September 24, 2001 - Introduced by Law Revision Committee. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
AB512,1,5
1An Act relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending and
2revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors,
3supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects,
4anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities and obsolete provisions, reconciling
5conflicts and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This revisor's correction bill is explained in the Notes provided by the revisor
of statutes in the body of the bill. In accordance with a change in drafting style, serial
commas are added throughout this bill. Also, "which" is replaced with "that" where
grammatically correct.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.28 (1) reads:
(1) Registration locations; deadline. Except as authorized in ss. 6.29 and 6.55
(2), registration in person for any election shall close at 5 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday
preceding the election. Registrations made by mail under s. 6.30 (4) must be delivered
to the office of the municipal clerk or postmarked no later than the 2nd Wednesday
preceding the election. An application for registration in person or by mail may be
accepted for placement on the registration list after the specified deadline, if the
municipal clerk determines that the registration list can be revised to incorporate the
registration in time for the election. All applications for registration corrections and
additions may be made throughout the year at the office of the city board of election
commissioners, at the office of the municipal clerk, at the office of any register of deeds
or at other locations provided by the board of election commissioners or the common
council in cities over 500,000 population or by either or both the municipal clerk, or the
common council, village or town board in all other municipalities and may also be made
during the school year at any high school by qualified persons under sub. (2) (a). Other
registration locations may include but are not limited to fire houses, police stations,
public libraries, institutions of higher education, supermarkets, community centers,
plants and factories, banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks. Special
registration deputies shall be appointed for all locations. An elector who wishes to obtain
a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) shall register at the office of the municipal clerk of
the municipality where the elector resides.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.45 (1m)
reads:
(1m) The registration list and any supplemental lists which are prepared at
polling places or other registration locations under s. 6.55, shall be open to public
inspection. Under the regulations prescribed by the municipal clerk, any person may
copy the registration list at the office of the clerk. A registration list maintained at a
polling place may be examined by any person who is observing the proceedings under s.
7.41 when such use does not interfere with the conduct of the election. This subsection
does not apply to information that is confidential under s. 6.47.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.79 (1) reads:
(1) Municipalities without registration. Except as provided in sub. (6) (a), where
there is no registration, before being permitted to vote, each person shall state his or her
full name and address. The officials shall enter each name and address on a poll list in
the same order as the votes are cast. If the residence of the elector does not have a number,
the election officials shall, in the appropriate space, enter "none". Alternatively, the
municipal clerk may maintain a poll list consisting of the full name and address of electors
compiled from previous elections. Whenever an elector appears to vote, the officials shall
verify the correctness of the elector's name and address, and shall enter a serial number
next to the name of the elector in the order that the votes are cast, beginning with the
number one. If the name and address of an elector do not appear on the prepared poll list,
the officials shall enter the name, address and serial number of the elector at the bottom
of the list. The officials may require any elector to provide identification, including
acceptable proof of residence, or to have another elector corroborate his or her information
in accordance with the procedure specified in s. 6.55 (2) (b) before permitting the elector
to vote. An elector who presents an identification card under sub. (6) (a) is not required
to provide separate identification. The officials shall maintain a separate list of those
persons voting under ss. 6.15 and 6.24.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.79 (2) reads:
(2) Municipalities with registration. Except as provided in sub. (6) (b), where
there is registration, each person, before receiving a voting number, shall state his or her
full name and address. Upon the prepared registration list, after the name of each elector,
the officials shall enter the serial number of the vote as it is polled, beginning with
number one. Each elector shall receive a slip bearing the same serial number. A separate
list shall be maintained for electors who are voting under s. 6.15, 6.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3)
and electors who are reassigned from another polling place under s. 5.25 (5) (b). Each
such elector shall have his or her full name, address and serial number likewise entered
and shall be given a slip bearing such number.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.79 (5) reads:
(5) Poll list format. Poll lists shall be kept on forms or in an electronic format
prescribed by the board to be substantially similar to the standard registration list forms
used in municipalities where registration is required and shall require, for each person
offering to vote, the entry of the person's full name and address, except as otherwise
required under sub. (6) (a).
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.87 (2) reads:
(2) Except as authorized under sub. (3) (d), the municipal clerk shall place the
ballot in an unsealed envelope furnished by the clerk. The envelope shall have the name,
official title and post-office address of the clerk upon its face. The other side of the
envelope shall have a printed certificate in substantially the following form:
[STATE OF ....
County of ....]
or
[(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)]
I, ...., certify subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false
statements, that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village) of ...., or of the ....
aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at .... in said city, the county of ...., state of
Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election district) at the election to be held
on ....; that I am not voting at any other location in this election; that I am unable or
unwilling to appear at the polling place in the (ward) (election district) on election day or
have changed my residence within the state from one ward or election district to another
within 10 days before the election. An elector who provides an identification serial
number issued under s. 6.47 (3) need not provide a street address. I certify that I
exhibited the enclosed ballot unmarked to the witness, that I then in (his) (her) presence
and in the presence of no other person marked the ballot and enclosed and sealed the
same in this envelope in such a manner that no one but myself and any person rendering
assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I requested assistance, could know how I voted.
Signed ....
Identification serial number, if any: ....
The witness shall execute the following:
I, the undersigned witness, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats.,
for false statements, certify that the above statements are true and the voting procedure
was executed as there stated. I am not a candidate for any office on the enclosed ballot
(except in the case of an incumbent municipal clerk). I did not solicit or advise the elector
to vote for or against any candidate or measure.
....(Name)
....(Address)
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 6.88 (3) (a)
reads:
(a) Any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election day, the
inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the name of the absent
elector or the identification serial number of the absent elector if the elector has a
confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2). When the inspectors find that the certification has
been properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election district,
and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall enter an indication on the poll
or registration list next to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by
the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in a manner so as not
to deface or destroy the certification thereon. The inspectors shall take out the ballot
without unfolding it or permitting it to be unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast
under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the issuing
clerk. The inspectors shall deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box and enter the
absent elector's name or voting number after his or her name on the poll or registration
list the same as if the elector had been present and voted in person.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 7.08 (1) (c)
reads:
(c) Prescribe forms required by ss. 6.24 (3) and (4), 6.30 (4), 6.33 (1), 6.40 (1) (b),
6.47 (1) (a) 2. and (3), 6.55 (2) and (3), 6.79 (5) and 6.86 (2) and (3). All such forms shall
contain a statement of the penalty applicable to false or fraudulent registration or voting
through use of the form. Forms are not required to be furnished by the board.
AB512, s. 9
1Section
9. 13.101 (13) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 13.101 (13) (a).
Note: Corrects transcription error. This provision was created as s. 13.101 (13) (a),
by
1995 Wis. Act 27, but the (a) was inadvertently dropped.
AB512, s. 10
2Section
10. 14.64 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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14.64
(2) (a) Except as provided in s.
16.25 16.255, establish and administer
4a college savings program that allows an individual, trust, legal guardian
, or entity
5described under
26 USC 529 (e) (1) (C) to establish a college savings account to cover
6tuition, fees
, and the costs of room and board, books, supplies
, and equipment
7required for the enrollment or attendance of a beneficiary at an eligible educational
8institution, as defined under
26 USC 529.
Note: Section 16.25, as created by
1999 Wis. Act 44, is renumbered to s. 16.255 by
this bill.
AB512, s. 11
9Section
11. 15.107 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after December 30, 2000.
Note: Confirms renumbering by the revisor under s. 13.93 (1) (b).
1999 Wis. Act
105 also created a provision numbered s. 16.25.
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16.70
(14) "State" does not include a district created under subch. II, III
or, IV
, 15or V of ch. 229.
Note: Reconciles the treatment of this provision by Acts 65 and 167.
AB512, s. 14
16Section
14. 16.75 (8) (a) 2. (intro.) and c. of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 16.75 (8) (a) 2. and amended to read:
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16.75
(8) (a) 2. Each agency and authority other than the University of
19Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall ensure that the average recycled or
20recovered content of all paper purchased by the agency or authority measured as a
1proportion, by weight, of the fiber content of paper products purchased in a fiscal
2year, is not less than
the following: c. By 1995-96, 40% of all purchased paper.
Note: With the next section of this bill, obsolete transition provisions are removed.
AB512, s. 15
3Section
15. 16.75 (8) (a) 2. a. and b. of the statutes are repealed.
Note: See the note to the previous section of this bill.
AB512, s. 16
4Section
16. 20.115 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.115
(1) (c)
Automobile repair regulation. The amounts in the schedule for
6the enforcement of ch.
Ag ATCP 132, Wis.
adm. code Adm. Code.
Note: Inserts correct citation.
AB512, s. 17
7Section
17. 20.292 (1) (gt) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
AB512, s. 18
8Section
18. 23.09 (2dm) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
AB512, s. 19
9Section
19. 23.09 (2p) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
AB512, s. 20
10Section
20. 23.092 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
AB512, s. 21
11Section
21. 23.094 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the Revisor, s. 25.50 (1) (d)
reads:
(d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power district,
sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection
and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district created under subch.
III of ch. 229, family care district under s. 46.2895, local professional football stadium
district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch.
V of ch. 229, public library system, school district or technical college district in this state,
any commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of this
state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the supreme court, or any
authority created under s. 231.02, 233.02 or 234.02.
AB512, s. 23
14Section
23. 29.867 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.867
(3g) When the payment under sub.
(3g) (3) has been made, the licensee
2shall become the owner of all game birds or animals of the species licensed and of all
3of their offspring actually produced and remaining on the licensed premises, subject
4to the jurisdiction of the department over all game.
Note: Inserts correct cross-reference.
AB512, s. 24
5Section
24. 30.277 (1m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
Note: Confirms renumbering by the revisor under s. 13.93 (1) (b).
1999 Wis. Act
154 also created a provision numbered s. 36.27 (1) (b).
AB512, s. 26
8Section
26. 38.42 of the statutes is repealed.
Note: By its terms, this provision has no application after June 30, 2000.
AB512, s. 27
9Section
27. 40.02 (25) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.02
(25) (b) 1m. Any teacher who is a participating employee and who is
11employed by the university for an expected duration of not less than 6 months on at
12least a one-third full-time employment basis
;.
Note: Replaces punctuation for internal consistency in accordance with current
style.