AB1-ASA2, s. 123 10Section 123. 19.535 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 124 11Section 124. 19.54 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 125 12Section 125. 19.545 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 126 13Section 126. 19.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,56,2414 19.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 5.05 (5s), all records under this
15subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13
in the possession of the board are open to public
16inspection at all reasonable times. The board shall require an individual wishing to
17examine a statement of economic interests or the list of persons who inspect any
18statements which are in the board's possession to provide his or her full name and
19address, and if the individual is representing another person, the full name and
20address of the person which he or she represents. Such identification may be
21provided in writing or in person. The board shall record and retain for at least 3 years
22information obtained by it pursuant to this subsection. No individual may use a
23fictitious name or address or fail to identify a principal in making any request for
24inspection.
AB1-ASA2, s. 127
1Section 127. 19.55 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 5.05 (5s) (f) 1. and
2amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,57,103 5.05 (5s) (f) 1. Records Except as authorized or required under subd. 2., records
4obtained in connection with a request for an advisory opinion issued under s. 5.05
5(6a),
other than summaries of advisory opinions that do not disclose the identity of
6individuals requesting such opinions or organizations on whose behalf they are
7requested, are not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1).
8Except as authorized or required under subd. 2., the board shall make sufficient
9alterations in the summaries to prevent disclosing the identities of individuals or
10organizations involved in the opinions
.
AB1-ASA2,57,13 112. a. The board may, however, make such records under subd. 1. public with the
12consent of the individual requesting the advisory opinion or the organization or
13governmental body on whose behalf it is requested.
AB1-ASA2,57,18 14b. A person who makes or purports to make public the substance of or any
15portion of an advisory opinion requested by or on behalf of the person is deemed to
16have waived the confidentiality of the request for an advisory opinion and of any
17records obtained or prepared by the board in connection with the request for an
18advisory opinion.
AB1-ASA2, s. 128 19Section 128. 19.55 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 5.05 (5s) (intro.) and
20amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,57,2421 5.05 (5s) (intro.) Records obtained or prepared by the board in connection with
22an investigation, including the full text of any complaint received by the board, are
23not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1)
, except as
24provided in pars. (d) and (e) and except
that the :
AB1-ASA2,58,5
1(a) The board shall permit inspection of records that are made public
2distributed or discussed in the course of a meeting or hearing by the board to
3determine if a violation of this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 has occurred.

4Whenever the board refers such investigation and hearing records to a district
5attorney or to the attorney general, they
in open session.
AB1-ASA2,58,8 6(b) Investigatory records of the board may be made public in the course of a
7prosecution initiated under this subchapter chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, or subch.
8III of ch. 19
.
AB1-ASA2,58,12 9(c) The board shall also provide information from investigation and hearing
10records that pertains to the location of individuals and assets of individuals as
11requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department of workforce development or by a
12county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).
AB1-ASA2, s. 129 13Section 129. 19.55 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,58,2014 19.55 (2) (c) Statements of economic interests and reports of economic
15transactions which are filed with the ethics government accountability board by
16members or employees of the investment board, except that the ethics government
17accountability
board shall refer statements and reports filed by such individuals to
18the legislative audit bureau for its review, and except that a statement of economic
19interests filed by a member or employee of the investment board who is also an
20official required to file shall be open to public inspection.
AB1-ASA2, s. 130 21Section 130. 19.579 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,58,22 2219.579 (title) Civil penalty penalties.
AB1-ASA2, s. 131 23Section 131. 19.579 of the statutes is renumbered 19.579 (2).
AB1-ASA2, s. 132 24Section 132. 19.59 (1) (g) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,59,13
119.59 (1) (g) 8. No district board member, member of a district board member's
2immediate family, nor any organization with which the district board member or a
3member of the district board member's immediate family owns or controls at least
410% of the outstanding equity, voting rights, or outstanding indebtedness may enter
5into any contract or lease involving a payment or payments of more than $3,000
6within a 12-month period, in whole or in part derived from district funds unless the
7district board member has first made written disclosure of the nature and extent of
8such relationship or interest to the ethics government accountability board and to
9the district. Any contract or lease entered into in violation of this subdivision may
10be voided by the district in an action commenced within 3 years of the date on which
11the ethics government accountability board, or the district, knew or should have
12known that a violation of this subdivision had occurred. This subdivision does not
13affect the application of s. 946.13.
AB1-ASA2, s. 133 14Section 133. 19.85 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,59,1715 19.85 (1) (h) Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the
16ethics government accountability board under s. 19.46 (2) 5.05 (6a), or from any
17county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
AB1-ASA2, s. 134 18Section 134. 19.851 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA2,60,2 1919.851 Closed sessions by government accountability board. The
20government accountability board shall hold each meeting of the board for the
21purpose of deliberating concerning an investigation of any violation of the law under
22the jurisdiction of the ethics and accountability division of the board in closed session
23under this section. Prior to convening under this section, the government
24accountability board shall vote to convene in closed session in the manner provided
25in s. 19.85 (1). No business may be conducted by the government accountability

1board at any closed session under this section except that which relates to the
2purposes of the session as authorized in this section or as authorized in s. 19.85 (1).
AB1-ASA2, s. 135 3Section 135. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
4insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
AB1-ASA2, s. 136 5Section 136. 20.005 (3) (schedule) 20.511 of the statutes is repealed and
6recreated to read: - See PDF for table PDF
AB1-ASA2, s. 137 7Section 137. 20.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,60,108 20.455 (1) (b) Special counsel. A sum sufficient, subject to the procedure
9procedures established in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) and 14.11 (2) (c), for the compensation
10of special counsel appointed as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) and 14.11 (2) and 21.13.
AB1-ASA2, s. 138
1Section 138. 20.510 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 139 2Section 139. 20.510 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 140 3Section 140. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 141 4Section 141. 20.510 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (b).
AB1-ASA2, s. 142 5Section 142. 20.510 (1) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (bm).
AB1-ASA2, s. 143 6Section 143. 20.510 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (c).
AB1-ASA2, s. 144 7Section 144. 20.510 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (d).
AB1-ASA2, s. 145 8Section 145. 20.510 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (g).
AB1-ASA2, s. 146 9Section 146. 20.510 (1) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 147 10Section 147. 20.510 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 148 11Section 148. 20.510 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 149 12Section 149. 20.510 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (j).
AB1-ASA2, s. 150 13Section 150. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (q).
AB1-ASA2, s. 151 14Section 151. 20.510 (1) (t) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (t).
AB1-ASA2, s. 152 15Section 152. 20.510 (1) (x) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (x).
AB1-ASA2, s. 153 16Section 153. 20.511 (intro.) and (1) (title) and (a) of the statutes are created
17to read.
AB1-ASA2,61,20 1820.511 Government accountability board. (intro.) There is appropriated
19from the general fund, except where otherwise indicated, to the government
20accountability board for the following programs:
AB1-ASA2,61,21 21(1) (title) Administration of election, ethics, and lobbying laws.
AB1-ASA2,61,2522 (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the
23amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the board, including the
24printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws under ss. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and
25(4) and 11.21 (3) and (14), and the training of election officials under s. 5.05 (7).
AB1-ASA2, s. 154
1Section 154. 20.511 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 155 3Section 155. 20.511 (1) (h) and (i) of the statutes are created to read:
AB1-ASA2,62,124 20.511 (1) (h) Materials and services. The amounts in the schedule for the costs
5of publishing documents, locating and copying records, and conducting programs
6under s. 19.48 (9) and administrative meetings and conferences, for compiling,
7disseminating, and making available information prepared by and filed with the
8board under s. 19.48 (10), and for supplies, postage, and shipping. All moneys
9received by the board from collections for sales of publications, copies of records, and
10supplies, for postage, for shipping and records location fees, from fees assessed under
11s. 19.48 (9) and (10), and for charges assessed to participants in administrative
12meetings and conferences shall be credited to this appropriation account.
AB1-ASA2,62,1513 (i) General program operations; program revenue. The amounts in the schedule
14for general program operations of the board. All moneys received from fees imposed
15under ss. 11.055 (1) and 13.75 shall be credited to this appropriation account.
AB1-ASA2, s. 156 16Section 156. 20.521 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 157 17Section 157. 20.521 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 158 18Section 158. 20.521 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 159 19Section 159. 20.521 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (be) and
20amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,62,2521 20.511 (1) (be) Code of ethics investigations Investigations. Biennially, the
22amounts in the schedule
A sum sufficient for the purpose of financing the costs of
23investigations authorized by the board of potential violations of the code of ethics for
24state public officials and employees under
chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, and subch.
25III of ch. 19.
AB1-ASA2, s. 160
1Section 160. 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 161 2Section 161. 20.521 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (jm) and
3amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,63,64 20.511 (1) (jm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received by the board from gifts,
5grants, and bequests and devises to carry out the purposes, not inconsistent with
6subch. III of ch. 13 or subch. III of ch. 19 the law, for which made or received.
AB1-ASA2, s. 162 7Section 162. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 163 8Section 163. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 164 9Section 164. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA2, s. 165 10Section 165. 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA2,63,1111 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. Government accountability board: legal counsel.
AB1-ASA2, s. 166 12Section 166. 20.930 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,63,15 1320.930 Attorney fees. Except as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 7., 46.27 (7g) (h),
1449.496 (3) (f) and 49.682 (6), no state agency in the executive branch may employ any
15attorney until such employment has been approved by the governor.
AB1-ASA2, s. 167 16Section 167. 46.95 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,63,2017 46.95 (4) List of eligible organizations. The department shall certify to the
18elections government accountability board, on a continuous basis, a list containing
19the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under
20sub. (2).
AB1-ASA2, s. 168 21Section 168. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,64,1522 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
23The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
24supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
25form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability

1board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the
2operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the
3operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year
4.... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the .... (name of
5county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of years) (an
6indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an operating
7levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under subd. 1.
8specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state
9law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for
10the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Notwithstanding
11the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to levy an
12amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes for the year ....
13(year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified number of
14years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the levy of $....
15(preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."
AB1-ASA2, s. 169 16Section 169. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,64,2417 67.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
18prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the
19referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
20which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
21to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained
22within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
23correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability
24board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
AB1-ASA2, s. 170 25Section 170. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,65,14
167.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
2adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
3a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under
4ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
5protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
6such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting
7for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
8rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
9so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
10general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
11shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
12of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government
13accountability
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question submitted
14shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
AB1-ASA2, s. 171 15Section 171. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,65,2416 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those
17designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next
18to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually
19on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the elections government
20accountability
board, the department of administration and the state treasurer
21under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding fiscal
22year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
23designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her
24tax return.
AB1-ASA2, s. 172 25Section 172. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,66,2
173.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics government accountability
2board under s. 13.63 (1).
AB1-ASA2, s. 173 3Section 173. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,66,104 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
5administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of
6commerce; the ethics government accountability board; the department of financial
7institutions; the department of health and family services; the department of natural
8resources; the department of public instruction; the department of regulation and
9licensing; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner
10of insurance; or the department of transportation.
AB1-ASA2, s. 174 11Section 174. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,66,2112 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director
13administrator of the elections division of the elections government accountability
14board shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on
15the official registration list maintained by the elections government accountability
16board under s. 6.36 (1) with personally identifiable information in the operating
17record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to
18the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the executive
19director
administrator of the elections division of the elections government
20accountability
board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the
21purpose of voter registration.
AB1-ASA2, s. 175 22Section 175. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,67,823 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
24required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
25school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum

1held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
2school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
3the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.
4The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections
5government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each
6affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a certified statement
7prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum
8in that school district.
AB1-ASA2, s. 176 9Section 176. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,67,1410 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
11spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
12change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
13prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and
147.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
AB1-ASA2, s. 177 15Section 177. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA2,68,216 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
17school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
18supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
19form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
20board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be whether
21the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution
22provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the
23ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for
24a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under

1sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the
2question.
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