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AB68-ASA2-AA8,6,2 16(3) If neither of the bills delivered by the legislative reference bureau under
17sub. (2) is approved by both the assembly and the senate, the same procedure as
18prescribed by sub. (2) shall be followed. If a 3rd plan is required under this
19subsection, the legislative reference bureau shall deliver the bills to the majority
20leader of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than 21 days after the
21date of the vote by which the senate or the assembly failed to approve the bill
22submitted under sub. (2). Any bill delivered by the legislative reference bureau
23under this subsection shall be expeditiously introduced and brought to a vote not less
24than 7 days after the date of introduction and shall be subject to amendment in the
25same manner as other bills. Any bill delivered under this subsection, and any

1amendment to such a bill, may be passed only with the approval of three-fourths of
2all the members elected in each house.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,6,3 3(4) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3):
AB68-ASA2-AA8,6,134 (a) If certified federal census data that is sufficient to permit preparation of a
5congressional redistricting plan becomes available at an earlier time than the
6population data needed to permit preparation of a legislative redistricting plan in
7accordance with s. 4.007, the legislative reference bureau shall so inform the
8majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. If the majority leader
9of the senate and the speaker of the assembly jointly direct, the legislative reference
10bureau shall prepare a separate bill establishing congressional districts and deliver
11it separately from the bill establishing legislative districts. The legislature shall
12proceed to consider the congressional redistricting bill in substantially the manner
13prescribed by subs. (1) to (3).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,6,2314 (b) If the population data for legislative redistricting that the U.S. bureau of
15the census is required to provide this state under P.L. 94-171 and, if used by the
16legislative reference bureau, the corresponding topologically integrated geographic
17encoding and referencing data file for that population data are not available to the
18legislative reference bureau on or before April 1 of the first year following the
19decennial federal census, the deadlines set forth in this section shall be extended by
20a number of days equal to the number of days after April 1 of the first year following
21the decennial federal census that the population data and the topologically
22integrated geographic encoding and referencing data file for legislative redistricting
23become available.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,7,2 244.007 Redistricting standards. (1) Legislative and congressional districts
25shall be established on the basis of population requirements imposed under the

1Wisconsin Constitution and the U.S. Constitution and requirements imposed under
2Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,7,14 3(2) Senate and assembly districts, respectively, shall satisfy the population
4standards established in this subsection. The quotient, obtained by dividing the sum
5of the absolute values of the deviations of all district populations from the applicable
6ideal district population by the number of districts established, may not exceed 1
7percent of the applicable ideal district population, unless necessary to maintain
8compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. For purposes of this subsection,
9the ideal district population is determined by dividing the population of the state
10reported in the most recent federal decennial census by the number of districts to be
11established. No senate district may have a population that exceeds that of any other
12senate district by more than 10 percent and no assembly district may have a
13population that exceeds that of any other assembly district by more than 10 percent,
14unless necessary to maintain compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,7,20 15(3) Congressional districts shall each have a population as nearly equal as
16practicable to the ideal district population, derived as prescribed in sub. (2), while
17maintaining compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. No congressional
18district may have a population that varies by more than 1 percent from the applicable
19ideal district population, unless necessary to comply with Section 2 of the Voting
20Rights Act.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,3 21(4) District boundaries shall coincide with ward boundaries and, to the extent
22consistent with sub. (1), shall coincide with the boundaries of political subdivisions.
23The number of political subdivisions divided among more than one district shall be
24as small as possible. When there is a choice among political subdivisions to divide,
25the more populous political subdivisions shall be divided before the less populous,

1except that this requirement does not apply to a legislative district boundary drawn
2along a county boundary which passes through a city with territory in more than one
3county.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,5 4(5) Districts shall be composed of convenient contiguous territory. Areas which
5meet only at the points of adjoining corners are not contiguous.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,9 6(6) Districts shall not be drawn with the intent or result of denying or abridging
7the equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to participate in the political
8process or diminishing their ability to elect representatives of their choice, whether
9by themselves or by voting in concert with other persons.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,10 10(7) (a) In this subsection:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,1911 1. “Geographic unit center" means that point within a population data unit
12approximately equidistant from the northern and southern extremities and also
13approximately equidistant from the eastern and western extremities of the
14population data unit. This point shall be determined by visual observation of a map
15of the population data unit, unless it is otherwise determined within the context of
16an appropriate coordinate system developed by the federal government or another
17source that the legislative reference bureau determines is qualified and objective and
18is obtained for use in this state with prior approval of the joint committee on
19legislative organization.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,8,2320 2. “Population data unit" means a ward, census enumeration district, block, or
21other unit of territory having clearly identified geographic boundaries and for which
22a total population figure is included in or can be derived directly from certified
23federal census data.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,9,424 3. “X-coordinate" means the relative location of a point along the east–west
25axis of the state. Unless otherwise measured within the context of an appropriate

