SB 573

This bill requires executive branch state agencies, except for the Department

of Transportation (DOT) and the University of Wisconsin System (UW System), to

submit to the Department of Administration (DOA) and the Legislative Fiscal

Bureau, by September 15 of each even-numbered year, and requires the secretary

of administration to include in the biennial budget report, all of the following:

1. Information on the number of contracted positions, including the number of

service hours and recurring service rate payments, providing services for the agency

that are paid from the agency's base level funding and an identification of the

appropriation or appropriations used to fund the contracted positions.

2. The total amount of agency base level funding used to pay for the contracted

positions; and the amount of funding requested for contracted positions and an

identification of the appropriation or appropriations that will be used to fund the

contracted positions.

3. Information on cost-benefit analyses or continued appropriateness

analyses, including whether the agencies contracted for the services or used a state

employee and the actual cost of completing the services.

This bill requires DOT and the UW System to submit to DOA and the

Legislative Fiscal Bureau, by September 15 of each even-numbered year, and

requires the secretary of administration to include in the biennial budget report, the

total amount budgeted and requested for contract expenditures, an identification of

the appropriation or appropriations used to fund the contract expenditures, and the

total amount of base level funding used to pay for the contract expenditures.