16.74 Legislative and judicial branch purchasing.
(1) All supplies, materials, equipment, permanent personal property and contractual services required within the legislative branch shall be purchased by the joint committee on legislative organization or by the house or legislative service agency utilizing the supplies, materials, equipment, property or services. All supplies, materials, equipment, permanent personal property and contractual services required within the judicial branch shall be purchased by the director of state courts or the judicial branch agency utilizing the supplies, materials, equipment, property or services.
(2)
(a) Requisitions for legislative branch purchases shall be signed by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization or their designees for the legislature, by an individual designated by either house of the legislature for the house, or by the head of any legislative service agency, or the designee of that individual, for the legislative service agency. Requisitions for judicial branch purchases shall be signed by the director of state courts or by an individual designated by the director for the courts, or by the head of any judicial branch agency, or the designee of that individual, for the judicial branch agency.
(b) Contracts for purchases by the senate or assembly shall be signed by an individual designated by the organization committee of the house making the purchase. Contracts for other legislative branch purchases shall be signed by an individual designated by the joint committee on legislative organization. Contracts for purchases by the judicial commission or judicial council shall be signed by an individual designated by the commission or council, respectively. Contracts for other judicial branch purchases shall be signed by an individual designated by the director of state courts.
(3) Each legislative and judicial officer who is authorized to make purchases or engage services under this section may prescribe the form of requisitions or contracts for the purchases and engagements. Requisitions and contracts shall be maintained by the officer and shall be subject to inspection and copying under subch. II of ch. 19. No such requisition or contract need be filed with the department.
(4) Each legislative and judicial officer shall file all bills and statements for purchases and engagements made by the officer under this section with the secretary, who shall audit and authorize payment of all lawful bills and statements. No bill or statement for any purchase or engagement for the legislature, the courts or any legislative service or judicial branch agency may be paid until the bill or statement is approved by the requisitioning or contracting officer under sub. (2).
(5) The department, upon request, shall make recommendations and furnish assistance to the courts, to either house of the legislature or to any legislative service or judicial branch agency regarding purchasing procedure. The department, upon request, shall process requisitions for purchases submitted by the courts, the legislature or any legislative service or judicial branch agency and shall procure materials, supplies, equipment, property and services for the courts, the legislature and legislative service and judicial branch agencies in accordance with the purchasing procedure prescribed for executive branch agencies under this subchapter.
(6) All stationery and printing purchased under this section shall be procured from the lowest responsible bidder.
History: 1985 a. 29.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 16 - Department of administration.
16.001 - Organization of department.
16.003 - Department of administration.
16.004 - Secretary, powers and duties.
16.005 - Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation.
16.006 - Treatment of classified employees.
16.008 - Payment of special charges for extraordinary police service to state facilities.
16.009 - Board on aging and long-term care.
16.03 - Interagency council on homelessness.
16.04 - Fleet management and maintenance.
16.045 - Gasohol, alternative fuels,
16.047 - Volkswagen settlement funds.
16.05 - Interstate agreements.
16.06 - American Indian assistance.
16.10 - Ratification of the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.11 - Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.12 - Violation of midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
16.15 - Resource recovery and recycling program.
16.18 - Management assistance grants to certain counties.
16.22 - National and community service.
16.25 - Service award program.
16.26 - Weatherization assistance.
16.27 - Low-income energy assistance.
16.28 - Office of business development.
16.283 - Disabled veteran-owned businesses.
16.285 - Woman-owned businesses; certification; database.
16.295 - Fund of funds investment program.
16.297 - Grants for local government expenditures; moral obligation pledge.
16.298 - Pay for success contracting.
16.302 - State housing strategy plan.
16.303 - Housing cost grants and loans.
16.305 - Grants to local housing organizations.
16.307 - Grants to alleviate homelessness.
16.308 - Grants for the provision of shelter for homeless individuals and families.
16.3085 - Homeless case management services grants.
16.309 - Community development block grant programs.
16.310 - Use of surplus state-owned real property.
16.314 - Employability plans for public housing residents.
16.315 - Federal housing assistance programs.
16.40 - Department of administration, duties, powers.
16.405 - Requests for issuance of operating notes.
16.41 - Agency and authority accounting; information; aid.
16.415 - Certification of payrolls.
16.417 - Dual employment or retention.
16.423 - Base budget review reports.
16.425 - Summary of tax exemption devices.
16.45 - Budget message to legislature.
16.46 - Biennial budget, contents.
16.461 - Biennial budget, summary of funds.
16.465 - Budget stabilization fund reallocations.
16.48 - Unemployment reserve financial statement.
16.50 - Departmental estimates.
16.505 - Position authorization.
16.51 - Department of administration; preauditing and accounting; additional duties and powers.
16.513 - Program and segregated revenue sufficiency.
16.515 - Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue-service appropriations.
16.517 - Adjustments of program revenue positions and funding levels.
16.518 - Transfers to the budget stabilization fund.
16.5185 - Transfers to the transportation fund.
16.519 - Fund transfers relating to tobacco settlement agreement.
16.525 - State aid recipients' accounting.
16.527 - Appropriation obligations.
16.528 - Interest on late payments.
16.5285 - Health insurer fee savings.
16.529 - Lapses and fund transfers relating to unfunded retirement liability debt service.
16.531 - Cash flow plan; report.
16.54 - Acceptance of federal funds.
16.544 - Federal aid disallowances.
16.545 - Federal aid management service.
16.548 - Federal-state relations office; report.
16.55 - Frauds and uncollectible shortages.
16.56 - Grain inspection funding.
16.58 - Services to units of local government.
16.60 - Services to nonprofit corporations.
16.61 - Records of state offices and other public records.
16.611 - State public records; optical disc and electronic storage.
16.612 - Local government records; optical disc and electronic storage standards.
16.62 - Records management service.
16.63 - Sale of state's rights to tobacco settlement agreement payments.
16.643 - Support accounts for persons with disabilities.
16.70 - Purchasing; definitions.
16.701 - Subscription service and procurement system.
16.705 - Contractual services.
16.73 - Cooperative purchasing.
16.74 - Legislative and judicial branch purchasing.
16.75 - Buy on low bid, exceptions.
16.751 - Information technology purchases by investment board.
16.752 - Procurement from work centers for severely handicapped individuals.
16.754 - Preference for American-made materials.
16.755 - Council on small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities.
16.76 - Form of contracts; continuing contracts.
16.765 - Nondiscriminatory contracts.
16.77 - Audit of bills; illegal contracts; actions to recover.
16.78 - Purchases from department relating to information technology or telecommunications.
16.79 - Duties of department of administration.
16.82 - Powers of department of administration.
16.83 - State capitol and executive residence board.
16.835 - Offices and rooms in capitol.
16.838 - Historically significant furnishings.
16.839 - State facilities named.
16.84 - Real estate and physical plant management; protection of persons.
16.842 - State capitol view preservation.
16.843 - Capitol and state office buildings parking regulations.
16.844 - Burning bituminous coal near capitol.
16.845 - Use of state facilities.
16.846 - Rules relating to use, care and preservation of property under department control.
16.847 - Energy efficiency program.
16.848 - Sale or lease of state property or facilities.
16.849 - Facility design services for state agencies.
16.85 - Department of administration; powers, duties.
16.851 - Plans for state buildings, structures or facilities.
16.8511 - Secretary of administration; powers, duties.
16.854 - Services provided to professional baseball park districts.
16.855 - Construction project contracts.
16.858 - Energy conservation audits and construction projects.
16.865 - Department of administration; statewide risk management coordination.
16.867 - Selection of architects and engineers.
16.87 - Approval of contracts by secretary and governor; audit.
16.88 - Charges against projects.
16.89 - Construction and services controlled by this chapter.
16.891 - Reports on cost of occupancy of state facilities.
16.895 - State-owned or operated heating, cooling or power plants.
16.897 - Space and water heating systems.
16.90 - Fuel for state heating, cooling or power plants.
16.92 - Purchase of fuel, electricity, heat and chilled water.
16.93 - Sale of fuel or utility service.
16.953 - Energy cost reduction plans.
16.956 - Diesel truck idling reduction grants.
16.957 - Low-income assistance.
16.958 - Air quality improvement program.
16.965 - Planning grants to local governmental units.
16.9651 - Transportation planning grants to local governmental units.
16.966 - Geographic information systems.
16.967 - Land information program.
16.968 - Groundwater survey and analysis.
16.9685 - Clean water clearinghouse.
16.969 - Fees for certain high-voltage transmission lines.
16.971 - Responsibilities of department.
16.972 - Powers of the department.
16.973 - Duties of the department.
16.974 - Powers of the department.
16.975 - Access to information.
16.976 - Strategic plans for executive branch agencies.
16.977 - Information technology portfolio management.
16.979 - Telecommunications operations and planning.
16.98 - Federal resource acquisition.
16.981 - Transfer of appropriations.
16.993 - Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin; departmental duties.
16.9945 - Information technology block grants.
16.995 - Educational technology infrastructure financial assistance.