16.44
16.44
Budget hearings. After the filing of the compilation required under
s. 16.43, the governor or governor-elect shall consider all requests and all other information which may be of value in understanding the issues and problems to be dealt with in the executive budget. The governor or governor-elect may hold public hearings determined to be necessary to gather further information from agencies, interested citizens and others. The department of administration and all other agencies shall cooperate fully with the governor or governor-elect in providing information and analyses as requested.
16.45
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.
16.46
16.46
Biennial budget, contents. The biennial state budget report shall be prepared by the secretary, under the direction of the governor, and a copy of a budget-in-brief thereof shall be furnished to each member of the legislature on the day of the delivery of the budget message. The biennial state budget report shall be furnished to each member of the legislature on the same day and shall contain the following information:
16.46(1)
(1) A summary of the actual and estimated receipts of the state government in all operating funds under existing laws during the current and the succeeding bienniums, classified so as to show the receipts by funds, organization units and sources of income;
16.46(2)
(2) A summary of the actual and estimated disbursements of the state government from all operating funds during the current biennium and of the requests of agencies and the recommendations of the governor for the succeeding biennium;
16.46(3)
(3) A statement showing the condition of all operating funds of the treasury at the close of the preceding fiscal year and the estimated condition at the close of the current year;
16.46(4)
(4) A statement showing how the total estimated disbursements during each year of the succeeding biennium compare with the estimated receipts, and the additional revenues, if any, needed to defray the estimated expenses of the state;
16.46(5)
(5) A statement of the actual and estimated receipts and disbursements of each department and of all state aids and activities during the current biennium, the departmental estimates and requests, and the recommendations of the governor for the succeeding biennium. Estimates of expenditures shall be classified to set forth such expenditures by funds, organization units, appropriation, object and activities at the discretion of the secretary;
16.46(6)
(6) Any explanatory matter which in the judgment of the governor or the secretary will facilitate the understanding by the members of the legislature of the state financial condition and of the budget requests and recommendations.
16.46(7)
(7) The report of the department of revenue prepared under
s. 16.425, together with the purposes and approximate costs in lost revenue of each new or changed tax exemption device provided in the proposed budget. This information shall be integrated with the rest of the information in this section in such a manner as to facilitate to the fullest extent possible, direct comparisons between expenditure information and tax exemption device information, as defined in
s. 16.425.
16.461
16.461
Biennial budget, summary of funds. After the governor has submitted all budget recommendations, the secretary shall prepare a summary of the recommendations of all funds, to be distributed to the members of the legislature.
16.465
16.465
Budget stabilization fund reallocations. The secretary may reallocate moneys in the budget stabilization fund to other funds in the manner provided in
s. 20.002 (11). No interest may be assessed to the general fund on account of such a reallocation.
16.465 History
History: 1985 a. 120.
16.47(1)(1) The executive budget bill or bills shall incorporate the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the succeeding biennium. The appropriation method shown in the bill or bills shall in no way affect the amount of detail or manner of presentation which may be requested by the joint committee on finance. Appropriation requests may be divided into 3 allotments: personal services, other operating expenses and capital outlay or such other meaningful classifications as may be approved by the joint committee on finance.
16.47(1m)
(1m) Immediately after the delivery of the budget message, the budget bill or bills shall be introduced without change into either house by the joint finance committee and when introduced shall be referred to that committee.
16.47(2)
(2) No bill containing an appropriation or increasing the cost of state government or decreasing state revenues in an annual amount exceeding $10,000 shall be passed by either house until the budget bill has passed both houses; except that the governor or the joint committee on finance may recommend such bills to the presiding officer of either house, in writing, for passage and the legislature may enact them, and except that the senate or assembly committee on organization may recommend to the presiding officer of its respective house any such bill not affecting state finances by more than $100,000 biennially. Such bills shall be accompanied by a statement to the effect that they are emergency bills recommended by the governor, the joint committee on finance, or the senate or assembly committee on organization. Such statement by the governor or joint committee on finance shall be sufficient to permit passage prior to the budget bill. Such statement by the senate or assembly committee on organization shall be effective only to permit passage by its respective house.
16.48
16.48
Unemployment reserve financial statement. 16.48(1)(1) On or about January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of industry, labor and job development shall prepare and furnish to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, and the majority and minority leaders of the senate:
16.48(1)(a)
(a) A statement of unemployment compensation financial outlook, which shall contain the following, together with the secretary's recommendations and an explanation for such recommendations:
16.48(1)(a)1.
1. Projections of unemployment compensation operations under current law through at least the 2nd year following the close of the biennium, including benefit payments, tax collections, borrowing or debt repayments and amounts of interest charges, if any.
16.48(1)(a)2.
2. Specific proposed changes in the laws relating to unemployment compensation financing, benefits and administration.
16.48(1)(a)3.
3. Projections specified in
subd. 1. under the proposed laws.
16.48(1)(a)4.
4. The economic and public policy assumptions upon which the projections are based, and the impact upon the projections of variations from those assumptions.
16.48(1)(a)5.
5. If significant cash reserves in the unemployment reserve fund are projected throughout the forecast period, a statement giving the reasons why the reserves should be retained in the fund.
16.48(1)(a)6.
6. If unemployment compensation program debt is projected at the end of the forecast period, the reasons why it is not proposed to liquidate the debt.
16.48(1)(b)
(b) A report summarizing the deliberations of the council on unemployment compensation and the position of the council, if any, concerning each proposed change in the unemployment compensation laws submitted under
par. (a).
16.48(2)
(2) Upon receipt of the statement and report under
sub. (1), the governor may convene a special committee consisting of the secretary of industry, labor and job development and the legislative leaders specified in
sub. (1) to review the statement and report. Upon request of 2 or more of the legislative leaders specified in
sub. (1), the governor shall convene such a committee. The committee shall attempt to reach a consensus concerning proposed changes to the unemployment compensation laws and shall submit its recommendations to the governor and legislature concurrently with the statement furnished under
sub. (3).
16.48(3)
(3) On or about February 15 of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of industry, labor and job development, under the direction of the governor, shall submit to each member of the legislature an updated statement of unemployment compensation financial outlook which shall contain the information specified in
sub. (1) (a), together with the governor's recommendations and an explanation for such recommendations, and a copy of the report required under
sub. (1) (b).
16.48 History
History: 1983 a. 388;
1995 a. 27 s.
9130 (4).
16.50
16.50
Departmental estimates. 16.50(1)(a)(a) Each department except the legislature and the courts shall prepare and submit to the secretary an estimate of the amount of money which it proposes to expend, encumber or distribute under any appropriation in
ch. 20. The department of administration shall prepare and submit estimates for expenditures from appropriations under
ss. 20.855,
20.865,
20.866 and
20.867. The secretary may waive the submission of estimates of other than administrative expenditures from such funds as he or she determines, but the secretary shall not waive submission of estimates for the appropriations under
s. 20.285 (1) (im) and
(n) nor for expenditure of any amount designated as a refund of an expenditure under
s. 20.001 (5). Estimates shall be prepared in such form, at such times and for such time periods as the secretary requires. Revised and supplemental estimates may be presented at any time under rules promulgated by the secretary.
16.50(2)
(2) Action thereon by secretary. The secretary shall examine each such estimate to determine whether appropriations are available therefor and expenditures under the appropriations can be made without incurring danger of exhausting the appropriations before the end of the appropriation period and whether there will be sufficient revenue to meet such contemplated expenditures except as provided in
sub. (7). The secretary also shall examine each estimate to assure as nearly as possible that the proposed plan of program execution reflects the intentions of the joint committee on finance, legislature and governor, as expressed by them in the budget determinations. If satisfied that such estimate meets these tests, the secretary shall approve the estimate; otherwise he or she shall disapprove the estimate, in whole or in part, as the facts require. If the secretary is satisfied that an estimate for any period is more than sufficient for the execution of the normal functions of a department, he or she may modify or withhold approval of the estimate. This section shall be strictly construed by the secretary to the end that such budget determinations and policy decisions reflected by such determinations be implemented to the fullest extent possible within the concepts of proper management.
16.50(3)
(3) Limitation on increase of force and salaries. No department, except the legislature or the courts, may increase the pay of any employe, expend money or incur any obligation except in accordance with the estimate that is submitted to the secretary as provided in
sub. (1) and approved by the secretary or the governor. No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized through the biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made without the approval of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes made by the governor under
s. 16.505 (1) (c) or
(2), by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board under
s. 16.505 (2n) or by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under
s. 16.505 (2m). The secretary may withhold, in total or in part, the funding for any position, as defined in
s. 230.03 (11), as well as the funding for part-time or limited term employes until such time as the secretary determines that the filling of the position or the expending of funds is consistent with
s. 16.505 and with the intent of the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, or the intent of the joint committee on finance creating or abolishing positions under
s. 13.10, the intent of the governor creating or abolishing positions under
s. 16.505 (1) (c) or
(2) or the intent of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System in creating or abolishing positions under
s. 16.505 (2m). Until the release of funding occurs, recruitment or certification for the position may not be undertaken. The secretary shall submit a quarterly report to the joint committee on finance of any position changes made by the governor under
s. 16.505 (1) (c). No pay increase may be approved unless it is at the rate or within the pay ranges prescribed in the compensation plan or as provided in a collective bargaining agreement under
subch. V of ch. 111. At the request of the secretary of employment relations, the secretary of administration may authorize the temporary creation of pool or surplus positions under any source of funds if the secretary of employment relations determines that temporary positions are necessary to maintain adequate staffing levels for high turnover classifications, in anticipation of attrition, to fill positions for which recruitment is difficult. Surplus or pool positions authorized by the secretary shall be reported quarterly to the joint committee on finance in conjunction with the report required under
s. 16.54 (8).
16.50(4)
(4) Appeals to governor. Any department feeling itself aggrieved by the refusal of the secretary to approve any estimate, or any item therein, may appeal from the secretary's decision to the governor, who, after a hearing and such investigation as the governor deems necessary, may set aside or modify such decision.
16.50(5)
(5) Disbursements. The secretary may not draw a warrant for payment of any expenditures incurred by any department nor may any department make any expenditure for which the approval of the secretary or the governor is necessary under this section, including any expenditure under
s. 20.867, unless the expenditure was made in accordance with an estimate submitted to and approved by the secretary or by the governor. In the event that the secretary determines that previously authorized expenditures will exceed revenues in the current or forthcoming fiscal year by more than 0.5% of the estimated general purpose revenue appropriations for that fiscal year, he or she may not decline to approve an estimate or to draw a warrant under this subsection, but shall instead proceed under
sub. (7).
16.50(6)
(6) Proportional spending. If the secretary determines that expenditures of general purpose or segregated fund revenues are utilized to match revenues received under
s. 16.54 or
20.001 (2) (b) for the purposes of combined program expenditure, the secretary may require that disbursements of the general purpose revenue and corresponding segregated revenue be in direct proportion to the amount of program revenue or corresponding segregated revenue which is available or appropriated in
ch. 20 or as condition of a grant or contract. If the secretary makes such a determination, the agency shall incorporate the necessary adjustments into the expenditure plans provided for in
sub. (1).
16.50(7)(a)(a) If following the enactment of the biennial budget act in any biennium the secretary determines that previously authorized expenditures will exceed revenues in the current or forthcoming fiscal year by more than one-half of one percent of the estimated general purpose revenue appropriations for that fiscal year, he or she may not take any action under
sub. (2) and shall immediately notify the governor, the presiding officers of each house of the legislature and the joint committee on finance.
16.50(7)(b)
(b) Following such notification, the governor shall submit a bill containing his or her recommendations for correcting the imbalance between projected revenues and authorized expenditures. If the legislature is not in a floorperiod at the time of the secretary's notification, the governor shall call a special session of the legislature to take up the matter of the projected revenue shortfall and the governor shall submit his or her bill for consideration at that session.
16.50 History
History: 1971 c. 270;
1973 c. 333;
1975 c. 39;
1977 c. 29,
196,
418;
1979 c. 32,
34;
1981 c. 20,
27,
30,
314;
1983 a. 27 ss.
70,
71a,
2202 (42);
1985 a. 332 s.
251 (6);
1987 a. 4,
27;
1989 a. 31,
336;
1991 a. 316;
1993 a. 16;
1995 a. 27.
16.50 Annotation
Secretary is not authorized by s. 16.50 (2), 1979 stats., to reduce payments to municipalities under ss. 79.03 and 79.16 (3), 1979 stats. Milwaukee v. Lindner, 98 W (2d) 624, 297 NW (2d) 828 (1980).
16.50 Annotation
Secretary is not authorized by s. 16.50 (2), 1979 stats., to reduce payments under school aids program. School Dist. of LaFarge v. Lindner, 100 W (2d) 111, 301 NW (2d) 196 (1981).
16.501
16.501
Forward Wisconsin, Inc.; funds. 16.501(1)
(1) No funds appropriated under
s. 20.143 (1) (bm) may be expended until the department of commerce submits to the secretary a report setting forth the amount of private contributions received by Forward Wisconsin, Inc., since the date the department of commerce last submitted a report under this subsection. After receiving the report, the secretary may approve the expenditure of funds up to the amount set forth in the report. Total funds expended in any fiscal year may not exceed the amounts in the schedule under
s. 20.143 (1) (bm).
16.501(2)
(2) Forward Wisconsin, Inc., shall expend funds appropriated under
s. 20.143 (1) (bm) in adherence with the uniform travel schedule amounts approved under
s. 20.916 (8). Forward Wisconsin, Inc., may not expend funds appropriated under
s. 20.143 (1) (bm) on entertainment, foreign travel, payments to persons not providing goods or services to Forward Wisconsin, Inc., or for other purposes prohibited by contract between Forward Wisconsin, Inc., and the department.
16.505
16.505
Position authorization. 16.505(1)
(1) Except as provided in
subs. (2),
(2m) and
(2n), no position, as defined in
s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
16.505(1)(a)
(a) The legislature by law or in budget determinations.
16.505(2)(a)(a) An agency may request the governor to create or abolish a full-time equivalent position or portion thereof funded from revenues specified in
s. 20.001 (2) (b) or
(c) in the agency. Upon receiving such a request, the governor may change the authorized level of full-time equivalent positions funded from such revenues in the agency in accordance with this subsection. The governor may approve a different authorized level of positions than is requested by the agency. If the governor proposes to change the number of full-time equivalent positions in an agency funded from revenues specified in
s. 20.001 (2) (b) or
(c), the governor shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of his or her proposed action. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the governor that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action within 14 working days after the date of the governor's notification, the position changes may be made as proposed by the governor. If, within 14 working days after the date of the governor's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the governor that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action, the position changes may be made under this subsection only upon approval of the committee.
16.505(2m)
(2m) The board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system may create or abolish a full-time equivalent position or portion thereof from revenues appropriated under
s. 20.285 (1) (h),
(iz),
(j),
(m) or
(n) or
(3) (iz) or
(n). No later than the last day of the month following completion of each calendar quarter, the board of regents shall report to the department and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance concerning the number of full-time equivalent positions created or abolished by the board under this subsection during the preceding calendar quarter and the source of funding for each such position.
16.505(2n)
(2n) The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board may create or abolish a full-time equivalent position or portion thereof from revenues appropriated under
s. 20.495 (1) (g). No later than the last day of the month following completion of each calendar quarter, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board shall report to the department and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance concerning the number of full-time equivalent positions created or abolished by the board under this subsection during the preceding calendar quarter.
16.505(3)
(3) If the secretary determines that the expenditure estimate established under
s. 16.50 (1) for any agency so warrants, the secretary may require an agency to seek prior approval to expend funds for any position, including limited term employment. The secretary may also require any agency except a judicial branch agency or legislative service agency to comply with the procedures for entering position information for its employes, including limited term employes, into the information system established under
s. 16.004 (7).
16.505(4)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
par. (c), no agency may change the funding source for a position authorized under this section unless the position is authorized to be created under a different funding source in accordance with this section.
16.51
16.51
Department of administration; preauditing and accounting; additional duties and powers. The department of administration in the discharge of preauditing and accounting functions shall:
16.51(1)
(1) Suggest improvements. Suggest plans for the improvement and management of the public revenues and expenditures.
16.51(4)
(4) Direct collection of moneys. Except as otherwise provided by law, direct and superintend the collection of all moneys due the state.
16.51(5)
(5) Keep and state accounts. Keep and state all accounts in which the state is interested as provided in
s. 16.52.
16.51(6)
(6) Audit claims. Examine, determine and audit, according to law, the claims of all persons against the state as provided in
s. 16.53.
16.51(7)
(7) Audit claims for expenses in connection with prisoners and children in secured correctional facilities. Receive, examine, determine and audit claims, duly certified and approved by the department of corrections, from the county clerk of any county in behalf of the county, which are presented for payment to reimburse the county for certain expenses incurred or paid by it in reference to all matters growing out of actions and proceedings involving prisoners in state prisons, as defined in
s. 302.01, or children in secured correctional facilities, as defined in
s. 938.02 (15m), including prisoners or children transferred to a mental health institute for observation or treatment, when the proceedings are commenced in counties in which the prisons or secured correctional facilities are located by a district attorney or by the prisoner or child as a postconviction remedy or a matter involving the prisoner's status as a prisoner or the child's status as a resident of a secured correctional facility and for certain expenses incurred or paid by it in reference to holding those children in secure custody while those actions or proceedings are pending. Expenses shall only include the amounts that were necessarily incurred and actually paid and shall be no more than the legitimate cost would be to any other county had the offense or crime occurred therein.
16.513
16.513
Program and segregated revenue sufficiency. 16.513(1)(1) Each agency which has a program revenue appropriation or appropriation of segregated revenues from program receipts shall, at such times as required by the secretary, make quarterly reports to the department projecting the revenues and expenditures for the ensuing quarterly period under each such appropriation to the agency.
16.513(2)
(2) Upon reviewing the reports submitted under
sub. (1), the department shall report to the joint committee on finance concerning any projected insufficiency of program revenues or segregated revenues from program receipts to meet expenditures contemplated by agencies. The report shall contain information concerning any encumbrances made by agencies attributable to a program revenue appropriation or appropriation of segregated revenues from program receipts that are in excess of the moneys, assets or accounts receivable under
s. 20.903 (2) required to remove the liabilities created by the encumbrances.
16.513(3)
(3) If there are insufficient moneys, assets or accounts receivable, as determined under
s. 20.903 (2), that are projected by an agency or projected by the department under
s. 16.40 (7) to cover anticipated expenditures under a program revenue appropriation or appropriation of segregated revenues from program receipts, the agency shall propose and submit to the department a plan to assure that there are sufficient moneys, assets or accounts receivable to meet projected expenditures under the appropriation. The department may approve, disapprove or approve with modifications each plan submitted by an agency. If the department approves a plan, or approves a plan with modifications, the department shall forward the plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, any portion of the plan which does not require the action of the legislature or the action of the committee under another law may be implemented. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, no part of the plan may be implemented without the approval of the committee in accordance with applicable law, or without the approval of the legislature if legislative approval is required.
16.513(4)
(4) The department shall monitor the performance of agencies in carrying out plans approved under
sub. (3) and shall periodically report its findings regarding such performance to the joint committee on finance.
16.513(5)
(5) Any officer of an agency which is responsible for the submission of a report required by
sub. (1) or a plan required by
sub. (3) who fails to submit the report or plan within the time required by the department may be required to forfeit not less than $200 nor more than $1,000.
16.513 History
History: 1983 a. 27.
16.515
16.515
Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations. 16.515(1)
(1) The secretary may supplement any sum certain program revenue or program revenue-service appropriation which the secretary determines is insufficient because of unforeseen emergencies or insufficient to accomplish the purpose for which made, if the secretary finds that an emergency exists, no funds are available for such purposes and the purposes for which a supplemental appropriation is requested have been authorized or directed by the legislature. If the secretary proposes to supplement such an appropriation, the secretary shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed action. The secretary may proceed with the proposed action if within 14 working days of the notification the committee does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the secretary's proposed action. If the committee schedules a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action, the action shall not take effect unless the committee approves the action.
16.515(2)
(2) All supplements proposed under this section which are not acted upon by the committee shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.865 (8) (g).
