AB117: Bill Text

AB117, s. 24 Section 24. 11.26 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB117,11,6 11.26 (8) (a) No Subject to sub. (10a), no political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than a total of $150,000 $450,000 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.

AB117,11,10 (b) No Subject to sub. (10a), no such political party may receive more than a total of $6,000 $18,000 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.

AB117,11,14 (c) No Subject to sub. (10a), 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 $18,000.

AB117, s. 25 Section 25. 11.26 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB117,11,22 11.26 (8) (a) Subject to sub. (10a) and except as provided in sub. (8n), no political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may receive more than a total of $450,000 in value of its contributions in any biennium from all other committees, excluding transfers between party committees of the same party. In this paragraph, "biennium " means the time period commencing with January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ending with December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB117,12,2 (b) Subject to sub. (10a) and except as provided in sub. (8n), no such political party may receive more than a total of $18,000 in value of its contributions in any calendar year from any specific committee or that specific committee's subunits or affiliates, excluding transfers between party committees of the same party.

AB117,12,6 (c) Subject to sub. (10a) and except as provided in sub. (8n), no committee, other than a political party 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 $18,000.

AB117, s. 26 Section 26. 11.26 (8L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB117,12,11 11.26 (8L) No political party as defined in s. 5.02 (13) may make any contribution or contributions exceeding a total of $10,000 cumulatively within a calendar year to an individual or committee that is required to file a statement under s. 11.06 (7) or an organization that makes independent expenditures.

AB117, s. 27 Section 27. 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB117,12,19 11.26 (9) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under sub. (9m), no individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65% of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 (1), adjusted as provided under s. 11.31 (9), 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 committees, except as follows:

AB117, s. 28 Section 28. 11.26 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB117,12,25 11.26 (9) (a) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65% of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 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.

AB117, s. 29 Section 29. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB117,13,6 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state or local office may receive and accept more than 45% of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 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.

AB117, s. 30 Section 30. 11.26 (9) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB117,13,14 11.26 (9) (b) No individual who is a candidate for state office, other than a state office described in par. (am), or local office may receive and accept more than 45% of the value of the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 (1), adjusted as provided under s. 11.31 (9), 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 committees subject to a filing requirement.

AB117, s. 31 Section 31. 11.26 (10a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB117,13,18 11.26 (10a) (a) In this subsection, "consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.

AB117,14,8 (b) The dollar amounts of the limitations under sub. (8) are subject to a quadrennial adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in accordance with this subsection. To determine the adjustment, the board shall, in each year that the adjustment is made, calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the consumer price index for calendar year 2001. Beginning in 2006 and every 4 years thereafter, the board shall multiply the amount of each limitation under sub. (8) by the percentage difference in the consumer price indices. The board shall adjust the amount of each limitation to substitute that result for the existing amount to the extent required to reflect any difference, rounded to the nearest multiple of $5. The amount so determined shall then be in effect until a subsequent rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), determinations under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and without a finding of emergency.

AB117, s. 32 Section 32. 11.26 (10a) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB117,14,13 11.26 (10a) (a) In this subsection, "consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.

AB117,15,5 (b) The dollar amounts of the limitations under subs. (1), (1m), (2), (2m), (4), (8), and (8n) are subject to a biennial adjustment to be determined by rule of the board in accordance with this subsection. To determine the adjustment, the board shall, in each year that the adjustment is made, calculate the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the consumer price index for calendar year 2003. Beginning in 2006 and every 2 years thereafter, the board shall multiply the amount of each limitation under subs. (1), (1m), (2), (2m), (4), (8), and (8n) by the percentage difference in the consumer price indexes. The board shall then add that product to the applicable limitation under subs. (1), (1m), (2), (2m), (4), (8), and (8n), round each sum to the nearest multiple of $5, and adjust the amount of each limitation to substitute the resulting amount. The amount so determined shall then be in effect until a subsequent rule is promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), determinations under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without providing evidence that the emergency rule is necessary for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and without a finding of emergency.

AB117, s. 33 Section 33. 11.265 of the statutes is repealed.

AB117, s. 34 Section 34. 11.50 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB117,15,16 11.50 (9) Limitation on grants. The total grant available to an eligible candidate may not exceed that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources other than individuals, and political party committees and legislative campaign committees, is equal to 45% of the disbursement level specified for the applicable office under s. 11.31. The board shall scrutinize accounts and reports and records kept under this chapter to assure that applicable limitations under ss. 11.26 (9) and 11.31 are not exceeded and any violation is reported. No candidate or campaign treasurer may accept grants exceeding the amount authorized by this subsection.

AB117, s. 35 Section 35. 11.50 (9) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB117,15,24 11.50 (9) (a) Except as provided in sub. (4) (bg) and (br), the total grant available to an eligible candidate for the office of governor may not exceed that amount which, when added to all other contributions accepted from sources other than individuals and political party committees, is equal to 35% of the disbursement level specified for the office that the candidate seeks, as determined under s. 11.31 (1) and adjusted as provided under s. 11.31 (9).

AB117, s. 36 Section 36. 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, section 9115 (2y) (b) is amended to read:

AB117,17,10 [2001 Wisconsin Act 109] Section 9115 (2y) (b) Notwithstanding section 990.001 (11) of the statutes, if a court finds that any part of the repeal of sections 11.01 (12s), 11.05 (3) (o), 11.265, 11.50 (3), and 11.50 (10) of the statutes, the renumbering of sections 11.05 (2r) (title), 11.24 (2), and 11.50 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of sections 11.05 (1), 11.05 (2), 11.05 (2r), 11.12 (6), 11.26 (9) (a), 11.31 (2m), 11.50 (1) (a) 2., 11.50 (5), 11.50 (9), 19.49 (5), 19.59 (7), and 71.10 (3) (a) of the statutes, the amendment of sections 5.02 (13), 5.05 (2), 7.08 (2) (c), 7.08 (2) (cm), 8.30 (2), 8.35 (4) (a) 1. a. and b., 8.35 (4) (c) and (d), 11.05 (3) (c), 11.05 (5), 11.05 (9) (b), 11.05 (12) (b), 11.05 (13), 11.06 (1) (intro.), 11.06 (1) (e), 11.06 (2), 11.06 (3) (b) (intro.), 11.06 (4) (b), 11.06 (5), 11.06 (7m) (a), 11.06 (7m) (b), 11.06 (7m) (c), 11.07 (1), 11.07 (5), 11.09 (3), 11.10 (1), 11.12 (2), 11.12 (4), 11.12 (5), 11.14 (3), 11.16 (2), 11.16 (5), 11.19 (title), 11.19 (1), 11.20 (1), 11.20 (2), 11.20 (3) (a) and (b), 11.20 (7), 11.20 (8) (intro.), 11.20 (8) (a), 11.20 (9), 11.20 (10) (a), 11.20 (12), 11.21 (2), 11.21 (15), 11.21 (16), 11.22 (3), 11.23 (1), 11.23 (2), 11.26 (1) (intro.), 11.26 (2) (intro.), 11.26 (2) (a), 11.26 (3), 11.26 (4), 11.26 (5), 11.26 (6), 11.26 (8), 11.26 (9) (b), 11.26 (10), 11.26 (15), 11.26 (17) (a), 11.31 (1) (intro.), 11.31 (1) (a) to (d), 11.31 (1) (e) and (f), 11.31 (2), 11.31 (2m) (title), 11.31 (3), 11.38 (1) (a) 2., 11.38 (6), 11.38 (8) (b), 11.50 (2) (a), 11.50 (2) (b) 3. and 4., 11.50 (2) (b) 5., 11.50 (2) (c), 11.50 (2) (f), 11.50 (2) (g), 11.50 (2) (h), 11.50 (2) (i), 11.50 (6), 11.50 (7) (intro.), 11.50 (8), 11.50 (10m), 11.50 (11) (e), 11.60 (4), 11.61 (1) (a) (by Section 2d), 19.53 (6), 19.59 (8) (c), 20.510 (1) (q), 25.42, 71.08 (1) (intro.), and 71.10 (3) (b) of the statutes, the repeal and recreation of sections 11.05 (9) (title) and 11.50 (4) of the statutes, the creation of sections 11.001 (2m), 11.01 (4m), 11.01 (12w), (13) and (14), 11.01 (16) (a) 3., 11.05 (1) (b), 11.05 (2) (b), 11.05 (3) (m), 11.05 (3) (r), 11.06 (1) (cm) and (dm), 11.06 (2m) (b) to (d), 11.06 (11) (bm), 11.12 (6) (am), 11.12 (6) (c) and (d), 11.12 (8) and (9), 11.20 (2s), 11.20 (2t), 11.20 (8) (am), 11.24 (1w), 11.24 (4), 11.26 (1m), 11.26 (1t), 11.26 (2) (ae), (am), (as) and (av), 11.26 (2m), 11.26 (2t), 11.26 (8n), 11.26 (8r), 11.26 (9) (a) 1. to 4., 11.26 (9) (am), 11.26 (9m), 11.26 (10a), 11.31 (1) (de), 11.31 (2m) (a), 11.31 (3p), 11.31 (9), 11.385, 11.50 (1) (a) 1. (intro.), 11.50 (1) (a) 2m., 11.50 (1) (am), 11.50 (1) (bm) and (cm), 11.50 (2) (b) 6., 11.50 (2) (j), 11.50 (2m), 11.50 (2s), 11.50 (2w), 11.50 (9) (b), 11.50 (14), 11.60 (3r), 19.42 (3m), (4g) and (4r), 19.45 (13), 19.49 (1m), 19.49 (5) (b), 19.535, 19.59 (1) (br), 19.59 (7) (b), 19.59 (8) (cm) and (cn), 71.07 (6s), 71.10 (3) (ac), 71.10 (3) (d), 71.10 (4) (gw), and 806.04 (11m) of the statutes or Sections 9115 (2v), (2x), and (2y), 9132 (4v), 9215 (3v), 9244 (6v), 9315 (2v) and (2w), and 9344 (2v) of this act is unconstitutional, the treatment of those provisions by this act is void.

AB117, s. 37 Section 37. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB117,17,20 (1) Notwithstanding section 990.001 (11) of the statutes, if a court finds that sections 5.02 (13), 11.05 (3) (c) or (9) (b), 11.06 (2) or (7m) (a) or (c), 11.16 (5), 11.26 (2) (intro.), (4), (8) or (9) (a) (intro.) or (b) or 11.50 (9) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, or sections 11.01 (4m) or 11.26 (10a) of the statutes, as created by this act, or any part of the laws specified in 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, section 9115 (2y) (b), as affected by this act, is unconstitutional, the repeal and recreation of sections 5.02 (13), 11.01 (4m), 11.05 (3) (c) and (9) (b), 11.06 (2) and (7m) (a) and (c), 11.16 (5), 11.26 (2) (intro.), (4), (8), (9) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (10a) and 11.50 (9) (a) of the statutes by this act is void.

AB117, s. 38 Section 38. Initial applicability.

AB117,17,24 (1) Cost of living adjustments. The creation of section 11.26 (10a) of the statutes first applies to adjustments for the 4-year period beginning on January 1, 2006.

AB117, s. 39 Section 39. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB117,18,6 (1) The repeal and recreation of sections 5.02 (13), 11.01 (4m), 11.05 (3) (c) and (9) (b), 11.06 (2) and (7m) (a) and (c), 11.16 (5), 11.26 (2) (intro.), (4), (8), (9) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (10a) and 11.50 (9) (a) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2003, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.

AB117,18,7 (End)