Section 1.44. Disbursement levels.

 

(1)   Limitation imposed. Except as authorized in s. 11.50 (2) (i) , Stats., applying to disbursement levels, no candidate for state office who files a sworn statement and application to receive a grant from the Wisconsin election campaign fund and who receives and accepts any such grant may make or authorize total disbursements from the campaign treasury in any campaign which exceed the amounts specified below.

(2)  The following levels of disbursements are established with reference to the candidates listed below until the disbursement levels are adjusted pursuant to s. 11.31 , Stats. Except as provided in sub. (1) , such 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.

(a) Candidates for governor, $323,450 in the primary, and $754,750 in the election.

(b) Candidates for lieutenant governor, $215,650 in the primary, and $107,825 in the election.

(c) Candidates for attorney general, $269,500 in the primary, and $269,500 in the election.

(d) Candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, justice of the supreme court and state superintendent of public instruction, $86,250 in the primary, and $129,375 in the election.

(e) Candidates for court of appeals judge, $32,350 in the primary, and $53,900 in the election.

(f) 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.

(g) 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.

(h) Candidates for circuit judge, $86,250 total in the primary and election.

(i) 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:

1. For the following county offices:

a. Candidates for county executive, $269,550 total in the primary and election.

b. Candidates for district attorney, $161,725 total in the primary and election.

c. Candidates for county supervisor, $17,250 total in the primary and election.

d. Candidates for any other countywide elective office, not specified in counties of this size, $107,825 total in the primary and election.

2. For the following offices in cities of the 1st class:

a. Candidates for mayor, $269,550 total in the primary and election.

b. Candidates for city attorney, $161,725 total in the primary and election.

c. Candidates for alderperson, $17,250 total in the primary and election.

d. Candidates for any other citywide office, $107,825 total in the primary and election.

(j) 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:

1. $1,075, or

2. 53.91% of the annual salary for the office sought, rounded to the nearest $25, or

3. 32.35 cents per inhabitant of the jurisdiction or district, rounded to the nearest $25, but in no event more than $43,125 in the primary and election.

History: Emerg. cr. eff. 4-27-78; cr. Register, August, 1978, No. 272 , eff. 9-1-78; emerg. am. eff. 2-19-80; emerg. am. eff. 6-17-80; emerg. am. eff. 2-18-82; emerg. r. and recr. eff. 5-1-84; am. Register, October, 1984, No. 346 , eff. 11-1-84; emerg. am. (1), eff. 5-1-86; am. (2), Register, November, 1986, No. 371 , eff. 12-1-86 ; correction in (2) (i) 2. c. made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 5., Stats., Register, January, 1994, No. 457 ; correction in (2) (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, August, 1999, No. 524 .

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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