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.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents.
35.01 - Public printing; definition and classification.
35.012 - State printing; exception.
35.035 - Printing costs and charges.
35.05 - Printing in general, how ordered and executed.
35.07 - Proposed constitutional amendments.
35.17 - Correcting obvious errors in enrolling and publishing.
35.20 - Wisconsin Town Law Forms.
35.265 - State budget, copies.
35.27 - Limitation of editions of official reports.
35.29 - Books, pamphlets and magazines.
35.34 - Job printing and all printing not otherwise classified.
35.35 - Requisition procedure.
35.36 - Fees; state legal notices.
35.43 - Printing for out-of-Madison state agencies.
35.44 - Specialty printing and book printing excluded from class 3.
35.51 - Proofs; where received.
35.52 - Authority for printing; increase, and diminution of editions and pages.
35.53 - State printing orders.
35.54 - Title pages; names of authors.
35.55 - Editing printer's copy.
35.56 - Base prices and specifications.
35.57 - Advertisement for bids.
35.59 - Breach of printing contracts.
35.63 - Expenses of printing, how charged.
35.78 - Distribution and sales costs and charges.
35.82 - Designation of state document depository libraries.
35.825 - Duties of state document depository libraries.
35.83 - State document distribution.
35.835 - State document distribution; exemptions.
35.84 - Distribution, to whom.
35.87 - Sales of legislative documents.
35.88 - Official documents to remain public property.
35.89 - Lists of distributees in counties.
35.90 - Inventories by other state officers.