SB1: Bill Text

SB1, s. 30 Section 30. 8.20 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,21,17 8.20 (6) Nomination papers shall be accompanied by a declaration of candidacy under s. 8.21. If a candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s. 11.05 at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement of economic interests with the ethics board under s. 19.43 (4) no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers under sub. (8) (a), 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 under sub. (8) (a).

SB1, s. 31 Section 31. 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,22,8 8.50 (3) (a) Nomination papers may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 days prior to the date of the spring or September primary. Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15 , or 8.20. Each candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s. 11.05 at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement of economic interests with the ethics board no later than the end of the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order.

SB1, s. 32 Section 32. 8.50 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,22,13 8.50 (3) (e) In a special election for a state or national office, the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall transmit the statement of the county board of canvassers to the elections government accountability board no later than 7 days after the special primary and 13 days after the special election.

SB1, s. 33 Section 33. 9.01 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,23,18 9.01 (1) (a) Any candidate voted for at any election or any elector who voted upon any referendum question at any election may request a recount. The petitioner shall file a verified petition or petitions with the proper clerk or body under par. (ar) not earlier than the time of completion of the canvass and not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the last meeting day of the municipal or county board of canvassers determining the election for that office or on that referendum question or, if more than one board of canvassers makes the determination not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the last meeting day of the last board of canvassers which makes a determination. If the chairperson of the board or chairperson's designee makes the determination for the office or the referendum question, the petitioner shall file the petition not earlier than the last meeting day of the last county board of canvassers to make a statement in the election or referendum and not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the day on which the elections government accountability board receives the last statement from a county board of canvassers for the election or referendum. Each verified petition shall state that at the election the petitioner was a candidate for the office in question or that he or she voted on the referendum question in issue; that the petitioner is informed and believes that a mistake or fraud has been committed in a specified ward or municipality in the counting and return of the votes cast for the office or upon the question; or shall specify any other defect, irregularity, or illegality in the conduct of the election. The petition shall specify each ward, or each municipality where no wards exist, in which a recount is desired. If a recount is requested for all wards within a jurisdiction, each ward need not be specified. The petition may be amended to include information discovered as a result of the investigation of the board of canvassers or the chairperson of the board or chairperson's designee after the filing of the petition, if the petitioner moves to amend the petition as soon as possible after the petitioner discovered or reasonably should have discovered the information which is the subject of the amendment and the petitioner was unable to include information in the original petition.

SB1, s. 34 Section 34. 9.01 (1) (ag) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,23,25 9.01 (1) (ag) 4. The board shall deposit all moneys received by it into the account under s. 20.510 (1) (g) 20.511 (1) (g), and shall pay the fees required for each recount to the county clerks of the counties in which the recount is to be held. The county clerk shall deposit fees received by him or her with the county treasurer. The municipal clerk shall deposit fees received by him or her with the municipal treasurer.

SB1, s. 35 Section 35. 9.01 (1) (ar) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,4 9.01 (1) (ar) 2. In the event of a recount for a referendum, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the jurisdiction in which the referendum is called, and, in the case of the state, with the elections board.

SB1, s. 36 Section 36. 9.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,7 9.01 (10) Standard forms and methods. The elections board shall prescribe standard forms and procedures for the making of recounts under this section.

SB1, s. 37 Section 37. 11.21 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,9 11.21 (title) Duties of the elections board.

SB1, s. 38 Section 38. 11.21 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,12 11.21 (7) (intro.) Include in its biennial report under s. 5.05 (5) 15.04 (1) (d) compilations of any of the following in its discretion:

SB1, s. 39 Section 39. 13.123 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,17 13.123 (3) (b) 2. In making the determination under subd. 1., the chief clerk is bound by the determination of the chairperson of the elections government accountability board or the chairperson's designee if such determination has been issued.

SB1, s. 40 Section 40. 13.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,3 13.23 Election contests; notice. Any person wishing to contest the election of any senator or member of the assembly shall, within 30 days after the decision of the board of canvassers, serve a notice in writing on the person whose election the contestant intends to contest, stating briefly that the election will be contested and the cause of such contest, and shall file a copy thereof in the office of the elections government accountability board at least 10 days before the day fixed by law for the meeting of the legislature. The elections government accountability board shall then send a copy of s. 13.24 to both contestants. If any contestant fails to so file a copy of such notice, the contestant shall not be entitled to any mileage or salary in case payment has been made therefor to the sitting member.

SB1, s. 41 Section 41. 13.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,5 13.62 (4) "Board" means the ethics government accountability board.

SB1, s. 42 Section 42. 13.685 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,7 13.685 (title) Duties of the ethics government accountability board.

SB1, s. 43 Section 43. 13.94 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,10 13.94 (1) (k) Provide auditing services at the direction of the elections government accountability board under s. 5.05 (2).

SB1, s. 44 Section 44. 14.58 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,14 14.58 (20) Election campaign fund. Make disbursements to each candidate certified under s. 7.08 (2) (c) or (cm) by the elections government accountability board as eligible to receive moneys from the Wisconsin election campaign fund.

SB1, s. 45 Section 45. 15.03 of the statutes is renumbered 15.03 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB1,26,2 15.03 Attachment for limited purposes. (intro.) Any division, office, commission, council or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency or a specified division thereof shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency or specified division. Any division, office, commission, council or board so attached shall exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council or board, independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with:

SB1,26,8 (1) Commissioner of railroads. With respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.

SB1, s. 46 Section 46. 15.03 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,13 15.03 (2) Enforcement division of government accountability board. With respect to the enforcement division of the government accountability board, all budget requests by the division shall be submitted by the board to the department of administration without change except as concurred in by the division.

SB1, s. 47 Section 47. 15.07 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 48 Section 48. 15.07 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,17 15.07 (1) (a) 2m. Members of the government accountability board shall be appointed as provided in s. 15.60.

SB1, s. 49 Section 49. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,27,5 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.

SB1, s. 50 Section 50. 15.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,27,11 15.07 (4) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a board constitutes a quorum to do business and, unless a more restrictive provision is adopted by the board, a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. This subsection does not apply to actions of the ethics board or the school district boundary appeal board as provided in ss. 19.47 (4) and s. 117.05 (2) (a).

SB1, s. 51 Section 51. 15.07 (5) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 52 Section 52. 15.07 (5) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,27,14 15.07 (5) (m) Members of the government accountability board, $25 per day.

SB1, s. 53 Section 53. 15.07 (5) (n) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 54 Section 54. 15.60 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,27,23 15.60 Government accountability board; creation. (1) There is created a government accountability board consisting of 4 persons who shall be nominated by the governor and appointed with the advice and consent of the senate, and one person appointed by the governor to represent each political party whose candidate for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, or state treasurer received at least one percent of the vote in the most recent general election who shall be designated by the chief officer of that party. Members shall serve for 4-year terms.

SB1,28,2 (2) (a) All members of the board who are nominated by the governor subject to the advice and consent of the senate shall be appointed from nominations submitted to the governor by a nominating committee to be called the governmental accountability candidate committee, which shall consist of the following:

SB1,28,3 1. The chief justice of the supreme court.

SB1,28,4 2. The dean of the Marquette University law school.

SB1,28,5 3. The dean of the University of Wisconsin law school.

SB1,28,9 4. The chief officer of each of the following organizations, or if any of the following organization ceases to exist, the organization determined by the governor to be the successor organization representing interests substantially similar to the predecessor organization:

SB1,28,10 a. The Wisconsin Counties Association.

SB1,28,11 b. The Wisconsin Towns Association.

SB1,28,12 c. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

SB1,28,13 d. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.

SB1,28,14 e. The Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

SB1,28,15 f. The state bar of Wisconsin.

SB1,28,17 (3) No member, other than a member who is appointed to represent a political party, may be a state public official or a local public official, as defined in s. 19.42.

SB1,28,22 (4) No member, other than a member who is appointed to represent a political party, for one year immediately prior to the date of appointment may have been, or while serving on the board may become, a member of a political party, an officer or member of a committee in any partisan political club or organization, or a candidate for any partisan elective public office.

SB1,28,24 (5) No member may be a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11), or an employee of a principal, as defined in s. 13.62 (12).

SB1, s. 55 Section 55. 15.603 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,29,7 15.603 Same; specified divisions. (1) Enforcement division. There is created in the government accountability board an enforcement division, which is attached to the board under s. 15.03. The enforcement division shall be under the direction and supervision of an administrator, who shall be appointed by the executive director of the board, with the advice and consent of the board, to serve for a term of not less than 4 years nor more than 6 years expiring on September 1 of an odd-numbered year.

SB1, s. 56 Section 56. 15.61 of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 57 Section 57. 15.617 of the statutes is renumbered 15.607, and 15.607 (1) of the statutes, as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB1,29,19 15.607 (1) Election administration council. There is created in the elections government accountability board an election administration council consisting of members appointed by the executive director of the elections government accountability board, including the clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners of the 2 counties or municipalities in this state having the largest population, one or more election officials of other counties or municipalities, representatives of organizations that advocate for the interests of individuals with disabilities and organizations that advocate for the interests of the voting public, and other electors of this state.

SB1, s. 58 Section 58. 15.62 of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 59 Section 59. 16.79 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,30,4 16.79 (2) The department shall distribute in pamphlet form copies of the constitution and such laws as may be required to meet the public demand, including the election laws. The department shall distribute election manuals, forms, and supplies specified by the elections government accountability board. The laws, manuals, forms, and supplies shall be sold by the department at cost, including distribution cost as determined under s. 35.80. The elections government accountability board shall inform the department in writing as to which election manuals, forms, and supplies shall be offered for distribution under this subsection.

SB1, s. 60 Section 60. 16.96 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,30,9 16.96 (3) (b) Maintain and keep current throughout the decade the maps of congressional and legislative district boundaries received from the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (a) 6. and provide copies thereof to the elections government accountability board.

SB1, s. 61 Section 61. 16.973 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

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: