2001 Wisconsin Act 109 made various changes to campaign finance, ethics,
lobbying regulation, income tax, public broadcasting, and cable television laws. Most
changes made by Act 109 take effect on July 1, 2003. Most of these changes were
made nonseverable so that if a court found that any of the provisions were
unconstitutional all of the provisions would then be invalid. On December 11, 2002,
in
Wisconsin Realtors Association et al. v. Ponto et al., Case No. 02-C-424-C, the U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin found that one provision of Act
109 is unconstitutional. While this decision is subject to appeal, it apparently
precludes enforcement and administration of all affected Act 109 changes as of
December 11, 2002. The Act 109 changes, however, currently remain in the statutes.
This bill reenacts certain changes made by Act 109 to the campaign finance law,
effective on the day on which the bill becomes law. In the description which follows,
"current law" means the law in effect before July 1, 2003.
This bill deletes the exception for registrants who or which do not maintain an
office or street address within this state, so that these registrants are required to
report the same information as other registrants. The bill also requires nonresident
registrants to include in their reports a separate statement of contributions,
transfers, loans, and other income received from sources in this state and
disbursements and obligations incurred with respect to elections for state and local
office in this state. The bill does not affect reporting by authorized committees of
candidates for the office of U.S. senator or representative in Congress, national
political party committees, and federally registered committees of state political
parties that make no contributions to individuals or committees that are subject to
a state registration requirement.
AB119,5,167[
2001 Wisconsin Act 109] Section 9115 (2y) (b) Notwithstanding section
8990.001 (11) of the statutes, if a court finds that any part of the repeal of sections
911.01 (12s), 11.05 (3) (o), 11.265, 11.50 (3), and 11.50 (10) of the statutes, the
10renumbering of sections 11.05 (2r) (title), 11.24 (2), and 11.50 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes,
11the renumbering and amendment of sections 11.05 (1), 11.05 (2), 11.05 (2r), 11.12 (6),
1211.26 (9) (a), 11.31 (2m), 11.50 (1) (a) 2., 11.50 (5), 11.50 (9), 19.49 (5), 19.59 (7), and
1371.10 (3) (a) of the statutes, the amendment of sections 5.02 (13), 5.05 (2), 7.08 (2) (c),
147.08 (2) (cm), 8.30 (2), 8.35 (4) (a) 1. a. and b., 8.35 (4) (c) and (d), 11.05 (3) (c), 11.05
15(5), 11.05 (9) (b), 11.05 (12) (b), 11.05 (13),
11.06 (1) (intro.), 11.06 (1) (e), 11.06 (2),
1611.06 (3) (b) (intro.), 11.06 (4) (b), 11.06 (5), 11.06 (7m) (a), 11.06 (7m) (b), 11.06 (7m)
17(c), 11.07 (1), 11.07 (5), 11.09 (3), 11.10 (1), 11.12 (2),
11.12 (4), 11.12 (5), 11.14 (3),
1811.16 (2), 11.16 (5), 11.19 (title), 11.19 (1), 11.20 (1), 11.20 (2), 11.20 (3) (a) and (b),
1911.20 (7), 11.20 (8) (intro.), 11.20 (8) (a), 11.20 (9), 11.20 (10) (a), 11.20 (12), 11.21 (2),
2011.21 (15), 11.21 (16), 11.22 (3), 11.23 (1), 11.23 (2), 11.26 (1) (intro.), 11.26 (2) (intro.),
2111.26 (2) (a), 11.26 (3), 11.26 (4), 11.26 (5), 11.26 (6), 11.26 (8), 11.26 (9) (b), 11.26 (10),
2211.26 (15), 11.26 (17) (a), 11.31 (1) (intro.), 11.31 (1) (a) to (d), 11.31 (1) (e) and (f), 11.31
23(2), 11.31 (2m) (title), 11.31 (3), 11.38 (1) (a) 2., 11.38 (6), 11.38 (8) (b), 11.50 (2) (a),
2411.50 (2) (b) 3. and 4., 11.50 (2) (b) 5., 11.50 (2) (c), 11.50 (2) (f), 11.50 (2) (g), 11.50 (2)
25(h), 11.50 (2) (i), 11.50 (6), 11.50 (7) (intro.), 11.50 (8), 11.50 (10m), 11.50 (11) (e), 11.60
1(4), 11.61 (1) (a) (by
Section 2d), 19.53 (6), 19.59 (8) (c), 20.510 (1) (q), 25.42, 71.08
2(1) (intro.), and 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes, the repeal and recreation of sections 11.05
3(9) (title) and 11.50 (4) of the statutes, the creation of sections 11.001 (2m), 11.01 (4m),
411.01 (12w), (13) and (14), 11.01 (16) (a) 3., 11.05 (1) (b), 11.05 (2) (b), 11.05 (3) (m),
511.05 (3) (r), 11.06 (1) (cm) and (dm), 11.06 (2m) (b) to (d), 11.06 (11) (bm), 11.12 (6)
6(am), 11.12 (6) (c) and (d), 11.12 (8) and (9), 11.20 (2s), 11.20 (2t), 11.20 (8) (am), 11.24
7(1w), 11.24 (4), 11.26 (1m), 11.26 (1t), 11.26 (2) (ae), (am), (as) and (av), 11.26 (2m),
811.26 (2t), 11.26 (8n), 11.26 (8r), 11.26 (9) (a) 1. to 4., 11.26 (9) (am), 11.26 (9m), 11.26
9(10a), 11.31 (1) (de), 11.31 (2m) (a), 11.31 (3p), 11.31 (9), 11.385, 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.),
1011.50 (1) (a) 2m., 11.50 (1) (am), 11.50 (1) (bm) and (cm), 11.50 (2) (b) 6., 11.50 (2) (j),
1111.50 (2m), 11.50 (2s), 11.50 (2w), 11.50 (9) (b), 11.50 (14), 11.60 (3r), 19.42 (3m), (4g)
12and (4r), 19.45 (13), 19.49 (1m), 19.49 (5) (b), 19.535, 19.59 (1) (br), 19.59 (7) (b), 19.59
13(8) (cm) and (cn), 71.07 (6s), 71.10 (3) (ac), 71.10 (3) (d), 71.10 (4) (gw), and 806.04
14(11m) of the statutes or
Sections 9115 (2v), (2x), and (2y), 9132 (4v), 9215 (3v), 9244
15(6v), 9315 (2v) and (2w), and 9344 (2v) of this act is unconstitutional, the treatment
16of those provisions by this act is void.