AB37-engrossed,9,73 (e) For purposes of this subsection, any committee established by a corporation,
4joint stock company, professional association or labor organization is considered to
5be affiliated with any other committee established by the same corporation,
6company, association or organization including any parent, subsidiary, branch,
7division, department or local unit thereof.
AB37-engrossed,9,108 (f) In this subsection, a biennium commences with January 1 of each
9odd-numbered year and ends with December 31 of the following even-numbered
10year.
AB37-engrossed, s. 8 11Section 8. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-engrossed,9,1712 11.26 (9) (a) No Except as authorized in par. (am), no individual who is a
13candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65% of the value
14of the total disbursement level, as determined under s. 11.31 (1), for the office for
15which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined
16from all committees that are subject to a filing requirement, including political party
17and legislative campaign committees.
AB37-engrossed, s. 9 18Section 9. 11.26 (9) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-engrossed,9,2519 11.26 (9) (am) If any incurred obligation or disbursement of more than $250
20cumulatively is incurred or made by an individual or committee to advocate the
21election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate whose name appears on the ballot
22at an election and the incurred obligation or disbursement is incurred or made
23without cooperation or consultation with any candidate who is supported or whose
24opponent is opposed or such a candidate's agent or authorized committee, and not in
25concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any such candidate, agent or

1authorized committee, then each candidate whose name appears on the same ballot
2and who is opposed or whose opponent is supported by that advocacy may receive and
3accept from a political party or legislative campaign committee contributions in
4addition to the value prescribed in par. (a) but not to exceed, in total, the value
5prescribed in par. (a) plus the total value of incurred obligations and disbursements
6that are reported to the appropriate filing officer under s. 11.12 (6). For the purposes
7of this paragraph, obligations and disbursements cumulate as provided in s. 11.12
8(6).
AB37-engrossed, s. 10 9Section 10. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-engrossed,10,1510 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive
11and accept more than 45% 33% of the value of the total disbursement level, as
12determined under s. 11.31 (1), for the office for which he or she is a candidate during
13any primary and election campaign combined from all committees other than
14political party and legislative campaign committees that are subject to a filing
15requirement.
AB37-engrossed, s. 11 16Section 11. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB37-engrossed, s. 12 17Section 12. 11.26 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-engrossed,10,2018 11.26 (13) Except as provided in sub. (9), contributions Contributions received
19from the Wisconsin election campaign fund are not subject to limitation by this
20section.
AB37-engrossed, s. 12m 21Section 12m. 11.30 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-engrossed,11,822 11.30 (5) Whenever any person is authorized to conduct by a person, committee
23or group who or which is subject to a registration requirement under s. 11.05, and
24contracts to receive or
receives payment from another any such person, committee
25or group
, in cash or in-kind, for the direct or indirect cost of conducting, a poll

1concerning support or opposition to a candidate, political party or referendum that
2is conducted within 60 days before an election
, the person conducting the poll shall,
3no later than the conclusion of each polling communication and at any time upon
4request of any person who is polled, disclose the name and address of the person,
5committee or group authorizing the poll to be conducted, and the name of the person,
6committee or group
making payment for the poll and, in the case of a registrant under
7s. 11.05, the name of the treasurer of the person making payment
if different from
8the person, committee or group authorizing the poll to be conducted
.
AB37-engrossed, s. 13 9Section 13. 11.30 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-engrossed,11,2410 11.30 (6) Every individual, committee or group who or which is subject to a
11registration requirement under s. 11.05 and who or which publishes, distributes or
12broadcasts, or causes to be published, distributed or broadcast, any communication
13which advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate without
14cooperation or consultation with a candidate or agent or authorized committee of a
15candidate who is supported or whose opponent is opposed, and not in concert with
16or at the request or suggestion of such a candidate, agent or committee shall file with
17the board, in writing, a copy of the text of the communication, together with the name
18of the person who is publishing, distributing or broadcasting the communication or
19causing it to be published, distributed or broadcast and that person's address, in such
20manner that the text is received by the board within 24 hours of the time that the
21communication is first published, distributed or broadcast. The report shall be
22certified in the manner prescribed in s. 11.06 (5). No person is required to file the text
23of a communication with the board under this subsection that has been previously
24filed by that person or another person.
AB37-engrossed, s. 14 25Section 14. 11.31 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-engrossed,12,15
111.31 (3n) Independent disbursements; exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1)
2and (2), if any incurred obligation or disbursement of more than $250 cumulatively
3is incurred or made by an individual or committee to advocate the election or defeat
4of a clearly identified candidate whose name appears on the ballot at an election and
5the incurred obligation or disbursement is incurred or made without cooperation or
6consultation with any candidate who is supported or whose opponent is opposed or
7such a candidate's agent or authorized committee, and not in concert with, or at the
8request or suggestion of, any such candidate, agent or authorized committee, then
9each candidate whose name appears on the same ballot and who is opposed or whose
10opponent is supported by that advocacy may make or authorize total disbursements
11from the campaign treasury in excess of the amount prescribed in sub. (1) but not to
12exceed, in total, the amount prescribed in sub. (1) plus the total amount of incurred
13obligations and disbursements that are reported to the appropriate filing officer
14under s. 11.12 (6). For the purposes of this subsection, obligations and
15disbursements cumulate as provided in s. 11.12 (6).
AB37-engrossed, s. 15 16Section 15. 11.385 of the statutes is created to read:
AB37-engrossed,12,18 1711.385 Certain deductions for political purposes prohibited. (1) In this
18section:
AB37-engrossed,12,2019 (a) "Employe organization" means any association consisting of 2 or more
20employes of one or more employers.
AB37-engrossed,12,2221 (b) "Employer" includes the state and every local governmental unit as defined
22in s. 16.97 (7).
AB37-engrossed,13,3 23(2) No employer may deduct any amount from the wages or allowances or
24reimbursements for expenses payable to an employe for the purpose of making or
25transferring a contribution to any individual, committee or group, without a written

1authorization, signed by the employe and effective for a period of not more than one
2year, which specifically authorizes the deduction for the purpose of making or
3transferring such a contribution.
AB37-engrossed,13,6 4(3) No employer or employe organization may make or transfer a contribution
5to any individual, committee or group unless the deduction is made in compliance
6with sub. (2).
AB37-engrossed,13,17 7(4) Every employer who makes a deduction and every employer and employe
8organization to which a deduction is payable for the purpose of making or
9transferring a contribution specified in sub. (3) shall provide to the employe who
10authorizes the deduction to be made an opportunity to terminate the deduction prior
11to the end of its effective period upon written notice to the employer making the
12deduction, or to the employer or employe organization for which the deduction is
13made. A termination of an authorization under this subsection is effective at such
14time as may be agreed between the employe and the employe's employer or the
15employer or employe organization for which the deduction is made, but in no case
16later than the number of days after notice of termination is filed equal to the interval
17between regular payments to the employe from which the deduction is taken.
AB37-engrossed,13,22 18(5) No person may solicit or obtain an authorization for a deduction from the
19wages or allowances or reimbursements for expenses payable to an employe for the
20purpose of making or transferring a contribution to any individual, committee or
21group by means of coercion, physical force, employment discrimination or financial
22reprisals, or by threat of any such action, or as a condition of employment.
AB37-engrossed, s. 16 23Section 16. 11.50 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 11.50 (9) (a) and amended
24to read:
AB37-engrossed,14,5
111.50 (9) (a) The total grant available to an eligible candidate may not exceed
2that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources
3other than individuals, political party committees and legislative campaign
4committees, is equal to 45% of the disbursement level specified for the applicable
5office, as determined under s. 11.31 (1).
AB37-engrossed,14,9 6(b) The board shall scrutinize accounts and reports and records kept under this
7chapter to assure that applicable limitations under ss. 11.26 (9) and s. 11.31 are not
8exceeded and any violation is reported. No candidate or campaign treasurer may
9accept grants exceeding the amount authorized by this subsection.
AB37-engrossed, s. 19 10Section 19. 25.42 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB37-engrossed,14,16 1125.42 Wisconsin election campaign fund. All moneys appropriated under
12s. 20.855 (4) (b) together with all moneys deposited under s. 11.19 (1), all moneys
13reverting to the state under s. 11.50 (8) and all gifts, bequests and devises received
14under s. 11.50 (13) constitute the Wisconsin election campaign fund, to be expended
15for the purposes of s. 11.50. All moneys in the fund not disbursed by the state
16treasurer shall continue to accumulate indefinitely.
AB37-engrossed, s. 20 17Section 20. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
18publication, except as follows:
AB37-engrossed,14,20 19(1) The treatment of section 11.06 (1) (a) of the statutes takes effect on January
201, 1996.
AB37-engrossed,14,22 21(2) The treatment of section 11.385 of the statutes takes effect on the first day
22of the 2nd month commencing after publication.
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