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(15) Inform each candidate who files an application to become eligible to
24receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund of the dollar amount of
25the applicable disbursement limitation under s. 11.31 which applies to the office for
1which such person is a candidate. Failure to receive the notice required by this
2subsection does not constitute a defense to a violation of s. 11.27 (1) or 11.31.
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11.21
(16) Require each registrant for whom the board serves as filing officer
6and who or which accepts contributions in a total amount or value of $20,000 or more
7during a campaign period to file each campaign finance report that is required to be
8filed under this chapter in an electronic format, and accept from any other registrant
9for whom the board serves as a filing officer any campaign finance report that is
10required to be filed under this chapter in an electronic format. A registrant who or
11which becomes subject to a requirement to file reports in an electronic format under
12this subsection shall initially file the registrant's report in an electronic format for
13the period which includes the date on which the registrant becomes subject to the
14requirement. To facilitate implementation of this subsection, the board shall specify,
15by rule, a type of software that is suitable for compliance with the electronic filing
16requirement under this subsection. The board shall provide copies of the software
17to registrants at a price fixed by the board that may not exceed cost. Each registrant
18who or which files a report under this subsection in an electronic format shall also
19file a copy of the report with the board that is recorded on a medium specified by the
20board. The copy shall be signed by an authorized individual and filed with the board
21by each registrant no later than the time prescribed for filing of the report under this
22chapter. The board shall provide complete instructions to any registrant who or
23which files a report under this subsection. In this subsection, the "campaign period"
24of a candidate, personal campaign committee or support committee begins and ends
25with the "campaign" of the candidate whose candidacy is supported, as defined in s.
111.26 (17), and the "campaign period" of any other registrant begins on January 1 of
2each odd-numbered year and ends on December 31 of the following year.
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(3) Furnish to each registrant prescribed forms for the making of reports
6and statements. Forms shall be sent by 1st class mail not earlier than 21 days and
7not later than 14 days prior to the applicable filing deadline under s. 11.20 and
8addressed to the attention of the treasurer or other person indicated on the
9registration statement. Forms need not be sent to a registrant who has made an
10indication that aggregate contributions, disbursements and obligations will not
11exceed the amount specified under s. 11.05 (2r) or to a registrant who has been
12granted a suspension under s. 11.19 (2). Whenever any notice of the filing
13requirements under this chapter is sent to a candidate's campaign treasurer, the
14filing officer shall also send a notice to the candidate if he or she has appointed a
15separate treasurer. Failure to receive any form or notice does not exempt a registrant
16from compliance with this chapter.
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11.23
(1) Any group or individual may promote or oppose a particular vote at
20any referendum in this state. Before making disbursements, receiving contributions
21or incurring obligations in excess of $25 in the aggregate in a calendar year for such
22purposes, the group or individual shall file a registration statement under s. 11.05
23(1), (2) or (2r). In the case of a group the name and mailing address of each of its
24officers shall be given in the statement. Every group and every individual under this
25section shall designate a campaign depository account under s. 11.14. Every group
1shall appoint a treasurer, who may delegate authority but is jointly responsible for
2the actions of his or her authorized designee for purposes of civil liability under this
3chapter. The appropriate filing officer shall be notified by a group of any change in
4its treasurer within 10 days of the change under s. 11.05 (5). The treasurer of a group
5shall certify the correctness of each statement or report submitted by it under this
6chapter.
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11.23
(2) Any anonymous contribution exceeding $10 received by an individual
10or group treasurer may not be used or expended. The contribution shall be donated
11to the common school fund or to any charitable organization at the option of the
12treasurer.
AB428,27,2521
11.26
(1) (intro.) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to
22a candidate for election or nomination to any of the following offices and to any
23individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate
24or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total
25of the amounts specified per candidate:
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11.26
(2) (intro.) No committee other than a political party committee or
6legislative campaign committee may make any contribution or contributions to a
7candidate for election or nomination to any of the following offices and to any
8individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate
9or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total
10of the amounts specified per candidate:
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11.26
(2) (a) Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
14state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice, 4 percent of the
15value of the disbursement level specified in the schedule under s. 11.31 (1).
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11.26
(3) The contribution limitations of subs. (1) and (2) apply cumulatively
25to the entire primary and election campaign in which a candidate participates,
1whether or not there is a contested primary election. The total limitation may be
2apportioned in any manner desired between the primary and election. All moneys
3cumulate regardless of the time of contribution.
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11.26
(4) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to all
7candidates for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which
8are subject to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including legislative
9campaign committees and committees of a political party, to the extent of more than
10a total of $10,000 in any calendar year.
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11.26
(5) The contribution limits provided in subs. (1) and (4) do not apply to
14a candidate who makes any contribution or contributions to his or her own campaign
15for office from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or
16property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse,
17with respect to any contribution or contributions made to that candidate's campaign
18only. A candidate's personal contributions shall be deposited in his or her campaign
19depository account and reported in the normal manner.
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(6) When a candidate adopts a preexisting support committee as his or
23her personal campaign committee, the support committee is deemed to have been the
24same committee as the candidate's personal campaign committee for purposes of the
25application of subs. (1), (2) and (9). The limitations prescribed in subs. (2) and (9) do
1not apply to the transfer of contributions which is made at the time of such adoption,
2but do apply to the contributions which have been made by any other committee to
3the support committee at the time of adoption.
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11.26
(8) (a) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than
7a total of $150,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all other
8committees, excluding contributions from legislative campaign committees and
9transfers between party committees of the party. In this paragraph, a biennium
10commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with December 31
11of each even-numbered year.
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(b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 in value of
13its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its subunits or
14affiliates, excluding legislative campaign and political party committees.
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(c) No committee, other than a political party or legislative campaign
16committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a
17political party under s. 5.02 (13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $6,000.
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11.26
(9) (a) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
23and accept more than 65 percent of the value of the total disbursement level
24determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any
1primary and election campaign combined from all committees subject to a filing
2requirement, including political party and legislative campaign committees.
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(9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
8and accept more than 45 percent of the value of the total disbursement level
9determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any
10primary and election campaign combined from all committees other than political
11party and legislative campaign committees subject to a filing requirement.
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(10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and
17application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make
18contributions of more than 200 percent of the amounts specified in sub. (1) to the
19candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the
20personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the
21candidate's spouse, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
22receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
23or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received
24by a candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which
25is registered with the federal elections commission as the authorized committee of
1the candidate under
2 USC 432 (e) shall be treated as a contribution made by the
2candidate to his or her own campaign. The contribution limit of sub. (4) applies to
3amounts contributed by such a candidate personally to the candidate's own
4campaign and to other campaigns, except that a candidate may exceed the limitation
5if authorized under this subsection to contribute more than the amount specified to
6the candidate's own campaign, up to the amount of the limitation.
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11.26
(15) The fact that 2 or more committees, other than personal campaign
12committees, utilize common policies and practices concerning the endorsement of
13candidates or agree to make contributions only to such endorsed candidates does not
14affect the right of each committee independently to make contributions up to the
15amount specified under sub. (2).
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(17) (a) For purposes of application of the limitations imposed in subs.
19(1), (2), (9) and (10), the "campaign" of a candidate begins and ends at the times
20specified in this subsection.
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21Section
92. 11.265 of the statutes is created to read:
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2211.265 Legislative campaign committees.
(1) No more than one legislative
23campaign committee may be established by the members of one political party in
24each house of the legislature.
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1(2) A legislative campaign committee may accept no contributions and make
2no contributions or disbursements exceeding the amounts authorized for a political
3party under this chapter.
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4(3) Amounts contributed by a legislative campaign committee to a political
5party are not subject to limitation by this chapter.
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(1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
9established with reference to the candidates listed below. Except as provided in sub.
10(2), such levels do not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which
11are made or authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.
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(1) (a) Candidates for governor, $1,078,200.
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(b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $323,475.
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(c) Candidates for attorney general, $539,000.
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(d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, justice or state
18superintendent, $215,625.
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11.31
(1) (e) Candidates for state senator, $34,500 total in the primary and
24election, with disbursements not exceeding $21,575 for either the primary or the
25election.
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1(f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $17,250 total in the primary
2and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the
3election.
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11.31
(2) Limitation imposed. No candidate for state office at a spring or general
7election who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the
8Wisconsin election campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from
9the campaign treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount
10prescribed in sub. (1), unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible
11to receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2)
12(h), or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies. No candidate for state office at a special election who
13files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election
14campaign fund may make or authorize total disbursements from the campaign
15treasury in any campaign to the extent of more than the amount prescribed under
16sub. (1) for the preceding spring or general election for the same office, unless the
17board determines that the candidate is not eligible to receive a grant, the candidate
18withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h), or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies.
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(2m) Voluntary limitation. Any candidate to whom sub. (2) and s. 11.26
22(10) do not apply may file an affidavit with his or her filing officer affirming that he
23or she has adhered and will adhere to the limitations imposed under sub. (2) and s.
2411.26 during the entire campaign. These limitations apply unless the candidate
25withdraws the affidavit by notifying his or her filing officer in writing no later than
1the 7th day after the date of the primary in which the person filing the affidavit is
2a candidate, or the 7th day after the date that the primary would be held, if no
3primary is required.
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11.31
(3) Gubernatorial campaigns. For purposes of compliance with the
7limitations imposed under sub. (2), candidates for governor and lieutenant governor
8of the same political party who both accept grants from the Wisconsin election
9campaign fund may agree to combine disbursement levels under sub. (1) (a) and (b)
10and reallocate the total level between them. The candidates shall each inform the
11board of any such agreement.
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(1) (a) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., any such corporation or association
19may establish and administer a separate segregated fund and solicit contributions
20from individuals to the fund to be utilized by such corporation or association, for the
21purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate for state or local office but the
22corporation or association may not make any contribution to the fund. The fund shall
23appoint a treasurer and shall register as a political committee under s. 11.05. A
24parent corporation or association engaging solely in this activity is not subject to
25registration under s. 11.05, but shall register and file special reports on forms
1prescribed by the board disclosing its administrative and solicitation expenses on
2behalf of such fund. A corporation not domiciled in this state need report only its
3expenses for administration and solicitation of contributions in this state together
4with a statement indicating where information concerning other administration and
5solicitation expenses of its fund may be obtained. The reports shall be filed with the
6filing officer for the fund specified in s. 11.02 in the manner in which continuing
7reports are filed under s. 11.20 (4) and (8).
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(6) Any individual or campaign treasurer who receives funds in violation
11of this section shall promptly return such funds to the contributor or donate the funds
12to the common school fund or a charitable organization, at the treasurer's option.
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(8) (b) Except as authorized in s. 11.05 (12) (b) and (13), prior to making
16any disbursement on behalf of a political group which is promoting or opposing a
17particular vote at a referendum and prior to accepting any contribution or making
18any disbursement to promote or oppose a particular vote at a referendum, a
19corporation or association organized under ch. 185 shall register with the
20appropriate filing officer specified in s. 11.02 and appoint a treasurer. The
21registration form of the corporation or association under s. 11.05 shall designate an
22account separate from all other corporation or association accounts as a campaign
23depository account, through which all moneys received or expended for the adoption
24or rejection of the referendum shall pass. The corporation or association shall file
25periodic reports under s. 11.20 providing the information required under s. 11.06 (1).
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11.50
(1) (a) 2. With respect to a special election, an individual who is certified
12under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election for state superintendent, or
13an individual who is certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election
14for any state office, except district attorney, on the ballot or column of a party whose
15candidate for the same office at the preceding general election received at least 6
16percent of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for the office, or an individual
17who has been lawfully appointed and certified to replace either such individual on
18the ballot at a special election, or an individual who receives at least 6 percent of the
19vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for any state office, except district attorney,
20at a partisan special election; and who qualifies for a grant under sub. (2). Where
21the boundaries of a district in which an individual seeks office have been changed
22since the preceding general election such that it is not possible to calculate the exact
23number of votes that are needed by that individual to qualify as an eligible candidate
24prior to an election under this subdivision, the number of votes cast for all candidates
25for the office at the preceding general election in each ward, combination of wards
1or municipality which is wholly contained within the boundaries of the newly formed
2district shall be calculated. If the candidate of the political party on whose ballot or
3column the individual appears in the newly formed district obtained at least 6
4percent of the number of votes calculated, the individual is deemed to qualify as an
5eligible candidate prior to the election under this subdivision.
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(2) (a) Any individual who desires to qualify as an eligible candidate may
15file an application with the board requesting approval to participate in the fund. The
16application shall be filed no later than the applicable deadline for filing nomination
17papers under s. 8.10 (2) (a), 8.15 (1), 8.20 (8) (a) or 8.50 (3) (a), no later than 4:30 p.m.
18on the 7th day after the primary or date on which the primary would be held if
19required in the case of write-in candidates, or no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 7th day
20after appointment in the case of candidates appointed to fill vacancies. The
21application shall contain a sworn statement that the candidate and his or her
22authorized agents have complied with the contribution limitations prescribed in s.
2311.26 and the disbursement limitations prescribed under s. 11.31 at all times to
24which such limitations have applied to his or her candidacy and will continue to
25comply with the limitations at all times to which the limitations apply to his or her
1candidacy for the office in contest, unless the board determines that the candidate
2is not eligible to receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application
3under par. (h), or par. (i) applies.