SB 741 — Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. (FE)

- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBs0269/1LRB-5460/1 MPG:cjs&skwMPG:klm SENATE SUBSTITUTEBILL AMENDMENT741 1,January TO29, SENATE2020 BILL- 741Introduced Februaryby 11,Senators 2020S -TROEBEL, OfferedL.T AYLOR and B ERNIER, cosponsored by SenatorRepresentatives STROEBELR .AMTHUN , D ITTRIC, E DMING, GUNDRUM , K NODL and STEFFEN.

Referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, there is no public notice requirement when an incumbent local elected official whose office is up for election either files a notification of noncandidacy or fails to file a declarationnotification of candidacy within a specified time frame.

Under this bill, if such an incumbent files a notification of noncandidacy or fails to file a declarationnotification of candidacy, that fact and relevant information about the office must be posted on the Internet orand, inif threetime differentpermits, locationspublished withinone thetime relevantin jurisdictiona iflocal therenewspaper. is no Internet site.

The bill's public notice requirement applies to the clerk or other officer or body with whom current law requires a declarationnotice of candidacy to be filed for a particular office.

For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

SECTIONS ECTION 1.

LRBs0269/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - MPG:cjs&skwLRB-5460/1 MPG:klm SENATE BILL 741 SECTION 1 8.05 (1) (j) 2m.

2., an incumbent files written notification that the incumbent is not a candidate for reelection to his or her office or fails to file a declaration of candidacy within the time prescribed by this paragraph, the clerk or other officer or body with whom the declaration of candidacy is required to be filed shall promptly providepublish public notice of that fact onand therelevant officer'sinformation orabout body'sthe Internetoffice siteon or, if the officer or body does not maintain an Internet site,and, byif postingtime noticespermits, in ata leastclass 31 differentnotice locationsunder withinch. the jurisdiction that the officer or body serves.

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(a), the clerk or other officer or body with whom the declaration of candidacy is required to be filed shall promptly providepublish public notice of that fact onand therelevant officer'sinformation orabout body'sthe Internetoffice siteon or, if the officer or body does not maintain an Internet site,and, byif postingtime noticespermits, in ata leastclass 31 differentnotice locationsunder withinch. the jurisdiction that the officer or body serves.

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(1), the clerk or other officer or body with whom the declaration of candidacy is required to be filed shall promptly providepublish public notice of that fact onand therelevant officer'sinformation orabout body'sthe Internetoffice siteon or, if the officer or body does not maintain an Internet site,and, byif postingtime noticespermits, in ata leastclass 31 differentnotice locationsunder withinch. the jurisdiction that the officer or body serves.

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S985. ECTION 5.

SECTION 5.

3., an incumbent files written notification that the incumbent is not a candidate for reelection to his or her office or fails to file a declaration of candidacy within the time prescribed by this paragraph, the school district clerk shall promptly providepublish public notice of that fact onand therelevant schoolinformation district'sabout Internetthe siteoffice or,on if the school district does not maintain an Internet site,and, byif postingtime noticespermits, in ata leastclass 31 differentnotice locationsunder withinch. the school district.

S985. ECTION 6.Initial applicability.

(1)SECTION This6.0Initial actapplicability. first applies to the April 6, 2021, election.

(1) This act first applies to the April 5, 2021, election.