SB275-AA45,6,1513 8.15 (5) (am) For the office of member of the Waukesha County technical college
14district board, the nomination paper format under s. 8.10 (2) (b) shall apply except
15that reference to the general election shall be inserted.
SB275-AA45, s. 10m 16Section 10m. 8.15 (6) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,6,1817 8.15 (6) (ds) For the office of member of the Waukesha County technical college
18district board from any election district, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
SB275-AA45, s. 11 19Section 11. 9.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,6,2520 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, or
21town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial, Waukesha County technical college,
22town sanitary, or school district, or of any prosecutorial unit may petition for the
23recall of any incumbent elective official by filing a petition with the same official or
24agency with whom nomination papers or declarations of candidacy for the office are
25filed demanding the recall of the officeholder.
SB275-AA45, s. 12
1Section 12. 9.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,7,52 9.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, Waukesha County technical
3college district,
town sanitary district, or school district office shall contain a
4statement of a reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of
5the official for whom removal is sought.
SB275-AA45, s. 13 6Section 13. 9.10 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,7,207 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
8the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
9filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
10registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
11name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
12of a city, village, town, Waukesha County technical college district, town sanitary
13district, or school district officer, a statement of a reason for the recall which is related
14to the official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought. No petitioner
15may circulate a petition for the recall of an officer prior to completing registration.
16The last date that a petition for the recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5
17p.m. on the 60th day commencing after registration. After the recall petition has
18been offered for filing, no name may be added or removed. No signature may be
19counted unless the date of the signature is within the period provided in this
20paragraph.
SB275-AA45, s. 14 21Section 14. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,8,222 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
23than city, village, town, Waukesha County technical college district, town sanitary
24district, and school district officials. City, village, town, Waukesha County technical

1college district,
town sanitary district, and school district officials are recalled under
2sub. (4).
SB275-AA45, s. 15 3Section 15. 9.10 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,8,54 9.10 (4) (title) City, village, town, town sanitary district, Waukesha County
5technical college district, and school district offices.
SB275-AA45, s. 16 6Section 16. 9.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,9,117 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
8Waukesha County technical college district, town sanitary district, or school district
9official, is offered for filing, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a
10written challenge with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or
11school district clerk
official or agency with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged
12insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the
13challenge with the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency within
145 days after the challenge is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the
15petition is filed may file a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days
16after the rebuttal is filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for
17filing a reply to a rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
18agency
shall file the certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the
19petition is offered for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or
20agency
shall determine by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the
21petition is sufficient and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the
22petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating
23the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within
245 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the
25offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election

1commissioners
official or agency shall again carefully examine the face of the petition
2to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
3findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,
4except in cities over 500,000 population and in the Waukesha County technical
5college district
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the
6petition to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an
7original or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board
8of election commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon
9finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in the Waukesha County technical
10college district, the government accountability board shall file the petition in its
11office.
SB275-AA45, s. 17 12Section 17. 9.10 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,9,1813 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing
14body, school board, or board of election commissioners , or government accountability
15board
shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of
16the 6th week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that
17if Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
18Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.
SB275-AA45, s. 18 19Section 18. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,9,2320 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
21article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
22of cities, villages, towns, the Waukesha County technical college district, town
23sanitary districts, and school districts.
SB275-AA45, s. 19 24Section 19. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,10,2
111.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
2Waukesha County technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA45, s. 20 3Section 20. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,10,54 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
5Waukesha County technical college district board
, $500.
SB275-AA45, s. 21 6Section 21. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,10,107 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of the
8Waukesha County technical college district board, $17,250 total in the primary and
9election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the
10election.
SB275-AA45, s. 22 11Section 22. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,10,1512 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than the Waukesha
13County technical college district or
a judicial district or circuit, with a population of
14500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire
15jurisdiction or district:
SB275-AA45, s. 23 16Section 23. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,10,1817 17.01 (10m) By a member of the Waukesha County technical college district
18board, to the secretary of the district board.
SB275-AA45, s. 24 19Section 24. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,10,2220 17.02 (2) Waukesha County technical college district board. Of the
21resignation of a member of the Waukesha County technical college district board, by
22the secretary of the district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA45, s. 25 23Section 25. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,11,3
117.17 (2) Waukesha County technical college district board. In the office
2of member of the Waukesha County technical college district board, by the secretary
3of the district board to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA45, s. 26 4Section 26. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB275-AA45,11,145 17.27 (3) Waukesha County technical college district board. Except as
6provided in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of member of the Waukesha County
7technical college district board may be filled by temporary appointment of the
8remaining members of the district board. The temporary appointee shall serve until
9a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the
10Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and on or before April 15, the vacancy
11shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the succeeding general
12election. If the vacancy occurs in any year after April 15 or on or before the Tuesday
13after the first Monday in November, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the
14unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding general election.
SB275-AA45, s. 28 15Section 28. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,11,1816 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order for the Waukesha
17County district by the board, the director of the board shall transmit a copy of the
18order to the government accountability board.
SB275-AA45, s. 28m 19Section 28m. 38.08 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,11,2520 38.08 (1) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 1m, a district board shall
21administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the
22district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district
23administrator, as defined under s. 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a
24state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02. The board shall by rule define "employer"
25and "employee" for the purpose of this subdivision.
SB275-AA45, s. 29
1Section 29. 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes created to read:
SB275-AA45,12,72 38.08 (1) (a) 1m. The members of the Waukesha County district board shall
3be elected to represent numbered election districts within the Waukesha County
4technical college district by the electors of each election district on a nonpartisan
5ballot at the general election. Each member of the district board shall be an elector
6of the numbered election district within the technical college district for which he or
7she seeks office.
SB275-AA45, s. 30 8Section 30. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,12,109 38.08 (1) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), district board members shall take
10office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.
SB275-AA45, s. 31 11Section 31. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,12,1912 38.08 (1) (c) District board members in the Waukesha County district shall
13serve 4-year terms and shall take office on the first Monday in January following
14their election. Promptly upon receipt of the determinations from the government
15accountability board under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any person to fill a
16temporary vacancy on the Waukesha County district board, the secretary of the
17district board shall send written notification of the name and address of each
18member and expiration date of each member's term to the director of the technical
19college system board.
SB275-AA45, s. 31e 20Section 31e. 38.08 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB275-AA45, s. 31j 21Section 31j. 38.08 (2) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB275-AA45,13,222 38.08 (2) Members of a district board other than the Waukesha County
23technical college district board
shall serve until their successors are appointed and
24qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in
25the manner provided for the making of original appointments in s. 38.10, except that

