SB637: Bill Text

SB637,37,9 34. Court of Appeals Libraries in Waukesha, Madison, Wausau1A, L

SB637,37,10 35. Each Circuit Court Judge1A, L

SB637,37,11 36. Each county law library; s. 757.401A, L

SB637,37,12 37. Clerk of each court in lines 30, 32 and 351A, L

SB637,37,13 40. Head of each department and independent agency

SB637,37,14 listed in ch. 15, subchapters II and III1A, L

SB637,37,15 41. Historical Society; s. 35.85 (7)1A, L

SB637,37,16 42. Department of Justice1A, L

SB637,37,17 43. Public Defender Board1A, L

SB637,37,18 44. Each district attorney1A, L

SB637,37,19 50. Each public library and branch thereof; s. 43.521A, L

SB637,37,20 51. Each academic library listed in DLS annual library

SB637,37,21 directory (DLS)1A, L

SB637,37,22 52. Each school library media center listed in DPI annual

SB637,37,23 public and nonpublic school directories (DLS)1A, L

SB637,37,24 53. Each regional state document depository library;

SB637,37,25 s. 35.82 (3), not to exceed 101A, L

SB637,38,1 55. Head librarian of each public library system; s. 43.131A, L

SB637,38,2 56. University of Wisconsin Law Library1A, L

SB637,38,3 57. Each library of a law school accredited by the American

SB637,38,4 Bar Association not otherwise provided for in this section1A, L

SB637,38,5 60. Each member and member-elect of Congress from this state1A, L

SB637,38,6 61. Library of Congress1A, L

SB637,38,7 62. Each U. S. Attorney in this state1A, L

SB637,38,8 63. Each U.S. Clerk of Court in this state1A, L

SB637,38,9 64. Each library maintained for a federal court in this state1A, L

SB637,38,10 72. Each county clerk1A, L

SB637,38,11 73. Each city clerk1A, L

SB637,38,12 76. Each sheriff1A, L

SB637,38,13 77. Each county corporation counsel1A, L

SB637,38,14 85. Each campus of University of Wisconsin System and

SB637,38,15 technical college system administrator's office (DOE)1A, L

SB637,38,16 86. Each public or nonpublic elementary and secondary

SB637,38,17 school administrator's office (DOE)1A, L

SB637,38,18 99. Each newspaper as listed in Blue Book1A, L

SB637, s. 101 Section 101. 35.85 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,38,22 35.85 Other distribution. (intro.) The department shall make the following distribution of public printing state documents in addition to that indicated in s. 35.84:

SB637, s. 102 Section 102. 35.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,39,4 35.85 (2) Of parts of official reports, pamphlets and magazines, and pamphlet laws, printed by authority of reproduced under ss. 35.28 and 35.29, one copy to each person named in lists filed for the purpose of such distributions by the respective state agencies upon whose requisition requisitions the same were printed reproduced, except that blocks of such publications may be allotted to the requisitioning state agency for official use subject to approval of the department.

SB637, s. 103 Section 103. 35.85 (3) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,39,10 35.85 (3) Each county, town, village and city shall purchase from the department for the municipal judges and for other officers of the county or municipality such number of copies of the statutes Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations and other official documents not distributed under s. 35.84 as are needed for its official purposes.

SB637,39,14 (5) The department may order such further distribution of the statutes, annotations Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations, the Wisconsin Annotations 1970 and Laws of Wisconsin as may be needed for official use by any justice of the supreme court or by any state agency.

SB637, s. 104 Section 104. 35.87 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin act 27, is amended to read:

SB637,39,19 35.87 (1) The legislature may provide as a service to paid subscribers routine distribution of copies of all bills, joint resolutions, amendments, acts, journals, bulletins of proceedings and hearing bulletins printed reproduced for the legislature.

SB637, s. 105 Section 105. 35.89 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,39,23 35.89 Lists of distributees in counties. Each county clerk shall transmit to the department a list of the officers in the county who are entitled to distribution of public printing from its office state documents under s. 35.84.

SB637, s. 106 Section 106. 35.91 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 35.91 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB637,40,8 35.91 (1) (a) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations shall be sold at a price (,calculated to the nearest dollar), to be fixed by the department, based on cost plus 75% of the revisor's expenditures under s. 20.765 (3) (a) during the preceding fiscal biennium less the amount collected by the department during the preceding fiscal biennium from licensing fees and sales under subs. (1g), (1m) and (1r). The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes Statutes and Annotations and WisLaw, and the Wisconsin annotations Annotations 1970 at reduced prices to be fixed by it the department.

SB637, s. 107 Section 107. 35.91 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:

SB637,40,17 35.91 (1) (b) The department shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of all purchasers and other recipients of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations and WisLaw. In the event the revisor issues a notice correcting the text of the statutes after publication, the revisor shall provide the department with copies of each correction in an amount equal to the number of copies sold or otherwise distributed by the department. The department shall then mail a copy of the notice to each purchaser or other recipient of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations or WisLaw at the address shown upon the department's records.

SB637,40,23 (c) The department shall, upon the determination of the price of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations under par. (a), mail a notice to each purchaser of the previous edition, at the address shown upon the department's records maintained under par. (b), stating the approximate date on which the new edition of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations will be available for sale, the sale price and how the new edition may be purchased.

SB637, s. 108 Section 108. 35.91 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,41,4 35.91 (1g) (a) Notwithstanding s. 16.971 (4) (b), the department shall license the latest release of WisLaw to members of the public at a price fixed by the revisor and the department on terms that the revisor and the department determine to be necessary for the following:

SB637,41,5 1. Ensuring the maintenance of the integrity of the data contained in WisLaw.

SB637,41,7 2. Ensuring the equitable distribution of the costs of producing WisLaw, including editorial costs.

SB637,41,9 3. Preventing the use of WisLaw by any party attempting to obtain an unfair commercial advantage.

SB637,41,12 4. Ensuring protection of copyrights in software licensed to the state by computer software vendors and compliance by the state with all licensing agreements entered into with computer software vendors.

SB637,41,14 (b) The department shall make WisLaw available on both an individual and subscription basis.

SB637,41,18 (c) Releases of WisLaw distributed under s. 35.84 shall be licensed to distributees subject to the same restrictions and nonmonetary terms as releases licensed to members of the public under par. (a). The costs of production and licensing shall be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d).

SB637,41,24 (d) The department shall upon the issuance of each release of WisLaw mail notices to all licensees of the previous release, except subscribers whose subscriptions remain in effect, at the address shown upon the department's records maintained under sub. (1) (b), stating the day which the new release of WisLaw will be available, the price of that release and how a license for that edition may be obtained.

SB637, s. 109 Section 109. 35.91 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,42,8 35.91 (1m) Subject to the copyright interests of computer software vendors in software licensed to the state and to the terms of licensing agreements entered into by the state with software vendors, the department may license the computer data bases, or portions thereof, used by the revisor in producing WisLaw to parties wishing to reproduce the contents thereof, for commercial or noncommercial purposes, at a price fixed by the department, with the approval of the revisor, and upon terms as the department and the revisor determine to be necessary for the following:

SB637,42,10 (a) Ensuring the maintenance of the integrity of the data contained in the data bases.

SB637,42,12 (b) Ensuring pricing which provides all parties equitable access while taking into account the state's costs of production, including editorial costs.

SB637,42,14 (c) Preventing the use of the data bases by any party attempting to obtain an unfair commercial advantage.

SB637,42,17 (d) Ensuring protection of copyrights in software licensed to the state by computer software vendors and compliance by the state with all licensing agreements entered into with computer software vendors.

SB637, s. 110 Section 110. 35.91 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB637,42,24 35.91 (1r) Subject to the copyright interests of computer software vendors in software licensed to the state and to the terms of licensing agreements entered into by the state with software vendors, the department shall provide WisLaw, or the computer data bases used by the revisor in producing WisLaw, to each state agency, for access by each computer work station the agency considers necessary and appropriate, at a price to the agency fixed by the department.

SB637, s. 111 Section 111. 35.91 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,43,7 35.91 (2) Current copies of the printed Blue Book and the Laws of Wisconsin shall be sold at prices determined by the chief of the legislative reference bureau, with the approval of the department, which. The prices shall include the cost of sale and distribution under s. 35.80 and, as determined by the legislative reference bureau, the proportionate cost per copy of typesetting, purchasing, paper, printing, duplication, collating and binding. Releases of the Blue Book produced in computer-readable format shall be sold at prices determined under s. 35.25 (5).

SB637, s. 112 Section 112. 35.91 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,43,12 35.91 (3) A price list of all printed matter state documents on hand for sale shall be prepared from time to time by the department, which it may have printed and bound. The department may include the list as an advertisement in state publications, and it may circulate such price the list by mail.

SB637, s. 113 Section 113. 35.93 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB637,44,3 35.93 (title) Wisconsin administrative code and register Administrative Code and Register. (1) The Wisconsin administrative code and register Administrative Code and Register shall be published using the format and method of printing reproduction and binding determined by the revisor. The notice section of the register and new rules filed by an agency whose rules have not been compiled and printed pursuant to this section may be duplicated in some other form than printing if the department and revisor determine that it is administratively feasible to do so. The printing or other duplicating The reproduction shall be performed or contracted by the department. The department may purchase and sell suitable binders for the code or parts thereof at a price not exceeding cost. The revisor shall supervise the arrangement of materials in the Wisconsin administrative code and register Administrative Code and Register, including the numbering of pages and sections. No part of the Wisconsin administrative code or register Administrative Code or Register may be printed reproduced until the revisor has approved the arrangement of materials and numbering of sections therein.

SB637, s. 114 Section 114. 35.93 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,44,20 35.93 (3) The revisor shall compile and deliver or transmit to the department for printing copy for reproduction a register which shall contain all the rules filed since the compilation of rules for the preceding issue of the register was made and those executive orders which are to be in effect for more than 90 days or an informative summary thereof. The complete register shall be compiled and published before the first day of each month and a notice section of the register shall be compiled and published before the 15th day of each month. In lieu of a separate notice section, the revisor may compile and publish the complete register on a semimonthly basis before the first and 15th day of each month. Each issue of the register shall contain a title page with the name "Wisconsin administrative register Administrative Register", the number and date of the register, and a table of contents. Each page of the register shall also contain the date and number of the register of which it is a part in addition to the other necessary code titles and page numbers. The revisor may include in the register such instructions or information as in the revisor's judgment will help the user to correctly make insertions and deletions in the code and to keep the code current.

SB637, s. 115 Section 115. 35.93 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 106, is amended to read:

SB637,45,6 35.93 (4) Each issue of the Wisconsin administrative register Administrative Register shall contain a notice section in which shall be printed published the notices of hearings on rule making which agencies have transmitted to the revisor for that purpose, statements of scope of proposed rules under s. 227.135, notices of submittal to joint legislative council staff under s. 227.14 (4m), notices of intent to promulgate rules without a public hearing under s. 227.16 (2) (e), notices of referrals of proposed rules to presiding officers under s. 227.19 (2), notices of emergency rules in effect, fiscal estimates for rule-making orders under s. 227.14 (4) and such other notices as may be required by law or determined by the revisor to be appropriate.

SB637, s. 116 Section 116. 35.93 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,45,10 35.93 (5) The department shall determine, on the basis of the distribution requirements under s. 35.84 and probable sales demands, the number of copies of each part of the code and each issue of the register to be printed reproduced.

SB637, s. 117 Section 117. 35.93 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,45,18 35.93 (8) The revisor shall prepare and the department shall publish a table of contents and an index of all the rules in effect which have been compiled and printed published under this section. The table of contents and index shall be recompiled and reprinted republished annually. They shall be printed reproduced in the same page size as the administrative code. The department shall distribute one copy of the table of contents and index free to each subscriber to the register or parts thereof.

SB637, s. 118 Section 118. 227.14 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,45,25 227.14 (2) (a) An agency shall prepare in plain language an analysis of each proposed rule, which shall be printed published or distributed with the proposed rule when it is published or distributed. The analysis shall include a reference to each statute that the proposed rule interprets, each statute that authorizes its promulgation, each related statute or related rule and a brief summary of the proposed rule.

SB637, s. 119 Section 119. 227.19 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,46,5 227.19 (6) (a) (intro.) The legislature may not consider a bill required by sub. (5) (e) until the joint committee for review of administrative rules has submitted a written report on the bill. The report shall be printed reproduced as an appendix to each bill and shall contain:

SB637, s. 120 Section 120. 227.22 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB637,46,10 227.22 (2) (d) The date of publication of the issue of the register in which the rule is printed published occurs after the date designated under s. 35.93 (3) for publication of the register, in which case the rule becomes effective as provided in sub. (4).

SB637, s. 121 Section 121. 227.24 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: