SB104-engrossed, s. 67m 20Section 67m. 11.25 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,44,821 11.25 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a registrant may accept contributions
22and make disbursements from a campaign depository account for the purpose of
23making expenditures in connection with a campaign for national office; for payment
24of civil penalties incurred by the registrant under this chapter but not under any
25other chapter
; or for payment of the expenses of nonpartisan campaigns to increase

1voter registration or participation. Notwithstanding par. (a), a personal campaign
2committee or support committee may accept contributions and make disbursements
3from a campaign depository account for payment of inaugural expenses of an
4individual who is elected to state or local office. If such expenses are paid from
5contributions made to the campaign depository account, they are reportable under
6s. 11.06 (1) as disbursements. Otherwise, such expenses are not reportable under s.
711.06 (1). If contributions from the campaign depository account are used for such
8expenses, they are subject to s. 11.26.
SB104-engrossed, s. 68 9Section 68. 11.26 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,44,1410 11.26 (1) (intro.) No individual, except an individual serving as a conduit, may
11make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to
12any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7)
13acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's
14opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:
SB104-engrossed, s. 69 15Section 69. 11.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,44,2216 11.26 (2) (intro.) No committee, other than a political party committee or
17legislative campaign committee
, and no individual or committee serving as a
18conduit,
may make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or
19nomination to any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under
20s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the
21candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per
22candidate:
SB104-engrossed, s. 70 23Section 70. 11.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,45,3
111.26 (2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
2state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice, 4% of the value of
3the disbursement level specified in the schedule under s. 11.31 (1)
$45,000.
SB104-engrossed, s. 71 4Section 71. 11.26 (2) (ad) to (au) of the statutes are created to read:
SB104-engrossed,45,55 11.26 (2) (ad) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $15,000.
SB104-engrossed,45,66 (am) Candidates for attorney general, $25,000.
SB104-engrossed,45,87 (au) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or
8justice, $10,000.
SB104-engrossed, s. 72 9Section 72. 11.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,45,1510 11.26 (4) No Except as provided in sub. (10), no individual, except an individual
11serving as a conduit,
may make any contribution or contributions to all candidates
12for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which are subject
13to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including legislative campaign
14committees and
committees of a political party, to the extent of more than a total of
15$10,000 in any calendar year.
SB104-engrossed, s. 73 16Section 73. 11.26 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,45,2217 11.26 (8) (a) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than
18a total of $150,000 $450,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all
19other committees, excluding contributions from legislative campaign committees
20and
transfers between party committees of the party. In this paragraph, a biennium
21commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with December 31
22of each even-numbered year.
SB104-engrossed,45,2523 (b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 $18,000 in
24value of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its
25subunits or affiliates, excluding legislative campaign and political party committees.
SB104-engrossed,46,4
1(c) No committee, other than a political party or legislative campaign
2committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a
3political party under s. 5.02 (13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $6,000
4$18,000.
SB104-engrossed, s. 74 5Section 74. 11.26 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,46,86 11.26 (8m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no committee may make a
7contribution to any other committee except a political party, personal campaign, or
8support committee.
SB104-engrossed,46,119 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any contribution made by a committee that
10is affiliated with a labor organization to any other committee that is affiliated with
11the same labor organization.
SB104-engrossed, s. 75b 12Section 75b. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.)
13and amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,46,1914 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may
15receive and accept more than 65% of the value of the total disbursement level
16determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate
the
17following amount
during any primary and election campaign combined from all
18committees subject to a filing requirement, including
political party and legislative
19campaign
committees.:
SB104-engrossed, s. 75c 20Section 75c. 11.26 (9) (a) 1. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:
SB104-engrossed,46,2121 11.26 (9) (a) 1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $400,000.
SB104-engrossed,46,2222 2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $100,000.
SB104-engrossed,46,2323 3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $100,000.
SB104-engrossed,46,2524 4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or
25state superintendent, $50,000.
SB104-engrossed,47,1
15. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $24,000.
SB104-engrossed,47,22 6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $12,000.
SB104-engrossed,47,63 7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 20% of the value of the total
4disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under
5s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the office
6for which he or she is a candidate.
SB104-engrossed, s. 75d 7Section 75d. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (b) (intro.)
8and amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,47,149 11.26 (9) (b) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may
10receive and accept more than 45% of the value of the total disbursement level
11determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate
the
12following amount
during any primary and election campaign combined from all
13committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees subject
14to a filing requirement.:
SB104-engrossed, s. 75e 15Section 75e. 11.26 (9) (b) 1. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:
SB104-engrossed,47,1616 11.26 (9) (b) 1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $485,190.
SB104-engrossed,47,1717 2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $145,564.
SB104-engrossed,47,1818 3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $ 242,550.
SB104-engrossed,47,2019 4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or
20state superintendent, $97,031.
SB104-engrossed,47,2121 5. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $15,525.
SB104-engrossed,47,2222 6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $7,763.
SB104-engrossed,48,223 7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 25% of the value of the total
24disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and as adjusted as provided

