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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.07 - Proposed constitutional amendments.

35.07
Proposed constitutional amendments.
No later than the August 1 preceding a general election, the legislative reference bureau shall publish on the Internet in one or more electronic file formats each proposed constitutional amendment that was approved for the first time by the legislature preceding the election. Each such proposed constitutional amendment shall remain so published on the Internet until the conclusion of the general election.
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.095 - Acts.

35.095
Acts.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Date of enactment" means the day on which a bill becomes an act through approval by the governor, passage over the governor's veto or failure of the governor to act on it or the day on which a portion of a bill which has been vetoed in part is enacted over the governor's partial veto.
(b)
“Date of publication" means the day after the date of enactment.
(c)
“Working day" means each day except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal and statewide legal holidays designated in s. 995.20.
(2)
Numbering.
(a)
Each act of a session shall be numbered consecutively commencing with one. An act enacted by the governor's approval shall be numbered by the governor at the time of approval. An act enacted either by passage over the governor's veto or by the governor's failure to act upon it within the time limit shall be numbered immediately by the chief clerk of the house of origin.
(b)
The person numbering an act under par. (a) shall note on it the date of enactment, shall immediately provide electronic notice to the legislative reference bureau of the act number and date of enactment, and shall deposit it in the secretary of state's office no later than the next working day following its enactment.
(3)
Publication.
(a)
The legislative reference bureau shall publish every act and every portion of an act that is enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto on its date of publication on the Internet in one or more electronic file formats. The legislative reference bureau may electronically publish every act and every portion of an act that is enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto on other electronic media in one or more electronic file formats, as the legislative reference bureau determines.
(c)
Copies of each act or portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto shall be available electronically on or before the date of publication of the act to subscribers under s. 35.87. At appropriate intervals, the officer designated under s. 35.87 shall certify to the secretary of state that each act or portion of an act was available electronically to subscribers on or before its date of publication.
History:  1981 c. 372 ss. 5, 13; 1983 a. 36; 1983 a. 192 s. 304; 1991 a. 39; 2005 a. 155; 2013 a. 5, 20.
Cross Reference:  See s. 889.01 for the acts as prima facie evidence.
Cross Reference:  See s. 991.11 for effective dates of acts.
Article IV, Section 17 of the Wisconsin Constitution vests the legislature with the constitutional power to “provide by law" for publication. The legislature has set the requirements for publication. If a court can intervene and prohibit the publication of an act, the court determines what shall be law and not the legislature. If the court does that, it does not in terms legislate but it invades the constitutional power of the legislature to declare what shall become law. This a court may not do. Ozanne v. Fitzgerald, 2011 WI 43, 334 Wis. 2d 70, 798 N.W.2d 436, 11-0613.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.15 - Laws of Wisconsin.

35.15
Laws of Wisconsin.
(1)
(a)
No later than the end of each session of the legislature, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare camera-ready copy for one or more volumes denominated “Laws of Wisconsin", and identified by the year in which that session began.
(b)
The volume shall contain all acts enacted during such session, all important joint resolutions of the session, and an alphabetical index to the volume prepared by the legislative reference bureau.
(c)
The copy shall show the date of enactment of each act, the date of publication of each act and published joint resolution, the number of the proposal from which the act or joint resolution originated and the house in which it originated and shall be in the form prescribed by the joint rules. The copy shall omit the signature of the officers affixed to the enrolled act or joint resolution.
(d)
The department shall determine the number of copies to be printed.
(e)
After making the necessary comparison, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall issue a certificate, to be filed in the office of the secretary of state as a public record, that he or she has compared the printed acts with the original acts on file in the office of the secretary of state, and that they appear to be correctly printed. Each volume of the Laws of Wisconsin shall contain a printed copy of such certificate.
(2)
The legislative reference bureau shall publish the Laws of Wisconsin as expeditiously as possible in such number of volumes and at such times as the bureau determines to be appropriate. If acts are enacted or joint resolutions are adopted while a volume is in production, the bureau may elect to publish them as a pocket part to the bound volume.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (3); 1981 c. 372; 1991 a. 39; 2007 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.17 - Correcting obvious errors in enrolling and publishing.

35.17
Correcting obvious errors in enrolling and publishing.
(1)
In enrolling under s. 13.92 (1) (b) 3. and for publishing under ss. 35.095, 35.15, and 35.35 (1) (a), the legislative reference bureau shall correct minor clerical errors. No such correction shall be deemed an alteration of the enrolled copy.
(2)
The legislative reference bureau shall correct obvious nonsubstantive errors when publishing the Wisconsin statutes under s. 35.18 (1) (a) and (b) and the administrative code under s. 35.93 (3).
(3)
On questions of orthography the current edition of Webster's new international dictionary shall be taken as the standard.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 372; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20.
STATUTES AND TOWN LAW FORMS;
CLASS 2 PRINTING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.19 - Pamphlet laws.

35.19
Pamphlet laws.
Editions of parts of the statutes in pamphlet form may be produced for official use and for public sale. The department shall charge the cost of pamphlet laws produced for such use or sale to the requisitioning state agencies.
History:  1973 c. 333; 1979 c. 34.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.20 - Wisconsin Town Law Forms.

35.20
Wisconsin Town Law Forms.
With each edition of the biennial Wisconsin statutes printed under s. 35.18 (1) (a), under the supervision of the legislative reference bureau, an edition will be printed as directed by the department for distribution by the department to all town clerks, of a volume to be designated “Wisconsin Town Law Forms" containing suitable forms for use in the administration of laws relating to: common schools; the county board; the powers, duties and liabilities of towns, town officers and the assessment of taxes; highways, bridges and drainage districts; and such other forms as the legislative reference bureau determines desirable and practicable.
History:  2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20.
BLUE BOOK AND REPRINTS; CLASS 2 PRINTING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.24 - Blue Book.

35.24
Blue Book.
(1)
The legislative reference bureau shall compile, index, prepare and deliver to the department biennially copy for a book to be denominated “Wisconsin Blue Book" and identified by the biennium of its intended use.
(a)
The Blue Book shall contain the biographies and pictures of state officers, senators and representatives to the assembly and officers of each house, information pertaining to the organization of Wisconsin state government, and statistical and other information of the same general character as that heretofore published, but so selected and condensed as will limit the number of pages to 1,000 or less. In making such selection the legislative reference bureau is directed to consult freely with the state superintendent of public instruction and the director of the historical society, and insofar as possible, make the book useful for civics classes in schools.
(b)
The department shall deliver camera-ready copy to the contract printer, to be printed and delivered as soon as practicable after the spring election of the odd-numbered year.
(2)
The Blue Book shall be case-bound in hard covers and shall have a blue spine.
(3)
Reprints of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d).
History:  1971 c. 82, 211; 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39 s. 732 (1); 1975 c. 200, 205; 1977 c. 29, 418; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 20, 260; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25.
OFFICIAL REPORTS; CLASS 3 PRINTING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.26 - Official reports.

35.26
Official reports.
(1)
Every report submitted under s. 15.04 (1) (d) shall set forth all receipts and disbursements in full and in detail. At the same time at which a report is submitted under s. 15.04 (1) (d), it shall be presented by its author to the department as printer's copy. No report shall contain any advertising matter nor any copying of the session laws or statutes of this state, except minor extracts explanatory of and incorporated in the text.
(2)
Before filing any report its author shall carefully edit the same and strike therefrom all journals and minutes of proceedings and all correspondence, petitions, orders and other documents or writings whose substance can be briefly stated, consolidate, so far as practicable, statistical tables and strike out all matter which is not important information concerning public affairs.
(3)
Sufficient copies of official reports shall be supplied by the publishing state agencies to the department for distribution in accordance with s. 35.84.
(4)
The costs of reports authorized by ss. 35.26 to 35.28 shall be charged to the requisitioning agency.
History:  1971 c. 42; 1977 c. 196 s. 131; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 36.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.265 - State budget, copies.

35.265
State budget, copies.
The governor may issue not to exceed 1,000 copies of the state budget report and as many copies of the budget report in brief as the governor determines to be necessary. The cost of these reports shall be charged to the department. After making the required distribution of the state budget report to the executive and legislative agencies and members of the legislature, the remaining copies may be sold to individuals at a price which does not exceed the costs per copy of printing, postage and handling. Revenues collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the general fund.
History:  1977 c. 29, 418; 1981 c. 27; 1983 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.27 - Limitation of editions of official reports.

35.27
Limitation of editions of official reports.
Within 60 calendar days after receiving final proof copy therefor, the department shall have printed and deliver editions of the reports mentioned in s. 35.26 and of any report required by law to be made to the governor or to the legislature if not otherwise limited. The department shall determine for any report the maximum number of copies and pages, or the length if authorized to be reproduced in optical disc format.
History:  2005 a. 25; 2015 a. 196.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.28 - Orders by department.

35.28
Orders by department.
The department may order printed in suitable form, in reasonable quantities, copies of opinions and briefs of the attorney general and the supreme court; opinions of the court of appeals; decisions of the public service commission; and special editions of parts of official reports.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (g); 1977 c. 187; 1981 c. 347.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS; CLASS 3 PRINTING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.29 - Books, pamphlets and magazines.

35.29
Books, pamphlets and magazines.
(1)
State agencies may order printed such materials as may be necessary for the proper administration of their offices, subject to distribution and sales regulations provided in this chapter and determinations of the department under s. 16.82 (4) (b). Unless otherwise provided by law, state agencies may make free distribution of such materials or may fix and collect a charge therefor, not to exceed cost, including distribution cost as determined under s. 35.80.
(1m)
No state agency may distribute any materials printed under sub. (1) directly to any member of the legislature, except in the manner provided in this subsection. If a state agency wishes to make available any materials under sub. (1) to members of the legislature, the agency shall send a notice to all members briefly describing the materials. If a member notifies the state agency that the member wishes to receive a copy of specified materials, the agency may then distribute the materials to that member.
(2)
Upon receiving the necessary printer's copy the department shall order printing as follows: Of the opinions of the attorney general, not more than 1,000 copies; and of the decisions of the public service commission, not more than 500 copies.
History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1971 c. 125, 164; 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (g); 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 347; 1983 a. 524; 1995 a. 27.
JOB PRINTING; CLASS 4 PRINTING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.34 - Job printing and all printing not otherwise classified.

35.34
Job printing and all printing not otherwise classified.
(1)
Job printing includes such other printing not specified in this chapter as may be permitted or required by law and necessary for the use of state agencies, including binding needed in connection with such printing.
(2)
Costs for such printing shall be charged to the requisitioning agency.
LEGAL NOTICES; CLASS 5
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.35 - Requisition procedure.

35.35
Requisition procedure.
(1)
(a)
The legislative reference bureau shall provide to the secretary of state electronic copy in type not smaller than 6 point Arial for the printing of any enrolled proposed constitutional amendment and of each enrolled resolution ordered to be printed in the official state newspaper by the president of the senate for resolutions originating in the senate or by the speaker of the assembly for resolutions originating in the assembly. The copy shall identify material deleted from existing law by stricken type, and material inserted into existing law by underscored type.
(b)
The department may contract to sell, at a price equal to the cost of composition, camera-ready copy of the laws to any commercial publisher.
(2)
Every state agency required by law to publish legal notices in a newspaper shall furnish printer's copy to the department with a requisition therefor.
(3)
All such printing shall be in the English language.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 372; 2011 a. 228.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.36 - Fees; state legal notices.

35.36
Fees; state legal notices.
(1)
The compensation to the official state newspaper and other papers for all legal notices required to be published at the expense of the state may not exceed the rates specified in s. 985.08 (1), (2) and (3). All expenditures incidental to such printing shall be absorbed by the newspaper doing the publishing. Whenever the state elects to provide camera-ready copy for the publication of its facsimile ballots or other legal notices the maximum chargeable rates shall be adjusted as provided in s. 985.08 (2) (b).
(2)
The costs of publication of legal notices shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be charged to the appropriation of the agency on whose order such publication is made.
History:  1977 c. 418; 1981 c. 372.
AGENCIES LOCATED OUTSIDE OF MADISON; CLASS 7
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.43 - Printing for out-of-Madison state agencies.

35.43
Printing for out-of-Madison state agencies.
Whenever it becomes advantageous to do so, the department of administration may establish blanket printing contracts in out-of-Madison metropolitan areas. Such contracts shall whenever practical follow the basic patterns established for classes 1 to 4.
SPECIALTY PRINTING; CLASS 8
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.44 - Specialty printing and book printing excluded from class 3.

35.44
Specialty printing and book printing excluded from class 3.
Specialty printing and book printing excluded from class 3 in s. 35.01 (3) shall be procured on individual competitive bids and by official state printing order according to specifications determined by the department.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND ORDER WRITING
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.50 - Specifications.

35.50
Specifications.
(1)
Specifications for state printing except class 1, including type style and size, page size, titles, paper, form, quality, quantity, binding, and method, or optical disc manufacturing specifications whenever reproduction in optical disc format is authorized, shall be as determined by the department unless specified by statute. Any state agency that objects to the department's determination may appeal the decision to the governor.
(2)
Unless otherwise required by law, each edition of the Blue Book and the reports specified in ss. 35.26 and 35.27, and reprints thereof, shall be substantially the same in printing and binding as the previous edition of the same publication. Unless otherwise determined by the chief of the legislative reference bureau, each edition of the Laws of Wisconsin shall be substantially the same in format, printing, and binding as the previous edition of the same publication. Unless otherwise determined by the legislative reference bureau, each edition of the biennial Wisconsin statutes printed under s. 35.18 (1) (a) shall be substantially the same in format, printing, and binding as the previous edition of the same publication. Unless otherwise determined by the legislative reference bureau, each electronic publication of the Wisconsin statutes under s. 35.18 (1) (b), the Wisconsin administrative code under s. 35.93 (2), and the Wisconsin administrative register under s. 35.93 (3) shall be in substantially the same format as the previous edition or version of the same publication.
(3)
Specifications for class 1 state printing shall be determined by the department with the advice and approval of the joint committee on legislative organization, except as otherwise provided for the Laws of Wisconsin under sub. (2).
(4)
Whenever possible, state publications printed on paper, other than printing of classes 4 and 5, shall be restricted to finished outside dimensions which shall not exceed 9 by 14 inches and shall not be less than 3 1/2 by 7 inches.
History:  1979 c. 34; 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 39, 215; 1993 a. 16; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 196.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.51 - Proofs; where received.

35.51
Proofs; where received.
Contract printers shall submit proof sheets of all public printing done by them and when requested, revised proof sheets thereof, to the department, regardless of the format to be used for reproduction. When requested by the chief clerk of either house proof sheets of printing of the first class shall be delivered to them.
History:  2005 a. 25.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.52 - Authority for printing; increase, and diminution of editions and pages.

35.52
Authority for printing; increase, and diminution of editions and pages.
The department may not order any printing not authorized by law nor any quantity in excess of the legal limitation thereof. If experience demonstrates that the number of copies specified in this chapter for the editions of the Blue Book or Laws of Wisconsin exceeds the actual lawful demand therefor, the number of volumes or pages thereafter to be printed shall be reduced to such number as will supply such demand and no more. In like manner, any specification as to quantity in any requisition for printing which is required to be distributed shall be reduced to the actual probable demand therefor, as determined from previous experience in such distribution.
History:  1991 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.53 - State printing orders.

35.53
State printing orders.
(1)
No printer shall be paid for any printing not authorized by an official printing order. The department shall prescribe the form, contents, number, and disposition of printing requisitions and official printing orders.
(2)
The governor may cause the withdrawal of any printing requisition if, in the governor's opinion, public policy demands it, or if the edition thereof seems excessive. In such cases, the governor shall hear the statement of the requisitioning officer, and shall communicate to such officer the action taken and reason therefor.
History:  1991 a. 316.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.54 - Title pages; names of authors.

35.54
Title pages; names of authors.
Every requisitioning agency shall provide the necessary printer's copy for a suitable title page, containing the name of the author for every book and other document which requires a title page; but on no such publication shall there appear, nor shall there be attached thereto, the words “Compliments of" followed by the name of the author, nor any other words of similar purport.
History:  2005 a. 25.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.55 - Editing printer's copy.

35.55
Editing printer's copy.
Printer's copy must accompany every requisition. The editors of all state agencies may edit for themselves the matter and form of the contents of the printer's copy presented by them respectively to the department. All printer's copy that does not conform to accepted trade practices, and, in the opinion of the department is unsatisfactory, shall be returned to its author for revision and correction. An optical disc copy may be substituted if the document being published is authorized to be reproduced in optical disc format.
History:  2005 a. 25; 2015 a. 196.
BIDS AND CONTRACTS; CLASSES 1, 2, 3, AND 4
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.56 - Base prices and specifications.

35.56
Base prices and specifications.
(1)
As a basis for bids for public printing in classes 1, 2, 3 and 4, the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with agencies, establish base prices and specifications for 2-year periods unless otherwise determined by the department, except that:
(a)
As a basis for printing the biennial Wisconsin statutes under s. 35.18 (1) (a), the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with the legislative reference bureau, establish base prices for 2-year periods and establish specifications subject to approval by the legislative reference bureau for 2-year periods.
(b)
As a basis for printing of the Laws of Wisconsin, the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with the chief of the legislative reference bureau, establish base prices for 2-year periods and establish specifications subject to approval by the chief for 2-year periods.
(2)
The specifications shall include a provision that the contract price shall be adjusted as affected by an increase or decrease in the printers' wage scale, providing no adjustment will take effect before 3 months of a new contract period has elapsed.
(3)
The specifications shall include normal production schedules for completion and delivery of each class; and shall provide penalties for failure to comply with production schedules or standards of quality.
(4)
The specifications shall provide that all work will be performed within the plant of the contract printer unless excepted by the department.
(5)
Notwithstanding subs. (1), (3) and (4), the legislative reference bureau shall approve specifications and production schedules for the printing and binding of the Wisconsin statutes.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34; 1991 a. 215; 1993 a. 16; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.57 - Advertisement for bids.

35.57
Advertisement for bids.
The department shall publish advertisements that sealed proposals for furnishing printing, during the next ensuing contract period, with all other material that the department requires, will be received any time prior to a specified day, when all proposals will be publicly opened and read. The advertisements shall be run as class 2 notices, under ch. 985, in the official state paper. Separate advertisements may be used for publications authorized to be published in optical disc format.
History:  1977 c. 29; 2005 a. 25; 2015 a. 196.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.59 - Breach of printing contracts.

35.59
Breach of printing contracts.
If a successful bidder or contractor enters upon the performance of a printing contract, and thereafter at any time during the term thereof refuses or neglects to comply with its terms and conditions or with the law relating to public printing, the bidder or contractor is liable to the state in damages to the amount of the difference between the cost of public printing under the printing contract and the cost thereof under any subsequent contracts let by the department. The attorney general, in all cases of damages and of forfeitures arising under this chapter, shall commence and prosecute to final judgment all necessary actions for the recovery thereof with costs, which when collected shall be paid into the state treasury.
History:  1979 c. 355; 1983 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.60 - Reletting contracts.

35.60
Reletting contracts.
If a successful bidder fails to execute a printing contract under the bidder's preliminary agreement and accepted bid, the department shall let the contract to the next lowest bidder, unless in its opinion the interest of the state requires that new proposals be received, in which case the department shall immediately advertise for new proposals under this chapter. If the contractor refuses or neglects to execute the work according to law and the terms of the printing contract, the department shall declare the contract void and shall immediately advertise for new bids for the remainder of the contract period. Necessary emergency public printing while readvertising and reletting contracts may be procured by the department.
History:  1983 a. 27, 192.
DELIVERY, BILLING, ACCOUNTING
AND SPECIAL PURCHASES
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.61 - Delivery and billing.

35.61
Delivery and billing.
(1)
The printing specified in each order shall be performed separately and delivered to the destination specified on the order.
(2)
Every contract printer shall file with the department immediately upon completion of an order a detailed and itemized invoice, together with one copy of the job.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.64 - Special purchases.

35.64
Special purchases.
(1)
Any material and labor necessarily required in doing public printing which is not provided for by this chapter and is not required of contract printers by existing contracts, may be procured by the department.
(2)
The department may order specialty printing from suppliers when it proves to be more economical or practical. Specialty printing includes all types of graphic reproduction not required of contract printers by existing contracts.
PAPER PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, WASTE
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.65 - Paper purchases.

35.65
Paper purchases.
(1)
The department shall procure by state bid and purchase procedures such paper supplies as are necessary for production of public printing and shall have delivered quantities to the contract printer for current jobs or necessary stock piling.
(2)
Contract printers are accountable for all paper assigned to them and shall report inventories periodically as prescribed by the department. Paper which has been wasted or converted to other uses shall be charged to the contract printer.
(3)
Contract printers shall be allowed waste on all work performed according to specifications established in s. 35.56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.78 - Distribution and sales costs and charges.

35.78
Distribution and sales costs and charges.
(1)
Unless otherwise provided, the department shall charge the cost of distribution and sale of all publications authorized or directed by law to be published to the state agencies responsible for submitting the publications.
(2)
The department may contract with state agencies for the distribution and sale of agency publications, for which publication is not required by law, on the basis of the cost of such operations. All such contracts shall authorize the department to sell publications on behalf of state agencies at the price fixed by law, or if no price is fixed, at a price determined by publishing agencies not to exceed cost. The department shall return unsold publications to state agencies if desired by the agencies.
(3)
The department shall receive full payment for the cost of sale and distribution of all publications of state agencies from the appropriate agencies. The department shall deposit all revenues derived from the sale and distribution of publications into:
(a)
The general fund if financed from general purpose revenues;
(b)
The appropriate segregated fund if financed from corresponding segregated fund revenues; or
(c)
The appropriate program revenue or segregated revenue appropriation if financed from program revenue or corresponding segregated revenue derived from program receipts.
(4)
In this section, cost shall be calculated as provided in s. 35.80.
(5)
In this section, “state agencies" includes all departments as defined in s. 16.002 (2), the legislature, the courts, and the legislative service and judicial branch agencies. In this section, “state agencies" does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
History:  1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (27); 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.81 - Definitions.

35.81
Definitions.
In ss. 35.81 to 35.91:
(1)
“Division" means the division for libraries and technology in the department of public instruction.
(1m)
“Legislative service agency" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (6).
(2)
“State agency" has the meaning given for “agency" in s. 13.172 (1), and for purposes of ss. 35.81 to 35.835 includes a committee, as defined in s. 15.01 (3), and a committee established by executive order under s. 14.019, except that “state agency" does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System or an institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9).
(3)
“State document" includes every publication produced by a state agency in multiple copies or prepared for a state agency in multiple copies by a private individual or organization that is supported wholly or partly by any funds appropriated by this state, regardless of the format or process by which produced and regardless of the source of funds provided to the publisher, which is intended by the publisher to be disseminated or made accessible to the public or is required by law to be published, but does not include any publication of a state agency intended by the state agency to be used solely for internal purposes within the state agency or between that state agency and other state agencies and does not include the Wisconsin administrative code or the Wisconsin administrative register.
(4)
“State document depository library" means a library designated under s. 35.82.
History:  1991 a. 285; 1993 a. 335; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 48; 2011 a. 158; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.82 - Designation of state document depository libraries.

35.82
Designation of state document depository libraries.
(1)
The state historical society, the legislative reference bureau and the resources for libraries and lifelong learning service of the department of public instruction are designated as state document depository libraries and shall receive state documents delivered under s. 35.83 (3).
(2)
The library of congress and the Council of State Governments, Lexington, Kentucky, are designated as state document depository libraries outside this state.
(3)
The division shall designate state document depository libraries in this state which agree to accept state documents delivered as directed by s. 35.83 (3), which are adequately staffed and which are capable of ensuring access to those state documents. The division may promulgate rules establishing criteria and the procedure for designation and termination of state document depository libraries under this subsection. The division shall designate not more than 10 libraries to serve as regional state document depository libraries which shall receive all state documents made available. The division shall designate not more than 35 libraries to serve as selective state document depository libraries which shall receive all state documents except those for which distribution is restricted under s. 35.835 (3).
History:  1991 a. 285; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 19; 2011 a. 158.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.825 - Duties of state document depository libraries.

35.825
Duties of state document depository libraries.
Each state document depository library shall make freely available to inhabitants of the state all state documents retained by the library, shall keep state documents readily accessible for use and shall render assistance in their use to such inhabitants without charge.
History:  1991 a. 285.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.83 - State document distribution.

35.83
State document distribution.
(1)
Each state agency head shall designate one or more individuals to be responsible for all document distribution requirements provided under this section and shall submit the name of any designated individual to the division.
(2)
The division shall coordinate all state document distribution requirements specified under this section.
(3)
Except as provided in sub. (4m) and s. 35.835 (1) and (3), each state agency shall deliver, at the expense of the state agency, sufficient copies of each state document published by the state agency to the division for distribution to the following places in the quantities indicated:
(a)
The state historical society, 2 copies.
(b)
The legislative reference bureau, 2 copies.
(c)
The resources for libraries and lifelong learning service of the department of public instruction, one copy.
(d)
The regional state document depository libraries, one copy for each library.
(e)
The selective state document depository libraries, one copy for each library.
(f)
The library of congress, one copy.
(g)
The Council of State Governments, Lexington, Kentucky, one copy.
(4)
The division shall deliver state documents received under sub. (3) to each of the state document depository libraries.
(4m)
In lieu of the distribution under sub. (3) (b), each legislative service agency shall deliver, at the expense of the agency, 2 copies of each state document published by the agency to the legislative reference bureau.
(5)
This section does not apply to state documents distributed under s. 35.84.
History:  1991 a. 285; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 19; 2011 a. 158.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.835 - State document distribution; exemptions.

35.835
State document distribution; exemptions.
(1)
Except as specified in sub. (2), state documents published exclusively for public sale by presses established by the state historical society and state documents sold primarily on a subscription basis are exempt from the state document depository library distribution requirements under s. 35.83.
(2)
Each state agency shall deliver to the division without charge 3 copies of each state document exempted under sub. (1). The division shall deliver one copy to the state historical society and one copy to the legislative reference bureau.
(3)
A state agency may restrict distribution of a state document prepared by or for that state agency to only that number necessary for distribution to the state document depository libraries specified under s. 35.83 (3) (a) to (d) if the state document is published in limited quantities because of its cost or the nature of the information that it contains.
(4)
This section does not apply to state documents distributed under s. 35.84.
History:  1991 a. 285; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.84 - Distribution, to whom.

35.84
Distribution, to whom.
The department shall make distribution of official documents as indicated and shall charge the appropriations of the state agency publishing or arranging for publication of each official document for the total cost of distribution as determined under s. 35.80. Distribution is automatic unless indicated otherwise. [See Figure 35.84 following] - See PDF for table
History:  1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27, 148, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 285; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 19, 32; 2007 a. 71; 2009 a. 177, 180; 2013 a. 20, 168.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.86 - Exchanges.

35.86
Exchanges.
(1)
The director of the historical society may procure the exchange of public documents produced by federal, state, county, local, and other agencies as may be desirable to maintain or enlarge its historical, literary, and statistical collections, and may make such distributions of public documents, with or without exchange, as may accord with interstate or international comity. The state law librarian shall procure so many of such exchanges as the state law librarian is authorized by law to make, and the department of health services, department of children and families, commission of banking, department of public instruction, legislative reference bureau, and the legislative council staff, may procure by exchange such documents from other states and countries as may be needed for use in their respective offices. Any other state agency wishing to initiate a formal exchange program in accordance with this section may do so by submitting a formal application to the department and by otherwise complying with this section.
(2)
Exchange lists, containing the number of public documents received and the number of state documents distributed in exchange, shall be filed with the department by the respective state agencies authorized to procure exchanges, and the documents specified therein shall be forwarded by the department with carriage charges prepaid.
(3)
The department shall authorize no distribution to be made in exchange until exchange lists have been received by it in compliance with this section.
(5)
The department shall charge the cost of exchanges, including the costs specified in s. 35.80, to the appropriations of the state agencies filing exchange lists with the department.
(6)
The department shall inform all state agencies of this section.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (g); 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 36; 1991 a. 39, 285, 316; 1993 a. 490; 1995 a. 27 ss. 1755, 9126 (19), 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2007 a. 20 ss. 727, 9121 (6) (a).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.87 - Sales of legislative documents.

35.87
Sales of legislative documents.
(1)
The legislature may provide as a service to paid subscribers routine distribution of copies of all bills, joint resolutions, amendments, acts, journals, bulletins of proceedings and hearing bulletins printed for the legislature.
(2)
If the service is provided, the biennial fee, effective January 1 of each odd-numbered year, for subscription to the complete legislative document distribution service shall be $500. If the service is provided, the joint committee on legislative organization may authorize portions of the service to be provided separately, and may prescribe a biennial fee for each portion so provided. The sum of the biennial fees for all portions of the service provided separately may not be less than $500. Actual postage or delivery costs shall be added to the fee for those subscribers who do not pick up their documents.
(3)
If the service is provided, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall review the fee prescribed in this section on a biennial basis and, no later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, shall recommend to the joint committee any revision to the fee that the chief determines to be appropriate. The joint committee may thereafter recommend to the legislature revision of the fee prescribed in this subsection. The joint committee shall promptly transmit a copy of its recommendation to the secretary of administration.
(4)
The joint committee on legislative organization shall determine the operational responsibility for the service authorized under this section, including the procedure for sale of the service, distribution of documents and the collection of fees. The officer designated by the legislature shall deposit all moneys received for subscriptions to the service into the general fund.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34; 1995 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.88 - Official documents to remain public property.

35.88
Official documents to remain public property.
All official document series and all current volumes of periodically updated official documents that are distributed to any state or local government office or officer under s. 35.84 shall remain as public property and shall be kept for the use of that office or officer.
History:  1985 a. 29.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.90 - Inventories by other state officers.

35.90
Inventories by other state officers.
Every state officer, other than a district attorney, maintaining a permanent office at the city of Madison, shall make and file annually with the department an inventory of all public printing of the 2nd and 3rd classes and all maps and charts on hand for distribution on July 1. The department shall require the return to it of all such printing as has become, in its opinion, of no further use to the office reporting the same. The department may suspend requisitions for public printing by departments which fail to submit inventories in compliance with this section.
History:  1989 a. 31.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents. › 35.91 - Future distribution; sales.

35.91
Future distribution; sales.
(1)
The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a reasonable price, as determined by the department. The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by it.
(2)
Current copies of the Blue Book and the Laws of Wisconsin shall be sold at prices determined by the department, which shall include the cost of sale and distribution under s. 35.80 and, as determined by the legislative reference bureau, the proportionate cost per copy of typesetting, purchasing, paper, printing, duplication, collating and binding.
(3)
A price list of all printed matter on hand for sale shall be prepared from time to time by the department, which it may have printed and bound as an advertisement in state publications, and it may circulate such price list by mail.
History:  1971 c. 82; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 83; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20.
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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 36 - University of Wisconsin system. › 36.01 - Statement of purpose and mission.

36.01
Statement of purpose and mission.
(1)
The legislature finds it in the public interest to provide a system of higher education which enables students of all ages, backgrounds and levels of income to participate in the search for knowledge and individual development; which stresses undergraduate teaching as its main priority; which offers selected professional graduate and research programs with emphasis on state and national needs; which fosters diversity of educational opportunity; which promotes service to the public; which makes effective and efficient use of human and physical resources; which functions cooperatively with other educational institutions and systems; and which promotes internal coordination and the wisest possible use of resources.
(2)
The mission of the system is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.
History:  1973 c. 335.