SB1-SSA1, s. 149 6Section 149. 20.510 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 150 7Section 150. 20.510 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 151 8Section 151. 20.510 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (j).
SB1-SSA1, s. 152 9Section 152. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (q).
SB1-SSA1, s. 153 10Section 153. 20.510 (1) (t) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (t).
SB1-SSA1, s. 154 11Section 154. 20.510 (1) (x) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (x).
SB1-SSA1, s. 155 12Section 155. 20.511 (intro.) and (1) (title) and (a) of the statutes are created
13to read.
SB1-SSA1,68,16 1420.511 Government accountability board. (intro.) There is appropriated
15from the general fund, except where otherwise indicated, to the government
16accountability board for the following programs:
SB1-SSA1,68,17 17(1) (title) Administration of election, ethics, and lobbying laws.
SB1-SSA1,68,2118 (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the
19amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the board, including the
20printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws under ss. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and
21(4) and 11.21 (3) and (14), and the training of election officials under s. 5.05 (7).
SB1-SSA1, s. 156 22Section 156. 20.511 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act
23.... (this act), is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 157 24Section 157. 20.511 (1) (h) and (i) of the statutes are created to read:
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120.511 (1) (h) Materials and services. The amounts in the schedule for the costs
2of publishing documents, locating and copying records, and conducting programs
3under s. 19.48 (9) and administrative meetings and conferences, for compiling,
4disseminating, and making available information prepared by and filed with the
5board under s. 19.48 (10), and for supplies, postage, and shipping. All moneys
6received by the board from collections for sales of publications, copies of records, and
7supplies, for postage, for shipping and records location fees, from fees assessed under
8s. 19.48 (9) and (10), and for charges assessed to participants in administrative
9meetings and conferences shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SB1-SSA1,69,1210 (i) General program operations; program revenue. The amounts in the schedule
11for general program operations of the board. All moneys received from fees imposed
12under ss. 11.055 (1) and 13.75 shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SB1-SSA1, s. 158 13Section 158. 20.521 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 159 14Section 159. 20.521 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 160 15Section 160. 20.521 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 161 16Section 161. 20.521 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (be) and
17amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,69,2218 20.511 (1) (be) Code of ethics investigations Investigations. Biennially, the
19amounts in the schedule
A sum sufficient for the purpose of financing the costs of
20investigations authorized by the board of potential violations of the code of ethics for
21state public officials and employees under
chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, and subch.
22III of ch. 19.
SB1-SSA1, s. 162 23Section 162. 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 163 24Section 163. 20.521 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (jm) and
25amended to read:
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120.511 (1) (jm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received by the board from gifts,
2grants, and bequests and devises to carry out the purposes, not inconsistent with
3subch. III of ch. 13 or subch. III of ch. 19 the law, for which made or received.
SB1-SSA1, s. 164 4Section 164. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 165 5Section 165. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 166 6Section 166. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 167 7Section 167. 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-SSA1,70,88 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. Government accountability board: legal counsel.
SB1-SSA1, s. 168 9Section 168. 20.930 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,70,12 1020.930 Attorney fees. Except as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 7., 46.27 (7g) (h),
1149.496 (3) (f) and 49.682 (6), no state agency in the executive branch may employ any
12attorney until such employment has been approved by the governor.
SB1-SSA1, s. 169 13Section 169. 46.95 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,70,1714 46.95 (4) List of eligible organizations. The department shall certify to the
15elections government accountability board, on a continuous basis, a list containing
16the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under
17sub. (2).
SB1-SSA1, s. 170 18Section 170. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,71,1219 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12.
20The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
21supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
22form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
23board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the
24operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the
25operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year

1.... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the .... (name of
2county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of years) (an
3indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an operating
4levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under subd. 1.
5specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state
6law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for
7the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Notwithstanding
8the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to levy an
9amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes for the year ....
10(year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified number of
11years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the levy of $....
12(preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."
SB1-SSA1, s. 171 13Section 171. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,71,2114 67.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall
15prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the
16referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in
17which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots
18to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained
19within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall
20correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability
21board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1-SSA1, s. 172 22Section 172. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,72,1123 67.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been
24adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city,
25a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under

1ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake
2protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of
3such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting
4for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or
5rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes,
6so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in
7general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting
8shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form
9of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government
10accountability
board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question submitted
11shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.
SB1-SSA1, s. 173 12Section 173. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,72,2113 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those
14designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next
15to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually
16on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the elections government
17accountability
board, the department of administration and the state treasurer
18under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding fiscal
19year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a
20designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her
21tax return.
SB1-SSA1, s. 174 22Section 174. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,72,2423 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics government accountability
24board under s. 13.63 (1).
SB1-SSA1, s. 175 25Section 175. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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173.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
2administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of
3commerce; the ethics government accountability board; the department of financial
4institutions; the department of health and family services; the department of natural
5resources; the department of public instruction; the department of regulation and
6licensing; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner
7of insurance; or the department of transportation.
SB1-SSA1, s. 176 8Section 176. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,73,189 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director
10administrator of the elections division of the elections government accountability
11board shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on
12the official registration list maintained by the elections government accountability
13board under s. 6.36 (1) with personally identifiable information in the operating
14record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to
15the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the executive
16director
administrator of the elections division of the elections government
17accountability
board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the
18purpose of voter registration.
SB1-SSA1, s. 177 19Section 177. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,74,520 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
21required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
22school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum
23held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
24school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
25the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.

