Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 20 - Appropriations and budget management.
20.680 - Supreme court.

20.680 Supreme court. There is appropriated to the supreme court for the following programs:
(1) Supreme court proceedings.
(a) General program operations. A sum sufficient to carry its functions into effect.
(m) Federal aid. All federal money received as authorized under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
(2) Director of state courts and law library.
(a) General program operations. Biennially, as directed by the supreme court, the amounts in the schedule to carry into effect the functions of the director of state courts and general program operations for the state law library.
(g) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, bequests and devises, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
(ga) Court commissioner training. All moneys received from fees for court commissioner training programs under s. 757.68 (8), for those purposes.
(gc) Court interpreter training and certification. All moneys received from fees imposed under s. 885.38 (2), for court interpreter training and certification.
(h) Materials and services. All moneys received from providing services and selling documents under s. 758.19 (2), except moneys received for those services and documents related to the consolidated court automation program credited to par. (j), to provide services and sell documents related to uniform forms, special reports, photocopies and pamphlets under s. 758.19 (2), except those services and documents related to the consolidated court automation program.
(i) Municipal judge training. All moneys received from municipalities for municipal judge training programs to be used for municipal judge training.
(j) Court information systems. All moneys related to the consolidated court automation program received from providing services and selling documents under s. 758.19 (2), all moneys received under s. 758.19 (4m), all moneys received under ss. 814.61, 814.62, and 814.63 that are required to be credited to this appropriation account under those sections, and $6 of each $21.50 received under s. 814.86 (1) for the operation of circuit court automated information systems under s. 758.19 (4) and to provide services and sell documents under s. 758.19 (2) related to uniform forms, special reports, photocopies, and pamphlets that are related to the consolidated court automation program.
(kc) Central services. The amounts in the schedule for administrative and support services for programs administered by the director of state courts. All moneys received by the director of state courts from the director of state courts for programs administered by the director of state courts shall be credited to this appropriation account, except that no money may be transferred from the appropriation account under sub. (1) (a).
(ke) Interagency and intra-agency automation assistance. All moneys received from a court or any state agency for services provided to the court or state agency related to the circuit court automation system for automated justice information systems.
(kf) Interagency and intra-agency assistance. All moneys received from a court or transferred from any state agency for services provided to the court or state agency.
(L) Library collections and services. All moneys received by the state law library as fees or other charges for photocopying, microfilm copying, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, computer services, sales of books, and other services provided in carrying out the functions of the library under s. 758.01 (2) to provide photocopying and microfilm copying of documents, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, publication of books, computer services, and other services.
(m) Federal aid. All federal moneys received as authorized under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
(qm) Mediation fund. From the mediation fund created under s. 655.68, all moneys in the fund to be used for administrative expenses of the mediation system under subch. VI of ch. 655.
(3) Bar examiners and responsibility.
(g) Board of bar examiners. All moneys received from the State Bar of Wisconsin, attorney licensing exam fees, and attorney licensing fees for the operational expenses of the board of bar examiners.
(h) Office of lawyer regulation. All moneys received from the State Bar of Wisconsin and any other revenue derived from the activities of the office of lawyer regulation for the operational expenses of and the expenses of disciplinary investigations and actions by the office of lawyer regulations.
History: 1971 c. 125, 215; 1971 c. 254 s. 19; 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 37; 1977 c. 26, 29; 1977 c. 187 s. 135; 1977 c. 418; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979); 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27, 158; 1985 a. 29, 340; 1987 a. 27, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 32, 39, 269; 1993 a. 16, 491; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 103, 105; 2003 a. 33, 139; 2005 a. 25, 157; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 55, 196; 2017 a. 59.
The supreme court has the power to formulate and carry into effect the court system budget. State ex rel. Moran v. DOA, 103 Wis. 2d 311, 307 N.W.2d 658 (1981).

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