The bill also amends the laws governing municipal ward division to ensure that
if municipal wards do not accommodate a congressional or legislative redistricting
act on its date of enactment, the affected municipalities must change their wards so
that their ward divisions enable the election of members of congress and members
of the legislature under the redistricting act. Currently, the laws only partially
accommodate this process.
Local ward division and redistricting timeline
Currently, within 60 days after the decennial population count, by block,
becomes available from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, but no later than July 1 of
each year following the year of the census, each county board of supervisors must
submit to each municipality having territory in the county a tentative supervisory
district plan or a description of boundary requirements for such a plan. Within 60
days after the receipt of this information from the county board of each county in
which a municipality is located, each municipality having a population of 1,000 or
more must adopt or readjust wards in accordance with statutory population
parameters. In enacting or adopting its plan, a municipality must make a good faith
effort to reflect the county's requirements in enacting a supervisory district plan.
Within 60 days after every municipality having territory within a county enacts or
adopts a ward division plan, the county must enact a final supervisory district plan
combining contiguous whole wards to form supervisory districts.
This bill shortens the maximum time specified for action at each of the above
stages of the redistricting process to 45 days, effective beginning with ward divisions
and redistricting in response to the 2020 federal decennial census.
Municipal ward plan revisions
Currently, under the state constitution, the legislature is directed to redistrict
legislative districts according to the number of inhabitants at its next session
following each federal census. At the same intervals, the legislature also
reapportions congressional districts in this state pursuant to federal law. Under
current state law, following each decennial federal census, most municipalities are
also required to divide their territory into wards, and counties and cities are required
to redistrict supervisory and aldermanic districts so that the districts contain, as
nearly as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants according to the census
results. With limited exceptions, wards are required to consist of one or more whole,
contiguous census blocks (the smallest geographic units for which census results are
available). Counties and municipalities are required to complete this action in three
steps, which in no case may conclude later than 180 days after publication of the
census results. (Usually, the process begins in April and ends in October of the year
following the year of the census.) If counties or municipalities fail to adopt division
plans, the courts may do so upon petition by interested parties. Revised county and
municipal district plans are used to elect members of county boards of supervisors
and common councils in the spring of the second year following the year of the census.
The legislative and congressional redistricting plans are used to elect members of the
legislature and members of congress in the fall of the second year following the year
of the census. The legislature may subdivide or adjust the boundaries of a municipal
ward and use the revised ward boundaries to create a legislative or congressional
district.
This bill amends various laws to facilitate the legislative and congressional
redistricting process and directs counties and municipalities to revise their ward and
districting plans to reflect any legislative act establishing a legislative or
congressional district boundary that does not coincide with a ward or municipal
boundary.
The bill also provides that when a municipality is consolidated with another
municipality, the governing body of the consolidated municipality must revise its
municipal ward plan to the extent required to effect the change. Currently, the
statutes do not address this issue.
County supervisory district plans
Currently, within 60 days after publication of the federal decennial census, each
county must adopt a tentative county supervisory district plan. Each municipality
must adopt a ward division plan, if it is required to do so, within 60 days after the
county or counties in which the municipality is located adopt a tentative county
supervisory district plan, and each county then must adopt a final supervisory
district plan within 60 days after every municipality in the county adopts a ward
division plan, if it is required to do so. Currently, the tentative plan must include
suggested boundaries or information concerning the number of supervisors to be
elected and a description of boundary requirements.
This bill provides that a final county supervisory district plan must not be
inconsistent with the tentative plan except to accommodate authorized municipal
ward divisions or to reflect an official correction to the census. The bill also applies
to amended supervisory district plans in counties other than Milwaukee and
Menominee the same standards with respect to contiguity, compactness, numbering,
and applicability that apply to amended plans in Milwaukee County. In addition, the
bill applies to tentative district plans in Milwaukee County the same standards with
respect to contiguity that apply to final district plans in that county.
