SB275-AA23, s. 15 16Section 15. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,8,417 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
18the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
19filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
20registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
21name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
22of a city, village, town, Fox Valley technical college district, town sanitary district, or
23school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the
24official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner may
25circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration. The

1last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5 p.m.
2on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has been
3offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be counted
4unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this paragraph.
SB275-AA23, s. 16 5Section 16. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,8,96 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
7than city, village, town, Fox Valley technical college district, town sanitary district,
8and school district officials. City, village, town, Fox Valley technical college district,
9town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under sub. (4).
SB275-AA23, s. 17 10Section 17. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,8,1211 9.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Fox Valley
12technical college district,
and school district offices.
SB275-AA23, s. 18 13Section 18. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,9,1714 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
15Fox Valley technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district official,
16is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a written
17challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or school
18district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
19insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the
20challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
215 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
22petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
23after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
24filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
25agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the

1petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
2agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
3petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
4petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
5the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
65 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
7offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election
8commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
9to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
10findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,
11except in cities over 500,000 population and in the Fox Valley technical college
12district
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition
13to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original
14or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election
15commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an
16original or amended petition sufficient, in the Fox Valley technical college district,
17the government accountability board shall file the petition in its office.
SB275-AA23, s. 19 18Section 19. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,9,2419 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
20body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
21board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
22the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
23if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
24Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA23, s. 20 25Section 20. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,10,4
19.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
2article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
3of cities, villages, towns, the Fox Valley technical college district, town sanitary
4districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA23, s. 21 5Section 21. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,10,76 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
7Fox Valley technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA23, s. 22 8Section 22. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,10,109 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
10Fox Valley technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA23, s. 23 11Section 23. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,10,1412 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
13Fox Valley technical college district board
, $17,250 total in the primary and election,
14with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.
SB275-AA23, s. 24 15Section 24. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,10,1916 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Fox Valley
17technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000
18or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction
19or district:
SB275-AA23, s. 25 20Section 25. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,10,2221 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Fox Valley technical college district board, to
22the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA23, s. 26 23Section 26. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,11,3
117.02 (2) Fox Valley technical college district board. Of the resignation of
2a member of the Fox Valley technical college district board, by the secretary of the
3district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA23, s. 27 4Section 27. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,11,75 17.17 (2) Fox Valley technical college district board. In the office of member
6of the Fox Valley technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board
7to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA23, s. 28 8Section 28. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA23,11,179 17.27 (3) Fox Valley technical college district board. Except as provided
10in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Fox Valley technical college district
11board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the
12district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and
13qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in April and on
14or before December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired
15term, if any, at the succeeding spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any year after
16December 1 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be filled for
17the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring election.
SB275-AA23, s. 29 18Section 29. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,11,2119 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Fox Valley
20technical college district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy
21of the order to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA23, s. 30 22Section 30. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,12,323 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 1m., a district board shall
24administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the
25district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district

1administrator, as defined under s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a
2state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer"
3and "employee" for the purpose of this subdivision.
SB275-AA23, s. 31 4Section 31. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,12,95 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Fox Valley district board shall be elected
6to represent numbered election districts within the Fox Valley technical college
7district by the electors of each election district at the spring election. Each member
8of the district board shall be an elector of the numbered election district within the
9technical college district for which he or she seeks office.
SB275-AA23, s. 32 10Section 32. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,12,1211 38.08 (1) (b) District Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall
12take office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA23, s. 33 13Section 33. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,12,2014 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Fox Valley technical college district
15shall serve 4-year terms. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from the
16government accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any
17person to fill a temporary vacancy on the district board, the secretary of the Fox
18Valley technical college district board shall send written notification of the name and
19address of each member and expiration date of each member's term to the director
20of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA23, s. 34 21Section 34. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA23, s. 35 22Section 35. 38.08 ((2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA23,13,323 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Fox Valley technical
24college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
25A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner

1provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that if a vacancy
2occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled
3until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA23,13,6 4(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Fox Valley technical college
5district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to be a
6member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA23, s. 36 7Section 36. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA23,13,208 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
9in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
10numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
11government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
12days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
13Fox Valley technical college district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of
149 numbered election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population
15as possible. Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to the
16existing district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change.
17Insofar as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the
18community of interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of
19each election district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and
20transmitted by the district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA23,14,321 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Fox Valley technical
22college district board under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their approval
23by the technical college system board. If the technical college system board
24disapproves the proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised
25districting plan for approval of the technical college system board. Upon approval

1of the election district boundaries within any district, the technical college system
2board shall promulgate the boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch.
3227. The boundaries shall become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA23, s. 37 4Section 37. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA23,14,75 38.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Fox Valley
6technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
7constituted as follows:
SB275-AA23, s. 38 8Section 38. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB275-AA23,15,79 (1) Initial election of Fox Valley technical college district boards.
10Notwithstanding section 38.08 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60
11days after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the Fox
12Valley technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary of the
13district board and the director of the technical college system board an initial
14districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the statutes,
15as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review and determine
16its approval or disapproval of the plan as promptly as possible. If the plan is rejected,
17the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval. Notwithstanding
18section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the technical college system
19board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section 227.24 of the
20statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection
21as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
22safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule
23promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) of the
24statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until a rule
25replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24 (1) (d)

1of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4) to (6)
2of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
3subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
4Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the
5statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this subsection and the
6statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not subject to approval of
7the governor.
SB275-AA23,15,198 (2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
9and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
10Fox Valley technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of this
11subsection shall cease to hold office on July 1, 2013. At the 2013 spring election, 9
12members shall be elected to the technical college district board for terms commencing
13on July 1, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by
14this act, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 1 and 2 at that
15election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons elected to represent election
16districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve for terms of 2 years, the
17persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5 and 6 at that election shall
18serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to represent election districts
19numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms of 4 years.
SB275-AA23,15,2320 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10 of the statutes, the appointment
21committee of the Fox Valley technical college district shall not make any
22appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
23resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA23, s. 39 24Section 39. Effective dates. This act takes effect on August 1, 2012, except
25as follows:
SB275-AA23,16,3
1(1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.08
2(1) (a) 1. and 1m., (b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 (1) (intro.) of
3the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2013.".
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