Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB278 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 278
5	5	May 15, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, TAYLOR and SPREITZER, cosponsored
6	6	by Representatives SORTWELL, ORTIZ-VELEZ, BEHNKE, CABRERA, EDMING,
7	7	MURPHY, STEFFEN, SUBECK, BRANDTJEN, MAGNAFICI and KRUG. Referred to
8	8	Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.
9	9	AN ACT to create 5.05 (11m) and 20.510 (1) (f) of the statutes; relating to: aids
10	10	to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an
11	11	appropriation.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires the Elections Commission to reimburse counties and
14	14	municipalities for certain costs incurred in the administration of special primaries
15	15	and special elections for state office. Current law defines “state office” as the
16	16	following: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney
17	17	general, state superintendent of public instruction, justice of the supreme court,
18	18	court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, state senator, state representative to the
19	19	assembly, and district attorney.
20	20	A cost is eligible for reimbursement under the bill only if certain conditions are
21	21	met, including that the Elections Commission determines the cost is reasonable and
22	22	the rate paid by the county or municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate
23	23	customarily paid for similar costs at a primary or election that is not a special
24	24	primary or election. Under the bill, only the following costs are reimbursable:
25	25	1. Rental payments for polling places.
26	26	2. Election day wages paid to election officials working at the polls.
27	27	3. Costs for the publication of required election notices.
28	28	4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes.
29	29	5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books.
30	30	6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of
31	31	custody purposes.
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37	37	7. Costs to program electronic voting machines.
38	38	8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines.
39	39	9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass.
40	40	10. Data entry costs for a statewide voter registration system.
41	41	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
42	42	printed as an appendix to this bill.
43	43	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
44	44	enact as follows:
45	45	SECTION 1. 5.05 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
46	46	5.05 (11m) AIDS TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTION
47	47	COSTS. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (f), the commission shall
48	48	reimburse counties and municipalities for costs incurred in the administration of
49	49	special primaries for state office and special elections for state office.
50	50	(b) A cost is eligible for reimbursement under par. (a) only if all of the following
51	51	apply:
52	52	1. The commission determines that the cost is reasonable.
53	53	2. The cost is specified under par. (c).
54	54	3. If applicable, the commission determines that the rate paid by the county or
55	55	municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs
56	56	at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election.
57	57	4. If the special primary or election coincides with a primary or election that
58	58	is not a special primary or election, the commission determines that the cost does not
59	59	exceed the amount that would be incurred if the primaries or elections did not
60	60	coincide.
61	61	(c) Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under par. (a):
62	62	1. Rental payments for polling places.
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83	83	SECTION 1
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85	85	2. Election day wages paid under s. 7.03 to election officials working at the
86	86	polls.
87	87	3. Costs for the publication of required election notices.
88	88	4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes.
89	89	5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books.
90	90	6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of
91	91	custody purposes.
92	92	7. Costs to program electronic voting machines.
93	93	8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines.
94	94	9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass.
95	95	10. Data entry costs for a statewide voter registration system.
96	96	SECTION 2. 20.510 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
97	97	20.510 (1) (f) Local aids for special elections. A sum sufficient to reimburse
98	98	counties and municipalities for certain special primary or election costs under s. 5.05
99	99	(11m).
100	100	SECTION 3.0Effective date.
101	101	(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
102	102	publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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