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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.405 - Requests for issuance of operating notes.

16.405
Requests for issuance of operating notes.
(1)
At any time the department determines that a deficiency will occur in the funds of the state which will not permit the state to meet its operating obligations in a timely manner, it may prepare a request for the issuance of operating notes under subch. III of ch. 18 and, subject to subs. (2) and (3), may submit the request to the building commission.
(2)
The department may not submit a request to the building commission under sub. (1) unless the request is signed by the secretary and the governor.
(3)
If the department proposes to submit a request to the building commission under sub. (1), the secretary shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed action. 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 submission within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's notification, the department may submit the request to the building commission as proposed. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed submission, the department may submit the request to the building commission only upon approval of the committee.
History:  1983 a. 3; 1985 a. 29; 1997 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.41 - Agency and authority accounting; information; aid.

16.41
Agency and authority accounting; information; aid.
(1)
All agencies shall keep their accounts and other financial records as prescribed by the secretary under s. 16.40 (5), except as otherwise specifically directed by law. All agencies and authorities shall furnish to the secretary all information relating to their financial transactions which the secretary requests pursuant to this subchapter for such periods as the secretary requests, and shall render such assistance in connection with the preparation of the state budget report and the budget bill and in auditing accounts, as the secretary or the governor may require.
(2)
The secretary and his or her duly authorized employees shall have free access to all financial accounts of every agency and authority, and each agency and authority shall assist the secretary in preparing estimates of receipts and expenditures for inclusion in the state budget report.
(3)
Upon request of the secretary all agencies and authorities shall furnish such information concerning anticipated revenues and expenditures as the secretary requires for effective control of state finances.
(4)
In this section, “authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
History:  1977 c. 196 s. 130 (3); 1977 c. 272, 273; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 399; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 74, 335; 2007 a. 20, 97; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 7, 10; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.412 - Agency payments.

16.412
Agency payments.
At the request of any agency, the secretary may authorize the processing of specified regular periodic payments through the use of money transfer techniques including, without limitation because of enumeration, direct deposit, electronic funds transfer, and automated clearinghouse procedures.
History:  1981 c. 20; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.415 - Certification of payrolls.

16.415
Certification of payrolls.
(1)
Neither the secretary nor any other fiscal officer of this state may draw, sign, or issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant on any disbursing officer of the state to pay any compensation to any person in the classified service of the state unless an estimate, payroll, or account for such compensation, containing the names of every person to be paid, bears the certificate of the appointing authority that each person named in the estimate, payroll, or account has been appointed, employed, or subject to any other personnel transaction in accordance with, and that the pay for the person has been established in accordance with, the law, compensation plan, or applicable collective bargaining agreement, and applicable rules of the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department and the director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department then in effect.
(2)
Any person entitled to be certified as described in sub. (1), as having been appointed or employed in pursuance of law and of the rules pursuant thereto, and refused such certificate, may maintain an action of mandamus to compel the appointing authority to issue such certificate.
(3)
Any sums paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any appointing authority making such appointments in contravention of law or of the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or from any appointing authority signing or countersigning or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the payment of the same, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such appointing authority, in an action in the circuit court for any county within the state, maintained by the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department, or by a citizen resident therein, who is assessed for, and liable to pay, or within one year before the commencement of the action has paid, a state, city or county tax within this state. All moneys recovered in any action brought under this section when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury except that if a citizen taxpayer is plaintiff in any such action he or she shall be entitled to receive for personal use the taxable cost of such action and 5 percent of the amount recovered as attorney fees.
History:  1971 c. 270 ss. 67, 68; 1973 c. 12; 1977 c. 196 ss. 63, 65, 130 (5), 131; 1977 c. 272 s. 98; 1977 c. 273; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1); 1989 a. 31; 2003 a. 33 ss. 169 to 171, 9160; 2003 a. 320; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.423 - Base budget review reports.

16.423
Base budget review reports.
(1)
In this section, “state agency" has the meaning given in s. 20.001 (1).
(2)
(a)
During the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, the secretary shall require that all state agencies submit a report no later than September 15, 2018, and then no later than May 15 in the even-numbered year in every biennium thereafter, that contains the information specified in sub. (3).
(b)
Beginning in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the secretary shall require that any state agency created after May 15, 2018, submit a report no later than the May 15 in the even-numbered year that first occurs after the state agency is created, and then no later than May 15 in the even-numbered year in every biennium thereafter, that contains the information specified in sub. (3).
(3)
A report submitted under this section shall contain at least all of the following:
(a)
A description of each appropriation of the state agency.
(b)
For each appropriation of the state agency, an accounting of all expenditures in every quarter in each of the prior 3 fiscal years.
(c)
For each appropriation of the state agency, an analysis of whether the appropriation contributes to the mission of the state agency and whether the objectives of the appropriation justify its expenditures.
(d)
For each appropriation of the state agency, a determination of the minimum level of funding to achieve its objectives, but not to exceed the prior fiscal year's base funding, and an accounting of its current funding.
(e)
A description of the state agency mission or guiding principles. If a state agency does not have an agency mission or guiding principles, the state agency shall adopt an agency mission or guiding principles and describe the mission or principles in the report.
(3m)
A report filed under this section shall be in a form that is consistent with the form used by a state agency that filed a base budget review report under s. 16.423, 2007 stats.
History:  2017 a. 212; 2021 a. 238.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.425 - Summary of tax exemption devices.

16.425
Summary of tax exemption devices.
(1)
Declaration of policy. Because state policy objectives are sought and achieved by both governmental expenditures and tax exemption, and because both have an impact on the government's capacity to lower tax rates or raise expenditures, both should receive regular comprehensive review by the governor and the legislature in the budgetary process. This section seeks to facilitate such comprehensive review by providing for the generation of information concerning tax exemptions and other similar devices comparable to expenditure information.
(2)
Definition. For the purposes of this section “tax exemption device" means any tax provision which exempts, in whole or in part, certain persons, income, goods, services, or property from the impact of established taxes, including, but not limited because of failure of enumeration, to those devices known as tax deductions, tax allowances, tax exclusions, tax credits and tax exemptions.
(3)
Report on tax exemption devices. The department of revenue shall, in each even-numbered year on the date prescribed for it by the secretary, furnish to the secretary a report detailing the approximate costs in lost revenue, the policy purposes and to the extent possible, indicators of effectiveness in achieving such purposes, for all state tax exemption devices, including those based on the internal revenue code, in effect at the time of the report. The report need relate only to chs. 71, 76 and 77 tax exemption devices and to property tax exemptions for which reports are required under s. 70.337. The report shall be prepared in such a manner as to facilitate the making of comparisons with the information reported in s. 16.46 (1) to (6).
History:  1973 c. 90; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 490.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.43 - Budget compiled.

16.43
Budget compiled.
The secretary shall compile and submit to the governor or the governor-elect and to each person elected to serve in the legislature during the next biennium, not later than November 20 of each even-numbered year, a compilation giving all of the data required by s. 16.46 to be included in the state budget report, except the recommendations of the governor and the explanation thereof. The secretary shall not include in the compilation any provision for the development or implementation of an information technology development project for an executive branch agency that is not consistent with the strategic plan of the agency, as approved under s. 16.976. The secretary may distribute the budget compilation in printed or optical disc format.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 20; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2015 a. 196.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.44 - Budget hearings.

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.
History:  1973 c. 333; 1977 c. 196 s. 130 (3); 1977 c. 273.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.45 - Budget message to legislature.

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. The governor may distribute the biennial state budget report in printed or optical disc format or post the biennial state budget report on the Internet, except that, if requested by a member of the legislature, the governor shall provide the member with a printed copy of the biennial state budget report.
History:  1971 c. 2; 1973 c. 333; 1987 a. 4, 186; 1993 a. 16; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 196.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.465 - Budget stabilization fund reallocations.

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.
History:  1985 a. 120.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.47 - Budget bill.

16.47
Budget bill.
(1)
Except as provided in s. 16.529 (2), 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.
(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.
(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.
History:  1971 c. 125; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 4; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.48 - Unemployment reserve financial statement.

16.48
Unemployment reserve financial statement.
(1)
No later than May 31 of each even-numbered year, the secretary of workforce development shall prepare and furnish to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the majority and minority leaders of the senate, and the council on unemployment insurance, a statement of unemployment insurance financial outlook, which shall contain all of the following, together with the secretary's recommendations and an explanation for such recommendations:
(am)
Projections of unemployment insurance 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.
(bm)
Specific proposed changes, if any, in the laws relating to unemployment insurance financing, benefits, and administration.
(c)
Projections specified in par. (am) under the proposed laws.
(d)
The economic and public policy assumptions upon which the projections are based, and the impact upon the projections of variations from those assumptions.
(e)
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.
(f)
If unemployment insurance program debt is projected at the end of the forecast period, the methods proposed to liquidate the debt.
(3)
Biennially, no later than January 31 of each even-numbered year, the secretary of workforce development shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the majority and minority leaders of the senate, and the council on unemployment insurance the statement of unemployment insurance financial outlook prepared under sub. (1), together with a report that summarizes the deliberations of the council and the position of the council regarding any proposed change to the unemployment insurance laws submitted under sub. (1).
(4)
The department shall post the most recent version of the statement prepared under sub. (1) and the most recent version of the report prepared under sub. (3) on the department's Internet site.
History:  1983 a. 388; 1995 a. 27 s. 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3, 39; 2013 a. 36; 2021 a. 231.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.51 - Department of administration; preauditing and accounting; additional duties and powers.

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:
(1)
Suggest improvements. Suggest plans for the improvement and management of the public revenues and expenditures.
(4)
Direct collection of moneys. Except as otherwise provided by law, direct and superintend the collection of all moneys due the state.
(5)
Keep and state accounts. Keep and state all accounts in which the state is interested as provided in s. 16.52.
(6)
Audit claims. Examine, determine and audit, according to law, the claims of all persons against the state as provided in s. 16.53.
(7)
Audit claims for expenses in connection with prisoners and juveniles in juvenile correctional facilities. Receive, examine, determine, and audit claims, duly certified and approved by the department of corrections, from the clerk of any county, city, village, or town on behalf of the county, city, village, or town, which are presented for reimbursement for certain expenses incurred or paid by it in reference to matters involving prisoners in state prisons, as defined in s. 302.01, or juveniles in juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), including prisoners or juveniles transferred to a mental health institute for observation or treatment. The department shall reimburse under this subsection a county in which a state prison or juvenile correctional facility is located for expenses relating to actions or proceedings involving a prisoner in the state prison or a juvenile in the juvenile correctional facility that are commenced by a district attorney or by the prisoner or juvenile as a postconviction remedy or a matter involving the prisoner's status as a prisoner or the juvenile's status as a resident of a juvenile correctional facility and for certain expenses incurred or paid by the county in reference to holding those juveniles in secure custody while those actions or proceedings are pending. The department shall reimburse on a quarterly basis a county, city, village, or town under this subsection for expenses relating to law enforcement investigative services that it provided for an incident involving a prisoner in a state prison or a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility within its jurisdiction. 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 jurisdiction had the offense or crime occurred therein.
History:  1971 c. 125; 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 221; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27, 77; 1997 a. 35; 2005 a. 344; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.515 - Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations.

16.515
Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations.
(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.
(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).
(3)
This section does not apply to supplementation of the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (co) or (8) (mg).
History:  1981 c. 20; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 16; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.517 - Adjustments of program revenue positions and funding levels.

16.517
Adjustments of program revenue positions and funding levels.
(1)
No later than 30 days after the effective date of each biennial budget act, the department shall provide to the joint committee on finance a report indicating any initial modifications that are necessary to the appropriation levels established under that act for program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations as defined in s. 20.001 (2) (b) and (c) or to the number of full-time equivalent positions funded from program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations authorized by that act to account for any additional funding or positions authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515 in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget that have not been included in authorizations under the biennial budget act but that should be included as continued budget authorizations in the fiscal biennium of the budget.
(2)
Modifications under sub. (1) shall be limited to adjustment of the appropriation or position levels to the extent required to account for higher base levels for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget due to appropriation or position increases authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515 during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget.
(3)
If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed modifications under sub. (1) within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's report, the department may make the modifications specified in the report. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's report, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed modifications, the department may not make the modifications specified in the report until the committee approves the report.
History:  1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 4, 27; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27; 2005 a. 149.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.518 - Transfers to the budget stabilization fund.

16.518
Transfers to the budget stabilization fund.
(1)
In this section, “summary" means the amount shown in the summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget act or acts.
(2)
Annually, the secretary shall calculate the difference between the amount of moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year that are designated as “Taxes" in the summary and the amount of such moneys actually deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year.
(3)
(a)
Subject to par. (b), if the amount of moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year that are designated as “Taxes" in the summary is less than the amount of such moneys actually deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year, the secretary shall annually transfer from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund 50 percent of the amount calculated under sub. (2).
(b)
1.
If the balance of the budget stabilization fund on June 30 of the fiscal year is at least equal to 5 percent of the estimated expenditures from the general fund during the fiscal year, as reported in the summary, the secretary may not make the transfer under par. (a).
2.
If the amount transferred under par. (a) would cause the general fund balance on June 30 of the fiscal year to be less than the general fund balance that is required under s. 20.003 (4) for that fiscal year, the secretary shall reduce the amount transferred under par. (a) to the amount that would cause the general fund balance to be equal to the minimum general fund balance that is required under s. 20.003 (4) for that fiscal year.
History:  2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 226.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.5185 - Transfers to the transportation fund.

16.5185
Transfers to the transportation fund.
(1)
Beginning on June 30, 2013, in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the transportation fund the greater of the following:
(a)
An amount equal to 0.25 percent of the moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year that are designated as “Taxes" in the summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget act for that fiscal year. For fiscal year 2022-23 the amount calculated under this paragraph is doubled.
(b)
An amount equal to $35,127,000.
(2m)
Beginning on June 30, 2020, in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer the unencumbered balance of the petroleum inspection fund on June 30, less an amount sufficient to meet the reserve requirement under this subsection, from the petroleum inspection fund to the transportation fund. The petroleum inspection fund balance after a transfer under this subsection may not be less than 5 percent of gross revenues received during the fiscal year in which the transfer is made.
(3)
On December 30, 2024, and on each December 30 thereafter, the secretary shall transfer from the local government fund to the transportation fund $8,000,000.
(4)
Beginning on June 30, 2024, in each fiscal year, there is transferred from the general fund to the transportation fund the amount shown for the transfer in the general fund summary schedule of the biennial budget act for EV sales tax.
History:  2011 a. 32; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 58; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.5186 - Transfers involving the local government fund.

16.5186
Transfers involving the local government fund.
(1)
On July 1, 2024, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (a).
(2)
Beginning in fiscal year 2024-25, on the 2nd Monday in July in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 15 percent of the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (b) and (c). On the 2nd Monday in November in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 85 percent of the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (b) and (c).
History: 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.519 - Fund transfers relating to tobacco settlement agreement.

16.519
Fund transfers relating to tobacco settlement agreement.
(1)
In this section, “tobacco settlement agreement" means the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998.
(4)
If the state has not received in fiscal year 2002-03 at least $15,345,100 under the tobacco settlement agreement, because the secretary, under s. 16.63, has sold the state's right to receive any of the payments under the tobacco settlement agreement, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the tobacco control fund an amount equal to $15,345,100 less any payments received under the tobacco settlement agreement and deposited in the tobacco control fund in that fiscal year.
History:  2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.525 - State aid recipients' accounting.

16.525
State aid recipients' accounting.
Every association, society, institute or other organization that receives aid in any form through appropriations from the state shall report to the department in August of each year. Such annual report shall contain a detailed statement of all receipts and expenditures of such association, society, institute or organization for the fiscal year concluded on the preceding June 30, and such portions as are of special importance may be published in the biennial report of the department under s. 15.04 (1) (d).
History:  1977 c. 196 s. 131; 1987 a. 186.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.5285 - Health insurer fee savings.

16.5285
Health insurer fee savings.
(1)
In this section, “Affordable Care Act” has the meaning given in s. 601.80 (1).
(2)
If the annual fee imposed under section 9010 of the Affordable Care Act is no longer applicable to insurers participating in the state's group health insurance program under s. 40.51 (6) or the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and if the state budget allocated an amount to expend on the annual insurer fee, the secretary shall calculate the expected state agency savings related to the avoidance of the fee.
(3)
Based on the savings calculated under sub. (2), the secretary shall do one or more of the following:
(a)
In the fiscal biennium in which the savings are calculated, reduce the estimated general purpose revenue and program revenue expenditures, excluding tuition and fee moneys from the University of Wisconsin System, for “Compensation Reserves” shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (1) by an amount equal to the savings calculated under sub. (2) to the state's group health insurance program; subject to sub. (4), transfer to the general fund the related available balances in program revenue appropriation accounts related to the savings under sub. (2) to the state's group health insurance program in an amount equal to the calculated program revenue saved under sub. (2) to the state's group health insurance program; and, if the secretary of health services finds that a reduction would not result in a deficit to the Medical Assistance program, reduce the general purpose revenue expenditure amounts for the Medical Assistance program under s. 20.435 (4) (b) by an amount that is no greater than the amount of the savings calculated under sub. (2) to the Medical Assistance program.
(b)
In the fiscal biennium following the fiscal biennium in which the savings are calculated, adjust state agency employer contributions for state employee fringe benefit costs.
(4)
If the secretary intends to transfer to the general fund the related available balances in program revenue appropriation accounts related to the savings under sub. (2) to the state's group health insurance program, the secretary shall submit a request to the joint committee on finance stating the amounts the secretary calculates would be transferred from each program revenue appropriation account. If, within 14 days after the date of the secretary's request, the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the transfers submitted are considered approved. If the cochairpersons notify the department within 14 days after the date of the secretary's request that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, a transfer may be made only upon approval of the committee.
History:  2017 a. 138.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.529 - Lapses and fund transfers relating to unfunded retirement liability debt service.

16.529
Lapses and fund transfers relating to unfunded retirement liability debt service.
(1)
The definitions in s. 20.001 are applicable in this section.
(2)
Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) to (c) and 25.40 (3), beginning in the 2007-09 fiscal biennium, during each fiscal biennium the secretary shall lapse to the general fund or transfer to the general fund from each state agency appropriation specified in sub. (3) an amount equal to that portion of the total amount of principal and interest to be paid on obligations issued under s. 16.527 during the fiscal biennium that is allocable to the appropriation, as determined under sub. (3).
(3)
The secretary shall determine the amounts of the allocations required under sub. (2) as follows:
(a)
The secretary shall first determine the total amount of Wisconsin Retirement System contributions that are to be paid by the state under s. 40.05 during the fiscal biennium.
(b)
The secretary shall then determine the percentage of the total amount determined under par. (a) that is allocable to each state agency appropriation from which Wisconsin Retirement System contributions under s. 40.05 are paid. The secretary shall exclude from this determination any appropriation from which a lapse or transfer to pay any principal or interest amount on obligations issued under s. 16.527 would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the expenditure of the moneys or if the lapse or transfer would violate the federal or state constitution.
(c)
For each appropriation identified under par. (b), the secretary shall then apply the percentage calculated under par. (b) to the total amount of principal and interest to be paid during the fiscal biennium on obligations issued under s. 16.527. This amount is the portion of the total amount of principal and interest paid on the obligations during that fiscal biennium that is allocable to each appropriation.
History:  2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.531 - Cash flow plan; report.

