Chapter 20, APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT

20.540 Lieutenant Governor, Office of the (1) EXECUTIVE COORDINATION (a) General program operations (g) Gifts, grants and proceeds (k) Grants from state agencies (m) Federal aid GPR A PR C PR-S C PR-F C (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL OTHER SERV…

20.550 Public Defender Board (1) LEGAL ASSISTANCE (a) Program operation GPR B (fb) Payments from clients; administrative costs PR A (g) Gifts, grants, and proceeds PR C (h) Contractual agreements PR-S A (i) Tuition payments PR C (kj) Conferences and training PR-S A (L) Private ba…

20.566 Revenue, Department of (1) COLLECTION OF TAXES (a) General program operations GPR A (g) Administration of county sales and use taxes PR A (ga) Cigarette tax stamps PR A (gb) Business tax registration PR A (gf) Administration of resort tax PR-S A (gg) Administration of loca…

20.575 Secretary of State (1) MANAGING AND OPERATING PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES (g) Program fees PR A 316,800 (ka) Agency collections PR-S A 3,400 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 320,200 OTHER (316,800) SERVICE (3,400) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 320,200 20.575 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM R…

20.585 Treasurer, State (1) CUSTODIAN OF STATE FUNDS (b) Insurance GPR A -0(h) Training conferences PR C -0(i) Gifts and grants PR C -0(k) Administrative expenses PR-S A 141,300 (kb) General program operations PR-S A -0(1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0PROGRAM REVENUE …

20.625 Circuit Courts (1) COURT OPERATIONS (a) Circuit courts (b) Permanent reserve judges (cg) Circuit court costs (g) Sale of materials and services GPR GPR GPR PR S A B C 95,932,200 -038,392,900 -0- 97,915,400 -038,392,900 -0- STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE (h) Certificates of qu…

20.660 Court of Appeals (1) APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS (a) General program operations (m) Federal aid GPR S PR-F C (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 20.660 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL TOTAL-ALL SO…

20.665 Judicial Commission (1) JUDICIAL CONDUCT (a) General program operations (cm) Contractual agreements (mm) Federal aid GPR A GPR B PR-F C (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 20.665 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PRO…

20.670 Judicial Council (1) ADVISORY SERVICES TO THE COURTS AND THE LEGISLATURE (a) General program operations GPR A (k) Director of state courts and law library transfer PR-S C (m) Federal aid PR-F C (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL STATUTE, AGE…

20.680 Supreme Court (1) SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS (a) General program operations (m) Federal aid GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE FEDERAL TOTAL-ALL SOURCES (2) DIRECTOR OF STATE COURTS AND LAW LIBRARY (a) General program operations (g) Gifts and grants (ga) Court commissi…

20.765 Legislature (1) ENACTMENT OF STATE LAWS (a) General program operations - assembly (b) General program operations - senate (d) Legislative documents (e) Gifts, grants, and bequests GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUE OTHER TOTAL-ALL SOURCES (3) SERVICE AGENCIES AND NATI…

20.835 Shared Revenue and Tax Relief (1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS (dm) Public utility distribution account (k) State aid; nontaxable tribal land (s) Expenditure restraint incentive program account (t) County and municipal aid account (u) State aid, local government fund; tax exemp…

20.855 Miscellaneous appropriations (8)(a) Dental clinic and education facility; principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR 826,100 495,300

20.865 Program Supplements 20.005 2025-2026 2026-2027 4,873,800 5,076,100 3,098,900 3,160,100 6,258,500 6,258,500 1,704,800 1,704,800 217,952,500 -0(-0-) 31,158,200 (31,158,200) 249,110,700 208,605,700 -0(-0-) 31,740,000 (31,740,000) 240,345,700 -0- -0- -0-0- -0-0- -0-0-0-0-0-0-0…

20.866 Public Debt (1) BOND SECURITY AND REDEMPTION FUND (u) Principal repayment and interest SEG S -0(1) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0OTHER (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -020.866 DEPARTMENT TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0OTHER (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -020.867 Building Commission (…

20.867 Building commission (1)(a) Principal repayment and interest; housing of state agencies (1)(b) Principal repayment and interest; capitol and executive residence (3)(a) Principal repayment and interest (3)(b) Principal repayment and interest (3)(bb) Principal repayment, inte…

20.875 Budget Stabilization Fund (1) TRANSFERS TO FUND (a) General fund transfer GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE TOTAL-ALL SOURCES (2) TRANSFERS FROM FUND (q) Budget stabilization fund transfer SOURCE TYPE 20.115 2025-2026 (3,000,000) 68,375,500 2026-2027 (3,000,000) 52,825,800 -0- -0- -…

20.901 Departmental cooperation. 20.901(1)(1) Interchange of information and services. 20.901(1)(a)(a) The state agencies shall cooperate in the performance and execution of state work and shall interchange such data, reports and other information, and, by proper arrangements bet…

20.902 Fiscal year. The fiscal year of the state commences on the first day of July in each year and closes on the next succeeding June 30th. All books and accounts of the department of administration and of the state treasurer shall be kept, and all their duties shall be perform…

20.903 Forestalling appropriations. 20.903(1)(1) Liabilities created only by authority of law. Except as provided in s. 20.002 (11), no state agency, and no officer or employee thereof, may contract or create, directly or indirectly, any debt or liability against the state for or…

20.904 Transfer of appropriation charges. (1) CLEARING ACCOUNTS PERMITTED. Whenever for economy or convenience, any materials or services are purchased, or expense is incurred and the same is properly apportionable and chargeable to more than one appropriation, within a single st…

20.9045 Department of natural resources; appropriations; program balances; revenues. (1) PROGRAM BALANCES. At the close of each fiscal year the unencumbered balances of appropriations financed by unassigned revenues of the conservation fund under s. 20.370 shall revert to the res…

20.905 Payments to state. (1) MANNER OF PAYMENT. Payments to the state may be made in legal tender, postal money order, express money order, bank draft, or certified check. Payments to the state may also be made by personal check or individual check drawn in the ordinary course o…

20.906 Receipts and deposits of money. 20.906(1)(1) Frequency of deposits. Unless otherwise provided by law, all moneys collected or received by any state agency for or in behalf of the state or which are required by law to be turned into the state treasury shall be deposited in …

20.907 Receipts from gifts and other outside sources. (1) ACCEPTANCE AND INVESTMENT. Unless otherwise provided by law, all gifts, grants, bequests, and devises to the state or to any state agency for the benefit or advantage of the state, whether made to trustees or otherwise, sh…

20.908 Charges for printed material. Except where distribution to or exchange with specified persons, officers or agencies is provided by law, or where the state agency determines that distribution is to be free of charge, any state agency may make such charge for printed booklet…

20.909 Abandoned, lost or escheated property. (1) LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY. Except as provided in s. 170.12, any personal property lost or abandoned in any building or on any lands belonging to the state and unclaimed for a period of 60 days may be returned to the person findin…

20.910 State percentage; notice of default. If the department of administration does not receive from the clerk of the circuit court the statement relative to the state percentage of fees and other payments required by s. 59.40 (2) (m) together with a receipt for the sum required…

20.912 Cancellation and reissue of checks and share drafts. (1) CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING CHECKS AND SHARE DRAFTS. If any check, share draft, or other draft drawn and issued upon the funds of the state in any state depository is not paid within the time period designated by the…

20.913 Refunds. Moneys may be refunded from each state fund as follows: (1) TAXES AND FEES. (a) Advance payments. Moneys paid as a deposit or advance payment. If such moneys have been credited to an appropriation, such appropriation shall, at the time of making such refunds, be c…

20.914 Acquisition of land and buildings. All appropriations made by law for the purchase of land and for the construction of new buildings or additions to existing buildings shall be expended only in accordance with the following conditions: (1) LAND PURCHASE, GOVERNOR’S APPROVA…

20.915 State motor vehicles and aircraft. (1) PURCHASE. Each state agency, upon written approval of the governor, may purchase necessary aircraft, trucks and automobiles for its general use. All aircraft, trucks and automobiles shall be purchased through the department of adminis…

20.916 Traveling expenses. 20.916(1)(1) Employees to be reimbursed. State officers and employees shall be reimbursed for actual, reasonable, and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties in accordance with sub. (9). The officers and employees of any s…

20.917 Moving expenses; temporary lodging allowance. (1) (a) Whenever an employee currently employed in a position in the civil service, other than on a limited term basis, is ordered to relocate or is promoted to a different position in the civil service and the new place of emp…

20.918 Damaged personal articles. A state agency may reimburse its employees for the cost of repairing articles of clothing, watches or eye glasses damaged in the line of duty, if the damage is not caused by employee carelessness or normal wear and tear resulting from the type of…

20.919 Notary public. Each state agency may expend from its proper appropriation a sum sufficient to pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred in qualifying an employee as a notary public, and securing a notarial seal or rubber stamp, but such notary shall receive no fees fo…

20.920 Contingent funds. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Agency head” means the constitutional officer, secretary, commissioner, executive or administrative officer or body serving as appointing authority for staff of a state agency. (b) “Contingent fund” means an amount o…

20.921 Deductions from salaries. (1) OPTIONAL DEDUCTIONS. (a) Any state officer or employee or any employee of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may request in writing through the state agency in which the officer or employee is employed or through the a…

20.922 Appointment of subordinates. (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, each state agency may appoint such deputies, assistants, experts, clerks, stenographers or other employees as are necessary for the execution of its functions, and to designate the titles, prescribe the dut…

20.923 Statutory salaries. The purpose of this section is to establish a consistent and equitable salary setting mechanism for all elected officials, appointed state agency heads, division administrators and other executive-level unclassified positions. All such positions shall b…

20.924 Building program execution. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), in supervising and authorizing the implementation of the state building program under the appropriation authority of s. 20.867, the building commission: (a) Shall authorize the design and construction of any b…

20.925 Salary of temporary successors. Whenever a temporary vacancy has been found to exist under s. 17.025 and the certificate of temporary incapacity filed in the office of the secretary of state remains in effect, the affected incumbent shall continue to be entitled to receive…

20.927 Subsidy of abortions prohibited. (1g) In this section, “abortion” means the intentional destruction of the life of an unborn child, and “unborn child” means a human being from the time of conception until it is born alive. (1m) Except as provided under subs. (2) and (3), n…

20.9275 Prohibitions on funding for abortion-related activities. (1) In this section: (a) “Abortion” has the meaning given in s. 253.10 (2) (a). (b) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county or long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or an agency or subdivisi…

20.928 Supplementation procedure for compensation and fringe benefits. (1) Each state agency head shall certify to the department of administration, at such time and in such manner as the secretary of administration prescribes, the sum of money needed by the state agency from the…

20.929 Agency drafts or warrants. The secretary of administration may authorize any state agency to issue drafts or warrants drawn on the state treasury. Such drafts or warrants may be issued only in connection with purchase orders authorized under subch. IV of ch. 16 and may not…

20.930 Attorney fees. Except as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 7., 19.49 (2) (b) 6., 49.496 (3) (f), and 49.682 (6), no state agency in the executive branch may employ any attorney until such employment has been approved by the governor. History: 1979 c. 221; 1989 a. 119 s. 1; Sta…

20.9305 Contracting for legal services on a contingent fee basis. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), an agency in the executive branch may not contract for legal services on a contingent fee basis. (2) (a) The prohibition under sub. (1) does not apply if the governor makes a wri…

20.931 Prohibited boycotts. section: (1) DEFINITIONS. In this 20.940 (a) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combinat…

20.932 Discrimination based on antisemitism. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision, a special purpose district, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, a school district, or a combina…