Section 1.70. Travel reimbursements.

 

(1)  A candidate for or a person elected to a state or local office does not make an in-kind contribution to another candidate for a state or local office in another district when a candidate or election official travels to the district of the other candidate for political purposes. The candidate for or person elected to state or local office may be reimbursed from his or her personal campaign committee subject to the applicable spending limits of s. 11.31 (2) , Stats., and s. ETH 1.44 and is deemed to provide nonreportable volunteer services to the candidate in the other district.

(2)  If the candidate or elected official is reimbursed by another individual, personal campaign committee, political action committee, or legislative campaign committee for travel, the reimbursement is a reportable contribution to the candidate.

(3)  If the candidate or elected official is an officer or employee of a legislative campaign committee who travels on committee business, the reimbursement is not a reportable contribution to the candidate or elected official, but is a reportable disbursement of the legislative campaign committee.

History: Emerg. cr. eff. 6-1-86; cr. Register, November, 1986, No. 371 , eff. 12-1-86; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register June 2016 No. 726 .

Note

Section 11.31, Stats., was repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 117 and s. ETH 1.44 was determined to be inconsistent with Act 117 and unenforceable. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1