AB295,20,3
1(6) No candidate who accepts a grant from the clean elections fund may accept
2any seed money contribution under sub. (3) after receiving notification of
3qualification for a grant under sub. (7).
AB295,20,14 4(7) In order to qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund, a
5candidate shall file an application with the board, no later than a time specified by
6the board by rule, in which the candidate shall affirm that he or she has not accepted
7and agrees not to accept a contribution from any source other than a contribution
8required under sub. (2), a contribution authorized under sub. (3), and the candidate's
9grant from the clean elections fund during the campaign of the candidate, as defined
10in s. 11.31 (7). If the candidate desires to receive grant payments by electronic
11transfer, the candidate shall include in his or her application sufficient information
12and authorization for the state treasurer to transfer payments to his or her campaign
13depository account. The board shall notify each candidate who qualifies to receive
14a grant from the clean elections fund as promptly as possible following qualification.
AB295,20,19 15(8) (a) The board shall distribute primary election grants from the clean
16elections fund to each candidate who qualifies to receive a grant under this section
17as soon as possible preceding the date that the primary election is held for the office
18which the candidate seeks or the date on which the primary election would be held
19if a primary election were required to be held.
AB295,21,220 (b) The board shall distribute grants for the general or for a special election
21from the clean elections fund to each candidate who qualifies to receive a grant under
22this section as soon as possible after the date of the primary election for the office
23sought by the candidate, or the date on which the primary election would be held if
24a primary election were required to be held, except that, in the case of a candidate
25of a recognized political party for a partisan office, the board shall distribute a grant

1to a candidate for an office for which a primary election was held only if the candidate
2was nominated at that election.
AB295,21,5 3(9) A candidate who receives a grant from the clean elections fund shall file
4with the board reports of all disbursements made in the manner provided under s.
511.06 (1) (g), without regard to the amounts thereof.
AB295,21,10 6(10) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subs. (11) to (13), a candidate who
7qualifies to receive a grant from the clean elections fund under this section shall
8receive a grant in the following amount for the office sought by the candidate and for
9the election specified, less the aggregate amount of contributions accepted by the
10candidate under sub. (3):
AB295,21,11 11Primary General or
AB295,21,12 12Office Election Special Election
AB295,21,1313 1. Governor $500,000 $1,000,000
AB295,21,1414 2. State senator 36,000 72,000
AB295,21,1515 3. Representative to the assembly 18,000 36,000
AB295,22,416 (b) If a candidate does not have an opponent who has qualified to have his or
17her name appear on the ballot at the election for which a grant is to be applied, the
18candidate shall receive a grant for a primary election equal to the average total
19disbursements made per candidate in primary election campaign periods, as
20determined by the board from reports filed by or on behalf of those candidates in
21accordance with s. 11.31 (5), for the office that the candidate seeks during the 4-year
22period preceding the date of the primary election, or a grant for a general or special
23election equal to the average total disbursements made per candidate in general and
24special election campaign periods, as determined by the board from reports filed by
25or on behalf of those candidates in accordance with s. 11.31 (5), for the office that the

1candidate seeks during the 4-year period preceding the date of the general or special
2election, except that a candidate for the office of governor shall receive a grant of
3$100,000 for a primary election and a grant of $200,000 for a general or special
4election.
AB295,22,7 5(11) (a) In this subsection, "consumer price index" means the average of the
6consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as
7determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
AB295,22,218 (b) The dollar amounts of the grants specified in sub. (10) (a) and the grants
9specified for the office of governor in sub. (10) (b) shall be subject to a cost-of-living
10adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in accordance with this paragraph.
11To determine the adjustment, the board shall calculate the percentage difference
12between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31
13of each odd-numbered year and the consumer price index for calendar year 2003.
14For each biennium, the board shall adjust the grant amounts specified in sub. (10)
15by that percentage to the extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the
16nearest multiple of $25 in the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amounts shall
17be in effect until a subsequent rule is promulgated under this subsection.
18Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), determinations under this
19paragraph may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without
20providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary for the public peace, health,
21safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.
AB295,23,6 22(12) If any independent expenditure is made or any obligation to make an
23independent expenditure is incurred by any person in opposition to a candidate who
24receives a grant from the clean elections fund or in support of an opponent of such
25a candidate whose name is certified to appear on the same ballot, then the candidate

1who receives a grant shall receive an additional grant in the total amount of the
2obligations incurred and the independent expenditures made that were not
3previously reported as obligations, as reported to the appropriate filing officer under
4s. 11.12 (6) (b), but not to exceed, in combination with any additional grant payable
5to that candidate under sub. (13), 2.5 times the amount payable to the candidate
6under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11).
AB295,23,20 7(13) If a candidate who receives a grant from the clean elections fund is opposed
8on a primary or election ballot by another candidate who does not receive a grant or
9by another candidate who the board determines has violated his or her agreement
10under sub. (7), the candidate who receives a grant shall receive an additional grant
11in the amount by which the disbursements made by the other candidate exceed the
12amount of the grant payable for the office sought by the candidate in that election
13under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11), but not to exceed, in combination with
14any additional grant payable to that candidate under sub. (12), 2.5 times the amount
15payable to the candidate under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11). If a candidate
16who receives a grant from the clean elections fund is opposed on a primary or election
17ballot by more than one candidate who does not receive a grant or who the board
18determines has violated his or her agreement under sub. (7), the amount of the grant
19payable under this subsection is the largest amount that would be payable by reason
20of any candidate's opposition.
AB295,24,2 21(14) If a candidate who makes an agreement under sub. (7) does not adhere to
22the agreement, the candidate shall forfeit an amount equivalent to any grant from
23the clean elections fund that is provided to the candidate and the candidate may be
24fined not more than 3 times the amount of any contributions received by the

1candidate in his or her campaign, as defined in s. 11.26 (17), exclusive of the amount
2of any grant or any contributions deposited under sub. (2) or received under sub. (3).
AB295,24,6 3(15) No later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, a candidate who
4received a grant from the clean elections fund in that year or the preceding year shall
5return to the state treasurer the amount of any grant remaining in the candidate's
6campaign depository account.
AB295,24,7 7(16) The board may promulgate rules required to implement this section.
AB295, s. 43 8Section 43. 14.58 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,24,119 14.58 (20) Election campaign fund. Make disbursements to each candidate
10certified under s. 7.08 (2) (c) or (cm) by the elections board as eligible to receive
11moneys a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign clean elections fund.
AB295, s. 44 12Section 44. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB295,24,1413 20.510 (1) (q) Clean elections fund grants. From the clean elections fund, a sum
14sufficient to make the grants to candidates required under s. 11.51.
AB295, s. 45 15Section 45. 20.855 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 46 16Section 46. 20.855 (4) (ba) of the statutes is created to read:
AB295,24,1917 20.855 (4) (ba) Clean elections fund supplement. A sum sufficient equal to the
18amounts required to make the grants to candidates required under s. 11.51, to be
19transferred to the clean elections fund.
AB295, s. 47 20Section 47. 25.17 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB295,24,2121 25.17 (1) (aw) Clean elections fund (s. 25.42);
AB295, s. 48 22Section 48. 25.17 (1) (ys) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 49 23Section 49. 25.42 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB295,25,2 2425.42 Clean elections fund. All moneys deposited with the state treasurer
25under s. 11.51 (2) and (5) or returned to the state treasurer under s. 11.51 (15) and

1all moneys transferred to the clean elections fund under s. 20.855 (4) (ba) constitute
2the clean elections fund.
AB295, s. 50 3Section 50. 71.10 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 51 4Section 51. Initial applicability.
AB295,25,65 (1) The treatment of sections 11.31 (9) and 11.51 (11) of the statutes first applies
6to adjustments for the biennium beginning on January 1, 2004.
AB295,25,77 (End)
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