SB1-ASA2,53,135 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director of the
6elections government accountability and integrity board shall enter into an
7agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration
8list maintained by the elections government accountability and integrity board
9under s. 6.36 (1) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file
10database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent
11required to enable the secretary of transportation and the executive director of the
12elections government accountability and integrity board to verify the accuracy of the
13information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
SB1-ASA2, s. 161 14Section 161. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,53,2515 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
16required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
17school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum
18held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
19school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
20the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.
21The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections
22government accountability and integrity board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The
23clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a
24certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results
25of the referendum in that school district.
SB1-ASA2, s. 162
1Section 162. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,54,62 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
3spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
4change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
5prescribed by the elections government accountability and integrity board under ss.
65.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
SB1-ASA2, s. 163 7Section 163. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,54,188 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
9school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
10supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
11form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
12and integrity
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall
13be whether the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the
14resolution provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring
15purpose, the ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will
16be used for a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school
17district under sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those
18voting on the question.
SB1-ASA2, s. 164 19Section 164. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,54,2220 125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
21form prescribed by the elections government accountability and integrity board
22under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1-ASA2, s. 165 23Section 165. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,55,1124 165.25 (1) Represent state. Except as provided in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 2. and
25978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings,

1civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state
2is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or
3remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party; and, if requested by the
4governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any
5state department, agency, official, employee, or agent, whether required to appear
6as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any
7court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state
8or the people of this state may be interested. The public service commission may
9request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal
10proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation
11under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB1-ASA2, s. 166 12Section 166. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,55,2413 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
14obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
15statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
16preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
17municipality and the elections government accountability and integrity board shall
18furnish such information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the
19clerk of the district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total
20number of votes cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding
21election cannot, because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or
22for any reason, be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall
23fairly estimate such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or
24her office.
SB1-ASA2, s. 167 25Section 167. 200.09 (11) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,56,5
1200.09 (11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village
2comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners,
3each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The
4commission shall immediately notify the elections government accountability and
5integrity
board under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution under this subdivision.
SB1-ASA2, s. 168 6Section 168. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,56,87 227.03 (6) Orders of the elections government accountability and integrity
8board under s. 5.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
SB1-ASA2, s. 169 9Section 169. 227.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,56,1810 227.45 (1) Except as provided in ss. 19.52 (3) and s. 901.05, an agency or
11hearing examiner shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence.
12The agency or hearing examiner shall admit all testimony having reasonable
13probative value, but shall exclude immaterial, irrelevant or unduly repetitious
14testimony or evidence that is inadmissible under s. 901.05. The agency or hearing
15examiner shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Basic principles
16of relevancy, materiality and probative force shall govern the proof of all questions
17of fact. Objections to evidentiary offers and offers of proof of evidence not admitted
18may be made and shall be noted in the record.
SB1-ASA2, s. 170 19Section 170. 227.46 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,56,2420 227.46 (1) (intro.) Except as provided under s. 227.43 (1), an agency may
21designate an official of the agency or an employee on its staff or borrowed from
22another agency under s. 20.901 or 230.047 as a hearing examiner to preside over any
23contested case. In hearings under s. 19.52, a reserve judge shall be appointed.
24Subject to rules of the agency, examiners presiding at hearings may:
SB1-ASA2, s. 171 25Section 171. 227.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,57,2
1227.52 (6) Decisions of the chairperson of the elections government
2accountability and integrity
board or the chairperson's designee.
SB1-ASA2, s. 172 3Section 172. 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-ASA2,57,44 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. Government accountability and integrity board — 3.
SB1-ASA2, s. 173 5Section 173. 230.08 (2) (om) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 174 6Section 174. 230.08 (2) (on) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-ASA2,57,87 230.08 (2) (on) The executive director of the government accountability and
8integrity board.
SB1-ASA2, s. 175 9Section 175. 230.08 (2) (wm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 176 10Section 176. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,57,2011 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
12includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
13outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the
14historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s.
1515.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board, government
16accountability and integrity board,
investment board, public defender board and
17technical college system board and "commission" means the public service
18commission. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position
19exceeding the number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified
20service.
SB1-ASA2, s. 177 21Section 177. 234.02 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,57,2522 234.02 (3m) (c) The authority shall, with the advice of the ethics government
23accountability and integrity
board, adopt and enforce ethics guidelines applicable to
24its paid consultants which are similar to subch. III of ch. 19, except that the authority
25may not require its paid consultants to file financial disclosure statements.
SB1-ASA2, s. 178
1Section 178. 560.04 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,58,102 560.04 (2m) Duties. The department may assign one or more full-time
3equivalent positions to the functions of coordinating the development and scheduling
4of training programs for local government officials by the University of
5Wisconsin-Extension, technical college system, department of revenue, elections
6government accountability and integrity board, and other state agencies in order to
7assure the effective delivery of training programs and to prevent duplication of effort
8and of coordinating requests for management or personnel consultative services
9from government units other than the state and directing those requests to the
10appropriate division of the department of administration.
SB1-ASA2, s. 179 11Section 179. 778.135 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,58,22 12778.135 Campaign finance, lobbying, and ethics forfeitures; how
13recovered.
Notwithstanding s. 778.13, whenever any action or proposed action by
14the elections government accountability and integrity board under s. 5.05 (1) (c) is
15settled as a result of agreement between the parties without approval of the court,
16the moneys accruing to the state on account of such settlement shall be paid to the
17board and deposited with the secretary of administration. Whenever any proposed
18action by a county board of election commissioners under s. 7.21 (2m) (a) is settled
19as a result of agreement between the parties, the moneys accruing to the county on
20account of such settlement shall be paid to the board of election commissioners and
21deposited with the county treasurer in the same manner as provided for forfeitures
22under s. 778.13.
SB1-ASA2, s. 180 23Section 180. 778.136 of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 181 24Section 181 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB1-ASA2,58,2525 (1) Transfer of elections board.
SB1-ASA2,59,3
1(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
2liabilities of the elections board shall become the assets and liabilities of the
3government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,59,44 (b) Positions and employees.
SB1-ASA2,59,7 51. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
6in the elections board are transferred to the government accountability and integrity
7board.
SB1-ASA2,59,10 82. All incumbent employees holding positions in the elections board are
9transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the government accountability
10and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,59,16 113. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all the rights and the same
12status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the
13government accountability and integrity board that they enjoyed in the elections
14board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the
15statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is
16required to serve a probationary period.
SB1-ASA2,59,1917 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
18tangible personal property, including records, of the elections board is transferred to
19the government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,59,2520 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the elections board in effect on the
21effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the
22government accountability and integrity board. The government accountability and
23integrity board shall carry out any contractual obligations under such a contract
24until the contract is modified or rescinded by the government accountability and
25integrity board to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB1-ASA2,60,6
1(e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the elections board that are in
2effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
3expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the government accountability and
4integrity board. All orders issued by the elections board that are in effect on the
5effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates
6or until modified or rescinded by the government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,60,117 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the elections board on the
8effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the government accountability and
9integrity board, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the elections
10board with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted
11to or taken by the government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,60,1212 (2) Transfer of ethics board.
SB1-ASA2,60,1513 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
14liabilities of the ethics board shall become the assets and liabilities of the government
15accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,60,1616 (b) Positions and employees.
SB1-ASA2,60,19 171. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
18in the ethics board are transferred to the government accountability and integrity
19board.
SB1-ASA2,60,22 202. All incumbent employees holding positions in the ethics board are
21transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the government accountability
22and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,61,3 233. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all the rights and the same
24status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the
25government accountability and integrity board that they enjoyed in the ethics board

1immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes,
2no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required
3to serve a probationary period.
SB1-ASA2,61,64 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
5tangible personal property, including records, of the ethics board is transferred to the
6government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,61,127 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the ethics board remain in effect
8and are transferred to the government accountability and integrity board. The
9government accountability and integrity board shall carry out any contractual
10obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the
11government accountability and integrity board to the extent allowed under the
12contract.
SB1-ASA2,61,1813 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the ethics board that are in effect
14on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration
15dates or until amended or repealed by the government accountability and integrity
16board. All orders issued by the ethics board that are in effect on the effective date
17of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until
18modified or rescinded by the government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,61,2319 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the ethics board on the effective
20date of this paragraph is transferred to the government accountability and integrity
21board, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the ethics board with
22respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken
23by the government accountability and integrity board.
SB1-ASA2,61,2424 (3) Board transitions; initial terms.
SB1-ASA2,62,3
1(a) Notwithstanding section 15.61, 2001 stats., section 15.62, 2003 stats., and
2section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes, the terms of office of all members of the elections
3board and all members of the ethics board holding office shall expire on July 1, 2007.
SB1-ASA2,62,74 (b) Each member of the government accountability and integrity board who is
5appointed as provided in paragraph (c ) and qualified to take office shall take office
6on the effective date of this paragraph, or upon qualification to take office, whichever
7is later.
SB1-ASA2,62,178 (c) Notwithstanding section 15.60 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, and
9section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes, of the members of the government accountability
10and integrity board who are initially nominated by the governor, and with the advice
11and consent of the assembly and the senate appointed, one member who is a former
12nonpartisan elective official of a local governmental unit and 2 members who have
13prosecutorial experience shall be appointed to serve for terms expiring on May 1,
142009, and one member who is a former nonpartisan elective official of a local
15governmental unit, 2 members who have prosecutorial experience and one member
16who is a retired judge of a court of record in this state shall be appointed to serve for
17terms expiring on May 1, 2011.
SB1-ASA2,62,2118 (d) Notwithstanding section 15.603 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act,
19the person who is initially appointed to serve as administrator of the enforcement
20division in the government accountability and integrity board shall serve for a term
21expiring on September 1, 2011.
SB1-ASA2,62,2222 (4) Implementation.
SB1-ASA2,63,923 (a) Notwithstanding section 5.05 (1m) and (2m) of the statutes, as created by
24this act, and section 20.922 (1) of the statutes, the director of the legislative council
25staff shall serve as executive director of the government accountability and integrity

1board, without additional compensation for such service, until such time as the board
2initially appoints an executive director and the appointee qualifies to take office. The
3executive director of the legislative council staff is vested with full authority and
4responsibility to carry out all functions of the executive director of the government
5accountability and integrity board, the divisions in the government accountability
6and integrity board, and the administrators of the divisions prior to appointment and
7qualification of the initial executive director, including the retention and
8termination of all staff not transferred to the board that the board is authorized to
9employ under this act.
SB1-ASA2,63,1210 (5) General nonseverability. Notwithstanding section 990.001 (11) of the
11statutes, if a court finds that any provision of this act is unconstitutional, the entire
12act is void.
SB1-ASA2,63,1713 (6) Nonseverability; 2001 Wisconsin Act 109. Notwithstanding section 990.001
14(11) of the statutes, if a court finds that the repeal and recreation of section 71.10 (3)
15(b) of the statutes by this act, or any part of the laws specified in 2001 Wisconsin Act
16109
, section 9115 (2y) (b), is unconstitutional, the repeal and recreation of section
1771.10 (3) (b) of the statutes by this act is void.
SB1-ASA2, s. 182 18Section 182. Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 2007, except as
19follows:
SB1-ASA2,63,2320 (1) The treatment of sections 5.052, 5.054, 15.07 (1) (a) 2. and (5) (m), 15.60,
2115.603, 20.923 (4) (intro.), (e) 2e., and (f) 3j., 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. and (on) and (4) (a) of
22the statutes and Section 181 (3) (b ) to (d) and (4) of this act take effect on January
231, 2007.
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