SB576, s. 4 3Section 4. 5.60 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,4,54 5.60 (1) (title) State superintendent Nonpartisan state officers; judiciary;
5county executive and county
supervisors supervisor.
SB576, s. 5 6Section 5. 5.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 5.60 (1) (am).
SB576, s. 6 7Section 6. 5.60 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,4,118 5.60 (1) (ag) There shall be a separate ballot for the seat of each member of the
9technical college district board in the election district when so required. The elections
10board shall determine the official ballot arrangement for technical college district
11board candidates by using the same method as that used under par. (b).
SB576, s. 7 12Section 7. 5.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,4,2313 5.60 (1) (b) The board shall certify the candidates' names and designate the
14official ballot arrangement for candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of
15appeals judge, member of a technical college district board, circuit judge and, if
16commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), the metropolitan sewerage
17commission. The arrangement of names of all candidates on the ballot whose
18nomination papers are filed with the board shall be determined by the board by the
19drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first
20Tuesday is a holiday. Whenever a primary is held for an office, a 2nd drawing of all
21candidates for that office shall be held by or under the supervision of the board not
22later than the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass to determine
23the arrangement of candidates on the election ballot.
SB576, s. 8 24Section 8. 7.60 (4) (a) and (5) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
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17.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
2showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
3officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
4court of appeals judge; members of the technical college district boards; circuit
5judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the
6commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a municipal judge elected
7under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located partially within the county
8and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers in another county, the
9board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement showing the numbers of
10votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal to the other county. For
11partisan candidates, the statements shall include the political party or principle
12designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate. The board of canvassers shall
13also prepare a statement showing the results of any county, technical college district
14or statewide referendum. Each statement shall state the total number of votes cast
15in the county for each office; the names of all persons for whom the votes were cast,
16as returned; the number of votes cast for each person; and the number of votes cast
17for and against any question submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers
18shall use one copy of each duplicate statement to report to the elections board,
19technical college district board or board of canvassers of any other county and shall
20file the other statement in the office of the county clerk or board of election
21commissioners.
SB576,6,13 22(5) (a) Immediately following the canvass, the county clerk shall deliver or send
23to the elections board, by 1st class mail, a certified copy of each statement of the
24county board of canvassers for president and vice president, state officials, senators
25and representatives in congress, state legislators, justice, court of appeals judge,

1members of the technical college district boards, circuit judge, district attorney, and
2metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s.
3200.09 (11) (am). The statement shall record the returns for each office or
4referendum by ward, unless combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in
5which case the statement shall record the returns for each group of combined wards.
6Following primaries the county clerk shall enclose on forms prescribed by the
7elections board the names, party or principle designation, if any, and number of votes
8received by each candidate recorded in the same manner. The county clerk shall
9deliver or transmit the certified statement to the elections board no later than 7 days
10after each primary and no later than 10 days after any other election. The board of
11canvassers shall deliver or transmit a certified copy of each statement for any
12technical college district referendum to the secretary of the technical college district
13board.
SB576, s. 9 14Section 9. 7.70 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,7,215 7.70 (3) (d) When the certified statements and returns are received, the
16chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee shall proceed to examine and
17make a statement of the total number of votes cast at any election for the offices
18involved in the election for president and vice president; a statement for each of the
19offices of governor, lieutenant governor, if a primary, and a joint statement for the
20offices of governor and lieutenant governor, if a general election; a statement for each
21of the offices of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and state
22superintendent; for U.S. senator; representative in congress for each congressional
23district; the state legislature; justice; court of appeals judge; technical college district
24board member;
circuit judge; district attorney; metropolitan sewerage commission,

