Amendment ASA1-AB225

AB225-ASA1,59,14 11.26 (2) (ad) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $18,000.

AB225-ASA1,106 Section 106. 11.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,59,16 11.26 (2) (b) Candidates for state senator, $1,000 $2,000.

AB225-ASA1,107 Section 107. 11.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,59,18 11.26 (2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $500 $1,000.

AB225-ASA1,108 Section 108. 11.26 (2) (cn) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,59,22 11.26 (2) (cn) 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, $3,000 $6,000.

AB225-ASA1,109 Section 109. 11.26 (2) (cw) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,59,25 11.26 (2) (cw) Candidates for circuit judge in other circuits or candidates for district attorney in other prosecutorial units, $1,000 $2,000.

AB225-ASA1,110 Section 110. 11.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,60,6 11.26 (4) No individual may make any contribution or contributions to all candidates for state and local offices and to any individuals who or committees which are subject to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, including legislative campaign committees and committees of a political party, to the extent of more than a total of $10,000 $20,000 in any calendar year.

AB225-ASA1,111 Section 111. 11.26 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,60,13 11.26 (8) (a) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than a total of $150,000 $300,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all other committees, excluding contributions from legislative campaign committees and transfers between party committees of the party. In this paragraph, a biennium commences with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends with December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB225-ASA1,112 Section 112. 11.26 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,60,18 11.26 (8) (b) No such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 $12,000 in value of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or its subunits or affiliates, excluding legislative campaign and political party committees.

AB225-ASA1,113 Section 113. 11.26 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,60,23 11.26 (8) (c) No committee, other than a political party or legislative campaign committee, may make any contribution or contributions, directly or indirectly, to a political party under s. 5.02 (13) in a calendar year exceeding a total value of $6,000 $12,000.

AB225-ASA1,114 Section 114. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,61,6 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65 percent of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 the following amounts for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all committees subject to a filing requirement, including political party and legislative campaign committees. subject to a filing requirement:

AB225-ASA1,115 Section 115. 11.26 (9) (a) 1. to 12. of the statutes are created to read:

AB225-ASA1,61,8 11.26 (9) (a) 1. Candidates for governor, $432,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,9 2. Candidates for lieutenant governor, $130,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,10 3. Candidates for attorney general, $108,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,12 4. Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $87,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,13 5. Candidates for court of appeals judge, $35,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,14 6. Candidates for state senator, $14,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,15 7. Candidates for representative to the assembly, $7,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,16 8. Candidates for circuit judge, $35,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,18 9. Candidates for district attorney in any prosecutorial unit with a population of 500,000 or less, $35,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,21 10. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district, for the following countywide offices:

AB225-ASA1,61,22 a. Candidates for county executive, $54,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,23 b. Candidates for district attorney, $67,000.

AB225-ASA1,61,24 c. Candidates for county supervisor, $4,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,2 d. Candidates for any other countywide elective office, not including candidates specified under subd. 5. or 8., $22,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,5 11. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district, for the following offices in cities of the 1st class:

AB225-ASA1,62,6 a. Candidates for mayor, $54,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,7 b. Candidates for city attorney, $34,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,8 c. Candidates for any other city-wide elective office, $22,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,9 d. Candidates for alderperson, $4,000.

AB225-ASA1,62,13 12. Candidates for any local office, who are elected from a jurisdiction or district with less than 500,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal census or census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

AB225-ASA1,62,14 a. Two hundred dollars.

AB225-ASA1,62,16 b. Eleven percent of the annual salary for the office sought, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25.

AB225-ASA1,62,17 c. Six cents per inhabitant of the jurisdiction or district, not to exceed $9,000.

AB225-ASA1,116 Section 116. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 11.26 (9) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,62,25 11.26 (9) (b) (intro.) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 45 percent of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 the following amounts for the office for which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from all committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees subject to a filing requirement.:

AB225-ASA1,117 Section 117. 11.26 (9) (b) 1. to 12. of the statutes are created to read:

AB225-ASA1,63,2 11.26 (9) (b) 1. Candidates for governor, $971,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,3 2. Candidates for lieutenant governor, $292,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,4 3. Candidates for attorney general, $486,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,6 4. Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $195,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,7 5. Candidates for court of appeals judge, $78,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,8 6. Candidates for state senator, $31,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,9 7. Candidates for representative to the assembly, $16,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,10 8. Candidates for circuit judge, $78,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,12 9. Candidates for district attorney in any prosecutorial unit with a population of 500,000 or less, $78,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,15 10. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district, for the following countywide offices:

AB225-ASA1,63,16 a. Candidates for county executive, $122,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,17 b. Candidates for district attorney, $146,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,18 c. Candidates for county supervisor, $8,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,20 d. Candidates for any other countywide elective office, not including candidates specified under subd. 5. or 8., $49,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,23 11. In any jurisdiction or district, other than a judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or district, for the following offices in cities of the 1st class:

AB225-ASA1,63,24 a. Candidates for mayor, $122,000.

AB225-ASA1,63,25 b. Candidates for city attorney, $73,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,1 c. Candidates for any other city-wide elective office, $49,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,2 d. Candidates for alderperson, $8,000.

AB225-ASA1,64,6 12. Candidates for any local office, who are elected from a jurisdiction or district with less than 500,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal census or census information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, an amount equal to the greater of the following:

AB225-ASA1,64,7 a. Five hundred dollars.

AB225-ASA1,64,9 b. Twenty-four percent of the annual salary for the office sought, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25.

AB225-ASA1,64,11 c. Fifteen cents per inhabitant of the jurisdiction or district, not to exceed $20,000.

AB225-ASA1,118 Section 118. 11.26 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,64,17 11.26 (18) Beginning on July 1, 2015, and every 2 years thereafter, the board shall modify the dollar amounts under subs. (1), (2), (4), (8), and (9), rounded to the nearest multiple of $25, to adjust for the change in the consumer price index, all items, U.S. city average, published by the federal Department of Labor for the preceding 2-year period ending on December 31.

AB225-ASA1,119 Section 119. 11.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,64,21 11.30 (4) No owner or other person with a financial interest in a communications medium may utilize such medium in support of or in opposition to a candidate or referendum except as provided in this chapter.

AB225-ASA1,65,6 (4m) This chapter shall not be construed to restrict fair coverage of bona fide news stories, interviews with candidates and other politically active individuals, editorial comment or endorsement. Such activities editorials by any broadcasting station, cable television operator or producer, Internet site, or newspaper or other periodical publication, including an Internet or electronic publication, unless the communication is made by a candidate, personal campaign committee, support committee of a candidate authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p), or a political party. Activities that are not restricted under this subsection are not subject to an attribution requirement under sub. (2) and need not be reported as a contribution or disbursement.

AB225-ASA1,120 Section 120. 11.31 of the statutes is repealed.

AB225-ASA1,121 Section 121. 11.33 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,65,14 11.33 (2m) This section does not apply to the cost of materials or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor under s. 323.10 affecting any county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the subject of the emergency.

AB225-ASA1,122 Section 122. 11.38 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,65,23 11.38 (1) (a) 1. No foreign or domestic corporation, or association organized under ch. 185 or 193, may make any contribution or disbursement, directly or indirectly, either independently or through any political party, committee, group, candidate or individual for any purpose other than except to promote or defeat a referendum and except that such a corporation or association may make a contribution to a committee that is operated exclusively for the purpose of financing the purchase, lease, or maintenance of space for exclusive use by a political party or legislative campaign committee.

AB225-ASA1,123 Section 123. 11.38 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,5 11.38 (1) (a) 3. No corporation or association specified in subd. 1. may annually expend more than a combined total of $500 annually for solicitation of contributions to a fund established under subd. 2. or to a conduit more than the greater of $20,000 or 20 percent of the amount of contributions in the previous year to the fund established under subd. 2. or to a conduit.

AB225-ASA1,124 Section 124. 13.025 of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,10 13.025 Ethics training for members. Before the oath of office may be administered to any member of the legislature, the member shall complete 4 hours of ethics training administered by the government accountability board under s. 19.48 (9).

AB225-ASA1,125 Section 125. 13.62 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 13.62 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,13 13.62 (1) (intro.) "Administrative action" means the any of the following:

AB225-ASA1,66,16 (a) The proposal, drafting, development, consideration, promulgation, amendment, repeal, or rejection by any agency of any rule promulgated under ch. 227.

AB225-ASA1,126 Section 126. 13.62 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB225-ASA1,66,20 13.62 (1) (b) The consideration of specifications for a procurement by a legislator or by an agency or the award of a procurement contract or order by an agency.

AB225-ASA1,127 Section 127. 13.62 (12e) of the statutes is created to read: