11.02 Determination of filing officer. - Wisconsin Statutes

11.02

11.02 Determination of filing officer. Except where the filing of duplicate reports or statements is specifically required by law, each person, committee or group subject to s. 11.05 shall have one filing officer. Such officer shall be determined as follows:

11.02(1)

(1) The "filing officer" for each candidate for state office and for each committee which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any candidate for state office is the board.

11.02(2)

(2) The "filing officer" for each committee which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any candidates for state and local offices is the board.

11.02(3)

(3) Except as provided in sub. (3e), the "filing officer" for each candidate for local office and for each committee which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any candidate for local office, but not any candidate for state office, is the clerk of the most populous jurisdiction for which any candidate who is supported or opposed seeks office.

11.02(3e)

(3e) The "filing officer" for each candidate for municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) and for each committee which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to such a candidate, but not any candidate for state office, is 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.

11.02(3m)

(3m) The "filing officer" for an individual who or committee which supports or opposes an effort to circulate and file a petition to recall an individual who holds an office is the filing officer for candidates for that office.

11.02(4)

(4) The "filing officer" for each group which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any statewide referendum is the board.

11.02(5)

(5) The "filing officer" for each group which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any statewide and local referenda is the board.

11.02(6)

(6) The "filing officer" for each group which or individual who is acting in support of or in opposition to any local referendum, but not any statewide referendum, is the clerk of the most populous jurisdiction in which any referendum being supported or opposed is conducted.

11.02(7)

(7) If the jurisdiction under sub. (3) or (6) is a school district, the appropriate clerk is the school district clerk.

11.02 - ANNOT.

History: 1975 c. 93; 1983 a. 491; 1985 a. 225, 303; 1999 a. 182.