Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB334 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 334
5	5	June 14, 2023 - Introduced by Senators KNODL, SPREITZER and TAYLOR, cosponsored
6	6	by Representatives ORTIZ-VELEZ, SORTWELL, CABRERA, MYERS, JOERS, MURPHY,
7	7	SINICKI, OHNSTAD and GUSTAFSON. Referred to Committee on Shared Revenue,
8	8	Elections and Consumer Protection.
9	9	AN ACT to create 11.1401 (2m) and 12.60 (1m) of the statutes; relating to:
10	10	judgments concerning a candidate's felony violation of certain campaign
11	11	finance or election fraud laws.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	Under current law, a candidate for public office who commits certain campaign
14	14	finance or election fraud violations is guilty of a Class I felony, the penalty for which
15	15	is a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed three years and six
16	16	months, or both. Under this bill, if a candidate is adjudged guilty of such a felony in
17	17	a criminal proceeding, the court's judgment in the matter must include an order that
18	18	the candidate's candidate committee be dissolved in accordance with current law and
19	19	that the candidate return unencumbered campaign funds to the donors in amounts
20	20	not exceeding the original contributions or donate those funds to the common school
21	21	fund. Additionally, the bill requires the court to appoint a new treasurer for the
22	22	candidate committee to carry out the court's dissolution order.
23	23	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
24	24	enact as follows:
25	25	SECTION 1. 11.1401 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
26	26	11.1401 (2m) If a candidate for public office is adjudged guilty in a criminal
27	27	action of any violation of this chapter under sub. (1) (a) or (b), or of any violation of
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35	35	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 334
36	36	ch. 12 under s. 12.60 (1) (a) committed during his or her candidacy, the court's
37	37	judgment shall include an order that the candidate's candidate committee be
38	38	terminated in accordance with s. 11.0105 and that, notwithstanding s. 11.0105 (3),
39	39	the committee return its residual funds to the donors in an amount not exceeding the
40	40	original contribution or donate its residual funds to the common school fund. The
41	41	court shall appoint a new treasurer for the candidate committee to carry out the
42	42	court's dissolution order.
43	43	SECTION 2. 12.60 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
44	44	12.60 (1m) If a candidate for public office is adjudged guilty in a criminal action
45	45	of any violation of this chapter under sub. (1) (a) committed during his or her
46	46	candidacy, or of any violation of ch. 11 under s. 11.1401 (1) (a) or (b), the court's
47	47	judgment shall include an order that the candidate's candidate committee be
48	48	terminated in accordance with s. 11.0105 and that, notwithstanding s. 11.0105 (3),
49	49	the committee return its residual funds to the donors in an amount not exceeding the
50	50	original contribution or donate its residual funds to the common school fund. The
51	51	court shall appoint a new treasurer for the candidate committee to carry out the
52	52	court's dissolution order.
53	53	SECTION 3.0Initial applicability.
54	54	(1) This act first applies to an action commenced on the effective date of this
55	55	subsection.
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