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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).
SB70-AA10,338,3
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).”.
SB70-AA10,339,1
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).”.
SB70-AA10,342,20 20307. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,342,21 21 Section 737. 20.510 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,343,222 20.510 (1) (g) Recount fees. The amounts in the schedule All moneys received
23on account of recount petitions filed with the commission,
to be apportioned to the
24commission and the county clerks or county board of election commissioners as

1prescribed in s. 9.01 (1) (ag). All moneys received on account of recount petitions filed
2with the commission shall be credited to this appropriation account.
” .
SB70-AA10,343,3 3308. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,343,4 4 Section 738. 13.09 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,343,85 13.09 (7) If a member of the committee objects to a proposed action or item
6during a period of passive review required by law for the purpose of reviewing the
7proposed action or item, the name of each objecting member, as well as the reason
8for each objection, shall be recorded and made publicly available.”.
SB70-AA10,343,9 9309. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,343,10 10 Section 47m. 17.03 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,343,1311 17.03 (10m) If the office is filled by appointment of the governor for a fixed term
12by and with the advice and consent of the senate, the incumbent's term expires or,
13if later, the governor submits his or her nomination for the office to the senate.”.
SB70-AA10,343,14 14310. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,343,15 15 Section 1e. 13.127 of the statutes is repealed.” .
SB70-AA10,343,16 16311. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,343,17 17 Section 739. 13.365 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,740 18Section 740. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,344,319 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
20committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
21service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
22the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
23committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature's
24representative for
the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of

1participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under
2s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice
3shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB70-AA10,741 4Section 741. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,344,155 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
6or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and
7893.825 (2)
. If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly
8organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be
9represented
in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall
10represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint
11committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature
, that
12committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding
. The
13costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations
14under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of
15justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB70-AA10,742 16Section 742. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,344,2517 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
18ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or
19defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the
20supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute
21or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is
22a party. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted
23under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the
24attorney general or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this
25chapter.
SB70-AA10,743
1Section 743. 165.25 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,345,112 165.25 (1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor
3or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state
4department, agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a
5party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court
6or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the
7people of this state may be interested. The joint committee on legislative
8organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
The
9public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general
10intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from
11the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB70-AA10,744 12Section 744. 803.09 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,745 13Section 745. 806.04 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,346,1914 806.04 (11) Parties. When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be
15made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the
16declaration, and no declaration may prejudice the right of persons not parties to the
17proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance
18or franchise, the municipality shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard.
19If a statute, ordinance, or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, or to be in
20violation of or preempted by federal law, or if the construction or validity of a statute
21is otherwise challenged,
the attorney general shall also be served with a copy of the
22proceeding and be entitled to be heard. If a statute is alleged to be unconstitutional,
23or to be in violation of or preempted by federal law, or if the construction or validity
24of a statute is otherwise challenged, the speaker of the assembly, the president of the
25senate, and the senate majority leader shall also be served with a copy of the

1proceeding, and the assembly, the senate, and the state legislature are entitled to be
2heard. If the assembly, the senate, or the joint committee on legislative organization
3intervenes as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall represent the
4assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint committee on
5legislative organization shall represent the legislature.
In any proceeding under this
6section in which the constitutionality, construction, or application of any provision
7of ch. 227, or of any statute allowing a legislative committee to suspend, or to delay
8or prevent the adoption of, a rule as defined in s. 227.01 (13) is placed in issue by the
9parties, the joint committee for review of administrative rules shall be served with
10a copy of the petition and, with the approval of the joint committee on legislative
11organization, shall be made a party and be entitled to be heard. In any proceeding
12under this section in which the constitutionality, construction, or application of any
13provision of ch. 13, 20, 111, 227, or 230 or subch. I, III, or IV of ch. 16 or s. 753.075,
14or of any statute allowing a legislative committee to suspend, or to delay or prevent
15the adoption of, a rule, as defined in s. 227.01 (13), is placed in issue by the parties,
16the joint committee on legislative organization shall be served with a copy of the
17petition and the joint committee on legislative organization, the senate committee
18on organization, or the assembly committee on organization may intervene as a party
19to the proceedings and be heard.
SB70-AA10,746 20Section 746. 809.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,346,25 21809.13 Rule (Intervention). A person who is not a party to an appeal may
22file in the court of appeals a petition to intervene in the appeal. A party may file a
23response to the petition within 11 days after service of the petition. The court may
24grant the petition upon a showing that the petitioner's interest meets the
25requirements of s. 803.09 (1), or (2), or (2m).
SB70-AA10,747
1Section 747. Subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 893 [precedes 893.80] of the
2statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,347,33 CHAPTER 893
SB70-AA10,347,74 SUBCHAPTER VIII
5 CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL
6 BODIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES;
7STATUTORY CHALLENGES
SB70-AA10,748 8Section 748. 893.825 of the statutes is repealed.”.
SB70-AA10,347,9 9312. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,347,10 10 Section 749L. 13.124 of the statutes is repealed.”.
SB70-AA10,347,11 11313. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,347,12 12 Section 750. 227.10 (2g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,751 13Section 751. 227.11 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,347,15 14227.11 (title) Agency Extent to which chapter confers rule-making
15authority.
SB70-AA10,752 16Section 752. 227.11 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,753 17Section 753. 227.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,348,2 18227.13 Advisory committees and informal consultations. An agency may
19use informal conferences and consultations to obtain the viewpoint and advice of
20interested persons with respect to contemplated rule making. An agency may also
21appoint a committee of experts, interested persons or representatives of the public
22to advise it with respect to any contemplated rule making. Such a The committee
23shall have advisory powers only. Whenever an agency appoints a committee under

1this section, the agency shall submit a list of the members of the committee to the
2joint committee for review of administrative rules.
SB70-AA10,754 3Section 754. 227.26 (2) (im) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,755 4Section 755. 227.57 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,348,85 227.57 (11) Upon review of an agency action or decision affecting a property
6owner's use of the property owner's property
, the court shall accord no deference to
7the agency's interpretation of law if the agency action or decision restricts the
8property owner's free use of the property owner's property
.”.
SB70-AA10,348,9 9314. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,348,10 10 Section 756. 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,348,19 115.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The
12commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of
13transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable
14information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s.
156.36 (1) and the information specified in s. ss. 6.256 (2) and 6.34 (2m) with personally
16identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation. Subject
17to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), the agreement shall provide for the electronic transfer of
18information under s. 6.256 (2) to the commission on a continuous basis, no less often
19than weekly.
SB70-AA10,757 20Section 757. 6.256 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,348,24 216.256 Facilitating registration of electors. (1) The commission shall use
22all feasible means to facilitate the registration of all eligible electors of this state and
23the maintenance of the registration of all eligible electors for so long as they remain
24eligible.
SB70-AA10,349,4
1(2) Subject to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), for the purpose of carrying out its functions
2under sub. (1), the commission shall obtain the following information from the
3department of transportation, to the extent that the department has the
4information:
SB70-AA10,349,85 (a) The full name of each individual who holds a current operator's license
6issued to the individual under ch. 343 or a current identification card issued to the
7individual under s. 343.50, together with the following information pertaining to
8that individual:
SB70-AA10,349,109 1. The current address of the individual together with any address history and
10any name history maintained by the department of transportation.
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