Amendment JR2 AA1-ASA1-AB1

AB1-ASA1-AA1,2,14 (e) Petitions requesting a vote on the question at a regular town election shall be filed in accordance with s. 8.37 no later than 5 p.m. the last Tuesday in February. When the petition is filed, the clerk shall check its sufficiency. Whether at a regular or special election, the The clerk shall give separate notice by one publication in a newspaper at least 5 days before the election.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 1L Section 1L. 8.06 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,2,19 8.06 Special elections may be called. Towns, cities, villages and school districts may call special elections for any purpose whenever such action is authorized or required by law. If an election is called for a special referendum, the election shall be called and noticed under as provided in s. 8.55.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 1n Section 1n. 8.065 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,2,22 8.065 Scheduling of referenda. (1) In this section, "local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (7).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,3,2 (2) Unless otherwise required by law or unless authorized under sub. (3), a referendum held by any local governmental unit that is authorized or required by law to hold a referendum may only be held on the date of the spring primary, spring election, September primary, or general election, or on the 2nd Tuesday in September or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,3,16 (3) If a local governmental unit wishes to hold a special referendum on a date that is not concurrent with an election specified in s. 5.02 (5), (18), (21), or (22) or on a date other than the 2nd Tuesday in September or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the local governmental unit may petition the referendum appeal board for a determination that an emergency exists with respect to a particular question. The referendum appeal board shall make a determination within 10 days after receipt of a petition under this subsection. If the referendum appeal board finds, with the concurrence of at least 4 members, that an emergency exists which requires a special referendum to be held by a local governmental unit on a date that is not concurrent with an election specified in s. 5.02 (5), (18), (21), or (22) or on a date other than the 2nd Tuesday in September or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the board may permit a referendum relating to the question specified in the petition to be held on a date determined by the local governmental unit.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 1p Section 1p. 9.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,4 9.20 (4) The common council or village board shall, without alteration, either pass the ordinance or resolution within 30 days following the date of the clerk's final certificate, or submit it to the electors at the next spring or general election authorized under s. 8.065, if the election is more than 6 weeks after the date of the council's or board's action on the petition or the expiration of the 30-day period, whichever first occurs. If there are 6 weeks or less before the election, the ordinance or resolution shall be voted on at the next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) thereafter. The council or board by a three-fourths vote of the members-elect may order a special election for the purpose of voting on the ordinance or resolution at any time prior to the next election, but not more than one special election for direct legislation may be ordered in any 6-month period.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,5 2. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,6 " Section 6d. 13.123 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 6f Section 6f. 13.123 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,9 13.123 (3) (c) Paragraph (b) may not be construed to affect eligibility for any allowance authorized under sub. (1) or (2).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,10 3. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,11 " Section 7m. 13.205 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,17 13.205 Legislative hotline prohibited. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the joint committee on legislative organization, the assembly committee on organization, and the senate committee on organization may not maintain a toll-free telephone service for the use of members of the public to contact members of the legislature or for the use of members of the legislature to contact members of the public.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,22 (2) An organization committee under sub. (1) may maintain or allow the maintenance of one toll-free telephone service per member of the legislature for the use of members of the public to contact the member of the legislature. The senate committee on organization and the assembly committee on organization shall publish the number of the toll-free telephone service of each member of its house.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,4,23 4. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,5,2 " Section 6n. 13.101 (16) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,5,7 13.101 (16) (b) Annually, on June 15, beginning in 2004, the committee shall transfer from the permanent endowment fund to the tobacco control fund the lesser of $25,000,000 or 8.5% of the market value of the investments in the permanent endowment fund on June 1 in that year the proceeds of, and investment earnings on, investments of the permanent endowment fund in the prior calendar year.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,5,8 5. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,5,10 " Section 7d. 13.40 (2) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is renumbered 13.40 (2) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,5,18 13.40 (2) (a) 1. The Except as provided in subd. 2., the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue, excluding any amount under an appropriation specified in sub. (3), for the 2nd fiscal year of the prior fiscal biennium as determined under sub. (4), multiplied by the sum of 1.0 and the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income less 1%, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the first year of the fiscal biennium, as estimated by the legislative fiscal bureau, in consultation with the department of revenue, no later than November 20 of each even-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 7e Section 7e. 13.40 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,2 13.40 (2) (a) 2. If the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income less 1%, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the first year of the fiscal biennium is not a positive number, the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue, excluding any amount under an appropriation specified in sub. (3), for the 2nd fiscal year of the prior fiscal biennium as determined under sub. (4).

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 7f Section 7f. 13.40 (2) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is renumbered 13.40 (2) (b) 1. and amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,10 13.40 (2) (b) 1. The Except as provided in subd. 2., the amount determined under par. (a) multiplied by the sum of 1.0 and the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income less 1%, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the 2nd year of the fiscal biennium, as estimated by the legislative fiscal bureau, in consultation with the department of revenue, no later than November 20 of each even-numbered year.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 7g Section 7g. 13.40 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,15 13.40 (2) (b) 2. If the annual percentage change in this state's aggregate personal income less 1%, expressed as a decimal, for the calendar year that begins on the January 1 that immediately precedes the 2nd year of the fiscal biennium is not a positive number, the amount determined under par. (a).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,16 6. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,17 " Section 6p. 13.085 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,21 13.085 Passage of bills increasing certain net revenues. The passage in either house of the legislature of any law to provide by law for a net increase in revenues from state sales taxes, income taxes, and franchise taxes requires the approval of two-thirds of the members present.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,22 7. Page 8, line 2: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,6,23 " Section 9m. 13.59 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,2 13.59 Joint survey committee on mandates. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,3 (a) "Political subdivision" has the meaning given in s. 66.0143 (1) (a).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,4 (b) "State mandate" has the meaning given in s. 66.0143 (1) (b).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,8 (2) Creation. There is created a joint survey committee on mandates, consisting of 3 majority party and 2 minority party senators and 3 majority party and 2 minority party representatives to the assembly, appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,10 (3) Committee procedures. (a) The committee shall meet at the call of either or both of its cochairpersons.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,12 (b) All actions of the committee require the approval of a majority of all of the members.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,19 (4) Powers and duties. (a) Within 30 days after being notified pursuant to s. 66.0143 (2) (e), the committee may approve or reject the waiver granted under that paragraph or may extend the time for approval or rejection of the waiver by 30 days or less. If the committee neither approves nor rejects the waiver within the initial or extended period, whichever is applicable, or if the committee does not meet within the initial or extended period, whichever is applicable, the waiver takes effect without committee approval.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,20 (b) The committee may make investigations and hold hearings.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,21 8. Page 8, line 8: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,22 " Section 12b. 14.21 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,23 14.21 Renew Wisconsin. (1) In this section:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,7,24 (a) "Committee" means a committee appointed under sub. (2).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,5 (b) "State agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in the executive branch of state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law and that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233, or 234.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,11 (2) The governor shall establish a program, entitled "Renew Wisconsin," under which the governor will appoint a committee for each state agency to conduct periodic performance evaluations of the operations of each state agency. In appointing members to the various committees, the governor shall seek to appoint to each committee both state and local government public officials and employees and individuals who are not state and local government public officials and employees.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,15 (3) Each committee shall review the performance of the state agency assigned to the committee and shall identify ways in which the state agency can improve its responsiveness to the residents of this state and ways in which the state agency can reduce the costs of performing its duties.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,18 (4) Each committee shall review the statutes and rules that affect the operation of the state agency assigned to the committee for review and shall do all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,19 (a) Identify the statutes and rules that are obsolete.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,21 (b) Identify the statutes and rules that provide benefits that exceed their costs and the statutes and rules that provide benefits that do not exceed their costs.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,8,24 (c) Make recommendations for modifications to the statutes and rules to more effectively and efficiently accomplish the public policy goals contained in the statutes and rules.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,2 (5) Each committee shall conduct one or more public hearings for the purpose of gathering information to perform its duties under subs. (3) and (4).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,4 (6) The department of administration shall provide all staff support required for the operation of each committee.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,6 (7) Each state agency shall fully cooperate with each committee and shall provide any information requested by a committee.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,9 (8) Each committee shall submit a written report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,10 9. Page 8, line 21: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,11 " Section 13d. 15.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,17 15.05 (3) Executive assistant. Each Before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], each secretary may appoint an executive assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The executive assistant shall perform duties as the secretary prescribes. In this subsection, "secretary" includes the attorney general, the adjutant general, the director of the technical college system and the state superintendent of public instruction.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 13h Section 13h. 15.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 13p Section 13p. 15.06 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,9,23 15.06 (4m) Executive assistant. Each Before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], each commission chairperson under s. 230.08 (2) (m) and each commissioner of the public service commission may appoint an executive assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The executive assistant shall perform duties as the chairperson or commissioner prescribes.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 13t Section 13t. 15.06 (9) of the statutes is repealed.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,4 10. Page 8, line 21: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,5 " Section 13m. 15.04 (1) (n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,8 15.04 (1) (n) Form on Internet. Post a copy of any form prescribed by the department or independent agency for use by any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 22.01 (7), or any officer thereof, on the Internet.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 13n Section 13n. 15.04 (1) (o) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,13 15.04 (1) (o) Reports by local governmental units. Permit any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 22.01 (7), or any officer thereof, to file any report with the department or independent agency in electronic format unless otherwise prescribed by law.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,14 11. Page 8, line 21: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,15 " Section 13n. 15.07 (2) (k) of the statutes is repealed.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,16 12. Page 10, line 6: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,17 " Section 14cg. 15.197 (11n) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,10,20 15.197 (11n) (cm) Four members of the legislature, of which one each is designated by the speaker of the assembly, the senate majority leader, and the minority leader in each house of the legislature and appointed by the governor.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 14ch Section 14ch. 15.197 (11n) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,2 15.197 (11n) (e) By January 31 annually, the council shall prepare a report for the preceding calendar year and shall submit the report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The report shall evaluate the waiting lists compiled by the department of health and family services for services for persons with developmental disabilities.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,3 13. Page 10, line 6: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,4 " Section 14c. 15.155 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,7 15.155 (5) Wireless 911 board. (a) There is created a wireless 911 board attached to the department of commerce under s. 15.03 consisting of the following members:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,9 1. One representative to the assembly, appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,11 2. One representative to the assembly, appointed by the assembly minority leader.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,12 3. One senator, appointed by the president of the senate.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,13 4. One senator, appointed by the senate minority leader.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,15 5. Four persons who represent the interests of commercial mobile radio service providers, as defined in s. 196.01 (2g), appointed by the governor.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,19 6. Four persons who represent the interests of public agencies, as defined in s. 146.70 (1) (f), or public safety agencies, as defined in s. 146.70 (1) (g), that operate public safety answering points, as defined in s. 146.70 (1) ( gm), appointed by the governor.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,21 (b) The members appointed under par. (a) 5. and 6. shall serve 3-year terms and may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,22 14. Page 10, line 8: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,11,23 " Section 14h. 15.347 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,12,5 15.347 (3) Environmental results council. There is created in the department of natural resources an environmental results council consisting of 15 members appointed for 5-year terms. The governor shall appoint members representing environmental organizations, businesses, and local governmental units and members who do not represent any of these entities.".