Wisconsin Code § 16.40

Department of administration, duties, powers
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The department of administration shall:
(1) PREPARE BUDGET. Discharge all duties in connection
with the compilation of the biennial state budget report imposed
by ss. 16.42 to 16.46.
(2) ATTEND FINANCE COMMITTEE. Attend all public hearings
of the joint committee on finance and such executive meetings as
the committee may desire, answer questions and give information
called for by the committee relative to the financial operations of
the state and its several agencies.
(3) PREPARE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Prepare at the
end of each fiscal year not later than October 15, a condensed,
and popular account of the finances of the state, showing the
sources of the state’s revenue and the purposes of its expenditures, including a comparison with the prior year; prepare at the
end of each fiscal year not later than October 15, a statement of
the condition of the general fund showing the cash balance, the
accounts receivable, the accounts payable and the continuing unexpended and unencumbered appropriation balances; and prepare not earlier than January 1 nor later than February 1 in each
year a tentative statement of the estimated receipts and disbursements of the general fund for the biennium in progress, showing
also the estimated condition of the general fund at the end of the
current biennium. A copy of each of such statements shall be
filed in the legislative reference bureau and shall be sent to each
member of the legislature.
(4) FURNISH INFORMATION. Furnish such other information
regarding the finances of the state and the financial operations of
agencies as may be called for by the governor, the governor-elect,
the legislature or either house thereof, or any member thereof.
(5) BOOKKEEPING FORMS. Prescribe the forms of accounts
and other financial records to be used by all agencies. Such accounts shall be as nearly uniform as is practical, and as simple as
is consistent with an accurate and detailed record of all receipts
and disbursements and of all other transactions affecting the acquisition, custodianship and disposition of value. The secretary
may call upon the state auditor for advice and suggestions in prescribing such forms.
(6) TAKE TESTIMONY. In the discharge of any duty imposed
by law, administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be taken in the manner prescribed for taking
depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
(7) COLLECT REVENUE INFORMATION. Collect from any
available source and correlate information concerning any and all
anticipated state revenues, including program revenues and segregated revenues from program receipts.
(8) COLLECT INFORMATION ON DISBURSEMENTS. Collect and
correlate information from all agencies concerning any agency
disbursements and the proper time thereof.
(9) FORECAST REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. Forecast all
revenues and expenditures of the state.
(10) DETERMINE MINIMUM CASH BALANCES. Determine the
minimum cash balances needed in public depositories in which
operating accounts are maintained at all times to meet the operating requirements of all agencies.
(11) ADVISE INVESTMENT BOARD DIRECTOR ON SURPLUS
MONEYS. Advise the executive director of the investment board
daily concerning surplus moneys available for investment from
each of the various state funds.
(12) ADVISE INVESTMENT BOARD DIRECTOR ON CASH NEEDS.
Advise the executive director of the investment board concerning
the date when invested funds will be required in the form of cash.
Said director shall furnish such reports of investments as may be
required by the department of administration.
(13) COOPERATE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF STATE FUND MANAGEMENT. Cooperate with the executive director of the investment board, the state treasurer, the department of revenue and
other revenue agencies for the purpose of effecting improvements
in the management and investment of state funds.
(14) COMMITTEES. Perform administrative services required
to properly account for the finances of committees created by law
or executive order. The governor may authorize each committee
to make expenditures from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1)
(ka) not exceeding $2,000 per fiscal year. The governor shall report such authorized expenditures to the joint committee on finance at the next quarterly meeting of the committee. If the governor desires to authorize expenditures of more than $2,000 per
fiscal year by a committee, the governor shall submit to the joint
committee on finance for its approval a complete budget for all
expenditures made or to be made by the committee. The budget
may cover a period encompassing more than one fiscal year or biennium during the governor’s term of office. If the joint committee on finance approves a budget authorizing expenditures of
more than $2,000 per fiscal year by such a committee, the governor may authorize the expenditures to be made within the limits
of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ka) in accordance with
the approved budget during the period covered by the budget. If
after the joint committee on finance approves a budget for such a
committee the governor desires to authorize expenditures in excess of the authorized expenditures under the approved budget,
the governor shall submit a modified budget for the committee to
the joint committee on finance. If the joint committee on finance
approves a modified budget, the governor may authorize additional expenditures to be made within the limits of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ka) in accordance with the modified
budget during the period covered by the modified budget.
(16) MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNTING FOR OPERATING NOTES.
Maintain an accounting of, forecast and administer those moneys
pledged for the repayment of operating notes issued under subch.
III of ch. 18 , in accordance with agreements entered into by the
secretary under s. 16.004 (9).
(17) INTERSTATE BODIES. Perform administrative services
required to properly account for dues and related expenses for
state participation in national or regional interstate governmental
bodies specified in s. 20.505 (1) (ka) or determined by the
governor.
(18) REQUIRE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE COPIES. Require each
state agency, at the time that the agency submits a request to the
department for an increased appropriation to be provided in an

executive budget bill which is necessitated by the compensation
plan under s. 230.12 or a collective bargaining agreement approved under s. 111.92, to provide a copy of the request to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department and the joint committee on employment relations.
(19) STATE-OWNED RENTAL HOUSING. Require each agency
as defined in s. 16.52 (7) which has a program revenue or segregated revenue appropriation for deposit of housing receipts to deposit all revenues received from rentals established under s.
16.004 (8) for state-owned housing in that appropriation account,
or if the appropriation is for more than one purpose, in a separate
subaccount within that appropriation, and to pay all expenses for
maintenance of the housing from that account or subaccount.
(20) PUBLIC DEBT SERVICE COSTS PROJECTION. Prepare in
each odd-numbered year for inclusion in the report submitted by
the building commission under s. 13.48 (7) a projection of the
long-term trends in principal and interest costs on public debt
contracted under subchs. I and IV of ch. 18 as a proportion of all
tax revenues that are deposited or are expected to be deposited in
the general fund. The projection shall take account of the recommendations adopted by the building commission for the longrange building program under s. 13.48 (7) for the succeeding fiscal biennium and all proposed general obligation bonding contained in the executive budget bill or bills, including bonding for
the authorized state building program as well as for other borrowing purposes.
(21) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LANDS. Render an accounting to the
board of commissioners of public lands for the costs of all administrative services provided by the department and other state
agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), to the board. All moneys received from the board under s. 24.64 for the costs of administrative services provided by the department and other state agencies
shall be deposited in the general fund.
(22) SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS AT FORT MCCOY. (a) Annually distribute an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (ng) to the school districts located
in whole or in part in Monroe County in proportion to the number
of pupils in each such school district’s membership, as defined in
s. 121.004 (5), in the previous school year who were residents of
that county in the previous school year.
(b) Annually distribute an amount equal to 50 percent of the
amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (ng) to Monroe County
for the benefit of the public roads in Monroe County.
(23) UNIVERSITY OF W ISCONSIN-GREEN B AY PROGRAMMING. Provide funding from the appropriation under s. 20.505
(1) (km) to finance programming at the University of WisconsinGreen Bay that is jointly developed by the Oneida Tribe and the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

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