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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-5961/1
EVM:ajk
2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1144
March 13, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Spaude
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Clancy
,
Fitzgerald
,
Miresse
,
Roe
and
Sheehan
, cosponsored by Senators
Wall
and
Ratcliff
. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
AB1144,1,3
1
An Act
to renumber and amend
59.10 (3) (e);
to repeal and recreate
59.10
2
(1) (d);
to create
59.10 (3) (e) 5. of the statutes;
relating to:
filling vacancies
3
on a county board.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in counties other than Milwaukee County, if a vacancy occurs on the county board, the county chairperson, with the approval of the board, appoints a person to fill the vacancy.
Under this bill, upon a vacancy in the county board, the board chairperson must publish a public notice of the vacancy and the procedure for applying for the vacant position. No earlier than 14 days after publishing the notice, the board chairperson, with the approval of the board, must appoint a person who applied for the position. The bill also specifies that a vacancy that occurs after November 30 in the year preceding expiration of the term of office may not be filled by such an appointment.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1144,1
1
Section
1
.
59.10 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB1144,2,3
2
59.10
(1)
(d)
Vacancies.
A vacancy on the board shall be filled as provided
3
under s. 59.10 (3) (e).
AB1144,2
4
Section
2
.
59.10 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 59.10 (3) (e) 1. and
5
amended to read:
AB1144,2,9
6
59.10
(3)
(e) 1.
If
Except as provided under subd. 5., if
a vacancy occurs on the
7
board, the board chairperson
shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the
8
vacancy. The notice under this subdivision shall provide the procedure by which a
9
person may apply to be considered for the vacant position.
AB1144,2,13
10
2. Except as provided under subd. 5., no earlier than 14 days after publishing
11
the notice under subd. 1., the board chairperson
, with the approval of the board,
12
shall appoint a person who
applied under subd. 1. and who
is a qualified elector and
13
resident of the supervisory district to fill the vacancy.
The
AB1144,2,17
14
3. A
successor
appointed under subd. 2.
shall serve for the unexpired portion
15
of the term to which the person is appointed, unless the board orders a special
16
election
under subd. 4.
to fill the vacancy, in which case the person appointed shall
17
serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
AB1144,3,2
18
4.
The board may, if a vacancy occurs before June 1 in the year preceding
19
expiration of the term of office, order a special election to fill the vacancy. If the
20
board orders a special election during the period beginning on June 1 and ending on
21
November 30 of any year, the special election shall be held concurrently with the
22
succeeding spring election. If the board orders a special election during the period
23
beginning on December 1 and ending on May 31 of the succeeding year, the special
24
election shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following
1
the date of the order. A person
so
elected
under this subdivision
shall serve for the
2
residue of the unexpired term.
AB1144,3
3
Section
3
.
59.10 (3) (e) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1144,3,7
4
59.10
(3)
(e) 5. A board chairperson may not appoint a person under subd. 2.
5
to fill a vacancy that occurs after November 30 in the year preceding expiration of
6
the term of office, and no notice under subd. 1. with regard to such a vacancy need
7
be published.
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