Amendment SA15-AB64

AB64-SA15,12,4 11.1101 (3) Political action committees. A political action committee may contribute to a candidate committee no more than the following amounts specified for the candidate whose nomination or election the committee supports [See Figure 11.1101 following]:

AB64-SA15,12,5 (a) Candidates for governor, $86,000 $43,000.

AB64-SA15,12,6 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $26,000 $13,000.

AB64-SA15,12,7 (c) Candidates for attorney general, $44,000 $22,000.

AB64-SA15,12,9 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $18,000 $9,000.

AB64-SA15,12,10 (e) Candidates for state senator, $2,000 $1,000.

AB64-SA15,12,11 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000 $500.

AB64-SA15,12,13 (g) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts which contain a county having a population of more than 500,000, $6,000 $3,000.

AB64-SA15,12,14 (h) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $5,000 $2,500.

AB64-SA15,12,17 (i) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than 300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a population of more than 300,000, $6,000 $3,000.

AB64-SA15,12,19 (j) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district attorney in other prosecutorial units, $2,000 $1,000.

AB64-SA15,12,20 (k) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

AB64-SA15,12,21 1. Four Two hundred dollars.

AB64-SA15,12,25 2. Two cents One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or district, according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than $5,000 $2,500.

AB64-SA15,1dt Section 1dt. 11.1101 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA15,13,5 11.1101 (4) Other persons. A person, other than a person subject to sub. (1), (2), or (3) or s. 11.1112, may contribute to a candidate committee no more than the following amounts specified for the candidate whose nomination or election the committee supports:

AB64-SA15,13,6 (a) Candidates for governor, $86,000 $43,000.

AB64-SA15,13,7 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $26,000 $13,000.

AB64-SA15,13,8 (c) Candidates for attorney general, $44,000 $22,000.

AB64-SA15,13,10 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $18,000 $9,000.

AB64-SA15,13,11 (e) Candidates for state senator, $2,000 $1,000.

AB64-SA15,13,12 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000 $500.

AB64-SA15,13,14 (g) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts that contain a county having a population of more than 500,000, $6,000 $3,000.

AB64-SA15,13,15 (h) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $5,000 $2,500.

AB64-SA15,13,18 (i) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than 300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a population of more than 300,000, $6,000 $3,000.

AB64-SA15,13,20 (j) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district attorney in other prosecutorial units, $2,000 $1,000.

AB64-SA15,13,21 (k) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

AB64-SA15,13,22 1. Four Two hundred dollars.

AB64-SA15,14,2 2. Two cents One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or district, according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than $5,000 $2,500.

AB64-SA15,1dtm Section 1dtm. 11.1104 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB64-SA15,14,6 11.1104 Exceptions. (1) For the period beginning on the day after the day of the general election and ending on the day of the next general election, no person may make any of the following contributions in amounts exceeding $10,000:

AB64-SA15,14,7 (a) Contributions to a political action committee.

AB64-SA15,14,8 (b) Contributions transferred between political action committees.

AB64-SA15,14,9 (c) Contributions to a legislative campaign committee.

AB64-SA15,14,10 (d) Contributions to a political party.

AB64-SA15,14,12 (e) Contributions made by a political party or legislative campaign committee to a candidate committee.

AB64-SA15,14,14 (f) Contributions transferred between the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of the same political party.

AB64-SA15,14,16 (g) Contributions used to pay legal fees and other expenses incurred as a result of a recount under s. 9.01.

AB64-SA15,14,20 (h) Contributions used to pay legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with or in response to circulating, offering to file, or filing a petition to recall an office holder prior to the time that a recall primary or election is ordered, or after that time if incurred to contest or defend the order.

AB64-SA15,14,21 (i) Contributions to a recall committee.

AB64-SA15,14,22 (j) Contributions to a referendum committee.

AB64-SA15,14,23 (k) Contributions to an independent expenditure committee.

AB64-SA15,15,3 (2) A candidate may make unlimited contributions from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or property that are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse to his or her candidate committee.

AB64-SA15,1du Section 1du. 11.1108 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA15,15,9 11.1108 Anonymous contributions. No committee and no person required to report under s. 11.1002 may accept an anonymous contribution exceeding $10. If an anonymous contribution exceeds $10, the committee shall donate the contribution to the common school fund or to a charitable organization and report the donation as required under this chapter.

AB64-SA15,1dum Section 1dum. 11.1112 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA15,15,16 11.1112 Corporations, cooperatives, and tribes. No foreign or domestic corporation, no association organized under ch. 185 or 193, no labor organization, and no federally recognized American Indian Tribe may make a contribution to a committee, other than an independent expenditure committee or referendum committee, but may make a contribution to a segregated fund as provided under s. 11.1104 (6) in amounts not to exceed $12,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year.

AB64-SA15,1dv Section 1dv. 11.1203 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA15,15,19 11.1203 (title) Coordination of expenditures for express advocacy; coordination of expenditures for mass communications.

AB64-SA15,1dvm Section 1dvm. 11.1203 (2) (a) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 11.1203 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB64-SA15,16,4 11.1203 (2) (a) For purposes of this section sub. (1), an expenditure for express advocacy is coordinated if any of the following applies: 2. The the candidate, candidate's agent, legislative campaign committee of the candidate's political party, or the candidate's political party exercises control over or engages in substantial discussions or negotiations with the political action committee, independent expenditure committee, other person, or individual making the expenditure or regarding the content, timing, location, form, intended audience, number, or frequency of the communication.

AB64-SA15,1dw Section 1dw. 11.1203 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-SA15,1dwm Section 1dwm. 11.1203 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA15,16,8 11.1203 (3) (intro.) None of the following are considered coordinated communications prohibited under this section sub. (1):

AB64-SA15,1dx Section 1dx. 11.1203 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA15,16,20 11.1203 (4) (a) No political action committee, independent expenditure committee, other person required to report under s. 11.1001, or individual may make an expenditure for a mass communication during the period beginning on the 60th day preceding an election and ending on the date of that election that includes a reference to a clearly identified candidate whose name is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) or 8.50 (1) (d) to appear on the ballot at that election and that is susceptible of no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for the candidate or against an opponent of the candidate that is coordinated with the candidate, candidate's committee, or candidate's agent, nor with any legislative campaign committee of the candidate's political party, or a political party, in violation of the contribution limits under s. 11.1101 or the source restrictions under s. 11.1112.

AB64-SA15,17,2 (b) An expenditure for a mass communication is coordinated if the candidate, candidate's agent, legislative campaign committee of the candidate's political party, or the candidate's political party exercises control over, or engages in substantial discussions or negotiations with the political action committee, independent expenditure committee, other person, or individual making the expenditure regarding the content, timing, location, form, intended audience, or frequency of the mass communication.

AB64-SA15,17,4 (c) If an expenditure for a mass communication is coordinated, but not in violation of the coordination prohibitions under par. (a), all of the following apply:

AB64-SA15,17,7 1. The political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or other person making the expenditure shall report the expenditure as required under this chapter.

AB64-SA15,17,8 2. The candidate's committee shall report the expenditure as a contribution.” .

AB64-SA15,17,9 2. Page 1064, line 11: after that line insert:

AB64-SA15,17,18 “(1p) Campaign finance; mass communications. The treatment of sections 11.0101 (20), (20d), (20g), and (20r), 11.0204 (1) (a) 12., 11.0304 (1) (a) 12., 11.0404 (1) (a) 12., 11.0504 (1) (a) 12., 11.0604 (1) (a) 12., 11.0904 (1) (a) 12., 11.1002, and 11.1108 of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of sections 11.0502 (1) and (2), 11.0602 (1) and (2), and 11.0902 (1) and (2) of the statutes, and the creation of sections 11.0502 (1) (b) and (2) (b), 11.0602 (1) (b) and (2) (b), and 11.0902 (1) (b) and (2) (b) of the statutes first apply to contributions or disbursements made or obligations incurred for the purpose of making a mass communication, as defined in section 11.0101 (20) of the statutes, on the effective date of this subsection.

AB64-SA15,17,21 (1q) Campaign finance; contributions to segregated fund. The treatment of section 11.1112 of the statutes and the repeal and recreation of section 11.1104 of the statutes first apply to campaign contributions made on November 7, 2018.

AB64-SA15,18,3 (1r) Campaign finance; contributions to certain elected officials. The treatment of section 11.1101 (figure), (1) (a), (2) (a), (3), and (4) of the statutes first applies to campaign contributions made on January 1, 2018.”.

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