SB294,238 3Section 238. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,106,114 73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of
5administration; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the
6board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the
7government accountability board ethics commission; the department of financial
8institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources;
9the department of public instruction; the department of safety and professional
10services; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner
11of insurance; or the department of transportation.
SB294,239 12Section 239. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,106,2113 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections
14division of the government accountability board commission shall enter into an
15agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration
16list maintained by the government accountability board commission under s. 6.36 (1)
17with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under
18ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable
19the secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections division of the
20government accountability board
commission to verify the accuracy of the
21information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
SB294,240 22Section 240. 108.227 (1) (e) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,106,2423 108.227 (1) (e) 13. A license issued by the government accountability board
24ethics commission under s. 13.63 (1).
SB294,241 25Section 241. 108.227 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,107,8
1108.227 (1) (f) "Licensing department" means the department of
2administration; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the
3board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the
4government accountability board ethics commission; the department of financial
5institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources;
6the department of public instruction; the department of revenue; the department of
7safety and professional services; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the
8department of transportation.
SB294,242 9Section 242. 117.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,107,2010 117.20 (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as
11required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for
12school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum
13held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected
14school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to
15the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections.
16The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the government
17accountability board
elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The
18clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the board
19commission a certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers
20of the results of the referendum in that school district.
SB294,243 21Section 243. 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,108,222 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the
23spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the
24change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form

1prescribed by the government accountability board elections commission under ss.
25.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
SB294,244 3Section 244. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,108,144 121.91 (3) (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The
5school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election
6supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard
7form for referendum ballots prescribed by the government accountability board
8elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall
9be whether the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the
10resolution provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring
11purpose, the ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will
12be used for a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school
13district under sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those
14voting on the question.
SB294,245 15Section 245. 125.05 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,108,1816 125.05 (1) (b) 10. Each question submitted to the electors shall conform to the
17form prescribed by the government accountability board elections commission under
18ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a).
SB294,246 19Section 246. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,109,220 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
21ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or
22defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the
23supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute
24or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is

1a party. Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the attorney general or the
2department of justice of any authority or duty under this chapter.
SB294,247 3Section 247. 165.93 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,109,64 165.93 (4) (a) The department shall certify to the government accountability
5board
elections commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and
6address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).
SB294,248 7Section 248. 198.08 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,109,198 198.08 (10) Election statistics. The clerk of the district shall seasonably
9obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the information of the public, a
10statement showing the total number of votes cast for the office of governor in the last
11preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
12municipality and the government accountability board elections commission shall
13furnish such information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified, to the
14clerk of the district upon request therefor by the clerk of the district. If the total
15number of votes cast in any subdistrict for the office of governor in the last preceding
16election cannot, because of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or
17for any reason, be ascertained from any official record the clerk of the district shall
18fairly estimate such number for the purposes of such statement to be filed in his or
19her office.
SB294,249 20Section 249. 200.09 (11) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,109,2521 200.09 (11) (am) 2. No resolution passed under subd. 1. may authorize election
22of commissioners sooner than 6 months after the date of passage. The metropolitan
23sewerage district
commission shall immediately notify the government
24accountability board
elections commission under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution
25under subd. 1.
SB294,250
1Section 250. 200.09 (11) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,110,72 200.09 (11) (am) 3. If the governing bodies of each city, town, and village
3comprising the district pass a resolution to discontinue election of commissioners,
4each commissioner may hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The
5metropolitan sewerage district commission shall immediately notify the government
6accountability board
elections commission under s. 5.05 upon passage of a resolution
7under this subdivision.
SB294,251 8Section 251. 227.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,110,109 227.03 (6) Orders of the government accountability board elections commission
10under s. 5.06 (6) are not subject to this chapter.
SB294,252 11Section 252. 227.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,110,1312 227.52 (6) Decisions of the chairperson of the government accountability board
13elections commission or the chairperson's designee.
SB294,253 14Section 253. 230.08 (2) (e) 4h. of the statutes is repealed.
SB294,254 15Section 254. 230.08 (2) (eL) of the statutes is created to read:
SB294,110,1716 230.08 (2) (eL) The administrator and assistant administrator of the elections
17commission.
SB294,255 18Section 255. 230.08 (2) (et) of the statutes is created to read:
SB294,110,2019 230.08 (2) (et) The administrator and assistant administrator of the ethics
20commission.
SB294,256 21Section 256. 230.08 (2) (on) of the statutes is repealed.
SB294,257 22Section 257. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,111,823 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e)
24includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed
25outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the

1historical society, and any other managerial position determined by an appointing
2authority. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s. 15.01 (5),
3"board" means the educational communications board, government accountability
4board,
investment board, public defender board and technical college system board
5and "commission" means the employment relations commission and the public
6service commission. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position
7exceeding the number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified
8service.
SB294,258 9Section 258. 234.02 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,111,1410 234.02 (3m) (c) The authority shall, with the advice of the government
11accountability board
ethics commission, adopt and enforce ethics guidelines
12applicable to its paid consultants which are similar to subch. III of ch. 19, except that
13the authority may not require its paid consultants to file financial disclosure
14statements.
SB294,259 15Section 259. 301.03 (20m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,111,2016 301.03 (20m) Transmit to the government accountability board elections
17commission
, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person
18who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state and whose civil rights
19have not been restored, together with his or her residential address and the date on
20which the department expects his or her civil rights to be restored.
SB294,260 21Section 260. 343.11 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,111,2522 343.11 (2m) Within 30 days following surrender of a license under sub. (1), the
23department shall provide notice to the government accountability board elections
24commission
of the person's name and address, the name of the jurisdiction issuing
25the surrendered license, and the date on which the license was surrendered.
SB294,261
1Section 261. 756.04 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,112,32 756.04 (2) (c) 1. A list of registered voters from the government accountability
3board
elections commission.
SB294,262 4Section 262. 758.19 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
SB294,263 5Section 263. 778.135 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,112,12 6778.135 Campaign finance, lobbying, and ethics forfeitures; how
7recovered.
Notwithstanding s. 778.13, whenever any action or proposed action by
8the government accountability board elections commission under s. 5.05 (1) (c) or the
9ethics commission under s. 19.49 (1) (b)
is settled as a result of agreement between
10the parties without approval of the court, the moneys accruing to the state on account
11of such settlement shall be paid to the board commission and deposited with the
12secretary of administration.
SB294,264 13Section 264. 978.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,113,314 978.05 (1) Criminal actions. Except as otherwise provided by law, prosecute
15all criminal actions before any court within his or her prosecutorial unit and have
16sole responsibility for prosecution of all criminal actions arising from violations of
17chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, or subch. III of ch. 19 and from violations of other
18laws arising from or in relation to the official functions of the subject of the
19investigation or any matter that involves elections, ethics, or lobbying regulation
20under chs. 5 to 12, subch. III of ch. 13, or subch. III of ch. 19, that are alleged to be
21committed by a resident of his or her prosecutorial unit, or if alleged to be committed
22by a nonresident of this state, that are alleged to occur in his or her prosecutorial unit
23unless another prosecutor is substituted under s. 5.05 (2m) (i) or s. 19.49 (2) (h) or
24this chapter or by referral of the government accountability board elections
25commission
under s. 5.05 (2m) (c) 15. or 16. or the ethics commission under s. 19.49

1(2) (b) 13. or 14
. For purposes of this subsection, a person other than a natural person
2an individual is a resident of a prosecutorial unit if the person's principal place of
3operation is located in that prosecutorial unit.
SB294,265 4Section 265. 978.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB294,113,225 978.05 (2) Forfeitures. Except as otherwise provided by law, prosecute all
6state forfeiture actions, county traffic actions and actions concerning violations of
7county ordinances which are in conformity with state criminal laws in the courts
8within his or her prosecutorial unit and have joint responsibility, together with the
9government accountability board elections commission and the ethics commission,
10for prosecution of all forfeiture actions arising from violations of chs. 5 to 12, subch.
11III of ch. 13, or subch. III of ch. 19 and from violations of other laws arising from or
12in relation to the official functions of the subject of the investigation or any matter
13that involves elections, ethics, or lobbying regulation under chs. 5 to 12, subch. III
14of ch. 13, or subch. III of ch. 19 that are alleged to be committed by a resident of his
15or her prosecutorial unit, or if alleged to be committed by a nonresident of this state,
16that are alleged to occur within his or her prosecutorial unit unless another
17prosecutor is substituted under s. 5.05 (2m) (h) or s. 19.49 (2) (g) or this chapter or
18by referral of the government accountability board elections commission under s.
195.05 (2m) (c) 15. or 16. or the ethics commission under s. 19.49 (2) (b) 13. or 14. For
20purposes of this subsection, a person other than a natural person an individual is a
21resident of a prosecutorial unit if the person's principal place of operation is located
22in that prosecutorial unit.
SB294,266 23Section 266 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB294,114,524 (1) Audit report recommendations. The elections commission and ethics
25commission, and their employees, shall, to the extent practicable within their

