AB57-ASA1,4,2119 13.68 (1) (cm) The name of any employe of the principal, other than a clerical
20employe, who is not a lobbyist and who devoted time to lobbying during the reporting
21period which did not exceed 10 hours.
AB57-ASA1, s. 9 22Section 9. 13.68 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,5,223 13.68 (1) (e) The total lobbying expenditures made and obligations incurred for
24personal travel and living expenses, except for expenditures made or obligations

1incurred for the travel and living expenses of unpaid volunteers if the primary
2purpose of the travel is for reasons unrelated to lobbying
.
AB57-ASA1, s. 10 3Section 10. 13.68 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,5,44 13.68 (2) (title) Estimates Reporting procedure.
AB57-ASA1, s. 11 5Section 11. 13.68 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 13.68 (2) (a).
AB57-ASA1, s. 12 6Section 12. 13.68 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
AB57-ASA1,5,87 13.68 (2) (b) Any reasonable estimate or allocation made in good faith under
8sub. (1) (a) 3. or (bn) or this subsection fulfills the requirements of this section.
AB57-ASA1,5,109 (c) A principal may employ any reasonable method, acting in good faith, to
10record daily the information required under sub. (1) (c).
AB57-ASA1, s. 13 11Section 13. 13.68 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,5,1912 13.68 (5) Records. All Each principal and each lobbyist engaged by a principal
13shall obtain, organize and preserve all
accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers and
14other documents necessary to substantiate the expense statement shall be obtained,
15organized and preserved by the principal and any lobbyist engaged by the principal
,
16including an account identifying the amount of time that a principal and each of its
17authorized lobbyists spend on lobbying each day,
for 3 years after the date of filing
18the expense statement. A principal may permit its authorized lobbyist to maintain
19any of the records identified in this subsection on its behalf
.
AB57-ASA1, s. 14 20Section 14. 13.69 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,5,2421 13.69 (1) Any Except as provided in sub. (2m), any principal violating ss. 13.61
22to 13.68 or a rule of the board promulgated under those sections may be required to
23forfeit not more than $5,000. In the case of a partnership, each of the partners is
24jointly and severally liable for any forfeiture imposed under this subsection.
AB57-ASA1, s. 15 25Section 15. 13.69 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,6,3
113.69 (2) Any Except as provided in sub. (2m), any lobbyist violating ss. 13.61
2to 13.68 or a rule of the board promulgated under such sections may be required to
3forfeit not more than $1,000.
AB57-ASA1, s. 16 4Section 16. 13.69 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB57-ASA1,6,105 13.69 (2m) The board shall reprimand any principal who the board finds has
6failed to comply with s. 13.67 (1) if the principal has not been found to have committed
7the same offense within the 3-year period preceding the date of the violation. Any
8principal who fails to comply with s. 13.67 (1) a 2nd time within a period of 3 years
9from the date of the first violation may be required to forfeit not more then $100 for
10the 2nd such offense.
AB57-ASA1, s. 17 11Section 17. 13.69 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
12(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB57-ASA1,6,1813 13.69 (2m) Any principal who fails to comply with s. 13.67 (1) and who has not
14been found to have committed the same offense within the 3-year period preceding
15the date of the violation may be required to forfeit not more than $25. Any principal
16who fails to comply with s. 13.67 (1) a 2nd time within a period of 3 years from the
17date of the first violation may be required to forfeit not more than $100 for the 2nd
18offense.
AB57-ASA1, s. 18 19Section 18. 13.69 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,6,2320 13.69 (6m) Any principal, lobbyist or other individual acting on behalf of a
21principal who files a statement under s. 13.63 (1), 13.64, 13.65, 13.67 or 13.68 which
22he or she does not believe to be true may be fined not more than $10,000 or
23imprisoned for not more than 5 years or both.
AB57-ASA1, s. 19 24Section 19. 13.75 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB57-ASA1,7,2
113.75 (5) Registering an interest in a bill or proposed administrative rule under
213.67 (2), $10.
AB57-ASA1, s. 20 3Section 20. 19.48 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB57-ASA1,7,84 19.48 (10) Compile and make available information filed with the board in
5ways designed to facilitate access to the information. The board may charge a fee to
6a person requesting information for compiling, disseminating or making available
7such information, except that the board shall not charge a fee for inspection at the
8board's office of any record otherwise open to public inspection under s. 19.35 (1).
AB57-ASA1, s. 21 9Section 21. 20.521 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB57-ASA1,7,1710 20.521 (1) (i) Materials and services. The amounts in the schedule for the costs
11of publishing documents, locating and copying records, postage and shipping and
12conducting programs under s. 19.48 (9) and of compiling, disseminating and making
13available information prepared by and filed with the board under s. 19.48 (10)
. All
14moneys received by the board from sales of documents, and from fees collected for
15copies of records, for postage, for shipping and location fees, and from fees assessed
16to participants in programs under s. 19.48 (9) and (10) shall be credited to this
17appropriation account.
AB57-ASA1, s. 22 18Section 22. Nonstatutory provisions; information technology
support.
AB57-ASA1,7,2119 (1) The department of administration shall cooperate with the ethics board
20with respect to information technology support and shall provide information
21technology support to the ethics board to effect implementation of this act.
AB57-ASA1, s. 23 22Section 23. Initial applicability.
AB57-ASA1,8,3
1(1) The treatment of section 13.68 (1) (a) (intro.) and 3., (bn), (c) (intro.), 1. and
22., (cm) and (e), (2), (2) (b) and (5) of the statutes first applies with respect to reports
3under section 13.68 of the statutes due to be filed on July 31, 1999.
AB57-ASA1, s. 24 4Section 24. Effective dates.This act takes effect on January 1, 1999, except
5as follows:
AB57-ASA1,8,76 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 13.69 (2m) of the statutes takes effect
7on January 1, 2001.
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