16.501 (1) No funds appropriated under s. 20.143 (1) (bm), 1993 stats., may be expended until the department of development submits to the secretary a report setting forth the amount of private contributions received by Forward Wisconsin, inc., since the date the department of development last submitted a report under this subsection. After receiving the report, the secretary may approve the expenditure of funds up to the amount set forth in the report. Total funds expended in any fiscal year may not exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.143 (1) (bm), 1993 stats.
SECTION 292. 16.501 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.501 (2) Forward Wisconsin, inc., shall expend funds appropriated under s. 20.143 (1) (bm), 1993 stats., in adherence with the uniform travel schedule amounts approved under s. 20.916 (8). Forward Wisconsin, inc., may not expend funds appropriated under s. 20.143 (1) (bm), 1993 stats., on entertainment, foreign travel, payments to persons not providing goods or services to Forward Wisconsin, inc., or for other purposes prohibited by contract between Forward Wisconsin, inc., and the department.
SECTION 293. 16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.505 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2), (2e) and (2m), no position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
SECTION 294. 16.505 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:
16.505 (2e) (a) In this subsection, "agency" has the meaning given for "executive branch agency" under s. 16.70 (4).
(b) In addition to utilizing the procedure under sub. (2), the secretary may, for the purpose of providing information technology management and processing services for an agency under ss. 16.971, 16.973 and 16.974, increase the number of full-time equivalent positions of the agency and decrease the full-time equivalent positions of another agency by a corresponding number. Positions transferred to an agency under this subsection shall be funded from an appropriation to that agency specified by the secretary that is permitted to be expended for information technology management and processing services. On the effective date of any transfer, the positions and incumbents in the positions are transferred to the agency specified by the secretary. Employes transferred to an agency under this paragraph have all of the rights and the same status under subch. V of ch. 111 and ch. 230 in that agency that they enjoyed in the agency by which they were employed immediately prior to transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employe so transferred who has attained a permanent status in class may be required to serve a probationary period. The secretary shall promptly report in writing to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance concerning the numbers and types of any positions transferred under this paragraph, the effective date of any transfer and the appropriation account or accounts from which the positions are being funded during the remainder of the fiscal biennium in which the transfer is made.
SECTION 295. 16.517 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.517 (title) Adjustments of program revenue positions position and funding levels. No later than 30 days after the effective date of each biennial budget act, the department shall provide to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance a report indicating any initial proposed modifications that are necessary to the appropriation levels established under that act for program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations as defined in s. 20.001 (2) (b) and (c) any sum certain appropriation or to the number of full-time equivalent positions funded from program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations authorized by any revenue source except federal revenues under that act to account for any additional funding or positions authorized under ss. s. 13.10, 16.505 (2), (2e) or (2m) and or 16.515 in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget that have not been included in appropriations or authorizations under the biennial budget act but which should be included as continued budget appropriations or authorizations in the fiscal biennium of the budget due to their continuing nature. Such modifications shall be limited to adjustment of the appropriation or position levels to the extent required to account for higher base levels for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget due to appropriation or position increases authorized under ss. s. 13.10, 16.505 (2), (2e) or (2m) and or 16.515 during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed modifications within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's report, the department may make the modifications may be made specified in the report. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's report, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed modifications, the department may not make the modifications specified in the report until the committee approves the report.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.517. This section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #'s: LRB-1741/5 and LRB-2430.
SECTION 296. 16.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.52 (6) (a) Except as authorized in s. 16.74, all purchase orders, contracts, or printing orders for any agency as defined in s. 16.70 (1) shall, before any liability is incurred thereon, be submitted to the secretary for his or her approval as to legality of purpose and sufficiency of appropriated and allotted funds therefor. In all cases the date of the contract or order governs the fiscal year to which the contract or order is chargeable, unless the secretary determines that the purpose of the contract or order is to prevent lapsing of appropriations or to otherwise circumvent budgetary intent. Upon such approval, the secretary shall immediately encumber all contracts or orders, and indicate the fiscal year to which they are chargeable.
SECTION 297. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.52 (7) PETTY CASH ACCOUNT. With the approval of the secretary, each agency which is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or 234.
SECTION 298. 16.52 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.52 (10) (title) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The provisions of sub. (2) with respect to refunds and sub. (5) (a) with respect to reimbursements for the prior fiscal year shall not apply to the appropriation appropriations under s. ss. 20.255 (2) (ac) and 20.835 (7) (ac).
SECTION 299. 16.528 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.528 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or 234.
