2019 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 35. Publication and distribution of laws and public documents.
35.78 Distribution and sales costs and charges.

35.78 Distribution and sales costs and charges.

(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.

History: 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (27); 2015 a. 55.