SB275-AA60,1,6 31. Page 1, line 5: delete "Milwaukee area technical college district board" and
4substitute "the Mid-State technical college district board, providing an exemption
5from and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting
6rule-making authority".
SB275-AA60,1,9 72. Page 1, line 6: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with
8page 6, line 20, including the material inserted by senate amendment 1, and
9substitute:
SB275-AA60,1,10 10" Section 1. 5.02 (3), (21) and (23) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA60,1,1211 5.02 (3) "Educational officer" means the state superintendent, a member of the
12Mid-State technical college district board,
and a school board members member.
SB275-AA60,2,6
1(21) "Spring election" means the election held on the first Tuesday in April to
2elect judicial officers, educational and officers other than the Mid-State technical
3college district board members,
municipal officers, nonpartisan county officers and
4sewerage commissioners and to express preferences for the person to be the
5presidential candidate for each party in a year in which electors for president and
6vice president are to be elected.
SB275-AA60,2,11 7(23) "State office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
8of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, justice of the
9supreme court, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, state senator, state
10representative to the assembly and, district attorney, and member of the Mid-State
11technical college district board
.
SB275-AA60, s. 2 12Section 2. 5.62 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Acts 32 and
1375, is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,2,2314 5.62 (3) The board shall designate the official primary ballot arrangement for
15statewide offices, the Mid-State technical college district board members, and
16district attorney within each prosecutorial district by using the same procedure as
17provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b). On each ballot and on each separate column or row on the
18ballot, the candidates for office shall be listed together with the offices which they
19seek in the following order whenever these offices appear on the partisan primary
20ballot: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
21treasurer, U.S. senator, U.S. representative in congress, state senator,
22representative to the assembly, Mid-State technical college district board member,
23district attorney and the county offices.
SB275-AA60, s. 3 24Section 3. 5.64 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,3,4
15.64 (1) (ag) Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot
2giving the names of all candidates for president and vice president and for statewide,
3congressional, legislative, Mid-State technical college district, and county offices in
4the same form as prescribed by the board under s. 7.08 (1) (a).
SB275-AA60, s. 4 5Section 4. 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,4,26 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
7showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
8officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
9court of appeals judge; circuit judges; members of the Mid-State technical college
10district boards;
district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the
11commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a municipal judge elected
12under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located partially within the county
13and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers in another county, the
14board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement showing the numbers of
15votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal to the other county. For
16partisan candidates, the statements shall include the political party or principle
17designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate. The board of canvassers shall
18also prepare a statement showing the results of any county, technical college district,
19or statewide referendum. Each statement shall state the total number of votes cast
20in the county for each office; the names of all persons for whom the votes were cast,
21as returned; the number of votes cast for each person; and the number of votes cast
22for and against any question submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers
23shall use one copy of each duplicate statement to report to the government
24accountability board, technical college district board, or board of canvassers of any

1other county and shall file the other statement in the office of the county clerk or
2board of election commissioners.
SB275-AA60, s. 5 3Section 5. 7.60 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 115,
4is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,4,235 7.60 (5) (a) Immediately following the canvass, the county clerk shall deliver
6or transmit to the government accountability board a certified copy of each statement
7of the county board of canvassers for president and vice president, state officials,
8senators and representatives in congress, state legislators, justice, court of appeals
9judge, circuit judge, members of the Mid-State technical college district board,
10district attorney, and metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners
11are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). The statement shall record the returns for each
12office or referendum by ward, unless combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15
13(6) (b) in which case the statement shall record the returns for each group of
14combined wards. Following primaries the county clerk shall enclose on forms
15prescribed by the government accountability board the names, party or principle
16designation, if any, and number of votes received by each candidate recorded in the
17same manner. The county clerk shall deliver or transmit the certified statement to
18the government accountability board no later than 9 days after each primary except
19the partisan primary, no later than 10 days after the partisan primary and any other
20election except the general election, and no later than 14 days after the general
21election. The board of canvassers shall deliver or transmit a certified copy of each
22statement for any technical college district referendum to the secretary of the
23technical college district board.
SB275-AA60, s. 6m 24Section 6m. 7.70 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,5,12
17.70 (3) (d) When the certified statements and returns are received, the
2chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee shall proceed to examine and
3make a statement of the total number of votes cast at any election for the offices
4involved in the election for president and vice president; a statement for each of the
5offices of governor, lieutenant governor, if a primary, and a joint statement for the
6offices of governor and lieutenant governor, if a general election; a statement for each
7of the offices of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and state
8superintendent; for U.S. senator; representative in congress for each congressional
9district; the state legislature; justice; court of appeals judge; circuit judge; Mid-State
10technical college district board member;
district attorney; metropolitan sewerage
11commission, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am); and for any
12referenda questions submitted by the legislature.
SB275-AA60, s. 7m 13Section 7m. 7.70 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,5,1814 7.70 (6) Mid-State technical college district board members;
15determinations.
The government accountability board shall transmit to the
16secretary of the technical college district board a copy of the certified determination
17of the chairperson of the government accountability board or his or her designee for
18the election of each member of the Mid-State district board.
SB275-AA60, s. 10m 19Section 10m. 8.15 (6) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,5,2120 8.15 (6) (ds) For the office of member of the the Mid-State technical college
21district board from any election district, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
SB275-AA60, s. 11 22Section 11. 9.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,6,323 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, or
24town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial, town sanitary, or school district, or
25of the Mid-State technical college district,
or of any prosecutorial unit may petition

1for the recall of any incumbent elective official by filing a petition with the same
2official or agency with whom nomination papers or declarations of candidacy for the
3office are filed demanding the recall of the officeholder.
SB275-AA60, s. 12 4Section 12. 9.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,6,85 9.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, Mid-State the Mid-State
6technical college district,
town sanitary district, or school district office shall contain
7a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities
8of the official for whom removal is sought.
SB275-AA60, s. 13 9Section 13. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,6,2210 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
11the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
12filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
13registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
14name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
15of a city, village, town, Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district, or
16school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the
17official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner may
18circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration. The
19last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5 p.m.
20on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has been
21offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be counted
22unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this paragraph.
SB275-AA60, s. 14 23Section 14. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,7,224 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
25than city, village, town, Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district,

1and school district officials. City, village, town, Mid-State technical college district,
2town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under sub. (4).
SB275-AA60, s. 15 3Section 15. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,7,54 9.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Mid-State
5technical college district,
and school district offices.
SB275-AA60, s. 16 6Section 16. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,8,107 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
8Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district official,
9is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a written
10challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or school
11district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
12insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the
13challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
145 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
15petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
16after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
17filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
18agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the
19petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
20agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
21petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
22petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
23the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
245 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
25offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election

1commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
2to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
3findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,
4except in cities over 500,000 population and in technical college districts, the
5municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition to the
6governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original or
7amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election
8commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an
9original or amended petition sufficient, in the Mid-State technical college districts,
10the government accountability board shall file the petition in its office.
SB275-AA60, s. 17 11Section 17. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,8,1712 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
13body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
14board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
15the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
16if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
17Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA60, s. 18 18Section 18. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,8,2219 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
20article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
21of cities, villages, towns, the Mid-State technical college districts, town sanitary
22districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA60, s. 19 23Section 19. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,8,2524 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
25Mid-State technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA60, s. 20
1Section 20. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,9,32 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
3Mid-State technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA60, s. 21 4Section 21. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,9,75 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
6Mid-State technical college district board
, $17,250 total in the primary and election,
7with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.
SB275-AA60, s. 22 8Section 22. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,9,129 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Mid-State
10technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000
11or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction
12or district:
SB275-AA60, s. 23 13Section 23. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,9,1514 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Mid-State technical college district board, to
15the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA60, s. 24 16Section 24. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,9,1917 17.02 (2) Mid-State technical college district board. Of the resignation of
18the Mid-State member of a technical college district board, by the secretary of the
19district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA60, s. 25 20Section 25. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,9,2321 17.17 (2) Mid-State technical college district board. In the office of member
22of a technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board to the
23government accountability board.
SB275-AA60, s. 26 24Section 26. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA60,10,10
117.27 (3) Mid-State technical college district board. Except as provided in
2s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Mid-State technical college district
3board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the
4district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and
5qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the Tuesday after the first Monday
6in November, and on or before April 15, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of
7the unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding general election. If the vacancy occurs
8in any year after April 15 or on or before the Tuesday after the first Monday in
9November, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any,
10at the 2nd succeeding general election.
SB275-AA60, s. 28 11Section 28. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,10,1412 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Mid-State
13technical college district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy
14of the order to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA60, s. 30 15Section 30. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,10,2116 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 1m., a district board shall
17administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the
18district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district
19administrator, as defined under s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a
20state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer"
21and "employee" for the purpose of this subdivision.
SB275-AA60, s. 31 22Section 31. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,11,223 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Mid-State district board shall be elected
24to represent numbered election districts within the Mid-State technical college
25district by the electors of each election district at the general election. Each member

