11.18

11.18 Support committee.

11.18(1)

(1) A committee may be organized to support the prospective candidacy of an individual. No such committee authorized under § 11.05 (3)(p) may be organized during a period in which the individual on whose behalf the committee is organized is registered as a candidate or has a personal campaign committee registered on his or her behalf.

11.18(2)

(2) A committee organized under sub. (1) shall register under § 11.05 as a support committee.

11.18(3)

(3) A support committee authorized under § 11.05 (3)(p) may not act on behalf of more than one individual but may make a contribution to another committee. No more than one support committee authorized under § 11.05 (3)(p) may be organized on behalf of the same individual. Any subcommittee of a support committee authorized under § 11.05 (3)(p) shall be authorized by the individual on whose behalf the subcommittee acts. Any committee which is organized or acts with the cooperation of or upon consultation with a support committee or the individual on whose behalf a support committee is organized or which acts in concert with or at the request or suggestion of a support committee or the individual on whose behalf a support committee is organized is deemed a subcommittee of the support committee.

11.18(4)

(4) Notwithstanding § 11.12 (1), a support committee may make direct disbursements from its campaign depository account to pay for the expenses incurred for a political purpose to support the prospective candidacy of an individual on whose behalf it is organized during a period in which the committee is permitted to operate under sub. (1).

11.18(5)

(5) Except as provided in § 11.25 (2)(b), no support committee authorized under § 11.05 (3)(p) may utilize a contribution for a purpose not authorized under sub. (1).

11.18(6)

(6) If an individual on whose behalf a support committee is authorized to operate under § 11.05 (3)(p) becomes a candidate, the committee shall be adopted by the candidate as his or her personal campaign committee. A support committee which files a statement under § 11.06 (7) may not be adopted by a candidate as a personal campaign committee.