SB637: Bill Text

SB637,18,16 (2r) "Legislative service agency" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (6).

SB637, s. 40 Section 40. 35.001 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB637,18,21 35.001 (4) "State agency" means any department or independent agency created or continued under ch. 15 or any body attached thereto, any office created under ch. 14 or body attached thereto, any state institution, the legislature, the courts and any legislative service agency or judicial branch agency.

SB637, s. 41 Section 41. 35.001 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,18,24 35.001 (5) "WisLaw" means computer readable statutes and other public documents produced under s. 35.185.

SB637, s. 42 Section 42. 35.01 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,19,4 35.01 (title) Public printing and other reproduction; definition and classification. (intro) Public printing and other reproduction includes all graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary material and binding. Public printing and other reproduction is divided into 7 classes:

SB637,19,6 (1) Class 1—All Reproduction of all legislative printing documents to be performed for either house of the legislature and the Laws of Wisconsin.

SB637, s. 43 Section 43. 35.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,19,9 35.01 (2) Class 2—Wisconsin statutes, annotations Statutes and Annotations, Wisconsin Annotations 1970 and Blue Book.

SB637, s. 44 Section 44. 35.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,19,12 35.01 (7) Class 7—Printing Local service printing for state agencies located outside the city of Madison.

SB637, s. 45 Section 45. 35.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,19,17 35.01 (8) Class 8—Specialty printing as defined in s. 35.64 (2), yearbooks, and similar student publications not funded by student fees or student organization income and book printing excluded from class 3 under sub. (3) not included in classes 1 to 7.

SB637, s. 46 Section 46. 35.012 of the statutes is repealed.

SB637, s. 47 Section 47. 35.015 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB637, s. 48 Section 48. 35.015 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,19,25 35.015 (3) Printing or other reproduction is exempt from this chapter when the department exercises the discretion vested in s. 16.82 (4) to determine what printing or other reproduction shall be done by the state itself and what shall be contracted and when printing of forms is done by prison industries, as created under s. 303.01 (1).

SB637, s. 49 Section 49. 35.03 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

SB637, s. 50 Section 50. 35.035 (title) and (1) to (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,20,8 35.035 (title) Printing and other reproduction costs and charges. (1) Unless otherwise provided, the department shall charge the cost of printing and other reproduction of state documents, including related materials and printing or other reproduction services, of all publications authorized or directed by law to be published to the state agencies responsible for submitting the publications.

SB637,20,11 (2) The department may contract with state agencies for the printing of agency or other reproduction of the publications of state agencies, for which publication is not required by law, on the basis of the cost of such printing reproduction.

SB637,20,13 (3) The department shall receive full payment for the cost of printing or other reproduction of publications of state agencies from the appropriate agencies.

SB637, s. 51 Section 51. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 35.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,20,16 Legislative; class 1 printing

SB637, s. 52 Section 52. 35.05 (title) and (1) to (4) and (5) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,21,2 35.05 (title) Printing in general, and other reproduction; how ordered and executed. (1) All printing for the legislature reproduction of legislative documents, except reproduction for legislative service agencies, shall be in such form and printed in such manner and amount format and quantity as may be determined by the joint rules of the legislature, or in the case of printing of a nature that is the concern of reproduction of documents for one house only, then as determined by that house except as provided for the statutes, the Laws of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin administrative code and register under s. 35.50 (2).

SB637,21,9 (2) (a) When the senate or the assembly determines the form or amount of printing format or quantity of any document to be reproduced for its own use, such determination or such regulations as may be considered appropriate governing such printing, reproduction may be made by the rules of the house or by resolution or by the senate committee on organization or senate chief clerk for the senate or the assembly committee on organization or assembly chief clerk for the assembly, subject to final decision by their respective houses.

SB637,21,16 (b) When printing a legislative document concerns both houses the form or amount format or quantity of such printing document to be reproduced may be determined by the joint rules or, by joint resolution or, by the joint committee on legislative organization or by the chief clerks of the senate and assembly acting jointly, subject to any provisions of the joint rules or joint resolutions, except as provided for the statutes, the Laws of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin administrative code and register under s. 35.50 (2) legislative service agencies under sub. (1).

SB637,21,22 (3) All printing or other reproduction of documents that has have a customary form, number of copies or other features shall continue to conform to such form or other requirements until changed by or under authority of statute, joint rule or rule of either house, except as provided for the statutes, the Laws of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin administrative code and register under s. 35.50 (2) legislative service agencies under sub. (1).

SB637,22,4 (4) When legislative proposals, legislative publications or other printing is reproduced documents are required for the legislature, including revision or correction bills for the revisor of statutes, bills or reports for the joint legislative council or legislative proposals of members intended for introduction by them, such printing reproduction of the documents may be ordered by the chief clerk of either house or by other authorized persons during any session of the legislature or recess thereof, pursuant to such regulations as either house shall establish.

SB637,22,12 (5) (a) Whenever either house requires any printing the reproduction of any document or document series for its exclusive use and whenever any joint action of both houses is taken requiring any printing the reproduction of any document or document series to be done, the chief clerk of the house where such action originates shall issue a printing requisition to the department, and the department shall procure the printing from the contract printer selected for the printing under article IV, section 25, of the constitution reproduce the necessary documents or contract for their reproduction in accordance with subch. IV of ch. 16.

SB637, s. 53 Section 53. 35.05 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB637, s. 54 Section 54. 35.05 (5) (c) to (e) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,22,24 35.05 (5) (c) Any member or officer of the legislature entitled to stationery or other personalized printing may elect to have the printing reproduction performed by a printer person other than the contract printer department or person with whom the department contracts for reproduction of documents under par. (a) if par. (a) is otherwise complied with, but no voucher for printing reproduction to be performed other than by the contract printer selected through department or person with whom the department of administration contracts for reproduction of documents shall be approved unless the cost of the printing reproduction will be the same as, or less than, the cost of obtaining the printing from the contract printer reproduction from the person with whom the department contracts to perform such reproduction.

SB637,23,4 (d) Any member or officer of the legislature who is entitled to personalized printing reproduction of legislative materials may specify that his or her personalized printing reproduction shall be produced using paper with best-available recycled content.

SB637,23,9 (e) The design of the letterhead and envelope for each member or officer of the legislature shall be approved as provided by the house in which the member or officer serves; provided, that for. For personalized printing reproduction of legislative materials nothing on the finished product may indicate the printer name of the person who performed the work.

SB637,23,15 (6) Any provision in the rules of the senate or the assembly or of the joint rules relating to printing reproduction of legislative documents shall continue in effect during any recess or adjournment of the legislature as though the legislature had continued in session and shall likewise continue in effect following the convening and during any other special or regular session until such provision is modified or repealed.

SB637, s. 55 Section 55. 35.15 (1) (a), (c) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,23,21 35.15 (1) (a) No later than the end of each session of the legislature, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare camera-ready and deliver or transmit to the department or person under contract with the department copy for one or more volumes denominated "Laws of Wisconsin", and identified by the year in which that session began.

SB637,24,2 (c) The copy shall show include the date of enactment of each act, the date of publication of each act and published joint resolution, the number of the proposal from which the act or joint resolution originated and the house in which it originated and shall be in the form prescribed by the joint rules. The copy shall omit exclude the signature of the officers affixed to the enrolled act or joint resolution.

SB637,24,8 (e) After making the necessary comparison, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall issue a certificate, to be filed in the office of the secretary of state as a public record, that he or she has compared the printed acts contained in each volume with the original acts on file in the office of the secretary of state, and that they appear to be correctly printed shown. Each volume of the Laws of Wisconsin shall contain a printed copy of such certificate.

SB637, s. 56 Section 56. 35.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,24,17 35.17 Correcting typographical errors. In enrolling under s. 13.92 (1) (b) 3. and for publishing under ss. 35.095, 35.15 and 35.35 (1) (a) the legislative reference bureau shall correct obvious typographical errors. No such correction shall be deemed an alteration of the enrolled copy. Like corrections shall be made by the revisor in printing publishing the Wisconsin statutes and administrative code Statutes and Annotations and the Wisconsin Administrative Code. On questions of orthography the current edition of Webster's new international dictionary shall be taken as the standard.

SB637, s. 57 Section 57. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 35.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,24,22 Wisconsin statutes, and annotations, Wisconsin town law forms; class 2 printing

SB637, s. 58 Section 58. 35.18 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,25,7 35.18 (title) Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations. (1) Publication. Biennially the revisor shall prepare and deliver or transmit to the department printer's or person under contract with the department copy for the Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations, which shall contain all the general statutes in force, all important joint resolutions adopted since the last preceding general session, an alphabetical index, a list of numerical cross-references in the statutes to other parts of the statutes, and such other matter as the revisor deems desirable and practicable. The department shall determine how many copies shall be printed.

SB637, s. 59 Section 59. 35.18 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,25,11 35.18 (4) Copyright. The revisor is authorized to register, in the name of the state, the state's copyright in all editorial material subject to copyright contained in the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations or WisLaw.

SB637, s. 60 Section 60. 35.185 of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,25,18 35.185 WisLaw. (1) In addition to publication under s. 35.18 (1), the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations shall be produced and distributed in a computer-readable format, known as "WisLaw". An updated release of WisLaw shall be issued on a biennial basis concurrently with the publication of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations under s. 35.18 (1), with interim updated releases issued at intervals determined by the revisor.

SB637,26,2 (2) Each release of WisLaw shall contain all statutes in force, except figures, forms and maps which the revisor determines are not feasible to accurately reproduce, the Wisconsin Constitution, the U.S. Constitution, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, the Opinions of the Attorney General and an alphabetical index. Each release of WisLaw shall also include the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Laws of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Town Law Forms if the revisor determines that inclusion of those documents is feasible. Releases of WisLaw may include reproductions of other public documents which the revisor considers desirable and appropriate.

SB637,26,5 (3) WisLaw shall be produced in the electronic or optical medium or mediums the revisor considers to be desirable and appropriate. Software required for the production of WisLaw shall be selected by the revisor.

SB637,26,8 (4) The revisor, with the assistance of the department, shall arrange for the production of WisLaw. The revisor and department shall determine the number of copies of each release of WisLaw to be produced.

SB637, s. 61 Section 61. 35.19 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,26,13 35.19 Pamphlet laws. Editions of parts of the statutes Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations in pamphlet form may be produced for official use and for public sale. The department shall charge the cost of pamphlet laws produced for such use or sale to the requisitioning state agencies.

SB637, s. 62 Section 62. 35.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,26,22 35.20 Wisconsin Town Law Forms. With each issue of Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations, under the supervision of the revisor, an edition will be printed shall be reproduced as directed by the department for distribution by the department to all town clerks, of a volume to be designated "Wisconsin Town Law Forms" containing suitable forms for use in the administration of laws relating to: common schools; the county board; the powers, duties and liabilities of towns, town officers and the assessment of taxes; highways, bridges and drainage districts; and such other forms as the revisor determines desirable and practicable.

SB637, s. 63 Section 63. 35.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,27,2 35.23 (title) Wisconsin Annotations. The revisor shall prepare such annotations as that will keep the volume known as "Wisconsin Annotations, 1970" up to date, and to print such reproduce the continuations in each biennial issue of Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations and each release of WisLaw.

SB637, s. 64 Section 64. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 35.24 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,27,8 BLUE BOOK AND REPRINTS OTHER REFERENCE BUREAU PUBLICATIONS; CLASS 2 PRINTING

SB637, s. 65 Section 65. 35.24 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,27,13 35.24 (1) (intro.) The legislative reference bureau shall biennially compile, index, prepare and deliver or transmit to the department or person under contract with the department biennially copy for a book to be denominated "Wisconsin Blue Book" and identified by the biennium of its intended use.

SB637, s. 66 Section 66. 35.24 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

SB637,27,25 35.24 (1) (a) The Blue Book shall contain the biographies and pictures of state officers, senators and representatives to the assembly and officers of each house, information pertaining to the organization of Wisconsin state government, and statistical and other information of the same general character as that heretofore published, but. The content of the printed Blue Book shall be so selected and condensed as will limit the number of pages to 1,000 or less. In making such selection the legislative reference bureau is directed to consult freely with the secretary of education and the director of the historical society, and insofar. Insofar as possible, the bureau shall make the book Blue Book useful for civics classes in schools teaching about Wisconsin state government.

SB637, s. 67 Section 67. 35.24 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,28,3 35.24 (1) (b) The If the department receives the copy, the department shall deliver camera-ready or transmit the copy to the contract printer, to.

SB637,28,5 (c) The Blue Book shall be printed and delivered as soon as practicable after the spring election of the odd-numbered year.

SB637, s. 68 Section 68. 35.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,28,11 35.24 (3) Reprints Copies of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers reproduced in soft cover and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint article by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints such reproductions shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d).

SB637, s. 69 Section 69. 35.24 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,28,15 35.24 (4) The legislative reference bureau is authorized to register, in the name of the state, the state's copyright in all editorial material subject to copyright contained in the Blue Book published under this section.

SB637, s. 70 Section 70. 35.25 of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,28,23 35.25 Blue Book and other reference bureau publications; computer-readable format. (1) In addition to publication under s. 35.24, the legislative reference bureau may cause the Blue Book to be produced and distributed in a computer-readable format. The content of the Blue Book in computer-readable format may be different than the content of the printed Blue Book. If the Blue Book is so produced, an updated release of the Blue Book in computer-readable format may be issued at times determined by the chief of the legislative reference bureau.

SB637,29,3 (2) In addition to publication under s. 35.29 (1), the legislative reference bureau may produce and distribute any other publication of the bureau in computer-readable format.

SB637,29,8 (3) If the Blue Book or any other publication of the legislative reference bureau is produced in computer-readable format, the publication shall be produced in the electronic or optical medium or mediums the chief of the legislative reference bureau determines to be desirable. Software required for the production of each publication shall be selected by the chief of the legislative reference bureau.

SB637,29,13 (4) The chief of the legislative reference bureau, with the assistance of the department, shall arrange for the production of the Blue Book and other publications of the legislative reference bureau under this section. The chief of the legislative reference bureau and the department shall determine the number of copies of each release of the Blue Book and of each other publication to be produced.

SB637,29,16 (5) Each release of the Blue Book and each other publication of the legislative reference bureau produced under this section shall be sold at a price determined by the chief of the legislative reference bureau, with the approval of the department.

SB637,29,21 (6) The department shall solicit proposals to produce the Blue Book under this section whenever the department solicits proposals for contract printing of the Blue Book under s. 35.24. The department may award the contract for production of the Blue Book under this section to the contract printer or may award the contract separately to another vendor, whichever is most advantageous to the state.

SB637,29,24 (7) The legislative reference bureau is authorized to copyright, in the name of the state, all editorial material subject to copyright contained in the Blue Book produced under this section.

SB637,30,6 (8) (a) Notwithstanding s. 16.971 (4) (b), if the Blue Book or any other publication of the legislative reference bureau is produced in computer-readable format, the department shall license the Blue Book or any other such publication to members of the public upon such terms as the chief of the legislative reference bureau determines to be appropriate and at a price fixed by the chief, with the approval of the department.

SB637,30,10 (b) Releases of the Blue Book in computer-readable format distributed under s. 35.84 shall be licensed to distributees subject to the same terms as releases licensed to members of the public under par. (a). The costs of production and licensing shall be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d).

SB637,30,19 (9) Subject to the copyright interests of computer software vendors in software licensed to the state and to the terms of licensing agreements entered into by the state with software vendors, if the Blue Book is produced in computer-readable format, the department shall provide the Blue Book in that format, or the computer data bases used by the legislative reference bureau in producing the Blue Book in that format, to each state agency, upon request of the agency, for access by each computer work station the agency considers necessary and appropriate, at a price to the agency fixed by the department, with the approval of the chief of the legislative reference bureau.

SB637, s. 71 Section 71. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 35.26 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,30,22 Official reports; class 3 printing

SB637, s. 72 Section 72. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 35.29 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,30,25 Book publications; class 3 printing