Amendment AA1-AB1187

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 1187

May 2, 2006 - Offered by Representative Freese.

AB1187-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB1187-AA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 15: after that line insert:

AB1187-AA1,1,4 " Section 2m. 11.21 (16) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act 177, is amended to read:

AB1187-AA1,2,16 11.21 (16) Require each registrant for whom the board serves as filing officer and who or which accepts contributions in a total amount or value of $20,000 or more during a campaign period to file each campaign finance report that is required to be filed under this chapter in an electronic format, and accept from any other registrant for whom the board serves as a filing officer any campaign finance report that is required to be filed under this chapter in an electronic format. The board may also require any registrant who or which is required to file a continuing report that is due by April 20 or October 20 to file the report electronically. A registrant who or which becomes subject to a requirement to file reports in an electronic format under this subsection shall initially file the registrant's report in an electronic format for the period which includes the date on which the registrant becomes subject to the requirement. To facilitate implementation of this subsection, the board shall specify, by rule, a type of software that is suitable for compliance with the electronic filing requirement under this subsection. The board shall provide copies of the software to registrants at a price fixed by the board that may not exceed cost. Each registrant who or which files a report under this subsection in an electronic format shall also file a copy of the report with the board that is recorded on a medium specified by the board. The copy shall be signed by an authorized individual and filed with the board by each registrant no later than the time prescribed for filing of the report under this chapter. The board shall provide complete instructions to any registrant who or which files a report under this subsection. In this subsection, the "campaign period" of a candidate, personal campaign committee or support committee begins and ends with the "campaign" of the candidate whose candidacy is supported, as defined in s. 11.26 (17), and the "campaign period" of any other registrant begins on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends on December 31 of the following year.".

AB1187-AA1,2,17 (End)