SECTION 300. 16.528 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.528 (3) (c) An order or contract between 2 or more agencies except if the order or contract involves prison industries.
SECTION 301. 16.53 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.53 (1) (d) 1. The secretary, with the approval of the joint committee on employment relations, shall fix the time, except as provided in s. 16.20 (10) (c) and 101.38 ss. 106.21 (9) (c) and 106.215 (10) (c), and frequency for payment of salaries due elective and appointive officers and employes of the state. As determined under this subdivision, the salaries shall be paid either monthly, semimonthly or for each 2-week period.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.53 (1) (d) 1. This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 2602/2 and 2243/2.
SECTION 302. 16.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.53 (2) IMPROPER INVOICES. If an agency receives an improperly completed invoice, the agency shall notify the sender of the invoice within 10 working days after it receives the invoice of the reason it is improperly completed. In this subsection, "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or 234.
SECTION 303. 16.54 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.54 (1) Whenever the United States government shall make available to this state funds for the education, the promotion of health, the relief of indigency, the promotion of agriculture or for any other purpose other than the administration of the tribal or any individual funds of Wisconsin Indians, the governor on behalf of the state is authorized to accept the funds so made available. In exercising the authority herein conferred, the governor may stipulate as a condition of the acceptance of the act of congress by this state such conditions as in the governor's discretion may be necessary to safeguard the interests of this state.
SECTION 304. 16.54 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.54 (2) (b) Upon presentation by the department of health and social services to the joint committee on finance of alternatives to the provisions under s. 49.80, the joint committee on finance may revise the eligibility criteria under s. 49.80 (5), benefit payments under s. 49.80 (6) or the amount allocated for crises determined by the department under s. 49.80 (3) (e) 2 and the department shall implement those revisions. Benefits or eligibility criteria so revised shall take into account and be consistent with the requirements of federal regulations promulgated under 42 USC 8621 to 8629. If funds received under 42 USC 8621 to 8629 in a federal fiscal year total less than 90% of the amount received in the previous federal fiscal year, the department of health and social services shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for expenditure of the funds. The department of health and social services may not use the funds unless the committee approves the plan.
SECTION 305. 16.54 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
16.54 (2) (b) Upon presentation by the department of health and social services to the joint committee on finance of alternatives to the provisions under s. 49.80 16.385, the joint committee on finance may revise the eligibility criteria under s. 49.80 (5) 16.385 (5), benefit payments under s. 49.80 (6) 16.385 (6) or the amount determined by the department under s. 49.80 (3) (e) 2 16.385 (3) (e) 2. and the department shall implement those revisions. Benefits or eligibility criteria so revised shall take into account and be consistent with the requirements of federal regulations promulgated under 42 USC 8621 to 8629. If funds received under 42 USC 8621 to 8629 in a federal fiscal year total less than 90% of the amount received in the previous federal fiscal year, the department of health and social services shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for expenditure of the funds. The department of health and social services may not use the funds unless the committee approves the plan.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.54 (2) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0774/2 and -2153/1.
SECTION 306. 16.54 (8r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.54 (8r) (b) The Annually by October 1 the board of regents shall report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance no later than the 15th day following completion of each calendar quarter concerning the date, amount and purpose of any federal moneys accepted by the board under par. (a) during the preceding quarter fiscal year.
SECTION 307. 16.54 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.54 (9) (a) 1. "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or 234.
SECTION 308. 16.545 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
16.545 (9) To process applications for grants from the federal government upon request of any agency, as defined in s. 16.70 (1). The department may assess to an agency for whom it processes an application under this subsection a fee for the expenses incurred by the department in performing this service.
SECTION 309. 16.61 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (title) Records and forms of state offices and other public records.
SECTION 310. 16.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (1) (title) PUBLIC RECORDS AND FORMS BOARD. The public records and forms board shall preserve for permanent use important state records, prescribe policies and standards that provide an orderly method for the disposition of other state records and rationalize and make more cost-effective the management of forms and records by state agencies.
SECTION 311. 16.61 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (2) (a) "Board" means the public records and forms board.
SECTION 312. 16.61 (2) (ad) of the statutes is renumbered 16.97 (5m).
SECTION 313. 16.61 (2) (af) of the statutes is created to read:
16.61 (2) (af) "Form" has the meaning specified in s. 16.97 (5m).
SECTION 314. 16.61 (2) (ah) of the statutes is renumbered 16.97 (5s).
SECTION 315. 16.61 (2) (ao) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 316. 16.61 (2) (ap) of the statutes is renumbered 16.97 (8m) and amended to read:
16.97 (8m) "Public contact form" means a form generated and used by any state agency in transactions between the state agency and a member of the public.
SECTION 317. 16.61 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (2) (b) (intro.) "Public records" means all books, papers, maps, photographs, films, recordings, optical disks, electronically formatted documents or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, or received by any state agency or its officers or employes in connection with the transaction of public business, and documents of any insurer that is liquidated or in the process of liquidation under ch. 645. "Public records" does not include:
SECTION 318. 16.61 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (2) (bm) "Records and forms officer" means a person designated by a state agency to design, review, analyze, consolidate, simplify and file comply with all public records and forms management laws and rules under s. 15.04 (1) (j) and to act as a liaison between that state agency and the board.
SECTION 319. 16.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (3) (b) Upon the request of any state agency, county, town, city, village or school district, may order upon such terms as the board finds necessary to safeguard the legal, financial and historical interests of the state in public records, the destruction, reproduction by microfilm or other process, storage by optical disk, or electronic storage or the temporary or permanent retention or other disposition of public records.
SECTION 320. 16.61 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (3) (c) Shall May promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this section.
SECTION 321. 16.61 (3) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 322. 16.61 (3) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 323. 16.61 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (3) (j) Shall establish a records and forms management program for this state.
SECTION 324. 16.61 (3) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 16.971 (2) (am) and amended to read:
16.971 (2) (am) Shall make Make as cost effective as possible the procurement and use of forms by state agencies.
SECTION 325. 16.61 (3) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (3) (L) Shall receive and investigate complaints about forms, except as provided in sub. (3m) (3n).
SECTION 326. 16.61 (3) (p) of the statutes is renumbered 16.61 (3L) and amended to read:
16.61 (3L) (title) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. Shall The department shall, with the consent of the board and based on qualifications approved by the board, appoint an official in the classified service to oversee the day-to-day execution of the board's duties, to serve as the executive secretary of the board, and to coordinate the statewide records and forms management program and to have statewide responsibility for limiting paperwork. Except as provided in sub. (3m), the executive secretary shall review and approve, modify or reject all forms approved by a records and forms officer for jurisdiction, authority, standardization of design and nonduplication of existing forms and shall report to the board quarterly on the progress of records and forms management within state agencies. Unless the executive secretary rejects for cause or modifies the form within 20 working days after receipt, it is considered approved. The executive secretary's rejection of any form is appealable to the public records and forms board. If the head of a state agency certifies to the executive secretary that the form is needed on a temporary, emergency basis, approval of the executive secretary is not required.
SECTION 327. 16.61 (3) (q) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 328. 16.61 (3) (tm) of the statutes is created to read:
16.61 (3) (tm) Shall recommend to the department qualitative standards for storage of records in electronic format and for copies of documents generated from electronically stored records filed with local governmental units.
SECTION 329. 16.61 (3) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 330. 16.61 (3m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 331. 16.61 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.971 (2m), and 16.971 (2m) (intro), as renumbered, is amended to read:
16.971 (2m) (intro.) The following forms are not subject to review, or approval or complaint investigation by the board or executive secretary by the department:
SECTION 332. 16.61 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:
16.61 (3n) EXEMPT FORMS. The board may not receive or investigate complaints about the forms specified in s. 16.971 (2m).
SECTION 333. 16.61 (5) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (5) (title) TRANSFER OF PUBLIC RECORDS TO OPTICAL DISK OR ELECTRONIC FORMAT.
SECTION 334. 16.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (5) (a) Subject to rules promulgated by the department under s. 16.611, any state agency may transfer any public record in its custody to or maintain in optical disk or electronic format any public record in its custody and retain the public record in that format only.
SECTION 335. 16.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (5) (b) Subject to rules promulgated by the department under s. 16.611, state agencies shall maintain procedures to ensure the authenticity, accuracy, reliability and accessibility of public records transferred to or maintained in optical disk or electronic format under par. (a).
SECTION 336. 16.61 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (5) (c) Subject to rules promulgated by the department under s. 16.611, state agencies that transfer public records in their custody to or maintain in optical disk or electronic format public records in their custody shall ensure that the public records stored in that format are protected from unauthorized destruction.
SECTION 337. 16.61 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (7) (a) (intro.) Any microfilm reproduction of an original record, or a copy generated from an original record stored in optical disk or electronic format, is deemed an original public record if all of the following conditions are met:
SECTION 338. 16.61 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.61 (7) (a) 1. Any device used to reproduce the record on film or to transfer the record to optical disk or electronic format and generate a copy of the record from optical disk or electronic format accurately reproduces the content of the original.
SECTION 339. 16.61 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