1of the district board shall be an elector of the numbered election district within the
2technical college district for which he or she seeks office.
SB275-AA60, s. 32 3Section 32. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,11,54 38.08 (1) (b) District Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall
5take office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA60, s. 33 6Section 33. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,11,147 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Mid-State technical college district
8take office on the first Monday in January following their election and shall shall
9serve 4-year terms. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from the
10government accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any
11person to fill a temporary vacancy on the district board, the secretary of the
12Mid-State technical college district board shall send written notification of the name
13and address of each member and expiration date of each member's term to the
14director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA60, s. 34 15Section 34. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA60, s. 35 16Section 35. 38.08 (2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA60,11,2217 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Mid-State technical
18college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
19A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner
20provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that if a vacancy
21occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled
22until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA60,11,25 23(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Mid-State technical college
24district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to be a
25member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA60, s. 36
1Section 36. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA60,12,142 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
3in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
4numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
5government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
6days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
7Mid-State technical college district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of
89 numbered election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population
9as possible. Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to the
10existing district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change.
11Insofar as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the
12community of interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of
13each election district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and
14transmitted by the district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA60,12,2215 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Mid-State technical
16college district board under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their approval
17by the technical college system board. If the technical college system board
18disapproves the proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised
19districting plan for approval of the technical college system board. Upon approval
20of the election district boundaries within any district, the technical college system
21board shall promulgate the boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch.
22227. The boundaries shall become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA60, s. 37 23Section 37. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA60,13,3
138.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Mid-State
2technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
3constituted as follows:
SB275-AA60, s. 38 4Section 38. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB275-AA60,14,35 (1) Initial election of Mid-State technical college district boards.
6Notwithstanding section 38.08 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act, within 30
7days after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the
8Mid-State technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary of the
9district board and the director of the technical college system board an initial
10districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the statutes,
11as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review and determine
12its approval or disapproval of the plan as promptly as possible. If the plan is rejected,
13the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval. Notwithstanding
14section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the technical college system
15board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section 227.24 of the
16statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection
17as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
18safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule
19promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) of the
20statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until a rule
21replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24 (1) (d)
22of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4) to (6)
23of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
24subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
25Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the

1statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this subsection and the
2statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not subject to approval of
3the governor.
SB275-AA60,14,164 (2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
5and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
6Mid-State technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of this
7subsection shall cease to hold office on January 7, 2013. At the 2012 general election,
89 members shall be elected to the technical college district board for terms
9commencing on January 7, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the
10statutes, as created by this act, the persons elected to represent election districts
11numbered 1 and 2 at that election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons
12elected to represent election districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve
13for terms of 2 years, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5
14and 6 at that election shall serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to
15represent election districts numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms
16of 4 years.
SB275-AA60,14,2017 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10 of the statutes, the appointment
18committee of the Mid-State technical college district shall not make any
19appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
20resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA60, s. 39 21Section 39. Effective dates. This act takes effect on April 15, 2012, except
22as follows:
SB275-AA60,15,3
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 January 7, 2013.".
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