Amendment SE5 AA20-ASA1-AB1

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1k Section 1k. 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,12 8.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and, district attorney and member of a professional baseball park district board, judicial and legislative state offices, county offices and the offices of municipal judge and member of the board of school directors in school districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be filled in anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4) (e). No special election may be held after February 1 preceding the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election, nor after September 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day as the general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held on the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the day of the September primary. If the special election is held on the day of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the day of the spring primary.

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1L Section 1L. 9.10 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,19 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial, professional baseball park or school district, or of any prosecutorial unit may petition for the recall of any incumbent elective official by filing a petition with the same official or agency with whom nomination papers or declarations of candidacy for the office are filed demanding the recall of the officeholder.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,23 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town , professional baseball park district or school district office shall contain a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought.

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1m Section 1m. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,7,4 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other than city, village, town, professional baseball park district and school district officials. City, village, town, professional baseball park district and school district officials are recalled under sub. (4).

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1n Section 1n. 9.10 (4) (a) and (d) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,9 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town, professional baseball park district or school district official , is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a written challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or school district clerk official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within 5 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within 5 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, except in cities over 500,000 population and professional baseball park districts, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in professional baseball park districts, the elections board shall file the petition in its office.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,14 (d) The governing body, school board or, board of election commissioners or elections board, upon receiving the certificate, shall call an election on the Tuesday of the 6th week commencing after the date of the certificate. If Tuesday is a legal holiday, the recall election shall be held on the first day after Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,17 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors of cities, villages, towns, professional baseball park districts and school districts.

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1no Section 1no. 11.26 (1) (c) and (2) (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,20 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a professional baseball park district board, $500.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,22 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a professional baseball park district board, $500.

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1p Section 1p. 11.31 (1) (f) and (g) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,3 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a professional baseball park district board, $17,250 total in the primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,7 (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than a professional baseball park district or judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district:".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,8 2. Page 5, line 12: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,9 " Section 6w. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,11 17.01 (10m) By a member of a professional baseball park district board, to the secretary of the district board.

AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 6x Section 6x. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,21 17.27 (3) Professional baseball park district board. Except as provided in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the membership of a professional baseball park district board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in April and on or before December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any year after December 1 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring election.".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,22 3. Page 24, line 1: delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,24 "(a) Five persons appointed by the governor, one of whom resides within each of the counties that are".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,2 4. Page 24, line 8: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 25, line 21.

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,3 5. Page 25, line 22: delete "appointing authorities" and substitute "governor".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,4 6. Page 25, line 23: substitute "2" for "3".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,5 7. Page 25, line 24: substitute "3" for "4".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,6 8. Page 26, line 6: delete "appointing authority" and substitute "governor".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,8 9. Page 26, line 7: delete the material beginning with "appointing" and ending with "vacant" in line 8 and substitute "governor".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,10 10. Page 26, line 10: delete "All of the appointing authorities" and substitute "The governor".

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,11 11. Page 26, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,19 "(b) Eight persons elected at large from numbered seats by the electors of the district to terms of 4 years expiring on July 1. Of the members who are initially elected to serve on a district board under this paragraph after creation of a district, those elected to seats numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall serve for terms expiring on July 1 of the 2nd year beginning after creation of the district. Of the members who are initially elected to serve on a district board under this paragraph after creation of a district, those elected to seats numbered 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall serve for terms expiring on July 1 of the 4th year beginning after creation of the district.".

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