Wis. Stat. § 20.285 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.285
University of Wisconsin System.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for the following programs:

(1) University education, research and public service.

(a) General program operations. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of educational programs and related programs. The board of regents may not encumber amounts appropriated under this paragraph for groundwater research without the approval of the secretary of administration. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (am) .

(am) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12) .

(ar) Freshwater collaborative. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide funding for a freshwater collaborative.

(b) Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

(c) Graduate psychiatric nursing education. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes specified in s. 36.25 (55) (a) .

(cj) Athletic facilities; principal and interest. The amounts in the schedule for principal and interest costs of University of Wisconsin-Madison intercollegiate athletic facilities.

(ck) Klotsche Center; principal and interest. The amounts in the schedule for principal and interest costs of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Klotsche Center.

(cL) Phoenix Sports Center and Athletic Field Complex; principal and interest. The amounts in the schedule for principal and interest costs of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix Sports Center and Athletic Field Complex.

(d) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to do all of the following:

1. Reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of university academic facilities.

2. Reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for any amounts advanced to meet principal and interest costs on self-amortizing university facilities whenever the amount appropriated under par. (gj) is insufficient, as determined by the department of administration, to make such reimbursement.

3. Make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) .

(e) Grants to meet emergency financial need. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for distribution to institutions for purposes of making grants under s. 36.66 .

(fa) Merit and market-based pay for University of Wisconsin System employees. The amounts in the schedule for merit-based and market-based compensation for University of Wisconsin System employees, to attract faculty in high-demand fields of study.

(fd) State laboratory of hygiene; general program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the state laboratory of hygiene.

(fj) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.

(gb) General program operations. All moneys received from the operation of educational programs and related programs and as earnings from investments under s. 36.11 (11m) to carry out the purposes for which received, including the transfer of funds to par. (gj) , and for payment of any reimbursement obligation under a Minnesota-University of Wisconsin System student reciprocity agreement providing for waiver of nonresident tuition. All tuition and fees received by the University of Wisconsin System under such an agreement and any net obligations received under such an agreement shall be credited to this appropriation. In each fiscal year, the Board of Regents shall transfer no more than $30,338,500 from this appropriation account to the medical assistance trust fund.

(ge) Gifts and nonfederal grants and contracts. All moneys received as gifts, bequests, or devises, nonfederal grants or contracts, or earnings from investments under s. 36.11 (11m) to carry out the purposes for which received.

(gj) Self-amortizing facilities principal and interest. From revenues credited under par. (gb) , a sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for any amounts advanced to meet principal and interest costs on self-amortizing university facilities and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) .

(i) State laboratory of hygiene. All moneys received for or on account of the operation of the state laboratory of hygiene, to be used for general program operations of the laboratory of hygiene.

(ia) State laboratory of hygiene, drivers. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (hx) for the state laboratory of hygiene for costs associated with services for drivers.

(je) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; fees. All moneys received under s. 36.58 (3) , other than from state agencies, to be used for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory and to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory enumerated in 2001 Wisconsin Act 16 , section 9107 (1) (m) 1 ., to make payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing that facility, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) .

(k) Funds transferred from other state agencies. All moneys received from other state agencies to carry out the purposes for which received.

(kg) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; state agencies. All moneys received from other state agencies on account of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory to be used for general program operations of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.

(Li) General fund interest. All interest earned in the general fund that is attributable to the appropriations under pars. (gb) , (ge) , (gj) , and (k) for the purpose of the appropriation to which it is attributable.

(m) Federal aid. All federal moneys received, including earnings from federal moneys invested under s. 36.11 (11m) , to carry out the purposes for which received.

(mc) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government for the veterinary diagnostic laboratory to be used in accordance with the provisions of the federal grant or program.

(q) Telecommunications services. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide telecommunications services as specified in s. 196.218 (5) (a) 6.

(qe) Rural physician residency assistance program. Biennially, from the hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department of family medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to establish and support physician residency positions under s. 36.63 .

(qj) Physician and dentist and health care provider loan assistance programs. Biennially, from the hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for loan repayments under ss. 36.60 and 36.61 .

(qm) Grants for forestry programs. From the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point paper science program and grants to forest cooperatives under s. 36.56 .

(qr) Discovery farm grants. From the agrichemical management fund, the amounts in the schedule for making grants under s. 36.25 (47) .

(rm) Environmental program grants and scholarships; Wisconsin Merit scholarships. From the normal school fund, all income and interest for grants, scholarships, and environmental programs under s. 36.49 .

(sp) Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to support the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

(u) Trust fund income. All moneys received as trust fund income under s. 36.03 , 1969 stats.

(w) Trust fund operations. All moneys available for trust fund operations pursuant to s. 36.03 , 1969 stats.

(2) General provisions.

(c) Student employment funds. The board of regents, through the institutions’ student financial aids offices, shall annually use at least 10 percent of its budgeted student employment funds that are unrelated to the college work-study program or to research and instruction for distribution on the basis of financial need.

(e) Use of state funds for entertainment purposes. No general purpose revenues appropriated under this section may be used for entertainment by University of Wisconsin officials.

(h) University of Wisconsin college campus at Medford. Of the amounts appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under sub. (1) (a) , the board of regents may pay to the Taylor County board of supervisors, for outstanding debt service costs on the University of Wisconsin college campus at Medford facilities, up to $24,500 annually until the facilities are sold or an alternative use for the facilities is found. Payments shall be made on a schedule and in the manner the board determines. If the facilities are sold or an alternative use for the facilities is found, the Taylor County board of supervisors shall repay to the state all amounts received under this paragraph.

(j) Special counsel; lapses. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (2) (c) , annually, there shall lapse from the appropriation accounts under sub. (1) (a) , (gb) , and (ge) an amount equal to the amount spent during that fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (d) for legal advice regarding public broadcasting by the University of Wisconsin System, as determined by the secretary of administration.

History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93 ; 1971 c. 100 s. 23 ; 1971 c. 125 , 215 , 236 ; 1971 c. 323 s. 27 ; 1973 c. 90 , 301 , 333 , 340 ; 1975 c. 39 ; 1975 c. 41 s. 52 ; 1975 c. 198 s. 63 ; 1975 c. 224 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 418 ss. 91 to 92 , 924 (50) , 929 (55) ; 1977 c. 422 ; 1977 c. 447 s. 206 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 213 to 215m , 2202 (20) ; 1983 a. 237 ; 1983 a. 333 s. 6 ; 1985 a. 29 , 120 , 339 ; 1987 a. 27 , 399 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 259 ; 1989 a. 269 , 335 , 353 ; 1991 a. 39 , 167 , 269 ; 1993 a. 16 , 455 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 600m to 615m , 1080b , 1085b , 1086b ; 1995 a. 227 , 228 ; 1997 a. 27 s. 257m , 263m , 271 to 281 ; 1997 a. 237 , 252 ; 1999 a. 9 , 32 , 107 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 16 , 103 , 109 ; 2003 a. 33 , 176 , 321 ; 2005 a. 25 , 460 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 248m to 262 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 28 ss. 211 , 215 , 253m to 262m ; 2009 a. 190 , 265 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 166 s. 77 ; 2015 a. 55 , 108 , 196 , 282 ; 2017 a. 59 , 136 , 262 , 314 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 58 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 ; 2023 a. 80 , 103 ; 2025 a. 15 , 203 .