Amendment SA2-SA1-SB324

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 2, TO SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 324

March 11, 2014 - Offered by Senator S. Fitzgerald.

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the amendment as follows:

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,2 1. Page 1, line 2: delete lines 2 and 3 and substitute:

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,3 "1d. Page 1, line 2: after "person" insert "and making an appropriation".

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,5 1m. Page 2, line 1: delete "If Except as provided in par. (bb), if" and substitute "If".".

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,6 2. Page 1, line 8: after " voting" insert "for any statewide election".

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,7 3. Page 1, line 10: delete " such" and substitute "in-person absentee".

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,8 4. Page 1, line 12: after that line insert:

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,9 "4d. Page 3, line 4: after that line insert:

SB324-SA1-SA2,1,10 " Section 2d. 6.86 (1) (bb) of the statutes is created to read:

SB324-SA1-SA2,2,12 6.86 (1) (bb) A municipality may hire individuals to assist in receiving absentee ballots in person for any statewide election during the period described under par. (b) and shall compensate the individuals as provided under s. 7.03 (1) (a), except that the state shall reimburse the municipality for 50 percent of the compensation paid to such individuals during the 2014-15 fiscal year, not to exceed compensation of 45 hours a week for each such individual. A municipality may receive compensation under this paragraph if it notifies the department of revenue, in the manner prescribed by the department, no later than July 1, 2015, of the amount of compensation paid to individuals to assist in receiving absentee ballots in person in the municipality for a statewide election. The department of revenue shall make payments under this paragraph from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (2) (c).

SB324-SA1-SA2,2m Section 2m. 20.566 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB324-SA1-SA2,2,16 20.566 (2) (c) Absentee ballots in person. A sum sufficient to reimburse municipalities for compensation paid to individuals to assist in receiving absentee ballots in person, as provided under s. 6.86 (1) (bb).".".

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