Wisconsin Code § 16.77

Audit of bills; illegal contracts; actions to recover
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(1) No bill or statement for work or labor performed under purchase orders or contracts issued by the secretary or the
secretary’s designated agents, and no bill or statement for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services purchased for
and delivered to any agency may be paid until the bill or statement is approved through a preaudit or postaudit process determined by the secretary. This subsection does not apply to purchases made directly by the courts, the legislature or a legislative
service or judicial branch agency under s. 16.74.
(2) Whenever any officer or any subordinate of an officer
contracts for the purchase of supplies, material, equipment or
contractual services contrary to ss. 16.705 to 16.82 or the rules
promulgated pursuant thereto, the contract is void, and any such
officer or subordinate is liable for the cost thereof, and if such
supply, material, equipment or contractual services so unlawfully
purchased have been paid for out of public moneys, the amount
thereof may be recovered in the name of the state in an action
filed by the attorney general against the officer or subordinate
and his or her bonders. Such cause of action is deemed to have
arisen in Dane County, and summons shall be served therein as in
civil actions.

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