20.765 Legislature. There is appropriated to the legislature for the following programs:

(1) Enactment of state laws.

(a) General program operations — assembly. A sum sufficient to carry out the functions of the assembly, excluding expenses for legislative documents.

(b) General program operations — senate. A sum sufficient to carry out the functions of the senate, excluding expenses for legislative documents.

(d) Legislative documents. A sum sufficient to pay legislative expenses for acquisition, production, retention, sales and distribution of legislative documents authorized under ss. 13.17, 13.90 (1) (g), 13.92 (1) (e) and (2m), and 35.78 (1) or the rules of the senate and assembly, except as provided in sub. (3) (em).

(e) Gifts, grants, and bequests. All moneys received from gifts, grants, and bequests to carry out the purposes for which made.

(3) Service agencies and national associations.

(b) Legislative reference bureau. For the legislative reference bureau, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 13.92.

(c) Legislative audit bureau. For the legislative audit bureau, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 13.94.

(d) Legislative fiscal bureau. For the legislative fiscal bureau, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 13.95.

(e) Joint legislative council; execution of functions, conduct of research, development of studies, and the provision of assistance to committees. For the joint legislative council, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the execution of its functions under ss. 13.81 to 13.83 and 13.91 to conduct research, to develop studies and to assist the committees of the legislature.

(ec) Joint legislative council; contractual studies. For the joint legislative council, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for actuarial studies contracted and approved by the joint survey committee on retirement systems and for actuarial opinions ordered under s. 13.50 (6) (am).

(em) Legislative technology services bureau. For the legislative technology services bureau, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 13.96.

(f) Joint committee on legislative organization. For the joint committee on legislative organization, biennially, the amounts in the schedule for special studies contracted or otherwise approved by the joint committee under s. 13.90.

(fa) Membership in national associations. A sum sufficient to be disbursed under s. 13.90 (4) for payment of the annual fees entitling the legislature to membership in national organizations including, without limitation because of enumeration, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the national Uniform Law Commission, and the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances.

(g) Gifts and grants to service agencies. For the legislative service agency under s. 13.81, 13.82, 13.90, 13.91, 13.92, 13.94, 13.95 or 13.96 to which directed, as a continuing appropriation, all gifts, grants, bequests and devises for the purposes for which made not inconsistent with said sections.

(ka) Audit bureau reimbursable audits. The amounts in the schedule for the provision of auditing services requested by state agencies or by the federal government, for audits specified in s. 13.94 (1s) (c) and for audits of the department of revenue relating to the state lottery and verifications of the odds of winning a lottery game under s. 565.37 (5). All moneys received by the legislative audit bureau from charges assessed to departments under s. 13.94 (1s) shall be credited to this appropriation.

(m) Federal aid. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for the legislative service agency to which directed.

(4) Capitol offices relocation.

(a) Capitol offices relocation costs. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for office relocation costs related to the assembly, senate, and legislative service agencies. Expenditures from this appropriation may be made only with the approval of the cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization.

History: 1971 c. 125; 1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 39, 266; 1977 c. 29 ss. 355 to 358, 1654 (1); 1977 c. 418; 1977 c. 449 s. 496; 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (3); 1983 a. 308; 1987 a. 119, 354, 399; 1989 a. 31, 66; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 16, 52; 1995 a. 27, 162; 1997 a. 27, 237; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 107, 109; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 316; 2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 196; 2017 a. 200.