1The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections
2government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each
3affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a certified statement
4prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum
5in that school district.
SB1-SSA1, s. 178 6Section 178. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,74,117 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
8spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
9change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form
10prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and
117.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
SB1-SSA1, s. 179 12Section 179. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,74,2313 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
14school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
15supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
16form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability
17board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be whether
18the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution
19provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the
20ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for
21a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under
22sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the
23question.
SB1-SSA1, s. 180 24Section 180. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
2form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2)
3and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB1-SSA1, s. 181 4Section 181. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,75,115 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
6s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (a) and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all
7actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme
8court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or
9defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a
10party; and, if. Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the attorney general
11or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this chapter.
SB1-SSA1,75,19 12(1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor or either
13house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state department,
14agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a party or witness
15in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court or before any
16officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the people of this
17state may be interested. The public service commission may request under s.
18196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses
19of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB1-SSA1, s. 182 20Section 182. 165.25 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,75,2421 165.25 (3r) Avoid conflict of interest. Require that attorneys in different
22organizational subunits in the department prosecute violations of chs. 562 to 569 or
23Indian gaming compacts entered into under s. 14.035 and defend any department,
24agency, official, employee or agent under subs. (1), (1m), (4) (a) and (6).
SB1-SSA1, s. 183 25Section 183. 165.25 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1165.25 (8) Historical society contracts. In subs. (1), (1m), (6) and (6m), treat
2any nonprofit corporation operating a museum under a lease agreement with the
3state historical society as a department of state government and any official,
4employee or agent of such a corporation as a state official, employee or agent.
SB1-SSA1, s. 184 5Section 184. 165.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,76,96 165.25 (8m) Local emergency planning committees. In subs. (1), (1m), (6) and
7(6m), treat any local emergency planning committee appointed by a county board
8under s. 59.54 (8) (a) as a department of state government and any member of such
9a committee as a state official, employee or agent.
SB1-SSA1, s. 185 10Section 185. 165.93 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,76,1411 165.93 (4) List of eligible organizations. The department shall certify to the
12elections government accountability board, on a continuous basis, a list containing
13the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under
14sub. (2).
SB1-SSA1, s. 186 15Section 186. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,77,216 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
17obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
18statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
19preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
20municipality and the elections government accountability board shall furnish such
21information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the clerk of the
22district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total number of votes
23cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding election cannot,
24because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or for any reason,

1be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall fairly estimate
2such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or her office.
SB1-SSA1, s. 187 3Section 187. 200.09 (11) (am) 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,77,74 200.09 (11) (am) 2. No resolution passed under subd. 1. may authorize election
5of commissioners sooner than 6 months after the date of passage. The commission
6shall immediately notify the elections government accountability board under s. 5.05
7upon passage of a resolution under subd. 1.
SB1-SSA1,77,128 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village comprising the district
9pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners, each commissioner may
10hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The commission shall
11immediately notify the elections government accountability board under s. 5.05 upon
12passage of a resolution under this subdivision.
SB1-SSA1, s. 188 13Section 188. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,77,1514 227.03 (6) Orders of the elections government accountability board under s.
155.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
SB1-SSA1, s. 189 16Section 189. 227.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,77,2517 227.45 (1) Except as provided in ss. 19.52 (3) and s. 901.05, an agency or
18hearing examiner shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence.
19The agency or hearing examiner shall admit all testimony having reasonable
20probative value, but shall exclude immaterial, irrelevant or unduly repetitious
21testimony or evidence that is inadmissible under s. 901.05. The agency or hearing
22examiner shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Basic principles
23of relevancy, materiality and probative force shall govern the proof of all questions
24of fact. Objections to evidentiary offers and offers of proof of evidence not admitted
25may be made and shall be noted in the record.
SB1-SSA1, s. 190
1Section 190. 227.46 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,78,62 227.46 (1) (intro.) Except as provided under s. 227.43 (1), an agency may
3designate an official of the agency or an employee on its staff or borrowed from
4another agency under s. 20.901 or 230.047 as a hearing examiner to preside over any
5contested case. In hearings under s. 19.52, a reserve judge shall be appointed.
6Subject to rules of the agency, examiners presiding at hearings may:
SB1-SSA1, s. 191 7Section 191. 227.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,78,98 227.52 (6) Decisions of the chairperson of the elections government
9accountability
board or the chairperson's designee.
SB1-SSA1, s. 192 10Section 192. 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-SSA1,78,1111 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. Government accountability board — 2.
SB1-SSA1, s. 193 12Section 193. 230.08 (2) (om) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 194 13Section 194. 230.08 (2) (on) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-SSA1,78,1414 230.08 (2) (on) The legal counsel to the government accountability board.
SB1-SSA1, s. 195 15Section 195. 230.08 (2) (wm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1-SSA1, s. 196 16Section 196. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,78,2517 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
18includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
19outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the
20historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s.
2115.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board, government
22accountability board,
investment board, public defender board and technical college
23system board and "commission" means the public service commission.
24Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position exceeding the
25number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified service.
SB1-SSA1, s. 197
1Section 197. 234.02 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,79,52 234.02 (3m) (c) The authority shall, with the advice of the ethics government
3accountability
board, adopt and enforce ethics guidelines applicable to its paid
4consultants which are similar to subch. III of ch. 19, except that the authority may
5not require its paid consultants to file financial disclosure statements.
SB1-SSA1, s. 198 6Section 198. 301.03 (20m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1-SSA1,79,117 301.03 (20m) Transmit to the elections government accountability board, on
8a continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person who has been
9convicted of a felony under the laws of this state and whose civil rights have not been
10restored, together with his or her residential address and the date on which the
11department expects his or her civil rights to be restored.
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