| 1 | 1 | | LRB-3944/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | MPG:cjs |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 397 |
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| 5 | 5 | | August 25, 2023 - Introduced by Senators KNODL, TOMCZYK, STROEBEL, NASS and |
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| 6 | 6 | | JACQUE, cosponsored by Representatives BINSFELD, ARMSTRONG, BODDEN, |
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| 7 | 7 | | BRANDTJEN, DONOVAN, GUSTAFSON, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MURPHY, SCHMIDT, |
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| 8 | 8 | | STEFFEN, TITTL and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Elections and Consumer Protection. |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to repeal 6.36 (6); and to create 6.36 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: |
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| 11 | 11 | | fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Under current law, the Elections Commission establishes a fee, by rule, for |
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| 14 | 14 | | obtaining a copy of the official voter registration list. The fee amount is an amount |
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| 15 | 15 | | estimated to cover both the cost of reproduction and the cost of maintaining the list |
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| 16 | 16 | | at the state and local level. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Under this bill, a person may obtain a copy of the official voter registration list |
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| 18 | 18 | | for Wisconsin, or any portion of the list, electronically by paying a fee of $250 or less |
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| 19 | 19 | | as established by the the Elections Commission. The bill authorizes the commission |
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| 20 | 20 | | to charge an additional fee for providing a copy of the list in physical form in order |
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| 21 | 21 | | to cover the cost of reproduction and postage, if any. |
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| 22 | 22 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 23 | 23 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 6.36 (6) of the statutes is repealed. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. 6.36 (6m) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2 SENATE BILL 397 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6.36 (6m) Subject to the restrictions under sub. (1) (b), a person may obtain a |
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| 35 | 35 | | copy of the official registration list, or any portion of the list, electronically by paying |
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| 36 | 36 | | to the commission a fee established by the commission of $250 or less. If a person |
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| 37 | 37 | | wishes to obtain a physical copy of the official registration list, or any portion of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | list, the commission may charge the person a fee in addition to the fee established |
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| 39 | 39 | | by the commission under this subsection in order to cover the cost of reproducing the |
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| 40 | 40 | | list in physical form and the cost of postage, if any. |
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