The appropriation code used to be three characters long in one field. Now it appears to be three separate fields - the first being one character, the second two characters, and the third one character. Most of the authority to spend money in Wisconsin comes from Chapter 20 of the State Statutes. Chapter 20 is laid out to show how much money can be spent by each agency. Under each agency is a subdivision of the total amount of money the agency has to spend called program.
Most agencies have several programs.
Under the program is a further division of the budget know as the sub program. The State Budget Office then breaks the sub program amounts down into allotment lines that represent function spending areas such as Salaries, Benefits, Supplies and Services. The new appropriation code is setup to match these categories, program, sub program, and allotment line. No, the codes will all be exactly as they were in the old system with the exception of the appropriation unit. When I go to the vendor table I can't see any of the address and other information associated with the vendor.