Legislative review of municipal ward, supervisory district, aldermanic district, and certain school district election district plans

This bill shortens the maximum time period specified for action at each of the above stages of the redistricting process to 45 days. The bill also provides that upon enactment or adoption of a municipal ward division plan, the clerk of a municipality must submit a certified copy of the plan to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature. If, within 45 days of the receipt of the plan, the legislature enacts a law making changes to the wards within a municipality, the municipality must incorporate the changes into its ward division plan, which then takes effect. If, within 45 days of the receipt of the plan, the legislature does not enact a law making changes to the wards within the municipality, the municipal ward division plan takes effect as submitted. In addition, the bill provides that upon enactment or adoption of a final county supervisory district plan, an aldermanic district plan or an election district plan in a school district serving a first class city (Milwaukee), the county, city, or school district clerk must submit a certified copy of the plan to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature. If, within 30 days of receipt of the plan, the legislature enacts a law making changes in the supervisory, aldermanic, or election districts, the county, city, or school district must incorporate the changes into its plan, which then takes effect. If, within 30 days of receipt of the plan, the legislature does not enact a law making changes to the supervisory, aldermanic, or election districts within the plan, the plan takes effect as submitted. Because the legislature has inherent authority to establish municipal wards or to change ward boundaries as a part of a congressional or legislative redistricting plan, the bill does not preclude the legislature from making other changes in municipal ward boundaries as a part of such a plan.