SB275-AA39,5,2524 8.15 (5) (a) Each Except as provided in par. (am), each nomination paper shall
25have substantially the following words printed at the top:
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1I, the undersigned, request that the name of (insert candidate's last name plus
2first name, nickname or initial, and middle name, former legal surname, nickname
3or middle initial or initials if desired, but no other abbreviations or titles) residing
4at (insert candidate's street address) be placed on the ballot at the (general or special)
5election to be held on (date of election) as a candidate representing the (name of
6party) so that voters will have the opportunity to vote for (him or her) for the office
7of (name of office). I am eligible to vote in (name of jurisdiction or district in which
8candidate seeks office). I have not signed the nomination paper of any other
9candidate for the same office at this election.
SB275-AA39, s. 10g 10Section 10g. 8.15 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,6,1311 8.15 (5) (am) For the office of member of the Mid-State technical college district
12board, the nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply except that
13reference to the general election shall be inserted.
SB275-AA39, s. 10m 14Section 10m. 8.15 (6) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,6,1615 8.15 (6) (ds) For the office of member of the Mid-State technical college district
16board from any election district, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
SB275-AA39, s. 11 17Section 11. 9.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,6,2318 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, or
19town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial, Mid-State technical college, town
20sanitary, or school district, or of any prosecutorial unit may petition for the recall of
21any incumbent elective official by filing a petition with the same official or agency
22with whom nomination papers or declarations of candidacy for the office are filed
23demanding the recall of the officeholder.
SB275-AA39, s. 12 24Section 12. 9.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, Mid-State technical college
2district,
town sanitary district, or school district office shall contain a statement of
3a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of the official for
4whom removal is sought.
SB275-AA39, s. 13 5Section 13. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,7,186 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
7the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
8filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
9registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
10name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
11of a city, village, town, Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district, or
12school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the
13official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner may
14circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration. The
15last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5 p.m.
16on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has been
17offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be counted
18unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this paragraph.
SB275-AA39, s. 14 19Section 14. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,7,2320 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
21than city, village, town, Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district,
22and school district officials. City, village, town, Mid-State technical college district,
23town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under sub. (4).
SB275-AA39, s. 15 24Section 15. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Mid-State
2technical college district, and school district offices.
SB275-AA39, s. 16 3Section 16. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,9,74 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
5Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district official,
6is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a written
7challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or school
8district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
9insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the
10challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
115 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
12petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
13after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
14filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
15agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the
16petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
17agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
18petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
19petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
20the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
215 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
22offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election
23commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
24to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
25findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,

1except in cities over 500,000 population and in the Mid-State technical college
2district
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the petition
3to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an original
4or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board of election
5commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon finding an
6original or amended petition sufficient, in the Mid-State technical college district,
7the government accountability board shall file the petition in its office.
SB275-AA39, s. 17 8Section 17. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,9,149 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
10body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
11board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
12the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
13if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
14Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA39, s. 18 15Section 18. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,9,1916 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
17article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
18of cities, villages, towns, the Mid-State technical college district, town sanitary
19districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA39, s. 19 20Section 19. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,9,2221 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
22Mid-State technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA39, s. 20 23Section 20. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,9,2524 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
25Mid-State technical college district board
, $500.
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1Section 21. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,10,42 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
3Mid-State technical college district board, $17,250 total in the primary and election,
4with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.
SB275-AA39, s. 22 5Section 22. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,10,96 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Mid-State
7technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000
8or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction
9or district:
SB275-AA39, s. 23 10Section 23. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,10,1211 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Mid-State technical college district board, to
12the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA39, s. 24 13Section 24. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,10,1614 17.02 (2) Mid-State technical college district board. Of the resignation of
15a member of the Mid-State technical college district board, by the secretary of the
16district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA39, s. 25 17Section 25. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,10,2018 17.17 (2) Mid-State technical college district board. In the office of member
19of the Mid-State technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board
20to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA39, s. 26 21Section 26. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA39,11,622 17.27 (3) Mid-State technical college district board. Except as provided in
23s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Mid-State technical college district
24board may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the
25district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and

1qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the Tuesday after the first Monday
2in November, and on or before April 15, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of
3the unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding general election. If the vacancy occurs
4in any year after April 15 or on or before the Tuesday after the first Monday in
5November, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any,
6at the 2nd succeeding general election.
SB275-AA39, s. 28 7Section 28. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,11,108 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Mid-State
9district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy of the order to
10the government accountability board.
SB275-AA39, s. 28m 11Section 28m. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,11,1712 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 1m, a district board shall
13administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the
14district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district
15administrator, as defined under s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a
16state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer"
17and "employee" for the purpose of this subdivision.
SB275-AA39, s. 29 18Section 29. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,11,2319 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Mid-State district board shall be elected
20to represent numbered election districts within the Mid-State technical college
21district by the electors of each election district on a nonpartisan ballot at the general
22election. Each member of the district board shall be an elector of the numbered
23election district within the technical college district for which he or she seeks office.
SB275-AA39, s. 30 24Section 30. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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138.08 (1) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall take
2office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA39, s. 31 3Section 31. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,12,114 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Mid-State district shall serve
54-year terms and shall take office on the first Monday in January following their
6election. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from the government
7accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any person to fill a
8temporary vacancy on the Mid-State district board, the secretary of the district
9board shall send written notification of the name and address of each member and
10expiration date of each member's term to the director of the technical college system
11board.
SB275-AA39, s. 31e 12Section 31e. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA39, s. 31j 13Section 31j. 38.08 (2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA39,12,1914 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Mid-State technical
15college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
16A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner
17provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that if a vacancy
18occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled
19until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA39,12,22 20(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Mid-State technical college
21district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to be a
22member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA39, s. 33 23Section 33. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA39,13,1124 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
25in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and

1numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
2government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
3days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
4Mid-State district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 9 numbered
5election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population as possible.
6Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to the existing
7district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change. Insofar as
8possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the community of
9interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of each election
10district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and transmitted by the
11district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA39,13,1912 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Mid-State district board
13under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their approval by the technical college
14system board. If the technical college system board disapproves the proposed
15boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised districting plan for approval of
16the technical college system board. Upon approval of the election district boundaries
17within any district, the technical college system board shall promulgate the
18boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch. 227. The boundaries shall
19become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA39, s. 34m 20Section 34m. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA39,13,2321 38.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Mid-State
22technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
23constituted as follows:
SB275-AA39, s. 35 24Section 35. Nonstatutory provisions.
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1(1) Initial election of Mid-State technical college district board.
2Notwithstanding section 29, of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60 days
3after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the
4Mid-State technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary of the
5technical college district board and the director of the technical college system board
6an initial districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the
7statutes, as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review and
8determine its approval or disapproval of each plan as promptly as possible. If the
9plan is rejected, the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval.
10Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the technical
11college system board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section
12227.24 of the statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under
13this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
14peace, health, safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
15for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c)
16of the statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until
17a rule replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24
18(1) (d) of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4)
19to (6) of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
20subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
21Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the
22statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this subsection and the
23statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not subject to approval of
24the governor.
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1(2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
2and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
3Mid-State technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of this
4subsection shall cease to hold office on January 7, 2013. At the 2012 general election,
59 members shall be elected to the technical college district board for terms
6commencing on January 7, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the
7statutes, as created by this act, the persons elected to represent election districts
8numbered 1 and 2 at that election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons
9elected to represent election districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve
10for terms of 2 years, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5
11and 6 at that election shall serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to
12represent election districts numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms
13of 4 years.
SB275-AA39,15,1714 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10, of the statutes, the appointment
15committee of the Mid-State technical college district shall not make any
16appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
17resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA39, s. 36 18Section 36. Effective dates. This act takes effect on April 15, 2012, except
19as follows:
SB275-AA39,15,2220 (1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.08
21(1) (a) 1. and 1m., (b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 (1) (intro.) of
22the statutes takes effect on January 7, 2013.".
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