SB44, s. 19
17Section
19. 13.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.14
(3) Travel; legislative personnel. The actual and necessary expenses
19of legislative policy research personnel, assistants to legislators, and research staff
20assigned to legislative committees incident to attending meetings outside the
state 21capital shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b)
or
22(5).
SB44, s. 20
23Section
20. 13.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.20
(2) Pay ranges; duration of employment. All legislative employees shall
25be paid in accordance with the compensation and classification plan for employees
1in the classified civil service within ranges approved by the joint committee on
2legislative organization. The secretary of
employment relations administration 3shall make recommendations concerning a compensation and classification schedule
4for legislative employees if requested to do so by the joint committee on legislative
5organization or by the committee on organization of either house. If the joint
6committee does not approve pay ranges for legislative employees, the committee on
7organization of either house may approve pay ranges for its employees.
8Appointments shall be made for the legislative session, unless earlier terminated by
9the appointing officer.
SB44, s. 21
10Section
21. 13.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.40
(3) (b) An appropriation to honor a moral obligation undertaken
12pursuant to ss.
16.523 (8), 16.526 (8), 16.527 (10), 18.61 (5), 85.25 (5), 101.143 (9m)
13(i), 229.50 (7), 229.74 (7), 229.830 (7), 234.15 (4), 234.42 (4), 234.54 (4) (b), 234.626
14(7), 234.93 (6), 234.932 (6), 234.933 (6), and 281.59 (13m).
SB44, s. 22
15Section
22. 13.40 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
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13.40
(3) (fm) An appropriation for the 2003-05 fiscal biennium to make
17payments to counties, towns, villages, and cities under ss. 79.035 and 79.036.
SB44, s. 23
18Section
23. 13.40 (3) (i) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 24
19Section
24. 13.45 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.45
(3) (a) For any day for which the legislator does not file a claim under s.
2113.123 (1), any legislator appointed to serve on a legislative committee or a
22committee to which the legislator was appointed by either house or the officers
23thereof shall be reimbursed from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b)
or
24(5) for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a member of the committee.
SB44, s. 25
25Section
25. 13.48 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.48
(2) (j) No later than the first day of the 7th month after the effective date
2of each biennial budget act, the secretary of
employment relations administration 3shall report to the building commission, in writing, regarding the desirability of
4including plans for day care facility space in the plans for any construction or major
5remodeling project, enumerated in the state building program in the biennial budget
6act, for any state office building. Based upon the report of the secretary of
7employment relations administration, the building commission may direct that
8plans for day care facility space be included in the plans for that construction or
9major remodeling project.
SB44, s. 26
10Section
26. 13.48 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.48
(14) (c) If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the
12acquisition of a building, structure or land or the construction of a building or
13structure that is sold or leased under par. (b), the building commission shall deposit
14a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the building,
15structure or land in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay
16the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding
17any of that debt. If there is no such debt outstanding, or, if the net proceeds exceed
18the amount required to repay that principal and pay that interest and premium, the
19building commission shall
credit deposit the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds
20to in the
appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (a) budget stabilization fund.
SB44, s. 27
21Section
27. 13.50 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.50
(6) (am) The cochairpersons of the joint survey committee on retirement
23systems or the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, with respect to any
24bill or amendment specified in par. (a), or the presiding officer of either house of the
25legislature, with respect to any bill or amendment specified in par. (a) that is pending
1in his or her house, may make a determination, based on any available information,
2that the bill or amendment may have a significant fiscal impact on the costs,
3actuarial balance or goals of the Wisconsin
retirement system Retirement System 4and order the attachment of an independent actuarial opinion on such impact. The
5cochairpersons or presiding officer ordering such an opinion shall direct the staff
6under sub. (4) to obtain the opinion. The staff shall make payment for the opinion
7from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (2) (ab)
or (5).
SB44, s. 28
8Section
28. 13.51 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.51
(2) (b) The secretary of
employment relations administration or the
10secretary's designee.
SB44, s. 29
11Section
29. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.56
(2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
13committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
14service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
15the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
16committee on legislative organization to designate the legislature's representative
17for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally
18from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b)
or shall be paid from the
19appropriation under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the
20department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB44, s. 30
21Section
30. 13.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.57
(3) All expenses under sub. (1) shall be reimbursed from the
23appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b)
or (5).
SB44, s. 31
24Section
31. 13.58 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.58
(5) (a) 5. Upon receipt of strategic plans from the department of
electronic
2government administration, the joint committee on legislative organization and the
3director of state courts, review and transmit comments concerning the plans to the
4entities submitting the plans.
SB44, s. 32
5Section
32. 13.58 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.58
(5) (b) 1. Direct the department of
electronic government administration 7to conduct studies or prepare reports on items related to the committee's duties under
8par. (a).
SB44, s. 33
9Section 33. 13.58 (5) (b) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.58
(5) (b) 4. (intro.) With the concurrence of the joint committee on finance,
11direct the department of
electronic government administration to report
12semiannually to the committee and the joint committee on finance concerning any
13specific information technology system project which is being designed, developed,
14tested or implemented and which the committees anticipate will have a total cost to
15the state exceeding $1,000,000 in the current or any succeeding fiscal biennium. The
16report shall include all of the following:
SB44, s. 34
17Section
34. 13.81 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.81
(6) Reimbursement for special studies. At the end of each fiscal year,
19the general fund shall be reimbursed, from any other state fund, the amounts
20actually expended by the joint legislative council under s. 20.765 (3) (e)
or (5) for the
21cost of making and publishing surveys and analyses of activities and policies related
22to such funds. The council shall bill such state funds at the end of each fiscal year
23for the costs so incurred, in accordance with cost records maintained by the council.
SB44, s. 35
24Section
35. 13.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.81
(8) Conference on legislative procedures. Following each general
2election, the joint legislative council shall sponsor a conference to acquaint new
3legislators or legislators-elect with legislative procedures. Expenses for the
4conference shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e)
or (5).
SB44, s. 36
5Section
36. 13.83 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.83
(3) (c) 1. The joint legislative council shall pay the expenses incurred by
7the members appointed under par. (b) 1., in performing their functions on the special
8committee, from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e)
or (5).
SB44, s. 37
9Section
37. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.90
(2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
11or their designated agent shall accept service made under s. 806.04 (11). If the
12committee, the senate organization committee or the assembly organization
13committee, determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding,
14that committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding.
15The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the
16appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b)
or shall be paid from the appropriation
17under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the department
18of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
SB44, s. 38
19Section
38. 13.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.90
(4) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
21shall authorize payment of fees entitling the legislature to membership in national
22organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (fa)
or (5).
SB44, s. 39
23Section
39. 13.90 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.90
(6) The joint committee on legislative organization shall adopt, revise
25biennially and submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information
1policy and technology, the governor and the
chief information officer secretary of
2administration, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, a strategic
3plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the
4legislature and legislative service agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (6). The plan shall
5address the business needs of the legislature and legislative service agencies and
6shall identify all resources relating to information technology which the legislature
7and legislative service agencies desire to acquire, contingent upon funding
8availability, the priority for such acquisitions and the justification for such
9acquisitions. The plan shall also identify any changes in the functioning of the
10legislature and legislative service agencies under the plan.
SB44, s. 40
11Section
40. 13.92 (1) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.92
(1) (b) 1. b. Any agency, as defined in s. 16.70
(1) (1e), created under ch.
1313, 14, 15
, or 758.
SB44, s. 41
14Section
41. 13.92 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.92
(3) Treatment of certain legislative reference bureau employees. 16Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (fc), those employees holding positions in the classified
17service at the legislative reference bureau on June 16, 1998, who have achieved
18permanent status in class before that date, shall retain, while serving in the
19unclassified service at the legislative reference bureau, those protections afforded
20employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1)
(a) (ah) and 230.44 (1) (c)
21relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff or reduction in base pay. Such
22employees shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as
23provided under s. 230.33 (1). Those employees of the legislative reference bureau
24holding positions in the classified service on June 16, 1998, who have not achieved
25permanent status in class in any position at the legislative reference bureau on that
1date are eligible to receive the protections, privileges and rights preserved under this
2subsection if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary
3period required in the classified service for the position which they hold on that date.
SB44, s. 42
4Section
42. 13.93 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.93
(2) (h) Approve specifications and scheduling for computer databases
6containing the Wisconsin statutes and for the printing of the Wisconsin statutes as
7prescribed in ss.
22.03 16.971 (6) and 35.56 (5).
SB44, s. 43
8Section
43. 13.93 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.93
(2) (k) Pay, from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (a)
or (5), the
10expenses of attendance at meetings of members of the Commission on Uniform State
11Laws who are appointed by the governor.
SB44, s. 44
12Section
44. 13.94 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1) (a) Audit the
books and accounts of the treasurer, the moneys on hand
14in the treasury and all bonds and securities belonging to all public funds on deposit
15in the treasury or properly accounted for by the
treasurer secretary of
16administration, at least every 2 years; and report the result of such examination in
17writing to the governor and the joint committee on finance, specifying therein
18particularly the amount and kind of funds and of all such bonds and securities. The
19bureau shall transmit a certified copy of such report to the
outgoing treasurer and 20successor
secretary of administration.
SB44, s. 45
21Section
45. 13.94 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1) (d) 1. At least once every 2 years, and at such other times as the
23governor or legislature directs, examine and see that all the money appearing by the
24books of the department of administration
and state treasurer as belonging to the
25several funds is in the vaults of the treasury or in the several state depositories.
SB44, s. 46
1Section
46. 13.94 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1) (d) 2. If the governor directs that such an examination be conducted,
3the order from the governor shall provide for reimbursement of the legislative audit
4bureau's costs in making the examination from the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1)
5(a). No order from the governor for an examination under this paragraph may take
6precedence over any examination already scheduled by the legislative audit bureau
7without approval of the joint legislative audit committee. If a deficiency is discovered
8pursuant to an examination under this paragraph, the governor shall require the
9treasurer secretary of administration to make up the deficiency immediately; and if
10the
treasurer secretary of administration refuses or neglects for 10 days thereafter
11to have the full sum belonging to said funds in the treasury the attorney general shall
12institute proceedings to recover the deficiency.
SB44, s. 47
13Section
47. 13.94 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1) (f)
Certify Whenever a new secretary of administration takes office,
15certify to the incoming
treasurer secretary the balance in the treasury when he or
16she came into office and all bonds and securities belonging to all public funds on
17deposit in the treasury or properly accounted for and transmit a certified copy thereof
18to the outgoing
treasurer secretary.
SB44, s. 48
19Section
48. 13.94 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1) (q) No later than February 1, 2006, prepare a performance evaluation
21audit of the volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award
22program established under s.
16.25 560.9813. The legislative audit bureau shall file
23a copy of the audit report under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par.
24(b).
SB44, s. 49
25Section
49. 13.94 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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113.94
(1m) Independent experts. The legislative audit bureau may contract
2for the services of such independent professional or technical experts as deemed
3necessary to carry out the statutory duties and functions of the bureau within the
4limits of the amount provided under s. 20.765 (3) (c)
or (5); and, in the case of
5postaudits involving the performance and program accomplishments of a
6department, shall contract for the services of such subject matter and program
7specialists from any state or federal agency or public institution of higher learning
8as deemed necessary by the joint committee on legislative organization.
SB44, s. 50
9Section
50. 13.94 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(5) Treatment of classified employees. Notwithstanding sub. (3) (b),
11those individuals holding positions in the classified service at the legislative audit
12bureau who achieved permanent status in class on July 31, 1981, shall retain, while
13serving in the unclassified service in the legislative audit bureau, those protections
14afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1)
(a) (ah) and 230.44
15(1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge or layoff, except that the
16applicability of any reduction in base pay of such an employee shall be determined
17on the basis of the base pay received by the employee on July 31, 1981, plus the total
18amount of any subsequent general economic increases approved by the joint
19committee on employment relations for nonrepresented employees in the classified
20service. Such employees shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified
21service as provided under s. 230.33 (1). Employees of the legislative audit bureau
22holding positions in the classified service on July 3l, 1981, who have not achieved
23permanent status in class in any position in the legislative audit bureau on that date
24are eligible to receive the protections and privileges preserved under this subsection
1if they successfully complete the probationary period required for the position which
2they hold.
SB44, s. 51
3Section
51. 14.20 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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14.20
(1) (a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s.
22.01 16.97 5(7).
SB44, s. 52
6Section
52. 14.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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14.20
(2) From the
appropriations
appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f)
and (kf),
8the governor may provide a grant to any local governmental unit or nonprofit
9organization for support of a literacy improvement program.
SB44, s. 53
10Section
53. 14.38 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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14.38
(10) (c) Publish in the official state newspaper within 10 days after the
12date of publication of an act a notice certifying the number of each act, the number
13of the bill from which it originated, the date of publication and the relating clause.
14Each certificate shall also contain a notice of where the full text of each act can be
15obtained. Costs under this paragraph shall be charged to the appropriation under
16s. 20.765 (1) (d)
or (5).
SB44, s. 54
17Section
54. 14.58 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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14.58
(1) Sign checks, share drafts, and other drafts. (intro.) Sign checks,
19share drafts, and other drafts on depositories in which moneys may be deposited in
20one of the following methods:
SB44, s. 55
21Section
55. 14.58 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (2) and amended
22to read:
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16.401
(2) Issue receipts. Issue receipts for all money paid to the
treasurer 24department.
SB44, s. 56
25Section
56. 14.58 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (3).
SB44, s. 57
1Section
57. 14.58 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (4) and amended
2to read:
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16.401
(4) Pay on warrants sums authorized by law. (a) Pay out of the treasury,
4on demand, upon the warrants of the department
of administration, except as
5provided in s. 20.929, such sums only as are authorized by law to be so paid, if there
6are appropriate funds therein to pay the same, and, when any sum is required to be
7paid out of a particular fund, pay it out of such fund only; and upon each such
8warrant, when payment is made in currency, take the receipt endorsed on or annexed
9thereto, of the payee therein named or an authorized agent or assignee. The
state
10treasurer secretary shall accept telephone advice believed by
the treasurer him or
11her to be genuine from any public depository, as defined in s. 34.01 (5), stating that
12a specified amount of money has been deposited with such public depository for the
13credit of the state
treasurer, and shall act upon such telephone advice as though it
14had been in writing.
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(b) When in the judgment of the
state treasurer
secretary balances in state
16public depository accounts are temporarily in excess of that required under par. (a),
17the treasurer, with the concurrence of the secretary
of administration, may
authorize
18the preparation of a warrant in excess of the funds contained in
transfer the excess
19balance to the investment fund for the purpose of investment only. The earnings
20attributable to the investment of temporary excess balances shall be distributed as
21provided in sub.
(19) (14).
SB44, s. 58
22Section
58. 14.58 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (5) and amended
23to read:
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16.401
(5) Account for interest. Pay into the treasury and account for all
25sums directly or indirectly received by the
treasurer
secretary by virtue of the
1treasurer's secretary's office, or as interest or compensation for the use, deposit
, or
2forbearance of any state moneys in the
treasurer's
secretary's hands or under the
3treasurer's secretary's control.
SB44, s. 59
4Section
59. 14.58 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (6) and amended
5to read:
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16.401
(6) Keep cash and fund accounts. Keep records showing the number,
7date
, and amount of each cash receipt issued by the
treasurer's office department and
8classify said receipts by state funds; submit a summary statement of collections by
9fund together with a copy of each remittance advice in support thereof; keep also
10records showing the check, share draft
, or other draft number, date, payee
, and
11amount of each cash disbursement and classify said disbursements by state funds;
12keep a record of the date, payee
, and amount of each disbursement made by a money
13transfer technique other than a check or draft and classify the disbursement by state
14fund; and verify at the end of each week the amounts shown by the
treasurer's 15secretary's records to represent total cash balance and cash balances of individual
16state funds by comparing said amounts with corresponding balances appearing on
17records maintained by the department
of administration.
SB44, s. 60
18Section
60. 14.58 (8) (intro.) and (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered
1916.401 (7) (intro.) and (a) to (c).
SB44, s. 61
20Section
61. 14.58 (8) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 62
21Section
62. 14.58 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (8) and amended
22to read:
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16.401
(8) Biennial
Submit biennial report. On or before October 15 of each
24odd-numbered year, submit to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the
25legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), a report containing
1the same information required of departments and independent agencies under s.
215.04 (1) (d). The report shall also As part of the report submitted under s. 15.04 (1)
3(d), include a statement showing for each of the 2 preceding fiscal years the cash
4balance in each state fund at the beginning of the fiscal year, the aggregate amount
5of receipts credited
, and the aggregate amount of disbursements charged to each said
6fund during the fiscal year and the resultant cash balance in each state fund at the
7end of the fiscal year. This statement shall further show as of the end of each said
82 fiscal years, at par, the aggregate value of securities held for each state fund and
9the aggregate value of securities held in trust or deposited for safekeeping, and shall
10show the manner in which the total cash balance was accounted for by listing the
11balances on deposit in each state account in a public depository, deducting from the
12total of such balances the aggregate amount of checks, share drafts
, or other drafts
13outstanding and adding thereto the aggregate amount of cash and cash items in
14office.
SB44, s. 63
15Section
63. 14.58 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (9) and amended
16to read:
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16.401
(9) Report certain payments. Whenever the
state treasurer secretary 18or any state department shall remit to any county, city, town
, or village any sum in
19payment of a state aid or other item, the remitter shall transmit a statement of the
20amount and purpose thereof to the clerk of such municipality. After the receipt
21thereof, the clerk of such municipality shall present such statement at the next
22regular meeting of the governing body and shall thereafter file and keep such
23statement for 6 years.
SB44, s. 64
24Section
64. 14.58 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 16.401 (10) and amended
25to read: