AB476,14,119 7.53 (3) (a) In a common, union high or unified school district, the school district
10clerk shall appoint 2 qualified electors of the school district prior to the date of the
11election being canvassed who shall, with the school district clerk, constitute the
12school district board of canvassers. If the school district clerk is a candidate at the
13election being canvassed, the other 2 members of the board of canvassers shall
14designate a 3rd member to serve in lieu of the clerk for that election. The school
15district clerk shall appoint a member to fill any other temporary vacancy on the board
16of canvassers. The canvass shall begin as soon as possible after receipt of the returns
17no later than 9 a.m. on the Tuesday after the election, and shall continue, without
18adjournment, until completed. The board of canvassers may return defective returns
19to the municipal board of canvassers in the manner provided in s. 7.60 (3). The If the
20board of canvassers meets before 4 p.m. on the Monday after the election and
21thereafter receives amended statements, tally sheets, and lists from a municipal
22clerk for provisional or absentee ballots that are eligible to be counted under s. 6.97
23(4) or 7.515 (6) (b), the board of canvassers shall reconvene no later than 9 a.m. on
24the Tuesday after the election and shall adjust the returns accordingly. No later than
254 p.m. on the Tuesday after the election, the
board of canvassers shall complete the

1canvass and shall
prepare a written statement showing the numbers of votes cast for
2each person for each office and for and against each question and shall prepare a
3determination showing the names of the persons who are elected to the school board
4and the results of any school district referendum. Following each primary election,
5the board of canvassers shall prepare a statement certifying the names of the persons
6who have won nomination to the school board. Each statement and determination
7shall be attested by each of the canvassers. The board of canvassers shall file each
8statement and determination in the school district office. The school district clerk
9shall certify nominations after each primary and issue certificates of election to
10persons who are elected to the school board after each election in the manner
11provided in sub. (4).
AB476, s. 17 12Section 17. 7.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB476,15,213 7.60 (3) Canvassing. Not later than 9 a.m. on the Thursday Tuesday after each
14election the county board of canvassers shall open and publicly examine the returns.
15If returns have not been received from any election district or ward in the county,
16they shall dispatch a messenger and the person having them shall deliver the
17returns to the messenger. If, on examination, any of the returns received are so
18informal or defective that the board cannot intelligently canvass them, they shall
19dispatch a messenger to deliver the returns back to the municipal board of
20canvassers with written specifications of the informalities or defects and command
21them to immediately complete the returns or remedy the defects in the manner
22required and deliver them to the messenger. Every messenger shall safely keep all
23returns, show them to no one but the municipal clerk and board of canvassers and
24deliver them to the county clerk with all possible dispatch. To acquire the necessary

1full returns and remedy any informalities or defects the county board of canvassers
2may adjourn not longer than one day at a time nor more than 2 days in all.
AB476, s. 18 3Section 18. 7.60 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 75,
4is amended to read:
AB476,15,225 7.60 (5) (a) Immediately following the canvass, the county clerk shall deliver
6or send transmit to the government accountability board, by 1st class mail, a certified
7copy of each statement of the county board of canvassers for president and vice
8president, state officials, senators and representatives in congress, state legislators,
9justice, court of appeals judge, circuit judge, district attorney, and metropolitan
10sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am).
11The statement shall record the returns for each office or referendum by ward, unless
12combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in which case the statement
13shall record the returns for each group of combined wards. Following primaries the
14county clerk shall enclose on forms prescribed by the government accountability
15board the names, party or principle designation, if any, and number of votes received
16by each candidate recorded in the same manner. The county clerk shall deliver or
17transmit the certified statement to the government accountability board no later
18than 7 9 days after each primary except the partisan primary, no later than 10 days
19after the partisan primary and any other election except the general election, and no
20later than 14 days after the general election. The board of canvassers shall deliver
21or transmit a certified copy of each statement for any technical college district
22referendum to the secretary of the technical college district board.
AB476, s. 19 23Section 19. 9.01 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 75,
24is amended to read:
AB476,16,22
19.01 (1) (a) 1. Any candidate voted for at any election or any elector who voted
2upon any referendum question at any election may petition for a recount. The
3petitioner shall file a verified petition or petitions with the proper clerk or body under
4par. (ar) not earlier than the time of completion of the canvass following canvassing
5of any valid provisional and absentee ballots under ss. 6.97 (4) and 7.515 (6)
and,
6except as provided in this subdivision,
not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day
7following the last meeting day of the municipal or county board of canvassers
8determining the election for that office or on that referendum question prior to
9issuance of any amended return under s. 7.515 (6) (b)
following canvassing of all valid
10provisional and absentee ballots
or, if more than one board of canvassers makes the
11determination, not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the last
12meeting day of the last board of canvassers which makes a determination prior to
13issuance of any amended return under s. 7.515 (6) (b)
following canvassing of all valid
14provisional and absentee ballots
. If the chairperson of the board or chairperson's
15designee makes the determination for the office or the referendum question, the
16petitioner shall file the petition not earlier than the last meeting day of the last
17county board of canvassers to make a statement in the election or referendum
18following canvassing of all valid provisional and absentee ballots and not later than
195 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the day on which the government
20accountability board receives the last statement from a county board of canvassers
21for the election or referendum following canvassing of all valid provisional and
22absentee ballots.
AB476, s. 20 23Section 20. 9.01 (1) (ag) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2475
, is amended to read:
AB476,17,7
19.01 (1) (ag) 1. If the difference between the votes cast for the leading candidate
2and those cast for the petitioner or the difference between the affirmative and
3negative votes cast upon any referendum question is less than 10 if 1,000 or less votes
4are cast or not more than 0.5% of the total votes cast for the office or on the question
5if more than 1,000 votes are cast prior to issuance of any amended return under s.
67.515 (6) (b)
following canvassing of all valid provisional and absentee ballots, the
7petitioner is not required to pay a fee.
AB476, s. 21 8Section 21. 9.01 (1) (ag) 1m. of the statutes, as affected to 2011 Wisconsin Act
975
, is amended to read:
AB476,17,1710 9.01 (1) (ag) 1m. If the difference between the votes cast for the leading
11candidate and those cast for the petitioner or the difference between the affirmative
12and negative votes cast upon any referendum question is at least 10 if 1,000 or less
13votes are cast or is more than 0.5% but not more than 2% if more than 1,000 votes
14are cast prior to issuance of any amended return under s. 7.515 (6) (b) following
15canvassing of all valid provisional and absentee ballots
, the petitioner shall pay a fee
16of $5 for each ward for which the petition requests a ballot recount, or $5 for each
17municipality for which the petition requests a recount where no wards exist.
AB476, s. 22 18Section 22. 9.01 (1) (ag) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1975
, is amended to read:
AB476,18,220 9.01 (1) (ag) 2. If the difference between the votes cast for the leading candidate
21and those cast for the petitioner or the difference between the affirmative and
22negative votes cast upon any referendum question is more than 2% if more than
231,000 votes are cast prior to issuance of any amended return under s. 7.515 (6) (b)
24following canvassing of all valid provisional and absentee ballots, the petitioner shall
25pay a fee equal to the actual cost of performing the recount in each ward for which

1the petition requests a recount, or in each municipality for which the petition request
2a recount where no wards exist.
AB476, s. 23 3Section 23. 9.01 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
4Act 75
, is amended to read:
AB476,18,135 9.01 (1) (b) (intro.) The proper board of canvassers shall reconvene no earlier
6than 9 a.m. on the day following delivery of notice to all candidates under sub. (2) and
7no later than 9 a.m. on the day following the last day for filing of a petition, or if the
8original canvass is subject to correction under s. 7.515 (6) (b), immediately after
9issuance of the amended statement and determination in the original canvass,
10whichever is later
. The board of canvassers shall then proceed to recount the ballots
11in the wards or municipalities specified and to review the allegations of fact
12contained in the petition or petitions. The recount shall proceed for each ward or
13municipality as follows:
AB476, s. 24 14Section 24. 60.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB476,18,1615 60.11 (2) When held. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the annual town
16meeting shall be held on the 2nd 3rd Tuesday of April.
AB476,18,1917 (b) The annual town meeting may set a date different than provided under par.
18(a) for the next annual town meeting if the date is within 10 days after the 2nd 3rd
19Tuesday of April.
AB476, s. 25 20Section 25. 60.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB476,19,221 60.16 (1) When held. The first town meeting in a newly organized town shall
22be held at 8 p.m. on the 2nd 3rd Tuesday of the first April after the town is organized.
23If the 2nd 3rd Tuesday of the first April after a town is organized has passed and the
24first town meeting has not been held, 3 qualified electors of the town may call the first

1town meeting any time thereafter by posting notice of the town meeting in at least
23 public places at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting.
AB476, s. 26 3Section 26. 60.30 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB476,19,74 60.30 (4) (b) The regular term of elected town officers, other than the town
5assessor, commences on the 2nd 3rd Tuesday of April in the year of their election.
6The regular term of an elected assessor commences on June 1 in the year of the
7assessor's election.
AB476, s. 27 8Section 27. 66.1113 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
975
, is amended to read:
AB476,19,1810 66.1113 (2) (g) The village of Sister Bay may enact an ordinance or adopt a
11resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area under par. (a) even if less than
1240 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within Sister Bay
13is used by tourism-related retailers. The village may not impose the tax authorized
14under par. (b) unless the village board adopts a resolution proclaiming its intent to
15impose the tax and the resolution is approved by a majority of the electors in the
16village voting on the resolution at a referendum, to be held at the first spring primary
17or election or partisan primary or general election following by at least 45 70 days
18the date of adoption of the resolution.
AB476, s. 28 19Section 28. 66.1113 (2) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2075
, is amended to read:
AB476,20,421 66.1113 (2) (h) The village of Ephraim may enact an ordinance or adopt a
22resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area under par. (a) even if less than
2340 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within Ephraim
24is used by tourism-related retailers. The village may not impose the tax authorized
25under par. (b) unless the village board adopts a resolution proclaiming its intent to

1impose the tax and the resolution is approved by a majority of the electors in the
2village voting on the resolution at a referendum, to be held at the first spring primary
3or election or partisan primary or general election following by at least 45 70 days
4the date of adoption of the resolution.
AB476, s. 29 5Section 29. 66.1333 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB476,20,96 66.1333 (5m) (b) The redevelopment authority shall submit the resolution
7authorizing the issuance of bonds under par. (a) to the common council for review.
8If the common council disapproves the resolution within 45 70 days after its
9submission, no bonds may be issued under the authority of the resolution.
AB476, s. 30 10Section 30. Initial applicability.
AB476,20,1511 (1) The treatment of sections 5.86 (3), 6.97 (4), 7.15 (15), 7.51 (1) and (5) (b),
127.515 (6) (b), 7.52 (1) (a), (5), and (6) (a) and (b), 7.53 (1), (2) (d), and (3) (a), 7.60 (3)
13and (5) (a), and 9.01 (1) (a) 1. and (ag) 1., 1m., and 2. and (b) (intro.) of the statutes
14first applies with respect to canvassing and recounts of elections held on or after the
15effective date of this subsection.
AB476,20,1616 (End)
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