Amendment JR2 SA2-SSA1-AB1

AB1-SSA1-SA2,64,13 7.30 (4) (b) 1. In cities where there is a board of election commissioners, the aldermanic district committeemen or committeewomen under s. 8.17 of each of the 2 dominant recognized political parties shall submit a certified list no later than November 30 of each even-numbered year containing the names of at least as many electors nominees as there are inspectors from that party for each of the voting wards in the aldermanic district. The chairperson may designate any individual whose name is submitted as a first choice nominee. The board of election commissioners shall appoint, no later than December 31 of even-numbered years, at least 5 inspectors for each ward. The board of election commissioners shall appoint all first choice nominees for so long as positions are available, unless nonappointment is authorized under par. (e), and shall appoint other individuals in its discretion. The board of election commissioners may designate such alternates as it deems advisable.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rg Section 1rg. 7.30 (6) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,65,2 7.30 (6) (b) Prior to the first election following the appointment of the inspectors, the inspectors at each polling place municipal clerk shall elect appoint one of their number the inspectors at each polling place to act serve as chief inspector. No person may serve as chief inspector at any election who is not certified by the board under s. 7.31 at the time of the election. The chief inspector shall hold the position for the remainder of the term unless the inspector is removed by the clerk or the inspector ceases to be certified under s. 7.31, except that whenever wards are combined or separated under s. 5.15 (6) (b), the inspectors municipal clerk shall elect a new chief appoint another inspector who is certified under s. 7.31 to serve as chief inspector at each polling place designated under s. 5.15 (6) (b). If a vacancy occurs in the position of chief inspector at any polling place, the municipal clerk shall appoint one of the other inspectors who is certified under s. 7.31 to fill the vacancy.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rj Section 1rj. 7.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,65,8 7.33 (2) Service as an election official under this chapter shall be mandatory upon all qualified electors individuals appointed, during the full 2-year term, after which they shall be exempt from further service as an election official, under this chapter, until 3 terms of 2 years each have elapsed. Municipal clerks may grant exemptions from service at any time.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rL Section 1rL. 7.41 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 39, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,65,18 7.41 (4) No individual exercising the right under sub. (1) may view the confidential portion of a registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (4) or a poll list maintained under s. 6.79 (6). However, the inspectors shall disclose to such an individual, upon request, the existence of such a list, the number of electors whose names appear on the list, and the number of those electors who have voted at any point in the proceedings. No observer such individual may view the certificate-affidavit form certificate of an absent elector who obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rn Section 1rn. 7.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,66,7 7.51 (1) Canvass procedure. Immediately after the polls close the inspectors shall proceed to canvass publicly all votes received at the polling place. In any municipality where an electronic voting system is used, the municipal governing body or board of election commissioners may provide or authorize the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners to provide for the adjournment of the canvass to one or more central counting locations for specified polling places in the manner prescribed in subch. III of ch. 5. No central counting location may be used to count votes at a polling place where an electronic voting system is not employed. The canvass, whether conducted at the polling place or at the a central counting location, shall continue without adjournment until the canvass is completed and the return statements are made. The inspectors shall not permit access to the name of any elector who has obtained a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) during the canvass, except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rp Section 1rp. 7.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,67,7 7.60 (2) County board of canvassers. The county clerk and 2 qualified electors of the county appointed by the clerk constitute the county board of canvassers. The members of the board of canvassers shall serve for 2-year terms commencing on January 1 of each odd-numbered year, except that any member who is appointed to fill a permanent vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of the original appointee. One member of the board of canvassers shall belong to a political party other than the clerk's. If The county clerk shall designate a deputy clerk who shall perform the clerk's duties as a member of the board of canvassers in the event that the county clerk's office is vacant, if the clerk cannot perform his or her duties, or if the clerk is a candidate at an election being canvassed, the county clerk shall designate a deputy clerk to perform the clerk's duties. If the county clerk and designated deputy clerk are both unable to perform their duties, the county executive or, if there is no county executive, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors shall designate another qualified elector of the county to perform the clerk's duties. If a member other than the clerk cannot perform his or her duties, the clerk shall appoint another member to serve. No person may serve on the county board of canvassers if the person is a candidate for an office to be canvassed by that board. If lists of candidates for the county board of canvassers are submitted to the county clerk by political party county committees, the lists shall consist of at least 3 names and the clerk shall choose the board members from the lists. Where there is a county board of election commissioners, it shall serve as the board of canvassers. If the county board of election commissioners serves as the board of canvassers, the executive director of the county board of election commissioners shall serve as a member of the board of canvassers to fill a temporary vacancy on that board.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rr Section 1rr. 8.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,67,21 8.15 (4) (a) The 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 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 certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a), Wis. stats. The circulator shall indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature. The certification may be made by the candidate or any qualified elector.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rt Section 1rt. 8.15 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rv Section 1rv. 8.20 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1rx Section 1rx. 8.21 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,69,4 8.21 Declaration of candidacy. Each candidate, except a candidate for presidential elector under s. 8.20 (2) (d), shall file a declaration of candidacy, no later than the latest time provided for filing nomination papers under s. 8.10 (2) (a), 8.15 (1), 8.20 (8) (a) or 8.50 (3) (a), or the time provided under s. 8.16 (2) or 8.35 (2) (c). A candidate shall file the declaration with the officer or agency with which nomination papers are filed for the office which the candidate seeks, or if nomination papers are not required, with the clerk or board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks office. The declaration shall be sworn to before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The declaration shall contain the name of the candidate in the form specified under s. 8.10 (2) (b) for candidates for nonpartisan office or s. 8.15 (5) (a) or 8.20 (2) (a) for candidates for partisan office, and shall state that the signer is a candidate for a named office, that he or she meets or will at the time he or she assumes office meet applicable age, citizenship, residency or voting qualification requirements, if any, prescribed by the constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state, and that he or she will otherwise qualify for office if nominated and elected. The declaration shall include the candidate's name in the form in which it will appear on the ballot. Each candidate for state and local office shall include in the declaration a statement that he or she has not been convicted of any infamous crime misdemeanor designated under state or federal law as a violation of the public trust or any felony for which he or she has not been pardoned and a list of all felony convictions for which he or she has not been pardoned. In addition, each candidate for state or local office shall include in the declaration a statement that discloses his or her municipality of residence for voting purposes, and the street and number, if any, on which the candidate resides. The declaration is valid with or without the seal of the officer who administers the oath. A candidate for state or local office shall file an amended declaration under oath with the same officer or agency if any information contained in the declaration changes at any time after the original declaration is filed and before the candidate assumes office or is defeated for election or nomination.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tc Section 1tc. 8.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,69,17 8.40 (2) The 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 he or she personally circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; that the circulator knows that they are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; that the circulator knows that they signed the paper with full knowledge of its content; that the circulator knows their respective residences given; that the circulator knows that each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; that the circulator resides within the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; and that the circulator is aware that falsifying the certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a). The circulator shall indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1te Section 1te. 9.10 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,69,20 9.10 (2) (e) 3. The signature is dated after the date of the notarization certification contained on the petition sheet.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tg Section 1tg. 9.10 (2) (em) 4. and 5. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tj Section 1tj. 9.10 (2) (o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tL Section 1tL. 9.10 (2) (r) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tn Section 1tn. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,70,6 9.10 (4) (d) The Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing body, school board, or board of election commissioners upon receiving the certificate shall call an a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of the 6th week commencing after the date of on which the certificate. If is filed, except that 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-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tp Section 1tp. 10.06 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,70,15 10.06 (3) (am) As soon as possible following the deadline for filing nomination papers for any municipal election when there is to be an election for a county or state office or a county or statewide referendum, but no later than 2 3 days after such deadline, the municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or ballots containing the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state or county offices are used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office to the county clerk if a primary is required, unless the municipality prepares its own ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (c).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tr Section 1tr. 10.06 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,70,25 10.06 (3) (bm) As soon as possible following the municipal canvass of the primary vote or the qualification of the candidates under s. 8.05 (1) (j) when a municipal caucus when is held, if there is to be an election for a county or state office or a county or statewide referendum, but no later than 2 3 days after such date, the municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or ballots containing the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state or county offices are used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office and municipal referenda appearing on the ballot to the county clerk, unless the municipality prepares its own ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (c).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tt Section 1tt. 11.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,71,7 11.21 (3) Prepare and publish for the use of persons required to file reports and statements under this chapter a manual setting forth simply and concisely recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting. The board shall furnish a copy of the manual without charge, upon request, to all persons who are required to file reports or statements with the board, and shall distribute or arrange for the distribution of copies of the manual for use by other filing officers.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1tv Section 1tv. 11.21 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,71,15 11.21 (14) Prepare, publish and periodically revise as necessary a manual simply and concisely describing the filing and registration requirements established in this chapter in detail, as well as other major provisions of this chapter and ch. 12. The board shall furnish a copy of the manual without charge, upon request, to all persons who are required to file reports or statements with the board, and shall distribute or arrange for the distribution of copies of the manual for use by other filing officers.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,71,16 6. Page 3, line 12: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,71,17 " Section 1f. 6.24 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,71,22 6.24 (5) Ballots. The board shall prescribe a special ballot for use under this section whenever necessary. Official ballots prescribed for use in the presidential preference primary may also be used. The ballot shall be designed to comply with the requirements prescribed under ss. 5.60 (8) 5.58 (2r), 5.62, and 5.64 (1) insofar as applicable. All ballots shall be limited to national offices only.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1h Section 1h. 8.12 (1) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,72,10 8.12 (1) Selection of names for ballot. (a) No later than 5 p.m. on the first 3rd Tuesday in January November, or the next day if Tuesday is a holiday, in of the year before each year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected, the state chairperson of each recognized political party listed on the official ballot at the last gubernatorial election whose candidate for governor received at least 10% of the total votes cast for that office may certify to the board that the party will participate in the presidential preference primary. For each party filing such a certification, the voters of this state shall at the spring election primary be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of that party.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,73,3 (b) On the last 2nd Tuesday in January in December of the year before each year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected, there shall be convened in the capitol a committee consisting of, for each party filing a certification under this subsection, the state chairperson of that state party organization or the chairperson's designee, one national committeeman and one national committeewoman designated by the state chairperson; the speaker and the minority leader of the assembly or their designees, and the president and the minority leader of the senate or their designees. All designations shall be made in writing to the board. This committee shall organize by selecting an additional member who shall be the chairperson and shall determine, and certify to the board, no later than on the Friday following the last Tuesday in January date on which the committee convenes under this paragraph, the names of all candidates of the political parties represented on the committee for the office of president of the United States. The committee shall place the names of all candidates whose candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national news media throughout the United States on the ballot, and may, in addition, place the names of other candidates on the ballot. The committee shall have sole discretion to determine that a candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national news media throughout the United States.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,73,15 (c) No later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd first Tuesday in February January of each presidential election year, any person seeking the nomination by the national convention of a political party filing a certification under this subsection for the office of president of the United States, or any committee organized in this state on behalf of and with the consent of such person, may submit to the board a petition to have the person's name appear on the presidential preference ballot. The petition may be circulated no sooner than the last 2nd Tuesday in January of December preceding such year and shall be signed by a number of qualified electors equal in each congressional district to not less than 1,000 signatures nor more than 1,500 signatures. The form of the petition shall conform to the requirements of s. 8.40. All signers on each separate petition paper shall reside in the same congressional district.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,73,23 (d) The board shall forthwith contact each person whose name has been placed in nomination under par. (b) and notify him or her that his or her name will appear on the Wisconsin presidential preference ballot unless he or she files, no later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd first Tuesday in February January of such year, with the board, a disclaimer stating without qualification that he or she is not and does not intend to become a candidate for the office of president of the United States at the forthcoming presidential election. The disclaimer may be filed with the board by certified mail, by telegram, or in person.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,74,2 (3) Reporting of results. No later than May 15 the 2nd Tuesday following the presidential preference vote primary, the board shall notify each state party organization chairperson under sub. (1) (b) of the results of the presidential preference vote cast primary within the state and within each congressional district.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jc Section 1jc. 10.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,74,12 10.06 (1) (e) As soon as possible following the state canvass of the spring primary vote, but no later than the first Tuesday in March, the board shall send a type B notice certifying to each county clerk the list of candidates for the spring election. When no state spring primary is held or when the only primary held is the presidential preference primary, this notice shall be sent under par. (c). The board shall also in any case send a certified list of candidates under s. 11.50 to the state treasurer pursuant to s. 7.08 (2) (c). When there is a referendum, the board shall send type A and C notices certifying each question to the county clerks as soon as possible, but no later than the first Tuesday in March.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1je Section 1je. 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,74,20 10.06 (2) (b) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the board preceding the spring election, each county clerk shall add any county offices, prepare the ballots, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming spring primary. When there is no state spring primary within the county and there is no presidential preference primary scheduled for the date of the spring primary, but there is to be a county spring primary, the county clerk shall prepare the ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jg Section 1jg. 10.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,74,25 10.06 (2) (d) On the Monday preceding the spring primary, when held, the county clerk shall publish a type B notice. In a year in which a presidential preference primary is held, the county clerk shall also publish notice of the presidential preference primary.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 1jj Section 1jj. 10.06 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,75,7 10.06 (2) (g) On the Monday preceding the spring election, the county clerk shall publish a type B notice containing the same information prescribed in par. (a). In those years in which a presidential preference primary is held, the county clerk shall also publish notice of the primary. In addition, the county clerk shall publish a type C notice on the Monday preceding the spring election for all state and county referenda to be voted upon by electors of the county.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,75,8 7. Page 3, line 14: delete lines 14 to 17 and substitute:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,75,12 "11.61 (1) (a) Whoever intentionally violates s. 11.05 (1), (2), or (2g) or (2r), 11.07 (1) or (5), 11.10 (1), 11.12 (5), 11.23 (6), or 11.24 (1) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 4 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class I felony.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,75,13 8. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,75,14 " Section 7m. 13.101 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,9 13.101 (6) (a) As an emergency measure necessitated by decreased state revenues and to prevent the necessity for a state tax on general property, the committee may reduce any appropriation made to any board, commission, department, or the University of Wisconsin System, or to any other state agency or activity, by such amount as it deems feasible, not exceeding 25% of the appropriations, except appropriations made by ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (bh), (cg), and (cr), 20.395 (1), (2) (cq), (eq) to (ex) and (gq) to (gx), (3), (4) (aq) to (ax), and (6) (aq) and, (ar), and (at), 20.435 (6) (a) and (7) (da), and 20.445 (3) (a) and (dz) or for forestry purposes under s. 20.370 (1), or any other moneys distributed to any county, city, village, town, or school district. Appropriations of receipts and of a sum sufficient shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as equivalent to the amounts expended under such appropriations in the prior fiscal year which ended June 30. All functions of said state agencies shall be continued in an efficient manner, but because of the uncertainties of the existing situation no public funds should be expended or obligations incurred unless there shall be adequate revenues to meet the expenditures therefor. For such reason the committee may make reductions of such appropriations as in its judgment will secure sound financial operations of the administration for said state agencies and at the same time interfere least with their services and activities.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,10 9. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,12 " Section 7m. 13.101 (14) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,16 13.101 (14) With the concurrence of the joint committee on information policy and technology, direct the department of electronic government administration to report to the committee concerning any specific information technology system project in accordance with s. 13.58 (5) (b) 4.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,17 10. Page 7, line 9: delete lines 9 to 20.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,18 11. Page 8, line 1: delete lines 1 to 2.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,19 12. Page 8, line 2: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,76,20 " Section 9m. 13.625 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,2 13.625 (3m) No elective state official and no personal campaign committee of an elective state official may solicit a lobbyist or principal to arrange for another person to make a campaign contribution to that official or personal campaign committee or to another elective state official or the personal campaign committee of that official.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,3 13. Page 8, line 2: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,5 " Section 9m. 13.58 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,9 13.58 (5) (a) 5. Upon receipt of strategic plans from the department of electronic government administration, the joint committee on legislative organization and the director of state courts, review and transmit comments concerning the plans to the entities submitting the plans.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 9n Section 9n. 13.58 (5) (b) 4. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,18 13.58 (5) (b) 4. (intro.) With the concurrence of the joint committee on finance, direct the department of electronic government administration to report semiannually to the committee and the joint committee on finance concerning any specific information technology system project which is being designed, developed, tested or implemented and which the committees anticipate will have a total cost to the state exceeding $1,000,000 in the current or any succeeding fiscal biennium. The report shall include all of the following:".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,19 14. Page 8, line 8: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,77,20 " Section 11m. 13.94 (1) (bm), (bp) and (br) of the statutes are created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,78,2 13.94 (1) (bm) 1. Conduct a management and performance evaluation audit of every large program at least once each 5 years. In this paragraph "large program" means a program, as described in s. 20.003 (3), under s. 20.255 (2), 20.285 (1), 20.292 (1), 20.395 (1), (2), or (3), 20.410 (1) or (3), 20.435 (2), (3), (4), or (6), 20.445 (1) or (3), or 20.835 (1), (2), (3), or (4).

