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AB68,33 25Section 33 . 7.52 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,215,20
17.52 (1) (a) The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance
2that, in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under s. 6.88, the
3municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under s. 7.53 (2m) shall,
4at each election held in the municipality, canvass all absentee ballots received by the
5municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on election day. Prior to enacting an ordinance under this
6subsection, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the
7municipality shall notify the elections commission in writing of the proposed
8enactment and shall consult with the elections commission concerning
9administration of this section. At every election held in the municipality following
10enactment of an ordinance under this subsection, the board of absentee ballot
11canvassers shall, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election if
12authorized for that election under s. 7.525 or
any time after the opening of the polls
13and before 10 p.m. on election day, publicly convene to count the absentee ballots for
14the municipality. The municipal clerk shall give at least 48 hours' notice of any
15meeting under this subsection. Any member of the public has the same right of
16access to a meeting of the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers under this
17subsection that the individual would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings
18at a polling place. The board of absentee ballot canvassers may order the removal
19of any individual exercising the right to observe the proceedings if the individual
20disrupts the meeting.
AB68,34 21Section 34. 7.52 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,216,1622 7.52 (5) (b) For the purpose of deciding upon ballots that are challenged for any
23reason, the board of absentee ballot canvassers may call before it any person whose
24absentee ballot is challenged if the person is available to be called. If the person
25challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the

1board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, the board of absentee ballot
2canvassers shall reject the person's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the
3person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the members of the board
4of absentee ballot canvassers shall administer to the person the following oath or
5affirmation: “You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are
6a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 28 10 consecutive days have been
7a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2), stats.; you have not voted at this
8election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly
9interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; you are not
10on any other ground disqualified to vote at this election." If the person challenged
11refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person's vote shall be rejected. If the
12person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the board
13of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills
14the applicable registration requirements, and if the answers to the questions given
15by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements,
16the person's vote shall be received.
AB68,35 17Section 35 . 7.52 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,216,2018 7.52 (10) If, subject to s. 7.525, absentee ballots begin being canvassed under
19this section on the day before the election, no action under subs. (4) to (8) may be
20performed before election day.
AB68,36 21Section 36 . 7.525 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,216,25 227.525 Early canvassing of absentee ballots. (1) Authorizing early
23canvassing; requirements.
(a) 1. The municipal clerk or municipal board of election
24commissioners may elect to begin the canvassing of absentee ballots received by the
25municipal clerk on the day before any election.
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12. Prior to the canvass under subd. 1., the municipal clerk or municipal board
2of election commissioners shall notify the elections commission in writing and shall
3consult with the elections commission concerning administration of this section.
AB68,217,64 (b) Ballots may be canvassed early under this section only between 7 a.m. and
58 p.m. on the day before the election and may not be tallied until after the polls close
6on election day.
AB68,217,97 (c) Any member of the public has the same right of access to a place where
8absentee ballots are being canvassed early under this section that the individual
9would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings at a polling place.
AB68,217,1310 (d) When not in use, automatic tabulating equipment used for purposes of this
11section and the areas where the programmed media, memory devices, and ballots are
12housed shall be secured with tamper-evident security seals in a double-lock location
13such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office.
AB68,217,1714 (e) No person may act in any manner that would give him or her the ability to
15know or to provide information on the accumulating or final results from the ballots
16canvassed early under this section before the close of the polls on election day. A
17person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB68,217,19 18(2) Notice requirements. Absentee ballots may not begin being canvassed
19early under this section for any election unless all of the following apply:
AB68,217,2320 (a) At least 70 days before the election the municipal clerk or executive director
21of the municipal board of election commissioners notifies in writing the county clerk
22or executive director of the county board of election commissioners that early
23canvassing of absentee ballots will take place in the election.
AB68,217,2524 (b) The notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e) specifies the date and time during which,
25and each location where, the early canvassing of absentee ballots will be conducted.
AB68,37
1Section 37. 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,218,16 28.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section
3applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive
4state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and district attorney,
5judicial and legislative state offices, county, city, village, and town offices, and the
6offices of municipal judge and member of the board of school directors in school
7districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be filled in
8anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4) (e). No
9Except as provided in sub. (4m), no special election may be held after February 1
10preceding the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election,
11nor after August 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day
12as the general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held
13on the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall
14be held on the day of the partisan primary. If the special election is held on the day
15of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the
16day of the spring primary.
AB68,38 17Section 38 . 8.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,219,218 8.50 (2) Date of special election. (a) The Except as provided in sub. (4m), the
19date for the special election shall be not less than 62 nor more than 77 days from the
20date of the order except when the special election is held to fill a vacancy in a national
21office or
the special election is held on the day of the general election or spring
22election. If a special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the special
23election may be ordered not earlier than 92 days prior to the spring primary and not
24later than 49 days prior to that primary. If a special election is held concurrently with
25the general election or a special election is held to fill a national office, the special

1election may be ordered not earlier than 122 days prior to the partisan primary or
2special primary, respectively, and not later than 92 days prior to that primary.
AB68,219,103 (b) If Except as provided in sub. (4m), if a primary is required, the primary shall
4be on the day 4 weeks before the day of the special election except when the special
5election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be
6held on the same day as the partisan primary or if the special election is held
7concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with
8the spring primary, and except when the special election is held on the Tuesday after
9the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the primary shall be held
10on the 2nd Tuesday of August in that year.
AB68,39 11Section 39 . 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,220,212 8.50 (3) (a) Nomination Except as provided in sub. (4m), nomination papers
13may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and
14shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary
15will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently
16with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers
17shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided
18in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 days prior to the date
19of the spring primary or no later than June 1 preceding the partisan primary.
20Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15, or 8.20. Each
21candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no
22later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a
23candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s.
2411.0202 (1) (a) at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file
25the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement

1of economic interests with the ethics commission no later than the end of the 3rd day
2following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order.
AB68,40 3Section 40 . 8.50 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,41 4Section 41 . 8.50 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,220,75 8.50 (4m) Special elections for national office. (a) Except as provided in
6par. (b), a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress shall be
7filled as soon as practicable in the following manner:
AB68,220,128 1. At a special election to be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May following the first
9day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held concurrently with the spring
10primary on the 3rd Tuesday in February. The first day for circulating nomination
11papers shall be November 1 and the papers shall be filed no later 5 p.m. on the first
12Tuesday in December preceding the primary.
AB68,220,1613 2. At a special election to be held on the 2nd Tuesday in August following the
14first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May
15in that year. The first day for circulating nomination papers shall be February 1 and
16the papers shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March.
AB68,220,2017 3. At a special election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
18November following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held
19on the 2nd Tuesday in August in that year. Nomination papers shall be circulated
20and as filed as provided under s. 8.15.
AB68,220,2321 (b) A special election shall not be held under par. (a) 3. in any year in which the
22general election is held for that office, but, instead, the vacancy shall be filled at the
23partisan primary and general election.
AB68,220,2424 (c) A vacancy filled under par. (a) shall be for the residue of the unexpired term.
AB68,42 25Section 42 . 13.124 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,43
1Section 43. 13.127 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,44 2Section 44 . 13.365 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,45 3Section 45. 13.48 (20m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,221,64 13.48 (20m) (c) The building commission may authorize up to $25,000,000 in
5general fund supported borrowing under par. (b), including up to $3,000,000 for the
6project described in par. (d)
.
AB68,46 7Section 46 . 13.48 (20m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,221,158 13.48 (20m) (d) 1. The legislature finds and determines that supporting
9entrepreneurs and innovators, providing facilities for job training, and promoting
10dynamic community revitalization and development are of vital importance in
11creating jobs and contributing to economic development and tourism in this state
12and are statewide responsibilities of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the
13public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Incourage
14Community Foundation, Inc., in redeveloping the former Daily Tribune building in
15the city of Wisconsin Rapids into an economic and community hub.
AB68,221,2316 2. The building commission may under this subsection assist the Incourage
17Community Foundation, Inc., in redeveloping the former Daily Tribune building in
18the city of Wisconsin Rapids into an economic and community hub. The state funding
19commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Incourage Community Foundation,
20Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for redeveloping the former
21Daily Tribune building, the building commission shall determine that the Incourage
22Community Foundation, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project from
23nonstate revenue sources at least equal to the state's grant.
AB68,222,324 3. If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Incourage Community
25Foundation, Inc., under subd. 2., and if, for any reason, the facility that is

1redeveloped with funds from the grant is not used for an economic and community
2hub, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the facility equal to the amount
3of the state's grant.
AB68,47 4Section 47. 13.48 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,223,35 13.48 (26) Environmental improvement annual finance plan approval. The
6building commission shall review the versions of the biennial finance plan and any
7amendments to the biennial finance plan submitted to it by the department of
8natural resources and the department of administration under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) and
9the recommendations of the joint committee on finance and the standing committees
10to which the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments were
11submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm). The building commission shall consider the
12extent to which that version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the
13adopted biennial budget act will maintain the funding for the clean water fund
14program and the safe drinking water loan program, in the environmental
15improvement fund, in perpetuity. The building commission shall consider the extent
16to which the implementation of the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking
17water loan program and the land recycling loan program, as set forth in the biennial
18finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, implements
19legislative intent on the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking water loan
20program and the land recycling loan program. The building commission shall, no
21later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the biennial budget act, either
22approve or disapprove the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted
23biennial budget act. If the building commission disapproves the version of the
24biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, it
25must notify the department of natural resources and the department of

1administration of its reasons for disapproving the plan, and those departments must
2revise that version of the biennial finance plan and submit the revision to the
3building commission.
AB68,48 4Section 48 . 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,223,105 13.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and
6determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water
7systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering
8drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is
9therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist
10private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.
AB68,49 11Section 49 . 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,223,2012 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
13committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
14service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
15the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
16committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature's
17representative for
the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of
18participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under
19s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice
20shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB68,50 21Section 50. 13.75 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,223,2222 13.75 (1g) (b) Filing the principal registration form under s. 13.64, $375 $430.
AB68,51 23Section 51. 13.75 (1g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,223,2424 13.75 (1g) (d) Filing an authorization statement under s. 13.65, $125 $180.
AB68,52 25Section 52 . 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,224,11
113.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
2or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and
3893.825 (2)
. If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly
4organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be
5represented
in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall
6represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint
7committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature
, that
8committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding
. The
9costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations
10under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of
11justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB68,53 12Section 53. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,225,4 1313.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
14known as the “Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the “State
15Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the
16confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4)
17(a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or
18without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records , or other
19documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures,
20revenues, operations, and structure, including specifically any such books, records,
21or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and
22except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns , or school districts
23is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m)
24and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership
25programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to

1work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os)
. In the
2discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses,
3administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be
4taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
AB68,54 5Section 54. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,225,196 13.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit
7committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a
8county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par.
9(m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs
10under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only
11as provided in par. (os).
After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the
12bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor,
13the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint
14committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a
15detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for
16improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or
17improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint
18legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature,
19and the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB68,55 20Section 55. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,226,221 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
22transactions of any department, agency, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
23audit committee, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
24Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or,

1subject to par. (os), of a
school district, may be performed only as authorized in par.
2(m).
AB68,56 3Section 56. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,57 4Section 57. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,226,105 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
6bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services
7performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
8that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
9This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
10or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
AB68,58 11Section 58 . 14.46 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,226,17 1214.46 Assistant secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint an
13assistant secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the
14secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a
15member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The assistant secretary of
16state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and
17with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes.
AB68,59 18Section 59. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,227,519 15.01 (6) “Division," “bureau," “section," and “unit" means the subunits of a
20department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created
21by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and
22efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department
23or independent agency. The office of credit unions and the office of the student loan
24ombudsman
in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector
25general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general

1in the department of health services, and the office of children's mental health in the
2department of health services have the meaning of “division" under this subsection.
3The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term
4care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public
5instruction have the meaning of “bureau" under this subsection.
AB68,60 6Section 60. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,227,107 15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor,
8secretary of state, and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the “office" of
9the respective constitutional officer. Each of those offices shall be attached to the
10department of administration under s. 15.03.
AB68,61 11Section 61. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,227,1912 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the “division". Each
13division shall be headed by an “administrator". The office of credit unions and the
14office of the student loan ombudsman
in the department of financial institutions and
15the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the
16meaning of “division" and the director of credit unions in the department of financial
17institutions and the director of the office of children's mental health in the
18department of health services have the meaning of “administrator" under this
19subdivision.
AB68,62 20Section 62. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,228,11 2115.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission,
22council, or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency
23or a specified division thereof or constitutional office shall be a distinct unit of that
24department, independent agency, or specified division or constitutional office. Any
25division, office, commission, council, or board so attached shall exercise its powers,

1duties, and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and
2regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the
3division, office, commission, council, or board, independently of the head of the
4department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination , and
5related management functions shall be performed under the direction and
6supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with
7respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial
8budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the
9department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed
10and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as
11requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.
AB68,63 12Section 63 . 15.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,228,1513 15.07 (1) (a) 3. Members of the employee trust funds board appointed or elected
14under s. 15.16 (1) (a), (b), (d) and (f) (cm) 1. a. to e., 2. a. to d., and 3. shall be appointed
15or elected as provided in that section.
AB68,64 16Section 64. 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,228,1817 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. The members of the state fair park board appointed under
18s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3. to 5.
AB68,65 19Section 65. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,228,2120 15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board
21appointed under s. 15.445 (2) 15.105 (38) (b) 3.
AB68,66 22Section 66. 15.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,228,2523 15.07 (2) (h) The chairperson of the state fair park board shall be designated
24annually by the governor from among the members appointed under s. 15.445 (4)
2515.105 (38r) (a) 3., 4. and 5.
AB68,67
1Section 67. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,229,32 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet
3at least 4 times each year.
AB68,68 4Section 68 . 15.07 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,229,85 15.07 (5) (f) Members of the teachers retirement board, appointive members
6of the Wisconsin retirement board, appointive
Appointive members of the group
7insurance board, members of the deferred compensation board, and members of the
8employee trust funds board, $25 per day.
AB68,69 9Section 69 . 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,229,1410 15.105 (34) Office of environmental justice. There is created in the
11department of administration an office to be known as the office of environmental
12justice. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director, who shall
13be appointed by the secretary of administration to serve at the pleasure of the
14secretary.
AB68,70 15Section 70 . 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,229,1816 15.105 (35) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
17department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
18clean energy.
AB68,71 19Section 71 . 15.105 (38s) of the statutes is created to read:
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