AB21,268 8Section 268. 16.415 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,124,219 16.415 (1) Neither the secretary nor any other fiscal officer of this state may
10draw, sign, or issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant on
11any disbursing officer of the state to pay any compensation to any person in the
12classified service of the state unless an estimate, payroll, or account for such
13compensation, containing the names of every person to be paid, bears the certificate
14of the appointing authority that each person named in the estimate, payroll, or
15account has been appointed, employed, or subject to any other personnel transaction
16in accordance with, and that the pay for the person has been established in
17accordance with, the law, compensation plan, or applicable collective bargaining
18agreement, and applicable rules of the director of the office administrator of the
19division
of state employment relations personnel management in the department
20and the administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and
21selection in the office of state employment relations department then in effect.
AB21,269 22Section 269. 16.415 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1123 16.415 (3) Any sums paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any
24appointing authority making such appointments in contravention of law or of the
25rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or from any appointing authority signing or

1countersigning or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the
2payment of the same, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such appointing
3authority, in an action in the circuit court for any county within the state, maintained
4by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment
5relations
personnel management in the department, or by a citizen resident therein,
6who is assessed for, and liable to pay, or within one year before the commencement
7of the action has paid, a state, city or county tax within this state. All moneys
8recovered in any action brought under this section when collected, shall be paid into
9the state treasury except that if a citizen taxpayer is plaintiff in any such action he
10or she shall be entitled to receive for personal use the taxable cost of such action and
115% of the amount recovered as attorney fees.
AB21,270 12Section 270. 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1413 16.417 (1) (b) "Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or
14ch. 36, 231, 232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,271 15Section 271. 16.417 (2) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1816 16.417 (2) (f) 2. An individual who is employed by the Board of Regents of the
17University of Wisconsin System Authority, but only with respect to compensation
18received within the system.
AB21,272 19Section 272. 16.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,2420 16.42 (1) (intro.) All agencies, other than including the University of Wisconsin
21System Authority and not including
the legislature and the courts, no later than
22September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the
23department, shall prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal
24bureau the following program and financial information:
AB21,273 25Section 273. 16.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,126,6
116.50 (3) (b) No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions
2authorized through the biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made
3without the approval of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes
4made by the governor under s. 16.505 (1) (c), (2), or (2j), or by the investment board
5under s. 16.505 (2g), or by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System
6under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p)
.
AB21,274 7Section 274. 16.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,126,178 16.50 (3) (c) The secretary may withhold, in total or in part, the funding for any
9position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), as well as the funding for part-time or limited
10term employees until such time as the secretary determines that the filling of the
11position or the expending of funds is consistent with s. 16.505 and with the intent of
12the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, or the intent of the
13joint committee on finance in creating or abolishing positions under s. 13.10, or the
14intent of the governor in creating or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2),
15or the intent of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System in creating
16or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p)
. Until the release of funding
17occurs, recruitment or certification for the position may not be undertaken.
AB21,275 18Section 275. 16.50 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,219 16.50 (3) (f) At the request of the director of the office administrator of the
20division
of state employment relations personnel management in the department,
21the secretary of administration may authorize the temporary creation of pool or
22surplus positions under any source of funds if the director determines that
23temporary positions are necessary to maintain adequate staffing levels for high
24turnover classifications, in anticipation of attrition, to fill positions for which
25recruitment is difficult. Surplus or pool positions authorized by the secretary shall

1be reported quarterly to the joint committee on finance in conjunction with the report
2required under s. 16.54 (8).
AB21,276 3Section 276. 16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,64 16.505 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), and (2j), (2m), and (2p),
5no position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be
6created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
AB21,277 7Section 277. 16.505 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,278 8Section 278. 16.505 (2p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,279 9Section 279. 16.505 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,1310 16.505 (4) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), no No agency may change the
11funding source for a position authorized under this section unless the position is
12authorized to be created under a different funding source in accordance with this
13section.
AB21,280 14Section 280. 16.505 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,281 15Section 281. 16.517 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,216 16.517 (1) No later than 30 days after the effective date of each biennial budget
17act, the department shall provide to the joint committee on finance a report
18indicating any initial modifications that are necessary to the appropriation levels
19established under that act for program revenue and program revenue-service
20appropriations as defined in s. 20.001 (2) (b) and (c) or to the number of full-time
21equivalent positions funded from program revenue and program revenue-service
22appropriations authorized by that act to account for any additional funding or
23positions authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515 in the fiscal year
24immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget that have not been included

1in authorizations under the biennial budget act but that should be included as
2continued budget authorizations in the fiscal biennium of the budget.
AB21,282 3Section 282. 16.517 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,84 16.517 (2) Modifications under sub. (1) shall be limited to adjustment of the
5appropriation or position levels to the extent required to account for higher base
6levels for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget due
7to appropriation or position increases authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515
8during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget.
AB21,283 9Section 283. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,1910 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency
11that is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a
12petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and
13maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom
14shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, "agency" means an office,
15department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association,
16society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
17constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law,
18including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in
19subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,284 20Section 284. 16.526 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,128,21 2116.526 (title) Operating notes.
AB21,285 22Section 285. 16.526 (4) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,523 16.526 (4) (am) Authorizing certification. No financial obligations may be
24incurred under this section nor may any evidence of operating notes be issued by the
25state except pursuant to a written authorizing certification. The certification shall

1set forth the aggregate principal amount of operating notes authorized thereby, the
2purpose of the operating notes, which need not be more specific but may not be more
3general than those purposes provided in or pursuant to law, the manner of sale of the
4notes, and the form and terms of the notes. The certification shall be signed by the
5secretary, or his or her designee, and shall be transmitted to the governor.
AB21,286 6Section 286. 16.526 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,117 16.526 (8) procurement of services. The department may enter into a contract
8with any firm or individual engaged in financial services for the performance of any
9of its duties under this section, using selection and procurement procedures
10established by the department. A contract under this subsection is not subject to s.
1116.705 or 16.75.
AB21,287 12Section 287. 16.526 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,1613 16.526 (9) Provisions applicable. The provisions of section 16.527 (4) (a) to (f)
14and (6) (a), (b), and (d), (8), and (9) apply to operating notes under this section, except
15that all references to appropriation obligations shall be read to refer to operating
16notes.
AB21,288 17Section 288. 16.526 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,2118 16.526 (10) Full authority. This section shall constitute full authority for the
19accomplishment of all acts authorized in this section to be done. No other law
20restricting the carrying out of such acts shall be construed as applying to proceedings
21had or acts done pursuant to this section.
AB21,289 22Section 289. 16.527 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,130,423 16.527 (1) (c) The legislature finds and determines that sports and
24entertainment facilities encourage economic development and tourism in this state
25by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the state for the

1benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. It is therefore in the public
2interest and will serve a public purpose, and it is the public policy of this state, to
3assist a sports and entertainment district in the construction of sports and
4entertainment facilities under subch. VI of ch. 229.
AB21,290 5Section 290. 16.527 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,130,116 16.527 (3) (d) 1. Subject to the limitations under subds. 2. to 4., the department
7may contract appropriation obligations of the state under this section for the purpose
8of assisting a sports and entertainment district under subch. VI of ch. 229 in the
9construction of sports and entertainment facilities, including the acquisition or lease
10of property. The assistance shall be in the form of a grant to the sports and
11entertainment district.
AB21,130,1412 2. The sum of appropriation obligations issued under this section for the
13purpose under subd. 1. may not exceed $220,000,000, excluding any amounts
14representing accreted interest or original issue discount.
AB21,130,1815 3. No appropriation obligations may be issued under this section for the
16purpose under subd. 1. unless the department determines that the sports and
17entertainment district has secured additional funding for the project in an amount
18at least equal to $300,000,000.
AB21,130,2319 4. If the department issues appropriation obligations under this section for the
20purpose under subd. 1. and if, for any reason, the facility that is constructed with
21funds from the grant is not used principally for professional basketball, the state
22shall retain an ownership interest in the facility equal to the amount of the state's
23grant.
AB21,291 24Section 291. 16.528 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,131,6
116.528 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
2institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
3government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
4is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
5courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231,
6233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,292 7Section 292. 16.528 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,131,98 16.528 (3) (f) A contract under s. 977.08 (3) (f) or compensation ordered under
9s. 978.045 (2).
AB21,293 10Section 293. 16.529 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB21,131,1111 16.529 (1) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (54).
AB21,294 12Section 294. 16.529 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,131,2013 16.529 (2) Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) to (c) and 25.40 (3), beginning in
14the 2007-09 fiscal biennium,
during each fiscal biennium the secretary shall lapse
15to the general fund or transfer to the general fund from each state agency
16appropriation specified in sub. (3) an amount equal to that portion of the total
17amount of principal and interest to be paid on obligations issued under s. 16.527
18during the fiscal biennium that is allocable to the appropriation, as determined
19under sub. (3). The secretary may require that a state agency pay the amount
20directly to the state in lieu of lapsing or transferring the amount to the general fund.
AB21,295 21Section 295. 16.53 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,132,322 16.53 (1) (d) 4. The secretary may promulgate rules pertaining to the
23administration of earnings garnishment actions under s. 812.42 whenever the state
24is the garnishee in such actions. In any earnings garnishment action where the
25judgment debtor is employed by the University of Wisconsin System, the secretary

1may require the appropriate payroll processing center for the University of
2Wisconsin System to directly process necessary forms, papers, deductions and
3checks, share drafts or other drafts in connection with such action.
AB21,296 4Section 296. 16.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,132,135 16.53 (2) Improper invoices. If an agency receives an improperly completed
6invoice, the agency shall notify the sender of the invoice within 10 working days after
7it receives the invoice of the reason it is improperly completed. In this subsection,
8"agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher
9education, association, society, or other body in state government created or
10authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend
11moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not
12including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231, 233, 234 235,
13237, 238, or 279.
AB21,297 14Section 297. 16.53 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,132,1915 16.53 (7) Certification of boards, evidence of correctness of account. The
16certificate of the proper officers of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
17System,
the department of health services, or the proper officers of any other board
18or commission organized or established by the state, shall in all cases be evidence of
19the correctness of any account which may be certified by them.
AB21,298 20Section 298. 16.53 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,133,1221 16.53 (10) (a) If an emergency arises which requires the department to draw
22vouchers for payments which will be in excess of available moneys in any state fund,
23the secretary, after notifying the joint committee on finance under par. (b), may
24prorate and establish priority schedules for all payments within each fund, including
25those payments for which a specific payment date is provided by statute, except as

1otherwise provided in this paragraph. The secretary shall draw all vouchers
2according to the preference provided in this paragraph. All direct or indirect
3payments of principal or interest on state bonds and notes issued under subch. I of
4ch. 18 and payments due, if any, under an agreement or ancillary arrangement
5entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) relating to any public debt contracted under
6subchs. I and IV of ch. 18 have first priority. All direct or indirect payments of
7principal or interest on state notes issued under subch. III of ch. 18 s. 16.526 have
82nd priority. No payment having a 1st or 2nd priority may be prorated or reduced
9under this subsection. All state employee payrolls have 3rd priority. The secretary
10shall draw all remaining vouchers according to a priority determined by the
11secretary. The secretary shall maintain records of all claims prorated under this
12subsection.
AB21,299 13Section 299. 16.531 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,133,1914 16.531 (1) At least 15 days prior to the beginning of any calendar quarter in
15which the secretary anticipates that it may be necessary to exercise the authority
16conferred in s. 16.53 (10) (a) or 20.002 (11) (a) or to incur financial obligations and
17issue operating notes under subch. III of ch. 18 s. 16.526, the secretary shall submit
18a plan to the joint committee on finance describing the specific nature of any
19proposed action that may be required.
AB21,300 20Section 300. 16.531 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,134,421 16.531 (2) If the secretary determines during any calendar quarter that action
22under s. 16.526, 16.53 (10) (a) or 20.002 (11) or subch. III of ch. 18 should be taken
23that is different from the action specified in the plan submitted under sub. (1), the
24secretary shall provide notice to the joint committee on finance of the specific nature
25of any such action that may be required. If the joint committee on finance has not,

1within 2 working days after such notification, scheduled a meeting to review the
2secretary's proposal, the secretary may proceed with the proposed action. If, within
32 working days after such notification, the committee schedules a meeting, the
4secretary may not proceed with the proposed action until after the meeting is held.
AB21,301 5Section 301. 16.531 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,134,146 16.531 (3) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter during which
7the secretary exercises the authority conferred in s. 16.53 (10) (a), during which there
8is any outstanding reallocation of moneys under s. 20.002 (11) (a) or during which
9there are any outstanding operating notes issued under subch. III of ch. 18 s. 16.526,
10the secretary shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report on the status
11of all such matters, together with an assessment of the degree to which the secretary
12anticipates that state funds and accounts will have sufficient revenues to meet
13anticipated obligations during the 6-month period following the calendar quarter for
14which the report is issued.
AB21,302 15Section 302. 16.54 (8g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,303 16Section 303. 16.54 (8r) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.54 (8r) and
17amended to read:
AB21,135,518 16.54 (8r) Whenever the federal government makes available moneys for
19instruction, extension, special projects or emergency employment opportunities, the
20board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority may accept the
21moneys on behalf of the state. The board of regents shall, in the administration of
22the expenditure of such moneys, comply with the requirements of the act of congress
23making the moneys available and with the regulations prescribed by the federal
24government or the federal agency administering the act, insofar as the act or
25regulations are consistent with state law. The board of regents may submit any plan,

1budget, application or proposal required by the federal agency as a precondition to
2receipt of the moneys. The board of regents may, consistent with state law, perform
3any act required by the act of congress or the federal agency to carry out the purpose
4of the act of congress. The board of regents shall deposit all moneys received under
5this paragraph in the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (m).
AB21,304 6Section 304. 16.54 (8r) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,305 7Section 305. 16.54 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,135,138 16.54 (9) (a) 1. "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
9institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
10government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which
11is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
12courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231,
13233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,306 14Section 306. 16.544 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,135,2215 16.544 (3) Prior to taking final action to remove any liability related to a
16disallowance of the use of federal moneys, an agency shall submit to the department
17a statement of the action proposed to remove the liability. The department may
18approve, disapprove or approve with modifications each such proposed action. The
19secretary shall forward a copy of each statement of proposed action approved by the
20department to the joint committee on finance. This subsection does not apply to an
21action taken by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, within
22the statutory authority of the board, to remove a liability of less than $5,000.
AB21,307 23Section 307. 16.57 of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,308 24Section 308. 16.61 (3) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,136,11
116.61 (3) (s) Shall recommend to the department procedures for the transfer
2of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
3Authority and the University of Wisconsin System Authority to optical disk format,
4including procedures to ensure the authenticity, accuracy and reliability of any
5public records or records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
6Authority and the University of Wisconsin System Authority so transferred and
7procedures to ensure that such records are protected from unauthorized destruction.
8The board shall also recommend to the department qualitative standards for optical
9disks and copies of documents generated from optical disks used to store public
10records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
11and the University of Wisconsin System Authority.
AB21,309 12Section 309. 16.61 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,137,513 16.61 (13) (a) The historical society, as trustee for the state, shall be the
14ultimate depository of the archives of the state, and the board may transfer to the
15society such original records and reproductions as it deems proper and worthy of
16permanent preservation, including records and reproductions which the custodian
17thereof has been specifically directed by statute to preserve or keep in the custodian's
18office. The permanent preservation of records of the University of Wisconsin System
19Authority may be accomplished under par. (b). The society may deposit in the
20regional depositories established under s. 44.10, title remaining with the society, the
21records of state agencies or their district or regional offices which are primarily
22created in the geographic area serviced by the depository, but the records of all
23central departments, offices, establishments and agencies shall remain in the main
24archives in the capital city under the society's immediate jurisdiction, except that the
25society may place the records temporarily at a regional depository for periods of time

1to be determined by the society. Nothing in this subsection nor in ch. 44 prevents the
2society's taking the steps for the safety of articles and materials entrusted to its care
3in library, museum or archives, including temporary removal to safer locations,
4dictated by emergency conditions arising from a state of war, civil rebellion or other
5catastrophe.
AB21,310 6Section 310. 16.611 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,137,167 16.611 (2) (a) The department shall prescribe, by rule, procedures for the
8transfer of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
9Clinics Authority, of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and of the
10Wisconsin Aerospace Authority to optical disk or electronic format and for the
11maintenance of such records stored in optical disk or electronic format, including
12procedures to ensure the authenticity, accuracy, reliability and accessibility of any
13public records or records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
14Authority, of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or of the Wisconsin
15Aerospace Authority so transferred and procedures to ensure that such records are
16protected from unauthorized destruction.
AB21,311 17Section 311. 16.611 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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