1under s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the
2office for which he or she is a candidate.
SB104-engrossed, s. 76 3Section 76. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB104-engrossed, s. 77 4Section 77. 11.26 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,48,205 11.26 (10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and
6application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make
7contributions of more than 200% of the amounts specified in sub. (1) to the
8candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the
9personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the
10candidate's spouse, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
11receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
12or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies
. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received
13by a candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which
14is registered with the federal elections commission as the authorized committee of
15the candidate under 2 USC 432 (e) shall be treated as a contribution made by the
16candidate to his or her own campaign. The contribution limit of sub. (4) applies to
17amounts contributed by such a candidate personally to the candidate's own
18campaign and to other campaigns, except that a candidate may exceed the limitation
19if authorized under this subsection to contribute more than the amount specified to
20the candidate's own campaign, up to the amount of the limitation.
SB104-engrossed, s. 78 21Section 78. 11.26 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,48,2422 11.26 (12m) For purposes of this section subs. (1) and (4), a contribution of
23money received from a conduit identified in the manner prescribed in s. 11.06 (11)
24(a) shall be considered a contribution received from the original contributor.
SB104-engrossed, s. 79 25Section 79. 11.265 of the statutes is repealed.
SB104-engrossed, s. 81
1Section 81. 11.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,49,62 11.31 (1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
3established with reference to the candidates listed below. The levels are subject to
4adjustment under subs. (1m) and (9).
Except as provided in sub. (2), such levels do
5not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or
6authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.
SB104-engrossed, s. 82 7Section 82. 11.31 (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,49,88 11.31 (1) (a) Candidates for governor, $1,078,200 $2,000,000.
SB104-engrossed,49,99 (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $323,475 $500,000.
SB104-engrossed,49,1010 (c) Candidates for attorney general, $539,000 $700,000.
SB104-engrossed,49,1211 (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or state
12superintendent, $215,625 $250,000.
SB104-engrossed, s. 83 13Section 83. 11.31 (1) (de) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,49,1414 11.31 (1) (de) Candidates for justice, $300,000.
SB104-engrossed, s. 84 15Section 84. 11.31 (1) (e) and (f) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,49,1816 11.31 (1) (e) Candidates for state senator, $34,500 $100,000 total in the primary
17and election, with disbursements not exceeding $21,575 $72,000 for either the
18primary or the election.
SB104-engrossed,49,2119 (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $17,250 $50,000 total in the
20primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 $36,000 for either
21the primary or the election.
SB104-engrossed, s. 85 22Section 85. 11.31 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,50,823 11.31 (1m) Disbursement level for candidates in competitive partisan
24primary elections.
The total disbursement level for any candidate for a partisan
25office at a general or special election whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate

1for an office at a primary election preceding that election and who receives less than
2twice as many votes at that primary election as another candidate for the same office
3within the same political party, and who has an opponent in the general or special
4election who received at least 6% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office that
5the candidate seeks on all ballots at the September primary or any special primary
6preceding the general or special election, is 120% of the amount specified in sub. (1)
7for the candidate for the same office who receives the greatest number of votes in the
8primary election, as adjusted as provided in sub. (9).
SB104-engrossed, s. 86 9Section 86. 11.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,50,2410 11.31 (2) Limitation imposed. No candidate for state office at a spring or general
11election who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the
12Wisconsin election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from
13the his or her campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the
14amount prescribed in sub. (1) or (1m), whichever is applicable, adjusted as provided
15under sub. (9)
, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
16receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
17or s. 11.50 (2) (i) sub. (3p) applies. No candidate for state office at a special election
18who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin
19election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from the his or
20her
campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount
21prescribed under sub. (1), adjusted as provided under sub. (9), for the preceding
22spring or general election for the same office, unless the board determines that the
23candidate is not eligible to receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her
24application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
or s. 11.50 (2) (i) sub. (3p) applies.
SB104-engrossed, s. 87 25Section 87. 11.31 (2m) of the statutes is repealed:
SB104-engrossed, s. 88
1Section 88. 11.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,51,72 11.31 (3) Gubernatorial campaigns. For purposes of compliance with the
3limitations imposed under sub. (2), candidates for governor and lieutenant governor
4of the same political party who both accept grants from the Wisconsin election
5campaign fund may agree to combine disbursement levels under sub. (1) (a) and (b),
6adjusted as provided under sub. (9),
and reallocate the total level between them. The
7candidates shall each inform the board of any such agreement.
SB104-engrossed, s. 89 8Section 89. 11.31 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,51,129 11.31 (3p) Candidates receiving additional grants; exception. If a candidate
10receives a grant under s. 11.50 (9) (ba) or (bb), the disbursement limitation of that
11candidate for the campaign in which the grant is received is increased by the amount
12of that grant.
SB104-engrossed, s. 90 13Section 90. 11.31 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,51,1714 11.31 (9) Adjustment of disbursement levels. (a) In this subsection,
15"consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each
1612-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor
17statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
SB104-engrossed,52,518 (b) The dollar amounts of all disbursement limitations specified in sub. (1) shall
19be subject to a cost-of-living adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in
20accordance with this subsection. To determine the adjustment, the board shall
21calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the
2212-month period ending on December 31 of each odd-numbered year and the
23consumer price index for calendar year 2003. For each biennium, the board shall
24adjust the disbursement limitations specified under sub. (1) by that percentage to the
25extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25 in

1the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amount shall be in effect until a subsequent
2rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b),
3and (3), determinations under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency
4rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary
5for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.
SB104-engrossed, s. 91 6Section 91. 11.38 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,52,227 11.38 (1) (a) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., any such corporation or association
8may establish and administer a separate segregated fund and solicit contributions
9from individuals to the fund to be utilized by such corporation or association, for the
10purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate for state or local office but the
11corporation or association may not make any contribution to the fund. The fund shall
12appoint a treasurer and shall register as a political committee under s. 11.05. A
13parent corporation or association engaging solely in this activity is not subject to
14registration under s. 11.05, but shall register and file special reports on forms
15prescribed by the board disclosing its administrative and solicitation expenses on
16behalf of such fund. A corporation not domiciled in this state need report only its
17expenses for administration and solicitation of contributions in this state together
18with a statement indicating where information concerning other administration and
19solicitation expenses of its fund may be obtained. The reports shall be filed with the
20filing officer for the fund specified in s. 11.02 in the manner provided under s. 11.21
21(16), if applicable, or otherwise in the manner
in which continuing reports are filed
22under s. 11.20 (4) and (8).
SB104-engrossed, s. 92 23Section 92. 11.38 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,53,324 11.38 (6) Any individual or campaign treasurer who receives funds in violation
25of this section shall promptly return such funds to the contributor or, donate the

1funds to the common school fund or a charitable organization or transfer the funds
2to the board for deposit in the Wisconsin election campaign fund
, at the treasurer's
3option.
SB104-engrossed, s. 93 4Section 93. 11.38 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB104-engrossed,53,165 11.38 (8) (b) Except as authorized in s. 11.05 (12) (b) and (13), prior to making
6any disbursement on behalf of a political group which is promoting or opposing a
7particular vote at a referendum and prior to accepting any contribution or making
8any disbursement to promote or oppose a particular vote at a referendum, a
9corporation or association organized under ch. 185 shall register with the
10appropriate filing officer specified in s. 11.02 and appoint a treasurer. The
11registration form of the corporation or association under s. 11.05 shall designate an
12account separate from all other corporation or association accounts as a campaign
13depository account, through which all moneys received or expended for the adoption
14or rejection of the referendum shall pass. The corporation or association shall file
15periodic reports under s. 11.20 and under s. 11.21 (16), if applicable, providing the
16information required under s. 11.06 (1).
SB104-engrossed, s. 94 17Section 94. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,53,1918 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) For purposes of qualification for a grant from the general
19account:
SB104-engrossed, s. 95 20Section 95. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (1) (a) 1. a.
SB104-engrossed, s. 96 21Section 96. 11.50 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (1) (a) 1. b.
SB104-engrossed, s. 97 22Section 97. 11.50 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,54,323 11.50 (1) (a) 2m. For purposes of qualification for a grant from a political party
24account, an individual who is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) in the general election or
25a special election as the candidate of an eligible political party for a state office, other

1than district attorney, or an individual who has been lawfully appointed and certified
2to replace such an individual on the ballot at the general or a special election and who
3has qualified for a grant under sub. (2).
SB104-engrossed, s. 98 4Section 98. 11.50 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB104-engrossed,54,55 11.50 (1) (am) "Eligible political party" means any of the following:
SB104-engrossed,54,96 1. A party qualifying under s. 5.62 (1) (b) for a separate ballot or one or more
7separate columns or rows on a ballot for the period beginning on the date of the
8preceding general election and ending on the day before the general election that
9follows that election.
SB104-engrossed,54,1410 2. A party qualifying under s. 5.62 (2) for a separate ballot or one or more
11separate columns or rows on a ballot for the period beginning on the preceding June
121, or if that June 1 is in an odd-numbered year, the period beginning on June 1 of the
13preceding even-numbered year, and ending on May 31 of the 2nd year following that
14June 1.
SB104-engrossed, s. 99 15Section 99. 11.50 (1) (bm) and (cm) of the statutes are created to read:
SB104-engrossed,54,1716 11.50 (1) (bm) "General account" means the account in the fund created under
17sub. (2w).
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