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SB70-AA10,331,1410 86.19 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), (1n), or (1o), or (1p) or s. 84.01 (30)
11(g), no sign shall be placed within the limits of any street or highway except such as
12are necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic or as provided by ss. 60.23 (17m)
13and 66.0429. The authorities charged with the maintenance of streets or highways
14shall cause the removal therefrom and the disposal of all other signs.
SB70-AA10,713 15Section 713. 86.19 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,331,2016 86.19 (1p) (a) In this subsection, “tribal nation welcome sign” means an official
17sign erected and maintained by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
18in this state that the tribe or band determines is necessary to inform motorists of the
19territorial boundaries of the Indian reservation or other land held in trust for the
20tribe or band.
SB70-AA10,332,421 (b) A federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state may erect
22and maintain within the right-of-way of any highway within the boundaries of an
23Indian reservation or other land held in trust for the tribe or band a tribal nation
24welcome sign. No sign under this subsection may be placed within the right-of-way

1of a highway designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense
2highways. A sign placed under this subsection is not a traffic control device and is
3not subject to the provisions of the Wisconsin manual on traffic control devices
4adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e).”.
SB70-AA10,332,5 5298. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,332,6 6 Section 714. 84.01 (35) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,332,127 84.01 (35) (b) Except as provided in par. (d) (c), and notwithstanding any other
8provision of this chapter or ch. 82, 83, or 85, the department shall give due
9consideration to establishing
ensure that bikeways and pedestrian ways are
10established
in all new highway construction and reconstruction projects funded in
11whole or in part from state funds or federal funds appropriated under s. 20.395 or
1220.866.
SB70-AA10,715 13Section 715. 84.01 (35) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,332,1614 84.01 (35) (c) The department shall promulgate rules identifying exceptions to
15the requirement under par. (b), but these rules may provide for an exception only if
16any of the following applies:
SB70-AA10,332,2417 2. The cost of establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would be excessively
18disproportionate to the need or probable use of the bikeways or pedestrian ways. For
19purposes of this subdivision, cost is excessively disproportionate if it exceeds 20
20percent of the total project cost. The rules may not allow an exception under this
21subdivision to be applied unless the secretary of transportation, or a designee of the
22secretary who has knowledge of the purpose and value of bicycle and pedestrian
23accommodations, reviews the applicability of the exception under this subdivision to
24the particular project at issue.
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13. Establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would have excessive negative
2impacts in a constrained environment.
SB70-AA10,333,43 4. There is an absence of need for the bikeways or pedestrian ways, as indicated
4by sparsity of population, traffic volume, or other factors.
SB70-AA10,333,65 5. The community where pedestrian ways are to be located refuses to accept an
6agreement to maintain them.
SB70-AA10,716 7Section 716. 84.01 (35) (d) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
SB70-AA10,717 8Section 717. 84.01 (35) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 84.01 (35) (c) 1.”.
SB70-AA10,333,9 9299. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,333,10 10 Section 718. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,334,1111 84.59 (6) The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it
12reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under
13this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be
14received on a timely basis. Except as provided in this subsection, the principal
15amount of revenue obligations issued under this section may not exceed
16$4,055,372,900 $4,493,600,000, excluding any obligations that have been defeased
17under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be
18used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for
19the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal
20amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this
21section up to $142,254,600, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under
22a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used
23for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the
24purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal

1amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this
2section up to $128,258,200, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under
3a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used
4for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the
5purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
In addition to the foregoing limits on principal
6amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this
7section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding
8revenue obligations contracted under this section, to make payments under
9agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect
10to revenue obligations issued under this section, and to pay expenses associated with
11revenue obligations contracted under this section.”.
SB70-AA10,334,12 12300. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,334,13 13 Section 719. 84.54 of the statutes is repealed.”.
SB70-AA10,334,14 14301. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,334,15 15 Section 720. 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,335,1116 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the
17department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction
18project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555, the reconstruction of the I 94
19north-south corridor and the zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), the
20reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m),
21southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s.
2284.555 (1m), and high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as
23provided under s. 84.555 (1m). The state may contract public debt in an amount not
24to exceed $704,750,000 for these purposes. In addition, the state may contract public

1debt in an amount not to exceed $107,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo
2interchange and I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as
3southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, in an amount not to
4exceed $216,800,000 for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as
5provided under s. 84.555 (1m), in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 for southeast
6Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m),
7in an amount not to exceed $95,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange,
8as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject
9under s. 84.0145, and in an amount up to $40,000,000 $180,873,000 for the
10reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a
11southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145.”.
SB70-AA10,335,12 12302. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,335,13 13 Section 721. 5.053 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,335,15 145.053 Office of election transparency and compliance. (1) Definition.
15In this section, “office” means the office of election transparency and compliance.
SB70-AA10,335,16 16(2) Duties. The office shall do all of the following:
SB70-AA10,335,1917 (a) As directed by the commission by resolution, provide assistance and
18research to the commission concerning a sworn complaint filed under s. 5.05 (2m) or
195.06.
SB70-AA10,335,2120 (b) As directed by the administrator, provide assistance and research to the
21commission concerning the following:
SB70-AA10,335,2222 1. Procedures at polling places.
SB70-AA10,335,2323 2. Election processes.
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13. Audits of election systems and equipment, including with respect to
2accessibility requirements for individuals with disabilities.
SB70-AA10,336,33 4. Responding to public records requests submitted under s. 19.35.
SB70-AA10,336,54 5. Responding to inquiries and requests for assistance made by a member,
5committee, or house of the state legislature.
SB70-AA10,336,66 6. Responding to inquiries from the public.
SB70-AA10,722 7Section 722. 15.615 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,336,13 815.615 Same; attached office. (1) Office of election transparency and
9compliance.
There is created an office of election transparency and compliance,
10which is attached to the elections commission under s. 15.03. The office shall be
11under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed in the
12classified service by the administrator or interim administrator of the elections
13commission.”.
SB70-AA10,336,14 14303. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,336,15 15 Section 723. 5.05 (11r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,336,1916 5.05 (11r) Aids to counties and municipalities for the purchase of election
17supplies and equipment.
From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (ff), the
18commission may award grants to counties and municipalities for the purchase of
19election supplies and equipment, including electronic poll books.
SB70-AA10,724 20Section 724. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
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SB70-AA10,725 1Section 725. 20.510 (1) (ff) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,337,42 20.510 (1) (ff) Local aids for the purchase of election supplies and equipment.
3The amounts in the schedule to award grants to counties and municipalities for the
4purchase of election supplies or equipment under s. 5.05 (11r).”.
SB70-AA10,337,5 5304. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,337,6 6 Section 726. 20.510 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,337,107 20.510 (1) (c) Voter identification County and municipal clerk training. The
8amounts in the schedule for training of county and municipal clerks concerning the
9administration of elections as provided in chs. 5 to 10 and 12, including
voter
10identification requirements provided in 2011 Wisconsin Act 23.”.
SB70-AA10,337,11 11305. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,337,12 12 Section 727. 5.05 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,337,1713 5.05 (11m) Aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election
14costs.
(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (f), the commission shall
15reimburse counties and municipalities for costs incurred in the administration of
16special primaries for state or national office and special elections for state or national
17office.
SB70-AA10,337,1918 (b) A cost is eligible for reimbursement under par. (a) only if all of the following
19apply:
SB70-AA10,337,2020 1. The commission determines that the cost is reasonable.
SB70-AA10,337,2121 2. The cost is specified under par. (c).
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13. If applicable, the commission determines that the rate paid by the county or
2municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs
3at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election.
SB70-AA10,338,74 4. If the special primary or election coincides with a primary or election that
5is not a special primary or election, the commission determines that the cost does not
6exceed the amount that would be incurred if the primaries or elections did not
7coincide.
SB70-AA10,338,88 (c) Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under par. (a):
SB70-AA10,338,99 1. Rental payments for polling places.
SB70-AA10,338,1110 2. Election day wages paid under s. 7.03 to election officials working at the
11polls.
SB70-AA10,338,1212 3. Costs for the publication of required election notices.
SB70-AA10,338,1313 4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes.
SB70-AA10,338,1414 5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books.
SB70-AA10,338,1615 6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of
16custody purposes.
SB70-AA10,338,1717 7. Costs to program electronic voting machines.
SB70-AA10,338,1818 8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines.
SB70-AA10,338,1919 9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass.
SB70-AA10,338,2020 10. Data entry costs for the statewide voter registration system.
SB70-AA10,728 21Section 728. 20.510 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,338,2422 20.510 (1) (f) Local aids for special elections. A sum sufficient to reimburse
23counties and municipalities for certain special primary or election costs under s. 5.05
24(11m).”.
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1306. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,339,2 2 Section 729. 5.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,339,73 5.02 (20) “Special primary" means the primary held 4 weeks before the special
4election, except as provided in s. 8.50 (4m) and except when the special election is
5held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be held on the
6same day as the general primary or if the special election is held concurrently with
7the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary.
SB70-AA10,730 8Section 730. 5.02 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,339,129 5.02 (22) “Spring primary" means the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd
10Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the
11spring election and partisan candidates to be voted for at a special election under s.
128.50 (4m)
.
SB70-AA10,731 13Section 731. 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,340,4 148.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section
15applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive
16state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and district attorney,
17judicial and legislative state offices, county, city, village, and town offices, and the
18offices of municipal judge and member of the board of school directors in school
19districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be filled in
20anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4) (e). No
21Except as provided in sub. (4m), no special election may be held after February 1
22preceding the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election,
23nor after August 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day
24as the general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held

