Amendment AA1-AB700

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 700

February 2, 2000 - Offered by Committee on Campaigns and Elections.

AB700-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB700-AA1,1,2 1. Page 75, line 10: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,1,3 " Section 147t. 8.10 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,1,6 8.10 (3) (intro.)  The affidavit certification of a qualified elector under s. 8.15 (4) (a) shall be appended to each nomination paper. The number of required signatures on nomination papers filed under this section is:".

AB700-AA1,1,7 2. Page 75, line 24: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,1,8 " Section 150m. 8.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,2,9 8.15 (4) (a) The affidavit certification of a qualified elector stating his or her residence with street and number, if any, shall appear at the bottom of each nomination paper, stating he or she personally circulated the nomination paper and personally obtained each of the signatures; he or she knows they are electors of the ward, aldermanic district, municipality or county, as the nomination papers require; he or she knows they signed the paper with full knowledge of its content; he or she knows their respective residences given; he or she knows each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; and, that he or she, the affiant circulator, resides within the district which the candidate named therein will represent, if elected; that he or she intends to support the candidate; and that he or she is aware that falsifying the affidavit certification is punishable under ss. s. 12.13 (3) (a) and 946.32 (1) (a), Wis. stats. The affidavit certification may be made by the candidate or any qualified elector. The nomination papers are valid with or without the seal of the officer who administers the oath.".

AB700-AA1,2,10 3. Page 77, line 22: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,2,11 " Section 155p. 8.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,2,13 8.20 (3) The affidavit certification of an elector under s. 8.15 (4) (a) shall be appended to each nomination paper.".

AB700-AA1,2,14 4. Page 80, line 15: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,2,15 " Section 160e. 8.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,3,4 8.40 (2) The affidavit certification of a qualified elector stating his or her residence with street and number, if any, shall appear at the bottom of each separate sheet of each petition specified in sub. (1), stating that the affiant he or she personally circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; that the affiant circulator knows that they are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; that the affiant circulator knows that they signed the paper with full knowledge of its content; that the affiant circulator knows their respective residences given; that the affiant circulator knows that each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; that the affiant circulator resides within the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; and that the affiant circulator is aware that falsifying the affidavit certification is punishable under ss. s. 12.13 (3) (a) and 946.32 (1) (a). The petition is valid with or without the seal of the officer who administers the oath.".

AB700-AA1,3,5 5. Page 89 line 12: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,3,6 " Section 173d. 9.10 (2) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,3,8 9.10 (2) (em) 1. The petition sheet circulator fails to sign the affidavit certification of circulator.

AB700-AA1, s. 173f Section 173f. 9.10 (2) (em) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB700-AA1, s. 173h Section 173h. 9.10 (2) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,3,12 9.10 (2) (n) No signature may be stricken if the individual administering the affidavit of circulator does not fails to date the jurat certification of circulator.

AB700-AA1, s. 173j Section 173j. 9.10 (2) (r) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,3,15 9.10 (2) (r) 4. Failure of the circulator to sign an affidavit the certification of circulator.".

AB700-AA1,3,18 6. Page 103, line 15: delete that line and substitute "election, may demand file a petition requesting a referendum. The demand petition shall be in writing and filed with".

AB700-AA1,3,19 7. Page 103, line 21: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,3,21 " Section 204d. 66.061 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB700-AA1,4,8 66.061 (1) (c) No such ordinance shall be operative until 60 days after passage and publication unless sooner approved by a referendum. Within that time electors equal in number to 20% of those voting at the last regular municipal election may file a petition requesting a referendum. The petition shall be in writing and filed with the clerk and as provided in s. 8.37. Each The petition shall conform to the requirements of s. 8.40, except that each signer shall also state his or her occupation and residence and signatures shall be verified by the affidavit of an elector. The referendum shall be held at the next regular municipal election, or at a special election within 90 days of the filing of the demand, and the ordinance shall not be effective unless approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. This paragraph shall not apply to extensions by a utility previously franchised by the village or city.".

AB700-AA1,4,9 8. Page 114, line 15: after "66.061 (1) (c)" insert "(by Section 204)".

AB700-AA1,4,10 9. Page 114, line 24: after that line insert:

AB700-AA1,4,13 "(1m) Affidavits of circulators. The treatment of sections 8.10 (3) (intro.), 8.15 (4) (a), 8.20 (3), 8.40 (2), 9.10 (2) (em) 1. and 3., (n) and (r) 4. and 66.061 (1) (c) (by Section 204d) of the statutes takes effect on August 1, 2000.".

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