AN ACT ...; relating to: reproduction of the state budget report and compilation in optical disk format.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
STATE GOVERNMENT
Other state government
Currently, DOA biennially prints and distributes to the governor or governor-elect and to members of the legislature the state budget compilation, which contains certain information specified by law. It is also distributed to public officers, agencies, and document depositories at the expense of DOA in quantities specified by law. The governor distributes the biennial state budget report with his or her biennial budget message. The report contains a description of state agency requests and the governor's budget recommendations. The report is also distributed to the members of the legislature and to the same officers, agencies, and depositories in the same quantities at the expense of DOA. Currently, both the compilation and the report are distributed in printed format.
This bill permits DOA to distribute the state budget compilation and the governor to distribute the state budget report in optical disk format in lieu of printed format.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 16.43 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.43 Budget compiled. The secretary shall compile and submit to the governor or the governor-elect and to each person elected to serve in the legislature during the next biennium, not later than November 20 of each even-numbered year, a compilation giving all of the data required by s. 16.46 to be included in the state budget report, except the recommendations of the governor and the explanation thereof. The secretary shall not include in the compilation any provision for the development or implementation of an information technology development project for an executive branch agency that is not consistent with the strategic plan of the agency, as approved under s. 16.976. The secretary may distribute the budget compilation in printed or optical disk format.
SECTION 2. 16.45 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.45 Budget message to legislature. In each regular session of the legislature, the governor shall deliver the budget message to the 2 houses in joint session assembled. Unless a later date is requested by the governor and approved by the legislature in the form of a joint resolution, the budget message shall be delivered on or before the last Tuesday in January of the odd-numbered year. With the message the governor shall transmit to the legislature, as provided in ss. 16.46 and 16.47, the biennial state budget report and the executive budget bill or bills together with suggestions for the best methods for raising the needed revenues. The governor may distribute the biennial state budget report in printed or optical disk format.
SECTION 3. Chapter 35 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
CHAPTER 35
PUBLIC PRINTING; PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
SECTION 4. 35.001 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
35.001 (2m) "Printing" includes all public printing by means of graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary materials and binding. The term also includes reproduction of a document in optical disk format whenever the publishing state agency is authorized to reproduce and determines to reproduce copies of a document in optical disk format in lieu of printed format.
SECTION 5. 35.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
35.01 Public printing; definition and classification. (intro.) Public printing includes all graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary material and binding. Public printing is divided into 7 classes:
SECTION 6. 35.27 of the statutes is amended to read:
35.27 Limitation of editions of official reports. Within 60 calendar days after receiving printer's final proof copy therefor, the department shall have printed and deliver editions of the reports mentioned in s. 35.26 and of any report required by law to be made to the governor or to the legislature if not otherwise limited. The department shall determine for any report the maximum number of copies and pages shall be established by the department for any report, or the length if authorized to be reproduced in optical disk format.
SECTION 7. 35.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
35.50 (1) Specifications for state printing except class 1, including type style and size, page size, titles, paper, form, quality, quantity, binding, and method, or optical disk manufacturing specifications whenever reproduction in optical disk format is authorized, shall be as determined by the department unless specified by statute. Any state agency which objects to such determination may appeal the decision to the governor.
SECTION 8. 35.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
35.50 (4) Whenever possible, state publications printed on paper, other than printing of classes 4 and 5, shall be restricted to finished outside dimensions which shall not exceed 9 by 14 inches and shall not be less than 3 1/2 by 7 inches.
SECTION 9. 35.51 of the statutes is amended to read:
35.51 Proofs; where received. Contract printers shall submit proof sheets of all public printing done by them and when requested, revised proof sheets thereof, to the department, regardless of the format to be used for reproduction. When requested by the chief clerk of either house proof sheets of printing of the first class shall be delivered to them.
SECTION 10. 35.54 of the statutes is amended to read:
35.54 Title pages; names of authors. Every requisitioning agency shall provide the necessary printer's copy for a suitable title page, containing the name of the author for every book and other document which requires a title page; but on no such publication shall have written or printed thereon there appear, nor shall there be attached thereto, the words "Compliments of" followed by the name of the author, nor any other words of similar purport.
SECTION 11. 35.55 of the statutes is amended to read:
35.55 Editing printer's copy. Printer's copy must accompany every requisition. The editors of all state agencies may edit for themselves the matter and form of the contents of the printer's copy presented by them respectively to the department. All printer's copy which does not conform to accepted trade practices, and, in the opinion of the department is unsatisfactory, shall be returned to its author for revision and correction. An optical disk copy may be substituted if the document being published is authorized to be reproduced in optical disk format.
SECTION 12. 35.57 of the statutes is amended to read:
35.57 Advertisement for bids. The department shall publish advertisements that sealed proposals for furnishing printing, during the next ensuing contract period, with all other material which the department requires, will be received any time prior to a specified day, when all proposals will be publicly opened and read. The advertisements shall be run as class 2 notices, under ch. 985, in the official state paper. Separate advertisements may be used for publications authorized to be published in optical disk format.
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LRB-0752LRB-0752/2
JTK:wlj:ch
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0249 - DOA may reduce dues payments and committee expenditures
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: expenditures of committees created by law or executive order and expenditures for state participation in interstate bodies.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
STATE GOVERNMENT
Other state government
Currently, this state is required by law to maintain memberships in certain interstate organizations. The governor may authorize memberships to be maintained in other organizations, and may authorize travel and miscellaneous expenses to facilitate state participation in interstate bodies. This bill permits the secretary of administration to reduce or eliminate membership dues and other proposed expenditures required for state participation in these organizations, notwithstanding current statutory requirements, if insufficient moneys are appropriated to pay for the proposed expenditures.
Currently, all expenditures of committees created by law or executive order require the prior approval of the governor and in certain cases, the Joint Committee on Finance. This bill permits the secretary of administration to reduce or eliminate proposed expenditures for committees created by law or executive order, notwithstanding the governor's approval of such expenditures, if insufficient moneys are appropriated to pay for the proposed expenditures.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 13.93 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.93 (2) (g) Attend the midwest and national legislative service conferences of the council of state governments. This paragraph does not apply if this state discontinues membership in the council as a result of an expenditure reduction under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 2. 14.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.78 (1) MEMBERS; TERMS. There is created a Great Lakes compact commission consisting of 3 commissioners appointed by the governor. The commissioners shall be persons having knowledge of and interest in problems of the Great Lakes basin. One commissioner, appointed for an indefinite term, shall be a state officer or employee and shall serve as secretary of the Great Lakes compact commission. The other commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 4 years. The commissioners shall receive no salaries but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses, unless the secretary of administration reduces or eliminates reimbursement under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 3. 14.78 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.78 (2) DUTIES. (intro.) It Except as provided in sub. (2m), it is the duty of the Wisconsin Great Lakes compact commission:
SECTION 4. 14.78 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
14.78 (2m) Subsection (2) does not apply if the funding required for compliance is eliminated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 5. 14.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.90 (2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ba) for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, except as provided in sub. (4). The commission has the powers granted and the duties imposed under s. 39.80.
SECTION 6. 14.90 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.90 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) ba), the Except as provided in sub. (4), the department of administration shall pay the costs of membership in and costs associated with the midwestern higher education compact from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 7. 14.90 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
14.90 (4) Payments under subs. (2) and (3) may be reduced or eliminated if the funding for the payments is reduced or eliminated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 8. 16.40 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.40 (14) COMMITTEES. Perform administrative services required to properly account for the finances of committees created by law or executive order. The governor may authorize each committee to make expenditures from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ba) not exceeding $2,000 per fiscal year. The governor shall report such authorized expenditures to the joint committee on finance at the next quarterly meeting of the committee. If the governor desires to authorize expenditures of more than $2,000 per fiscal year by a committee, the governor shall submit to the joint committee on finance for its approval a complete budget for all expenditures made or to be made by the committee. The budget may cover a period encompassing more than one fiscal year or biennium during the governor's term of office. If the joint committee on finance approves a budget authorizing expenditures of more than $2,000 per fiscal year by such a committee, the governor may authorize the expenditures to be made within the limits of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ba) in accordance with the approved budget during the period covered by the budget. If after the joint committee on finance approves a budget for such a committee the governor desires to authorize expenditures in excess of the authorized expenditures under the approved budget, the governor shall submit a modified budget for the committee to the joint committee on finance. If the joint committee on finance approves a modified budget, the governor may authorize additional expenditures to be made within the limits of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ba) in accordance with the modified budget during the period covered by the modified budget. The secretary may reduce or eliminate proposed expenditures under this subsection in any fiscal year if the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba) for that fiscal year is insufficient to fully fund the proposed expenditures.
SECTION 9. 20.505 (4) (ba) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (4) (ba) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the expenses of committees created by law or executive order, for the state's contribution to the advisory commission on intergovernmental relations, and for state membership dues and travel expenses and miscellaneous expenses for state participation in the Council of State Governments, Education Commission of the States under s. 39.76, Midwestern Higher Education Compact under s. 39.80, Northeast Midwest Institute, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Commission, and such other national or regional interstate governmental bodies as the governor determines. The secretary of administration may reduce or eliminate proposed expenditures under this paragraph in any fiscal year if the amount appropriated for that fiscal year is insufficient to fully fund the proposed expenditures.
SECTION 10. 39.76 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.76 (1) STATE REPRESENTATION ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES. There is created a 7-member delegation to represent the state of Wisconsin on the education commission of the states. The delegation shall consist of the governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, one senator and one representative to the assembly selected as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and 3 members appointed by the governor in compliance with s. 39.75 (3) (a) who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The chairperson of the delegation shall be designated by the governor from among its members. Members Except as provided in sub. (1m), members of the delegation shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba). Annual Except as provided in sub. (1m), annual commission membership dues shall be paid from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
SECTION 11. 39.76 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
39.76 (1m) Payments under sub. (1) may be reduced or eliminated if funding for the payments is reduced or eliminated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).
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LRB-0753LRB-0753/2
MGG:wlj:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0264 - Management of fisheries within Lac du Flambeau reservation
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural resources
Fish, game, and wildlife
Under current law, DNR and the Lac du Flambeau band of the Lake Superior Chippewa (band) have in effect an agreement under which the band agrees to limit its treaty-based, off-reservation rights to fish in exchange for the band being able to issue DNR fishing licenses and stamps as an agent of DNR. In addition, DNR agents may issue these licenses and stamps on the band's reservation. Current law authorizes DNR to pay the band an amount equal to the amount that the band would receive if the band issued those licenses and stamps. This payment is funded by certain moneys received by the state pursuant to Indian gaming compacts.
This bill requires DNR to make an annual payment of $50,000, in addition to the payment under current law, to the band to be used for fishery management within the band's reservation.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.370 (9) (hk) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (9) (hk) Approval fees to Lac du Flambeau band-service funds. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of making payments to the Lac du Flambeau band of the Lake Superior Chippewa under s. 29.2295 (4) (a) and (4m). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 8r. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).
SECTION 2. 29.2295 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.2295 (4) (c) 2. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) is insufficient to make all of the payments under this subsection par. (a), the department shall make the remaining payments from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (ht).
SECTION 3. 29.2295 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
29.2295 (4m) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. In addition to any payment made under sub. (4) (a), the department shall make an annual payment of $50,000 to the band for the purposes of fishery management within the reservation.
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LRB-0774LRB-0774/P4
CTS:wlj:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0087 - Streamlining the Wisconsin Development Fund
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL