SB1: Bill Text

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.

SB1, s. 116 Section 116. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,44,9 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for those designations on the face of the individual income tax return and shall provide next to that place a statement that a designation will not increase tax liability. Annually on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the elections government accountability board, the department of administration and the state treasurer under s. 11.50 the total amount of designations made during the preceding fiscal year. If any individual attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a designation, that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her tax return.

SB1, s. 117 Section 117. 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

SB1,45,7 71.10 (3) (b) The secretary of revenue shall ensure that space for the designations under par. (am) is provided on the face of the individual income tax return in a manner that is convenient to the individual filing the return. The secretary of revenue shall provide next to the place on the return where designation under par. (am) is made a statement that a designation will increase tax liability, that the amount of a designation may be claimed as a credit under s. 71.07 (6s), and that by making a designation the individual is also claiming the credit. The department of revenue shall ensure that an individual may make the designation under par. (am) and claim the credit under s. 71.07 (6s) by marking only one box, which shall be on the face of the individual income tax return. The secretary of revenue shall also provide and highlight a place in the instructions that accompany the return for information submitted to the secretary by the government accountability board under s. 11.50 (2m) without cost to the board. Annually on August 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the government accountability board, the department of administration, and the state treasurer the total amount of designations made on returns processed by the department of revenue during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of designations made during that fiscal year for the general account and for the account of each eligible political party. If any individual designates an amount greater than the amount authorized under par. (am) or attempts to place any condition or restriction upon a designation not authorized under par. (am), that individual is deemed not to have made a designation on his or her tax return.

SB1, s. 118 Section 118. 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,45,10 73.0301 (1) (d) 13. A license issued by the ethics government accountability board under s. 13.63 (1).

SB1, s. 119 Section 119. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,45,18 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of administration; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of commerce; the ethics government accountability board; the department of financial institutions; the department of health and family services; the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the department of regulation and licensing; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.

SB1, s. 120 Section 120. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,46,3 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director of the elections government accountability board shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the elections government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the executive director of the elections government accountability board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.

SB1, s. 121 Section 121. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,46,15 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board a certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum in that school district.

SB1, s. 122 Section 122. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,46,21 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:

SB1, s. 123 Section 123. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,47,8 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The school district clerk 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). The question submitted shall be whether the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the question.

SB1, s. 124 Section 124. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,47,12 125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the form prescribed by the elections government accountability board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).

SB1, s. 125 Section 125. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,48,2 165.25 (1) Represent state. Except as provided in s. ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 1. and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party; and, if requested by the governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state department, agency, official, employee, or agent, whether required to appear as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the people of this state may be interested. The public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

SB1, s. 126 Section 126. 165.25 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,48,6 165.25 (4) (e) Provide assistance to the enforcement division of the government accountability board in the investigation and prosecution of violations of chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, and subch. III of ch. 19.

SB1, s. 127 Section 127. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,48,18 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every municipality and the elections government accountability board shall furnish such information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the clerk of the district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total number of votes cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding election cannot, because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or for any reason, be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall fairly estimate such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or her office.

SB1, s. 128 Section 128. 200.09 (11) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,48,24 200.09 (11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners, each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The commission shall immediately notify the elections government accountability board under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution under this subdivision.

SB1, s. 129 Section 129. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: