SB42,37m
Section 37m. 12.13 (3) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
SB42,37r
Section 37r. 12.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
12.13 (4) Nursing and retirement home and community-based residential facility voting. No employee of a nursing home or qualified retirement home or qualified community-based residential facility, qualified residential care apartment complex, or adult family home as defined in s. 6.875 (1) (as), may disclose the designated time arranged for absentee voting by occupants of the home or community-based residential, facility, or complex under s. 6.875 (6) to any person other than an occupant of the home or qualified community-based residential facility, or complex or a relative of an occupant, as defined in s. 6.875 (1), who requests to be so informed.
SB42,37s
Section 37s. 301.03 (3a) of the statutes is created to read:
301.03 (3a) Subject to all of the following, design a form to provide notice under ss. 302.117, 973.09 (4m), and 973.176 (2) of ineligibility to vote under s. 6.03 (1) (b):
(a) The form shall inform the person who is ineligible to vote that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.
(b) The form shall inform the person who is ineligible to vote when his or her civil rights are expected to be restored.
(c) The form shall include a place for the person to sign indicating that he or she understands that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored. The form shall include a place also for a witness signature.
(d) The form shall be kept in the person's file and a copy shall be given to the person.
SB42,37t
Section 37t. 301.03 (20) of the statutes is created to read:
301.03 (20) Transmit to the elections board, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state and whose civil rights have not been restored, together with his or her residential address and the date on which the department expects his or her civil rights to be restored.
SB42,37u
Section 37u. 302.117 of the statutes is amended to read:
302.117 Notice regarding ineligibility to vote. When an inmate who is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) is released to parole or extended supervision, the department shall inform the person in writing that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored. The department shall use the form designed under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the person, and the person and a witness must sign the form.
SB42,38
Section
38. 343.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.50 (3) Design and contents of card. The card shall be the same size as an operator's license but shall be of a design which is readily distinguishable from the design of an operator's license and bear upon it the words “IDENTIFICATION CARD ONLY". The information on the card shall be the same as specified under s. 343.17 (3). The card may serve as a document of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) and the holder may affix a sticker thereto as provided in s. 343.175 (3). The card may also serve as a document of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i). The Except as provided in sub. (4g), the card shall contain the holder's photograph and, if applicable, shall be of the design specified under s. 343.17 (3) (a) 12.
SB42,39
Section
39. 343.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.50 (4) Application. The application for an identification card shall include any information required under ss. 85.103 (2) and 343.14 (2) (a), (b), (bm), (br), and (em), and such further information as the department may reasonably require to enable it to determine whether the applicant is entitled by law to an identification card. The Except as provided in sub.(4g), the department shall, as part of the application process, take a photograph of the applicant to comply with sub. (3). No Except as provided in sub.(4g), no application may be processed without the photograph being taken. Misrepresentations in violation of s. 343.14 (5) are punishable as provided in s. 343.14 (9).
SB42,40
Section
40. 343.50 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
343.50 (4g) Photograph requirement; exception. An application may be processed and an original or renewal identification card issued under this section without a photograph being taken to comply with subs. (3) and (4) to an applicant who requests the identification card without charge under sub. (5) or (6) and who provides to the department an affidavit stating that the applicant has a sincerely held religious belief against being photographed; identifying the religion to which he or she belongs or the tenets of which he or she adheres to; and stating that the tenets of the religion prohibit him or her from being photographed.
SB42,41
Section
41. 343.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.50 (5) Valid period; fees. The fee for an original card and for the reinstatement of an identification card after cancellation under sub. (10) shall be $9 or, upon request of the applicant, without charge. The card shall be valid for the succeeding period of 4 years from the applicant's next birthday after the date of issuance.
SB42,42
Section
42. 343.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.50 (6) Renewal. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the card, the department shall mail a renewal application to the last-known address of each identification card holder. The department shall include with the application information, as developed by all organ procurement organizations in cooperation with the department, that promotes anatomical donations and which relates to the anatomical donation opportunity available under s. 343.175. The fee for a renewal identification card shall be $9, which or, upon request of the identification card holder, without charge. The renewal identification card shall be valid for 4 years.
SB42,42p
Section 42p. 973.09 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
973.09 (4m) The department shall inform in writing each probationer who is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored. The department shall use the form designed under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the probationer, and the probationer and a witness must sign the form.
SB42,42r
Section 42r. 973.176 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
973.176 (2) Voting. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation for a conviction that disqualifies the defendant from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b), the court shall inform the defendant in writing that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored. The court shall use the form designed by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the defendant, and the defendant and a witness must sign the form.
SB42,42y
Section 42y.
Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) No later than the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of corrections shall distribute, and have signed in front of a witness, a copy of the form designed under section 301.03 (3a) of the statutes, as created by this act, to each person who is on probation, parole, or extended supervision on that date and who is disqualified from voting in any election under section 6.03 (1) (b) of the statutes.
SB42,43
Section
43.0
Initial applicability.
(1) Identification required for voting. The treatment of sections 6.55 (2) (b) and (c) 1. and 2. and (3), 6.79 (2) (a) and (d), (4), and (6), and 6.86 (3) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 6.87 (4) of the statutes, and the creation of section 6.87 (4) (b) 2. to 5. of the statutes first apply with respect to the 2006 spring primary election.
(2m) Notification regarding ineligibility to vote during parole or extended supervision. The treatment of section 302.117 of the statutes first applies to persons whom the department of corrections releases to parole or extended supervision on the effective date of this subsection.
(2n) Notification regarding ineligibility to vote during probation. The treatment of section 973.09 (4m) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the court places on probation on the effective date of this subsection.
(2o) Notification at sentencing regarding ineligibility to vote. The treatment of section 973.176 (2) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the court sentences on the effective date of this subsection.
SB42,44m
Section 44m.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the January 1, 2006, or on the day after publication, whichever is later, except as follows:
(1m) Effective date for notification. The treatment of sections 302.117, 973.09 (4m), and 973.176 (2) of the statutes and Section 43 (2m), (2n), and (2o) of this act take effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after publication.
(2m) Effective date for forms. The treatment of sections 301.03 (3a) of the statutes and Section 42y (1) of this act take effect on the day after publication.