1on the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall
2be held on the day of the partisan primary. If the special election is held on the day
3of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the
4day of the spring primary.
SB70-AA10,732 5Section 732. 8.50 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,340,156 8.50 (2) (a) The Except as provided in sub. (4m), the date for the special election
7shall be not less than 62 nor more than 77 days from the date of the order except when
8the special election is held to fill a vacancy in a national office or the special election
9is held on the day of the general election or spring election. If a special election is held
10concurrently with the spring election, the special election may be ordered not earlier
11than 92 days prior to the spring primary and not later than 49 days prior to that
12primary. If a special election is held concurrently with the general election or a
13special election is held to fill a national office
, the special election may be ordered not
14earlier than 122 days prior to the partisan primary or special primary, respectively,
15and not later than 92 days prior to that primary.
SB70-AA10,340,2316 (b) If Except as provided in sub. (4m), if a primary is required, the primary shall
17be on the day 4 weeks before the day of the special election except when the special
18election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be
19held on the same day as the partisan primary or if the special election is held
20concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with
21the spring primary, and except when the special election is held on the Tuesday after
22the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the primary shall be held
23on the 2nd Tuesday of August in that year.
SB70-AA10,733 24Section 733. 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,341,16
18.50 (3) (a) Nomination Except as provided in sub. (4m), nomination papers
2may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and
3shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary
4will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently
5with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers
6shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided
7in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 days prior to the date
8of the spring primary or no later than June 1 preceding the partisan primary.
9Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15, or 8.20. Each
10candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no
11later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a
12candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s.
1311.0202 (1) (a) at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file
14the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement
15of economic interests with the ethics commission no later than the end of the 3rd day
16following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order.
SB70-AA10,734 17Section 734. 8.50 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,735 18Section 735. 8.50 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,341,2119 8.50 (4m) Special elections for national office. (a) Except as provided in
20par. (b), a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress shall be
21filled as soon as practicable in the following manner:
SB70-AA10,342,222 1. At a special election to be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May following the first
23day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held concurrently with the spring
24primary on the 3rd Tuesday in February. The first day for circulating nomination

1papers shall be November 1 and the papers shall be filed no later 5 p.m. on the first
2Tuesday in December preceding the primary.
SB70-AA10,342,63 2. At a special election to be held on the 2nd Tuesday in August following the
4first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May
5in that year. The first day for circulating nomination papers shall be February 1 and
6the papers shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March.
SB70-AA10,342,107 3. At a special election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
8November following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held
9on the 2nd Tuesday in August in that year. Nomination papers shall be circulated
10and filed as provided under s. 8.15.
SB70-AA10,342,1311 (b) A special election shall not be held under par. (a) 3. in any year in which the
12general election is held for that office, but, instead, the vacancy shall be filled at the
13partisan primary and general election.
SB70-AA10,342,1414 (c) A vacancy filled under par. (a) shall be for the residue of the unexpired term.
SB70-AA10,736 15Section 736. 17.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,342,19 1617.18 Vacancies, U.S. senator and representative in congress; how
17filled.
Vacancies in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress from this
18state shall be filled by election, as provided in s. 8.50 (4) (b), for the residue of the
19unexpired term
(4m).”.
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