Section 1.15. Filing reports of late campaign activity.

 

(1)  Any registrant required to file a special report of late campaign activity pursuant to ss. 11.12 (5) , (6) and 11.23 (6) , Stats., shall comply with the provisions of this section.

(2)  A registrant required to file a special report disclosing the receipt of contributions from a single source, totaling $500 or more cumulatively during the 15 day period immediately preceding a primary or an election, shall use Form EB-3 or use a format which is acceptable to the filing officer and which contains the information required by the board on Form EB-3.

(3)  A registrant required to file a special report of late independent disbursement exceeding $20 during the 15 day period immediately preceding a primary or an election shall use Form EB-7 or shall use a format which is acceptable to the filing officer and which contains the information required by the board on form EB-7.

(4)  A special report of late campaign activity is timely filed when it is in the physical possession of the filing officer within the time prescribed for filing. Except as provided in sub. (6) , any special report of late campaign activity also shall be treated as timely filed when it is mailed with the U.S. postal service, by first class mail, with sufficient prepaid postage, addressed to the appropriate filing officer, and postmarked not later than the date prescribed by law for the filing of such report.

(5)  If the date on which a special report of late campaign activity is due is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the special report shall not be due until the next business day.

(6)  If a special report of late campaign activity is required to be filed on the day of or the day immediately preceding a primary or an election, the report is not timely filed unless it is actually received at the office of the appropriate filing officer before the close of business on that day, unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(7)  If the filing officer for a special report of late campaign activity is the government accountability board, a registrant filing the report on the day of or the day immediately preceding a primary or an election may file by sending a facsimile (FAX) copy by telecopier on the date, if the signed original of the report is received through the U.S. mail with a postmark not later than the date due.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1992, No. 433 , eff. 2-1-92.

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This section has been reviewed pursuant to 2015 Wisconsin Act 117 , Section 79 (1) , and determined to be inconsistent with Act 117 and, therefore, unenforceable. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1