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31. 13.62 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.62
(5r) "Communications media"
has the meaning given under s. 11.01 (5) 3means newspapers, periodicals, commercial billboards and radio and television
4stations, including community antenna television stations.
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5Section
32. 13.62 (5u) of the statutes is created to read:
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13.62
(5u) "Contribution" has the meaning given in s. 11.0101 (8).
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7Section
33. 13.62 (11t) of the statutes is repealed.
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8Section
34. 13.625 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.625
(1) (b) (intro.)
Furnish Give to any agency official or legislative employee
10of the state or to any elective state official or candidate for an elective state office, or
11to the
official's, employee's or candidate's personal campaign candidate committee
of
12the official, employee, or candidate:
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35. 13.625 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.625
(1) (b) 3. Food, meals, beverages, money or any other thing of pecuniary
15value, except that a lobbyist may make a
campaign contribution to a partisan elective
16state official or candidate for national, state or local office or to the
official's or
17candidate's personal campaign candidate committee
of the official or candidate; but
18a lobbyist may make a contribution to which
par. (c)
sub. (1m) applies only as
19authorized in
par. (c) sub. (1m).
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36. 13.625 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 13.625 (1m) (a)
21(intro.) and amended to read:
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13.625
(1m) (a) (intro.) Except as
permitted provided in
this subsection,
23personally make par. (b), a lobbyist may not do any of the following:
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11. Make a
campaign personal contribution
, as defined in s. 11.01 (6), to a
2partisan elective state official for the purpose of promoting the official's election to
3any national, state, or local office
; or.
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42. Make a personal contribution to a candidate for a partisan elective state
5office to be filled at the general election or a special election
; or.
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63. Make a personal contribution to the
official's or candidate's personal
7campaign candidate committee
of a partisan elective state official or candidate for
8partisan state elective office.
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9(b) A lobbyist may
personally make a
campaign personal contribution to a
10partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office or to the
11personal campaign candidate committee of the official or candidate
in the year of a
12candidate's election between the first day authorized by law for the circulation of
13nomination papers as a candidate at a general election or special election and the day
14of the general election or special election, except that:
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37. 13.625 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 13.625 (1m) (b) 1.
16and amended to read:
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13.625
(1m) (b) 1. A
campaign contribution to a candidate for legislative office
18may be made during that period only if the legislature has concluded its final
19floorperiod, and is not in special or extraordinary session.
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38. 13.625 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 13.625 (1m) (b) 2.
21and amended to read:
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13.625
(1m) (b) 2. A
campaign contribution by a lobbyist to the lobbyist's
23campaign candidate committee for partisan elective state office may be made at any
24time.
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39. 13.625 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.625
(2) No principal may engage in the practices prohibited under
sub. subs. 2(1) (b) and
(c) (1m). This subsection does not apply to the furnishing of
3transportation, lodging, food, meals, beverages
, or any other thing of pecuniary value
4which is also made available to the general public.
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40. 13.625 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.625
(3) No candidate for an elective state office, elective state official, agency
7official
, or legislative employee of the state may solicit or accept anything of
8pecuniary value from a lobbyist or principal, except as permitted under subs. (1) (b)
93.
and (c),
(1m), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9). No
personal campaign candidate 10committee of a candidate for state office may accept anything of pecuniary value from
11a lobbyist or principal, except as permitted for such a candidate under subs. (1) (b)
123.
and (c),
(1m), (2)
, and (6).
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41. 13.625 (6r) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.625
(6r) Subsections (1) (b)
and (c)
, (1m), and (3) do not apply to the
15furnishing of anything of pecuniary value by a lobbyist or principal to an employee
16of that lobbyist or principal who is a legislative official or an agency official solely
17because of membership on a state commission, board, council, committee or similar
18body if the thing of pecuniary value is not in excess of that customarily provided by
19the employer to similarly situated employees and if the legislative official or agency
20official receives no compensation for his or her services other than a per diem or
21reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his
22or her duties, nor to the receipt of anything of pecuniary value by that legislative
23official or agency official under those circumstances.
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42. 13.69 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.69
(6) Any candidate for an elective state office, elective state official, agency
2official
, or legislative employee of the state who, or any
personal campaign candidate 3committee which, violates s. 13.625 (3) may be required to forfeit not more than
4$1,000.
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43. 13.695 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: