Wisconsin Statutes 20.928 – Supplementation procedure for compensation and fringe benefits
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 20.928
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(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 appropriations under s. 20.865 (1) (c), (ci), (cj), (d), (i), (ic), (j), (s), (si), and (t). Upon receipt of the certifications together with such additional information as the secretary of administration prescribes, the secretary shall determine the amounts required from the respective appropriations to supplement state agency budgets.
(1f) Each state agency head shall certify to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, at such time and in such manner as the administrator prescribes, the sum of money needed from the appropriations under s. 20.865 (1) (dm) for the state agency to make lump sum discretionary merit compensation awards to its classified employees. Upon receipt of the certifications together with such additional information as the administrator prescribes, the administrator shall determine the amounts required from the appropriation to supplement state agency budgets. The administrator may not approve an agency request for money from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (1) (dm) for a discretionary merit award that increases an employee’s base compensation.
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not include in any certification to the department of administration under sub. (1) any sum to pay the costs resulting from employer contributions for the payment of health insurance premiums for any teacher described under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 1m., for coverage before the first day of the 7th month beginning after the teacher begins employment with the state.
(2) Any state agency head who is aggrieved by the determination of the secretary of administration under this section may appeal the determination to the governor, who may set aside or modify the determination.
(2m) After each determination is made, the secretary of administration shall forward the determination to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the determination within 14 working days after the date of the secretary’s submittal, the secretary may supplement appropriations of state agencies in accordance with the determination. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary’s submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the determination, no supplement may be made without the approval of the committee.
(3) All compensation adjustments for state employees approved by the legislature shall take effect and be earned at the beginning of the pay period closest to July 1 or the date prescribed by law or by the appropriate authority. In the odd-numbered years, payments for such adjustments, including payments under collective bargaining agreements, may not be made prior to enactment of the biennial budget bill.
(4) If insufficient moneys are available from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (1) (cj) to fund the costs of pay and related adjustments for employees of the University of Wisconsin System that are payable from that appropriation in any fiscal year, the secretary of administration shall prorate payments made on behalf of each employee in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount payable to all employees.