LRB-1190/1
JTK:jld:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
January 24, 2007 - Introduced by Joint Committee For Review of Administrative
Rules
. Referred to Committee on Elections and Constitutional Law.
AB27,1,3 1An Act to create 11.41 of the statutes; relating to: reporting of certain
2information concerning individual contributions received on campaign finance
3reports.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, a registrant under the campaign finance law who is not exempted
from reporting requirements must file regular reports with the appropriate filing
officer or agency that include the name and address of each contributor whose
cumulative contributions within a calendar year exceed $20, the date and amount
of each contribution made by such a contributor, and the cumulative total
contributions made by the contributor within the calendar year. In addition, a
registrant must report the occupation and principal place of employment, if any, of
each contributor whose cumulative contributions for the calendar year exceed $100.
A registrant must keep a record of each contribution received by the registrant that
exceeds $10 and must make a good faith effort to obtain all information that is
required to be reported.
This bill prohibits the Elections Board from promulgating any rule: 1) which
provides that a registrant under the campaign finance law is considered to have
complied in good faith with reporting requirements concerning identification of
names and addresses of contributors, dates and cumulative amounts of
contributions, and the occupation and principal place of employment of certain
contributors if the registrant fails to provide the information required to be reported
at the times that reports are required to be filed under the campaign finance law; or

2) that requires divestiture of any contributions with respect to which required
information is not reported at the times required under the campaign finance law.
This bill is introduced as required by s. 227.19 (5) (e), stats., in support of the
objection of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules to the
promulgation of proposed s. ElBd 1.46, Wis. Adm. Code, by the Elections Board. The
proposed rule accorded registrants 60 days in which to report required information
relating to a contribution received that is required to be reported by law or to divest
the contribution. The proposed rule also provided that a registrant that does not
report the required information within 60 days of the date that it is required to be
reported and does not divest the contribution within that period is considered not to
have complied with the requirement to make a good faith effort to obtain the required
information and required divestiture of any such contribution exceeding $250. In
addition, the proposed rule provided that, if a registrant provides the required
information within 60 days of the date that the information is required to be
reported, the registrant is not considered to have violated filing requirements.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB27, s. 1 1Section 1. 11.41 of the statutes is created to read:
AB27,2,8 211.41 Certain rule making prohibited. The board shall not promulgate any
3rule that provides that a registrant is considered to have complied in good faith with
4filing requirements under s. 11.06 (1) (a) or (b) if the registrant fails to provide the
5information required to be reported under s. 11.06 (1) (a) or (b) at the times that
6reporting of that information is required under this chapter or that requires
7divestiture of any contributions with respect to which required information is not
8reported at the times required under this chapter.
AB27,2,99 (End)
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