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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
Corrected Copy
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 21,
To ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 37
February 2, 1995 - Offered by Representatives Baldwin, Bock, Carpenter, Black,
R.Young, Wilder, Bell, Riley, Notestein, Travis, Hanson, Huber, Coggs,
Morris-Tatum, Baldus, Grobschmidt, Ziegelbauer, Wasserman, Reynolds,
Kreuser, Dueholm, Plombon, Ryba and Springer.
AB37-ASA1-AA21,1,4
3"
Section 7m. 11.26 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (1) and
4amended to read:
AB37-ASA1-AA21,1,95
11.26
(1) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to a
6candidate for election or nomination to
any of the following offices state or local office 7and to any individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such
8a candidate or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more
9than a total of
the amounts specified $100 per candidate
:.
AB37-ASA1-AA21, s. 7p
11Section 7p. 11.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (2) and
12amended to read:
AB37-ASA1-AA21,2,313
11.26
(2) No committee other than a political party committee or legislative
14campaign committee may make any contribution or contributions to a candidate for
15election or nomination to any
of the following offices
state or local office and to any
1individual or committee under s. 11.06 (7) acting solely in support of such a candidate
2or solely in opposition to the candidate's opponent to the extent of more than a total
3of
the amounts specified $100 per candidate
:,
AB37-ASA1-AA21,2,126
11.26
(5) The contribution limits provided in subs. (1) and (4)
do not apply to
7a candidate who makes any contribution or contributions to his or her own campaign
8for office from the candidate's personal funds or property or the personal funds or
9property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the candidate's spouse,
10with respect to any contribution or contributions made to that candidate's campaign
11only. A candidate's personal contributions shall be deposited in his or her campaign
12depository account and reported in the normal manner.".
AB37-ASA1-AA21,3,615
11.26
(10) No candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and
16application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund may make
17contributions of more than
200% of the
amounts amount specified in sub. (1) to the
18candidate's own campaign from the candidate's personal funds or property or the
19personal funds or property which are owned jointly or as marital property with the
20candidate's spouse
, unless the board determines that the candidate is not eligible to
21receive a grant, the candidate withdraws his or her application under s. 11.50 (2) (h),
22or s. 11.50 (2) (i) applies. For purposes of this subsection, any contribution received
23by a candidate or his or her personal campaign committee from a committee which
24is 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.".
AB37-ASA1-AA21,3,139
11.31
(5m) Independent disbursements. No individual, other than a
10candidate, and no committee, other than a personal campaign committee, may make
11disbursements, which are to be used to advocate the election or defeat of any clearly
12identified candidate in an election, exceeding $100 in amount or value per candidate
13per campaign.".
AB37-ASA1-AA21,4,1316
11.50
(2) (b) 5. The financial reports filed by or on behalf of the candidate as
17of the date of the spring or September primary, or the date that the special primary
18is or would be held, if required, indicate that the candidate has received at least the
19amount provided in this subdivision, from contributions of money, other than loans,
20made by individuals, which have been received during the period ending on the date
21of the spring primary and July 1 preceding such date in the case of candidates at the
22spring election, or the date of the September primary and January 1 preceding such
23date in the case of candidates at the general election, or the date that a special
24primary will or would be held, if required, and 90 days preceding such date or the
1date a special election is ordered, whichever is earlier, in the case of special election
2candidates, which contributions are in the aggregate amount of $100 or less, and
3which are fully identified and itemized as to the exact source thereof. A contribution
4received from a conduit which is identified by the conduit as originating from an
5individual shall be considered a contribution made by the individual. Only the first
6$100 of an aggregate contribution of more than $100 may be counted toward the
7required percentage. For a candidate at the spring or general election for
an the 8office
identified in s. 11.26 (1) (a) of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
9state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent or justice or
a any candidate
10at a special election, the required amount to qualify for a grant is 5% of the
11candidate's authorized disbursement limitation under s. 11.31. For any other
12candidate at the general election, the required amount to qualify for a grant is 10%
13of the candidate's authorized disbursement limitation under s. 11.31.".
