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AB56,28 10Section 28. 13.49 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,118,11 1113.49 Redistricting advisory commission. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB56,118,1212 (a) “Chief election officer" means the elections commission administrator.
AB56,118,1313 (b) “Four selecting authorities" means all of the following:
AB56,118,1414 1. The majority leader of the senate.
AB56,118,1515 2. The minority leader of the senate.
AB56,118,1616 3. The speaker of the assembly.
AB56,118,1717 4. The minority leader of the assembly.
AB56,118,1818 (c) “Partisan public office" means any of the following:
AB56,118,2019 1. The office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer,
20attorney general, state senator, or state representative to the assembly.
AB56,118,2221 2. A county office that is filled by an election process involving nomination and
22election of candidates on a partisan basis.
AB56,118,2423 (d) “Political party office" means an elective office in a political party, as defined
24in s. 11.0101 (26), or in a national political party.
AB56,119,6
1(e) “Relative" means an individual who is related to the person in question as
2father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece,
3husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
4son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,
5stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half
6sister.
AB56,119,15 7(2) General provisions. (a) Not later than February 15 of the first year
8following the decennial federal census, a temporary redistricting advisory
9commission is created consisting of 5 members. Each of the 4 selecting authorities
10shall certify to the chief election officer the selecting authority's appointment of a
11person to serve on the commission. Within 30 days after the last selecting authority
12has certified his or her appointment, but not later than February 15 of the first year
13following the decennial federal census, the 4 commission members so appointed shall
14select, by a vote of at least 3 members, and certify to the chief election officer the 5th
15commission member, who shall serve as chairperson.
AB56,119,1716 (b) No individual may be appointed to the redistricting advisory commission
17who satisfies any of the following:
AB56,119,1918 1. The individual is not an eligible elector of this state at the time of the
19appointment.
AB56,119,2020 2. The individual holds partisan public office or political party office.
AB56,119,2221 3. The individual is a relative of or is employed by a member of the legislature
22or of Congress or is employed directly by the legislature or Congress.
AB56,120,423 (c) Members of the redistricting advisory commission appointed by a selecting
24authority shall be reimbursed from the appropriation account under s. 20.765 (1) (a)
25or (b), depending upon the house in which that member's appointing authority holds

1office, for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of duties as a
2commission member. The member who is not appointed by a selecting authority
3shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) for actual and
4necessary expenses incurred in performance of duties as a commission member.
AB56,120,65 (d) A vacancy on the redistricting advisory commission shall be filled as
6provided in s. 17.20 (1) within 15 days after the vacancy occurs.
AB56,120,87 (e) Each redistricting advisory commission terminates upon complying with
8sub. (3).
AB56,120,9 9(3) Duties. The redistricting advisory commission shall do all of the following:
AB56,120,1310 (a) If requested to do so by the legislative reference bureau, provide direction
11to the legislative reference bureau concerning any decision the legislative reference
12bureau must make in preparing a redistricting plan under subch. I of ch. 4 for which
13no clearly applicable guideline is provided under s. 4.007.
AB56,120,2014 (b) Oversee the work of legislative reference bureau employees engaged in
15preparing a redistricting plan under subch. I of ch. 4 and may enter into contracts
16for hiring experts to assist in the preparing of such plans. The commission may enter
17into a contract to retain experts for preparing a redistricting plan only with the
18approval of three-fourths of the members of the commission and may terminate a
19contract employee only with the approval of three-fourths of the members of the
20commission.
AB56,120,2321 (c) Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of a bill embodying a
22redistricting plan as required under s. 4.006, make available to the public at the
23earliest feasible time all of the following information:
AB56,120,2424 1. Copies of the bill.
AB56,120,2525 2. Maps illustrating the plan.
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13. A summary of the standards prescribed under s. 4.007 for development of the
2plan.
AB56,121,43 4. A statement of the population of each district included in the plan and the
4relative deviation of each district population from the ideal district population.
AB56,121,65 (d) Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of an initial bill
6embodying a redistricting plan as required under s. 4.006 (1), do all of the following:
AB56,121,117 1. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct public
8hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the
9bill. No more than one public hearing may be held in the city of Madison, and at least
10one public hearing shall be held in each congressional district of the state. The
11commission shall hold public hearings on weekends whenever it is practicable.
AB56,121,1812 2. Following the hearings held under subd. 1., promptly prepare and submit
13to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) a report summarizing
14information and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings.
15The report may include any comments and conclusions that the commission's
16members deem appropriate concerning the information and testimony received at
17the hearings or otherwise presented to the commission. The report shall be treated
18in the same manner as a report submitted under s. 13.172 (2).
AB56,121,22 19(4) Confidentiality. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the redistricting
20advisory commission may establish policies limiting the information that the
21legislative reference bureau may provide to persons outside of the bureau staff
22concerning any redistricting plan prepared under subch. I of ch. 4.
AB56,122,523 (b) Any policy established under par. (a) does not apply to a redistricting plan
24after a bill embodying that plan is delivered by the legislative reference bureau as
25required under s. 4.006 or to population data furnished to the legislative reference

1bureau by the U.S. bureau of the census. Notwithstanding s. 13.92 (1) (c), any draft
2maps, along with the data sets used to create them, that are produced by the
3legislative reference bureau in the course of its work in preparing a bill under s. 4.006
4shall be open to public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) and made available
5on the Internet site of the legislative reference bureau as soon as they are produced.
AB56,29 6Section 29 . 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,122,157 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
8committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
9service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
10the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
11committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature's
12representative for
the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of
13participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under
14s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice
15shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,30 16Section 30 . 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,217 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
18or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and
19893.825 (2)
. If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly
20organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be
21represented
in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall
22represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint
23committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature
, that
24committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding
. The
25costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations

1under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of
2justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,31 3Section 31 . 13.91 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,54 13.91 (1) (c) Perform the functions prescribed in ch. 227 s. 227.15 for the review
5and resolution of problems
relating to administrative rules and guidance documents.
AB56,32 6Section 32. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,23 713.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
8known as the “Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the “State
9Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the
10confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4)
11(a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or
12without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records , or other
13documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures,
14revenues, operations, and structure, including specifically any such books, records,
15or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and
16except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns , or school districts
17is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m)
18and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership
19programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to
20work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os)
. In the
21discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses,
22administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be
23taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
AB56,33 24Section 33. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit
2committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a
3county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par.
4(m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs
5under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only
6as provided in par. (os).
After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the
7bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor,
8the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint
9committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a
10detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for
11improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or
12improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint
13legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature,
14and the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB56,34 15Section 34. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,124,2116 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
17transactions of any department, agency, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
18audit committee, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
19Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or,
20subject to par. (os), of a
school district, may be performed only as authorized in par.
21(m).
AB56,35 22Section 35. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,36 23Section 36. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,125,424 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
25bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services

1performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
2that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
3This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
4or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
AB56,37 5Section 37. 15.105 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 15.225 (1) and amended
6to read:
AB56,125,137 15.225 (1) Labor and industry review commission. There is created a labor and
8industry review commission which is attached to the department of administration
9workforce development under s. 15.03, except the budget of the labor and industry
10review commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor without
11change or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the labor and industry
12review commission. The governor shall appoint an individual to serve at the
13pleasure of the governor as general counsel for the commission.
AB56,38 14Section 38. 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,125,1815 15.105 (34) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
16department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
17clean energy. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who
18shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's pleasure.
AB56,39 19Section 39. 15.207 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,40 20Section 40. 15.225 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,125,21 2115.225 (title) Same; attached boards and commission commissions .
AB56,41 22Section 41. 15.253 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.374 (2) and amended
23to read:
AB56,126,224 15.374 (2) Office of school safety. There is created an office of school safety
25in the department of public instruction. The director of the office shall be appointed

1by the attorney general state superintendent of public instruction in the classified
2service
.
AB56,42 3Section 42 . 15.315 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,43 4Section 43 . 15.315 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.467 (1), and 15.467 (1)
5(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,126,76 15.467 (1) (a) There is created an interoperability council, attached to the
7department of military affairs transportation under s. 15.03.
AB56,44 8Section 44 . 15.315 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.467 (2), and 15.467 (2)
9(a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,126,1410 15.467 (2) (a) (intro.) There is created a 911 subcommittee of the
11interoperability council, attached to the department of military affairs
12transportation under s. 15.03. The 911 subcommittee consists of one member serving
13a 3-year term who is appointed by the adjutant general secretary of transportation
14and the following members serving 3-year terms who are appointed by the governor:
AB56,45 15Section 45. 15.345 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,126,1916 15.345 (9) Bureau of natural resources science. There is created in the
17division responsible for fish, wildlife, and parks in the department of natural
18resources a bureau of natural resources science. The bureau director shall report to,
19and serve as the science advisor to, the secretary of natural resources.
AB56,46 20Section 46 . 15.405 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,126,2121 15.405 (6) (am) Two dental therapists who are licensed under ch. 447.
AB56,47 22Section 47. 16.004 (25) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,127,323 16.004 (25) Procurement and risk management services. The department
24may provide technical assistance and other services relating to procurement and risk
25management, including conducting educational seminars, courses, or conferences,

1to local governmental units, as defined in s. 16.97 (7), and private organizations. The
2department shall charge and collect fees sufficient to recover the costs of activities
3authorized under this subsection.
AB56,48 4Section 48. 16.009 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,95 16.009 (2) (em) Monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning
6long-term community support services received by clients of the long-term support
7community options program under s. 46.27
the self-directed services option, the
8family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, and the program of
9all-inclusive care for the elderly.
AB56,49 10Section 49. 16.047 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.047 (2).
AB56,50 11Section 50. 16.047 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,51 12Section 51. 16.047 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,52 13Section 52. 16.047 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,1814 16.047 (4m) (b) The department shall establish a program to award grants of
15settlement funds from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (h) to eligible applicants
16for the replacement of public transit vehicles or the installation of charging stations
17for vehicles with an electric motor
. Any eligible applicant may apply for a grant
18under the program.
AB56,53 19Section 53. 16.047 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,2420 16.047 (4m) (c) The department shall award grants under this subsection on
21a competitive basis and shall give preference to the replacement of public transit
22vehicles or the installation of charging stations for vehicles with an electric motor in
23communities or on routes that the department determines are critical for the purpose
24of connecting employees with employers.
AB56,54 25Section 54. 16.047 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.047 (4m) (d) An eligible applicant may use settlement funds awarded under
2this subsection only for the payment of costs incurred by the eligible applicant to
3replace public transit vehicles or install charging stations for vehicles with an
4electric motor
in accordance with the settlement guidelines.
AB56,55 5Section 55. 16.047 (4m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,56 6Section 56 . 16.3077 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,128,9 716.3077 Housing quality standards grants. From the appropriation under
8s. 20.505 (7) (bp), the department shall award grants to owners of rental housing
9units in this state for purposes of satisfying applicable housing quality standards.
AB56,57 10Section 57. 16.313 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,58 11Section 58. 16.5185 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,59 12Section 59 . 16.5185 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.5185 and amended
13to read:
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