AB428: Bill Text

AB428, s. 46 Section 46. 11.14 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,19,23 11.14 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any candidate who serves as his or her own campaign treasurer and who is authorized to make and makes an indication on his or her registration statement under s. 11.05 (2r) that he or she will not accept contributions, make disbursements or incur obligations in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000 in a calendar year, and will not accept any contribution or contributions from a single source, other than contributions made by the candidate to his or her own campaign, exceeding $100 in a calendar year, may designate a single personal account as his or her campaign depository account, and may intermingle personal and other funds with campaign funds. If a separate depository account is later established by the candidate, the candidate shall transfer all campaign funds in the personal account to the new depository account. Disbursements made from such personal account need not be identified in accordance with s. 11.16 (3).

AB428, s. 47 Section 47. 11.16 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,20,6 11.16 (2) Limitation on cash contributions. Every contribution of money exceeding $50 shall be made by negotiable instrument or evidenced by an itemized credit card receipt bearing on the face the name of the remitter. No treasurer may accept a contribution made in violation of this subsection. The treasurer shall promptly return the contribution, or donate it to the common school fund or to a charitable organization in the event that the donor cannot be identified.

AB428, s. 48 Section 48. 11.16 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,20,23 11.16 (5) Escrow agreements. Any personal campaign committee, political party committee or legislative campaign committee may, pursuant to a written escrow agreement with more than one candidate, solicit contributions for and conduct a joint fund raising effort or program on behalf of more than one named candidate. The agreement shall specify the percentage of the proceeds to be distributed to each candidate by the committee conducting the effort or program. The committee shall include this information in all solicitations for the effort or program. All contributions received and disbursements made by the committee in connection with the effort or program shall be received and disbursed through a separate depository account under s. 11.14 (1) that is identified in the agreement. For purposes of s. 11.06 (1), the committee conducting the effort or program shall prepare a schedule in the form prescribed by the board supplying all required information under s. 11.06 (1) and items qualifying for exclusion under s. 11.31 (6) for the effort or program, and shall transmit a copy of the schedule to each candidate who receives any of the proceeds within the period prescribed in s. 11.06 (4) (c).

AB428, s. 49 Section 49. 11.19 (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,21,1 11.19 (title) Dissolution of registrants; termination reports.

AB428, s. 50 Section 50. 11.19 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,21,19 11.19 (1) Whenever any registrant disbands or determines that obligations will no longer be incurred, and contributions will no longer be received nor disbursements made during a calendar year, and the registrant has no outstanding incurred obligations, the registrant shall file a termination report with the appropriate filing officer. Such report shall indicate a cash balance on hand of zero at the end of the reporting period and shall indicate the disposition of residual funds. Residual funds may be used for any political purpose not prohibited by law, returned to the donors in an amount not exceeding the original contribution, or donated to a charitable organization or the common school fund. The report shall be filed and certified as were previous reports, and shall contain the information required by s. 11.06 (1). A registrant to which s. 11.055 (1) applies shall pay the fee imposed under that subsection with a termination report filed under this subsection. If a termination report or suspension report under sub. (2) is not filed, the registrant shall continue to file periodic reports with the appropriate filing officer, no later than the dates specified in s. 11.20. This subsection does not apply to any registrant making an indication under s. 11.05 (2r).

AB428, s. 51 Section 51. 11.20 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,22,2 11.20 (1) All reports required by s. 11.06 which relate to activities which promote or oppose candidates for state office or statewide referenda and all reports under s. 11.08 shall be filed with the board. All reports required by s. 11.06 which relate to activities which promote or oppose candidates for local office or local referenda shall be filed with the appropriate filing officer under s. 11.02, except reports filed under s. 11.08.

AB428, s. 52 Section 52. 11.20 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,22,7 11.20 (2) Preprimary and preelection reports under s. 11.06 (1) shall be received by the appropriate filing officer no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the primary and the election.

AB428, s. 53 Section 53. 11.20 (2s) and (2t) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed.

AB428, s. 54 Section 54. 11.20 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,22,17 11.20 (3) (a) A candidate or personal campaign committee of a candidate at a primary shall file a preprimary and preelection report. If a candidate for a nonpartisan state office at an election is not required to participate in a primary, the candidate or personal campaign committee of the candidate shall file a preprimary report at the time prescribed in sub. (2) preceding the date specified in s. 5.02 (20) or (22) for the holding of the primary, were it to be required.

AB428,22,19 (b) A candidate or personal campaign committee of a candidate at an election shall file a preelection report.

AB428, s. 55 Section 55. 11.20 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,22,23 11.20 (7) In the event that any report is required to be filed under this section on a nonbusiness day, it may be filed on the next business day thereafter.

AB428, s. 56 Section 56. 11.20 (8) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,23,2 11.20 (8) (intro.) Reports filed under subs. (2), (4), and (4m) shall include all contributions received and transactions made as of the end of:

AB428, s. 57 Section 57. 11.20 (8) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,23,6 11.20 (8) (a) The 15th day preceding the primary or election in the case of the preprimary and preelection report.

AB428, s. 58 Section 58. 11.20 (8) (am) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 59 Section 59. 11.20 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,23,13 11.20 (9) Except as provided in ss. 11.05 (2r) and 11.19 (2), the duty to file reports under this section continues until a termination report is filed in accordance with s. 11.19.

AB428, s. 60 Section 60. 11.20 (10) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,23,22 11.20 (10) (a) Where a requirement is imposed under this section for the filing of a financial report which is to be received by the appropriate filing officer no later than a certain date, the requirement may be satisfied either by actual receipt of the report by the prescribed time for filing at the office of the filing officer, or by filing a report with the U.S. postal service by first class mail with sufficient prepaid postage, addressed to the appropriate filing officer, no later than the date provided by law for receipt of such report.

AB428, s. 61 Section 61. 11.20 (12) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,24,5 11.20 (12) If a candidate is unopposed in a primary or election, the obligation to file the reports required by this chapter does not cease. Except as provided in ss. 11.05 (2r) and 11.19 (2), a registrant who makes or receives no contributions, makes no disbursements or incurs no obligations shall so report on the dates designated in subs. (2) and (4).

AB428, s. 62 Section 62. 11.21 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,24,20 11.21 (2) Furnish to each registrant prescribed forms for the making of reports and statements. Forms shall be sent by 1st class mail not earlier than 21 days and not later than 14 days prior to the applicable filing deadline under s. 11.20, and addressed to the attention of the treasurer or other person indicated on the registration statement. Forms need not be sent to a registrant who has made an indication that aggregate contributions, disbursements and obligations will not exceed the amount specified under s. 11.05 (2r) or to a registrant who has been granted a suspension under s. 11.19 (2). Forms for reports shall not be sent by the board to a registrant if the registrant is required to file reports with the board in an electronic format. Whenever any notice of filing requirements under this chapter is sent to a candidate's campaign treasurer, the board shall also send a notice to the candidate if he or she has appointed a separate treasurer. Failure to receive any form or notice does not exempt a registrant from compliance with this chapter.

AB428, s. 63 Section 63. 11.21 (15) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,25,2 11.21 (15) Inform each candidate who files an application to become eligible to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund of the dollar amount of the applicable disbursement limitation under s. 11.31 which applies to the office for which such person is a candidate. Failure to receive the notice required by this subsection does not constitute a defense to a violation of s. 11.27 (1) or 11.31.

AB428, s. 64 Section 64. 11.21 (16) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,26,2 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. 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.

AB428, s. 65 Section 65. 11.22 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,26,16 11.22 (3) Furnish to each registrant prescribed forms for the making of reports and statements. Forms shall be sent by 1st class mail not earlier than 21 days and not later than 14 days prior to the applicable filing deadline under s. 11.20 and addressed to the attention of the treasurer or other person indicated on the registration statement. Forms need not be sent to a registrant who has made an indication that aggregate contributions, disbursements and obligations will not exceed the amount specified under s. 11.05 (2r) or to a registrant who has been granted a suspension under s. 11.19 (2). Whenever any notice of the filing requirements under this chapter is sent to a candidate's campaign treasurer, the filing officer shall also send a notice to the candidate if he or she has appointed a separate treasurer. Failure to receive any form or notice does not exempt a registrant from compliance with this chapter.

AB428, s. 66 Section 66. 11.23 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,27,6 11.23 (1) Any group or individual may promote or oppose a particular vote at any referendum in this state. Before making disbursements, receiving contributions or incurring obligations in excess of $25 in the aggregate in a calendar year for such purposes, the group or individual shall file a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1), (2) or (2r). In the case of a group the name and mailing address of each of its officers shall be given in the statement. Every group and every individual under this section shall designate a campaign depository account under s. 11.14. Every group shall appoint a treasurer, who may delegate authority but is jointly responsible for the actions of his or her authorized designee for purposes of civil liability under this chapter. The appropriate filing officer shall be notified by a group of any change in its treasurer within 10 days of the change under s. 11.05 (5). The treasurer of a group shall certify the correctness of each statement or report submitted by it under this chapter.

AB428, s. 67 Section 67. 11.23 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,27,12 11.23 (2) Any anonymous contribution exceeding $10 received by an individual or group treasurer may not be used or expended. The contribution shall be donated to the common school fund or to any charitable organization at the option of the treasurer.

AB428, s. 68 Section 68. 11.24 (1w) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 69 Section 69. 11.24 (4) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 70 Section 70. 11.24 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is renumbered 11.24 (2).

AB428, s. 71 Section 71. 11.26 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,27,25 11.26 (1) (intro.) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:

AB428, s. 72 Section 72. 11.26 (1m) and (1t) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed.