16.531
Cash flow plan; report.
(1)
At least 15 days prior to the beginning of any calendar quarter in which the secretary anticipates that it may be necessary to exercise the authority conferred in s. 16.53 (10) (a) or 20.002 (11) (a) or to incur financial obligations and issue operating notes under subch. III of ch. 18, the secretary shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance describing the specific nature of any proposed action that may be required.
(2)
If the secretary determines during any calendar quarter that action under s. 16.53 (10) (a) or 20.002 (11) or subch. III of ch. 18 should be taken that is different from the action specified in the plan submitted under sub. (1), the secretary shall provide notice to the joint committee on finance of the specific nature of any such action that may be required. If the joint committee on finance has not, within 2 working days after such notification, scheduled a meeting to review the secretary's proposal, the secretary may proceed with the proposed action. If, within 2 working days after such notification, the committee schedules a meeting, the secretary may not proceed with the proposed action until after the meeting is held.
(3)
Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter during which the secretary exercises the authority conferred in s. 16.53 (10) (a), during which there is any outstanding reallocation of moneys under s. 20.002 (11) (a) or during which there are any outstanding operating notes issued under subch. III of ch. 18, the secretary shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report on the status of all such matters, together with an assessment of the degree to which the secretary anticipates that state funds and accounts will have sufficient revenues to meet anticipated obligations during the 6-month period following the calendar quarter for which the report is issued.
(4)
This section does not apply to actual or projected imbalances in the unemployment reserve fund or to loans to the fund made under s. 20.002 (11) (b) 3m.
History:  1983 a. 3; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.544 - Federal aid disallowances.

16.544
Federal aid disallowances.
(1)
Each agency that is informed by a federal agency that any liability of $10,000 or more incurred by the agency that has been or was anticipated to be assumed by the federal government from federal moneys received by the agency will not be an allowable use of the federal moneys shall notify the department and the joint committee on finance in writing of the disallowance. The notice shall include a statement of the method proposed by the agency to settle the disallowance.
(2)
Each agency having given notice under sub. (1) shall make a quarterly report to the department, or at such other times as the secretary may require, concerning the status of efforts to resolve the audit disallowance. The format of the report shall be determined by the secretary.
(3)
Prior to taking final action to remove any liability related to a disallowance of the use of federal moneys, an agency shall submit to the department a statement of the action proposed to remove the liability. The department may approve, disapprove or approve with modifications each such proposed action. The secretary shall forward a copy of each statement of proposed action approved by the department to the joint committee on finance. This subsection does not apply to an action taken by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, within the statutory authority of the board, to remove a liability of less than $5,000.
(4)
In this section, “agency" has the meaning given under s. 16.52 (7).
History:  1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.545 - Federal aid management service.

16.545
Federal aid management service.
A federal aids management service shall be established in the department of administration:
(1)
To fully inform the governor, the legislature, state agencies and the public of available federal aid programs.
(2)
To fully inform the governor and the legislature of pending federal aid legislation.
(3)
To advise the governor and the legislature of alternative and recommended methods of administering federal aid programs.
(4)
To study and interpret the effect of federal aid programs on the administration of state government and the pattern of state government finances.
(5)
To assist in the coordination of broad federal aid programs which are administered by more than one state agency.
(6)
To maintain an information center on federal aid programs.
(7)
To analyze and advise on proposed federal aid budgets submitted to the governor and the joint committee on finance under s. 16.54 (5).
(8)
To serve as the state central information reception center for the receipt and dissemination of such federal grant-in-aid information as provided by federal agencies pursuant to section 201 of the federal intergovernmental cooperation act of 1968. The department shall report all such information to the governor and to the joint committee on finance.
(9)
To initiate contacts with the federal government for the purpose of facilitating participation by agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1e), 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 an agency to which it provides services under this subsection a fee for the expenses incurred by the department in providing those services.
History:  1975 c. 39; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (3); 1983 a. 308, 538; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.548 - Federal-state relations office; report.

16.548
Federal-state relations office; report.
(1)
The department may maintain a federal-state relations office in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of promoting federal-state cooperation, headed by a director. The director and a staff assistant for the office shall be appointed by the governor outside the classified service, subject to the concurrence of the joint committee on legislative organization. The director and staff assistant shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(2)
If the department maintains a federal-state relations office, it shall submit a report from the office to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), within 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter detailing the activities of the office during the quarter and reporting the status of federal legislation of concern to the legislature and other state agencies.
(3)
The department may arrange for the federal-state relations office to share office facilities with a similar office serving another state.
History:  1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 27, 192; 1987 a. 186.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.55 - Frauds and uncollectible shortages.

16.55
Frauds and uncollectible shortages.
The head of each agency shall immediately provide to the secretary any information within his or her knowledge or evidence in his or her possession concerning any suspected fraudulent use of appropriations or embezzlement of moneys in the custody of the agency or any officer or employee thereof. The attorney general shall investigate and, on or before March 1 of each odd-numbered year, notify the department of the sums of money embezzled from the several state accounts during the prior 2 years indicating the amounts uncollected and uncollectible. The department shall cause a bill to be prepared appropriating from the several state funds the amounts necessary to liquidate the uncollectible shortages in state accounts caused by such embezzlement, and submit such bill to the joint committee on finance for introduction.
History:  1981 c. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.56 - Grain inspection funding.

16.56
Grain inspection funding.
On June 30 of each fiscal year, the department shall determine whether the accumulated expenses for the inspection and certification of grain under s. 93.06 (1m) have exceeded the accumulated revenues from conducting that inspection and certification as of that date. If so, immediately before the end of the fiscal year, the department shall transfer the unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.115 (1) (a), (2) (a), (3) (a), (7) (a), and (8) (a), up to the amount of the excess, to the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (1) (h).
History:  2005 a. 25.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.58 - Services to units of local government.

16.58
Services to units of local government.
(1)
The department shall provide management and personnel consultative and technical assistance to units of government other than the state and may charge for those services.
(2)
The department may request technical and staff assistance from other state agencies in providing management and personnel consultative services to those units of government.
(3)
The department may provide financial consulting services to a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229.
History:  1979 c. 361; 2015 a. 60.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.60 - Services to nonprofit corporations.

16.60
Services to nonprofit corporations.
(1)
The department of administration may provide, on a reimbursable basis, financial and management services for nonprofit corporations with which the state or its agencies has entered into leases and subleases for the construction and leasing of projects. Services provided under this section shall be in accordance with the request of the building commission as to the type and scope of service requested, the civil service range of the employee or employees assigned to them and the total reimbursement to be charged by the department of administration to the nonprofit corporations.
(2)
The department or the legislature or any person delegated by the legislature may inspect and examine or cause an inspection and examination of all records relating to the construction of projects that are, or are to be, financed by a nonprofit corporation and leased or subleased by any state agency.
(3)
The secretary or the secretary's designated representative shall serve in an advisory capacity to and be a nonvoting member of any nonprofit corporation with which the state or its agencies has entered into leases and subleases for the construction and leasing of projects.
History:  1983 a. 36 s. 96 (4); 1991 a. 316.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 16 - Department of administration. › 16.611 - State public records; optical disc and electronic storage.

16.611
State public records; optical disc and electronic storage.
(1)
In this section, “public records" has the meaning given under s. 16.61 (2) (b).
(2)
(a)
The department shall prescribe, by rule, procedures for the transfer of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority to optical disc or electronic format and for the maintenance of such records stored in optical disc or electronic format, including procedures to ensure the authenticity, accuracy, reliability, and accessibility of any public records or records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority or of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority so transferred and procedures to ensure that such records are protected from unauthorized destruction.
(b)
The department shall prescribe, by rule, procedures governing the operation of its optical disc and electronic storage facility under s. 16.62 (1) (bm).
(c)
The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for optical discs and for copies of documents generated from optical discs used to store public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
(d)
The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for the storage of public records in electronic format and for copies of public records stored in electronic format.
(3)
Prior to submitting any proposed rule prescribed under sub. (2) to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the proposed rule to the public records board for its recommendations.
History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27, 216; 2005 a. 335; 2015 a. 196.