LRB-1109/1
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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
February 23, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives Toles, Young, Pasch, E. Coggs,
Zepnick, Turner, Berceau, Grigsby, Kessler and Bernard Schaber,
cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Taylor. Referred to Committee on
Election and Campaign Reform.
AB32,1,2
1An Act to create 11.33 (2m) of the statutes;
relating to: communications by
2members of the legislature.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, with certain exceptions, no person who is elected to state or local
office and who becomes a candidate for national, state, or local office may use public
funds for the cost of materials or distribution of 50 or more pieces of substantially
identical material distributed during the period beginning on the first day for
circulation of nomination papers as a candidate (or certain other dates for candidates
who do not file nomination papers) and ending on the date of the election at which
the person's name appears on the ballot, or on the date of the primary election at
which the person's name so appears if the person is not nominated at the primary.
This bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to the cost of materials
or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address
located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day
period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor affecting any
county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the
subject of the emergency.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB32, s. 1
3Section
1. 11.33 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB32,2,6
111.33
(2m) This section does not apply to the cost of materials or distribution
2of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address located within
3the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day period
4following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor under s. 323.10
5affecting any county in which the district is located if the communication relates
6solely to the subject of the emergency.
