SB55-ASA1, s. 248t Section 248t. 16.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,49,15 16.52 (6) (a) Except as authorized in s. 16.74, all purchase orders, contracts, or printing orders for any agency as defined in s. 16.70 (1) shall, before any liability is incurred thereon, be submitted to the secretary for his or her approval as to legality of purpose and sufficiency of appropriated and allotted funds therefor. In all cases the date of the contract or order governs the fiscal year to which the contract or order is chargeable, unless the secretary determines that the purpose of the contract or order is to prevent lapsing of appropriations or to otherwise circumvent budgetary intent. Upon such approval, the secretary shall immediately encumber all contracts or orders, and indicate the fiscal year to which they are chargeable , except that, for contracts for services funded from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (bj), the secretary may encumber less than the amount of the contract if it is expected that billing for that contract may be submitted in the next fiscal year.

SB55-ASA1, s. 81 Section 81. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,50,2 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency which is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or, 234, or 237.

SB55-ASA1, s. 82 Section 82. 16.52 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,50,7 16.52 (10) Department of public instruction. The provisions of sub. (2) with respect to refunds and sub. (5) (a) with respect to reimbursements for the prior fiscal year shall not apply to the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) and (q).

SB55-ASA1, s. 83 Section 83. 16.528 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,50,13 16.528 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or, 234, or 237.

SB55-ASA1, s. 84 Section 84. 16.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,50,22 16.53 (2) Improper invoices. If an agency receives an improperly completed invoice, the agency shall notify the sender of the invoice within 10 working days after it receives the invoice of the reason it is improperly completed. In this subsection, "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or, 234, or 237.

SB55-ASA1, s. 85 Section 85. 16.53 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,51,4 16.53 (14) Review of proposed incorporations and annexations. The department may prescribe and collect a fee for review of any petition for incorporation of a municipality under s. 66.0203 or any petition for annexation of municipal territory under s. 66.0217. The fee shall be paid by the person or persons filing the petition for incorporation or by the person or persons filing the notice of the proposed annexation.

SB55-ASA1, s. 255p Section 255p. 16.54 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,51,23 16.54 (2) (a) 2. Whenever a block grant is made to this state under any federal law enacted after August 31, 1995, which authorizes the distribution of block grants for the purposes for which the grant is made, the governor shall not administer and no board, commission, or department may encumber or expend moneys received as a part of the grant unless the governor first notifies the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, in writing, that the grant has been made. The notice shall contain a description of the purposes proposed by the governor for expenditure of the moneys received as a part of the grant. 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 expenditure of grant moneys within 14 working days after the date of the governor's notification, the moneys may be expended 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 expenditure of grant moneys, no moneys received as a part of the grant may be expended without the approval of the committee. This subdivision does not apply to the expenditure of block grant funds that are allocated under s. 49.175 in the fiscal year in which the funds are allocated under s. 49.175.

SB55-ASA1, s. 86 Section 86. 16.54 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,52,5 16.54 (9) (a) 1. "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 233 or, 234, or 237.

SB55-ASA1, s. 87 Section 87. 16.54 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1,52,13 16.54 (13) (a) If the state receives any interest payments from the federal government relating to the timing of transfers of federal grant funds for programs that are funded with moneys from the general fund and that are covered in an agreement between the federal department of the treasury and the state under the federal Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, as amended, the payments, less applicable administrative costs, shall be deposited in the general fund as general purpose revenue — earned.

SB55-ASA1,52,21 (b) If the state is required to pay any interest payments to the federal government relating to the timing of transfers of federal grant funds for programs that are funded with moneys from the general fund and that are covered in an agreement between the federal department of the treasury and the state under the federal Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, as amended, the secretary shall notify the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, in writing, that the state is required to pay an interest payment. The notice shall contain an accounting of the amount of interest that the state is required to pay.

SB55-ASA1, s. 88 Section 88. 16.545 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,53,5 16.545 (9) To process applications for grants from the federal government upon request of any agency initiate contacts with the federal government for the purpose of facilitating participation by agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1), in federal aid programs, to assist those agencies in applying for such aid, and to facilitate influencing the federal government to make policy changes that will be beneficial to this state. The department may assess to an agency for whom it processes an application to which it provides services under this subsection a fee for the expenses incurred by the department in performing this service providing those services.

SB55-ASA1, s. 89 Section 89. 16.61 (2) (af) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,53,7 16.61 (2) (af) "Form" has the meaning specified in s. 16.97 22.01 (5p).

SB55-ASA1, s. 90 Section 90. 16.61 (3n) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,53,10 16.61 (3n) Exempt forms. The board may not receive or investigate complaints about the forms specified in s. 16.971 22.03 (2m).

SB55-ASA1, s. 91 Section 91. 16.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,53,15 16.62 (2) The department may establish user charges for records storage and retrieval services, with any moneys collected to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (im) or (kd) (kb). Such charges shall be structured to encourage efficient utilization of the services.

SB55-ASA1, s. 92 Section 92. 16.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1,53,19 16.62 (3) The department may establish user fees for the services of the public records board. Any moneys collected shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kd) (kb).