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AB68-SSA1,25,1210 2. Prior to the canvass under subd. 1., the municipal clerk or municipal board
11of election commissioners shall notify the elections commission in writing and shall
12consult with the elections commission concerning administration of this section.
AB68-SSA1,25,1513 (b) Ballots may be canvassed early under this section only between 7 a.m. and
148 p.m. on the day before the election and may not be tallied until after the polls close
15on election day.
AB68-SSA1,25,1816 (c) Any member of the public has the same right of access to a place where
17absentee ballots are being canvassed early under this section that the individual
18would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings at a polling place.
AB68-SSA1,25,2219 (d) When not in use, automatic tabulating equipment used for purposes of this
20section and the areas where the programmed media, memory devices, and ballots are
21housed shall be secured with tamper-evident security seals in a double-lock location
22such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office.
AB68-SSA1,26,223 (e) No person may act in any manner that would give him or her the ability to
24know or to provide information on the accumulating or final results from the ballots

1canvassed early under this section before the close of the polls on election day. A
2person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB68-SSA1,26,4 3(2) Notice requirements. Absentee ballots may not begin being canvassed
4early under this section for any election unless all of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,26,85 (a) At least 70 days before the election the municipal clerk or executive director
6of the municipal board of election commissioners notifies in writing the county clerk
7or executive director of the county board of election commissioners that early
8canvassing of absentee ballots will take place in the election.
AB68-SSA1,26,109 (b) The notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e) specifies the date and time during which,
10and each location where, the early canvassing of absentee ballots will be conducted.
AB68-SSA1,37 11Section 37 . 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,27,2 128.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section
13applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive
14state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and district attorney,
15judicial and legislative state offices, county, city, village, and town offices, and the
16offices of municipal judge and member of the board of school directors in school
17districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be filled in
18anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4) (e). No
19Except as provided in sub. (4m), no special election may be held after February 1
20preceding the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election,
21nor after August 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day
22as the general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held
23on the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall
24be held on the day of the partisan primary. If the special election is held on the day

1of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the
2day of the spring primary.
AB68-SSA1,38 3Section 38 . 8.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,27,134 8.50 (2) Date of special election. (a) The Except as provided in sub. (4m), the
5date for the special election shall be not less than 62 nor more than 77 days from the
6date of the order except when the special election is held to fill a vacancy in a national
7office or
the special election is held on the day of the general election or spring
8election. If a special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the special
9election may be ordered not earlier than 92 days prior to the spring primary and not
10later than 49 days prior to that primary. If a special election is held concurrently with
11the general election or a special election is held to fill a national office, the special
12election may be ordered not earlier than 122 days prior to the partisan primary or
13special primary, respectively, and not later than 92 days prior to that primary.
AB68-SSA1,27,2114 (b) If Except as provided in sub. (4m), if a primary is required, the primary shall
15be on the day 4 weeks before the day of the special election except when the special
16election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be
17held on the same day as the partisan primary or if the special election is held
18concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with
19the spring primary, and except when the special election is held on the Tuesday after
20the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the primary shall be held
21on the 2nd Tuesday of August in that year.
AB68-SSA1,39 22Section 39 . 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,28,1323 8.50 (3) (a) Nomination Except as provided in sub. (4m), nomination papers
24may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and
25shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary

1will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently
2with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers
3shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided
4in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 days prior to the date
5of the spring primary or no later than June 1 preceding the partisan primary.
6Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15, or 8.20. Each
7candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no
8later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a
9candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s.
1011.0202 (1) (a) at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file
11the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement
12of economic interests with the ethics commission no later than the end of the 3rd day
13following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order.
AB68-SSA1,40 14Section 40 . 8.50 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,41 15Section 41 . 8.50 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,28,1816 8.50 (4m) Special elections for national office. (a) Except as provided in
17par. (b), a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress shall be
18filled as soon as practicable in the following manner:
AB68-SSA1,28,2319 1. At a special election to be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May following the first
20day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held concurrently with the spring
21primary on the 3rd Tuesday in February. The first day for circulating nomination
22papers shall be November 1 and the papers shall be filed no later 5 p.m. on the first
23Tuesday in December preceding the primary.
AB68-SSA1,29,224 2. At a special election to be held on the 2nd Tuesday in August following the
25first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May

