SB110: Bill Text

SB110, s. 70 Section 70. 973.09 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 973.09 (4) (a).

SB110, s. 71 Section 71. 973.09 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB110,32,2 973.09 (4) (b) If a person who is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) is confined under par. (a) and remains on probation after completing the period of confinement, the department shall inform the person upon the completion of the period of confinement that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.

SB110, s. 72 Section 72. 973.09 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB110,32,15 973.09 (7m) (a) Except as provided in s. 943.017 (3), the court may require as a condition of probation that the probationer perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization. The number of hours of work required may not exceed what would be reasonable considering the seriousness of the offense and any other offense which is read into the record at the time of conviction. An order may only apply if agreed to by the probationer and the organization or agency. The court shall ensure that the probationer is provided a written statement of the terms of the community service order and that the community service order is monitored. If the court requires the conditions provided in this subsection and sub. (4) (a), the probationer reduces the period of confinement under sub. (4) (a) at a rate of one day for each 3 days of work performed. A day of work equals 8 hours of work performed.

SB110, s. 73 Section 73. 973.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB110,32,18 973.11 (1) (b) Any requirement that the court may impose under s. 973.09 (1g), (1x), (4) (a), and (7m).

SB110, s. 74 Section 74. 973.176 (title) and (2) of the statutes are created to read:

SB110,32,23 973.176 (title) Notice of restrictions. (2) Voting. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation for a conviction that disqualifies the defendant from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b), the court shall inform the defendant that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.

SB110, s. 75 Section 75. 977.05 (6) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB110,33,2 977.05 (6) (g) 2. The state or the court seeks to modify the conditions of probation to include a period of confinement under s. 973.09 (4) (a).

SB110, s. 76 Section 76. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB110,33,10 (1) Universal, centralized voter registration; recommendations. The elections board shall study the costs, benefits, and feasibility of and prepare recommendations with regard to requiring voter registration in every municipality in this state. If the board recommends that registration be required in all municipalities, the board shall study the costs, benefits, and feasibility of and prepare recommendations with regard to creating and maintaining a statewide voter registration list. This study shall address at least each of the following issues:

SB110,33,11 (a) How the list should be created and maintained.

SB110,33,13 (b) The fiscal impact upon the state and local governments of maintaining the list.

SB110,33,14 (c) How accuracy of the list should be ensured.

SB110,33,17 (d) Whether, to use the list, an electronic connection would need to be established between each polling place in the state and the board and how such a connection would be established and maintained.

SB110,33,18 (e) How registrations on election day would be integrated into the list.

SB110,33,20 (f) How procedures for corroboration of the identities of electors would be affected by maintenance of the list.

SB110,33,21 (g) How absentee balloting would be affected by the creation of the list.

SB110,33,23 (h) The impact of maintenance of the list upon transient populations, such as college students.

SB110,33,25 (i) How the list could be accurately purged of the names of convicted felons who are ineligible to vote while ensuring that no eligible electors are disenfranchised.

SB110,34,2 (j) How the list should be purged of the names of ineligible or inactive electors while ensuring that no eligible electors are disenfranchised.

SB110,34,4 (k) Whether the list should be publicly maintained or a private entity should be retained to maintain the list.

SB110,34,6 (l) If a private entity were retained to maintain the list, the standards to which the entity should be held to account.

SB110,34,8 (m) Whether and how provisional voting of challenged electors could be facilitated if the list were maintained.

SB110,34,14 (2) Universal, centralized voter registration; report. No later than the first day of the 10th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the elections board shall submit the results of the studies and all recommendations prepared under subsection (1) to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.

SB110,34,16 (3) Special legislative committee for the study of multilingual voting needs.

SB110,35,9 (a) Committee duties and powers. There is created a special legislative committee to be called the committee for the study of multilingual voting needs. The purpose of the committee is to study the need for providing ballots in languages other than English and for hiring bilingual or multilingual inspectors for elections held in this state. The committee shall study whether federal law requires the use of ballots printed in languages other than English or the use of bilingual or multilingual inspectors in this state and, if so, the extent to which the federal law is being followed. The committee shall study whether and the extent to which electors who are members of a particular language minority in this state and who have no ability, or limited abilities, to understand English are unable to vote if ballots printed only in English are used and if inspectors who are literate only in English are used. The committee shall prepare recommendations with regard to maximizing voting in this state by electors who are members of language minorities and who have no ability, or limited abilities, to understand English. The committee may call upon any state agency or officer, city or city officer, village or village officer, or town or town officer for the facilities and data of the agency, city, village, town, or officer, and those agencies, cities, villages, towns, and officers that are called upon shall cooperate with the committee to the fullest extent possible.

SB110,36,4 (b) Committee membership and staff. The committee created under paragraph (a) shall consist of 13 members. The members shall be the senate majority leader or his or her designee; the senate minority leader or his or her designee; the assembly majority leader or his or her designee; the assembly minority leader or his or her designee; the executive director of the state elections board or his or her designee; the attorney general or his or her designee; one municipal clerk or executive director of a board of election commissioners of a city in this state with a population of at least 50,000; one municipal clerk of a city, village, or town in this state with a population of at least 5,000 but less than 50,000; one municipal clerk of a city, village, or town with a population of less than 5,000; one municipal clerk of any other city, village, or town in this state; and three members representing the public. Two of the members who are municipal clerks or executive directors of boards of election commissioners shall hold office in a city, village, or town with a significant number of residents who are members of a language minority and who have no ability, or limited abilities, to understand English. The members who are municipal clerks or executive directors of boards of election commissioners and the members representing the public shall be appointed jointly by the cochairpersons of the committee. The cochairpersons of the committee shall be the senate majority leader or his or her designee and the assembly majority leader or his or her designee. The staff of the joint legislative council shall administer the affairs of the committee.

SB110,36,10 (c) Committee report and termination. By the first day of the 10th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, the committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the same manner as in provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes. The committee terminates on the date it submits its findings and recommendations.

SB110, s. 77 Section 77 . Initial applicability.

SB110,36,16 (1) Leaves of absence for service as an election official. The treatment of sections 7.33 (4) and (5) (b) and 111.93 (3) of the statutes first applies to employees who are affected by a collective bargaining agreement containing provisions inconsistent with this treatment on the day on which the collective bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed, whichever first occurs.

SB110,36,20 (2) Notification regarding ineligibility to vote during parole or extended supervision. The treatment of section 302.117 of the statutes first applies to persons whom the department of corrections releases to parole or extended supervision on the effective date of this subsection.

SB110,36,24 (3) Notification regarding ineligibility to vote during probation. The treatment of section 973.09 (4) (b) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the court orders confined as a condition of probation on the effective date of this subsection.

SB110,37,3 (4) Notification at sentencing regarding ineligibility to vote. The treatment of sections 973.033, 973.034, and 973.176 (title) and (2) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the court sentences on the effective date of this subsection.

SB110, s. 78 Section 78. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB110,37,10 (1) Notification regarding ineligibility to vote. The treatment of sections 302.117, 973.033, 973.034, and 973.176 (title) and (2) of the statutes, the renumbering of section 973.09 (4) of the statutes, the creation of section 973.09 (4) (b) of the statutes, and Section 77 (2), (3 ), and (4) of this act take effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

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