Wis. Admin. Code Ethics Commission ETH 1.60 - Consulting services

(1)

(a) Expenditures for consulting services made by a candidate committee, political action committee, legislative campaign committee, or political party on behalf of more than one candidate shall be attributable to each candidate in proportion to, and shall be reported to reflect, the benefit reasonably derived, except as provided in par. (c). This rule shall not apply to independent expenditures made under ss. 11.0505, 11.0605, and 11.1001, Stats.

(b) An authorized expenditure for consulting services made by a candidate, candidate committee, political action committee, or political party on behalf of another candidate shall be reported as an in-kind contribution to the candidate on whose behalf the expenditure was made, except as provided in par. (c).

(c) Exceptions to pars. (a) and (b). Expenditures for rent, personnel, overhead, general administrative, fund-raising, and other costs of political parties or legislative campaign committees, which costs are incurred in the ordinary course of its day-to-day operations, need not be attributed to individual candidates, unless these expenditures are made on behalf of a clearly identified candidate and the expenditure can be directly attributed to that candidate.

(2) If a candidate, candidate committee, political action committee, political party, or legislative campaign committee, for itself or another, hires a consultant to work during a campaign period as that term is defined in ss. 11.1101, 11.1103, 11.1104, and 11.1105, Stats., the amount paid or incurred shall be presumed to be an expenditure on behalf of a candidate or candidates who receive assistance from the consultant. This presumption may be rebutted.

(3) Any expenditures for consulting services shall be valued at the fair market value of the item or services at the time of the contribution.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Ethics Commission ETH 1.60

Renumbered from GAB 1.60, correction in (1) (a), (b), (2) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register June 2016 No. 726, eff. 7/1/2016. Amended by, CR 19-035: am. (1) (b) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6/1/2020; correction in (1) (b) (Note) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6/1/2020 Amended by, CR 20-010: am. (1) (a), (c), (2) Register June 2021 No. 786, eff. 7/1/2021