Date of enactment: December 16, 2015
2015 Assembly Bill 388   Date of publication*: December 17, 2015

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 118

(Vetoed in Part)

An Act to repeal 5.05 (1m), 5.05 (2m) (c) 3., 5.05 (2m) (c) 8., 5.05 (2m) (g), 5.05 (2s), 5.05 (5s) (f) 1., 5.05 (5s) (f) 2. a., 5.05 (5s) (f) 2. b., 5.052, 5.054, 5.09, 5.68 (3m), 13.62 (4), 15.07 (1) (a) 2., 15.07 (2) (b), 15.07 (5) (m), 15.60 (title), 15.60 (2), 15.60 (3), 15.60 (5), 15.60 (7), 15.603 (title), 15.603 (1) (title), 15.603 (2) (title), 15.607, 19.42 (3), 20.511 (intro.) and (1) (title), 20.923 (4) (f) 3j., 230.08 (2) (e) 4h., 230.08 (2) (on) and 758.19 (9); to renumber 5.05 (2m) (c) 2. b., 15.60 (6), 20.511 (1) (bm), 20.511 (1) (c), 20.511 (1) (d), 20.511 (1) (im), 20.511 (1) (t) and 20.511 (1) (x); to renumber and amend 5.02 (1s), 5.05 (2), 5.05 (5s) (f) 2. c., 5.05 (6a), 12.01, 15.06 (2), 15.60 (1), 15.60 (4), 15.60 (8), 15.603 (1), 15.603 (2), 19.47, 19.851, 20.511 (1) (a), 20.511 (1) (be), 20.511 (1) (g), 20.511 (1) (h), 20.511 (1) (i), 20.511 (1) (j), 20.511 (1) (jm) and 20.511 (1) (m); to amend 5.01 (4) (a), 5.05 (title), 5.05 (1) (intro.), 5.05 (1) (b), 5.05 (1) (c), 5.05 (1) (d), 5.05 (1) (e), 5.05 (1) (f), 5.05 (1e), 5.05 (2m) (a), 5.05 (2m) (c) 2. a., 5.05 (2m) (c) 4., 5.05 (2m) (c) 5. (intro.), 5.05 (2m) (c) 6. a., 5.05 (2m) (c) 6. b., 5.05 (2m) (c) 12., 5.05 (2m) (c) 13., 5.05 (2m) (c) 14., 5.05 (2m) (d) 1., 5.05 (2m) (h), 5.05 (2m) (i), 5.05 (2w), 5.05 (3g), 5.05 (5e), 5.05 (5s) (intro.), 5.05 (5s) (b), 5.05 (5s) (bm), 5.05 (5s) (d), 5.05 (9), 5.05 (10), 5.05 (11), 5.055, 5.056, 5.07, 5.08, 5.40 (7), 5.58 (2), 5.58 (2m), 5.60 (1) (b), 5.62 (4) (b), 5.93, 6.26 (3), 6.275 (1) (f), 6.275 (2), 6.33 (5) (a), 6.36 (1) (b) 1. a., 6.36 (1) (bm), 6.36 (2) (a), 6.50 (2g), 6.50 (7), 6.56 (3), 6.95, 6.96, 6.97 (1), 7.03 (1) (a), 7.03 (1) (b), 7.03 (2), 7.08 (title), 7.08 (1) (a), 7.08 (4), 7.15 (1) (g), 7.41 (5), 7.52 (1) (a), 7.60 (4) (a), 7.60 (5), 7.70 (3) (b), 7.70 (3) (i), 7.70 (5) (a), 8.05 (1) (j) 3., 8.10 (5), 8.10 (6) (a), 8.15 (4) (b), 8.17 (9) (a), 8.20 (6), 8.20 (7), 8.30 (2m), 8.50 (1) (a), 8.50 (3) (a), 8.50 (3) (e), 9.01 (1) (a) 1., 9.01 (1) (a) 4., 9.01 (1) (ag) 4., 9.01 (1) (ar) 3., 9.01 (5) (a), 9.01 (5) (bm), 9.01 (5) (c), 9.01 (6) (a), 9.01 (7) (a), 9.01 (8) (a), 9.01 (8) (c), 9.01 (8) (d), 9.01 (10), 10.06 (1) (title), 11.09, 11.21 (title), 11.21 (7) (intro.), 11.30 (2) (fm), 11.60 (4), 11.61 (2), 12.13 (5) (a), 13.123 (3) (b) 2., 13.23, 13.63 (1) (a), 13.685, 14.38 (10m), 15.01 (2), 15.04 (1) (d), 15.06 (5), 15.06 (6), 15.07 (1) (cm), 15.07 (4), 16.753 (2), 16.79 (2), 16.96 (3) (b), 16.973 (6), 17.17 (1), 17.17 (4), 19.43 (4), 19.43 (5), 19.46 (1) (intro.), 19.48 (intro.), 19.48 (1), 19.48 (2), 19.48 (3), 19.48 (7), 19.48 (9), 19.55 (1), 19.55 (2) (c), 19.59 (1) (g) 8., 19.85 (1) (h), 19.851 (title), 