1respective responsibilities, implement the recommendations contained in the
2legislative audit bureau's Report 14-14 and Report 15-13 regarding the past
3performance of the government accountability board. The elections commission and
4ethics commission shall report their progress implementing those recommendations
5to the legislature no later than December 31, 2016.
SB294,114,96 (2) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this subsection, all assets
7and liabilities of the government accountability board are transferred to the elections
8commission and the ethics commission. The secretary of administration shall
9determine which assets and which liabilities are transferred to each commission.
SB294,114,1010 (3) Positions and employees.
SB294,114,1411 (a) On the effective date of this paragraph, all full-time equivalent positions
12of the government accountability board are transferred to the elections commission
13and the commission. The secretary of administration shall determine which
14full-time equivalent positions are transferred to each commission.
SB294,114,2015 (b) All incumbent employees holding positions at the government
16accountability board on the effective date of this paragraph, except the incumbent
17employee holding the position of director and general counsel, are transferred on the
18effective date of this paragraph to the elections commission or the ethics commission.
19The secretary of administration shall determine which incumbent employees are
20transferred to each commission.
SB294,115,221 (c) Employees transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same
22status under subch. V of chapter 111 of the statutes at the elections commission or
23the ethics commission that they enjoyed at the government accountability board
24immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes,

1no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required
2to serve a probationary period.
SB294,115,73 (4) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this subsection, all
4tangible personal property, including records, of the government accountability
5board is transferred to the elections commission and the ethics commission. The
6secretary of administration shall determine which property is transferred to each
7commission.
SB294,115,148 (5) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the government accountability
9board that are in effect on the effective date of this subsection shall remain in effect
10and are transferred to the elections commission and the ethics commission. The
11secretary of administration shall determine which contracts are transferred to each
12commission. The elections commission and the ethics commission shall carry out all
13contractual obligations under each contract until the contract is modified or
14rescinded by that commission to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB294,115,2115 (6) Rules, orders, and formal opinions. All rules promulgated and all formal
16opinions and orders issued by the government accountability board that are in effect
17on the effective date of this subsection are transferred to the elections commission
18and the ethics commission and shall remain in effect until the commission to which
19they are transferred amends or repeals a rule or order or changes or withdraws a
20formal opinion. The secretary of administration shall determine which rules, orders,
21and formal opinions are transferred to each commission.
SB294,116,322 (7) Pending matters. All matters pending with the government accountability
23board on the effective date of this subsection are transferred to the elections
24commission and the ethics commission, and all materials submitted to or actions
25taken by the government accountability board with respect to any pending matter

1are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the elections commission or
2the ethics commission. The secretary of administration shall determine which
3pending matters are transferred to each commission.
SB294,116,44 (8) T ransitions; initial terms.
SB294,116,85 (a) Notwithstanding section 15.60, 2013 stats., and section 15.07 (1) (cm), 2013
6stats., the terms of office of all members of the government accountability board
7holding office on the effective date of this paragraph shall expire on the effective date
8of this paragraph.
SB294,116,119 (b) On the effective date of this paragraph, all members of the elections
10commission and the ethics commission who are appointed and qualify for office shall
11take office.
SB294,116,1512 (c) Notwithstanding section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes and section 15.61 of the
13statutes, as created by this act, one half of the members of the elections commission
14who are appointed as initial members of the commission shall serve for terms
15expiring on May 1, 2019.
SB294,116,1916 (d) Notwithstanding section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes and section 15.62 of the
17statutes, as created by this act, one half of the members of the ethics commission who
18are appointed as initial members of the commission shall serve for terms expiring on
19May 1, 2019.
SB294,116,2520 (e) The governor, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate,
21speaker of the assembly, and minority leader of the assembly, may make
22appointments and nominations to serve on the elections commission and the ethics
23commission and the senate may act upon nominations to serve on the ethics
24commission before the term of office of the appointees begin. The initial appointees
25may serve prior to senate confirmation.
SB294,117,8
1(9) Implementation plan. The secretary of administration shall adopt an
2implementation plan that incorporates his or her determinations under this Section
3266 of this act prior to the first day of the 6th month beginning after the date of
4publication of this act. The individual who is serving as executive director of the
5government accountability board on the date of publication of this act shall work in
6concert with the secretary of administration and members appointed to the elections
7commission and the ethics commission to ensure a smooth transition and shall
8participate in formulating the implementation plan.
SB294,118,129 (10) Terminology change. In the following, as affected by the acts of 2015,
10substitute "commission" for "board," sections 5.05 (2m) (c) 9., 10., 11., 15., 16., 17., and
1118., (d) 2., (e), and (f) (intro.), 1., and 2., (4), (5f), (5s) (a), (c), (e) (intro.), 1., and 2., (f)
121., (7), (12), (13) (a), (b), (c), and (d) (intro.), (14), and (15), 5.06 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7),
13(8), and (9), 5.061 (1), (2), (3), and (4), 5.25 (4), 5.35 (6) (a) 2m., 4a., 4b., and 5. and
14(b), 5.40 (5m), 5.51 (6) and (8), 5.58 (1b) (bm) and (cm), 5.60 (3) (ag), (5) (ar), (6) (a),
15and (8) (am), 5.62 (1) (a) and (b) 1., (2) (a), (3), and (4) (ar), 5.64 (1) (ag), (b), and (es)
16and (2) (am) and (c), 5.655 (3), 5.72 (1), (2), and (3), 5.83, 5.87 (2), 5.905 (2), (3), and
17(4), 5.91 (intro.), 5.95, 6.06, 6.22 (4) (d) and (6), 6.24 (3), (4) (d), (5), and (6), 6.276 (2)
18and (3), 6.29 (2) (am), 6.30 (4), 6.33 (1) and (5) (b), 6.36 (1) (a), (bn), (d), (e), and (f) and
19(6), 6.47 (1) (ag), (am) 2., and (dm), (2), and (3), 6.50 (1) (intro.), (2), and (2r) (intro.),
20(b), and (h), 6.55 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) and (cs) and (3) (b), 6.56 (3m), (4), and (7), 6.57, 6.79
21(1m), 6.86 (2) (a), (2m) (a), and (3) (a) 1., 6.869, 6.87 (3) (d), 6.875 (5), 6.92 (1), 6.925,
227.08 (1) (b), (c), and (d), (2) (a) and (d), (3) (intro.) and (a), and (6), 7.10 (1) (a), (2), (3)
23(a), (4), (7), (8), (9), and (10), 7.15 (1) (e), (1m), (8), (9), (10), and (13), 7.30 (2) (c), (4)
24(e), and (6) (b), 7.31 (1), (2), (4), and (5), 7.315 (1) (a), (2), and (3), 7.38 (5), 7.70 (1) (a)
25and (b), (3) (a), (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h), and (5) (b), 8.07, 8.12 (1) (a), (b), (c), and (d),

1(2), and (3), 8.15 (8) (a), 8.16 (2) (b) and (7), 8.17 (12), 8.18 (2), 8.185 (2) and (3), 8.19
2(1) and (3), 8.40 (3), 8.50 (1) (b) and (d), 9.01 (1) (ar) 2., 10.01 (1) and (2) (intro.), 10.02
3(1), (2) (c), and (3) (intro.), 10.06 (1) (a), (c), (e), (f), (h), and (i) and (2) (a), (b), (e), (h),
4and (k), 11.02 (1), (2), (4), and (5), 11.05 (3) (e) and (3m), 11.055 (1), 11.06 (1) (intro.),
5(3) (b) (intro.), (3m) (c), (3r) (c), and (9), 11.08, 11.12 (5), 11.16 (3) and (5), 11.20 (1),
611.21 (1), (2), (12), (13), and (16), 11.22 (intro.), (1), and (4), 11.23 (6), 11.30 (3) (b),
711.38 (1) (a) 2., 11.60 (5), 11.66, 12.13 (5) (b) (intro.) and 3., 13.62 (4m), 13.621 (5),
813.63 (1) (am) and (b), 13.64 (1) (intro.), (2), (2m), and (3), 13.65, 13.67 (1) and (2),
913.68 (1) (intro.) and (c) (intro.), (4), and (6), 13.69 (1) and (2), 13.695 (1) (intro.) and
10(2), 13.74 (1) and (2), 13.75 (intro.), 19.41 (2), 19.43 (1), (2), (3), (7), and (8), 19.44 (1)
11(intro.), 19.45 (6) and (11) (a), 19.48 (4) (a), (b), and (c), (5), (6), and (10), 19.55 (2)
12(intro.), 19.56 (2) (b) 4., 19.57, 19.575, 19.579 (1), and 19.59 (6) of the statutes.
SB294,267 13Section 267. Fiscal changes.
SB294,118,1714 (1) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
1520.511 (1) (i), 2013 stats., immediately before the effective date of this subsection, is
16transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes,
17as created by this act.
SB294,118,2118 (2) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
1920.511 (1) (im) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the
20appropriation account under section 20.521 (1) (g) of the statutes, as created by this
21act.
SB294,268 22Section 268. Effective dates. This act takes effect on June 30, 2016, except
23as follows:
SB294,118,2424 (1) Section 266 (8 ) (e) and (9) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
SB294,118,2525 (End)
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