SB1-ASA2, s. 134 16Section 134. 20.510 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 135 17Section 135. 20.510 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 136 18Section 136. 20.510 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 137 19Section 137. 20.510 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 138 20Section 138. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
21109
, is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 139 22Section 139. 20.510 (1) (t) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 140 23Section 140. 20.510 (1) (x) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 141 24Section 141. 20.521 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 142 25Section 142. 20.521 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 143
1Section 143. 20.521 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 144 2Section 144. 20.521 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 145 3Section 145. 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 146 4Section 146. 20.521 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 147 5Section 147. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 148 6Section 148. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,49,57 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the
8administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state
9employment relations, the administrator of the enforcement division in the
10government accountability and integrity board,
and commission chairpersons and
11members shall be identified and limited in number in accordance with the
12standardized nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the
13executive salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (i). Except for positions specified in par.
14pars. (c) 3m. and (e) 2e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator
15positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the
16joint committee on employment relations, by the director of the office of state
17employment relations to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on
18employment relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend
19recommendations for initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the
20executive salary groups submitted by the director of the office of state employment
21relations. All division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments
22of administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the
23compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is
24created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint
25committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an

1executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an
2executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent
3with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's
4salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's
5action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:
SB1-ASA2, s. 149 6Section 149. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 150 7Section 150. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-ASA2, s. 151 8Section 151. 20.923 (4) (e) 2e. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-ASA2,49,109 20.923 (4) (e) 2e. Government accountability and integrity board:
10administrator of the enforcement division.
SB1-ASA2, s. 152 11Section 152. 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-ASA2,49,1312 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. Government accountability and integrity board: executive
13director.
SB1-ASA2, s. 153 14Section 153. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,50,915 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
16The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
17supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
18form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
19and integrity
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd.
201. specifies the operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows:
21"Under state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to
22be imposed for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value.
23Shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified
24number of years) (an indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that
25results in an operating levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the

1resolution under subd. 1. specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted
2as follows: "Under state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for
3the tax to be imposed for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized
4value. Notwithstanding the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county)
5be allowed to levy an amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating
6purposes for the year .... (year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a
7specified number of years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase
8above the levy of $.... (preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding
9year)."
SB1-ASA2, s. 154 10Section 154. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,50,1811 67.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
12prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the
13referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
14which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
15to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained
16within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
17correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability and
18integrity
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1-ASA2, s. 155 19Section 155. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,51,820 67.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
21adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
22a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
23ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
24protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
25such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting

1for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
2rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
3so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
4general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
5shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
6of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government
7accountability and integrity
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question
8submitted shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
SB1-ASA2, s. 156 9Section 156. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,51,1810 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those
11designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next
12to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually
13on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the elections government
14accountability and integrity
board, the department of administration and the state
15treasurer under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding
16fiscal year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
17designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her
18tax return.
SB1-ASA2, s. 157 19Section 157. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
20109
, is repealed and recreated to read:
SB1-ASA2,52,1721 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall ensure that space for the
22designations under par. (am) is provided on the face of the individual income tax
23return in a manner that is convenient to the individual filing the return. The
24secretary of revenue shall provide next to the place on the return where designation
25under par. (am) is made a statement that a designation will increase tax liability, that

1the amount of a designation may be claimed as a credit under s. 71.07 (6s), and that
2by making a designation the individual is also claiming the credit. The department
3of revenue shall ensure that an individual may make the designation under par. (am)
4and claim the credit under s. 71.07 (6s) by marking only one box, which shall be on
5the face of the individual income tax return. The secretary of revenue shall also
6provide and highlight a place in the instructions that accompany the return for
7information submitted to the secretary by the government accountability and
8integrity board and integrity under s. 11.50 (2m) without cost to the board. Annually
9on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the government accountability
10and integrity board, the department of administration, and the state treasurer the
11total amount of designations made on returns processed by the department of
12revenue during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of designations made
13during that fiscal year for the general account and for the account of each eligible
14political party. If any individual designates an amount greater than the amount
15authorized under par. (am) or attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
16designation not authorized under par. (am), that individual is deemed not to have
17made a designation on his or her tax return.
SB1-ASA2, s. 158 18Section 158. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,52,2019 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics government accountability and
20integrity
board under s. 13.63 (1).
SB1-ASA2, s. 159 21Section 159. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-ASA2,53,322 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
23administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of
24commerce; the ethics government accountability and integrity board; the
25department of financial institutions; the department of health and family services;

1the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the
2department of regulation and licensing; the department of workforce development;
3the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.
SB1-ASA2, s. 160 4Section 160. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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.
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