20.505 (1) (d), 20.930, 20.9305 (2) (e) (intro.), 38.16 (3) (br) 3., 45.44 (1) (b), 49.165 (4) (a), 59.605 (3) (a) 3., 67.05 (3) (b), 67.05 (6), 73.0301 (1) (d) 13., 73.0301 (1) (e), 85.61 (1), 108.227 (1) (e) 13., 108.227 (1) (f), 117.20 (2), 117.27 (2) (b) (intro.), 121.91 (3) (c), 125.05 (1) (b) 10., 165.25 (1), 165.93 (4) (a), 198.08 (10), 200.09 (11) (am) 2., 200.09 (11) (am) 3., 227.03 (6), 227.52 (6), 230.08 (4) (a), 234.02 (3m) (c), 301.03 (20m), 343.11 (2m), 756.04 (2) (c) 1., 778.135, 978.05 (1) and 978.05 (2); and to create 5.05 (2m) (k), 5.05 (2q), 5.05 (3d), 5.05 (5s) (am), 5.05 (5t), 5.05 (6a) (a) 3., 5.05 (6a) (b) 2., 5.05 (6a) (b) 3., 5.05 (6a) (c) 1., 5.05 (6a) (c) 4., 5.05 (16), 5.05 (17), 11.01 (4m), 12.01 (2), 13.62 (5m), 15.06 (1) (d), 15.06 (1) (e), 15.06 (2) (b), 15.06 (3) (a) 5., 15.06 (3) (a) 6., 15.06 (10), 15.61 (title), 15.61 (1) (a) 1. to 6., 15.61 (1) (b) 2., 15.61 (1m), 15.61 (5), 15.62, 19.42 (4p), 19.42 (10) (a), 19.46 (2), 19.47 (title), 19.47 (1), (2) and (4) to (10), 19.49, 19.50, 19.55 (3), 19.55 (4), 19.552, 19.554, 19.58 (4), 20.510 (intro.) and (1) (title), 20.510 (1) (br), 20.521 (intro.) and (1), 230.08 (2) (eL) and 230.08 (2) (et) of the statutes; relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations.

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

118,1 Section 1. 5.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

5.01 (4) (a) If 2 or more candidates for the same office receive the greatest, but an equal number of votes, the winner shall be chosen by lot in the presence of the board of canvassers charged with the responsibility to determine the election, or in the case of an election for state or national office or metropolitan sewerage commissioner, if the commissioner is elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), in the presence of the chairperson of the board elections commission or the chairperson's designee.

118,2 Section 2. 5.02 (1s) of the statutes is renumbered 5.025 and amended to read:

5.025 Elections commission; definition. "Board In chs. 5 to 10 and 12, "commission" means the government accountability board elections commission.

118,3 Section 3. 5.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

5.05 (title) Government accountability board Elections commission; powers and duties.

118,4 Section 4. 5.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

5.05 (1) General authority. (intro.) The government accountability board elections commission shall have the responsibility for the administration of chs. 5 to 12, 10 and 12 and other laws relating to elections and election campaigns, subch. III of ch. 13, and subch. III of ch. 19, other than laws relating to campaign financing. Pursuant to such responsibility, the board commission may:

118,5 Section 5. 5.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: