AB37-ASA1,5,154 11.26 (8m) No committee, other than a personal campaign committee, support
5committee under s. 11.18, political party committee or legislative campaign
6committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to
7another committee, other than a personal campaign committee, support committee
8under s. 11.18, political party committee or legislative campaign committee
9exceeding a total of $5,000 in value in any biennium. This limitation does not apply
10to any contribution or contributions made by a committee which does not maintain
11an address within this state, to the extent that the committee receives any
12contribution or contributions in a corresponding amount from a committee which
13maintains an address in this state in the same biennium. In this subsection, a
14biennium commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with
15December 31 of the following even-numbered year.
AB37-ASA1, s. 9 16Section 9. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-ASA1,5,2217 11.26 (9) (a) No Except as authorized in par. (am), no individual who is a
18candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65% of the value
19of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 for the office for which he
20or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all
21committees subject to a filing requirement, including political party and legislative
22campaign committees.
AB37-ASA1, s. 10 23Section 10. 11.26 (9) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-ASA1,6,1324 11.26 (9) (am) If any incurred obligation or disbursement of more than $250
25cumulatively is incurred or made by an individual or committee to advocate the

1election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate whose name appears on the ballot
2at an election and the incurred obligation or disbursement is incurred or made
3without cooperation or consultation with any candidate who is supported or whose
4opponent is opposed or such a candidate's agent or authorized committee, and not in
5concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any such candidate, agent or
6authorized committee, then each candidate whose name appears on the same ballot
7and who is opposed or whose opponent is supported by that advocacy may receive and
8accept from a political party or legislative campaign committee contributions in
9addition to the value prescribed in par. (a) but not to exceed, in total, the value
10prescribed in par. (a) plus the total value of incurred obligations and disbursements
11that are reported to the appropriate filing officer under s. 11.12 (6). For the purposes
12of this paragraph, obligations and disbursements cumulate as provided in s. 11.12
13(6) (a).
AB37-ASA1, s. 11 14Section 11. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-ASA1,6,1915 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
16and accept more than 45% 33% of the value of the total disbursement level, as
17determined under s. 11.31 (1), for the office for which he or she is a candidate during
18any primary and election campaign combined from all committees other than
19political party and legislative campaign committees subject to a filing requirement.
AB37-ASA1, s. 12 20Section 12. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB37-ASA1, s. 13 21Section 13. 11.26 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-ASA1,6,2422 11.26 (13) Except as provided in sub. (9), contributions Contributions received
23from the Wisconsin election campaign fund are not subject to limitation by this
24section.
AB37-ASA1, s. 14 25Section 14. 11.30 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-ASA1,7,15
111.30 (6) Every individual, committee or group who or which is subject to a
2registration requirement under s. 11.05 and who or which publishes, distributes or
3broadcasts, or causes to be published, distributed or broadcast, any communication
4which advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate without
5cooperation or consultation with a candidate or agent or authorized committee of a
6candidate who is supported or whose opponent is opposed, and not in concert with
7or at the request or suggestion of such a candidate, agent or committee shall file with
8the board, in writing, a copy of the text of the communication, together with the name
9of the person who is publishing, distributing or broadcasting the communication or
10causing it to be published, distributed or broadcast and that person's address, in such
11manner that the text is received by the board within 24 hours of the time that the
12communication is first published, distributed or broadcast. The report shall be
13certified in the manner prescribed in s. 11.06 (5). No person is required to file the text
14of a communication with the board under this subsection that has been previously
15filed by that person or another person.
AB37-ASA1, s. 15 16Section 15. 11.31 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-ASA1,8,617 11.31 (3m) Independent disbursements; exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1)
18and (2), if any incurred obligation or disbursement of more than $250 cumulatively
19is incurred or made by an individual or committee to advocate the election or defeat
20of a clearly identified candidate whose name appears on the ballot at an election and
21the incurred obligation or disbursement is incurred or made without cooperation or
22consultation with any candidate who is supported or whose opponent is opposed or
23such a candidate's agent or authorized committee, and not in concert with, or at the
24request or suggestion of, any such candidate, agent or authorized committee, then
25each candidate whose name appears on the same ballot and who is opposed or whose

1opponent is supported by that advocacy may make or authorize total disbursements
2from the campaign treasury in excess of the amount prescribed in sub. (1) but not to
3exceed, in total, the amount prescribed in sub. (1) plus the total amount of incurred
4obligations and disbursements that are reported to the appropriate filing officer
5under s. 11.12 (6). For the purposes of this subsection, obligations and
6disbursements cumulate as provided in s. 11.12 (6) (a).
AB37-ASA1, s. 16 7Section 16. 11.385 of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-ASA1,8,8 811.385 Negative option deductions prohibited. (1) In this section:
AB37-ASA1,8,109 (a) "Employe organization" means any association consisting of 2 or more
10employes of one or more employers.
AB37-ASA1,8,1211 (b) "Employer" includes the state and every local governmental unit as defined
12in s. 16.97 (7).
AB37-ASA1,8,19 13(2) No employer may deduct any amount from the wages or allowances or
14reimbursements for expenses payable to an employe for the purpose of making or
15transferring a contribution to a committee, other than a political party, legislative
16campaign, or personal campaign committee or a support committee under s. 11.18,
17without a written authorization, signed by the employe, which specifically
18authorizes the deduction for the purpose of making or transferring such a
19contribution.
AB37-ASA1,8,23 20(3) No employer or employe organization may make or transfer a contribution
21to a committee other than a political party, legislative campaign or personal
22campaign committee or support committee under s. 11.18 unless the deduction is
23made in compliance with sub. (2).
AB37-ASA1,9,9 24(4) Every employer who makes a deduction and every employer and employe
25organization to which a deduction is payable for the purpose of making or

1transferring a contribution specified in sub. (3) shall provide to the employe who
2authorizes the deduction to be made an opportunity to terminate the deduction upon
3written notice to the employer making the deduction, or to the employer or employe
4organization for which the deduction is made. A termination of an authorization
5under this subsection is effective at such time as may be agreed between the employe
6and the employe's employer or the employer or employe organization for which the
7deduction is made, but in no case later than the number of days after notice of
8termination is filed equal to the interval between regular payments to the employe
9from which the deduction is taken.
AB37-ASA1, s. 17 10Section 17. 11.395 of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-ASA1,9,18 1111.395 Certain contributions prohibited. (1) No individual or committee
12may make or transfer a contribution to an individual who is a candidate for a
13partisan state office which the individual holds at the time the contribution is made
14or transferred, to the personal campaign committee of such a candidate or to the
15support committee of such a candidate authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p), if the
16contribution is made during the period commencing on the first Monday in January
17of each odd-numbered year and ending with the date of enactment of the biennial
18budget act.
AB37-ASA1,9,19 19(2) This section does not apply to a contribution made to:
AB37-ASA1,9,2220 (a) An individual who is a candidate for the office of district attorney or to the
21personal campaign committee of such an individual or to the support committee of
22such an individual authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p).
AB37-ASA1,9,2523 (b) A candidate for a partisan state office, or to the personal campaign
24committee of such a candidate, which is made after the day of an election at which
25the candidate's name appeared on the ballot and in which the candidate was elected

1or defeated, for the purpose of retiring obligations incurred by the candidate or
2committee in relation to that election, for so long as the campaign of the candidate
3continues under s. 11.26 (17) (d).
AB37-ASA1, s. 18 4Section 18. 11.50 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (9) (a) and amended
5to read:
AB37-ASA1,10,106 11.50 (9) (a) The total grant available to an eligible candidate may not exceed
7that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources
8other than individuals, political party committees and legislative campaign
9committees, is equal to 45% of the disbursement level specified for the applicable
10office, as determined under s. 11.31 (1).
AB37-ASA1,10,14 11(b) The board shall scrutinize accounts and reports and records kept under this
12chapter to assure that applicable limitations under ss. 11.26 (9) and s. 11.31 are not
13exceeded and any violation is reported. No candidate or campaign treasurer may
14accept grants exceeding the amount authorized by this subsection.
AB37-ASA1, s. 19 15Section 19. 25.42 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-ASA1,10,21 1625.42 Wisconsin election campaign fund. All moneys appropriated under
17s. 20.855 (4) (b) together with all moneys deposited under s. 11.19 (1), all moneys
18reverting to the state under s. 11.50 (8) and all gifts, bequests and devises received
19under s. 11.50 (13) constitute the Wisconsin election campaign fund, to be expended
20for the purposes of s. 11.50. All moneys in the fund not disbursed by the state
21treasurer shall continue to accumulate indefinitely.
AB37-ASA1, s. 20 22Section 20. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
23publication, except as follows:
AB37-ASA1,10,25 24(1) The treatment of section 11.06 (1) (a) of the statutes takes effect on January
251, 1996.
AB37-ASA1,11,2
1(2) The treatment of section 11.385 of the statutes takes effect on the first day
2of the 2nd month commencing after publication.
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