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WI Stat § 16.754 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.754 - Preference for American-made materials.

16.754  Preference for American-made materials. (1) Definitions. As used in this section:(a) “Manufactured" means mined, produced, manufactured, fabricated or assembled.(b) “Manufactured in the United States" means that materials are manufactured in whole or in substantial part within the United States or that the majority of the component parts thereof were manufactured in whole or in substantial part in the United States.(c) “Materials" means any goods, supplies, equipment or any other tangible products or materials.(d) “Purchase" means acquire by purchase or lease.(e) “State" means the state of Wisconsin or any agency thereof, a contractor acting pursuant to a contract with the state, and any person acting on behalf of the state or any agent thereof. (2)  Purchase preference. Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1) (a) 2., (2), (2m) and (6), when all other factors are substantially equal the state shall purchase materials which are manufactured to the greatest extent in the United States. (3)  Exemptions. Subsection (2) does not apply if the materials are purchased for the purpose of commercial resale or for the purpose of use in the production of goods for commercial sale. Subsection (2) does not apply to the purchase of stationery and printing materials. Subsection (2) does not apply if the department determines, under s. 16.75 (1) (a) 2., that the foreign nation or subdivision thereof in which the vendor is domiciled does not give preference to vendors domiciled in that nation or subdivision in making governmental purchases. Subsection (2) does not apply if the department or other person having contracting authority in respect to the purchase determines that:(a) The materials are not manufactured in the United States in sufficient or reasonably available quantities; or(b) The quality of the materials is substantially less than the quality of similar available materials manufactured outside of the United States.History:  1979 c. 314; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (1); 1987 a. 27.
WI Stat § 16.755 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.755 - Council on small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities.

16.755  Council on small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities. The council on small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities shall: (1) Review the extent of small business, veteran-owned business and minority business participation in purchasing by this state and its agencies. (2) Advise the department's purchasing agent with respect to methods of increasing such participation. (3) Advise the department's purchasing agent with respect to methods of simplifying or easing compliance with the forms and procedures used or to be used for obtaining contracts with the state for providing materials, supplies, equipment and contractual services. (4) Advise the department concerning methods of improved compliance with any aspect of its duties under s. 16.75 (4) (a). (5) Annually, submit a report containing any recommendations regarding the matters described in subs. (1) to (4) to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).History:  1977 c. 418 s. 929 (55); 1977 c. 419; 1983 a. 27, 524; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (1); 1987 a. 186; 1991 a. 170.
WI Stat § 16.767 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.767 - Setoffs.

16.767  Setoffs. All amounts owed by this state under this subchapter are subject to being set off under s. 73.12.History:  1985 a. 29.
WI Stat § 16.77 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.77 - Audit of bills; illegal contracts; actions to recover.

16.77  Audit of bills; illegal contracts; actions to recover. (1) No bill or statement for work or labor performed under purchase orders or contracts issued by the secretary or the secretary's designated agents, and no bill or statement for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services purchased for and delivered to any agency may be paid until the bill or statement is approved through a preaudit or postaudit process determined by the secretary. This subsection does not apply to purchases made directly by the courts, the legislature or a legislative service or judicial branch agency under s. 16.74. (2) Whenever any officer or any subordinate of an officer contracts for the purchase of supplies, material, equipment or contractual services contrary to ss. 16.705 to 16.82 or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, the contract is void, and any such officer or subordinate is liable for the cost thereof, and if such supply, material, equipment or contractual services so unlawfully purchased have been paid for out of public moneys, the amount thereof may be recovered in the name of the state in an action filed by the attorney general against the officer or subordinate and his or her bonders. Such cause of action is deemed to have arisen in Dane County, and summons shall be served therein as in civil actions.History:  1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (1) (c); 1985 a. 29; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (5); 1987 a. 119; 1991 a. 39.
WI Stat § 16.78 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.78 - Purchases from department relating to information technology or telecommunications.

16.78  Purchases from department relating to information technology or telecommunications. (1) Every agency other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, or an agency making purchases under s. 16.74 shall make all purchases of materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services relating to information technology or telecommunications from the department, unless the department requires the agency to purchase the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services pursuant to a master contract established under s. 16.972 (2) (h), or grants written authorization to the agency to procure the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services under s. 16.75 (1) or (2m), to purchase the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services from another agency or to provide the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services to itself. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin-Madison may make purchases of materials, supplies, equipment, and contractual services relating to information technology or telecommunications from the department. (2) Sections 16.705 to 16.767 and 16.77 (1) do not apply to the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services by any agency from the department under sub. (1).History:  1991 a. 39; 2001 a. 16, 104; 2003 a. 33; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m, 9448.
WI Stat § 16.79 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.79 - Duties of department of administration.

16.79  Duties of department of administration. (1) The department shall distribute so many copies of the Wisconsin reports as may be required by the state law librarian to make the exchanges provided for by law with other states and territories. (2) The department shall distribute in pamphlet form copies of the constitution and such laws as may be required to meet the public demand, including the election laws. The department shall distribute election manuals, forms, and supplies specified by the elections commission. The laws, manuals, forms, and supplies shall be sold by the department at cost, including distribution cost as determined under s. 35.80. The elections commission shall inform the department in writing as to which election manuals, forms, and supplies shall be offered for distribution under this subsection.History:  1971 c. 82; 1973 c. 334 s. 57; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 484; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 192; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118.
WI Stat § 16.83 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.83 - State capitol and executive residence board.

16.83  State capitol and executive residence board. (1) Purpose. The purpose of the state capitol and executive residence board is to direct the continuing and consistent maintenance of the property, decorative furniture and furnishings of the capitol and executive residence. (2)  Powers and duties. No renovation, repairs except repairs of an emergency nature, installation of fixtures, decorative items or furnishings for the grounds and buildings of the capitol or executive residence may be performed by or become the property of the state by purchase wholly or in part from state funds, or by gift, loan or otherwise until approved by the board as to design, structure, composition and appropriateness. The board shall:(a) Annually thoroughly investigate the state of repair of the capitol and executive residence.(b) Project the necessary personnel, materials and supplies required annually to maintain the executive residence appropriately both for its public functions and as the residence of the governor, and make specific budget recommendations to the department of administration to accomplish this purpose.(c) Ensure the architectural and decorative integrity of the buildings, fixtures, decorative items, furnishings and grounds of the capitol and executive residence by setting standards and criteria for subsequent repair, replacement and additions.(cm) Accept for the state donations or loans of works of art or other decorative items and fixtures consistent with par. (c) to be used at the state capitol.(d) Accept for the state donations or loans of furnishings, works of art or other decorative items and fixtures consistent with par. (c).(e) Accept for the state all gifts, grants and bequests to the state capitol restoration fund, and authorize expenditures from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (r) for the purposes of maintenance, restoration, preservation and rehabilitation of the buildings and grounds of the state capitol, or of artifacts, documents and other historical objects or resources located within and around the state capitol, and for the purpose of the acquisition of replacement or reacquisition of original artifacts, documents and other historical objects or resources, including statuary and works of art, consistent with par. (c), for the state capitol. (3)  Swimming pool prohibited. The board may not approve the construction or maintenance of a swimming pool on the grounds of or in the executive residence. (4)  Foundation. The board may organize or cooperate in the organization of a private foundation to be operated for the purposes specified in sub. (2) (e).History:  1979 c. 34, 221; 1993 a. 477, 491.
WI Stat § 16.835 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.835 - Offices and rooms in capitol.

16.835  Offices and rooms in capitol. The office of the governor shall be located in the capitol. The attorney general, lieutenant governor and supreme court shall each keep a room in the capitol. The circular room on the 2nd floor of the capitol located between the assembly and senate chambers shall be made available for the use of the capitol press corps.History:  1977 c. 3, 447; 1983 a. 27; 1989 a. 31; 1997 a. 237.
WI Stat § 16.838 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.838 - Historically significant furnishings.

16.838  Historically significant furnishings. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.045 (1) (a).(b) “Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, or 237. (c) “Historically significant furnishings" means furniture, fixtures, decorative objects or other items that are or were associated with the current or any prior state capitol and that possess historical significance. (2)  Title. Title to historically significant furnishings in the possession of any agency or authority, including the senate and assembly, is vested in the department. (3)  Acquisition.  The department may acquire any historically significant furnishing by purchase or gift. The department shall pay for any such furnishing from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c). (4)  Transfer of possession. The department shall take possession of historically significant furnishings to which the department has title whenever the department is directed to do so by the joint committee on legislative organization. If a ceding agency or authority requires a replacement for a furnishing that is transferred to the department's possession, the department shall pay for a suitable replacement from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c). (5)  Restoration. The department shall restore any historically significant furnishing in its possession prior to relocation of the furnishing to the capitol if the joint committee on legislative organization so directs. The department shall pay the cost of such restoration from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c). (6)  Location. The department shall locate historically significant furnishings in its possession at the places in the capitol specified by the joint committee on legislative organization.History:  1999 a. 4; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 335; 2011 a. 229.
WI Stat § 16.839 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.839 - State facilities named.

16.839  State facilities named. The aviation facilities operated by the state of Wisconsin at the Dane County Regional Airport in the city of Madison are named the “Fritz E. Wolf Aviation Center."History:  2005 a. 424.
WI Stat § 16.842 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.842 - State capitol view preservation.

16.842  State capitol view preservation. (1) Except as authorized under this section, no portion of any building or structure located within one mile of the center of the state capitol building may exceed the elevation of 1,032.8 feet above sea level as established by the U.S. coast and geodetic survey. (2) This section does not apply to any building or structure erected prior to April 28, 1990. (3) The city of Madison may grant exceptions to the application of sub. (1) for flagpoles, communications towers, church spires, elevator penthouses, screened air conditioning equipment or chimneys, subject to approval of any plan commission created under s. 62.23 (1).History:  1989 a. 222.
WI Stat § 16.844 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.844 - Burning bituminous coal near capitol.

16.844  Burning bituminous coal near capitol. (1) It shall be unlawful to burn any bituminous coal for heating, power or any other purpose or purposes within any of the following blocks surrounding the capitol park in the city of Madison: Blocks 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109 and 110 or in the streets or alleys adjoining said blocks, except in smoke preventing furnaces of such an efficiency that no smoke shall be visible emitting from the top or outlet of the stack or chimney. (2) Any person who shall cause, allow, or permit bituminous coal to be burned in violation of this section shall forfeit the sum of $25 for each day or part thereof during which such violation continues. (3) The secretary of administration, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall institute proper proceedings to collect fines for and restrain violations of this section. (4) The limitations contained in this section are imposed for the protection of the state capitol and its contents.History:  1975 c. 41 s. 51; 1989 a. 222 s. 3; Stats. 1989 s. 16.844.
WI Stat § 16.845 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.845 - Use of state facilities.

16.845  Use of state facilities. (1) Rule; penalty. Except as elsewhere expressly prohibited, the managing authority of any facility owned by the state or by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority or leased from the state by the Fox River Navigational System Authority may permit its use for free discussion of public questions, or for civic, social, recreational or athletic activities. No such use shall be permitted if it would unduly burden the managing authority or interfere with the prime use of such facility. The applicant for use shall be liable to the state, to the Fox River Navigational System Authority, or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for any injury done to its property, for any expense arising out of any such use and for such sum as the managing authority may charge for such use. All such sums payable to the state shall be paid into the general fund and credited to the appropriation account for the operation of the facility used. The managing authority may permit such use notwithstanding the fact that a reasonable admission fee may be charged to the public. Whoever does or attempts to do an act for which a permit is required under this section without first obtaining the permit may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both. This subsection applies only to those facilities for which a procedure for obtaining a permit has been established by the managing authority. (2)  Definitions. In this section:(a) “Facility" includes buildings and surrounding and connecting grounds.(b) “Managing authority" means the board, commission, department or officer responsible by law for the management of the particular facility.History:  1971 c. 183; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16.A group of churches is entitled to a permit under this section to use the capitol grounds for a civic or social activity even if the content of program is partly religious in nature. 68 Atty. Gen. 217.
WI Stat § 16.846 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.846 - Rules relating to use, care and preservation of property under department control.

16.846  Rules relating to use, care and preservation of property under department control. (1) (a) The department shall promulgate under ch. 227, and shall enforce or have enforced, rules of conduct for property leased or managed by the department. Unless the rule specifies a penalty as provided under par. (b), a person found guilty of violating a rule promulgated under this subsection shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.(b) A rule promulgated under par. (a) may provide that a person who violates the rule is subject to one of the following:1. A lesser criminal penalty than the criminal penalty specified in par. (a).2. A forfeiture of not more than $500. (2) A forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) 2. may be sued for and collected in the name of the department before any court having jurisdiction of such action. An action for a forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) 2. may be brought by the department, by the department of justice at the request of the department, or by a district attorney. (3) All fines imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with s. 59.25 (3) (f) and (j). All forfeitures, including forfeitures of posted bail, if any, imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with ss. 778.13 and 778.17.History:  1995 a. 174; 1997 a. 35.
WI Stat § 16.849 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.849 - Facility design services for state agencies.

16.849  Facility design services for state agencies. The department may provide facility design services to agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1e). The department may assess a fee to agencies for which the department performs services under this section.History:  2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 16.851 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.851 - Plans for state buildings, structures or facilities.

16.851  Plans for state buildings, structures or facilities. Except as the department otherwise provides by rule, records of the department containing plans or specifications for any state-owned or state-leased building, structure or facility, or any proposed state-owned or state-leased building, structure or facility, are not subject to the right of public inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1). If the department transfers any records containing any such plans or specifications to any other authority as defined in s. 19.32 (1), the department shall require the authority to agree in writing not to make the record available for public inspection or copying except as the department otherwise permits by rule.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 16.8511 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.8511 - Secretary of administration; powers, duties.

16.8511  Secretary of administration; powers, duties. (1) The secretary or the secretary's designated assistants shall make a biennial inspection of each building of each institution of the state. The secretary may delegate this responsibility to the board, commission or officer in charge of such institution. (2) The secretary may delegate any of the work under this subchapter to the various state agencies when the secretary determines that the best interests of the state will be served. All such delegation will be in writing and accompanied by the proper rules and guidelines the agencies must follow to ensure performance to the satisfaction of the secretary.History:  2005 a. 149 ss. 67, 69.
WI Stat § 16.867 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 16 - Department of administration.|16.867 - Selection of architects and engineers.

16.867  Selection of architects and engineers. (1) The secretary shall establish a committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) for each construction project under the department's supervision, except an emergency project approved under s. 16.855 (16) (b) 2., for the purpose of selecting an architect or engineer for the project. (2) If the estimated cost of a construction project under the department's supervision is $7,400,000 or more, the selection committee appointed under sub. (1) shall use a request-for-proposal process established by the department to select an architect or engineer for the project based on qualifications.History:  2017 a. 237.