AB899,,59559510.06 (2) (a) On the 4th Tuesday in November preceding a spring election each county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice received from the commission secretary of state for all state offices to be filled at the election by any electors voting in the county and a similar notice incorporating any county offices.
AB899,265596Section 265. 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,59759710.06 (2) (b) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary of state preceding the spring election each county clerk shall add any county offices, prepare the ballots, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the spring primary. When there is no state spring primary within the county, but there is to be a county spring primary, the county clerk shall prepare the ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk.
AB899,266598Section 266. 10.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,59959910.06 (2) (e) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary of state each county clerk shall add any county offices and referenda, prepare the ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming spring election.
AB899,267600Section 267. 10.06 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,60160110.06 (2) (h) On the 2nd Tuesday in April preceding a partisan primary and general election, the county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice received from the commission secretary of state for all national and state offices to be filled at the election by any electors voting in the county and incorporating county offices.
AB899,268602Section 268. 10.06 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,60360310.06 (2) (k) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary of state preceding the general election, the county clerk shall add county offices and referenda, if any, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming general election and prepare the ballots.
AB899,269604Section 269. 12.01 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 12.01 and amended to read:
AB899,,60560512.01 Definitions. The definitions given under s. 11.0101 apply to this chapter, except as follows: (1) “Candidate” that “candidate” includes a candidate for national office.
AB899,270606Section 270. 12.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB899,271607Section 271. 12.13 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,60860812.13 (5) (a) Except as specifically authorized by law and except as provided in par. (b), no investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or prosecutor, or member or employee of the commission secretary of state may disclose information related to an investigation or prosecution under chs. 5 to 10 or 12, or any other law specified in s. 978.05 (1) or (2) or provide access to any record of the investigator, prosecutor, or the commission secretary of state that is not subject to access under s. 5.05 (5s) to any person other than an employee or agent of the prosecutor or investigator or a member, an employee, or agent of the commission secretary of state prior to presenting the information or record in a court of law.
AB899,272609Section 272. 12.13 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,61061012.13 (5) (b) (intro.) This subsection does not apply to any of the following communications made by an investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or prosecutor, or member or employee of the commission secretary of state:
AB899,273611Section 273. 12.13 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,61261212.13 (5) (b) 3. Communications made to the attorney of an investigator, prosecutor, or employee, or member of the commission secretary of state or to a person or the attorney of a person who is investigated or prosecuted by the commission secretary of state.
AB899,274613Section 274. 13.123 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,61461413.123 (3) (b) 2. In making the determination under subd. 1., the chief clerk is bound by the determination of the chairperson of the elections commission secretary of state or the chairperson’s secretary’s designee if such determination has been issued.
AB899,275615Section 275. 13.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,61661613.23 Election contests; notice. Any person wishing to contest the election of any senator or member of the assembly shall, within 30 days after the decision of the board of canvassers, serve a notice in writing on the person whose election the contestant intends to contest, stating briefly that the election will be contested and the cause of such contest, and shall file a copy thereof in the office of the elections commission secretary of state at least 10 days before the day fixed by law for the meeting of the legislature. The elections commission secretary of state shall then send a copy of s. 13.24 to both contestants. If any contestant fails to so file a copy of such notice, the contestant shall not be entitled to any mileage or salary in case payment has been made therefor to the sitting member.
AB899,276617Section 276. 14.38 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,61861814.38 (10m) Notification of constitutional amendment. If an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution is approved that requires the legislature to provide for temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices for the period of an emergency resulting from a cause other than an enemy action, within 30 days after the elections commission secretary of state records the approval under s. 7.70 (3) (h), notify the legislature that the amendment has been approved.
AB899,277619Section 277. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,62062015.01 (2) “Commission” means a 3-member governing body in charge of a department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a department, except for the employment relations commission which shall consist of one chairperson, the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members, the elections commission which shall consist of at least 6 members, the ethics commission which shall consist of at least 6 members, and the parole commission which shall consist of 4 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a “commission”, but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a “commission”, but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06.
AB899,278621Section 278. 15.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB899,279622Section 279. 15.06 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB899,280623Section 280. 15.06 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 15.06 (2) (b).