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Ethics commission approves process to terminate long-dormant committees, sets threshold for small balances
Summary
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission voted Jan. 7, 2025, to let staff administratively terminate inactive committees under a multi-step process, adopting a financial threshold tied to the exemption amount and approving case-by-case handling for conduits and committees with outstanding obligations.
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Ethics Commission on Jan. 7, 2025, approved a staff proposal to administratively terminate committees that have been inactive for at least three years and cannot be contacted, and it set a financial threshold to guide terminations of exempt committees.
Commission staff told the panel the office has roughly 1,400–1,500 dormant committees in its records and that the commission previously asked the Legislature for explicit authority to administratively terminate inactive registrants. Staff outlined a proposed, five-step process and asked for guidance on handling reported cash balances, incurred obligations and conduit committees.
The commission adopted staff recommendations with several votes in open session. Commissioners approved a financial threshold that allows staff to administratively terminate a registrant that has been on exempt status for three years if the last reported cash balance is at or below $25,100 per…
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