1in that year. The first day for circulating nomination papers shall be February 1 and
2the papers shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March.
AB68-SSA1,29,63 3. At a special election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
4November following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held
5on the 2nd Tuesday in August in that year. Nomination papers shall be circulated
6and as filed as provided under s. 8.15.
AB68-SSA1,29,97 (b) A special election shall not be held under par. (a) 3. in any year in which the
8general election is held for that office, but, instead, the vacancy shall be filled at the
9partisan primary and general election.
AB68-SSA1,29,1010 (c) A vacancy filled under par. (a) shall be for the residue of the unexpired term.
AB68-SSA1,42 11Section 42 . 13.124 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,43 12Section 43 . 13.127 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,44 13Section 44 . 13.365 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,45 14Section 45. 13.48 (20m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,29,1715 13.48 (20m) (c) The building commission may authorize up to $25,000,000 in
16general fund supported borrowing under par. (b), including up to $3,000,000 for the
17project described in par. (d)
.
AB68-SSA1,46 18Section 46 . 13.48 (20m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,30,219 13.48 (20m) (d) 1. The legislature finds and determines that supporting
20entrepreneurs and innovators, providing facilities for job training, and promoting
21dynamic community revitalization and development are of vital importance in
22creating jobs and contributing to economic development and tourism in this state
23and are statewide responsibilities of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the
24public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Incourage

1Community Foundation, Inc., in redeveloping the former Daily Tribune building in
2the city of Wisconsin Rapids into an economic and community hub.
AB68-SSA1,30,103 2. The building commission may under this subsection assist the Incourage
4Community Foundation, Inc., in redeveloping the former Daily Tribune building in
5the city of Wisconsin Rapids into an economic and community hub. The state funding
6commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Incourage Community Foundation,
7Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for redeveloping the former
8Daily Tribune building, the building commission shall determine that the Incourage
9Community Foundation, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project from
10nonstate revenue sources at least equal to the state's grant.
AB68-SSA1,30,1511 3. If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Incourage Community
12Foundation, Inc., under subd. 2., and if, for any reason, the facility that is
13redeveloped with funds from the grant is not used for an economic and community
14hub, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the facility equal to the amount
15of the state's grant.
AB68-SSA1,47 16Section 47. 13.48 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,31,1517 13.48 (26) Environmental improvement annual finance plan approval. The
18building commission shall review the versions of the biennial finance plan and any
19amendments to the biennial finance plan submitted to it by the department of
20natural resources and the department of administration under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) and
21the recommendations of the joint committee on finance and the standing committees
22to which the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments were
23submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm). The building commission shall consider the
24extent to which that version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the
25adopted biennial budget act will maintain the funding for the clean water fund

1program and the safe drinking water loan program, in the environmental
2improvement fund, in perpetuity. The building commission shall consider the extent
3to which the implementation of the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking
4water loan program and the land recycling loan program, as set forth in the biennial
5finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, implements
6legislative intent on the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking water loan
7program and the land recycling loan program. The building commission shall, no
8later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the biennial budget act, either
9approve or disapprove the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted
10biennial budget act. If the building commission disapproves the version of the
11biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, it
12must notify the department of natural resources and the department of
13administration of its reasons for disapproving the plan, and those departments must
14revise that version of the biennial finance plan and submit the revision to the
15building commission.
AB68-SSA1,48 16Section 48 . 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,31,2217 13.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and
18determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water
19systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering
20drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is
21therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist
22private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.
AB68-SSA1,49 23Section 49 . 13.48 (30) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,31,2424 13.48 (30) Broadband expansion grants. (a) In this section:
AB68-SSA1,31,2525 1. “Underserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (b).
AB68-SSA1,32,1
12. “Unserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (c).
AB68-SSA1,32,122 (b) The legislature finds and determines that the provision of broadband
3Internet access is essential to the welfare of the citizens of this state and to economic
4development in this state, and therefore the provision of broadband Internet access
5is a government function and a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. The
6legislature further determines that sufficient private capital has been and continues
7to be unavailable to fulfill the need for the development of broadband Internet access
8in underserved and unserved areas in this state. It is therefore in the public interest,
9and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the public service commission in
10making broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504 (2) (a) for the purpose of
11constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved and unserved areas of this
12state.
AB68-SSA1,32,1413 (c) The building commission may authorize up to $125,000,000 in general fund
14supported borrowing for use under s. 196.504 (2) (a).
AB68-SSA1,32,1915 (d) If the building commission authorizes borrowing under par. (c), and if, for
16any reason, a grant funded from the proceeds of such borrowing is not used for the
17construction of broadband infrastructure, as specified in par. (b), the state shall
18retain an ownership interest in the project funded from the grant equal to the
19amount of those proceeds.
AB68-SSA1,50 20Section 50 . 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,33,421 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
22committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
23service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
24the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
25committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature's

1representative for
the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of
2participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under
3s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice
4shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB68-SSA1,51 5Section 51. 13.75 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,33,66 13.75 (1g) (b) Filing the principal registration form under s. 13.64, $375 $430.
AB68-SSA1,52 7Section 52. 13.75 (1g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,33,88 13.75 (1g) (d) Filing an authorization statement under s. 13.65, $125 $180.
AB68-SSA1,53 9Section 53 . 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,33,2010 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
11or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and
12893.825 (2)
. If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly
13organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be
14represented
in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall
15represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint
16committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature
, that
17committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding
. The
18costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations
19under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of
20justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB68-SSA1,54 21Section 54. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,34,13 2213.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
23known as the “Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the “State
24Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the
25confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4)

