Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 20 - Appropriations and budget management.
20.245 - Historical society.

20.245 Historical society. There is appropriated to the historical society for the following programs:
(1) History services.
(a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the historical society.
(b) Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum. The amounts in the schedule for grants to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum under s. 44.02 (28).
(c) Energy costs; energy-related assessments. The amounts in the schedule to pay for utilities and for fuel, heat, and air conditioning, to pay assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at facilities of the society, and to pay costs incurred by or on behalf of the historical society under ss. 16.858 and 16.895.
(e) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of facilities of the historical society and for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition and installation of systems and equipment necessary to prepare historic records for transfer to new storage facilities, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing this acquisition and installation, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).
(h) Gifts, grants, and membership sales. All moneys received from contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests, to carry out the purposes for which made or received, and all moneys received from the sale of memberships in a corporation specified in s. 44.20 (3) (b), for transfer to the corporation for which the membership was sold.
(j) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment, interest, and rebates. A sum sufficient from the revenues received under pars. (h) and (r) to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of facilities of the historical society, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing such facilities, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).
(k) Storage facility. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to support the operation of a storage facility for the collections of the historical society. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 4d. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).
(km) Northern Great Lakes Center. The amounts in the schedule for the operation of the Northern Great Lakes Center. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 4h. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm).
(ks) General program operations — service funds. All moneys received by the historical society from the historical society and from other state agencies to carry out the purposes for which received.
(kw) Records management — service funds. All moneys received from other state agencies for planning activities relating to the management of public records and other information in the possession of the historical society, the management of those records and other information, and other program services relating to those records and other information for those purposes.
(m) General program operations; federal funds. All federal funds received as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 for the purpose of carrying out general program operations.
(n) Federal aids. All federal funds received as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 to aid or assist individuals and organizations.
(pz) Indirect cost reimbursements. All moneys received from the federal government as reimbursement of indirect costs of grants and contracts for the purposes authorized in s. 16.54 (9) (b).
(q) Endowment. As a continuing appropriation, from the historical society trust fund, all moneys, securities, and other assets received, to carry out the purposes for which the assets are received.
(r) History preservation partnership trust fund. As a continuing appropriation, from the history preservation partnership trust fund, all moneys received from admissions, sales, and other receipts of the historical society and the amount transferred under 2003 Wisconsin Act 91, section 16 (1), for general program operations, and all contributions, gifts, grants, bequests and other moneys received by a corporation under s. 44.20 (3) (b) that are not retained by the corporation, for the operation, management, and development of the historic site for which the corporation was organized.
(y) Northern great lakes center; interpretive programming. From the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for interpretive programming at the Northern Great Lakes Center.
History: 1971 c. 100 s. 23; 1971 c. 125; 1973 c. 30, 90; 1975 c. 39, 224; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29, 316; 1987 a. 27, 395, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 226, 269, 315; 1993 a. 16, 257, 399, 471, 490; 1995 a. 3, 27, 216; 1997 a. 27, 237; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 109; 2003 a. 33, 91, 326; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28.

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