Incorporation of census corrections
Currently, decennial ward division plans, as well as decennial county
supervisory and city aldermanic district plans, are based on the federal decennial
census. The statutes do not treat the issue of corrections that the U.S. Bureau of the
Census issues. This bill provides that the ward plans and aldermanic district plans
shall reflect the census results, including any corrections, for the populations of
counties, municipalities, and census blocks on April 1 of the year of the census, if
corrections are issued prior to adoption of a decennial ward plan, or if a municipality
that is affected by a correction is not divided into wards, prior to adoption of a county
supervisory district plan.
Amended aldermanic district plans
The bill makes an amended aldermanic district plan that may be adopted in
certain cities in response to an intradecade county supervisory district plan subject
to the same passage and notice requirements, and district composition
requirements, that apply currently to original decennial aldermanic district plans.
Under current law, absent members are not included in determining passage
requirements and there are no notice and district composition requirements for
these amended plans.
Challenges to apportionment of congressional and legislative districts;
hearing of appeals
This bill requires the supreme court to assign a three-judge panel to hear any
matter that seeks to challenge the apportionment of a congressional or legislative
district. Under the bill, the supreme court must choose a judge from each of three
circuits and designate one circuit as having venue for purposes of hearings and filing
documents.
Under the bill, no party may seek to substitute any of the assigned judges and
any appeal of the panel's decisions are to be heard directly by the supreme court.
Minor and technical changes
The bill also makes other minor technical changes in the law to facilitate the
ward division and county and municipal redistricting process.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB150, s. 1
1Section
1. 5.15 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
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5.15
(1) (a) 1. Every city, village, and town in this state shall by
ordinance or
3resolution of its common council or village or town board, respectively, be divided into
4wards as provided in this section, except as authorized in sub. (2). The boundaries
5of the wards established under this section, and the number assigned to each ward,
6are intended to be as permanent as possible, and to this end each ward shall when
7created contain a population at a convenient point within the applicable population
8range under sub. (2) (b), with due consideration for the known trends of population
9increase or decrease within that part of the municipality in which the ward is located.
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12. Once established, the boundaries of each ward shall remain unchanged until
2a further decennial federal census of population indicates that the population of a
3ward is then above or below the applicable population range
, or until the ward
4boundaries are required to be changed to permit creation of supervisory or
5aldermanic districts of substantially equal population or to enhance the
6participation of members of a racial or language minority group in the political
7process and their ability to elect representatives of their choice
, or until otherwise
8authorized or required under this section.
SB150, s. 2
9Section
2. 5.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(1) (b) Except as authorized in sub. (2) (a), within
60 45 days after the
11receipt of a tentative supervisory district plan and written statement, if any, from the
12county board of each county in which a municipality is located, the governing body
13of the municipality shall adjust its wards according to the schedule shown in sub. (2).
14All territory contained within the municipality, and only the territory so contained,
15on
August 1 following April 1 of the year of the federal decennial census shall be
16contained within a ward
established under the division ordinance or resolution.
17Except as authorized in sub. (2), each ward shall consist of whole blocks
, as utilized
18by the U.S. bureau of the census in the most recent federal decennial census. To suit
19the convenience of the voters residing therein each ward shall, as far as practicable,
20be kept compact and observe the community of interest of existing neighborhoods
21and other settlements. All territory within a ward shall be contiguous, except for
22island territory as defined in sub. (2) (f) 3. Enactment or adoption of a division
23ordinance or resolution requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the members
24of the governing body.
SB150, s. 3
25Section
3. 5.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.15
(1) (c) The wards established by municipal governing bodies
in a division
2ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted under this section
on the basis of the
3published results of each federal decennial census of population shall govern the
4adjustment of supervisory districts under s. 59.10 (2) (a) and (3) (b) and of aldermanic
5districts under s. 62.08 (1) for the purpose of local elections beginning on January 1
6of the 2nd year commencing after the year of the census until revised under this
7section on the basis of the results of the next decennial census of population unless
8adjusted under sub. (2) (f) 4., (6) (a) or (7), or unless
adjusted, as a matter of statewide
9concern, in the enactment of a division is required to effect an act of the legislature
10redistricting legislative districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution
on the
11basis of the most recent decennial census of population or redistricting congressional
12districts. The populations of wards under each decennial ward division shall be
13determined on the basis of the federal decennial census and any official corrections
14to the census issued on or before the date of adoption of the division ordinance or
15resolution to reflect the correct populations of the municipality and the blocks within
16the municipality on April 1 of the year of the census.
SB150, s. 4
17Section
4. 5.15 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
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5.15
(2) (b) (intro.) Except for wards created to effect an act of the legislature
19redistricting legislative districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution or
20redistricting congressional districts and except as authorized under pars. (bm), (c),
21(e), and (f) and sub. (7), wards shall contain the following numbers of inhabitants:
SB150, s. 5
22Section
5. 5.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(2) (bm) Every city electing the members of its common council from
24aldermanic districts shall assemble the blocks wholly or partially contained within
25the city into wards that will enable the creation of aldermanic districts that are
1substantially equal in population.
If a block is partly contained within the city, the
2city shall divide the block to form a ward containing the portion of the block that lies
3within the city.
SB150, s. 6
4Section
6. 5.15 (2) (e) and (f) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:
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5.15
(2) (e)
Notwithstanding par. (b), if If territory is detached from a city,
6village or town after
adoption of a decennial ward plan April 1 of the year of the
7federal decennial census, and the remaining portion of the ward to which it was
8attached falls below the prescribed minimum population for the applicable range,
9the remaining portion of the population may be constituted a ward by itself.
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(f) (intro.)
Notwithstanding par. (b), any Any city, village or town may establish
11a ward below the prescribed minimum population for the applicable range whenever
12the proposed ward is established under par. (a), (d) or (e) or whenever the proposed
13ward contains solely:
SB150, s. 7
14Section
7. 5.15 (2) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(2) (f) 4. New territory which becomes a part of a city, village or town after
16the adoption of a decennial ward plan April 1 of the year of the federal decennial
17census.
SB150, s. 8
18Section
8. 5.15 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(2) (g) If a block is affected by an annexation or detachment which
20establishes a municipal boundary that subdivides the block, the municipalities in
21which the block is contained shall incorporate only the portion of the block contained
22within their boundaries in their
ward plans division ordinances or resolutions.
SB150, s. 9
23Section
9. 5.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(4) (a) The division ordinance or resolution shall number all wards in the
25municipality
in with unique whole numbers in consecutive order, beginning with the
1number one, shall designate the polling place for each ward, and shall describe the
2boundaries of each ward consistent with the conventions set forth in s. 4.003. The
3ordinance or resolution shall be accompanied by a list of the block numbers used by
4the U.S. bureau of the census that are wholly or partly contained within each ward,
5with any block numbers partly contained within a ward identified, and a map of the
6municipality which illustrates the revised ward boundaries.
If the legislature, in an
7act redistricting legislative districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution,
8or in redistricting congressional districts, establishes a district boundary within a
9municipality that does not coincide with the boundary of a ward established under
10the ordinance or resolution of the municipality, the municipal governing body shall,
11no later than May 15 of the 2nd year following the year of the federal decennial
12census on which the act is based, amend the ordinance or resolution to the extent
13required to effect the act. The amended ordinance or resolution shall designate the
14polling place for any ward that is created to effect the legislative act.
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(b) Within 5 days after adoption or enactment of an ordinance or resolution
16under this section
or any amendment thereto, the municipal clerk shall transmit one
17copy of the ordinance or resolution
or the amendment to the county clerk of each
18county in which the municipality is contained, accompanied by the list and map
19specified in par. (a). If the population of the municipality exceeds 10,000, the
20municipal clerk shall furnish one copy to the legislative reference bureau at the same
21time. Each copy shall identify the name of the municipality and the county or
22counties in which it is located.
SB150, s. 10
23Section
10. 5.15 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(6) (a) Following any municipality-wide special federal census of
25population, the governing body of the municipality in which the special census was
1held may, by ordinance or resolution, adjust the ward boundaries, but no ward line
2adjustment may cross the boundary of
an a congressional, assembly
, or supervisory 3district. The municipal clerk shall transmit copies of the ordinance or resolution in
4compliance with sub. (4) (b).
SB150, s. 11
5Section
11. 5.15 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5.15
(7) If a new town is created or if part of a town is annexed to a city or village
7during a decennial period after
the period for ward adjustments under sub. (1) (b) 8April 1 of the year of the federal decennial census, the town board of any town to
9which territory is attached or from which territory is detached, without regard to the
10time provisions of sub. (1) (b), may, by ordinance or resolution,
create new wards or 11adjust the
existing wards in that town
, but no to the extent required to reflect the
12change. If a municipality is consolidated with another municipality during a
13decennial period after April 1 of the year of the federal decennial census, the
14governing body of the consolidated municipality, without regard to the time
15provisions under sub. (1) (b), may, by ordinance or resolution, create new wards or
16adjust the existing wards of the municipality to the extent required to reflect the
17change. No ward line adjustment
under this subsection may cross the boundary of
18an a congressional, assembly
, or supervisory district. The
town municipal clerk shall
19transmit copies of the ordinance or resolution making the adjustment in compliance
20with sub. (4) (b).
SB150, s. 12
21Section
12. 5.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
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225.18 Enforcement of division requirement. If any municipality fails to
23comply with s. 5.15, the county in which the municipality is located or any elector of
24the municipality may submit to the circuit court for any county in which the
25municipality is located within 14 days from the expiration of the
60-day 45-day
1period under s. 5.15 (1) (b) a proposed plan for the division of the municipality into
2wards in compliance with this section. If the circuit court finds that the existing
3division of the municipality into wards fails to comply with s. 5.15, it shall review the
4plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable notice to the municipality may
5promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with s. 5.15, as a temporary
6ward plan for the municipality to remain in effect until superseded by a ward plan
7enacted or adopted by the governing body in compliance with s. 5.15.
SB150, s. 13
8Section
13. 59.10 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(2) (a)
Composition; supervisory districts. Within
60 45 days after the
10population count by
census block, established in the decennial federal census of
11population, and maps showing the location and numbering of census blocks become
12available in printed form from the federal government or are published for
13distribution by an agency of this state, but no later than July 1 following the year of
14each decennial census, the board shall adopt and transmit to the governing body of
15each city and village wholly or partially contained within the county a tentative
16county supervisory district plan to be considered by the cities and villages when
17dividing into wards. The
tentative plan shall specify the number of supervisors to
18be elected and shall divide the county into a number of districts equal to the number
19of supervisors, with each district substantially equal in population and consisting of
20contiguous whole wards
or municipalities, except as authorized in sub. (3) (b) 2.
21Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the board shall develop and adopt
22the tentative plan in accordance with sub. (3) (b) 1.
The tentative plan shall not
23include provision for division of any census block, as utilized by the U.S. bureau of
24the census in the most recent federal decennial census, unless the block is bisected
25by a municipal boundary or unless a division is required to enable creation of
1supervisory districts that are substantially equal in population. The board shall
2adopt a final plan by enacting an ordinance in accordance with sub. (3) (b) 2. to 4.
3Changes to the final plan shall be governed by par. (d) and sub. (3) (c).
SB150, s. 14
4Section
14. 59.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(2) (d)
Changes during decade. 1. `Number of supervisors; redistricting.'
6The board may, not more than once prior to November 15, 2010, decrease the number
7of supervisors after the enactment of a supervisory district plan under par. (a). In
8that case, the board shall redistrict, readjust, and change the boundaries of
9supervisory districts, so that the number of districts equals the number of
10supervisors, the districts are substantially equal in population according to the most
11recent countywide federal census, the districts are in as compact a form as possible,
12and the districts consist of
contiguous municipalities or contiguous whole wards in
13existence at the time at which the
amended redistricting plan is adopted
, except as
14authorized in sub. (3) (b) 2. In the
redistricting amended plan, the board shall adhere
15to the requirements under sub. (3) (b) 2. with regard to contiguity and shall, to the
16extent possible, place whole contiguous municipalities or contiguous parts of the
17same municipality within the same district. In
redistricting under this subdivision 18the amended plan, the original numbers of the districts in their geographic outlines,
19to the extent possible, shall be retained. The chairperson of the board shall file a
20certified copy of any
redistricting amended plan adopted under this subdivision with
21the secretary of state.
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2. `Election; term.' Any
redistricting amended plan enacted under subd. 1.
23becomes effective on the first November 15 following its enactment, and first applies
24to the spring election following the plan's effective date. Any
redistricting amended 25plan enacted under subd. 1. shall remain in effect until the effective date of a
1redistricting plan subsequently enacted under par. (a). Supervisors elected from the
2districts created under subd. 1. shall serve for 4-year terms and shall take office on
3the 3rd Monday in April following their election.
SB150, s. 15
4Section
15. 59.10 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 1. Within
60 45 days after the population count by
census block,
6established in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the
7location and numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the
8federal government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state, but
9no later than July 1 following the year of each decennial census, each board shall
10propose a tentative county supervisory district plan setting forth the number of
11supervisory districts
proposed by the board and tentative boundaries or a description
12of boundary requirements, hold a public hearing on the proposed plan and adopt a
13tentative plan. The proposed plan may be amended after the public hearing.
The
14tentative plan shall divide the county into a number of districts equal to the number
15of supervisors, with each district substantially equal in population. The board shall
16solicit suggestions from municipalities concerning the development of an
17appropriate plan.
The board shall transmit to each municipal governing body in the
18county the tentative plan that is adopted. Each Except as authorized in this
19subdivision, each district shall consist of whole wards or municipalities.
Each
20district shall be designated to be represented by one supervisor, and all districts shall
21be substantially equal in population. Territory within each supervisory district to
22be created under the tentative plan shall be contiguous, except as authorized in subd.
232. In the tentative plan, the board shall, whenever possible, place whole contiguous
24municipalities or contiguous parts of the same municipality within the same district.
25If the division of a municipality is sought by the board, the board shall provide with
1the plan a written statement to the municipality affected by each proposed division
2specifying the approximate location of the territory from which a ward is sought to
3be created for contiguity purposes and the approximate population of the ward
4proposed to effectuate the division.
The tentative plan shall not include provision for
5division of any census block unless the block is bisected by a municipal boundary or
6unless a division is required to enable creation of supervisory districts that are
7substantially equal in population. The board shall transmit a copy of the tentative
8plan that is adopted to each municipal governing body in the county.
SB150, s. 16
9Section
16. 59.10 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 2. Within
60 45 days after every municipality in the county adjusts
11its wards under s. 5.15, the board shall hold a public hearing and shall then adopt
12a final supervisory district plan, numbering each district.
Wards Territory within
13each supervisory district created by the plan shall be contiguous, except that one or
14more wards located within a city or village which is wholly surrounded by another
15city or water, or both, may be combined with one or more noncontiguous wards, or
16one or more wards
or portions of wards consisting of island territory as defined in s.
175.15 (2) (f) 3. may be combined with one or more noncontiguous wards
or portions of
18wards within the same municipality, to form a supervisory district.
Except as
19required to reflect a municipal ward division authorized or required under s. 5.15,
20and except as required under subd. 3., the final plan shall not be inconsistent with
21the tentative plan.
SB150, s. 17
22Section
17. 59.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 3. The populations of supervisory districts under the tentative
24plan shall be determined on the basis of the federal decennial census and any official
25corrections to the census issued on or before the date that the tentative plan is
1adopted to reflect the correct population of the county and municipalities and blocks
2within the county on April 1 of the year of the census. The populations of supervisory
3districts under the final plan shall be determined on the basis of the federal decennial
4census and any official corrections to the census to reflect the correct populations of
5the county and the municipalities and blocks within the county on April 1 of the year
6of the census, if the corrections as they affect any municipality are issued prior to
7division of the municipality into wards under s. 5.15, or if a municipality is not
8divided into wards, prior to adoption of the final plan.
SB150, s. 18
9Section
18. 59.10 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (b) 4. The chairperson of the board shall file a certified copy of the final
11districting plan with the secretary of state.
Unless otherwise ordered under sub. (6),
12a plan enacted and filed under this paragraph, together with any authorized
13amendment that is enacted and filed under this section, remains in effect until the
14plan is superseded by a subsequent plan enacted under this subsection and a
15certified copy of that plan is filed with the secretary of state.
SB150, s. 19
16Section
19. 59.10 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 59.10 (3) (c) 1. and
17amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (c) 1. After the enactment of a plan of supervisory districts under par.
19(b),
the board may amend the plan to reflect a municipal incorporation, annexation,
20detachment or consolidation
may serve as a basis for altering between federal
21decennial censuses the boundaries of supervisory districts, in the discretion of the
22board. The number of supervisory districts in the county shall not be changed by any
23action under this
paragraph. Any plan of county supervisory districts enacted under
24par. (b) may be amended under this paragraph but shall remain in effect as amended
1until superseded by another plan enacted by the board under par. (b) and filed 2subdivision.
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34. The chairperson of the board shall file a certified copy of any amended plan
4under this paragraph with the secretary of state.
SB150, s. 20
5Section
20. 59.10 (3) (c) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
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59.10
(3) (c) 2. Within 45 days after enactment or adoption of a revised division
7ordinance or resolution under s. 5.15 (4) (a), the board shall amend the county
8supervisory district plan under par. (b) to reflect any renumbering of the wards
9specified in the plan.
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3. The districts under the amended plan shall be substantially equal in
11population according to the most recent countywide federal census and shall be in
12as compact a form as possible. The board shall adhere to the requirements of par.
13(b) 2. with regard to contiguity and shall, to the extent possible, place whole
14contiguous municipalities or contiguous parts of the same municipality within the
15same district. In the amended plan, the original numbers of the districts in their
16geographic outlines, to the extent possible, shall be retained. An amended plan
17becomes effective on the first November 15 following its enactment.
SB150, s. 21
18Section
21. 59.10 (3) (cm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(3) (cm) 1. `Number of supervisors; redistricting.' Except as provided in
20subd. 3., following the enactment of a decennial supervisory district plan under par.
21(b), the board may decrease the number of supervisors. In that case, the board shall
22redistrict, readjust, and change the boundaries of supervisory districts, so that the
23number of districts equals the number of supervisors, the districts are substantially
24equal in population according to the most recent countywide federal census, the
25districts are in as compact a form as possible, and the districts consist of
contiguous
1municipalities or contiguous whole wards in existence at the time at which the
2redistricting plan is adopted
, except as authorized in par. (b) 1. In the redistricting
3plan, the board shall adhere to the requirements under par. (b) 2. with regard to
4contiguity and shall, to the extent possible, place whole contiguous municipalities or
5contiguous parts of the same municipality within the same district. In redistricting
6under this subdivision, the original numbers of the districts in their geographic
7outlines, to the extent possible, shall be retained. No plan may be enacted under this
8subdivision during review of the sufficiency of a petition filed under subd. 2. nor after
9a referendum is scheduled on such a petition. However, if the electors of the county
10reject a change in the number of supervisory districts under subd. 2., the board may
11then take action under this subdivision except as provided in subd. 3. The county
12clerk shall file a certified copy of any redistricting plan enacted under this
13subdivision with the secretary of state.
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14Section
22. 59.10 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.10
(6) Enforcement of division requirement. If a county fails to comply
16with sub. (2) (a) or (3) (b), any municipality located in whole or in part within the
17county or any elector of the county may submit to the circuit court for the county
18within 14 days from the expiration of either
60-day
45-day period under sub. (2) (a)
19or (3) (b) a proposed tentative
supervisory district plan or
a final plan for creation of
20supervisory districts in compliance with this section. If the court finds that the
21existing division of the county into supervisory districts fails to comply with this
22section, it shall review the plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable
23notice to the county may promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with
24this section,
as a temporary supervisory district
and the plan
shall be in effect until
1superseded by a
districting plan adopted by the board in compliance with this
2section.
SB150, s. 23
3Section
23. 62.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) Within
60 45 days after the wards have been readjusted under s. 5.15
5(1) and (2) the common council of every city, including
any every 1st class city
of the
6first class, shall redistrict the boundaries of its aldermanic districts, by an ordinance
7introduced at a regular meeting of the council, published as a class 2 notice, under
8ch. 985, and thereafter adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the council,
9so that all aldermanic districts are as compact in area as possible and contain, as
10nearly as practicable by combining contiguous whole wards, an equal number of
11inhabitants according to the most recent decennial federal census of population.
12Territory within each aldermanic district to be created under the plan shall be
13contiguous, except that territory within the city that is wholly surrounded by another
14city or water, or both, may be combined with noncontiguous territory, or island
15territory, as defined in s. 5.15 (2) (f) 3., may be combined with noncontiguous territory
16within the same municipality to form an aldermanic district. The aldermanic district
17plan shall not include provision for division of any census block unless the block is
18bisected by a municipal boundary or the division is made as required under s. 5.15
19(2) (c). The populations of the aldermanic districts shall be determined on the basis
20of the federal decennial census and any official corrections to the census to reflect the
21correct populations of the municipality and the blocks within the municipality on
22April 1 of the year of the census, if the corrections are issued prior to division of the
23municipality into wards under s. 5.15. Within 45 days after enactment or adoption
24of a revised division ordinance or resolution under s. 5.15 (4) (a), the common council
1shall amend the aldermanic district plan to reflect any renumbering of the wards
2specified in the plan.
SB150, s. 24
3Section
24. 62.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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62.08
(2) If territory becomes a part of any city after
adoption of the ordinance
5under sub. (1) April 1 of the year of the federal decennial census, the limitations of
6s. 5.15 relating to population or area do not apply to the creation of new wards in the
7attached territory, or to the addition of the territory to an existing ward, but no ward
8line adjustment may cross the boundary of
an a congressional, assembly
, or
9supervisory district.
SB150, s. 25
10Section
25. 62.08 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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62.08
(4m) If in a city that is solely contained within one county the aldermanic
12districts are coterminous with the supervisory districts of the county and the county
13board decreases the number of supervisors in the county after enactment of a
14redistricting plan under s. 59.10 (3) (cm), the common council of the city may, by a
15majority vote of
all of the members of the council, no later than November 15
16immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of office of members of the council,
17decrease the number of aldermanic districts and the corresponding number of
18members of the council in the city to maintain coterminous boundaries between the
19aldermanic and supervisory districts and may change the expiration date of the term
20of any council member to an earlier date than the date provided under the current
21ordinance if required to implement the redistricting or to maintain classes of
22members.
Any amended aldermanic district plan that is adopted under this
23subsection is subject to the same procedures and requirements that apply to
24decennial plans adopted under sub. (1).
SB150, s. 26
25Section
26. 62.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5) If a city fails to comply with sub. (1), any elector of the city may submit
2to the circuit court for any county in which the city is located within 14 days from the
3expiration of the
60-day 45-day period under sub. (1) a proposed plan for creation
4of aldermanic districts in compliance with this section. If the court finds that the
5existing division of the city into aldermanic districts fails to comply with this section,
6it shall review the plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable notice to the
7city may promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with this section, as
8a temporary aldermanic district plan until superseded by a districting plan adopted
9by the council in compliance with this section.
SB150, s. 27
10Section
27. 119.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: