SB604: Bill Text

SB604,6,20 (h) Candidates for local offices, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

SB604,6,21 1. Two hundred dollars.

SB604,6,24 2. One cent 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 $2,500.

SB604,9 Section 9. 11.1103 (1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 265, are amended to read:

SB604,7,5 11.1103 (1) (intro.) For an individual who is a candidate seeking reelection to the office that the individual holds, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) (5) apply as follows:

SB604,7,7 (2) (intro.) For an individual who is a candidate for an office that the individual does not hold, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) (5) apply as follows:

SB604,10 Section 10. 11.1103 (3) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act 265, is amended to read:

SB604,7,14 11.1103 (3) For an individual seeking election to an office at a special election, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) (5) apply from the date on which the individual becomes a candidate to the 22nd day after the election. If the individual is elected at the special election, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) (5) apply from the 23rd day after the special election to the end of the applicable period under sub. (1).

SB604,11 Section 11. 11.1104 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB604,7,18 11.1104 Exceptions. (1) For the period beginning on the day after the day of the general election and ending on the day of the next general election, no person may make any of the following contributions in a total amount exceeding $10,000:

SB604,7,19 (a) Contributions to a political action committee.

SB604,7,20 (b) Contributions transferred between political action committees.

SB604,7,21 (c) Contributions to a legislative campaign committee.

SB604,7,22 (d) Contributions to a political party.

SB604,7,24 (e) Contributions made by a political party or legislative campaign committee to a candidate committee.

SB604,8,2 (f) Contributions transferred between the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of the same political party.

SB604,8,4 (g) Contributions used to pay legal fees and other expenses incurred as a result of a recount under s. 9.01.

SB604,8,8 (h) Contributions used to pay legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with or in response to circulating, offering to file, or filing a petition to recall an office holder prior to the time that a recall primary or election is ordered, or after that time if incurred to contest or defend the order.

SB604,8,9 (i) Contributions to a recall committee.

SB604,8,10 (j) Contributions to a referendum committee.

SB604,8,11 (k) Contributions to an independent expenditure committee.

SB604,8,14 (2) A candidate may make unlimited contributions from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or property that are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse to his or her candidate committee.

SB604,12 Section 12. 11.1112 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB604,8,21 11.1112 Corporations, cooperatives, and tribes. No foreign or domestic corporation, no association organized under ch. 185 or 193, no labor organization, and no federally recognized American Indian Tribe may make a contribution to a committee, other than an independent expenditure committee or referendum committee, but may make a contribution to a segregated fund as provided under s. 11.1104 (6) in amounts not to exceed $12,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year.

SB604,13 Section 13. 11.1113 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 265, is amended to read:

SB604,9,6 11.1113 (3) (b) A contribution made to a candidate committee, political party, or legislative campaign committee by a single-member limited liability company in which the sole member is an individual is considered a contribution made by that individual and subject to the individual limits under s. 11.1101 (1). A limited liability company that makes a contribution under this paragraph shall affirm to the candidate committee, political party, or legislative campaign committee that it is a single-member limited liability company in which the sole member is an individual and eligible to make the contribution.

SB604,14 Section 14 . 11.1204 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB604,9,9 11.1204 (4) No person may make contributions to a political party or legislative campaign committee except as provided under s. 11.1101 (1) to (5).

SB604,15 Section 15. Initial applicability.

SB604,9,11 (1) This act first applies to contributions made on January 1, 2024.

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