2017 WISCONSIN ACT 321
An Act to renumber and amend 8.10 (3) (km); and to create 8.10 (3) (km) 2. and 8.10 (3s) of the statutes; relating to: the signature requirement for nomination of candidates to school board in school districts that contain territory lying within a second class city.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 8.10 (3) (km) of the statutes is renumbered 8.10 (3) (km) 1. and amended to read:
8.10 (3) (km) 1. For Except as provided in subd. 2. and subject to sub. (3s), for school district officer in any school district which that contains territory lying within a 2nd class city, not less than 100 nor more than 200 electors.
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2. 8.10 (3) (km) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
8.10 (3) (km) 2. For a school district officer in any school district described in subd. 1., not less than 20 and not more than 100 signatures if the annual meeting or the school board of the school district adopts a resolution to reduce the number of required signatures and if, on the date that the annual meeting or school board acts under this subdivision, the territory of the school district lying within one or more 2nd class cities is less than or equal to 10 percent of the territory of the school district.
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3. 8.10 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:
8.10 (3s) (a) For a school district that does not contain any territory lying within a 2nd class city on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the signature requirement for school district officer under sub. (3) (km) 1. first applies to a candidate for the office of school district officer filled in the 2nd spring election that follows the effective date of the event that causes the school district to have territory that lies within a 2nd class city.
(b) For a school district that has, by resolution, reduced the number of signatures required on nomination papers as permitted under sub. (3) (km) 2., the signature requirement for school district officer under sub. (3) (km) 1. first applies to a candidate for the office of school district officer filed in the 2nd spring election that follows the date of the event that causes the territory of the school district lying within one or more 2nd class cities to be greater than 10 percent of the territory of the school district.
