Wisconsin § 11.0102 - Duty to file; fees.

§ 11.0102. Duty to file; fees.

11.0102(1) (1) Each committee and conduit required to register and report under this chapter shall have and shall file each registration statement and report required under this chapter with the commission, except that a candidate committee for a candidate for school board member shall file a registration statement with the commission and a copy of the registration statement with the school district clerk. No candidate may appear on a ballot for any elective office unless the candidate committee files a registration statement for each election at which the candidate runs for office. Effective date note NOTE: Section 11.0102 (title) and (1) are shown as affected eff. 12-1-27 by 2023 Wis. Act 126 , as affected by 2025 Wis. Act 7 , section 2 . Prior to 12-1-27 they read: 11.0102 Note 11.0102 Determination of filing officer and duty to file; fees. (1) Each committee and conduit required to register and report under this chapter shall have and shall file each registration statement and report required under this chapter with one filing officer as follows: Effective date text (a) The following shall file with the commission: Effective date text 1. A candidate committee of a candidate for state office, as defined in s. 5.02 (23). Effective date text 2. A conduit. Effective date text 3. A legislative campaign committee. Effective date text 4. A political action committee. Effective date text 4m. An independent expenditure committee. Effective date text 5. A political party. Effective date text 6. A recall committee as defined in s. 11.0101 (27) (a). Effective date text 7. Except as provided in pars. (f) and (g), a referendum committee. Effective date text (b) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), a candidate committee for a candidate seeking local office shall file with the clerk of the most populous jurisdiction for which the candidate seeks office. Effective date text (c) A candidate committee for a candidate for municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) shall file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners of the county having the largest portion of the population in the jurisdiction served by the judge. Effective date text (d) A candidate committee for a candidate for school board member shall file with the school district clerk. Effective date text (e) A recall committee as defined in s. 11.0101 (27) (b) shall file with the filing officer for candidates for that office. Effective date text (f) A referendum committee acting to support or oppose any local referendum, other than a school district referendum, shall file with the clerk of the most populous jurisdiction in which the referendum will be conducted. Effective date text (g) A referendum committee acting to support or oppose a school district referendum shall file with the school district clerk. 11.0102(2) (2) 11.0102(2)(a) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (d) , each conduit or committee that is required to register and file with the commission shall annually pay a filing fee of $100 to the commission. The commission may accept payment under this subsection by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment mechanism, and may charge a surcharge to that conduit or committee to recover the actual costs associated with the acceptance of that electronic payment. Effective date note NOTE: Par. (a) is shown as amended eff. 12-1-27 by 2023 Wis. Act 126 , as affected by 2025 Wis. Act 7 , section 2 . Prior to 12-1-27 it reads: Effective date text (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (d), each conduit or committee that is required to register and file with the commission under sub. (1) (a) shall annually pay a filing fee of $100 to the commission. The commission may accept payment under this subsection by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment mechanism, and may charge a surcharge to that conduit or committee to recover the actual costs associated with the acceptance of that electronic payment. 11.0102(2)(b) (b) A conduit or committee shall pay the fee specified in par. (a) together with the report filed by that conduit or committee on the 15th day of the month of January in each year. If a conduit or committee that is subject to par. (a) registers under this chapter or changes status so that par. (a) becomes applicable to the conduit or committee during a calendar year, the conduit or committee shall pay the fee for that year with the filing of the conduit’s or committee’s registration statement or at any time before the change in status becomes effective. Effective date note NOTE: Par. (b) is shown as amended eff. 12-1-27 by 2023 Wis. Act 126 , as affected by 2025 Wis. Act 7 , section 2 . Prior to 12-1-27 it reads: Effective date text (b) A conduit or committee that is subject to par. (a) shall pay the fee specified in par. (a) together with the report filed by that conduit or committee on the 15th day of the month of January in each year. If a conduit or committee that is subject to par. (a) registers under this chapter or changes status so that par. (a) becomes applicable to the conduit or committee during a calendar year, the conduit or committee shall pay the fee for that year with the filing of the conduit’s or committee’s registration statement or at any time before the change in status becomes effective. 11.0102(2)(c) (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a candidate committee. 11.0102(2)(d) (d) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any committee for any year during which the committee does not make disbursements exceeding a total of $2,500. 11.0102(2)(e) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a conduit for any year during which the conduit does not release contributions totaling more than $2,500. 11.0102(3) (3) A filing officer, as defined under s. 5.02 (4v) (b) to (d) , shall notify the commission, in writing, of any facts within the filing officer’s knowledge or evidence in the officer’s possession that may be grounds for civil action or criminal prosecution. The commission may transmit a copy of the notification submitted under this subsection to the district attorney. Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (3) is shown as repealed and recreated eff. 12-1-27 by 2023 Wis. Act 126 , as affected by 2025 Wis. Act 7 , section 2 . Prior to 12-1-27 it reads: Effective date text (3) Each filing officer, other than the commission, shall do all of the following: Effective date text (a) Obtain the forms and manuals prescribed by the commission under s. 11.1304 (1) and (3) and election laws provided by the commission under s. 7.08 (4). Effective date text (b) Develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consonant with the purposes of this chapter. Effective date text (c) Make all of the following available, without charge, to any committee required to file reports or statements with the officer: Effective date text 1. Forms prescribed by the commission for the making of reports and statements. The filing officer shall notify the committee that all forms are available on the commission’s Internet site. Whenever a filing officer sends a form or notice of the filing requirements under this chapter to the treasurer of a candidate committee, the filing officer shall also send a notice to the candidate. Effective date text 2. Upon request, copies of manuals under par. (a). Effective date text (d) The filing officer shall provide copies of manuals and election laws to persons other than a committee under par. (c) at cost. Effective date text (e) Notify the commission, in writing, of any facts within the filing officer’s knowledge or evidence in the officer’s possession, including errors or discrepancies in reports or statements and delinquencies in filing which may be grounds for civil action or criminal prosecution. The commission may transmit a copy of the notification submitted under this paragraph to the district attorney. Effective date text (f) Make available a list of delinquents for public inspection. Effective date text (g) Compile and maintain on an electronic system a current list of all reports and statements received by or required of and pertaining to each committee registered under this chapter. Effective date text (h) Make the reports and statements filed with the officer available for public inspection and copying, commencing as soon as practicable but not later than the end of the 2nd day following the day during which they are received. Effective date text (i) Upon the request of any person, permit copying of any report or statement described under par. (g) at cost. Effective date text (j) Determine whether each report or statement required to be filed under this chapter has been filed in the form and by the time prescribed by law, and whether it conforms on its face to the requirements of this chapter. The officer shall immediately send to any committee that is delinquent in filing, or that has filed otherwise than in the proper form, a notice that the committee has failed to comply with this chapter. Whenever a candidate committee has appointed an individual other than the candidate as campaign treasurer, the officer shall send the notice to both the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate committee. 11.0102 History History: 2015 a. 117 ss. 24 , 74 (1m) ; 2017 a. 365 ; 2021 a. 265 ; 2023 a. 120 , 126 ; 2025 a. 7 s. 2 .