AB295, s. 22 3Section 22. 11.21 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 23 4Section 23. 11.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,15,85 11.26 (2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
6state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice, 4% of the value of
7the disbursement level specified in the schedule under s. 11.31 (1) , as adjusted under
8s. 11.31 (9)
.
AB295, s. 24 9Section 24. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,15,1510 11.26 (9) (a) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
11and accept more than 65% of the value of the total disbursement level determined
12under s. 11.31 (1), as adjusted under s. 11.31 (9), for the office for which he or she is
13a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all
14committees subject to a filing requirement, including political party and legislative
15campaign committees.
AB295, s. 25 16Section 25. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,15,2217 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
18and accept more than 45% of the value of the total disbursement level determined
19under s. 11.31 (1), as adjusted under s. 11.31 (9), for the office for which he or she is
20a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all
21committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees subject
22to a filing requirement.
AB295, s. 26 23Section 26. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 27 24Section 27. 11.26 (10) and (13) of the statutes are repealed.
AB295, s. 28 25Section 28. 11.26 (17) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,16,3
111.26 (17) (a) For purposes of application of the limitations imposed in subs.
2(1), (2), and (9) and (10), the "campaign" of a candidate begins and ends at the times
3specified in this subsection.
AB295, s. 29 4Section 29. 11.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,16,5 511.31 (title) Disbursement levels and limitations; calculation.
AB295, s. 30 6Section 30. 11.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,16,117 11.31 (1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
8established with reference to the candidates listed below. Except as provided in sub.
9(2), such
The levels are subject to adjustment under sub. (9). The levels do not
10operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or authorized
11to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.
AB295, s. 31 12Section 31. 11.31 (2) and (2m) of the statutes are repealed.
AB295, s. 32 13Section 32. 11.31 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 33 14Section 33. 11.31 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 34 15Section 34. 11.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,16,2416 11.31 (4) Allocation. Except as provided in sub. (3m), whenever Whenever a
17separate disbursement level is specified for a primary and election under sub. (1), a
18candidate who disburses less than the authorized level in the primary may not
19reallocate the balance to increase the level in the election. Whenever a separate
20disbursement level is not specified for a primary and election under sub. (1), a
21candidate may allocate disbursements between the primary and election campaign
22within the total level of disbursements specified in sub. (1) in any proportion desired,
23and may carry over unexpended contributions from a primary campaign to an
24election campaign.
AB295, s. 35 25Section 35. 11.31 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 36
1Section 36. 11.31 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,17,42 11.31 (7) (b) Disbursements which are made before a campaign period for goods
3to be delivered or services to be rendered in connection with the campaign are
4charged against the disbursement limitation level for that campaign.
AB295, s. 37 5Section 37. 11.31 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,17,86 11.31 (7) (c) Disbursements which are made after a campaign to retire a debt
7incurred in relation to a campaign are charged against the disbursement limitation
8level for that campaign.
AB295, s. 38 9Section 38. 11.31 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,17,1410 11.31 (8) Certain contributions excluded. The limitations imposed levels
11specified
under this section do not apply to a gift of anything of value constituting
12a contribution made directly to a registrant by another, but the limitations levels
13shall apply to such gift when it is received and accepted by the recipient or, if received
14in the form of money, when disbursed.
AB295, s. 39 15Section 39. 11.31 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB295,17,1916 11.31 (9) Adjustment of disbursement levels. (a) In this subsection,
17"consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each
1812-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor
19statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
AB295,18,720 (b) The dollar amounts of all disbursement levels specified in sub. (1) shall be
21subject to a cost-of-living adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in
22accordance with this paragraph. To determine the adjustment, the board shall
23calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the
2412-month period ending on December 31 of each odd-numbered year and the
25consumer price index for calendar year 2003. For each biennium, the board shall

1adjust the disbursement levels specified under sub. (1) by that percentage to the
2extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25 in
3the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amounts shall be in effect until a subsequent
4rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b),
5and (3), determinations under this paragraph may be promulgated as an emergency
6rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary
7for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.
AB295, s. 40 8Section 40. 11.31 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB295,18,129 11.31 (10) Surplus materials excluded. Disbursements constituting surplus
10materials acquired in connection with a previous campaign of a candidate are not
11subject to limitation by included in the levels specified in this section, if the materials
12were previously reported as a disbursement by that candidate.
AB295, s. 41 13Section 41. 11.50 of the statutes is repealed.
AB295, s. 42 14Section 42. 11.51 of the statutes is created to read:
AB295,18,17 1511.51 Clean elections fund grants. (1) Any candidate for the office of
16governor, state senator, or representative to the assembly may qualify to receive a
17grant from the clean elections fund by fulfilling the requirements of this section.
AB295,18,25 18(2) (a) In order to qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund, a
19candidate shall obtain and deposit with the state treasurer the number of qualifying
20contributions specified in this subsection, in the amount of $5 each, each of which
21shall be received from an elector of this state and, in the case of a candidate for
22legislative office, an elector of the district in which the candidate seeks office. The
23name and address of each elector making a qualifying contribution shall be identified
24in a report filed with the board as provided in s. 11.06 (1) (a). The number of required
25qualifying contributions for a candidate for each office is:
AB295,19,1
11. Governor, 2,500.
AB295,19,22 2. State senator, 150.
AB295,19,33 3. Representative to the assembly, 50.
AB295,19,74 (b) In addition to the requirements imposed under par. (a), a candidate does not
5qualify to receive a grant for a general or special election unless the candidate
6receives at least 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for the same
7office at the September primary, or at a special primary if a special primary is held.
AB295,19,15 8(3) Prior to notification that a candidate has qualified to receive a grant from
9the clean elections fund under sub. (7), a candidate may accept seed money
10contributions from individuals. The total seed money contributions accepted by a
11candidate from one contributor, including any seed money contributions made by a
12candidate to his or her own campaign, may not exceed $100. The total seed money
13contributions accepted by a candidate during the candidate's campaign, as defined
14in s. 11.26 (17), may not exceed, in the aggregate, the following amount for the office
15sought by candidate:
AB295,19,1616 (a) Governor, $50,000.
AB295,19,1717 (b) State senator, $1,500.
AB295,19,1818 (c) Representative to the assembly, $500.
AB295,19,20 19(4) A contributor who makes a qualifying contribution may also make a seed
20money contribution in the full amount authorized under sub. (3).
AB295,19,25 21(5) A candidate shall remit to the state treasurer all seed money contributions
22received by the candidate that are unencumbered on the day the candidate receives
23notification of qualification for a grant under sub. (7). The state treasurer shall
24deposit all seed money contributions received under this subsection in the clean
25elections fund.
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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