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(5) Escrow agreements. Any personal campaign committee
, or political
18party committee
or legislative campaign committee may, pursuant to a written
19escrow agreement with more than one candidate, solicit contributions for and
20conduct a joint fund raising effort or program on behalf of more than one named
21candidate. The agreement shall specify the percentage of the proceeds to be
22distributed to each candidate by the committee conducting the effort or program.
23The committee shall include this information in all solicitations for the effort or
24program. All contributions received and disbursements made by the committee in
1connection with the effort or program shall be received and disbursed through a
2separate depository account under s. 11.14 (1) that is identified in the agreement.
3For purposes of s. 11.06 (1), the committee conducting the effort or program shall
4prepare a schedule in the form prescribed by the board supplying all required
5information under s. 11.06 (1)
and items qualifying for exclusion under s. 11.31 (6) 6for the effort or program, and shall transmit a copy of the schedule to each candidate
7who receives any of the proceeds within the period prescribed in s. 11.06 (4) (c).".
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(13) Except as provided in sub. (9), contributions Contributions received
20from the Wisconsin election campaign fund are not subject to limitation by this
21section.
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(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.".
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711.31 (title)
Disbursement levels and limitations; calculation.
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11.31
(1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
10established with reference to the candidates listed below.
Except as provided in sub.
11(2), such The levels are subject to adjustment under sub. (9). The levels do not
12operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or authorized
13to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.".
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(4) Allocation. Except as provided in sub. (3m), whenever Whenever a
21separate disbursement level is specified for a primary and election under sub. (1), a
22candidate who disburses less than the authorized level in the primary may not
23reallocate the balance to increase the level in the election. Whenever a separate
24disbursement level is not specified for a primary and election under sub. (1), a
1candidate may allocate disbursements between the primary and election campaign
2within the total level of disbursements specified in sub. (1) in any proportion desired,
3and may carry over unexpended contributions from a primary campaign to an
4election campaign.
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(7) (b) Disbursements which are made before a campaign period for goods
8to be delivered or services to be rendered in connection with the campaign are
9charged against the disbursement
limitation level for that campaign.
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11.31
(7) (c) Disbursements which are made after a campaign to retire a debt
12incurred in relation to a campaign are charged against the disbursement
limitation 13level for that campaign.
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11.31
(8) Certain contributions excluded. The
limitations imposed levels
16specified under this section do not apply to a gift of anything of value constituting
17a contribution made directly to a registrant by another, but the
limitations levels 18shall apply to such gift when it is received and accepted by the recipient or
, if received
19in the form of money, when disbursed.".
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11.31
(10) Surplus materials excluded. Disbursements constituting surplus
23materials acquired in connection with a previous campaign of a candidate are not
1subject to limitation by included in the levels specified in this section, if the materials
2were previously reported as a disbursement by that candidate.".
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811.51 Clean elections fund grants. (1) Any candidate for the office of
9governor, state senator, or representative to the assembly may qualify to receive a
10grant from the clean elections fund by fulfilling the requirements of this section.
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11(2) (a) In order to qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund, a
12candidate shall obtain and deposit with the state treasurer the number of qualifying
13contributions specified in this subsection, in the amount of $5 each, each of which
14shall be received from an elector of this state and, in the case of a candidate for
15legislative office, an elector of the district in which the candidate seeks office. The
16name and address of each elector making a qualifying contribution shall be identified
17in a report filed with the board as provided in s. 11.06 (1) (a). The number of required
18qualifying contributions for a candidate for each office is:
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1. Governor, 2,500.
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2. State senator, 150.
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3. Representative to the assembly, 50.
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(b) In addition to the requirements imposed under par. (a), a candidate does not
23qualify to receive a grant for a general or special election unless the candidate
1receives at least 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for the same
2office at the September primary, or at a special primary if a special primary is held.
