SB463: Bill Text

SB463, s. 53 Section 53. 11.50 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,29,10 11.50 (2) (b) 5. The financial reports filed by or on behalf of the candidate as of the date of the spring or September primary, or the date that the special primary is or would be held, if required, indicate that the candidate has received an amount equal to at least the amount provided in this subdivision 5% of the applicable authorized disbursement limitation, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted under s. 11.31 (9), from contributions of money, other than loans, made by individuals who reside in this state and in the case of a candidate for legislative office by individuals at least 50% of whom reside in the legislative district in which the candidate seeks office, which have been received during the period ending on the date of the spring primary and July 1 preceding such date in the case of candidates at the spring election, or the date of the September primary and January 1 preceding such date in the case of candidates at the general election, or the date that a special primary will or would be held, if required, and 90 days preceding such date or the date a special election is ordered, whichever is earlier, in the case of special election candidates, which contributions are in the aggregate amount of $100 or less, and which are fully identified and itemized as to the exact source thereof. A contribution received from a conduit which is identified by the conduit as originating from an individual shall may not be considered as a contribution made by the an individual. Only the first $100 of an aggregate contribution of more than $100 may be counted toward the required percentage. For a candidate at the spring or general election for an office identified in s. 11.26 (1) (a) or a candidate at a special election, the required amount to qualify for a grant is 5% of the candidate's authorized disbursement limitation under s. 11.31. For any other candidate at the general election, the required amount to qualify for a grant is 10% of the candidate's authorized disbursement limitation under s. 11.31 for the purpose of qualifying for a grant under this subdivision.

SB463, s. 54 Section 54. 11.50 (3) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB463,29,15 11.50 (3) (a) 1. If an election for state superintendent is scheduled in the following year, 8% of the fund shall be placed in a superintendency account. From this account, an equal amount shall be disbursed to the campaign depository account of each eligible candidate by the state treasurer, except as provided in sub. (9) (b).

SB463,29,19 2. If an election for justice is scheduled in the following year, 8% of the fund shall be placed in a supreme court account. From this account, an equal amount shall be disbursed to the campaign depository account of each eligible candidate by the state treasurer, except as provided in sub. (9) (b).

SB463, s. 55 Section 55. 11.50 (4) (cm) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB463,30,5 11.50 (4) (cm) Each Except as provided in sub. (9) (b), each eligible candidate for the same office at a special election shall receive an equal amount, which amount shall be equivalent to the maximum grant which was payable to any candidate for that office at the most recent spring or general election. The amount shall be drawn from the senate campaign account and the assembly campaign account in the same proportions as the balance in each account bears to the total balance in both accounts at the time that payments are made. Whenever there are insufficient moneys in the senate campaign account and the assembly campaign account to make the payments required by this paragraph, payments shall be appropriately reduced or discontinued by the board.

SB463,30,8 (d) Within Except as provided in sub. (9) (b), within the accounts established under this subsection for each office at each general election, the entire amount of all available moneys shall be apportioned equally to all eligible candidates.

SB463, s. 56 Section 56. 11.50 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (9) (a) and amended to read:

SB463,30,21 11.50 (9) (a) The total grant available to an eligible candidate who does not receive a supplementary grant under par. (b) may not exceed that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources other than individuals, and political party committees and legislative campaign committees, is equal to 45% 50% of the disbursement level specified for candidates for the applicable office, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under s. 11.31 (9). The total grants available to an eligible candidate who receives a supplementary grant under par. (b) may not exceed the amount authorized under s. 11.26 (9) (a). For the purposes of this paragraph, all contributions transferred to the candidate by a conduit shall be considered to have been accepted from a source other than an individual or political party committee.

SB463,30,25 (c) The board shall scrutinize accounts and reports and records kept under this chapter to assure that applicable limitations under ss. 11.26 (9) and 11.31 are not exceeded and any violation is reported. No candidate or campaign treasurer may accept grants exceeding the amount authorized by this subsection.

SB463, s. 57 Section 57. 11.50 (9) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB463,31,11 11.50 (9) (b) If an eligible candidate who accepts a grant is opposed by one or more eligible candidates in the election who do not accept a grant under this section, the total grant available to the eligible candidate shall be increased by an amount equal to 50% of the disbursement level specified for candidates for the applicable office other than candidates challenging incumbent officeholders, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under s. 11.31 (9), unless each such opponent files an affidavit of voluntary compliance under s. 11.31 (2m). The board shall direct the state treasurer to make payment of the supplementary grant within 5 days after it determines that a candidate qualifies to receive the grant under this paragraph.

SB463, s. 58 Section 58. 11.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,31,15 11.60 (1) Any Except as provided in sub. (3g), any person, including any committee or group, who or which violates this chapter may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

SB463, s. 59 Section 59. 11.60 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB463,31,21 11.60 (3g) Any person, including any committee or group, who or which violates s. 11.095 in respect to any telephone communication in which the caller engages in persuasive telephoning shall forfeit $1 for each such telephone communication with an individual that is subject to disclosure under s. 11.095 which the person fails to disclose under that section within the time prescribed under that section.

SB463, s. 60 Section 60. 11.60 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB463,32,2 11.60 (3r) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any person, including any committee or group, who violates s. 11.21 (5) or 11.22 (8) shall forfeit $10 for each person who is solicited, but not more than $1,000 for each report from which persons are solicited, in violation of s. 11.21 (5) or 11.22 (8).

SB463, s. 61 Section 61. 13.625 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,32,8 13.625 (1) (b) 3. Food, meals, beverages, money or any other thing of pecuniary value, except that a lobbyist may make a campaign contribution to a partisan elective state official or candidate for national, state or local office or to the official's or candidate's personal campaign committee; but a lobbyist may make a contribution to which par. (c) applies only as authorized in par. (c).

SB463, s. 62 Section 62. 13.625 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 13.625 (1) (c) and amended to read:

SB463,32,19 13.625 (1) (c) Except as permitted in this subsection, make Make a campaign contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6), to a partisan elective state official for the purpose of promoting the official's election to any national, state or local office, or to a candidate for a partisan elective state office to be filled at the general election or a special election, or the official's or candidate's personal campaign committee. A campaign contribution to a partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office or his or her personal campaign committee may be made in the year of a candidate's election between June 1 and the day of the general election, except that:

SB463, s. 63 Section 63. 13.625 (1) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.

SB463, s. 64 Section 64. 13.625 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,33,6 13.625 (2) No principal may engage in the practices prohibited under sub. (1) (b) and (c) except that a principal may make a campaign contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6), to a partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office or his or her personal campaign committee in the year of an official's or candidate's election between June 1 and the day of the general election unless, in the case of a member of the legislature or candidate for legislative office, the legislature has not concluded its final floorperiod or is in special or extraordinary session. This subsection does not apply to the furnishing of transportation, lodging, food, meals, beverages or any other thing of pecuniary value which is also made available to the general public.

SB463, s. 65 Section 65. 13.625 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,33,17 13.625 (6) Subsections (1) (b) and (c), (2) and (3) do not apply to the furnishing of anything of pecuniary value by an individual who is a lobbyist or principal to a relative of the individual or an individual who resides in the same household as the individual, nor to the receipt of anything of pecuniary value by that relative or individual residing in the same household as the individual. Subsections (1) (b), (2) and (3) do not apply to the furnishing of anything of pecuniary value, except a campaign contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6), by a lobbyist to a relative of the lobbyist or an individual who resides in the same household as the lobbyist, nor to the receipt of any such thing by that relative or individual residing in the same household as the individual.

SB463, s. 66 Section 66. 20.510 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB463,33,23 20.510 (1) (d) Election campaign fund supplement. A sum sufficient to supplement the Wisconsin election campaign fund for the purpose of enabling all eligible candidates to receive the maximum grant for which the candidates qualify under s. 11.50 (9), to be transferred to the Wisconsin election campaign fund no later than the time required to enable timely payments to be made under s. 11.50 (5).

SB463, s. 67 Section 67. 20.510 (1) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

SB463,34,3 20.510 (1) (j) Electronic filing software. All moneys received from registrants who purchase software to be utilized for electronic filing of campaign finance reports under s. 11.21 (16), for the purpose of providing that software.

SB463, s. 68 Section 68. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,34,8 20.510 (1) (q) Wisconsin election campaign fund. As a continuing appropriation, from the Wisconsin election campaign fund, the moneys determined under s. 11.50 to provide for payments to eligible candidates whose names are certified under s. 7.08 (2) (c) or (cm).

SB463, s. 69 Section 69. 25.42 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,34,15 25.42 Wisconsin election campaign fund. All moneys appropriated under s. ss. 20.510 (1) (d) and 20.855 (4) (b) together with all moneys reverting to the state under s. 11.50 (8) and all gifts, bequests and devises received under s. 11.50 (13) constitute the Wisconsin election campaign fund, to be expended for the purposes of s. 11.50. All moneys in the fund not disbursed by the state treasurer shall continue to accumulate indefinitely.

SB463, s. 70 Section 70. 71.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB463,34,21 71.10 (3) (a) Every individual filing an income tax return who has a tax liability or is entitled to a tax refund may designate $1 $5 for the Wisconsin election campaign fund for the use of eligible candidates under s. 11.50. If the individuals filing a joint return have a tax liability or are entitled to a tax refund, each individual may make a designation of $1 $5 under this subsection.

SB463, s. 71 Section 71. Initial applicability.

SB463,34,24 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4 ), this act first applies to elections held on the day after publication.

SB463,35,3 (2) The treatment of section 11.21 (2), (9) and (16) of the statutes first applies with respect to campaign finance reports that are required to be filed after June 30, 1999.

SB463,35,6 (3) The treatment of section 71.10 (3) (a) of the statutes first applies to tax returns for taxable years beginning on the January 1 following the effective date of this subsection.

SB463,35,8 (4) The treatment of section 11.31 (9) of the statutes first applies to adjustment of disbursement limitations for the biennium beginning on January 1, 1999.

SB463, s. 72 Section 72. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB463,35,12 (1) The treatment of section 11.20 (10) (a) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1998.

SB463,35,14 (2) The treatment of section 20.510 (1) (d) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 1999.

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