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(2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a registrant may accept contributions
5and make disbursements from a campaign depository account for the purpose of
6making expenditures in connection with a campaign for national office; for payment
7of civil penalties incurred by the registrant under this chapter
but not under any
8other chapter; or for payment of the expenses of nonpartisan campaigns to increase
9voter registration or participation. Notwithstanding par. (a), a personal campaign
10committee or support committee may accept contributions and make disbursements
11from a campaign depository account for payment of inaugural expenses of an
12individual who is elected to state or local office. If such expenses are paid from
13contributions made to the campaign depository account, they are reportable under
14s. 11.06 (1) as disbursements. Otherwise, such expenses are not reportable under s.
1511.06 (1). If contributions from the campaign depository account are used for such
16expenses, they are subject to s. 11.26.
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(1) (intro.) No individual, except an individual serving as a conduit, may
20make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to
21any of the following offices and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7)
22acting solely in support of such a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's
23opponent to the extent of more than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:
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(2) (intro.) No committee, other than a political party committee, and no
4individual or committee serving as a conduit, may make any contribution or
5contributions to a candidate for election or nomination to any of the following offices
6and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such
7a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more
8than a total of the amounts specified per candidate:
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(2) (a) Candidates for governor, $45,000.
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12Section
92. 11.26 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
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(2) (ad) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $15,000.
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(2) (am) Candidates for attorney general, $25,000.
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21Section
96. 11.26 (2) (au) of the statutes is created to read:
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(2) (au) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state
23superintendent, or justice, $10,000.
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(3) The contribution limitations of subs. (1) and (2) apply cumulatively
6to the entire primary and election campaign in which a candidate participates,
7whether or not there is a contested primary election. The total limitation may be
8apportioned in any manner desired between the primary and election. All moneys
9cumulate regardless of the time of contribution.
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(4) Except as provided in sub. (10), no individual, except an individual
13serving as a conduit, may make any contribution or contributions to all candidates
14for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which are subject
15to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including committees of a political
16party, to the extent of more than a total of $10,000 in any calendar year.
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(5) The contribution limits provided in subs. (1) and (4) do not apply to
20a candidate who makes any contribution or contributions to his or her own campaign
21for office from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or
22property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse,
23with respect to any contribution or contributions made to that candidate's campaign
24only. A candidate's personal contributions shall be deposited in his or her campaign
25depository account and reported in the normal manner.
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(6) When a candidate adopts a preexisting support committee as his or
4her personal campaign committee, the support committee is deemed to have been the
5same committee as the candidate's personal campaign committee for purposes of the
6application of subs. (1), (2), and (9). The limitations prescribed in subs. (2) and (9)
7do not apply to the transfer of contributions which is made at the time of such
8adoption, but do apply to the contributions which have been made by any other
9committee to the support committee at the time of adoption.
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(8) (a) No political party, as defined in s. 5.02 (13), may receive more than
13a total of $450,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all other
14committees, excluding transfers between party committees of the party. In this
15paragraph, a biennium commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and
16ends with December 31 of each even-numbered year.
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(b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $18,000 in value
18of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its subunits
19or affiliates, excluding political party committees.
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(c) No committee, other than a political party committee, may make any
21contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a political party under s. 5.02
22(13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $18,000.
SB12, s. 104
23Section
104. 11.26 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
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(8m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no committee may make a
2contribution to any other committee except a political party, personal campaign, or
3support committee.
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(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any contribution made by a committee that
5is affiliated with a labor organization to any other committee that is affiliated with
6the same labor organization.
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(9) (a) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
12and accept more than the following amount during any primary and election
13campaign combined from political party committees:
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1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $400,000.
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2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $100,000.
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3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $100,000.
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4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice, or
18state superintendent, $50,000.
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5. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $24,000.
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6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $12,000.
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7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 20% of the value of the total
22disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under
23s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the office
24for which he or she is a candidate.
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(9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
6and accept more than the following amount during any primary and election
7campaign combined from all committees other than political party committees
8subject to a filing requirement:
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1. For a candidate for the office of governor, $485,190.
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2. For a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, $145,564.
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3. For a candidate for the office of attorney general, $ 242,550.
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4. For a candidate for the office of secretary of state, state treasurer, justice, or
13state superintendent, $97,031.
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5. For a candidate for the office of state senator, $15,525.
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6. For a candidate for the office of representative to the assembly, $7,763.
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7. For a candidate for any other state or local office, 25% of the value of the total
17disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and as adjusted as provided
18under s. 11.31 (9) but without respect to any adjustment under s. 11.31 (1m), for the
19office for which he or she is a candidate.
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20Section
109. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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(10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and
2application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make
3contributions of more than 200% of the amounts specified in sub. (1) to the
4candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the
5personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the
6candidate's spouse, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
7receive a grant. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received by a
8candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which is
9registered with the federal elections commission as the authorized committee of the
10candidate under
2 USC 432 (e) shall be treated as a contribution made by the
11candidate to his or her own campaign. The contribution limit of sub. (4) applies to
12amounts contributed by such a candidate personally to the candidate's own
13campaign and to other campaigns, except that a candidate may exceed the limitation
14if authorized under this subsection to contribute more than the amount specified to
15the candidate's own campaign, up to the amount of the limitation.
SB12, s. 113
18Section
113. 11.26 (12m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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(12m) For purposes of subs. (1) and (4), a contribution of money received
20from a conduit identified in the manner prescribed in s. 11.06 (11) (a) shall be
21considered a contribution received from the original contributor.
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(15) The fact that 2 or more committees, other than personal campaign
25committees, utilize common policies and practices concerning the endorsement of
1candidates or agree to make contributions only to such endorsed candidates does not
2affect the right of each committee independently to make contributions up to the
3amount specified under sub. (2).
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(17) (a) For purposes of application of the limitations imposed in subs.
7(1), (2), (9), and (10), the "campaign" of a candidate begins and ends at the times
8specified in this subsection.
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9Section
116. 11.265 of the statutes is repealed.
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(1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
13established with reference to the candidates listed below. The levels are subject to
14adjustment under subs. (1m) and (9). Except as provided in sub. (2), such levels do
15not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or
16authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.
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(1) (a) Candidates for governor, $2,000,000.
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(b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $500,000.
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(c) Candidates for attorney general, $700,000.
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(d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, or state superintendent,
23$250,000.
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(1) (de) Candidates for justice, $300,000.
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(1) (e) Candidates for state senator, $100,000 total in the primary and
5election, with disbursements not exceeding $72,000 for either the primary or the
6election.
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(f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $50,000 total in the primary
8and election, with disbursements not exceeding $36,000 for either the primary or the
9election.
SB12, s. 121
10Section
121. 11.31 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1m) Disbursement level for candidates in competitive partisan
12primary elections. The total disbursement level for any candidate for a partisan
13office at a general or special election whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate
14for an office at a primary election preceding that election and who receives less than
15twice as many votes at that primary election as another candidate for the same office
16within the same political party, and who has an opponent in the general or special
17election who received at least 6% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office that
18the candidate seeks on all ballots at the September primary or any special primary
19preceding the general or special election, is 120% of the amount specified in sub. (1)
20for the candidate for the same office who receives the greatest number of votes in the
21primary election, as adjusted as provided in sub. (9).
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(2) Limitation imposed. No candidate for state office at a spring or general
25election who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the
1Wisconsin election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from
2his or her campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount
3prescribed in sub. (1) or (1m), whichever is applicable, adjusted as provided under
4sub. (9), unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to receive a
5grant or sub. (3p) applies. No candidate for state office at a special election who files
6a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election
7campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from his or her campaign
8treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount prescribed under
9sub. (1), adjusted as provided under sub. (9), for the preceding spring or general
10election for the same office, unless the board determines that the candidate is not
11eligible to receive a grant or sub. (3p) applies.
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(3) Gubernatorial campaigns. For purposes of compliance with the
17limitations imposed under sub. (2), candidates for governor and lieutenant governor
18of the same political party who both accept grants from the Wisconsin election
19campaign fund may agree to combine disbursement levels under sub. (1) (a) and (b),
20adjusted as provided under sub. (9), and reallocate the total level between them. The
21candidates shall each inform the board of any such agreement.
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(3p) Candidates receiving additional grants; exception. If a candidate
25receives a grant under s. 11.50 (9) (b), (ba), or (bb), the disbursement limitation of
1that candidate for the campaign in which the grant is received is increased by the
2amount of that grant.
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(9) Adjustment of disbursement levels. (a) In this subsection,
6"consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each
712-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor
8statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
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(b) The dollar amounts of all disbursement limitations specified in sub. (1) shall
10be subject to a cost-of-living adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in
11accordance with this subsection. To determine the adjustment, the board shall
12calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the
1312-month period ending on December 31 of each odd-numbered year and the
14consumer price index for calendar year 2003. For each biennium, the board shall
15adjust the disbursement limitations specified under sub. (1) by that percentage to the
16extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25 in
17the case of amounts of $1 or more, which amount shall be in effect until a subsequent
18rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b),
19and (3), determinations under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency
20rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary
21for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare, and without a finding of emergency.