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3(3) Prior to notification that a candidate has qualified to receive a grant from
4the clean elections fund under sub. (7), a candidate may accept seed money
5contributions from individuals. The total seed money contributions accepted by a
6candidate from one contributor, including any seed money contributions made by a
7candidate to his or her own campaign, may not exceed $100. The total seed money
8contributions accepted by a candidate during the candidate's campaign, as defined
9in s. 11.26 (17), may not exceed, in the aggregate, the following amount for the office
10sought by candidate:
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(a) Governor, $50,000.
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(b) State senator, $1,500.
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(c) Representative to the assembly, $500.
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14(4) A contributor who makes a qualifying contribution may also make a seed
15money contribution in the full amount authorized under sub. (3).
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16(5) A candidate shall remit to the state treasurer all seed money contributions
17received by the candidate that are unencumbered on the day the candidate receives
18notification of qualification for a grant under sub. (7). The state treasurer shall
19deposit all seed money contributions received under this subsection in the clean
20elections fund.
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21(6) No candidate who accepts a grant from the clean elections fund may accept
22any seed money contribution under sub. (3) after receiving notification of
23qualification for a grant under sub. (7).
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24(7) In order to qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund, a
25candidate shall file an application with the board, no later than a time specified by
1the board by rule, in which the candidate shall affirm that he or she has not accepted
2and agrees not to accept a contribution from any source other than a contribution
3required under sub. (2), a contribution authorized under sub. (3), and the candidate's
4grant from the clean elections fund during the campaign of the candidate, as defined
5in s. 11.31 (7). If the candidate desires to receive grant payments by electronic
6transfer, the candidate shall include in his or her application sufficient information
7and authorization for the state treasurer to transfer payments to his or her campaign
8depository account. The board shall notify each candidate who qualifies to receive
9a grant from the clean elections fund as promptly as possible following qualification.
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10(8) (a) The board shall distribute primary election grants from the clean
11elections fund to each candidate who qualifies to receive a grant under this section
12as soon as possible preceding the date that the primary election is held for the office
13which the candidate seeks or the date on which the primary election would be held
14if a primary election were required to be held.
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(b) The board shall distribute grants for the general or for a special election
16from the clean elections fund to each candidate who qualifies to receive a grant under
17this section as soon as possible after the date of the primary election for the office
18sought by the candidate, or the date on which the primary election would be held if
19a primary election were required to be held, except that, in the case of a candidate
20of a recognized political party for a partisan office, the board shall distribute a grant
21to a candidate for an office for which a primary election was held only if the candidate
22was nominated at that election.
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23(9) A candidate who receives a grant from the clean elections fund shall file
24with the board reports of all disbursements made in the manner provided under s.
2511.06 (1) (g), without regard to the amounts thereof.
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1(10) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subs. (11) to (13), a candidate who
2qualifies to receive a grant from the clean elections fund under this section shall
3receive a grant in the following amount for the office sought by the candidate and for
4the election specified, less the aggregate amount of contributions accepted by the
5candidate under sub. (3):
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6Primary General or
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7Office Election Special Election
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1. Governor $500,000 $1,000,000
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2. State senator 36,000 72,000
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3. Representative to the assembly 18,000 36,000
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(b) If a candidate does not have an opponent who has qualified to have his or
12her name appear on the ballot at the election for which a grant is to be applied, the
13candidate shall receive a grant for a primary election equal to the average total
14disbursements made per candidate in primary election campaign periods, as
15determined by the board from reports filed by or on behalf of those candidates in
16accordance with s. 11.31 (5), for the office that the candidate seeks during the 4-year
17period preceding the date of the primary election, or a grant for a general or special
18election equal to the average total disbursements made per candidate in general and
19special election campaign periods, as determined by the board from reports filed by
20or on behalf of those candidates in accordance with s. 11.31 (5), for the office that the
21candidate seeks during the 4-year period preceding the date of the general or special
22election, except that a candidate for the office of governor shall receive a grant of
23$100,000 for a primary election and a grant of $200,000 for a general or special
24election.
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1(11) (a) In this subsection, "consumer price index" means the average of the
2consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as
3determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
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(b) The dollar amounts of the grants specified in sub. (10) (a) and the grants
5specified for the office of governor in sub. (10) (b) shall be subject to a cost-of-living
6adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in accordance with this paragraph.
7To determine the adjustment, the board shall calculate the percentage difference
8between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31
9of each odd-numbered year and the consumer price index for calendar year 2003.
10For each biennium, the board shall adjust the grant amounts specified in sub. (10)
11by that percentage to the extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the
12nearest multiple of $25 in the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amounts shall
13be in effect until a subsequent rule is promulgated under this subsection.
14Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), determinations under this
15paragraph may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without
16providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary for the public peace, health,
17safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.
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18(12) If any independent expenditure is made or any obligation to make an
19independent expenditure is incurred by any person in opposition to a candidate who
20receives a grant from the clean elections fund or in support of an opponent of such
21a candidate whose name is certified to appear on the same ballot, then the candidate
22who receives a grant shall receive an additional grant in the total amount of the
23obligations incurred and the independent expenditures made that were not
24previously reported as obligations, as reported to the appropriate filing officer under
25s. 11.12 (6) (b), but not to exceed, in combination with any additional grant payable
1to that candidate under sub. (13), 2.5 times the amount payable to the candidate
2under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11).
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3(13) If a candidate who receives a grant from the clean elections fund is opposed
4on a primary or election ballot by another candidate who does not receive a grant or
5by another candidate who the board determines has violated his or her agreement
6under sub. (7), the candidate who receives a grant shall receive an additional grant
7in the amount by which the disbursements made by the other candidate exceed the
8amount of the grant payable for the office sought by the candidate in that election
9under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11), but not to exceed, in combination with
10any additional grant payable to that candidate under sub. (12), 2.5 times the amount
11payable to the candidate under sub. (10), as adjusted under sub. (11). If a candidate
12who receives a grant from the clean elections fund is opposed on a primary or election
13ballot by more than one candidate who does not receive a grant or who the board
14determines has violated his or her agreement under sub. (7), the amount of the grant
15payable under this subsection is the largest amount that would be payable by reason
16of any candidate's opposition.
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17(14) If a candidate who makes an agreement under sub. (7) does not adhere to
18the agreement, the candidate shall forfeit an amount equivalent to any grant from
19the clean elections fund that is provided to the candidate and the candidate may be
20fined not more than 3 times the amount of any contributions received by the
21candidate in his or her campaign, as defined in s. 11.26 (17), exclusive of the amount
22of any grant or any contributions deposited under sub. (2) or received under sub. (3).
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23(15) No later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, a candidate who
24received a grant from the clean elections fund in that year or the preceding year shall
1return to the state treasurer the amount of any grant remaining in the candidate's
2campaign depository account.
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3(16) The board may promulgate rules required to implement this section.".
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(20) Election campaign Clean elections fund. Make disbursements to
8each candidate certified under s. 7.08 (2) (c) or (cm) by the elections board as eligible
9to receive
moneys a grant from the
Wisconsin election campaign clean elections 10fund.".
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13"
Section 125b. 20.510 (1) (q) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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20.510
(1) (q)
Clean elections fund grants. From the clean elections fund, a sum
15sufficient to make the grants to candidates required under s. 11.51.
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20.855
(4) (ba)
Clean elections fund supplement. A sum sufficient equal to the
19amounts required to make the grants to candidates required under s. 11.51, to be
20transferred to the clean elections fund.
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25.17
(1) (aw) Clean elections fund (s. 25.42);
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125.42 Clean elections fund. All moneys deposited with the state treasurer
2under s. 11.51 (2) and (5) or returned to the state treasurer under s. 11.51 (15) and
3all moneys transferred to the clean elections fund under s. 20.855 (4) (ba) constitute
4the clean elections fund.
