors, with each district being substantially equal in population. The board
22shall solicit suggestions from municipalities concerning the development of an
23appropriate plan
. The board shall transmit to each municipal governing body in the
24county the tentative plan that is adopted. Each district shall consist of whole wards
25or municipalities. Each district shall be designated to be represented by one
1supervisor, and all districts shall be substantially equal in population. and shall
2attempt to incorporate the suggestions to the extent feasible. Territory within each
3proposed supervisory district under the plan shall be contiguous, except that
4territory surrounded by water or noncontiguous territory that is separated by the
5territory of another municipality, by water or by both from the major part of the
6municipality to which the noncontiguous territory belongs may be combined with
7noncontiguous territory within the same municipality to form a supervisory district. 8In the tentative plan, the board shall, whenever possible, place whole contiguous
9municipalities or contiguous parts of the same municipality within the same district.
10If the division of a municipality is sought by the board, the board shall provide with
11the plan a written statement to the municipality affected by each proposed division
12specifying the approximate location of the territory from which a ward is sought to
13be created for contiguity purposes and the approximate population of the ward
14proposed to effectuate the division The tentative plan shall not include provision for
15division of any census block unless the block is bisected by a municipal boundary or
16unless a division is required to enable creation of supervisory districts that are
17substantially equal in population. The board shall transmit to each municipal
18governing body in the county a copy of the tentative plan that is adopted.
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19Section
29. 59.10 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 2. Within
60 180 days after
every municipality in the county
21adjusts its wards under s. 5.15 the population count by census block, established in
22the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
23numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
24government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state, the board
25shall hold a public hearing and shall then adopt a final supervisory district plan,
1numbering each district. Wards within each supervisory district created by the plan
2shall be contiguous, except that one or more wards
located within a city or village
3which is wholly surrounded by another city or water, or both, may be combined with
4one or more noncontiguous wards, or one or more wards or portions of wards 5consisting of
island territory
as defined in s. 5.15 (2) (f) 3. surrounded by water or
6noncontiguous territory that is separated by the territory of another municipality,
7by water or by both from the major part of the municipality to which the
8noncontiguous territory belongs may be combined with one or more noncontiguous
9wards
or portions of wards within the same municipality, to form a supervisory
10district.
Except as required to reflect a change authorized under s. 5.15 (2) (d) in a
11municipal ward division and except as required under subd. 2m., the final plan shall
12not be inconsistent with the tentative plan.
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13Section
30. 59.10 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 2m. The populations of supervisory districts under the tentative
15plan shall be determined on the basis of the federal decennial census of population
16and any official corrections to the census issued on or before the date that the
17tentative plan is adopted to reflect the correct population of the county and
18municipalities and blocks within the county on April 1 of the year of the census. The
19populations of supervisory districts under the final plan shall be determined on the
20basis of the federal decennial census of population and any official corrections to the
21census to reflect the correct populations of the county and the municipalities and
22blocks within the county on April 1 of the year of the census, if the corrections as they
23affect any municipality are issued prior to division of the municipality into wards
24under s. 5.15, or if a municipality is not divided into wards, prior to adoption of the
1final plan. In this subdivision, an official correction does not include the substitution
2of an estimate for an actual population count.
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3Section
31. 59.10 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 4. The chairperson of the board shall file a certified copy of the final
5districting plan with the secretary of state.
Upon receipt, the secretary of state shall
6provide the legislative reference bureau with one copy of each final districting plan
7received under this subdivision. Upon receipt, the legislative reference bureau shall
8provide the state elections board with one copy of each final districting plan received
9under this subdivision. A copy may be filed under this subdivision either in
10electronic or paper format. Unless otherwise ordered under sub. (6), a plan enacted
11and filed with the secretary of state under this paragraph, together with any
12amendment enacted and filed under par. (c), remains in effect until the plan is
13superseded by a subsequent plan enacted under this paragraph and a certified copy
14of that plan is filed with the secretary of state.
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15Section
32. 59.10 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 59.10 (3) (c) 1. and
16amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (c) 1. After the enactment of a plan of supervisory districts under par.
18(b),
the board may amend the plan to reflect a municipal incorporation, annexation,
19detachment or consolidation
may serve as a basis for altering between federal
20decennial censuses the boundaries of supervisory districts, in the discretion of the
21board. The number of supervisory districts in the county shall not be changed by any
22action under this
paragraph. Any plan of county supervisory districts enacted under
23par. (b) may be amended under this paragraph but shall remain in effect as amended
24until superseded by another plan enacted by the board under par. (b) and filed 25subdivision.
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13. The chairperson of the board shall file a certified copy of any amended plan
2under this paragraph with the secretary of state.
Upon receipt, the secretary of state
3shall provide the legislative reference bureau with one copy of the amended plan.
4Upon receipt, the legislative reference bureau shall provide the state elections board
5with one copy of the amended plan. A copy may be filed under this subdivision either
6in electronic or paper format.
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7Section
33. 59.10 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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59.10
(3) (c) 2. Within 45 days after enactment or adoption of a revised division
9ordinance or resolution under s. 5.15 (4) (a), the board shall amend the county
10supervisory district plan under par. (b) to reflect any renumbering of the wards
11specified in the plan.
SB518, s. 34
12Section
34. 59.10 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(6) Enforcement of division requirement. If a county fails to comply
14with sub. (2) (a) or (3) (b), any municipality located in whole or in part within the
15county or any elector of the county may submit to the circuit court for the county
16within 14 days from the expiration of either
60-day
90-day period under sub. (2) (a)
17or (3) (b) a proposed tentative
supervisory district plan or
a final plan for creation of
18supervisory districts in compliance with this section. If the court finds that the
19existing division of the county into supervisory districts fails to comply with this
20section, it shall review the plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable
21notice to the county may promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with
22this section,
as a temporary supervisory district
and the plan
shall be in effect until
23superseded by
a districting a plan adopted by the board in compliance with this
24section.
SB518, s. 35
25Section
35. 62.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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162.08
(1) Within 60 days after the wards have been readjusted under s. 5.15
2(1) and (2) the common council of every city, including
any every 1st class city
of the
3first class, shall redistrict the boundaries of its aldermanic districts, by an ordinance
4introduced at a regular meeting of the council, published as a class 2 notice, under
5ch. 985, and thereafter adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the council,
6so that all aldermanic districts are as compact in area as possible and contain, as
7nearly as practicable by combining contiguous whole wards, an equal number of
8inhabitants according to the most recent decennial federal census of population.
The
9populations of the aldermanic districts shall be determined on the basis of the federal
10decennial census of population and any official corrections to the census to reflect the
11correct populations of the municipality and the census blocks within the
12municipality on April 1 of the year of the census, if the corrections are issued prior
13to division of the municipality into wards under s. 5.15. In this subsection, an official
14correction does not include the substitution of an estimate for an actual population
15count. Within 45 days after enactment or adoption of a revised division ordinance
16or resolution under s. 5.15 (4) (a), the common council shall amend the aldermanic
17district plan to reflect any renumbering of the wards specified in the plan.
SB518, s. 36
18Section
36. 62.08 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB518, s. 37
19Section
37. 66.021 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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20Section
38. 66.021 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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66.021
(8) (a) The clerk of a city or village which has annexed territory shall
22file immediately with the secretary of state a certified copy of the ordinance,
23certificate and plat, and shall send one copy to each company that provides any
24utility service in the area that is annexed. The clerk shall also record the ordinance
25with the register of deeds and file a signed copy of the ordinance with the clerk of any
1affected school district.
Failure Except as provided in this paragraph, failure to file,
2record or send shall not invalidate the annexation and the duty to file, record or send
3shall be a continuing one.
The An annexation of territory that establishes a
4municipal boundary that subdivides a census block is not valid until the clerk of the
5city or village to which the territory is annexed files with the secretary of state the
6certified copy of the ordinance, certificate and plat required under this paragraph,
7together with a certified estimate of the population of the territory on the effective
8date of the annexation, according to the latest federal decennial census of population.
9Any ordinance that is filed, recorded or sent
under this paragraph shall describe the
10annexed territory and the associated population
, and shall identify the census block
11number or numbers of the annexed territory and the municipality or municipalities
12from which the annexed territory was detached. The information filed with the
13secretary of state shall be utilized in making recommendations for adjustments to
14entitlements
under the federal revenue sharing program and for distribution of
15funds under ch. 79. The clerk shall certify annually to the secretary of state and
16record with the register of deeds a legal description of the total boundaries of the
17municipality as those boundaries existed on December 1, unless there has been no
18change in the 12 months preceding.
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19Section
39. 66.021 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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66.021
(8) (b) Within 10 days of receipt of the ordinance, certificate and plat,
21the secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance, certificate and plat to
22the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one
23copy to the department of revenue, one copy to the department of public instruction,
24one copy to the department of commerce, one copy to the department of natural
25resources, one copy to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
,
1one copy to the legislative reference bureau and 2 copies to the clerk of the
2municipality from which the territory was annexed.
The secretary of state shall
3provide the legislative reference bureau with one copy of any certified estimate of
4population received under par. (a), along with any copies required under this
5paragraph.
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6Section
40. 66.021 (8) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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66.021
(8) (d) A copy may be filed under this subsection either in electronic or
8paper format.
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9Section
41. 66.021 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
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66.021
(15) Annexation of town islands. Upon its own motion, a city or village
11by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of its governing body may enact an
12ordinance annexing territory which comprises a portion of a town or towns and which
13was completely surrounded by territory of the city or village on December 2, 1973.
14The ordinance shall include all surrounded town areas except those exempt by
15mutual agreement of all of the governing bodies involved. The annexation ordinance
16shall contain a legal description of the territory and the name of the town or towns
17from which the territory is detached
and shall identify the census block number or
18numbers of the territory. Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or village clerk
19immediately shall file
6 7 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of the secretary
20of state, together with
6 7 copies of a scale map. The secretary of state shall forward
212 copies of the ordinance and scale map to the department of transportation, one copy
22to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue and
23one copy to the department of administration
and one copy to the legislative
24reference bureau. A copy may be filed under this subsection in either electronic or
25paper format. This subsection does not apply if the town island was created only by
1the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This subsection does
2not apply to land owned by a town government which has existing town government
3buildings located thereon. No town island may be annexed under this subsection if
4the island consists of over 65 acres or contains over 100 residents. After December
52, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation, create a town area which is completely
6surrounded by the city or village.
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7Section
42. 66.021 (16) of the statutes is repealed.
SB518, s. 43
8Section
43. 66.022 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB518, s. 44
9Section
44. 66.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1066.025 Annexation of owned territory. In addition to other methods
11provided by law and subject to ss. 59.692 (7) and 66.023 (7), territory owned by and
12lying near but not necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a
13village or city by ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the
14common council of the city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the
15use of the territory by the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning
16regulation. The ordinance shall contain the exact description of the
territory 17annexed
territory and the
names of the towns name of each town from which
the
18territory was detached
, and shall
identify the census block number or numbers of the
19annexed territory. The ordinance shall operate to attach the territory to the village
20or city upon the filing of
6 7 certified copies thereof in the office of the secretary of
21state, together with
6 7 copies of a plat showing the boundaries of the territory
22attached
and any information concerning the population of the territory required
23under s. 66.021 (8) (a). Two copies of the ordinance and plat shall be forwarded by
24the secretary of state to the department of transportation, one copy to the
25department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue
and, one
1copy to the department of public instruction
and one copy to the legislative reference
2bureau. A copy may be filed under this subsection in either electronic or paper
3format.
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4Section
45. 119.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.08
(1) (b) Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an
6ordinance
determining the boundaries of the aldermanic districts in the city or
7adopts a resolution under s. 5.15 (1) (b) dividing the city into wards following the
8federal decennial census
under s. 62.08 (1), the board shall, by vote of a majority of
9the membership of the board, adopt an election district apportionment plan for the
10election of board members which shall be effective until the city enacts a new
11ordinance
or adopts a new resolution under s.
62.08 (1) redetermining the
12aldermanic district 5.15 prescribing revised ward boundaries.