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AB21,307 23Section 307. 16.57 of the statutes is repealed.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:
AB21,137,2218 16.611 (2) (c) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards
19for optical disks and for copies of documents generated from optical disks used to
20store public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
21Authority, of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and of the Wisconsin
22Aerospace Authority.
AB21,312 23Section 312. 16.62 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,324 16.62 (1) (a) To advise and assist state agencies, the University of Wisconsin
25System Authority,
and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority

1in the establishment and operation of records management programs through the
2issuance of standards and procedures and provision of technical and management
3consulting services.
AB21,313 4Section 313. 16.62 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,85 16.62 (1) (b) To operate a state records center and a central microfilm facility
6for state agencies, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and the University
7of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and to promulgate rules necessary for
8efficient operation of the facilities.
AB21,314 9Section 314. 16.62 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,1410 16.62 (1) (bm) To operate a storage facility for storage of public records and
11records of the University of Wisconsin System Authority and the University of
12Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in optical disk or electronic format in
13accordance with rules, promulgated by the department under s. 16.611, governing
14operation of the facility.
AB21,315 15Section 315. 16.62 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,1916 16.62 (1) (c) To periodically audit the records management programs of state
17agencies, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and the University of
18Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and recommend improvements in records
19management practices.
AB21,316 20Section 316. 16.64 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,2221 16.64 (1) (a) "Board" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
22System Authority.
AB21,317 23Section 317. 16.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,138,2524 16.70 (2) "Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under
25ch. 36, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, or 279.
AB21,318
1Section 318. 16.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,139,62 16.70 (3) "Contractual services" includes all services, materials to be furnished
3by a service provider in connection with services, and any limited trades work
4involving less than $30,000 to be done for or furnished to the state or any agency, but
5does not include information technology products or services delivered from a central
6hosting location on a subscription basis
.
AB21,319 7Section 319. 16.70 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,320 8Section 320. 16.70 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,139,139 16.70 (8) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, town, school district,
10board of school directors, sewer district, drainage district, technical college district,
11the University of Wisconsin System Authority,
or any other public or quasi-public
12corporation, officer, board or other body having the authority to award public
13contracts.
AB21,321 14Section 321. 16.705 (1r) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,322 15Section 322. 16.705 (1r) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,323 16Section 323. 16.705 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,140,217 16.705 (2) (a) The department shall promulgate rules for the procurement of
18contractual services by the department and its designated agents, including but not
19limited to rules prescribing approval and monitoring processes for contractual
20service contracts; except as provided in par. (b), a requirement for agencies, except
21for the University of Wisconsin System, to conduct a uniform cost-benefit analysis
22of each proposed contractual service procurement involving an estimated
23expenditure of more than $50,000 in accordance with standards prescribed in the
24rules; and, except as provided in par. (b), a requirement for agencies, except for the
25University of Wisconsin System, to review periodically, and before any renewal, the

1continued appropriateness of contracting under each contractual services
2agreement involving an estimated expenditure of more than $50,000
.
AB21,324 3Section 324. 16.705 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,325 4Section 325. 16.705 (8) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
5renumbered 16.705 (8) and amended to read:
AB21,140,156 16.705 (8) The department shall, annually on or before October 15, submit to
7the governor, the joint committee on finance, the joint legislative audit committee
8and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate
9standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a report concerning the number, value and
10nature of contractual service procurements authorized for each agency during the
11preceding fiscal year. The report shall also include, with respect to contractual
12service procurements by agencies for the preceding fiscal year: (b)
13Recommendations
, recommendations for elimination of unneeded contractual
14service procurements and for consolidation or resolicitation of existing contractual
15service procurements.
AB21,326 16Section 326. 16.705 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,327 17Section 327. 16.71 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,141,618 16.71 (1m) The department shall not delegate to any executive branch agency,
19other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System,
the authority
20to enter into any contract for materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services
21relating to information technology or telecommunications prior to review and
22approval of the contract by the department. The department may delegate this
23authority to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
No executive branch agency,
24other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System,
may enter into
25any such contract without review and approval of the contract by the department.

1The University of Wisconsin-Madison may enter into any such contract without
2review and approval by the department.
Any executive branch agency that enters
3into a contract relating to information technology under this section shall comply
4with the requirements of s. 16.973 (13). Any delegation to the board of regents of the
5University of Wisconsin System or to the University of Wisconsin-Madison is subject
6to the limitations prescribed in s. 36.585.
AB21,328 7Section 328. 16.71 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,329 8Section 329. 16.72 (2) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,141,189 16.72 (2) (e) (intro.) In writing the specifications under this subsection, the
10department and any other designated purchasing agent under s. 16.71 (1) shall
11incorporate requirements for the purchase of products made from recycled materials
12and recovered materials if their use is technically and economically feasible. Each
13authority other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority,
14the University of Wisconsin System Authority,
and the Lower Fox River Remediation
15Authority, in writing specifications for purchasing by the authority, shall incorporate
16requirements for the purchase of products made from recycled materials and
17recovered materials if their use is technically and economically feasible. The
18specifications shall include requirements for the purchase of the following materials:
AB21,330 19Section 330. 16.72 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,142,420 16.72 (2) (f) In writing specifications under this subsection, the department,
21any other designated purchasing agent under s. 16.71 (1), and each authority other
22than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of
23Wisconsin System Authority,
and the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority shall
24incorporate requirements relating to the recyclability and ultimate disposition of
25products and, wherever possible, shall write the specifications so as to minimize the

1amount of solid waste generated by the state, consistent with the priorities
2established under s. 287.05 (12). All specifications under this subsection shall
3discourage the purchase of single-use, disposable products and require, whenever
4practical, the purchase of multiple-use, durable products.
AB21,331 5Section 331. 16.72 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,142,106 16.72 (8) The department may purchase educational technology materials,
7supplies, equipment, or contractual services from orders placed with the department
8by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, and technical college
9districts, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and the
10University of Wisconsin-Madison
.
AB21,332 11Section 332. 16.73 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,333 12Section 333. 16.74 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,142,2013 16.74 (2) (b) Contracts for purchases by the senate or assembly shall be signed
14by an individual designated by the organization committee of the house making the
15purchase. Contracts for other legislative branch purchases shall be signed by an
16individual designated by the joint committee on legislative organization. Contracts
17for purchases by the judicial commission or judicial council shall be signed by an
18individual designated by the commission or council, respectively. Contracts for other
19judicial branch purchases shall be signed by an individual designated by the director
20of state courts.
AB21,334 21Section 334. 16.75 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,143,522 16.75 (1) (a) 1. All orders awarded or contracts made by the department for all
23materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services to be provided to any
24agency, except as otherwise provided in par. (c) and subs. (2), (2g), (2m), (3m), (3t),
25(6), (7), (8), (9), (10e), and (10m) and ss. 16.705 (1r), 16.73 (4) (a), 16.751, 16.754, 50.05

1(7) (f), 153.05 (2m) (a), 165.987, and 287.15 (7), shall be awarded to the lowest
2responsible bidder, taking into consideration life cycle cost estimates under sub.
3(1m), when appropriate, the location of the agency, the quantities of the articles to
4be supplied, their conformity with the specifications, and the purposes for which they
5are required and the date of delivery.
AB21,335 6Section 335. 16.75 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,143,207 16.75 (1m) The department shall award each order or contract for materials,
8supplies or equipment on the basis of life cycle cost estimates, whenever such action
9is appropriate. Each authority other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
10Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Lower Fox
11River Remediation Authority, and the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority shall award
12each order or contract for materials, supplies or equipment on the basis of life cycle
13cost estimates, whenever such action is appropriate. The terms, conditions and
14evaluation criteria to be applied shall be incorporated in the solicitation of bids or
15proposals. The life cycle cost formula may include, but is not limited to, the
16applicable costs of energy efficiency, acquisition and conversion, money,
17transportation, warehousing and distribution, training, operation and maintenance
18and disposition or resale. The department shall prepare documents containing
19technical guidance for the development and use of life cycle cost estimates, and shall
20make the documents available to local governmental units.
AB21,336 21Section 336. 16.75 (3m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,143,2322 16.75 (3m) (a) 1. "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business
23certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).
AB21,337 24Section 337. 16.75 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,144,2
116.75 (3m) (a) 2. "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial
2adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).
AB21,338 3Section 338. 16.75 (3m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,144,64 16.75 (3m) (a) 3. "Disabled veteran-owned investment firm" means an
5investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283
6203.03 (3).
AB21,339 7Section 339. 16.75 (3m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,144,98 16.75 (3m) (a) 4. "Minority business" means a business certified by the
9department of administration
under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).
AB21,340 10Section 340. 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,144,1611 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. a. In determining whether a purchase, contract, or subcontract
12complies with the goal established under par. (b) 1. or 2. or s. 16.855 (10m) (am) 1.
13or 2., 16.87 (2) (b) or (c), or 25.185 (2) (a) or (b), the department shall include only
14amounts paid to businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified by the
15department of administration
under s. 16.283 203.03 or 16.287 203.07 (2), whichever
16is appropriate.
AB21,341 17Section 341. 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,144,2118 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. b. In determining whether a purchase, contract, or subcontract
19is made with a disabled veteran-owned business, the department shall include only
20amounts paid to disabled veteran-owned businesses certified by the department of
21administration
under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).
AB21,342 22Section 342. 16.75 (3t) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,145,1523 16.75 (3t) (c) (intro.) The department of corrections shall periodically provide
24to the department of administration a current list of all materials, supplies,
25equipment or contractual services, excluding commodities, that are supplied by

1prison industries, as created under s. 303.01. The department of administration
2shall distribute the list to all designated purchasing agents under s. 16.71 (1). Except
3as otherwise provided in sub. (6) (am), prior to seeking bids or competitive sealed
4proposals with respect to the purchase of any materials, supplies, equipment or
5contractual services enumerated in the list, the department of administration or any
6other designated purchasing agent under s. 16.71 (1) shall offer prison industries the
7opportunity to supply the materials, supplies, equipment or contractual services if
8the department of corrections is able to provide them at a price that is equal to or
9lower than
comparable to one which may be obtained through competitive bidding
10or competitive sealed proposals and is able to conform to the specifications. If the
11department of administration or other purchasing agent is unable to determine
12whether the price of prison industries is equal to or lower than comparable to one
13obtained through competitive bidding or competitive sealed proposals, it may solicit
14bids or competitive proposals before awarding the order or contract. This paragraph
15does not apply to the printing of the following forms:
AB21,343 16Section 343. 16.75 (3t) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,344 17Section 344. 16.75 (3t) (c) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,345 18Section 345. 16.75 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,145,2519 16.75 (8) (am) The department, any other designated purchasing agent under
20s. 16.71 (1), any agency making purchases under s. 16.74, and each authority other
21than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of
22Wisconsin System Authority,
and the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority shall,
23to the extent practicable, make purchasing selections using specifications developed
24under s. 16.72 (2) (e) to maximize the purchase of materials utilizing recycled
25materials and recovered materials.
AB21,146,6
1(bm) Each agency and authority other than the University of Wisconsin
2Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and
3the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority shall ensure that the average recycled
4or recovered content of all paper purchased by the agency or authority measured as
5a proportion, by weight, of the fiber content of paper products purchased in a fiscal
6year, is not less than 40% of all purchased paper.
AB21,346 7Section 346. 16.75 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,146,118 16.75 (12) (a) 1. "Agency" means the department of administration, the
9department of corrections, the department of health services, the department of
10public instruction, and the department of veterans affairs, and the Board of Regents
11of the University of Wisconsin System
.
AB21,347 12Section 347. 16.765 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,146,2313 16.765 (1) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
14Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River
15Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox
16River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
17and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include in all
18contracts executed by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate
19against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion,
20color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability as defined in s.
2151.01 (5), sexual orientation as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or national origin and,
22except with respect to sexual orientation, obligating the contractor to take
23affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.
AB21,348 24Section 348. 16.765 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,147,18
116.765 (2) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
2Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River
3Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox
4River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
5and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include the
6following provision in every contract executed by them: "In connection with the
7performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate
8against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion,
9color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability as defined in s.
1051.01 (5), sexual orientation or national origin. This provision shall include, but not
11be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer;
12recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other
13forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Except
14with respect to sexual orientation, the contractor further agrees to take affirmative
15action to ensure equal employment opportunities. The contractor agrees to post in
16conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for employment, notices
17to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the
18nondiscrimination clause".
AB21,349 19Section 349. 16.765 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,147,2520 16.765 (4) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
21Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River
22Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox
23River Remediation Authority, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment
24Corporation shall take appropriate action to revise the standard government
25contract forms under this section.
AB21,350
1Section 350. 16.765 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,148,182 16.765 (5) The head of each contracting agency and the boards of directors of
3the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of
4Wisconsin System Authority,
the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the
5Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the
6Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
and the Bradley Center Sports and
7Entertainment Corporation shall be primarily responsible for obtaining compliance
8by any contractor with the nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions
9prescribed by this section, according to procedures recommended by the department.
10The department shall make recommendations to the contracting agencies and the
11boards of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority,
12the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River Navigational System
13Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation
14Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley
15Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation for improving and making more
16effective the nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions of contracts. The
17department shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for the performance of
18its functions under this section.
AB21,351 19Section 351. 16.765 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,149,320 16.765 (6) The department may receive complaints of alleged violations of the
21nondiscrimination provisions of such contracts. The department shall investigate
22and determine whether a violation of this section has occurred. The department may
23delegate this authority to the contracting agency, the University of Wisconsin
24Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the
25Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the

1Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development
2Corporation,
or the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation for
3processing in accordance with the department's procedures.
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