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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 18,
TO 2011 SENATE BILL 275
March 15, 2012 - Offered by Representative Hulsey.
SB275-AA18,1,21 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by senate substitute
2amendment 2, as follows:
SB275-AA18,1,7 31. Page 1, line 5: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with
4page 6, line 20, including the material inserted by senate amendment 1, and
5substitute "the Milwaukee area technical college district board, providing an
6exemption from and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and
7granting rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB275-AA18, s. 1 8Section 1. 5.02 (3), (5) and (23) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA18,1,119 5.02 (3) "Educational officer" means the state superintendent, a member of the
10Milwaukee area technical college district board,
and a school board members
11member.
SB275-AA18,2,6
1(5) "General election" means the election held in even-numbered years on the
2Tuesday after the first Monday in November to elect United States senators,
3representatives in congress, presidential electors, state senators, representatives to
4the assembly, district attorneys, state officers other than the state superintendent,
5members of the Milwaukee area technical college district boards,
and judicial
6officers, and county officers other than supervisors and county executives.
SB275-AA18,2,11 7(23) "State office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
8of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, justice of the
9supreme court, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, state senator, state
10representative to the assembly and, district attorney, and member of the Milwaukee
11area technical college district board
.
SB275-AA18, s. 2 12Section 2. 5.58 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,2,1813 5.58 (2s) Milwaukee area technical college district board. In those years
14when a primary is scheduled, there shall be a separate ballot for member of the
15Milwaukee area technical college district board. Arrangement of the names on the
16ballot shall be determined by the government accountability board under s. 5.60 (1)
17(b). The ballot shall be titled "Official Primary Ballot for Milwaukee Area Technical
18College District Board."
SB275-AA18, s. 3 19Section 3. 5.58 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 62, is
20amended to read:
SB275-AA18,3,1421 5.58 (3) Names on spring ballot. Only 2 candidates for state superintendent,
22for any judicial office, for any elected seat on a metropolitan sewerage commission
23or town sanitary district commission, for member of the Milwaukee area technical
24college district board from any election district,
in counties having a population of
25750,000 or more, only 2 candidates for the office of comptroller, in counties having

1a population of 500,000 or more only 2 candidates for member of the board of
2supervisors within each district, in counties having a population of less than 500,000
3only 2 candidates for each member of the county board of supervisors from each
4district or numbered seat or only 4 candidates for each 2 members of the county board
5of supervisors from each district whenever 2 supervisors are elected to unnumbered
6seats from the same district, in 1st class cities only 2 candidates for any at-large seat
7and only 2 candidates from any election district to be elected to the board of school
8directors, in school districts electing school board members to numbered seats, or
9pursuant to an apportionment plan or district representation plan, only 2 school
10board candidates for each numbered seat or within each district, and twice as many
11candidates as are to be elected members of other school boards or other elective
12officers receiving the highest number of votes at the primary shall be nominees for
13the office at the spring election. Only their names shall appear on the official spring
14ballot.
SB275-AA18, s. 4 15Section 4. 5.60 (1) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 62,
16is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,3,1817 5.60 (1) (title) State superintendent Nonpartisan state officers; judiciary;
18county executive; county comptroller; and county
supervisors supervisor.
SB275-AA18, s. 5 19Section 5. 5.60 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,3,2420 5.60 (1) (am) In those years when an election is scheduled, there shall be a
21separate ballot for each member of the Milwaukee area technical college district
22board. The government accountability board shall determine the official ballot
23arrangement for technical college district board candidates by using the same
24method as that used under par. (b).
SB275-AA18, s. 6 25Section 6. 5.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,4,11
15.60 (1) (b) The board shall certify the candidates' names and designate the
2official ballot arrangement for candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of
3appeals judge, circuit judge, member of the Milwaukee area technical college district
4board,
and, if commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), the metropolitan
5sewerage commission. The arrangement of names of all candidates on the ballot
6whose nomination papers are filed with the board shall be determined by the board
7by the drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if
8the first Tuesday is a holiday. Whenever a primary is held for an office, a 2nd drawing
9of all candidates for that office shall be held by or under the supervision of the board
10not later than the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass to
11determine the arrangement of candidates on the election ballot.
SB275-AA18, s. 7 12Section 7. 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,5,813 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
14showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
15officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
16court of appeals judge; circuit judges; members of the Milwaukee area technical
17college district board;
district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage commissioners,
18if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a municipal judge
19elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located partially within the
20county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers in another county,
21the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement showing the numbers
22of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal to the other county. For
23partisan candidates, the statements shall include the political party or principle
24designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate. The board of canvassers shall
25also prepare a statement showing the results of any county, technical college district,

1or statewide referendum. Each statement shall state the total number of votes cast
2in the county for each office; the names of all persons for whom the votes were cast,
3as returned; the number of votes cast for each person; and the number of votes cast
4for and against any question submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers
5shall use one copy of each duplicate statement to report to the government
6accountability board, technical college district board, or board of canvassers of any
7other county and shall file the other statement in the office of the county clerk or
8board of election commissioners.
SB275-AA18, s. 8 9Section 8. 7.60 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Acts 75
10and 115 is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,6,411 7.60 (5) (a) Immediately following the canvass, the county clerk shall deliver
12or transmit to the government accountability board a certified copy of each statement
13of the county board of canvassers for president and vice president, state officials,
14senators and representatives in congress, state legislators, justice, court of appeals
15judge, circuit judge, members of the Milwaukee area technical college district board,
16district attorney, and metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners
17are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). The statement shall record the returns for each
18office or referendum by ward, unless combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15
19(6) (b) in which case the statement shall record the returns for each group of
20combined wards. Following primaries the county clerk shall enclose on forms
21prescribed by the government accountability board the names, party or principle
22designation, if any, and number of votes received by each candidate recorded in the
23same manner. The county clerk shall deliver or transmit the certified statement to
24the government accountability board no later than 9 days after each primary except
25the partisan primary, no later than 10 days after the partisan primary and any other

1election except the general election, and no later than 14 days after the general
2election. The board of canvassers shall deliver or transmit a certified copy of each
3statement for any technical college district referendum to the secretary of the
4technical college district board.
SB275-AA18, s. 9 5Section 9. 7.70 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,6,176 7.70 (3) (d) When the certified statements and returns are received, the
7chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee shall proceed to examine and
8make a statement of the total number of votes cast at any election for the offices
9involved in the election for president and vice president; a statement for each of the
10offices of governor, lieutenant governor, if a primary, and a joint statement for the
11offices of governor and lieutenant governor, if a general election; a statement for each
12of the offices of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and state
13superintendent; for U.S. senator; representative in congress for each congressional
14district; the state legislature; justice; court of appeals judge; circuit judge;
15Milwaukee area technical college district board member; district attorney;
16metropolitan sewerage commission, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09
17(11) (am); and for any referenda questions submitted by the legislature.
SB275-AA18, s. 10 18Section 10. 7.70 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,6,2319 7.70 (6) Milwaukee area technical college district board members;
20determinations.
The government accountability board shall transmit to the
21secretary of the technical college district board a copy of the certified determination
22of the chairperson of the government accountability board or his or her designee for
23the election of each member of the Milwaukee area technical college district board.
SB275-AA18, s. 11 24Section 11. 8.10 (3) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,7,2
18.10 (3) (ae) For the office of member of the Milwaukee area technical college
2district board from any election district, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
SB275-AA18, s. 12 3Section 12. 8.11 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA18,7,74 8.11 (6) Milwaukee area technical college district board members. A
5primary shall be held in an election for any seat on the Milwaukee area technical
6college district board whenever there are more than 2 candidates in any election
7district.
SB275-AA18, s. 13 8Section 13. 9.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,7,149 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, or
10town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial, town sanitary, or school district, of
11the Milwaukee area technical college district,
or of any prosecutorial unit may
12petition for the recall of any incumbent elective official by filing a petition with the
13same official or agency with whom nomination papers or declarations of candidacy
14for the office are filed demanding the recall of the officeholder.
SB275-AA18, s. 14 15Section 14. 9.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,7,1916 9.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, Milwaukee area technical
17college district,
town sanitary district, or school district office shall contain a
18statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of
19the official for whom removal is sought.
SB275-AA18, s. 15 20Section 15. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,8,921 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
22the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
23filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
24registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
25name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall

1of a city, village, town, Milwaukee area technical college district, town sanitary
2district, or school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related
3to the official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner
4may circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration.
5The last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5
6p.m. on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has
7been offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be
8counted unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this
9paragraph.
SB275-AA18, s. 16 10Section 16. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,8,1511 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
12than city, village, town, Milwaukee area technical college district, town sanitary
13district, and school district officials. City, village, town, Milwaukee area technical
14college district,
town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under
15sub. (4).
SB275-AA18, s. 17 16Section 17. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA18,8,1817 9.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Milwaukee area
18technical college district,
and school district offices.
SB275-AA18, s. 18 19Section 18. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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:
SB275-AA18,10,6
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:
SB275-AA18,12,3
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.
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