As used in this chapter:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 35.001

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of administration. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
  • Optical disc: means a rotating circular plate on which information or images are placed in storage, and which is recorded and read by laser beams focused on the plate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Printing: includes all public printing by means of graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary materials and binding. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
  • 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)   “Contract printer” is the person under contract to do public printing, other than printing of the 5th class.
   (2)   “Department” means the department of administration.
   (2m)   “Printing” includes all public printing by means of graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary materials and binding. The term also includes reproduction of a document in optical disc format whenever the publishing state agency is authorized to reproduce and determines to reproduce copies of a document in optical disc format in lieu of printed format.
   (4)   “State agencies” includes departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, and institutions, except that “state agencies” does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.