From: "Nowlan, Bob" <RANOWLAN@uwec.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:33:09 -0500 Subject: The whole statute Message-ID: <7A17A445D0203848B157E8D70D1AC77E463E8DAB83@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Below is the whole 11.36 (and I've highlighted the relevant section in red)
. I think this may clarify matters--and it's better than I could have hop
ed, as it seems we're only talking about election of a person to national o
ffice, and every other form of political activity seems permissible. I wi
ll await further clarification on this, but I wish Karen Stuber would have
sent me 11.36.5 as that strikes me as _the_ key section.
Bob
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11.36 Political solicitation involving public officials
and employees restricted. (1) No person may solicit or
receive from any state officer or employee or from any officer or
employee of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Authority any contribution or service for any political purpose
while the officer or employee is engaged in his or her official
duties, except that an elected state official may solicit and receive
services not constituting a contribution from a state officer or
employee or an officer or employee of the University of Wisconsin
Hospitals and Clinics Authority with respect to a referendum
only. Agreement to perform services authorized under this subsection
may not be a condition of employment for any such officer
or employee.
(2) No person may solicit or receive from any officer or
employee of a political subdivision of this state any contribution
or service for any political purpose during established hours of
employment or while the officer or employee is engaged in his or
her official duties.
(3) Every person who has charge or control in a building,
office or room occupied for any purpose by this state, by any political
subdivision thereof or by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
and Clinics Authority shall prohibit the entry of any person
into that building, office or room for the purpose of making or
receiving a contribution.
(4) No person may enter or remain in any building, office or
room occupied for any purpose by the state, by any political subdivision
thereof or by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
Clinics Authority or send or direct a letter or other notice thereto
for the purpose of requesting or collecting a contribution.
(5) In this section, "political purpose" includes an act done for
the purpose of influencing the election or nomination for election
of a person to national office, and "contribution" includes an act
done for that purpose.
(6) This section does not apply to response by a legal custodian
or subordinate of the custodian to a request to locate, reproduce
or inspect a record under s. 19.35, if the request is processed
in the same manner as the custodian or subordinate responds to
other requests to locate, reproduce or inspect a record under s.
19.35.