SB275-AA18,9,2320 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
21Milwaukee area technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district
22official, is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a
23written challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or
24school district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
25insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the

1challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
25 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
3petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
4after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
5filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
6agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the
7petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
8agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
9petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
10petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
11the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
125 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
13offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election
14commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
15to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
16findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,
17except in cities over 500,000 population and in the Milwaukee area technical college
18district
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition
19to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original
20or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election
21commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an
22original or amended petition sufficient, in the Milwaukee area technical college
23district, the government accountability board shall file the petition in its office.
SB275-AA18, s. 19 24Section 19. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
2body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
3board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
4the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
5if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
6Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA18, s. 20 7Section 20. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,10,118 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
9article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
10of cities, villages, towns, the Milwaukee area technical college district, town sanitary
11districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA18, s. 21 12Section 21. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,10,1413 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
14Milwaukee area technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA18, s. 22 15Section 22. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,10,1716 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
17Milwaukee area technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA18, s. 23 18Section 23. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,10,2219 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
20Milwaukee area technical college district board
, $17,250 total in the primary and
21election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the
22election.
SB275-AA18, s. 24 23Section 24. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,11,224 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Milwaukee
25area technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of

1500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire
2jurisdiction or district:
SB275-AA18, s. 25 3Section 25. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,11,54 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Milwaukee area technical college district
5board, to the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA18, s. 26 6Section 26. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,11,97 17.02 (2) Milwaukee area technical college district board. Of the
8resignation of a member of the Milwaukee area technical college district board, by
9the secretary of the district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA18, s. 27 10Section 27. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,11,1311 17.17 (2) Milwaukee area technical college district board. In the office of
12member of the Milwaukee area technical college district board, by the secretary of
13the district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA18, s. 28 14Section 28. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA18,11,2415 17.27 (3) Milwaukee area technical college district board. Except as
16provided in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Milwaukee area technical
17college district board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining
18members of the district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor
19is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in
20April and on or before December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the
21unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any
22year after December 1 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be
23filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring
24election.
SB275-AA18, s. 29 25Section 29. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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138.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Milwaukee
2area technical college district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit
3a copy of the order to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA18, s. 30 4Section 30. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,12,105 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A district board shall administer the district and shall be
6composed of 9 members who are residents of the district, including 2 employers, 2
7employees, 3 additional members, a school district administrator, as defined under
8s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a state or local office, as defined in
9s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer" and "employee" for the purpose of
10this subdivision.
SB275-AA18, s. 31 11Section 31. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,12,1612 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Milwaukee area district board shall be
13elected to represent numbered election districts within the Milwaukee area
14technical college district by the electors of each election district at the spring election.
15Each member of the district board shall be an elector of the numbered election
16district within the technical college district for which he or she seeks office.
SB275-AA18, s. 32 17Section 32. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,12,1918 38.08 (1) (b) District Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall
19take office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA18, s. 33 20Section 33. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,13,221 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Milwaukee area technical college
22district shall serve 4-year terms. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from
23the government accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any
24person to fill a temporary vacancy on the district board, the secretary of the
25Milwaukee area technical college district board shall send written notification of the

1name and address of each member and expiration date of each member's term to the
2director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA18, s. 34 3Section 34. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA18, s. 35 4Section 35. 38.08 ((2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA18,13,105 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Milwaukee area technical
6college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
7A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner
8provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that if a vacancy
9occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled
10until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA18,13,13 11(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Milwaukee area technical
12college district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to
13be a member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA18, s. 36 14Section 36. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,14,215 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
16in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
17numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
18government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
19days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
20Milwaukee area technical college district shall apportion and prescribe the
21boundaries of 9 numbered election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal
22in population as possible. Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary
23changes to the existing district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate
24the change. Insofar as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe
25the community of interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description

1of each election district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and
2transmitted by the district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA18,14,103 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Milwaukee area
4technical college district board under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their
5approval by the technical college system board. If the technical college system board
6disapproves the proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised
7districting plan for approval of the technical college system board. Upon approval
8of the election district boundaries within any district, the technical college system
9board shall promulgate the boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch.
10227. The boundaries shall become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA18, s. 37 11Section 37. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,14,1412 38.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Milwaukee
13area technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
14constituted as follows:
SB275-AA18, s. 38 15Section 38. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB275-AA18,15,1416 (1) Initial election of Milwaukee area technical college district boards.
17Notwithstanding section 38.08 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60
18days after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the
19Milwaukee area technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary
20of the district board and the director of the technical college system board an initial
21districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the statutes,
22as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review and determine
23its approval or disapproval of the plan as promptly as possible. If the plan is rejected,
24the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval. Notwithstanding
25section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the technical college system

1board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section 227.24 of the
2statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection
3as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
4safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule
5promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) of the
6statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until a rule
7replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24 (1) (d)
8of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4) to (6)
9of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
10subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
11Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the
12statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this subsection and the
13statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not subject to approval of
14the governor.
SB275-AA18,16,215 (2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
16and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
17Milwaukee area technical college district board who hold office on the effective date
18of this subsection shall cease to hold office on July 1, 2013. At the 2013 spring
19election, 9 members shall be elected to the technical college district board for terms
20commencing on July 1, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes,
21as created by this act, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered
221 and 2 at that election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons elected to
23represent election districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve for terms
24of 2 years, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5 and 6 at that

1election shall serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to represent election
2districts numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms of 4 years.
SB275-AA18,16,63 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10 of the statutes, the appointment
4committee of the Milwaukee area technical college district shall not make any
5appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
6resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA18, s. 39 7Section 39. Effective dates. This act takes effect on August 1, 2012, except
8as follows:
SB275-AA18,16,119 (1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.08
10(1) (a) 1. and 1m., (b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 (1) (intro.) of
11the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2013.".
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