AB955: Bill Text

AB955, s. 24 Section 24. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB955,12,2 11.50 (1) (a) 1. With respect to a spring or general election, any individual who is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) as a candidate in the spring election for justice or, state superintendent or member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, or an individual who receives at least 6% of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for any state office, except district attorney, for which the individual is a candidate at the September primary and who is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) as a candidate for that office in the general election, or an individual who has been lawfully appointed and certified to replace either such individual on the ballot at the spring or general election; and who has qualified for a grant under sub. (2).

AB955,12,23 2. With respect to a special election, an individual who is certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election for state superintendent or member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, or an individual who is certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election for any state office, except district attorney, on the ballot or column of a party whose candidate for the same office at the preceding general election received at least 6% of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for the office, or an individual who has been lawfully appointed and certified to replace either such individual on the ballot at a special election, or an individual who receives at least 6% of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for any state office, except district attorney, at a partisan special election; and who qualifies for a grant under sub. (2). Where the boundaries of a district in which an individual seeks office have been changed since the preceding general election such that it is not possible to calculate the exact number of votes that are needed by that individual to qualify as an eligible candidate prior to an election under this subdivision, the number of votes cast for all candidates for the office at the preceding general election in each ward, combination of wards or municipality which is wholly contained within the boundaries of the newly formed district shall be calculated. If the candidate of the political party on whose ballot or column the individual appears in the newly formed district obtained at least 6% of the number of votes calculated, the individual is deemed to qualify as an eligible candidate prior to the election under this subdivision.

AB955, s. 25 Section 25. 11.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB955,12,25 11.50 (3) (title) Candidates for justice and state superintendent.

AB955, s. 26 Section 26. 11.50 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,13,4 11.50 (3m) Candidates for member of board of regents. The board shall establish a board of regents account into which the board shall deposit the moneys transferred to the fund from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (ba).

AB955, s. 27 Section 27. 11.50 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,13,8 11.50 (4) Partisan and special election candidates. (intro.) After apportionment and distribution of the moneys under sub. subs. (3) and (4), the remaining moneys shall constitute the partisan campaign account.

AB955, s. 28 Section 28. 11.50 (4) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,13,20 11.50 (4) (cm) Each eligible candidate for the same office at a special election shall receive an equal amount, which amount shall be equivalent to the maximum grant which was payable to any candidate for that office at the most recent spring or general election. The Except in the case of a candidate for member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the amount shall be drawn from the senate campaign account and the assembly campaign account in the same proportions as the balance in each account bears to the total balance in both accounts at the time that payments are made. Whenever there are insufficient moneys in the senate campaign account and the assembly campaign account to make the payments required by this paragraph, payments shall be appropriately reduced or discontinued by the board.

AB955, s. 29 Section 29. 11.50 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,14,2 11.50 (7) Utilization. (intro.) Grants distributed under this section may be utilized only for deposit in a campaign depository account under s. 11.10. Grants A grant received by a candidate for the office of member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may be expended for any lawful political purpose. A grant received by a candidate for any other office may be expended only for one or more of the following:

AB955, s. 30 Section 30. 11.50 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,14,17 11.50 (9) Limitation on grants. The total grant available to an eligible candidate for the office of member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not exceed that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from other sources that are disbursed or lawfully disbursable under s. 11.25 (1x), is equal to 100% of the disbursement level prescribed for that office at the spring election under s. 11.31. The total grant available to an eligible candidate for any other office may not exceed that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources other than individuals, political party committees and legislative campaign committees, is equal to 45% of the disbursement level specified for the applicable office under s. 11.31. The board shall scrutinize accounts and reports and records kept under this chapter to assure that applicable limitations under ss. 11.26 (9) and 11.31 are not exceeded and any violation is reported. No candidate or campaign treasurer may accept grants exceeding the amount authorized by this subsection.

AB955, s. 31 Section 31. 15.07 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,14,20 15.07 (1) (a) 7. Members of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall be selected as provided in s. 15.91.

AB955, s. 32 Section 32. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,15,9 15.07 (1) (cm) The term of one member of the ethics board shall expire on each May 1. The terms of 3 members of the development finance board appointed under s. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year and the terms of the other 3 members appointed under s. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. shall expire on May 1 of every odd-numbered year. The terms of the 3 members of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1. The term of the member of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of members of the real estate board shall expire on July 1. The terms of the appraiser members of the real estate appraisers board and the terms of the auctioneer and auction company representative members of the auctioneer board shall expire on May 1 in an even-numbered year. The terms of the members of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall expire on July 1.

AB955, s. 33 Section 33. 15.07 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,15,20 15.07 (5) Reimbursement for expenses; compensation. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (5m), the members of each board shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, such reimbursement in the case of an officer or employe of this state who represents an agency as a member of a board to be paid by the agency which pays the member's salary. The members shall receive no compensation for their services, except that the following members of boards, except full-time state officers or employes, also shall be paid the a per diem stated below for each day on which they were actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of their duties or an annual stipend, as follows:

AB955, s. 34 Section 34. 15.07 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,15,23 15.07 (5) (e) In lieu of a per diem, the members Members of the technical college system board shall receive, $100 annually.

AB955, s. 35 Section 35. 15.07 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,16,4 15.07 (5g) Compensation; board of regents. Notwithstanding sub. (5), in addition to being reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses under sub. (5), members of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, other than members who are full-time state officers, shall be paid $10,000 annually.

AB955, s. 36 Section 36. 15.91 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,17,4 15.91 Board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System; creation. There is created a board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction, the president, or by his or her designation another member, of the technical college system board and 14 citizen members appointed for staggered 7-year terms, and a student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at an institution within the University of Wisconsin System who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state, for a 2-year term. The student member may be selected from recommendations made by elected representatives of student governments at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System. The governor may not appoint a student member from the same institution in any 2 consecutive terms. If the student member loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the board of regents 15 members. Nine members shall be electors of this state who shall be elected one from each congressional district, 4 members shall be full-time or part-time students who are enrolled at an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, one of whom shall be elected in the manner prescribed by rule under s. 36.115 (1) from each of 4 student regent districts established by rule under s. 36.115 (1); one member shall be an elector of this state appointed by the technical college system board; and one member shall be the state superintendent of public instruction. The members elected from each congressional district and the member appointed by the technical college system board shall serve for 4-year terms. The student members shall serve for 2-year terms. If a student member of the board ceases to be enrolled as a student, the office of that member is vacant.

AB955, s. 37 Section 37. 17.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,17,9 17.01 (2) By the secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, by any member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, by a district attorney and by all officers appointed by the governor alone or by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to the governor.

AB955, s. 38 Section 38. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,17,16 17.02 (2) Board of regents of University of Wisconsin System. In the office of a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is elected by the students of the system, by the secretary of the board to the president of the University of Wisconsin System. In the office of a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is elected by the electors of this state, by the secretary of the board to the elections board.

AB955, s. 39 Section 39. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,17,23 17.17 (2) Board of regents of University of Wisconsin System. In the office of a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is elected by the students of the system, by the secretary of the board to the president of the University of Wisconsin System. In the office of a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is elected by the electors of this state, by the secretary of the board to the elections board.

AB955, s. 40 Section 40. 17.19 (3t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,18,12 17.19 (3t) Board of regents of University of Wisconsin System. In the office of member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, by appointment of the governor. A member so appointed shall serve until his or her successor is elected at the next election to fill the vacancy that is held under s. 8.50 (4) (em) or 36.115 (1) and until the person so elected is qualified, except that if the vacancy occurs in the office of a member who is elected from a congressional district and the vacancy occurs after December 1 in the 2nd year preceding expiration of the term of office of that member, the member so appointed shall serve for the residue of the unexpired term; and if the vacancy occurs in the office of a member who is elected from a student regent district and the vacancy occurs after October 1 in the year preceding the expiration of the term of office of that member, the member so appointed shall serve for the residue of the unexpired term.

AB955, s. 41 Section 41. 20.855 (4) (ba) of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,18,20 20.855 (4) (ba) Election fund supplement. A sum sufficient to supplement the board of regents account of the Wisconsin election campaign fund for the purpose of enabling all eligible candidates for member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to receive the maximum grant for which the candidates qualify under s. 11.50 (9), to be transferred from the general fund to the Wisconsin election campaign fund no later than the time required to enable timely payments to be made under s. 11.50 (5).

AB955, s. 42 Section 42. 25.42 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB955,19,2 25.42 Wisconsin election campaign fund. All moneys appropriated under s. 20.855 (4) (b) and (ba) together with all moneys reverting to the state under s. 11.50 (8) and all gifts, bequests and devises received under s. 11.50 (13) constitute the Wisconsin election campaign fund, to be expended for the purposes of s. 11.50. All moneys in the fund not disbursed by the state treasurer shall continue to accumulate indefinitely.

AB955, s. 43 Section 43. 36.115 of the statutes is created to read:

AB955,19,23 36.115 Student members of board. (1) The board shall by rule prescribe a method whereby all full-time and part-time students who are enrolled at an institution or college campus are permitted to elect, by secret ballot, the individuals who are to serve as members of the board representing those students under s. 15.91. The rules shall include a method for determining whether an individual is enrolled for purposes of s. 15.91 and shall specify that if an individual ceases to be enrolled due to graduation during the spring semester, for the purpose of s. 15.91 the individual ceases to be enrolled effective July 1 following that semester. The rules shall divide this state into 4 student regent districts, as provided in sub. (2), from which the student members are elected. The rules shall include a procedure for adjusting the student regent districts in 2010, and decennially thereafter, for the purpose of elections held on or after January 1 of the 2nd year following the adjustment, in order to ensure that the districts contain a substantially equal aggregate number of full-time and part-time students who are enrolled at an institution or college campus. The rules shall prescribe a method for holding elections to fill vacancies in offices of members of the board representing students under s. 15.91, subject to s. 17.19 (3t). The board shall supervise the conduct of these elections and shall determine and certify the names of the candidates who are elected. For purposes of voting eligibility in any such election, student status shall be determined as of the day of the election.

AB955,19,25 (2) Unless adjusted under the procedure established by rule under sub. (1), the rules promulgated under sub. (1) shall create the following student regent districts:

AB955,20,6 (a) Student regent district 1, containing the University of Wisconsin-Superior, University of Wisconsin-Barron County, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, University of Wisconsin-Stout, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley.

AB955,20,13 (b) Student regent district 2, containing the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County, University of Wisconsin-Washington County, University of Wisconsin-Richland, University of Wisconsin-Platteville and University of Wisconsin-Rock County.

AB955,20,14 (c) Student regent district 3, containing the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB955,20,17 (d) Student regent district 4, containing the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

AB955,21,9 (3) The rules promulgated under sub. (1) shall provide for a primary election to be held if more than 2 candidates qualify to have their names appear on the ballot for any seat on the board at the election. The rules shall prohibit any candidate from accepting a contribution of more than $100 in amount or value and shall prohibit any candidate from accepting more than 25% of the total value of contributions received by the candidate from sources other than individuals, calculated separately for the election campaign period and the primary campaign period, if any. The rules shall provide for any candidate in any election held under this section to be eligible to receive a grant of $9,000 for the purpose of financing his or her election campaign if the candidate agrees not to expend more than that amount in the election campaign and the candidate agrees not to accept any contribution from any other source during the election campaign period, except to retire a debt incurred prior to the date of the primary election or the date that the primary election would be held, if a primary were required. Grants provided under this subsection shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a). Any person who violates a rule promulgated under this subsection may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

AB955, s. 44 Section 44. Nonstatutory provisions; initial terms.

AB955,21,13 (1) All members of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System holding office on the effective date of this subsection shall cease to hold office on July 1 of the year following the effective date of this subsection.

AB955,21,16 (2) Notwithstanding section 15.91 of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the year following the effective date of this subsection, 15 new members of the board of regents shall be chosen as follows:

AB955,21,18 (a) At the spring election in that year, 9 members shall be elected by the electors of this state, one from each congressional district, to serve for the following terms:

AB955,21,20 1. Four members elected from congressional districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall serve for 2-year terms commencing on July 1 following their election.

AB955,21,22 2. Five members elected from congressional districts 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall serve for 4-year terms commencing on July 1 following their election.

AB955,22,2 (b) Four members shall be elected in that year to represent the students who are enrolled at the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, in the manner prescribed under section 36.115 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, except that of the members who are initially elected:

AB955,22,4 1. Two members elected from student regent districts 1 and 2 shall serve for one-year terms commencing on July 1 following their election.

AB955,22,6 2. Two members elected from student regent districts 3 and 4 shall serve for 2-year terms commencing on July 1 following their election.

AB955,22,8 (c) One member shall be appointed by the technical college system board and shall serve for a 4-year term commencing on July 1 of that year.

AB955,22,10 (d) One member shall be the state superintendent of public instruction and shall serve for a 4-year term commencing on July 1 of that year.

AB955, s. 45 Section 45. Effective date.

AB955,22,12 (1) This act takes effect on November 15 following the date of publication

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