1if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am); and for any referenda
2questions submitted by the legislature.
SB576, s. 10 3Section 10. 7.70 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,7,74 7.70 (6) Technical college district board members; determinations. The
5elections board shall transmit to the secretary of the district board a copy of the
6certified determination of the chairperson of the elections board or his or her
7designee for the election of each member of any technical college district board.
SB576, s. 11 8Section 11. 8.10 (3) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,7,109 8.10 (3) (ae) For the office of member of the technical college district board from
10any election district, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
SB576, s. 12 11Section 12. 8.11 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,7,1412 8.11 (6) Technical college district board members. A primary shall be held
13in an election for any seat on a technical college district board whenever there are
14more than 2 candidates in any election district.
SB576, s. 13 15Section 13. 9.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,7,2116 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, town,
17of any congressional, legislative, judicial, technical college, or school district, or of
18any prosecutorial unit may petition for the recall of any incumbent elective official
19by filing a petition with the same official or agency with whom nomination papers
20or declarations of candidacy for the office are filed demanding the recall of the
21officeholder.
SB576, s. 14 22Section 14. 9.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,7,2523 9.10 (2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town, technical college district,
24or school district office shall contain a statement of a reason for the recall which is
25related to the official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is sought.
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1Section 15. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,8,52 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
3than city, village, town, technical college district, and school district officials. City,
4village, town, technical college district, and school district officials are recalled under
5sub. (4).
SB576, s. 16 6Section 16. 9.10 (4) (a), (d) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB576,9,97 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
8technical college district,
or school district official, is offered for filing, the officer
9against whom the petition is filed may file a written challenge with the municipal
10clerk or board of election commissioners or school district clerk
official or agency with
11whom it is filed, specifying any alleged insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the
12petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the challenge with the clerk or board of
13election commissioners
official or agency within 5 days after the challenge is filed.
14If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a reply to
15any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days after the rebuttal is filed. Within
1614 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a reply to a rebuttal, the
17clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall file the certificate or
18an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the petition is offered for filing, the
19clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall determine by careful
20examination of the face of the petition whether the petition is sufficient and shall so
21state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the petition is found to be insufficient,
22the certificate shall state the particulars creating the insufficiency. The petition may
23be amended to correct any insufficiency within 5 days following the affixing of the
24original certificate. Within 2 days after the offering of the amended petition for filing,
25the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall again carefully

1examine the face of the petition to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the
2petition a certificate stating the findings. Immediately upon finding an original or
3amended petition sufficient, except in cities over 500,000 population and in technical
4college districts
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk official shall transmit the
5petition to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately upon finding an
6original or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population, the board
7of election commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately upon
8finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in technical college districts, the
9elections board shall file the petition in its office.
SB576,9,1510 (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate under par. (a), the governing body,
11school board, or board of election commissioners, or elections board shall call a recall
12election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of the 6th week commencing
13after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that if Tuesday is a legal holiday
14the recall election shall be held on the first day after Tuesday which is not a legal
15holiday.
SB576,9,18 16(7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of article
17XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors of cities,
18villages, towns, technical college districts, and school districts.
SB576, s. 17 19Section 17. 11.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,9,2120 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
21technical college district board
, $500.
SB576, s. 18 22Section 18. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,9,2423 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
24technical college district board
, $500.
SB576, s. 19 25Section 19. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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111.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
2technical college district board
, $17,250 total in the primary and election, with
3disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.
SB576, s. 20 4Section 20. 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109
5and by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB576,10,86 11.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
7technical college district board, $50,000 total in the primary and election, with
8disbursements not exceeding $36,000 for either the primary or the election.
SB576, s. 21 9Section 21. 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,10,1210 11.31 (1) (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than a technical college
11district or
judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according
12to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district:
SB576, s. 22 13Section 22. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,10,1514 17.01 (10m) By a member of a technical college district board, to the secretary
15of the district board.
SB576, s. 23 16Section 23. 17.02 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,10,1917 17.02 (2) Technical college district board. Of the resignation of a member
18of a technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board to the
19elections board.
SB576, s. 24 20Section 24. 17.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,10,2321 17.17 (2) Technical college district board. In the office of member of a
22technical college district board, by the secretary of the district board to the elections
23board.
SB576, s. 25 24Section 25. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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117.27 (3) Technical college district board. Except as provided in s. 9.10, a
2vacancy in the office of member of a technical college district board may be filled by
3temporary appointment of the remaining members of the district board. The
4temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the
5vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in April and on or before December
61, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the
7succeeding spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any year after December 1 or on
8or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the
9unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring election.
SB576, s. 26 10Section 26. 38.04 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
SB576, s. 27 11Section 27. 38.06 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,11,1312 38.06 (6) Promptly upon issuance of a reorganization order by the board, the
13director of the board shall transmit a copy of the order to the elections board.
SB576, s. 28 14Section 28. 38.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB576,11,2015 38.08 (1) (a) A district board shall administer the district and shall be composed
16of 9 members who are residents of the district. The members shall be elected to
17represent numbered election districts within each technical college district by the
18electors of each election district at the spring election. Each member of the district
19board shall be an elector of the numbered election district within the technical college
20district for which he or she seeks office.
SB576, s. 29 21Section 29. 38.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB576,11,2322 38.08 (1) (b) District board members shall take office on July 1 and shall serve
23staggered 3-year 4-year terms.
SB576, s. 30 24Section 30. 38.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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138.08 (1) (c) Promptly upon receipt of the determinations of the elections board
2under s. 7.70 (6) and upon appointment of any person to fill a temporary vacancy on
3the district board, the secretary of the district board shall send written notification
4of the name and address of each member and expiration date of each member's term
5to the director of the board.
SB576, s. 31 6Section 31. 38.08 (1g), (2) and (2m) of the statutes are repealed.
SB576, s. 32 7Section 32. 38.08 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB576,12,228 38.08 (6) (a) Within 90 days after the population count by block, established
9in the decennial federal census of population, and maps showing the location and
10numbering of census blocks become available in printed form from the federal
11government or are published for distribution by an agency of this state or within 90
12days after alteration of the boundaries of an existing district, the district board of
13each existing district shall apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 9 numbered
14election districts within the district, to be as nearly equal in population as possible.
15Within 90 days after the creation of any new district, the board shall similarly
16apportion and prescribe the boundaries of 9 numbered election districts within that
17district. Alterations in election districts resulting from boundary changes to existing
18districts may be made only to the extent required to facilitate the change. Insofar
19as possible, each election district shall be compact and observe the community of
20interest of existing neighborhoods. A detailed map and description of each election
21district prescribed by a district board shall be prepared and transmitted by the
22district board to the director of the board.
SB576,13,423 (b) All proposed district boundaries established by a district board under par.
24(a) shall become effective only upon their approval by the board. If the board
25disapproves the proposed boundaries, the district board shall submit a revised

1districting plan for approval of the board. Upon approval of the election district
2boundaries within any district, the board shall promulgate the boundaries
3established under par. (a) as a rule under ch. 227. The boundaries shall become
4effective on the effective date of the rule.
SB576, s. 33 5Section 33. 38.10 of the statutes is repealed.
SB576, s. 34 6Section 34. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB576,13,117 (1) Nonseverability. Notwithstanding section 990.001 (11) of the statutes, if
8a court finds that the repeal and recreation of section 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes by
9this act or any part of the laws specified in 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, section 9115 (2y)
10(b) is unconstitutional, the repeal and recreation of section 11.31 (1) (f) of the statutes
11by this act is void.
SB576,14,612 (2) Election of initial district boards. Notwithstanding section 38.08 (6) of
13the statutes, as created by this act, within 60 days after the effective date of this
14subsection, the appointment committee of each technical college district shall adopt
15and transmit to the secretary of each technical college district board and the director
16of the state technical college system board an initial districting plan for election
17districts as required by section 38.08 (6) of the statutes, as created by this act. The
18state technical college system board shall review and determine its approval or
19disapproval of each plan as promptly as possible. If a plan is rejected, the
20appointment committee shall submit a new plan for approval. Notwithstanding
21section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the state technical college system board
22may promulgate the plan as an emergency rule under section 227.24 of the statutes
23without providing evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an
24emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety,
25or welfare, and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule

1promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) of the
2statutes, an emergency rule promulgated under this subsection applies until a rule
3replacing that rule takes effect or until the actions specified in section 227.24 (1) (d)
4of the statutes occur, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.19 (4) to (6)
5of the statutes, the rule replacing a valid emergency rule adopted under this
6subsection may not contain any substantive change from the emergency rule.
SB576,14,177 (3) 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 each
9technical college district board who hold office on the effective date of this subsection
10shall cease to hold office on July 1, 2007. At the 2007 spring election, 9 members shall
11be elected to each technical college district board for terms commencing on July 1,
122007. The persons elected to represent election districts numbered 1 and 2 at that
13election shall serve for terms of one year, the persons elected to represent election
14districts numbered 3 and 4 at that election shall serve for terms of 2 years, the
15persons elected to represent election districts numbered 5 and 6 at that election shall
16serve for terms of 3 years, and the persons elected to represent election districts
17numbered 7, 8, and 9 at that election shall serve for terms of 4 years.
SB576,14,2118 (4) Vacancies. Notwithstanding section 38.10, 2003 stats., the appointment
19committee of each technical college district shall not make any appointment to a
20technical college district board for the purpose of filling a vacancy resulting from
21expiration of a term of office after the effective date of this subsection.
SB576, s. 35 22Section 35. Effective dates. This act takes effect on August 1, 2006, except
23as follows:
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1(1) The treatment of sections 17.01 (10m), 17.02 (2), 17.17 (2), 17.27 (3), 38.04
2(15), 38.08 (1) (a) ,(b), and (c), (1g), (2), and (2m), 38.08 (6), and 38.10 of the statutes
3takes effect on July 1, 2007.
SB576,15,44 (End)
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