(1) All agencies, other than the legislature and the courts, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the department, shall prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal bureau the following program and financial information: (a) A clear statement of the purpose or goal for each program or subprogram. (b) Clear statements of specific objectives to be accomplished and, as appropriate, the performance measures used by the agency to assess progress toward achievement of these objectives. (c) Proposed plans to implement the objectives and the estimated resources needed to carry out the proposed plans. (d) A statement of legislation required to implement proposed programmatic and financial plans. (e) All fiscal or other information relating to such agencies that the secretary or the governor requires on forms prescribed by the secretary. (f) The information required under s. 16.423. (g) The information required under s. 16.529 (2). (2) The secretary may make budget estimates for all such agencies which fail to furnish the information required under sub. (1) by the date specified in sub. (1). (3) The department of safety and professional services shall include in its agency request under sub. (1) a proposal to eliminate any council, board, or commission that has not held a meeting since the preceding September 15, unless the council, board, or commission is required to exist under federal law. (4) (a) In this subsection, “state operations” has the meaning given in s. 16.413 (1) (e). (b) Each agency required to submit a budget request under sub. (1) shall include with its request, and shall submit to the governor and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , all of the following: 1. A proposal to reduce the agency’s state operations budget for each fiscal year of the succeeding fiscal biennium by an amount equal to a total of 5 percent of the agency’s base level for its state operations budget for the current fiscal year. An agency’s base level shall be agreed to by the secretary of administration and the director of the legislative fiscal bureau. 2. A proposal to maintain during each fiscal year of the succeeding fiscal biennium the agency’s base level for its state operations budget for the current fiscal year. An agency’s base level shall be agreed to by the secretary of administration and the director of the legislative fiscal bureau. (c) For purposes of the proposals under par. (b) 1. and 2., an agency shall exclude from its state operations budget all of the following: 1. Expenditures funded by federal revenues. 2. Expenditures for principal, interest, and premium costs on public debt and state-issued revenue bonds. 3. Expenditures under s. 20.505 (1) (bq), (br), (iq), (it), and (iw). 4. Expenditures under s. 20.855 (1) (a) and (b). 5. Standard budget adjustments, as agreed to by the secretary of administration and the director of the legislative fiscal bureau.
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