1(a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or
2without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records , or other
3documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures,
4revenues, operations, and structure, including specifically any such books, records,
5or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and
6except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns , or school districts
7is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m)
8and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership
9programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to
10work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os)
. In the
11discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses,
12administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be
13taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
AB68-SSA1,55 14Section 55. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,35,315 13.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit
16committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a
17county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par.
18(m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs
19under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only
20as provided in par. (os).
After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the
21bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor,
22the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint
23committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a
24detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for
25improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or

1improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint
2legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature,
3and the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB68-SSA1,56 4Section 56. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,35,105 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
6transactions of any department, agency, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
7audit committee, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
8Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or,
9subject to par. (os), of a
school district, may be performed only as authorized in par.
10(m).
AB68-SSA1,57 11Section 57. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,58 12Section 58. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,35,1813 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
14bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services
15performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
16that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
17This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
18or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
AB68-SSA1,59 19Section 59 . 14.46 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,35,25 2014.46 Assistant secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint an
21assistant secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the
22secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a
23member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The assistant secretary of
24state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and
25with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes.
AB68-SSA1,60
1Section 60. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,36,132 15.01 (6) “Division," “bureau," “section," and “unit" means the subunits of a
3department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created
4by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and
5efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department
6or independent agency. The office of credit unions and the office of the student loan
7ombudsman
in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector
8general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general
9in the department of health services, and the office of children's mental health in the
10department of health services have the meaning of “division" under this subsection.
11The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term
12care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public
13instruction have the meaning of “bureau" under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,61 14Section 61. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,36,1815 15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor,
16secretary of state, and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the “office" of
17the respective constitutional officer. Each of those offices shall be attached to the
18department of administration under s. 15.03.
AB68-SSA1,62 19Section 62. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,37,220 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the “division". Each
21division shall be headed by an “administrator". The office of credit unions and the
22office of the student loan ombudsman
in the department of financial institutions and
23the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the
24meaning of “division" and the director of credit unions in the department of financial
25institutions and the director of the office of children's mental health in the

1department of health services have the meaning of “administrator" under this
2subdivision.
AB68-SSA1,63 3Section 63. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,37,19 415.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission,
5council, or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency
6or a specified division thereof or constitutional office shall be a distinct unit of that
7department, independent agency, or specified division or constitutional office. Any
8division, office, commission, council, or board so attached shall exercise its powers,
9duties, and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and
10regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the
11division, office, commission, council, or board, independently of the head of the
12department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination , and
13related management functions shall be performed under the direction and
14supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with
15respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial
16budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the
17department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed
18and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as
19requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.
AB68-SSA1,64 20Section 64 . 15.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,37,2321 15.07 (1) (a) 3. Members of the employee trust funds board appointed or elected
22under s. 15.16 (1) (a), (b), (d) and (f) (cm) 1. a. to e., 2. a. to e., and 3. shall be appointed
23or elected as provided in that section.
AB68-SSA1,65 24Section 65. 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,2
115.07 (1) (b) 15m. The members of the state fair park board appointed under
2s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3. to 5.
AB68-SSA1,66 3Section 66. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,54 15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board
5appointed under s. 15.445 (2) 15.105 (38) (b) 3.
AB68-SSA1,67 6Section 67. 15.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,97 15.07 (2) (h) The chairperson of the state fair park board shall be designated
8annually by the governor from among the members appointed under s. 15.445 (4)
915.105 (38r) (a) 3., 4. and 5.
AB68-SSA1,68 10Section 68. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,1211 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet
12at least 4 times each year.
AB68-SSA1,69 13Section 69 . 15.07 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,1714 15.07 (5) (f) Members of the teachers retirement board, appointive members
15of the Wisconsin retirement board, appointive
Appointive members of the group
16insurance board, members of the deferred compensation board, and members of the
17employee trust funds board, $25 per day.
AB68-SSA1,70 18Section 70 . 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,38,2319 15.105 (34) Office of environmental justice. There is created in the
20department of administration an office to be known as the office of environmental
21justice. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director, who shall
22be appointed by the secretary of administration to serve at the pleasure of the
23secretary.
AB68-SSA1,71 24Section 71 . 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,39,3
115.105 (35) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
2department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
3clean energy.
AB68-SSA1,72 4Section 72 . 15.105 (38s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,39,85 15.105 (38s) Office of digital transformation. There is created in the
6department of administration an office of digital transformation. The office shall be
7under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the
8secretary of administration to serve at his or her pleasure.
AB68-SSA1,73 9Section 73 . 15.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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