AB270,6,20 813.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
9known as the “Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau
10shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature
11of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the
12requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for
13distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's
14designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all
15state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the
16Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development
17Authority,
the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic
18Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to
19any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities
20and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.
AB270,7 21Section 7 . 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,7,222 16.002 (2) “Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and
23independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of
24state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including

1authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238,
2or 279.
AB270,8 3Section 8 . 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,7,94 16.004 (4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the
5department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies
6and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 231, 233, 234, 235,
7237, 238, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter
8that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the
9agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.
AB270,9 10Section 9 . 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,7,1411 16.004 (5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and
12authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 231, 233, 234, 235, 237,
13238, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with the secretary
14and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or her functions.
AB270,10 15Section 10 . 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,7,2316 16.004 (12) (a) In this subsection, “state agency" means an association,
17authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office,
18society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
19constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the
20courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority,
21the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development
22Authority,
the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic
23Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
AB270,11 24Section 11. 16.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,8,6
116.01 (1) In this section, “agency" means any office, department, agency,
2institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
3government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
4is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
5courts, and any authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 231, 233 or, 234,
6or 235
.
AB270,12 7Section 12 . 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,8,138 16.045 (1) (a) “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
9institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
10government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
11is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
12courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232,
13233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,13 14Section 13 . 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,8,1615 16.41 (4) In this section, “authority" means a body created under subch. II of
16ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,14 17Section 14 . 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,8,1918 16.417 (1) (b) “Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or
19ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,15 20Section 15 . 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,9,521 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency
22that is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a
23petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and
24maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom
25shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, “agency" means an office,

1department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association,
2society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
3constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law,
4including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in
5subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,16 6Section 16 . 16.528 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,9,127 16.528 (1) (a) “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
8institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
9government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
10is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
11courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233,
12234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,17 13Section 17 . 16.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,9,2214 16.53 (2) Improper invoices. If an agency receives an improperly completed
15invoice, the agency shall notify the sender of the invoice within 10 working days after
16it receives the invoice of the reason it is improperly completed. In this subsection,
17“agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher
18education, association, society, or other body in state government created or
19authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend
20moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not
21including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 235, 237,
22238, or 279.
AB270,18 23Section 18 . 16.54 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,9,2524 16.54 (9) (a) 1. “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
25institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state

1government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which
2is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
3courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233,
4234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB270,19 5Section 19 . 16.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,10,76 16.70 (2) “Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under
7ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, or 279.
AB270,20 8Section 20 . 16.75 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB270,10,229 16.75 (1m) The department shall award each order or contract for materials,
10supplies or equipment on the basis of life cycle cost estimates, whenever such action
11is appropriate. Each authority other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
12Clinics Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, and the Wisconsin
13Aerospace Authority, and the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority
14shall award each order or contract for materials, supplies or equipment on the basis
15of life cycle cost estimates, whenever such action is appropriate. The terms,
16conditions and evaluation criteria to be applied shall be incorporated in the
17solicitation of bids or proposals. The life cycle cost formula may include, but is not
18limited to, the applicable costs of energy efficiency, acquisition and conversion,
19money, transportation, warehousing and distribution, training, operation and
20maintenance and disposition or resale. The department shall prepare documents
21containing technical guidance for the development and use of life cycle cost
22estimates, and shall make the documents available to local governmental units.