SB11, s. 58 18Section 58. 19.47 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,22,519 19.47 (5) No later than September 1 of each year, the board shall submit a
20report concerning its actions in the preceding fiscal year to the governor and the chief
21clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s.
2213.172 (2). Such
The board shall submit a copy of its biennial report under s. 15.04
23(1) (d) to the clerk of the supreme court. The board shall include in its biennial
report
24shall contain the names and duties of all individuals employed by the board and a
25summary of its determinations and advisory opinions issued under s. 19.46 (2). The

1board shall make sufficient alterations in the summaries to prevent disclosing the
2identities of individuals or organizations involved in the decisions or opinions. The
3board may also include in its biennial report any information compiled under s. 11.21
4(7).
The board shall make such further reports on the matters within its jurisdiction
5and such recommendations for further legislation as it deems desirable.
SB11, s. 59 6Section 59. 19.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,22,117 19.50 (2) To administer oaths and to require by subpoena issued by it the
8attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any documentary
9evidence relating to the investigation or hearing being conducted. Notwithstanding
10s. 885.01 (4), the issuance of a subpoena requires action by the board in accordance
11with s. 19.47 (4).
SB11, s. 60 12Section 60. 19.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,22,1913 19.54 (2) An application for rehearing is governed by such general rules as the
14board may establish. Only one rehearing may be granted by the board. No order of
15the board pursuant to this subchapter or subch. III of ch.13 becomes effective until
1620 days after it is issued, or while an application for rehearing or a rehearing is
17pending, or until 10 days after such application for rehearing is either denied,
18expressly or by implication, or the board has announced its final determination on
19rehearing.
SB11, s. 61 20Section 61. 19.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,23,521 19.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all records under this subchapter or
22subch. III of ch. 13
in the possession of the board are open to public inspection at all
23reasonable times. The board shall require an individual wishing to examine a
24statement of economic interests or the list of persons who inspect any statements
25which are in the board's possession to provide his or her full name and address, and

1if the individual is representing another person, the full name and address of the
2person which he or she represents. Such identification may be provided in writing
3or in person. The board shall record and retain for at least 3 years information
4obtained by it pursuant to this subsection. No individual may use a fictitious name
5or address or fail to identify a principal in making any request for inspection.
SB11, s. 62 6Section 62. 19.55 (2) (a) to (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB11,23,167 19.55 (2) (a) Records obtained in connection with a request for an advisory
8opinion issued under s. 19.46 (2) other than summaries of advisory opinions that do
9not disclose the identity of individuals requesting such opinions or organizations on
10whose behalf they are requested. The board may, however, make such records public
11with the consent of the individual requesting the advisory opinion or the
12organization or governmental body on whose behalf it is requested. A person who
13makes or purports to make public the substance of or any portion of an advisory
14opinion requested by or on behalf of the person is deemed to have waived the
15confidentiality of the request for an advisory opinion and of any records obtained or
16prepared by the board in connection with the request for an advisory opinion.
SB11,24,217 (b) Records obtained or prepared by the board in connection with an
18investigation under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13, except that the board shall
19permit inspection of records that are made public in the course of a hearing by the
20board to determine if a violation of this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 has
21occurred. Whenever the board refers such investigation and hearing records to a
22district attorney or to the attorney general, they may be made public in the course
23of a prosecution initiated under this subchapter. The board shall also provide
24information from investigation and hearing records that pertains to the location of
25individuals and assets of individuals as requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the

1department of workforce development or by a county child support agency under s.
259.53 (5).
SB11,24,93 (c) Statements of economic interests and reports of economic transactions
4which are filed with the ethics and elections accountability and control board by
5members or employees of the investment board, except that the ethics and elections
6accountability and control
board shall refer statements and reports filed by such
7individuals to the legislative audit bureau for its review, and except that a statement
8of economic interests filed by a member or employee of the investment board who is
9also an official required to file shall be open to public inspection.
SB11, s. 63 10Section 63. 19.59 (1) (g) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,24,2311 19.59 (1) (g) 8. No district board member, member of a district board member's
12immediate family, nor any organization with which the district board member or a
13member of the district board member's immediate family owns or controls at least
1410% of the outstanding equity, voting rights, or outstanding indebtedness may enter
15into any contract or lease involving a payment or payments of more than $3,000
16within a 12-month period, in whole or in part derived from district funds unless the
17district board member has first made written disclosure of the nature and extent of
18such relationship or interest to the ethics and elections accountability and control
19board and to the district. Any contract or lease entered into in violation of this
20subdivision may be voided by the district in an action commenced within 3 years of
21the date on which the ethics and elections accountability and control board, or the
22district, knew or should have known that a violation of this subdivision had occurred.
23This subdivision does not affect the application of s. 946.13.
SB11, s. 64 24Section 64. 19.85 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,25,3
119.85 (1) (h) Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the
2ethics and elections accountability and control board under s. 19.46 (2), or from any
3county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
SB11, s. 65 4Section 65. 20.510 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read.
SB11,25,8 520.510 Elections Ethics and elections accountability and control
6board. (intro.) There is appropriated from the general fund, except where otherwise
7indicated, to the ethics and elections accountability and control board for the
8following programs:
SB11, s. 66 9Section 66. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,25,1410 20.510 (1) (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue.
11Biennially, the amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for general program
12operations, including the printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws
13under ss. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and (4) and 11.21 (3) and (14), and including the training
14of election officials under s. ss. 5.05 (7) and 7.31.
SB11, s. 67 15Section 67. 20.510 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 68 16Section 68. 20.510 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,26,217 20.510 (1) (h) Materials and services. The amounts in the schedule for the cost
18costs of publishing documents, locating and copying records, and conducting
19programs under s. 19.48 (9) and administrative meetings and conferences, for
20compiling, disseminating, and making available information prepared by and filed
21with the board under s. 19.48 (10),
and for supplies, postage, and shipping. All
22moneys received by the board from collections for sales of publications, copies of
23records, and supplies, for postage, for shipping and records location fees, from fees
24assessed under s. 19.48 (9) and (10),
and for charges assessed to participants in

1administrative meetings and conferences shall be credited to this appropriation
2account.
SB11, s. 69 3Section 69. 20.510 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,26,64 20.510 (1) (i) General program operations; program revenue. The amounts in
5the schedule for general program operations. All moneys received from fees imposed
6under s. ss. 11.055 (1) and 13.75 shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SB11, s. 70 7Section 70. 20.521 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 71 8Section 71. 20.521 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 72 9Section 72. 20.521 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 73 10Section 73. 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 74 11Section 74. 20.521 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 20.510 (1) (jm) and
12amended to read:
SB11,26,1513 20.510 (1) (jm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received by the board from gifts,
14grants, and bequests and devises to carry out the purposes, not inconsistent with
15subch. III of ch. 13 or subch. III of ch. 19 the law, for which made or received.
SB11, s. 75 16Section 75. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 76 17Section 76. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 77 18Section 77. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,26,2019 20.923 (4) (d) 4. Ethics and elections accountability and control board:
20executive director.
SB11, s. 78 21Section 78. 22.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,27,222 22.07 (6) With the advice of the ethics and elections accountability and control
23board, adopt and enforce standards of ethical conduct applicable to its paid
24consultants which are similar to the standards prescribed in subch. III of ch. 19,

1except that the department shall not require its paid consultants to file statements
2of economic interests.
SB11, s. 79 3Section 79. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,27,224 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
5The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
6supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
7form for referendum ballots prescribed by the ethics and elections accountability and
8control
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1.
9specifies the operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under
10state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed
11for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the ....
12(name of county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of
13years) (an indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an
14operating levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under
15subd. 1. specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows:
16"Under state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to
17be imposed for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value.
18Notwithstanding the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be
19allowed to levy an amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes
20for the year .... (year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified
21number of years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the
22levy of $.... (preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."
SB11, s. 80 23Section 80. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,28,624 67.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
25prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the

1referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
2which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
3to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained
4within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
5correspond with the form prescribed by the ethics and elections accountability and
6control
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB11, s. 81 7Section 81. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,28,218 67.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
9adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
10a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
11ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
12protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
13such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting
14for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
15rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
16so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
17general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
18shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
19of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the ethics and elections
20accountability and control board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question
21submitted shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
SB11, s. 82 22Section 82. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,29,1923 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall ensure that space for the
24designations under par. (am) is provided on the face of the individual income tax
25return in a manner that is convenient to the individual filing the return. The

1secretary of revenue shall provide next to the place on the return where designation
2under par. (am) is made a statement that a designation will increase tax liability, that
3the amount of a designation may be claimed as a credit under s. 71.07 (6s), and that
4by making a designation the individual is also claiming the credit. The department
5of revenue shall ensure that an individual may make the designation under par. (am)
6and claim the credit under s. 71.07 (6s) by marking only one box, which shall be on
7the face of the individual income tax return. The secretary of revenue shall also
8provide and highlight a place in the instructions that accompany the return for
9information submitted to the secretary by the ethics and elections accountability and
10control
board under s. 11.50 (2m) without cost to the board. Annually on August 15,
11the secretary of revenue shall certify to the ethics and elections accountability and
12control
board, the department of administration, and the state treasurer the total
13amount of designations made on returns processed by the department of revenue
14during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of designations made during that
15fiscal year for the general account and for the account of each eligible political party.
16If any individual designates an amount greater than the amount authorized under
17par. (am) or attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a designation not
18authorized under par. (am), that individual is deemed not to have made a designation
19on his or her tax return.
SB11, s. 83 20Section 83. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,29,2221 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics and elections accountability
22and control
board under s. 13.63 (1).
SB11, s. 84 23Section 84. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,30,524 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
25administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of

1commerce; the ethics and elections accountability and control board; the department
2of financial institutions; the department of health and family services; the
3department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the
4department of regulation and licensing; the department of workforce development;
5the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.
SB11, s. 85 6Section 85. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,30,177 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
8required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
9school board elections under s. 120.06 (5), (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a
10referendum held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each
11affected school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions
12assigned to the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those
13subsections. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the
14ethics and elections accountability and control board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1)
15(a). The clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board
16a certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results
17of the referendum in that school district.
SB11, s. 86 18Section 86. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,30,2319 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
20spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
21change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
22prescribed by the ethics and elections accountability and control board under ss. 5.64
23(2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
SB11, s. 87 24Section 87. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,31,11
1121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
2school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
3supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
4form for referendum ballots prescribed by the ethics and elections accountability and
5control
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be
6whether the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the
7resolution provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring
8purpose, the ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will
9be used for a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school
10district under sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those
11voting on the question.
SB11, s. 88 12Section 88. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,31,1513 125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
14form prescribed by the ethics and elections accountability and control board under
15ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB11, s. 89 16Section 89. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,32,417 165.25 (1) Represent state. Except as provided in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (e) and 978.05
18(5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings, civil or
19criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state is
20interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or
21remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party; and, if requested by the
22governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any
23state department, agency, official, employee, or agent, whether required to appear
24as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any
25court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state

1or the people of this state may be interested. The public service commission may
2request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal
3proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation
4under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB11, s. 90 5Section 90. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,32,176 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
7obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
8statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
9preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
10municipality and the ethics and elections accountability and control board shall
11furnish such information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the
12clerk of the district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total
13number of votes cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding
14election cannot, because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or
15for any reason, be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall
16fairly estimate such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or
17her office.
SB11, s. 91 18Section 91. 200.09 (11) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,32,2319 200.09 (11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village
20comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners,
21each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The
22commission shall immediately notify the ethics and elections accountability and
23control
board under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution under this subdivision.
SB11, s. 92 24Section 92. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,33,2
1227.03 (6) Orders of the ethics and elections accountability and control board
2under s. 5.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
SB11, s. 93 3Section 93. 227.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,33,54 227.52 (6) Decisions of the chairperson of the ethics and elections
5accountability and control board or the chairperson's designee.
SB11, s. 94 6Section 94. 230.08 (2) (e) 4c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,33,77 230.08 (2) (e) 4c. Ethics and elections accountability and control board — 3.
SB11, s. 95 8Section 95. 230.08 (2) (om) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,33,109 230.08 (2) (om) The executive director of the ethics and elections and
10accountability and control
board.
SB11, s. 96 11Section 96. 230.08 (2) (wm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 97 12Section 97. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,33,2213 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
14includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
15outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the
16historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s.
1715.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board, ethics and elections
18accountability and control board,
investment board, public defender board and
19technical college system board and "commission" means the public service
20commission. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position
21exceeding the number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified
22service.
SB11, s. 98 23Section 98. 234.02 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,34,224 234.02 (3m) (c) The authority shall, with the advice of the ethics and elections
25accountability and control
board, adopt and enforce ethics guidelines applicable to

1its paid consultants which are similar to subch. III of ch. 19, except that the authority
2may not require its paid consultants to file financial disclosure statements.
SB11, s. 99 3Section 99. 560.04 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,34,124 560.04 (2m) Duties. The department may assign one or more full-time
5equivalent positions to the functions of coordinating the development and scheduling
6of training programs for local government officials by the University of
7Wisconsin-Extension, technical college system, department of revenue, ethics and
8elections accountability and control board, and other state agencies in order to
9assure the effective delivery of training programs and to prevent duplication of effort
10and of coordinating requests for management or personnel consultative services
11from government units other than the state and directing those requests to the
12appropriate division of the department of administration.
SB11, s. 100 13Section 100. 778.135 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,34,23 14778.135 Campaign finance forfeitures; how recovered. Notwithstanding
15s. 778.13, whenever any action or proposed action by the ethics and elections
16accountability and control board under s. 5.05 (1) (c) is settled as a result of
17agreement between the parties without approval of the court, the moneys accruing
18to the state on account of such settlement shall be paid to the board and deposited
19with the state treasurer. Whenever any proposed action by a county board of election
20commissioners under s. 7.21 (2m) (a) is settled as a result of agreement between the
21parties, the moneys accruing to the county on account of such settlement shall be
22paid to the board of election commissioners and deposited with the county treasurer
23in the same manner as provided for forfeitures under s. 778.13.
SB11, s. 101 24Section 101. 778.136 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,35,6
1778.136 Ethics and lobbying forfeitures; how recovered.
2Notwithstanding s. 778.13, whenever any moneys are received by the ethics and
3elections accountability and control
board or attorney general in settlement of a civil
4action or other civil matter for violation of the lobbying law or code of ethics for state
5public officials and employees under s. 19.545, the moneys shall accrue to the state
6and be deposited with the state treasurer.
SB11, s. 102 7Section 102. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB11,35,88 (1) Transfer of elections board.
SB11,35,119 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
10liabilities of the elections board shall become the assets and liabilities of the ethics
11and elections accountability and control board.
SB11,35,1212 (b) Positions and employees.
SB11,35,15 131. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
14in the elections board are transferred to the ethics and elections accountability and
15control board.
SB11,35,18 162. All incumbent employees holding positions in the elections board are
17transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the ethics and elections
18accountability and control board.
SB11,35,24 193. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all the rights and the same
20status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the ethics
21and elections accountability and control board that they enjoyed in the elections
22board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the
23statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is
24required to serve a probationary period.
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