AB1-SSA1-SA2,78,13 2. The audit must include an appraisal of all management practices, operating procedures, and organizational structures related to the program. The audit may be conducted in conjunction with the audit under par. (b) or separately. Within 30 days after completion of the audit, the bureau shall file with the joint legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees, and the joint committee on legislative organization, under s. 13.172 (3), the governor, the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the state department, board, commission, or independent agency that administers the program audited, a detailed report thereof, including its recommendations for improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or improper expenditures.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,78,17 (bp) 1. Conduct a management and performance evaluation audit to review supervisor-to-staff ratios in every large agency at least once each 5 years. In this paragraph "large agency" means an agency created under ch. 15 and that has more than 100 full-time equivalent positions.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,78,25 2. The audit may be conducted in conjunction with the audit under par. (b) or (bm) or separately. Within 30 days after completion of the audit, the bureau shall file with the joint legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees, and the joint committee on legislative organization, under s. 13.172 (3), the governor, the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the state department, board, commission, or independent agency audited, a detailed report thereof, including its recommendations for improvement and efficiency.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,79,11 (br) Maintain a toll-free telephone number with voice mail at the bureau's office to receive reports of fraud, waste, or abuse in state government. The bureau shall relay these reports to the appropriate bureau employee for investigation. The bureau shall publicize the toll-free telephone number on the bureau's website. The bureau shall maintain records that permit the release of information provided by informants while protecting the identity of the informant. Any records maintained by the bureau which relate to the identity of informants shall be only for the confidential use of the bureau in the administration of this section, unless the informant expressly agrees to release the records. Appearance in court as a witness shall not be considered consent by an informant to release confidential records maintained by the bureau.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,79,12 15. Page 8, line 8: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,79,14 " Section 10m. 13.90 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,3 13.90 (6) The joint committee on legislative organization shall adopt, revise biennially and submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy and technology, the governor and the chief information officer administrator of the division of electronic government in the department of administration, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the legislature and legislative service agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (6). The plan shall address the business needs of the legislature and legislative service agencies and shall identify all resources relating to information technology which the legislature and legislative service agencies desire to acquire, contingent upon funding availability, the priority for such acquisitions and the justification for such acquisitions. The plan shall also identify any changes in the functioning of the legislature and legislative service agencies under the plan.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 10p Section 10p. 13.93 (2) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,8 13.93 (2) (h) Approve specifications and scheduling for computer databases containing the Wisconsin statutes and for the printing of the Wisconsin statutes as prescribed in ss. 22.03 16.971 (6) and 35.56 (5).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 11m Section 11m. 14.20 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,12 14.20 (1) (a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 22.01 16.97 (7).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,13 16. Page 8, line 8: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,14 " Section 12e. 14.46 of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 12m Section 12m. 14.58 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 12r Section 12r. 14.62 of the statutes is repealed.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,17 17. Page 8, line 21: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,80,18 " Section 13m. 15.105 (25) of the statutes is repealed.".