Wisconsin Statutes 35.78 – Distribution and sales costs and charges
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 35.78
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of administration. 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
- 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
(1) Unless otherwise provided, the department shall charge the cost of distribution and sale of all publications authorized or directed by law to be published to the state agencies responsible for submitting the publications.
(2) The department may contract with state agencies for the distribution and sale of agency publications, for which publication is not required by law, on the basis of the cost of such operations. All such contracts shall authorize the department to sell publications on behalf of state agencies at the price fixed by law, or if no price is fixed, at a price determined by publishing agencies not to exceed cost. The department shall return unsold publications to state agencies if desired by the agencies.
(3) The department shall receive full payment for the cost of sale and distribution of all publications of state agencies from the appropriate agencies. The department shall deposit all revenues derived from the sale and distribution of publications into:
(a) The general fund if financed from general purpose revenues;
(b) The appropriate segregated fund if financed from corresponding segregated fund revenues; or
(c) The appropriate program revenue or segregated revenue appropriation if financed from program revenue or corresponding segregated revenue derived from program receipts.
(4) In this section, cost shall be calculated as provided in s. 35.80.
(5) In this section, “state agencies” includes all departments as defined in s. 16.002 (2), the legislature, the courts, and the legislative service and judicial branch agencies. In this section, “state agencies” does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.