1if a vacancy occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not
2be filled until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in s. 38.10.
SB275-AA45,13,5 3(2m) Any member of a district board other than the Waukesha County
4technical college district board
serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall
5cease to be a member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.
SB275-AA45, s. 33 6Section 33. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB275-AA45,13,197 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
8in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
9numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
10government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
11days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of the
12Waukesha County district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 9
13numbered election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population
14as possible. Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to the
15existing district may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change.
16Insofar as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the
17community of interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of
18each election district prescribed by the district board shall be prepared and
19transmitted by the district board to the director of the technical college system board.
SB275-AA45,14,220 (b) All proposed district boundaries prescribed by the Waukesha County
21district board under par. (a) shall become effective only upon their approval by the
22technical college system board. If the technical college system board disapproves the
23proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised districting plan for
24approval of the technical college system board. Upon approval of the election district
25boundaries within any district, the technical college system board shall promulgate

1the boundaries established under par. (a) as a rule under ch. 227. The boundaries
2shall become effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB275-AA45, s. 34m 3Section 34m. 38.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB275-AA45,14,64 38.10 (1) (intro.) District board members in districts other than the Waukesha
5County technical college district
shall be appointed by an appointment committee
6constituted as follows:
SB275-AA45, s. 35 7Section 35. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB275-AA45,15,68 (1) Initial election of Waukesha County technical college district board.
9Notwithstanding section 29, of the statutes, as created by this act, within 60 days
10after the effective date of this subsection, the appointment committee of the
11Waukesha County technical college district shall adopt and transmit to the secretary
12of the technical college district board and the director of the technical college system
13board an initial districting plan for election districts as required by section 38.08 (6)
14of the statutes, as created by this act. The technical college system board shall review
15and determine its approval or disapproval of each plan as promptly as possible. If
16the plan is rejected, the appointment committee shall submit a new plan for
17approval. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the
18technical college system board may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under
19section 227.24 of the statutes without providing evidence that promulgating a rule
20under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the
21public peace, health, safety, or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of
22emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section
23227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection
24applies until a rule replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in
25section 227.24 (1) (d) of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding

1section 227.19 (4) to (6) of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule
2adopted under this subsection may not contain any substantive change from the
3emergency rule. Notwithstanding sections 227.135 (2) and (4) and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d.
4and 1g. of the statutes, a proposed emergency rule promulgated under this
5subsection and the statement of the scope of the proposed emergency rule are not
6subject to approval of the governor.
SB275-AA45,15,197 (2) Transitional terms. Notwithstanding chapter 269, laws of 1981, section 22,
8and section 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the members of the
9Waukesha County technical college district board who hold office on the effective
10date of this subsection shall cease to hold office on January 7, 2013. At the 2012
11general election, 9 members shall be elected to the technical college district board for
12terms commencing on January 7, 2013. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (1) (c) of the
13statutes, as created by this act, the persons elected to represent election districts
14numbered 1 and 2 at that election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons
15elected to represent election districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve
16for terms of 2 years, the persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5
17and 6 at that election shall serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to
18represent election districts numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms
19of 4 years.
SB275-AA45,15,2320 (3) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10, of the statutes, the appointment
21committee of the Waukesha County technical college district shall not make any
22appointment to the technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy
23resulting from expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB275-AA45, s. 36 24Section 36. Effective dates. This act takes effect on April 15, 2012, except
25as follows:
SB275-AA45,16,3
1(1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.08
2(1) (a) 1. and 1m., (b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 (1) (intro.) of
3the statutes takes effect on January 7, 2013.".
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