Amendment SSA1-SB104

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 104

November 7, 2023 - Offered by Senator Tomczyk.

SB104-SSA1,1,2 An Act to renumber and amend 17.16 (10); and to create 17.16 (10) (b) of the statutes; relating to: eligibility for local office following removal.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB104-SSA1,1 Section 1. 17.16 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 17.16 (10) (a) and amended to read:

SB104-SSA1,1,6 17.16 (10) (a) A person lawfully An official who is removed from office shall be is ineligible to appointment or election to fill the vacancy caused by such the removal.

SB104-SSA1,2 Section 2. 17.16 (10) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB104-SSA1,2,4 17.16 (10) (b) An elected official of a city, village, town, or county who is removed from office for cause under s. 17.09 (1), 17.12 (1) (a), or 17.13 (2) or (2m) using the procedure under this section by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the removing power entitled to participate in the removal proceeding or who resigned from office after written verified charges were filed under sub. (3) and before an order under sub. (8) was issued is ineligible for the elective public office from which the official resigned or was removed. This paragraph does not apply to a sheriff or to a removal proceeding for which the removing power is a single person.

SB104-SSA1,2,5 (End)