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19.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, Gateway area technical
2college district,
town sanitary district, or school district office shall contain a
3statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of
4the official for whom removal is sought.
SB275-AA46, s. 13 5Section 13. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,7,186 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
7the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
8filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
9registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
10name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
11of a city, village, town, Gateway area technical college district, town sanitary district,
12or school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the
13official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner may
14circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration. The
15last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5 p.m.
16on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has been
17offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be counted
18unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this paragraph.
SB275-AA46, s. 14 19Section 14. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,7,2420 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
21than city, village, town, Gateway area technical college district, town sanitary
22district, and school district officials. City, village, town, Gateway area technical
23college district,
town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under
24sub. (4).
SB275-AA46, s. 15 25Section 15. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Gateway area
2technical college district, and school district offices.
SB275-AA46, s. 16 3Section 16. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,9,74 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
5Gateway area technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district
6official, is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a
7written challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or
8school district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
9insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the
10challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
115 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
12petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
13after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
14filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
15agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the
16petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
17agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
18petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
19petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
20the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
215 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
22offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election
23commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
24to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
25findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,

1except in cities over 500,000 population and in the Gateway area technical college
2district
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition
3to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original
4or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election
5commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an
6original or amended petition sufficient, in the Gateway area technical college
7district, the government accountability board shall file the petition in its office.
SB275-AA46, s. 17 8Section 17. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,9,149 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
10body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
11board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
12the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
13if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
14Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA46, s. 18 15Section 18. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,9,1916 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
17article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
18of cities, villages, towns, the Gateway area technical college district, town sanitary
19districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA46, s. 19 20Section 19. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,9,2221 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
22Gateway area technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA46, s. 20 23Section 20. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,9,2524 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
25Gateway area technical college district board
, $500.
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1Section 21. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,10,52 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
3Gateway area technical college district board, $17,250 total in the primary and
4election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the
5election.
SB275-AA46, s. 22 6Section 22. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,10,107 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Gateway area
8technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000
9or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction
10or district:
SB275-AA46, s. 23 11Section 23. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,10,1312 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Gateway area technical college district board,
13to the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA46, s. 24 14Section 24. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,10,1715 17.02 (2) Gateway area technical college district board. Of the resignation
16of a member of the Gateway area technical college district board, by the secretary of
17the district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA46, s. 25 18Section 25. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,10,2119 17.17 (2) Gateway area technical college district board. In the office of
20member of the Gateway area technical college district board, by the secretary of the
21district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA46, s. 26 22Section 26. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA46,11,723 17.27 (3) Gateway area technical college district board. Except as provided
24in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Gateway area technical college
25district board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of

1the district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected
2and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the Tuesday after the first
3Monday in November, and on or before April 15, the vacancy shall be filled for the
4residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding general election. If the
5vacancy occurs in any year after April 15 or on or before the Tuesday after the first
6Monday in November, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired
7term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding general election.
SB275-AA46, s. 28 8Section 28. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,11,119 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Gateway
10area district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy of the order
11to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA46, s. 28m 12Section 28m. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,11,1813 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 1m, a district board shall
14administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the
15district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district
16administrator, as defined under s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a
17state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer"
18and "employee" for the purpose of this subdivision.
SB275-AA46, s. 29 19Section 29. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,11,2520 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Gateway area district board shall be
21elected to represent numbered election districts within the Gateway area technical
22college district by the electors of each election district on a nonpartisan ballot at the
23general election. Each member of the district board shall be an elector of the
24numbered election district within the technical college district for which he or she
25seeks office.
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1Section 30. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,12,32 38.08 (1) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall take
3office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA46, s. 31 4Section 31. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA46,12,125 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Gateway area district shall serve
64-year terms and shall take office on the first Monday in January following their
7election. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from the government
8accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any person to fill a
9temporary vacancy on the Gateway area district board, the secretary of the district
10board shall send written notification of the name and address of each member and
11expiration date of each member's term to the director of the technical college system
12board.
SB275-AA46, s. 31e 13Section 31e. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA46, s. 31j 14Section 31j. 38.08 (2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA46,12,2015 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Gateway area technical
16college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
17A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner
18provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that if a vacancy
19occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled
20until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA46,12,23 21(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Gateway area technical
22college district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to
23be a member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA46, s. 33 24Section 33. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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138.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
2in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
3numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
4government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
5days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
6Gateway area district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 9 numbered
7election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population as possible.
8Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to the existing
9district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change. Insofar as
10possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the community of
11interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of each election
12district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and transmitted by the
13district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA46,13,2114 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Gateway area district
15board under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their approval by the technical
16college system board. If the technical college system board disapproves the proposed
17boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised districting plan for approval of
18the technical college system board. Upon approval of the election district boundaries
19within any district, the technical college system board shall promulgate the
20boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch. 227. The boundaries shall
21become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA46, s. 34m 22Section 34m. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA46,13,2523 38.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Gateway
24area technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
25constituted as follows:
SB275-AA46, s. 35
1Section 35. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB275-AA46,14,252 (1) Initial election of Gateway area technical college district board.
3Notwithstanding section 29, of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60 days
4after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the Gateway
5area technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary of the
6technical college district board and the director of the technical college system board
7an initial districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the
8statutes, as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review and
9determine its approval or disapproval of each plan as promptly as possible. If the
10plan is rejected, the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval.
11Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the technical
12college system board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section
13227.24 of the statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under
14this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
15peace, health, safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
16for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c)
17of the statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until
18a rule replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24
19(1) (d) of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4)
20to (6) of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
21subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
22Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the
23statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this subsection and the
24statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not subject to approval of
25the governor.
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1(2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
2and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
3Gateway area technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of
4this subsection shall cease to hold office on January 7, 2013. At the 2012 general
5election, 9 members shall be elected to the technical college district board for terms
6commencing on January 7, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the
7statutes, as created by this act, the persons elected to represent election districts
8numbered 1 and 2 at that election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons
9elected to represent election districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve
10for terms of 2 years, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5
11and 6 at that election shall serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to
12represent election districts numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms
13of 4 years.
SB275-AA46,15,1714 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10, of the statutes, the appointment
15committee of the Gateway area technical college district shall not make any
16appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
17resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA46, s. 36 18Section 36. Effective dates. This act takes effect on April 15, 2012, except
19as follows:
SB275-AA46,15,2220 (1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.08
21(1) (a) 1. and 1m., (b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 (1) (intro.) of
22the statutes takes effect on January 7, 2013.".
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