SB1: Bill Text

SB1,30,14 16.973 (6) With the advice of the ethics government accountability board, adopt and enforce standards of ethical conduct applicable to its paid consultants which are similar to the standards prescribed in subch. III of ch. 19, except that the department shall not require its paid consultants to file statements of economic interests.

SB1, s. 62 Section 62. 17.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,30,19 17.17 (1) Senators and members of congress. In the office of United States senator or member of congress from this state, by the county clerk of the county wherein such officer resided at the time of election, to the elections government accountability board.

SB1, s. 63 Section 63. 17.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,30,23 17.17 (4) Justices and judges. In the office of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, or judge of a circuit court, by the director of state courts to the governor and the elections government accountability board.

SB1, s. 64 Section 64. 19.42 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,30,25 19.42 (3) "Board" means the ethics government accountability board.

SB1, s. 65 Section 65. 19.42 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,31,3 19.42 (10) (a) A member of the elections government accountability board who is appointed to represent a political party.

SB1, s. 66 Section 66. 19.42 (13) (p) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,31,6 19.42 (13) (p) The members of the government accountability board who is appointed to represent a political parties.

SB1, s. 67 Section 67. 19.43 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,32,2 19.43 (4) A candidate for state public office shall file with the board a statement of economic interests meeting each of the requirements of s. 19.44 (1) no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers for the office which the candidate seeks, or no later than 4:30 p.m. on the next business day after the last day whenever that candidate is granted an extension of time for filing nomination papers or a declaration of candidacy under s. 8.05 (1) (j), 8.10 (2) (a), 8.15 (1), or 8.20 (8) (a), no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 5th day after notification of nomination is mailed or personally delivered to the candidate by the municipal clerk in the case of a candidate who is nominated at a caucus, or no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd day after notification of nomination is mailed or personally delivered to the candidate by the appropriate official or agency in the case of a write-in candidate or candidate who is appointed to fill a vacancy in nomination under s. 8.35 (2) (a). The information contained on the statement shall be current as of December 31 of the year preceding the filing deadline. Before certifying the name of any candidate for state public office under s. 7.08 (2) (a), the elections government accountability board, municipal clerk, or board of election commissioners shall ascertain whether that candidate has complied with this subsection. If not, the elections government accountability board, municipal clerk, or board of election commissioners may not certify the candidate's name for ballot placement.

SB1, s. 68 Section 68. 19.43 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,32,14 19.43 (5) Each member of the investment board and each employee of the investment board who is a state public official shall complete and file with the ethics government accountability board a quarterly report of economic transactions no later than the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter during any portion of which he or she was a member or employee of the investment board. Such reports of economic transactions shall be in the form prescribed by the ethics government accountability board and shall identify the date and nature of any purchase, sale, put, call, option, lease, or creation, dissolution , or modification of any economic interest made during the quarter for which the report is filed and disclosure of which would be required by s. 19.44 if a statement of economic interests were being filed.

SB1, s. 69 Section 69. 19.45 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,33,4 19.45 (6) No state public official, member of a state public official's immediate family, nor any organization with which the state public official or a member of the official's immediate family owns or controls at least 10% of the outstanding equity, voting rights, or outstanding indebtedness may enter into any contract or lease involving a payment or payments of more than $3,000 within a 12-month period, in whole or in part derived from state funds unless the state public official has first made written disclosure of the nature and extent of such relationship or interest to the board and to the department acting for the state in regard to such contract or lease. Any contract or lease entered into in violation of this subsection may be voided by the state in an action commenced within 3 years of the date on which the ethics board, or the department or officer acting for the state in regard to the allocation of state funds from which such payment is derived, knew or should have known that a violation of this subsection had occurred. This subsection does not affect the application of s. 946.13.

SB1, s. 70 Section 70. 19.46 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,33,8 19.46 (1) (intro.) Except in accordance with the board's advice of the executive director of the board under sub. (2) and except as otherwise provided in sub. (3), no state public official may:

SB1, s. 71 Section 71. 19.46 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,34,5 19.46 (2) Any individual, either personally or on behalf of an organization or governmental body, may request of the board executive director of the board an advisory opinion regarding the propriety under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 of any matter to which the person is or may become a party; and any appointing officer, with the consent of a prospective appointee, may request of the board executive director an advisory opinion regarding the propriety under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 of any matter to which the prospective appointee is or may become a party. The board executive director shall review a request for an advisory opinion and may advise the person making the request. Advisory opinions and requests therefor shall be in writing. The board's deliberations and actions upon The executive director may consult with the board before issuing a formal opinion but shall not reveal any information to the board that would identify the requester of the opinion. All consultations with the board concerning such requests shall be in meetings not open to the public. It is prima facie evidence of intent to comply with this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 when a person refers a matter to the board executive director and abides by the board's executive director's advisory opinion, if the material facts are as stated in the opinion request. The board may authorize the executive director to act in its stead in instances where delay is of substantial inconvenience or detriment to the requesting party. No member or employee of the board may make public the identity of the individual requesting an advisory opinion or of individuals or organizations mentioned in the opinion.

SB1, s. 72 Section 72. 19.47 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 73 Section 73. 19.47 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 74 Section 74. 19.47 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,34,20 19.47 (5) No later than September 1 of each year, the board shall submit a report concerning its actions in the preceding fiscal year to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). Such The board shall include in its biennial report shall contain under s. 15.04 (1) (d) the names and duties of all individuals employed by the board and a summary of its determinations and advisory opinions issued by the executive director under s. 19.46 (2). The board shall make sufficient alterations in the summaries to prevent disclosing the identities of individuals or organizations involved in the decisions or opinions. The board may also include in its biennial report any information compiled under s. 11.21 (7). The board shall make such further reports on the matters within its jurisdiction and such recommendations for further legislation as it deems desirable.

SB1, s. 75 Section 75. 19.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,35,2 19.50 (2) To administer oaths and to require by subpoena issued by it the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any documentary evidence relating to the investigation or hearing being conducted. Notwithstanding s. 885.01 (4), the issuance of a subpoena requires action by the board in accordance with s. 19.47 (4).

SB1, s. 76 Section 76. 19.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,35,10 19.54 (2) An application for rehearing is governed by such general rules as the board may establish. Only one rehearing may be granted by the board. No order of the board pursuant to this subchapter or subch. III of ch.13 becomes effective until 20 days after it is issued, or while an application for rehearing or a rehearing is pending, or until 10 days after such application for rehearing is either denied, expressly or by implication, or the board has announced its final determination on rehearing.

SB1, s. 77 Section 77. 19.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,35,21 19.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all records under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 in the possession of the board are open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The board shall require an individual wishing to examine a statement of economic interests or the list of persons who inspect any statements which are in the board's possession to provide his or her full name and address, and if the individual is representing another person, the full name and address of the person which he or she represents. Such identification may be provided in writing or in person. The board shall record and retain for at least 3 years information obtained by it pursuant to this subsection. No individual may use a fictitious name or address or fail to identify a principal in making any request for inspection.

SB1, s. 78 Section 78. 19.55 (2) (a) to (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB1,36,7 19.55 (2) (a) Records obtained in connection with a request for an advisory opinion issued under s. 19.46 (2) other than summaries of advisory opinions that do not disclose the identity of individuals requesting such opinions or organizations on whose behalf they are requested. The executive director of the board may, however, make such records public with the consent of the individual requesting the advisory opinion or the organization or governmental body on whose behalf it is requested. A person who makes or purports to make public the substance of or any portion of an advisory opinion requested by or on behalf of the person is deemed to have waived the confidentiality of the request for an advisory opinion and of any records obtained or prepared by the board in connection with the request for an advisory opinion.

SB1,36,18 (b) Records obtained or prepared by the board in connection with an investigation under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13, except that the board shall permit inspection of records that are made public in the course of a hearing by the board to determine if a violation of this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 has occurred. Whenever the board refers such investigation and hearing records to a district attorney or to the attorney general, they may be made public in the course of a prosecution initiated under this subchapter. The board shall also provide information from investigation and hearing records that pertains to the location of individuals and assets of individuals as requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department of workforce development or by a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

SB1,36,25 (c) Statements of economic interests and reports of economic transactions which are filed with the ethics government accountability board by members or employees of the investment board, except that the ethics government accountability board shall refer statements and reports filed by such individuals to the legislative audit bureau for its review, and except that a statement of economic interests filed by a member or employee of the investment board who is also an official required to file shall be open to public inspection.

SB1, s. 79 Section 79. 19.579 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB1,37,4 19.579 Civil penalty. Any person who violates s. 19.43, 19.44, or 19.56 (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $500. Any person who violates any other provision of this subchapter may be required to forfeit not more than $5,000.

SB1, s. 80 Section 80. 19.59 (1) (g) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,37,18 19.59 (1) (g) 8. No district board member, member of a district board member's immediate family, nor any organization with which the district board member or a member of the district board member's immediate family owns or controls at least 10% of the outstanding equity, voting rights, or outstanding indebtedness may enter into any contract or lease involving a payment or payments of more than $3,000 within a 12-month period, in whole or in part derived from district funds unless the district board member has first made written disclosure of the nature and extent of such relationship or interest to the ethics government accountability board and to the district. Any contract or lease entered into in violation of this subdivision may be voided by the district in an action commenced within 3 years of the date on which the ethics government accountability board, or the district, knew or should have known that a violation of this subdivision had occurred. This subdivision does not affect the application of s. 946.13.

SB1, s. 81 Section 81. 19.85 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,37,22 19.85 (1) (h) Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the ethics executive director of the government accountability board under s. 19.46 (2), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).

SB1, s. 82 Section 82. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB1, s. 83 Section 83. 20.455 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,38,4 20.455 (1) (b) Special counsel. A sum sufficient, subject to the procedure established in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (d) and 14.11 (2) (c), for the compensation of special counsel appointed as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (d) and 14.11 (2) and 21.13.

SB1, s. 84 Section 84. 20.510 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 85 Section 85. 20.510 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 86 Section 86. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 87 Section 87. 20.510 (1) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (bm).

SB1, s. 88 Section 88. 20.510 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (c).

SB1, s. 89 Section 89. 20.510 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (d).

SB1, s. 90 Section 90. 20.510 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (g).

SB1, s. 91 Section 91. 20.510 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 92 Section 92. 20.510 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 93 Section 93. 20.510 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (j).

SB1, s. 94 Section 94. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is renumbered 20.511 (1) (q).

SB1, s. 95 Section 95. 20.510 (1) (t) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (t).

SB1, s. 96 Section 96. 20.510 (1) (x) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (x).

SB1, s. 97 Section 97. 20.511 (intro.) and (1) (title) and (a) of the statutes are created to read.

SB1,39,10 20.511 Government accountability board. (intro.) There is appropriated from the general fund, except where otherwise indicated, to the government accountability board for the following programs:

SB1,39,11 (1) (title) Administration of election, ethics, and lobbying laws.

SB1,39,16 (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the board, except the enforcement division, including the printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws under ss. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and (4) and 11.21 (3) and (14), and the training of election officials under s. 5.05 (7).

SB1, s. 98 Section 98. 20.511 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB1, s. 99 Section 99. 20.511 (1) (h) and (i) of the statutes are created to read:

SB1,40,3 20.511 (1) (h) Materials and services. The amounts in the schedule for the costs of publishing documents, locating and copying records, and conducting programs under s. 19.48 (9) and administrative meetings and conferences, for compiling, disseminating, and making available information prepared by and filed with the board under s. 19.48 (10), and for supplies, postage, and shipping. All moneys received by the board from collections for sales of publications, copies of records, and supplies, for postage, for shipping and records location fees, from fees assessed under s. 19.48 (9) and (10), and for charges assessed to participants in administrative meetings and conferences shall be credited to this appropriation account.

SB1,40,7 (i) General program operations; program revenue. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the board, except the enforcement division. All moneys received from fees imposed under ss. 11.055 (1) and 13.75 shall be credited to this appropriation account.

SB1, s. 100 Section 100. 20.511 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,40,11 20.511 (2) Enforcement division. (a) General program operations. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the enforcement division.

SB1, s. 101 Section 101. 20.521 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 102 Section 102. 20.521 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 103 Section 103. 20.521 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 104 Section 104. 20.521 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (b).

SB1, s. 105 Section 105. 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 106 Section 106. 20.521 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 20.511 (1) (jm) and amended to read:

SB1,40,21 20.511 (1) (jm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received by the board from gifts, grants, and bequests and devises to carry out the purposes, not inconsistent with subch. III of ch. 13 or subch. III of ch. 19 the law, for which made or received.

SB1, s. 107 Section 107. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 108 Section 108. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,41,22 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations, the administrator of the enforcement division in the government accountability board, and commission chairpersons and members shall be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (i). Except for positions specified in par. pars. (c) 3m. and (e) 2e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint committee on employment relations, by the director of the office of state employment relations to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary groups submitted by the director of the office of state employment relations. All division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:

SB1, s. 109 Section 109. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 110 Section 110. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 111 Section 111. 20.923 (4) (e) 2e. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,42,2 20.923 (4) (e) 2e. Government accountability board: administrator of the enforcement division.

SB1, s. 112 Section 112. 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,42,4 20.923 (4) (f) 3j. Government accountability board: executive director.

SB1, s. 113 Section 113. 59.605 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,42,24 59.605 (3) (a) 3. The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The governing body shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the operating levy rate, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to exceed this rate limit for .... (a specified number of years) (an indefinite period) by $.... per $1,000 of equalized value that results in an operating levy rate of $.... per $1,000 of equalized value?" If the resolution under subd. 1. specifies the operating levy, the question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the operating levy rate for the .... (name of county), for the tax to be imposed for the year .... (year), is limited to $.... per $1,000 of equalized value. Notwithstanding the operating levy rate limit, shall the .... (name of county) be allowed to levy an amount not to exceed $.... (operating levy) for operating purposes for the year .... (year), which may increase the operating levy rate for .... (a specified number of years) (an indefinite period)? This would allow a ....% increase above the levy of $.... (preceding year operating levy) for the year .... (preceding year)."

SB1, s. 114 Section 114. 67.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,43,8 67.05 (3) (b) The clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held shall prepare or arrange for the preparation of the ballots. If the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held is not a city, village, or town, and the clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held prepares the ballots, the clerk shall deliver the ballots to the municipal clerk of each city, village, or town which is wholly or partly contained within the jurisdiction in which the referendum is held. The form of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).

SB1, s. 115 Section 115. 67.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,43,23 67.05 (6) Referendum in other cases. Whenever an initial resolution has been adopted by the governing body of any municipality other than a county, a town, a city, a village, a technical college district, a metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or a board of park commissioners, the clerk of such municipality shall immediately record the resolution and call a special meeting for the purpose of submitting it to the electors of the municipality for ratification or rejection. The calling and conduct of the meeting shall be governed by those statutes, so far as applicable, which govern the calling and conduct of special meetings in general. The notice of the meeting, which shall be publicly read before the balloting shall commence, and the ballot used, shall embody a copy of the resolution; the form of the ballot shall correspond with the form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a); and the question submitted shall be whether the resolution shall be approved.