AB428, s. 73 Section 73. 11.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,28,10 11.26 (2) (intro.) No committee other than a political party committee or legislative campaign committee may make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:

AB428, s. 74 Section 74. 11.26 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,28,15 11.26 (2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice, 4 percent of the value of the disbursement level specified in the schedule under s. 11.31 (1).

AB428, s. 75 Section 75. 11.26 (2) (ae), (am), (as) and (av) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed.

AB428, s. 76 Section 76. 11.26 (2m) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 77 Section 77. 11.26 (2t) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 78 Section 78. 11.26 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,29,3 11.26 (3) The contribution limitations of subs. (1) and (2) apply cumulatively to the entire primary and election campaign in which a candidate participates, whether or not there is a contested primary election. The total limitation may be apportioned in any manner desired between the primary and election. All moneys cumulate regardless of the time of contribution.

AB428, s. 79 Section 79. 11.26 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,29,10 11.26 (4) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to all candidates for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which are subject to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including legislative campaign committees and committees of a political party, to the extent of more than a total of $10,000 in any calendar year.

AB428, s. 80 Section 80. 11.26 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,29,19 11.26 (5) The contribution limits provided in subs. (1) and (4) do not apply to a candidate who makes any contribution or contributions to his or her own campaign for office from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse, with respect to any contribution or contributions made to that candidate's campaign only. A candidate's personal contributions shall be deposited in his or her campaign depository account and reported in the normal manner.

AB428, s. 81 Section 81. 11.26 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,30,3 11.26 (6) When a candidate adopts a preexisting support committee as his or her personal campaign committee, the support committee is deemed to have been the same committee as the candidate's personal campaign committee for purposes of the application of subs. (1), (2) and (9). The limitations prescribed in subs. (2) and (9) do not apply to the transfer of contributions which is made at the time of such adoption, but do apply to the contributions which have been made by any other committee to the support committee at the time of adoption.

AB428, s. 82 Section 82. 11.26 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,30,11 11.26 (8) (a) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than a total of $150,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all other committees, excluding contributions from legislative campaign committees and transfers between party committees of the party. In this paragraph, a biennium commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB428,30,14 (b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 in value of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its subunits or affiliates, excluding legislative campaign and political party committees.

AB428,30,17 (c) No committee, other than a political party or legislative campaign committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a political party under s. 5.02 (13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $6,000.

AB428, s. 83 Section 83. 11.26 (8n) and (8r) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed.

AB428, s. 84 Section 84. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,31,2 11.26 (9) (a) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65 percent of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all committees subject to a filing requirement, including political party and legislative campaign committees.

AB428, s. 85 Section 85. 11.26 (9) (am) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 86 Section 86. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,31,11 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 45 percent of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees subject to a filing requirement.

AB428, s. 87 Section 87. 11.26 (9m) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 88 Section 88. 11.26 (10) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,32,6 11.26 (10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make contributions of more than 200 percent of the amounts specified in sub. (1) to the candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h), or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received by a candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which is registered with the federal elections commission as the authorized committee of the candidate under 2 USC 432 (e) shall be treated as a contribution made by the candidate to his or her own campaign. The contribution limit of sub. (4) applies to amounts contributed by such a candidate personally to the candidate's own campaign and to other campaigns, except that a candidate may exceed the limitation if authorized under this subsection to contribute more than the amount specified to the candidate's own campaign, up to the amount of the limitation.

AB428, s. 89 Section 89. 11.26 (10a) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed.

AB428, s. 90 Section 90. 11.26 (15) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,32,15 11.26 (15) The fact that 2 or more committees, other than personal campaign committees, utilize common policies and practices concerning the endorsement of candidates or agree to make contributions only to such endorsed candidates does not affect the right of each committee independently to make contributions up to the amount specified under sub. (2).

AB428, s. 91 Section 91. 11.26 (17) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,32,20 11.26 (17) (a) For purposes of application of the limitations imposed in subs. (1), (2), (9) and (10), the "campaign" of a candidate begins and ends at the times specified in this subsection.

AB428, s. 92 Section 92. 11.265 of the statutes is created to read:

AB428,32,24 11.265 Legislative campaign committees. (1) No more than one legislative campaign committee may be established by the members of one political party in each house of the legislature.

AB428,33,3 (2) A legislative campaign committee may accept no contributions and make no contributions or disbursements exceeding the amounts authorized for a political party under this chapter.

AB428,33,5 (3) Amounts contributed by a legislative campaign committee to a political party are not subject to limitation by this chapter.

AB428, s. 93 Section 93. 11.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB428,33,11 11.31 (1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are established with reference to the candidates listed below. Except as provided in sub. (2), such levels do not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.

AB428, s. 94 Section 94. 11.31 (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, are repealed and recreated to read: