AB1189-ASA1,47,223
19.58
(1) (a) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this
24subchapter except s. 19.45
(5m) or (13)
, (15) or 19.59 (1) (br), or a code of ethics
1adopted or established under s. 19.45 (11) (a) or (b), shall be fined not less than $100
2nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail or both.
AB1189-ASA1, s. 97
3Section
97. 19.59 (8) (a) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1189-ASA1,47,74
19.59
(8) (a) Subsection (1) shall be enforced in the name and on behalf of the
5state by action of the
board or, subject to the procedures prescribed in s. 5.05 (2m) (c),
6by action of the district attorney
of for any county wherein a violation may occur,
7upon the verified complaint of any person.
AB1189-ASA1,47,138
(c)
If Unless the district attorney is precluded from commencing an action
9under s. 5.05 (2m) (c), if the district attorney fails to commence an action to enforce
10sub. (1) (a), (b), or (c) to (g) within 20 days after receiving a verified complaint or if
11the district attorney refuses to commence such an action, the person making the
12complaint may petition the attorney general to act upon the complaint. The attorney
13general may then bring an action under par. (a) or (b), or both.
AB1189-ASA1,48,215
19.59
(8) (cn)
If Subject to the procedures prescribed in s. 5.05 (2m) (c), if the
16board or district attorney for the county in which a violation of sub. (1) (br) is alleged
17to occur receives a verified complaint alleging a violation of sub. (1) (br), the
board
18or district attorney shall, within 30 days after receipt of the complaint, either
19commence an investigation of the allegations contained in the complaint or dismiss
20the complaint. If the district attorney dismisses the complaint, with or without
21investigation, the district attorney shall notify the complainant in writing. Upon
22receiving notification of the dismissal, the complainant may then file the complaint
23with the attorney general or the district attorney for a county that is adjacent to the
24county in which the violation is alleged to occur. The attorney general or district
1attorney may then investigate the allegations contained in the complaint and
2commence a prosecution.
AB1189-ASA1,48,84
19.59
(8) (d) If the district attorney prevails in such an action, the court shall
5award any forfeiture recovered together with reasonable costs to the county wherein
6the violation occurs. If the
board or attorney general prevails in such an action, the
7court shall award any forfeiture recovered together with reasonable costs to the
8state.
AB1189-ASA1,48,1110
19.85
(1) (fm) Deliberating by the government accountability board concerning
11any investigation under the board's jurisdiction.
AB1189-ASA1,48,1513
19.85
(1) (h) Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the
14ethics executive director of the government accountability board under
s. 19.46 (2) 15s. 5.05 (6a), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
AB1189-ASA1,50,1618
20.923
(4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the
19administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state
20employment relations
, the administrator of the enforcement division in the
21government accountability board, and commission chairpersons and members shall
22be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized
23nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive
24salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (i). Except for positions specified in
par. pars. (c)
253m.
and (e) 2e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions
1enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint
2committee on employment relations, by the director of the office of state employment
3relations to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment
4relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for
5initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary
6groups submitted by the director of the office of state employment relations. All
7division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of
8administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the
9compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is
10created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint
11committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an
12executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an
13executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent
14with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's
15salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's
16action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:
AB1189-ASA1,50,2120
20.923
(4) (e) 2e. Government accountability board: administrator of the
21enforcement division.
AB1189-ASA1,50,2323
20.923
(4) (f) 3j. Government accountability board: executive director.
AB1189-ASA1,51,19
159.605
(3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
2The governing body 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
elections government accountability 5board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the
6operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the
7operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year
8.... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the .... (name of
9county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of years) (an
10indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an operating
11levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under subd. 1.
12specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state
13law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for
14the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Notwithstanding
15the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to levy an
16amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes for the year ....
17(year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified number of
18years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the levy of $....
19(preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."
AB1189-ASA1,52,321
67.05
(3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
22prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the
23referendum is held is not a city, village
, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
24which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
25to the municipal clerk of each city, village
, or town which is wholly or partly contained
1within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
2correspond with the form prescribed by the
elections
government accountability 3board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
AB1189-ASA1,52,185
67.05
(6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
6adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
7a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
8ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
9protection and rehabilitation district
, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
10such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting
11for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
12rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
13so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
14general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
15shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
16of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the
elections government
17accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question submitted
18shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
AB1189-ASA1,53,421
71.10
(3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those
22designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next
23to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually
24on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the
elections government
25accountability board, the department of administration and the state treasurer
1under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding fiscal
2year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
3designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her
4tax return.
AB1189-ASA1,53,76
73.0301
(1) (d) 13. A license issued by the
ethics government accountability 7board under s. 13.63 (1).
AB1189-ASA1,53,159
73.0301
(1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
10administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of
11commerce; the
ethics government accountability board; the department of financial
12institutions; the department of health and family services; the department of natural
13resources; the department of public instruction; the department of regulation and
14licensing; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner
15of insurance; or the department of transportation.
AB1189-ASA1,53,2517
85.61
(1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director of the
18elections government accountability board shall enter into an agreement to match
19personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the
20elections government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1) with personally
21identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and
22vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the
23secretary of transportation and the executive director of the
elections government
24accountability board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the
25purpose of voter registration.
AB1189-ASA1,54,122
117.20
(2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
3required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
4school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13)
, and (14) apply to a referendum
5held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
6school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
7the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.
8The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the
elections 9government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each
10affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a certified statement
11prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum
12in that school district.
AB1189-ASA1,54,1814
117.27
(2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
15spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
16change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
17prescribed by the
elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and
187.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
AB1189-ASA1,55,520
121.91
(3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
21school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
22supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
23form for referendum ballots prescribed by the
elections government accountability 24board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be whether
25the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution
1provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the
2ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for
3a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under
4sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the
5question.
AB1189-ASA1,55,97
125.05
(1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
8form prescribed by the
elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2)
9and 7.08 (1) (a).
AB1189-ASA1,55,2311
165.25
(1) Represent state. Except as provided in
s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 1. and 12978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings,
13civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state
14is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or
15remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party; and, if requested by the
16governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any
17state department, agency, official, employee
, or agent, whether required to appear
18as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any
19court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state
20or the people of this state may be interested. The public service commission may
21request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal
22proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation
23under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB1189-ASA1,56,3
1165.25
(4) (e) Provide assistance to the enforcement division of the government
2accountability board in the investigation and prosecution of violations of chs. 5 to 12,
3subch. III of ch. 13, and subch. III of ch. 19.
AB1189-ASA1,56,155
198.08
(10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
6obtain, compile
, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
7statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
8preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
9municipality and the
elections government accountability board shall furnish such
10information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the clerk of the
11district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total number of votes
12cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding election cannot,
13because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or for any reason,
14be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall fairly estimate
15such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or her office.
AB1189-ASA1,56,2117
200.09
(11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town
, and village
18comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners,
19each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The
20commission shall immediately notify the
elections
government accountability board
21under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution under this subdivision.
AB1189-ASA1,56,2423
227.03
(6) Orders of the
elections
government accountability board under s.
245.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
AB1189-ASA1,57,2
1227.03
(6m) Cases before the enforcement division of the government
2accountability board under s. 5.066 are not subject to this chapter.
AB1189-ASA1,57,54
227.52
(6) Decisions of the chairperson of the
elections government
5accountability board or the chairperson's designee.
AB1189-ASA1,57,107
230.03
(4) Except as provided in
s.
ss. 230.40 (4), 230.405 (1), and 230.80 (1m),
8"appointing authority" means the chief administrative officer of an agency unless
9another person is authorized to appoint subordinate staff in the agency by the
10constitution or statutes.
AB1189-ASA1,57,13
11(6) "Civil service" means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the
12service of the state,
but except
for purposes of ss. 230.40 and 230.405, excludes all 13offices and positions in the organized militia.
AB1189-ASA1,57,1515
230.08
(2) (e) 4h. Government accountability board — 3.
AB1189-ASA1,57,1818
230.08
(2) (on) The executive director of the government accountability board.
AB1189-ASA1,58,421
230.08
(4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
22includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
23outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the
24historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s.
2515.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board,
government
1accountability board, investment board, public defender board and technical college
2system board and "commission" means the public service commission.
3Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position exceeding the
4number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified service.