SECTION 52. 20.929 of the statutes is amended to read:
20.929 Agency drafts or warrants. The secretary of administration may authorize any state agency to issue drafts or warrants drawn on the state treasury. Such drafts or warrants may be issued only in connection with purchase orders authorized under subch. IV of ch. 16 and may not exceed $300 per draft or warrant. The state treasurer secretary shall pay such drafts or warrants as presented. The secretary of administration and shall audit the purchase orders issued. Any purchase order that is disapproved by the secretary as unlawful or unauthorized shall be returned by the secretary to the state agency for reimbursement to the state treasurer treasury. The secretary shall make written regulations for the implementation of this section. The secretary may require any state agency to utilize one or more separate depository accounts to implement this section. The illegal or unauthorized use of purchase orders and drafts or warrants under this section is subject to the remedies specified in s. 16.77.
SECTION 53. 21.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
21.33 Pay department. The quartermaster general acting as paymaster under orders from the governor may draw from the state treasury the money necessary for paying troops in camp or on active service, and shall furnish such security for the same as the state treasurer secretary of administration may direct. The amount due on account of the field, staff, or other officers, noncommissioned staff and band, company, or enlistees, not herein enumerated, if any, shall be paid to the person to whom the same shall be due, on the properly signed and certified payrolls.
SECTION 54. 23.49 of the statutes is amended to read:
23.49 Credit card use charges. The department shall certify to the state treasurer secretary of administration the amount of charges associated with the use of credit cards that is assessed to the department on deposits accepted under s. 23.66 (1m) by conservation wardens, and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the charges from moneys received under s. 59.25 (3) (j) and (k) that are reserved for payment of the charges under s. 14.58 (21) 20.907 (5) (e) 12e.
SECTION 55. 23.85 of the statutes is amended to read:
23.85 Statement to county board; payment to state. Every county treasurer shall, on the first day of the annual meeting of the county board of supervisors, submit to it a verified statement of all forfeitures, penalty assessments, jail assessments, weapons assessments, environmental assessments, wild animal protection assessments, natural resources assessments, fishing shelter removal assessments, snowmobile registration restitution payments, and natural resources restitution payments money received during the previous year. The county clerk shall deduct all expenses incurred by the county in recovering those forfeitures, penalty assessments, weapons assessments, environmental assessments, wild animal protection assessments, natural resources assessments, fishing shelter removal assessments, snowmobile registration restitution payments, and natural resources restitution payments from the aggregate amount so received, and shall immediately certify the amount of clear proceeds of those forfeitures, penalty assessments, weapons assessments, environmental assessments, wild animal protection assessments, natural resources assessments, fishing shelter removal assessments, snowmobile registration restitution payments, and natural resources restitution payments to the county treasurer, who shall pay the proceeds to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3). Jail assessments shall be treated separately as provided in s. 302.46.
SECTION 56. 24.17 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.17 (1) (intro.) When the purchaser of any such lands shall make payment to the treasurer secretary of administration of the amount required to be paid on such sale, and, in case of a private sale, shall also produce the memorandum mentioned in s. 24.16, the treasurer secretary of administration shall give a receipt therefor to such purchaser, and unless such sale be made wholly for cash the board shall execute and deliver to such person a duplicate certificate of sale, in which it shall certify:
SECTION 57. 24.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.17 (2) When the sale is wholly for cash, upon payment as above provided, the treasurer secretary of administration shall thereupon give to such purchaser a receipt stating the amount paid and giving a description of the lot or tract of land sold and that such purchaser is entitled to receive a patent according to law.
SECTION 58. 24.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
24.20 Payments and accounts. All money paid on account of sales of public lands shall be paid to the state treasurer secretary of administration who shall credit the proper fund therewith, crediting the general fund with the proceeds of sales of Marathon County lands, and the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee, upon countersigning the receipt given therefor, shall charge the treasurer therewith, and shall also enter the name of the person paying the same, the number of the certificate, if any, upon which the amount shall be paid, and the time of the payment.
SECTION 59. 24.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
24.25 Patent and record thereof. Whenever full payment shall have been made for any such lands as required by law, and the purchaser or the purchaser's legal representatives shall produce to the board the duplicate certificate of sale, with the receipt of the state treasurer secretary of administration endorsed thereon, showing that the whole amount of the principal and interest due thereon has been paid and that the holder of such certificate is entitled to a patent for the lands described therein, the original and duplicate certificates shall be canceled, and the board shall thereupon execute and deliver a patent to the person entitled thereto for the land described in such certificate. All patents issued by the board shall be recorded in its office; and the record of patents heretofore issued by it is hereby declared a legal record. Purchasers may, at any time before due, pay any part or the whole of such purchase money and the interest thereon. In all cases where patents have been or may hereafter be issued to a person who may have died or who shall die before the date thereof, the title to the land described therein shall inure to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or assignees of such person to the same extent as if the patent had issued to that person during that person's lifetime.
SECTION 60. 24.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
24.29 Redemption. At any time before the 5 days next preceding the reoffering of such land at public sale, the former purchaser or the former purchaser's assigns or legal representatives may, by the payment of the sum due with interest, and all taxes returned thereon to the state treasurer secretary of administration which are still unpaid, and all costs occasioned by the delay, together with 3% damages on the whole sum owing for such land, prevent such resale and revive the original contract.
SECTION 61. 24.32 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.32 (2) Every such tract may be redeemed by the former purchaser thereof, the former purchaser's assigns or legal representatives at any time before the June 30th next following the date of such resale, upon presenting to the board satisfactory proof, which shall be filed and preserved by it, that such tract was, at the time of resale, in whole or in part under cultivation or adjoining a tract partly cultivated, belonging to the former purchaser, the former purchaser's assigns or legal representatives and used in connection therewith, and upon depositing with the state treasurer secretary of administration, for the use of the purchaser at such resale the amount paid by the purchaser for such land, together with 25% of the amount of such taxes, interest, and costs in addition thereto; and every certificate issued upon any such resale shall be subject to the right of redemption whether it be expressed in such certificate or not. And no patent shall be issued on any such resale until the expiration of such redemption period.
SECTION 62. 24.33 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.33 (1) (c) Payment is made to the treasurer secretary of administration in the amount actually due on the first certificate at the time of the resale, with interest, costs, and charges, and with interest on the amount for which the land was sold at the rate of 10% per year.
SECTION 63. 24.61 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
24.61 (2) (b) Deposited with state treasurer secretary of administration. All bonds, notes, and other securities purchased under par. (a) shall be deposited with the state treasurer secretary of administration.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 24.61 (2) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0529, LRB-0714, and LRB-1847.
SECTION 64. 24.67 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.67 (3) If a municipality has acted under subs. (1) and (2), it shall certify that fact to the department of administration. Upon receiving a certification from a municipality, or upon direction of the board if a loan is made to a cooperative educational service agency or a federated public library system, the secretary of administration shall draw a warrant upon the state treasurer for the amount of the loan, payable to the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, or federated public library system making the loan or as the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, or federated public library system directs. The certificate of indebtedness shall then be conclusive evidence of the validity of the indebtedness and that all the requirements of law concerning the application for the making and acceptance of the loan have been complied with.
SECTION 65. 24.69 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.69 (1) The board may sell state trust fund loans or participations therein, and may contract to do so at a future date, for such price, upon such other terms and in such manner as the board may determine. The sale may be to any person, including, without limitation, a trust or other investment vehicle created for the purpose of attracting private investment capital. The board shall remit the proceeds of the sale to the state treasurer secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriate trust fund and shall invest the proceeds in accordance with s. 24.61.
SECTION 66. 24.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.70 (2) CERTIFIED STATEMENT. If a borrower other than a school district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the clerk of the jurisdiction, or the person signing the application on behalf of the borrower in the case of a cooperative educational service agency, a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is repaid. The board shall submit a copy of each certified statement to the state treasurer secretary of administration. A cooperative educational service agency shall transmit a copy of the statement to the clerk of each school district on behalf of which the agency has obtained a loan.
SECTION 67. 24.70 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.70 (4) PAYMENT TO STATE TREASURER SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION. The treasurer of each municipality shall transmit to the state treasurer secretary of administration on his or her order the full amount levied for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. Each cooperative educational service agency shall similarly transmit the annual amount owed on any state trust fund loan made to the agency by that date. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall notify the board when he or she receives payment. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month to be paid to the state treasurer secretary of administration with the delinquent payment.
SECTION 68. 24.70 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.70 (6) FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENTS. If any municipality fails to remit the amount due by the date specified under sub. (4), the board may file a certified statement of the amount delinquent amount with the department of administration. The department secretary of administration shall collect the amount due, including any penalty, by deducting that amount from any state payments due the municipality, shall remit that amount to the state treasurer and shall notify the treasurer and the board of that action.
SECTION 69. 24.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.71 (2) CERTIFIED STATEMENT. If a school district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the school district clerk a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is paid. The board shall furnish a copy of each certified statement to the state treasurer secretary of administration and the department of public instruction.
SECTION 70. 24.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.71 (4) PAYMENT TO STATE TREASURER SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION. The school district treasurer shall transmit to the state treasurer on his or her own order secretary of administration the full amount levied for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall notify the board when he or she receives payment. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month or fraction thereof, to be paid to the state treasurer secretary of administration with the delinquent payment.
SECTION 71. 24.71 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.71 (5) FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENT. If the school district treasurer fails to remit the amounts due under sub. (4), the state superintendent, upon certification of delinquency by the board, shall deduct the amount due including any penalty from any school aid payments due the school district, shall remit such amount to the state treasurer secretary of administration and, no later than June 15, shall notify the school district treasurer and the board to that effect.
SECTION 72. 25.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.14 (3) The department of administration, upon consultation with the board, shall distribute all earnings, profits, or losses of the state investment fund to each participating fund in the same ratio as each participating fund's average daily balance within the state investment fund bears to the total average daily balance of all participating funds, except as provided in s. 14.58 (19) 16.401 (14) and except that the department of administration shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.585 (1) (jt) 20.505 (1) (kj) an amount equal to the amount assessed under s. 25.19 (3) from the earnings or profits of the funds against which an assessment is made. Distributions under this section shall be made at such times as the department of administration may determine, but must be made at least semiannually in each complete fiscal year of operation.
SECTION 73. 25.17 (61) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.17 (61) Designate special depositories in which the secretary of administration or the state treasurer may make special deposits of funds, not exceeding the amount limited by the board, which shall be deposited subject to the depository's rules and regulations relative to either savings accounts, time certificates of deposit, or open time accounts, as the case may be.
SECTION 74. 25.19 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.19 (3) The state treasurer secretary of administration shall, at the direction of the depository selection board under s. 34.045 (1) (b), allocate bank service costs to the funds incurring those costs.
SECTION 75. 25.19 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.19 (4) The state treasurer secretary of administration shall provide advice to state agencies concerning efficient cash management practices.
SECTION 76. 25.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.31 (1) First: The principal of said trust fund shall be held by the state treasurer secretary of administration, and be invested and reinvested as provided in this chapter.
SECTION 77. 25.40 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
25.40 (1) (a) 6. Amounts payable to the state treasurer secretary of administration under s. 85.14 (1) (b) in conjunction with the collection of fees paid by credit card.
SECTION 78. 26.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.14 (4) Emergency fire wardens or those assisting them in the fighting of forest fires shall prepare itemized accounts of their services and the services of those employed by them, as well as other expenses incurred, on blanks to be furnished by the department and in a manner prescribed by the department, and make oaths or affirmation that said account is just and correct, which account shall be forwarded and approved for payment by the department. As soon as any such account has been paid by the state treasurer secretary of administration the department of natural resources shall send to the proper county treasurer a bill for the county's share of such expenses and a copy of the bill shall be filed with the department of administration. The county shall have 60 days within which to pay such bill, but if not paid within that time the county shall be liable for interest at the rate of 6% per year. If payment is not made within 60 days the department of administration shall include such amount as a part of the next levy against the county for state taxes, but no county shall be required to pay more than $5,000 in any one year. Any unpaid levy under this section shall remain a charge against the county and the department of administration shall include such unpaid sums in the state tax levy of the respective counties in subsequent years.
SECTION 79. 26.30 (9) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.30 (9) (b) (intro.) As soon as the expenses incurred by the state in forest pest control work have been paid by the state treasurer secretary of administration, the department shall send to each landowner a bill covering an equitable share of such expenses as herein provided.
SECTION 80. 29.983 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.983 (1) (e) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the wild animal protection assessment required under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the wild animal protection assessment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration under par. (f). If the deposit is returned, the wild animal protection assessment shall also be returned.
SECTION 81. 29.983 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.983 (1) (f) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the wild animal protection assessment and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.
SECTION 82. 29.983 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.983 (2) DEPOSIT OF WILD ANIMAL PROTECTION ASSESSMENT FUNDS. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall deposit the moneys collected under this section into the conservation fund.
SECTION 83. 29.985 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.985 (1) (c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the fishing shelter removal assessment prescribed in this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the fishing shelter removal assessment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the fishing shelter removal assessment shall also be returned.
SECTION 84. 29.985 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.985 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the fishing shelter removal assessment and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.
SECTION 85. 29.987 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.987 (1) (c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the natural resources assessment prescribed in this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the natural resources assessment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the natural resources assessment shall also be returned.
SECTION 86. 29.987 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.987 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the natural resources assessment and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources assessment in the conservation fund.
SECTION 87. 29.989 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.989 (1) (c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the natural resources restitution payment prescribed in this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the natural resources restitution payment shall be transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the natural resources restitution payment shall also be returned.
SECTION 88. 29.989 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.989 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the natural resources restitution payment and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources restitution payment in the conservation fund.
SECTION 89. 34.045 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (1) (b) Establish procedures by which state agencies and departments pay for services through compensating balances or fees, or a combination of both methods. In the case of the state treasurer's accounts, direct the state treasurer Direct the secretary of administration to maintain compensating balances, or direct the investment board to pay bank service costs as allocated by the state treasurer secretary of administration under s. 25.19 (3) directly from the income account of the state investment fund, or by a combination of such methods.
SECTION 90. 34.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.08 (2) Payments under sub. (1) shall be made in the order in which satisfactory proofs of loss are received by the division of banking. The payment made to any public depositor for all losses of the public depositor in any individual public depository may not exceed $400,000 above the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States or by the Wisconsin Credit Union Savings Insurance Corporation at the public depository which experienced the loss. Upon a satisfactory proof of loss, the division of banking shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant payable from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the warrant under s. 14.58 16.401 (4) in favor of the public depositor that has submitted the proof of loss.
SECTION 91. 36.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.51 (6) The college campus or institution may file a claim with the department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the claim from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).
SECTION 92. 38.36 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.36 (6) The district board may file a claim with the department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the claim from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).
SECTION 93. 40.04 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.04 (3) (c) The department shall advise the investment board and the state treasurer secretary of administration as to the limitations on the amounts of cash to be invested from investment trusts under this subsection in order to maintain the cash balances deemed advisable to meet current annuity, benefit and expense requirements.
SECTION 94. 43.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.70 (3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the estimated amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his or her school district. The department of administration shall issue its warrants upon which the state treasurer shall distribute each school district's aid entitlement in one payment on or before May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April 15. All moneys distributed under this section shall be expended for the purchase of instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent. Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon shall be made to the state superintendent.
SECTION 95. 45.37 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.37 (11) DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY DESCENDING TO STATE. If a member dies without a relative that is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under the rules of intestate succession and without leaving a will the existence of which is made known to the commandant of the home within 60 days of the member's death, the member's property shall be converted to cash and turned over by the commandant of the home to the state treasurer secretary of administration to be paid into the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (h), without administration. The amount is subject to refund within 6 years to the estate of a veteran if it is subsequently discovered that the veteran left a will or a relative that is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under the rules of intestate succession or to any creditor of the veteran who establishes right to the fund or property or any portion thereof. The department, upon being satisfied that a claim out of such funds or property is legal and valid, shall pay the same out of such funds or property, except that payment of claims for a member's funeral and burial expenses may not exceed a total of $1,500 including any amount allowed by the United States for the member's funeral and burial and the right for burial and interment provided in sub. (15) (a).
SECTION 96. 46.973 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