1coordinate system obtained for use as permitted by subd. 1., the x-coordinate shall
2be measured along a line drawn due east from a due north and south line running
3through the point which is the western extremity of this state, to the point to be
4located.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,9,105 4. “Y-coordinate" means the relative location of a point along the north–south
6axis of the state. Unless otherwise measured within the context of an appropriate
7coordinate system obtained for use as permitted by subd. 1., the y-coordinate shall
8be measured along a line drawn due south from a due east and west line running
9through the point which is the northern extremity of this state, to the point to be
10located.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,9,1711 (b) To the extent consistent with subs. (1) to (3), districts shall be compact in
12form. Compact districts are those which are square, rectangular, or hexagonal in
13shape to the extent permitted by natural or political boundaries. When it is
14necessary to compare the relative compactness of 2 or more districts, or of 2 or more
15alternative redistricting plans, the tests prescribed by pars. (c) and (d) shall be used.
16Should the results of these 2 tests be contradictory, the standard under par. (c) shall
17be given greater weight than the standard under par. (d).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,9,2018 (c) 1. The compactness of a district is greatest when the length of the district
19and the width of the district are equal. The measure of a district's compactness is
20the absolute value of the difference between the length and the width of the district.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,9,2521 2. In measuring the compactness of a district by means of electronic data
22processing, the difference between the x-coordinates of the easternmost and the
23westernmost geographic unit centers included in the district shall be compared to the
24difference between the y-coordinates of the northernmost and southernmost
25geographic unit centers included in the district.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,10,14
13. To determine the length and width of a district by manual measurement, the
2distance from the northernmost point or portion of the boundary of a district to the
3southernmost point or portion of the boundary of the same district and the distance
4from the westernmost point or portion of the boundary of the district to the
5easternmost point or portion of the boundary of the same district shall each be
6measured. If the northernmost or southernmost portion of the boundary, or each of
7these points, is a part of the boundary running due east and west, the line used to
8make the measurement required by this subdivision shall be drawn either due north
9and south or as nearly so as the configuration of the district permits. If the
10easternmost or westernmost portion of the boundary, or each of these points, is a part
11of the boundary running due north and south, a similar procedure shall be followed.
12The lines to be measured for the purpose of this subdivision shall each be drawn as
13required by this subdivision, even if some part of either or both lines lies outside the
14boundaries of the district that is being tested for compactness.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,10,2015 4. The absolute values computed for individual districts under this paragraph
16may be cumulated for all districts in a plan in order to compare the overall
17compactness of 2 or more alternative redistricting plans for the state or for a portion
18of the state. However, it is not valid to cumulate or compare absolute values
19computed using the measurements under subd. 2. with those computed using the
20measurements under subd. 3.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,10,2321 (d) 1. The compactness of a district is greatest when the ratio of the dispersion
22of population about the population center of the district to the dispersion of
23population about the geographic center of the district is one to one.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,924 2. The population dispersion about the population center of a district or about
25the geographic center of a district is computed as the sum of the products of the

1population of each population data unit included in the district multiplied by the
2square of the distance from the geographic unit center of that population data unit
3to the population center or the geographic center of the district, as the case may be.
4The geographic center of the district is defined by averaging the locations of all
5geographic unit centers which are included in the district. The population center of
6the district is defined by computing the population–weighted average of the
7x-coordinates and y-coordinates of each geographic unit center assigned to the
8district, it being assumed for the purpose of this calculation that each population
9data unit possesses uniform density of population.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,1210 3. The ratios computed for individual districts under this paragraph may be
11averaged for all districts in a plan in order to compare the overall compactness of 2
12or more alternative redistricting plans for the state or for a portion of the state.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,19 13(8) In preparing any redistricting plan, the legislative reference bureau shall
14be strictly nonpartisan. No district may be drawn for the purpose of favoring a
15political party, incumbent legislator or member of Congress, or other person or group
16or, except to the extent required under sub. (1), for the purpose of augmenting or
17diluting the voting strength of a language or racial minority group. Except as
18provided in sub. (10), in establishing districts, no use shall be made of any of the
19following data:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,2020 (a) The residence addresses of incumbent legislators or members of Congress.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,2121 (b) Political affiliations of registered voters.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,2222 (c) Previous election results.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,11,2423 (d) Demographic information except as necessary to meet the requirements of
24subs. (1) and (10).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,9
1(9) The number of assembly districts in any redistricting plan may not be less
2than 54 nor more than 100. The number of senate districts in any redistricting plan
3may not be more than one-third nor less than one-fourth of the number of assembly
4districts. Each senate district shall contain only whole assembly districts. Except
5as otherwise provided in this subsection, to the extent possible, each congressional
6district shall contain only whole senate districts. The other standards specified in
7this section shall take precedence where a conflict arises between those standards
8and the requirement of including only whole senate districts within a congressional
9district.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,15 10(10) In preparing any redistricting plan, the legislative reference bureau shall
11test the efficiency gap and competitiveness of each district and make the test results
12available to the public, including publishing the results on its Internet site, no later
13than 72 hours prior to the first public hearing on the proposed plan. The legislative
14reference bureau may use the data described under sub. (8) (b) to (d) to perform the
15tests under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,17 164.008 Required provisions in redistricting bills. Each bill delivered under
17s. 4.006 shall provide all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,19 18(1) That, wherever territory is described in the bill by geographic boundaries,
19the following conventions are used:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,2120 (a) Each bound continues to the intersection with the bound next named, or to
21the intersection with a straight-line extension of such bound.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,2322 (b) If the bound is a street, it follows the center line of the street or the center
23line of the street extended.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,12,2524 (c) If the bound is a railroad right-of-way, it follows the center line of the
25railroad right-of-way.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,13,2
1(d) If the bound is a river or stream, it follows the center of the main channel
2of such river or stream.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,13,33 (e) If the bound follows a municipal boundary, it coincides with such boundary.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,13,7 4(2) That the bill first applies, with respect to regular elections, to offices filled
5at the next occurring general election after the bill takes effect and, with respect to
6special or recall elections, to offices filled or contested on or after the date of that
7general election.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,13,18 84.0085 Challenge based on population inequality; burden of proof. If
9an action is brought challenging a legislative redistricting plan under this
10subchapter on the basis of an excessive population variance among senate or
11assembly districts established in the plan, the legislature has the burden of
12justifying any variance in excess of 10 percent between the population of a senate or
13assembly district and the applicable ideal district population. If an action is brought
14challenging a congressional redistricting plan under this subchapter on the basis of
15an excessive population variance among congressional districts established in the
16plan, the legislature has the burden of justifying any variance in excess of 1 percent
17between the population of a congressional district and the applicable ideal district
18population.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,1j 19Section 1j. 5.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,14,1320 5.15 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), the division ordinance or resolution
21shall number all wards in the municipality with unique whole numbers in
22consecutive order, beginning with the number one, shall designate the polling place
23for each ward, and shall describe the boundaries of each ward consistent with the
24conventions set forth in s. 4.003 4.008 (1). The ordinance or resolution shall be
25accompanied by a list of the block numbers used by the U.S. bureau of the census that

1are wholly or partly contained within each ward, with any block numbers partly
2contained within a ward identified, and a map of the municipality which illustrates
3the revised ward boundaries. If the legislature, in an act redistricting legislative
4districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution, or in redistricting
5congressional districts, establishes a district boundary within a municipality that
6does not coincide with the boundary of a ward established under the ordinance or
7resolution of the municipality, the municipal governing body shall, no later than
8April 10 of the 2nd year following the year of the federal decennial census on which
9the act is based, amend the ordinance or resolution to the extent required to effect
10the act. The amended ordinance or resolution shall designate the polling place for
11any ward that is created to effect the legislative act. Nothing in this paragraph shall
12be construed to compel a county or city to alter or redraw supervisory or aldermanic
13districts.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,1L 14Section 1L. 13.124 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,14,2115 13.124 (4) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3), legal counsel may not be obtained
16for any purpose relating to redistricting or a legislative investigation without the
17approval of a majority of the members elected in each house. If counsel is retained
18after the approval of a majority of the members elected in each house, counsel may
19not be paid more than $70 an hour for services. Each member of the legislature shall
20be considered a client of counsel retained for any purpose relating to redistricting or
21a legislative investigation.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,14,22 222. Page 8, line 5: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,14,23 23 Section 7m. 13.49 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,14,24 2413.49 Redistricting advisory commission. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,1
1(a) “Chief election officer" means the elections commission administrator.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,22 (b) “Four selecting authorities" means all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,33 1. The majority leader of the senate.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,44 2. The minority leader of the senate.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,55 3. The speaker of the assembly.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,66 4. The minority leader of the assembly.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,77 (c) “Partisan public office" means any of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,98 1. The office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer,
9attorney general, state senator, or state representative to the assembly.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,1110 2. A county office that is filled by an election process involving nomination and
11election of candidates on a partisan basis.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,1312 (d) “Political party office" means an elective office in a political party, as defined
13in s. 11.0101 (26), or in a national political party.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,15,1914 (e) “Relative" means an individual who is related to the person in question as
15father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece,
16husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
17son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,
18stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half
19sister.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,3 20(2) General provisions. (a) Not later than February 15 of the first year
21following the decennial federal census, a temporary redistricting advisory
22commission is created consisting of 5 members. Each of the 4 selecting authorities
23shall certify to the chief election officer the selecting authority's appointment of a
24person to serve on the commission. Within 30 days after the last selecting authority
25has certified his or her appointment, but not later than February 15 of the first year

1following the decennial federal census, the 4 commission members so appointed shall
2select, by a vote of at least 3 members, and certify to the chief election officer the 5th
3commission member, who shall serve as chairperson.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,54 (b) No individual may be appointed to the redistricting advisory commission
5who satisfies any of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,76 1. The individual is not an eligible elector of this state at the time of the
7appointment.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,88 2. The individual holds partisan public office or political party office.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,109 3. The individual is a relative of or is employed by a member of the legislature
10or of Congress or is employed directly by the legislature or Congress.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,1711 (c) Members of the redistricting advisory commission appointed by a selecting
12authority shall be reimbursed from the appropriation account under s. 20.765 (1) (a)
13or (b), depending upon the house in which that member's appointing authority holds
14office, for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of duties as a
15commission member. The member who is not appointed by a selecting authority
16shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) for actual and
17necessary expenses incurred in performance of duties as a commission member.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,1918 (d) A vacancy on the redistricting advisory commission shall be filled as
19provided in s. 17.20 (1) within 15 days after the vacancy occurs.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,2120 (e) Each redistricting advisory commission terminates upon complying with
21sub. (3).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,16,22 22(3) Duties. The redistricting advisory commission shall do all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,223 (a) If requested to do so by the legislative reference bureau, provide direction
24to the legislative reference bureau concerning any decision the legislative reference

1bureau must make in preparing a redistricting plan under subch. I of ch. 4 for which
2no clearly applicable guideline is provided under s. 4.007.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,93 (b) Oversee the work of legislative reference bureau employees engaged in
4preparing a redistricting plan under subch. I of ch. 4 and may enter into contracts
5for hiring experts to assist in the preparation of such plans. The commission may
6enter into a contract to retain experts for preparing a redistricting plan only with the
7approval of three-fourths of the members of the commission and may terminate a
8contract employee only with the approval of three-fourths of the members of the
9commission.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,1210 (c) Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of a bill embodying a
11redistricting plan as required under s. 4.006, make available to the public at the
12earliest feasible time all of the following information:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,1313 1. Copies of the bill.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,1414 2. Maps illustrating the plan.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,1615 3. A summary of the standards prescribed under s. 4.007 for development of the
16plan.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,1917 4. A statement of the population of each district included in the plan and the
18relative deviation of each district population from the ideal district population,
19derived as prescribed in s. 4.007 (2).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,17,2120 (d) Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of an initial bill
21embodying a redistricting plan as required under s. 4.006 (1), do all of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA8,18,222 1. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct public
23hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the
24bill. No more than one public hearing may be held in the city of Madison, and at least

1one public hearing shall be held in each congressional district of the state. The
2commission shall hold public hearings on weekends whenever it is practicable.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,18,93 2. Following the hearings held under subd. 1., promptly prepare and submit
4to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) a report summarizing
5information and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings.
6The report may include any comments and conclusions that the commission's
7members deem appropriate concerning the information and testimony received at
8the hearings or otherwise presented to the commission. The report shall be treated
9in the same manner as a report submitted under s. 13.172 (2).
AB68-ASA2-AA8,18,13 10(4) Confidentiality. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the redistricting
11advisory commission may establish policies limiting the information that the
12legislative reference bureau may provide to persons outside of the bureau staff
13concerning any redistricting plan prepared under subch. I of ch. 4.
AB68-ASA2-AA8,18,2114 (b) Any policy established under par. (a) does not apply to a redistricting plan
15after a bill embodying that plan is delivered by the legislative reference bureau as
16required under s. 4.006 or to population data furnished to the legislative reference
17bureau by the U.S. bureau of the census. Notwithstanding s. 13.92 (1) (c), any draft
18maps, along with the data sets used to create them, that are produced by the
19legislative reference bureau in the course of its work in preparing a bill under s. 4.006
20shall be open to public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) and made available
21on the Internet site of the legislative reference bureau as soon as they are produced.”.
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