2012 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
11. Campaign financing.
11.31 Disbursement levels; calculation.

11.31  Disbursement levels; calculation.

11.31(1) (1)  Schedule. The following levels of disbursements are established with reference to the candidates listed below. The levels do not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements which are made or authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other election.

11.31(1)(a) (a) Candidates for governor, $1,078,200.

11.31(1)(b) (b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $323,475.

11.31(1)(c) (c) Candidates for attorney general, $539,000.

11.31(1)(d) (d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, state superintendent, or justice, $215,625.

11.31(1)(dm) (dm) Candidates for court of appeals judge, $86,250.

11.31(1)(e) (e) Candidates for state senator, $34,500 total in the primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $21,575 for either the primary or the election.

11.31(1)(f) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly, $17,250 total in the primary and election, with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.

11.31(1)(fm) (fm) Candidates for circuit judge, $86,250.

11.31(1)(fs) (fs) Candidates for district attorney in any prosecutorial unit with a population of 500,000 or less, $86,250.

11.31(1)(g) (g) 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:

11.31(1)(g)1. 1. For the following countywide offices:

11.31(1)(g)1.a. a. Candidates for county executive, $269,500.

11.31(1)(g)1.b. b. Candidates for district attorney, $161,725.

11.31(1)(g)1.c. c. Candidates for county supervisor, $17,250.

11.31(1)(g)2. 2. Candidates for any countywide elective office not specified in par. (dm) or (fm) or subd. 1., $107,825.

11.31(1)(g)3. 3. For the following offices in cities of the 1st class:

11.31(1)(g)3.a. a. Candidates for mayor, $269,550.

11.31(1)(g)3.b. b. Candidates for city attorney, $161,725.

11.31(1)(g)3.c. c. Candidates for any other city-wide office, $107,825.

11.31(1)(g)3.d. d. Candidates for alderperson, $17,250.

11.31(1)(h) (h) 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:

11.31(1)(h)1. 1. $1,075.

11.31(1)(h)2. 2. 53.91% of the annual salary for the office sought, rounded to the nearest multiple of $25.

11.31(1)(h)3. 3. 32.35 cents per inhabitant of the jurisdiction or district, but in no event more than $43,125.

11.31(5) (5) Separation of periods. A disbursement is made for the purposes of the election under this section when a person or committee contracts for goods to be delivered or services to be performed after the date of the primary, regardless of the time at which the contract is entered into by the contracting person or committee.

11.31(7) (7) Campaign defined.

11.31(7)(a)(a) For purposes of this section, the "campaign" of a candidate extends from July 1 preceding the date on which the spring primary or election occurs or January 1 preceding the date on which the partisan primary or general election occurs for the office which the candidate seeks, or from the date of the candidate's public announcement, whichever is earlier, through the last day of the month following the month in which the election or primary is held.

11.31(7)(b) (b) Disbursements which are made before a campaign period for goods to be delivered or services to be rendered in connection with the campaign are allocated to the disbursement level for that campaign.

11.31(7)(c) (c) Disbursements which are made after a campaign to retire a debt incurred in relation to a campaign are allocated to the disbursement level for that campaign.

11.31(7)(d) (d) Disbursements which are made outside a campaign period and to which par. (b) or (c) does not apply are not subject to any disbursement level. Such disbursements are subject to s. 11.25 (2).

11.31(8) (8) Certain contributions excluded. The levels specified in this section do not apply to a gift of anything of value constituting a contribution made directly to a registrant by another, but the levels do apply to such a gift when it is received and accepted by the recipient or if received in the form of money, when disbursed.

11.31 History History: 1973 c. 334; 1975 c. 93 ss. 97 to 102, 119 (1), (2); 1975 c. 199, 422; 1977 c. 107, 187, 272, 449; 1979 c. 263, 328; 1981 c. 314; 1983 a. 51; 1985 a. 182 s. 57; 1985 a. 303; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1); 1987 a. 370; 1989 a. 192; 1993 a. 184; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 230; 1999 a. 83; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 177; 2009 a. 89; 2011 a. 32, 75; s. 35.17 correction in (1) (d).