SB1, s. 107 22Section 107. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 108 23Section 108. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,41,2224 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the
25administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state

1employment relations, the administrator of the enforcement division in the
2government accountability board,
and commission chairpersons and members shall
3be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized
4nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive
5salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (i). Except for positions specified in par. pars. (c)
63m. and (e) 2e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions
7enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint
8committee on employment relations, by the director of the office of state employment
9relations to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment
10relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for
11initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary
12groups submitted by the director of the office of state employment relations. All
13division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of
14administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the
15compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is
16created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint
17committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an
18executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an
19executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent
20with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's
21salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's
22action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:
SB1, s. 109 23Section 109. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 110 24Section 110. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 111 25Section 111. 20.923 (4) (e) 2e. of the statutes is created to read:
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120.923 (4) (e) 2e. Government accountability board: administrator of the
2enforcement division.
SB1, s. 112 3Section 112. 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,42,44 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. Government accountability board: executive director.
SB1, s. 113 5Section 113. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,42,246 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
7The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
8supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
9form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
10board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the
11operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the
12operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year
13.... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the .... (name of
14county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of years) (an
15indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an operating
16levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under subd. 1.
17specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state
18law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for
19the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Notwithstanding
20the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to levy an
21amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes for the year ....
22(year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified number of
23years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the levy of $....
24(preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."
SB1, s. 114 25Section 114. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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167.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
2prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the
3referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
4which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
5to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained
6within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
7correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability
8board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1, s. 115 9Section 115. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,43,2310 67.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
11adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
12a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
13ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
14protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
15such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting
16for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
17rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
18so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
19general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
20shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
21of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government
22accountability
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question submitted
23shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
SB1, s. 116 24Section 116. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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171.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those
2designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next
3to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually
4on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the elections government
5accountability
board, the department of administration and the state treasurer
6under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding fiscal
7year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
8designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her
9tax return.
SB1, s. 117 10Section 117. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
11109
, is repealed and recreated to read:
SB1,45,712 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall ensure that space for the
13designations under par. (am) is provided on the face of the individual income tax
14return in a manner that is convenient to the individual filing the return. The
15secretary of revenue shall provide next to the place on the return where designation
16under par. (am) is made a statement that a designation will increase tax liability, that
17the amount of a designation may be claimed as a credit under s. 71.07 (6s), and that
18by making a designation the individual is also claiming the credit. The department
19of revenue shall ensure that an individual may make the designation under par. (am)
20and claim the credit under s. 71.07 (6s) by marking only one box, which shall be on
21the face of the individual income tax return. The secretary of revenue shall also
22provide and highlight a place in the instructions that accompany the return for
23information submitted to the secretary by the government accountability board
24under s. 11.50 (2m) without cost to the board. Annually on August 15, the secretary
25of revenue shall certify to the government accountability board, the department of

1administration, and the state treasurer the total amount of designations made on
2returns processed by the department of revenue during the preceding fiscal year and
3the amount of designations made during that fiscal year for the general account and
4for the account of each eligible political party. If any individual designates an
5amount greater than the amount authorized under par. (am) or attempts to place any
6condition or restriction upon a designation not authorized under par. (am), that
7individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her tax return.
SB1, s. 118 8Section 118. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,45,109 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics government accountability
10board under s. 13.63 (1).
SB1, s. 119 11Section 119. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,45,1812 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
13administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of
14commerce; the ethics government accountability board; the department of financial
15institutions; the department of health and family services; the department of natural
16resources; the department of public instruction; the department of regulation and
17licensing; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner
18of insurance; or the department of transportation.
SB1, s. 120 19Section 120. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,46,320 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director of the
21elections government accountability board shall enter into an agreement to match
22personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the
23elections government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1) with personally
24identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and
25vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the

1secretary of transportation and the executive director of the elections government
2accountability
board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the
3purpose of voter registration.
SB1, s. 121 4Section 121. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,46,155 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
6required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
7school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum
8held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
9school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
10the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.
11The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections
12government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each
13affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a certified statement
14prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum
15in that school district.
SB1, s. 122 16Section 122. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,46,2117 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
18spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
19change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
20prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and
217.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
SB1, s. 123 22Section 123. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,47,823 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
24school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
25supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard

1form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
2board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be whether
3the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution
4provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the
5ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for
6a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under
7sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the
8question.
SB1, s. 124 9Section 124. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,47,1210 125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
11form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2)
12and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1, s. 125 13Section 125. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,48,214 165.25 (1) Represent state. Except as provided in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 1. and
15978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings,
16civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state
17is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or
18remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party; and, if requested by the
19governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any
20state department, agency, official, employee, or agent, whether required to appear
21as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any
22court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state
23or the people of this state may be interested. The public service commission may
24request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal

1proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation
2under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB1, s. 126 3Section 126. 165.25 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,48,64 165.25 (4) (e) Provide assistance to the enforcement division of the government
5accountability board in the investigation and prosecution of violations of chs. 5 to 12,
6subch. III of ch. 13, and subch. III of ch. 19.
SB1, s. 127 7Section 127. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,48,188 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
9obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
10statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
11preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
12municipality and the elections government accountability board shall furnish such
13information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the clerk of the
14district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total number of votes
15cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding election cannot,
16because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or for any reason,
17be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall fairly estimate
18such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or her office.
SB1, s. 128 19Section 128. 200.09 (11) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,48,2420 200.09 (11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village
21comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners,
22each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The
23commission shall immediately notify the elections government accountability board
24under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution under this subdivision.
SB1, s. 129 25Section 129. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1227.03 (6) Orders of the elections government accountability board under s.
25.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
SB1, s. 130 3Section 130. 227.03 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,49,54 227.03 (6m) Cases before the enforcement division of the government
5accountability board under s. 5.066 are not subject to this chapter.
SB1, s. 131 6Section 131. 227.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,49,87 227.52 (6) Decisions of the chairperson of the elections government
8accountability
board or the chairperson's designee.
SB1, s. 132 9Section 132. 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,49,1010 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. Government accountability board — 3.
SB1, s. 133 11Section 133. 230.08 (2) (om) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 134 12Section 134. 230.08 (2) (on) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,49,1313 230.08 (2) (on) The executive director of the government accountability board.
SB1, s. 135 14Section 135. 230.08 (2) (wm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 136 15Section 136. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,49,2416 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
17includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
18outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the
19historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s.
2015.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board, government
21accountability board,
investment board, public defender board and technical college
22system board and "commission" means the public service commission.
23Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position exceeding the
24number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified service.
SB1, s. 137 25Section 137. 234.02 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1234.02 (3m) (c) The authority shall, with the advice of the ethics government
2accountability
board, adopt and enforce ethics guidelines applicable to its paid
3consultants which are similar to subch. III of ch. 19, except that the authority may
4not require its paid consultants to file financial disclosure statements.
SB1, s. 138 5Section 138. 560.04 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,50,146 560.04 (2m) Duties. The department may assign one or more full-time
7equivalent positions to the functions of coordinating the development and scheduling
8of training programs for local government officials by the University of
9Wisconsin-Extension, technical college system, department of revenue, elections
10government accountability board, and other state agencies in order to assure the
11effective delivery of training programs and to prevent duplication of effort and of
12coordinating requests for management or personnel consultative services from
13government units other than the state and directing those requests to the
14appropriate division of the department of administration.
SB1, s. 139 15Section 139. 778.135 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,50,25 16778.135 Campaign finance forfeitures; how recovered. Notwithstanding
17s. 778.13, whenever any action or proposed action by the elections government
18accountability
board under s. 5.05 (1) (c) is settled as a result of agreement between
19the parties without approval of the court, the moneys accruing to the state on account
20of such settlement shall be paid to the board and deposited with the secretary of
21administration. Whenever any proposed action by a county board of election
22commissioners under s. 7.21 (2m) (a) is settled as a result of agreement between the
23parties, the moneys accruing to the county on account of such settlement shall be
24paid to the board of election commissioners and deposited with the county treasurer
25in the same manner as provided for forfeitures under s. 778.13.
SB1, s. 140
1Section 140. 778.136 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,51,7 2778.136 Ethics and lobbying forfeitures; how recovered.
3Notwithstanding s. 778.13, whenever any moneys are received by the ethics
4government accountability board or attorney general in settlement of a civil action
5or other civil matter for violation of the lobbying law or code of ethics for state public
6officials and employees under s. 19.545, the moneys shall accrue to the state and be
7deposited with the secretary of administration.
SB1, s. 141 8Section 141 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB1,51,99 (1) Transfer of elections board.
SB1,51,1210 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
11liabilities of the elections board shall become the assets and liabilities of the
12government accountability board.
SB1,51,1313 (b) Positions and employees.
SB1,51,15 141. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
15in the elections board are transferred to the government accountability board.
SB1,51,18 162. All incumbent employees holding positions in the elections board are
17transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the government accountability
18board.
SB1,51,24 193. 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
21government accountability board that they enjoyed in the elections board
22immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes,
23no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required
24to serve a probationary period.
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1(c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
2tangible personal property, including records, of the elections board is transferred to
3the government accountability board.
SB1,52,94 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the elections board in effect on the
5effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the
6government accountability board. The government accountability board shall carry
7out any contractual obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified
8or rescinded by the government accountability board to the extent allowed under the
9contract.
SB1,52,1510 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the elections board that are in
11effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
12expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the government accountability
13board. All orders issued by the elections board that are in effect on the effective date
14of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until
15modified or rescinded by the government accountability board.
SB1,52,2016 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the elections board on the
17effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the government accountability
18board, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the elections board with
19respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken
20by the government accountability board.
SB1,52,2121 (2) Transfer of ethics board.
SB1,52,2422 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
23liabilities of the ethics board shall become the assets and liabilities of the government
24accountability board.
SB1,52,2525 (b) Positions and employees.
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11. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
2in the ethics board are transferred to the government accountability board.
SB1,53,5 32. All incumbent employees holding positions in the ethics board are
4transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the government accountability
5board.
SB1,53,11 63. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all the rights and the same
7status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the
8government accountability board that they enjoyed in the ethics board immediately
9before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee
10so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a
11probationary period.
SB1,53,1412 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
13tangible personal property, including records, of the ethics board is transferred to the
14government accountability board.
SB1,53,1915 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the ethics board remain in effect
16and are transferred to the government accountability board. The government
17accountability board shall carry out any contractual obligations under such a
18contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the government accountability
19board to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB1,53,2520 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the ethics board that are in effect
21on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration
22dates or until amended or repealed by the government accountability board. All
23orders issued by the ethics board that are in effect on the effective date of this
24paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or
25rescinded by the government accountability board.
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1(f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the ethics board on the effective
2date of this paragraph is transferred to the government accountability board, and all
3materials submitted to or actions taken by the ethics board with respect to the
4pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the
5government accountability board.
SB1,54,66 (3) Board transitions; initial terms.
SB1,54,97 (a) Notwithstanding section 15.61, 2001 stats., section 15.62, 2003 stats., and
8section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes, the terms of office of all members of the elections
9board and all members of the ethics board holding office shall expire on May 1, 2006.
SB1,54,1210 (b) Each member of the government accountability board who is appointed as
11provided in paragraph (c) and qualified to take office shall take office on November
121, 2005, or upon qualification to take office, whichever is later.
SB1,54,1413 (c) Notwithstanding section 15.60 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, and
14section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes:
SB1,54,18 151. Of the members of the government accountability board who are initially
16nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed,
172 shall be appointed to serve for terms expiring on May 1, 2007, and 2 shall be
18appointed to serve for terms expiring on May 1, 2009.
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