(f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $1,000.
(g) Candidates for court of appeals judge in districts that contain a county having a population of more than 500,000, $6,000.
(h) Candidates for court of appeals judge in other districts, $5,000.
(i) Candidates for circuit judge in circuits having a population of more than 300,000, or candidates for district attorney in prosecutorial units having a population of more than 300,000, $6,000.
(j) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district attorney in other prosecutorial units, $2,000.
(k) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:
1. Four hundred dollars.
2. Two cents times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or district, according to the latest federal census or the census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, but not more than $5,000.
11.1104 (3) (b) A political action committee
or a person subject to the limits under s. 11.1101 (4) may contribute no more than $12,000 in any calendar year to a legislative campaign committee.
11.1104 (4) (b) A political action committee
or a person subject to the limits under s. 11.1101 (4) may contribute no more than $12,000 in any calendar year to a political party.
11.1104 (6) Contributions paid to a segregated fund established and administered by a political party or legislative campaign committee for purposes other than making contributions to a candidate committee or making disbursements for express advocacy, except that a political action committee or a person subject to s. 11.1101 (4) may contribute no more than $12,000 in any calendar year to such a fund.
261,102
Section
102. 17.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
17.29 Effect of chapter. The provisions of this chapter supersede all contrary provisions in either the general law or in special acts, except ss. 6.26 (2) (b), 6.55 (6), 6.875, and 7.30 relating to appointed election officials and ch. 321 relating to the military staff of the governor and to officers of the Wisconsin national guard or state defense force; and shall govern all offices whether created by general law or special act, unless otherwise specially provided.
261,103
Section
103. 19.42 (10) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
19.42 (10) (ab) A member or employee of the ethics commission.
261,104
Section
104. 19.42 (13) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
19.42 (13) (p) All members of the elections commission and all members of the ethics commission.
261,105
Section
105. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections division of the government accountability board shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections division of the government accountability board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
261,107
Section
107. 343.027 of the statutes is amended to read:
343.027 Confidentiality of signatures. Any signature collected under this chapter may be maintained by the department and shall be kept confidential, except that the department shall release a signature or a facsimile of a signature to the department of revenue for the purposes of administering state taxes and collecting debt, to the government accountability board, in electronic or digital format, for the purposes specified in s. 6.30 (5), to the person to whom the signature relates, to a court, district attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village, or town attorney, law enforcement agency, or to the driver licensing agency of another jurisdiction.
261,108
Section
108. 343.027 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
343.027 Confidentiality of signatures. Any signature collected under this chapter may be maintained by the department and shall be kept confidential, except that the department shall release a signature or a facsimile of a signature to the department of revenue for the purposes of administering state taxes and collecting debt, to the elections commission, in electronic or digital format, for the purposes specified in s. 6.30 (5), to the person to whom the signature relates, to a court, district attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village, or town attorney, law enforcement agency, or to the driver licensing agency of another jurisdiction.
261,109
Section
109
.
Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) No later than the 20th day following the end of each calendar quarter, the government accountability board, or the elections commission, and the department of transportation shall each report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided in section 13.172 (3) of the statutes concerning its progress in implementing an electronic voter registration system. The board or commission and the department shall continue to file reports under this subsection until the board or commission determines that implementation is complete and the performance of the system is satisfactory. The board or commission and the department shall ensure that the implementation is complete and the performance of the system is satisfactory before the spring primary in 2017. The board or commission shall notify the legislative reference bureau of the date on which the implementation is complete and the performance satisfactory.
261,110
Section
110.
Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of sections 6.22 (5), 6.25 (1) (a) and (b), 6.87 (6) and (6d), 7.51 (5) (b), 7.515, 7.53 (1) (a) and (3) (a), and 9.01 (1) (a) 1. (by Section 99) of the statutes first applies to elections held no earlier than 6 months after the effective date of this subsection.
(2) The treatment of section 6.34 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes first applies to registration applications filed on the effective date of this subsection.
261,111
Section
111.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The repeal and recreation of sections 5.05 (14) (b) and (c) and (18), 5.056, 5.91 (intro.), 6.24 (3), 6.30 (4) and (5), 6.32, 6.33 (1) and (5) (a), 6.34 (2m) and (4), 6.35 (2), 6.36 (1) (a) (intro.), 4., and 9., (am), (b) 1. a. and (6), 6.55 (2) (cs), 6.79 (1m), 7.08 (1) (c), 7.31 (1), 7.315 (1) (a) and (3), 9.01 (1) (a) 1., 85.61 (1), and 343.027 of the statutes and the creation of section 19.42 (10) (ab) and (13) (p) of the statutes take effect on June 30, 2016.
(2) The repeal of section 6.26 of the statutes takes effect on the day on which the legislative reference bureau receives notice under Section 109 of this act.