SB753: Bill Text

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

2015 Senate BILL 753

February 17, 2016 - Introduced by Senator Carpenter, cosponsored by Representative Zamarripa. Referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government.

SB753,1,2 An Act to create 8.21 (2) (br) of the statutes; relating to: eligibility of a candidate for elective office.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits an individual from being a candidate on the same ballot for two or more offices simultaneously.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB753,1 Section 1. 8.21 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

SB753,1,5 8.21 (2) (br) That the signer is not a candidate on the same ballot for any elective national, state, or local office other than the office named under par. (a).

SB753,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

SB753,1,8 (1) This act first applies to a declaration of candidacy filed on the effective date of this subsection.

SB753,1,9 (End)