Wisconsin Statutes 20.924 – Building program execution
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 20.924
- Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power to any person, includes the acquisition by purchase, grant, gift or bequest. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- 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.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Land: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- 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
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Except as provided in sub. (3), in supervising and authorizing the implementation of the state building program under the appropriation authority of s. 20.867, the building commission:
(a) Shall authorize the design and construction of any building, structure or facility costing in excess of $1,000,000 regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, this amount is $2,000,000.
(b) Shall authorize the acquisition of land, or the repair, remodeling or improvement to any existing building, structure or facility costing in excess of $1,000,000, regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, this amount is $2,000,000. This paragraph does not apply to the acquisition of land by the building commission in the city of Madison within a block number specified in s. 13.48 (18). This paragraph does not apply to projects authorized under s. 16.858.
Effective date note NOTE: Par. (b) is shown as amended by 2017 Wis. Act 237 and 2023 Wis. Act 19. Those treatments did not take cognizance of the treatments of par. (b) by 1997 Wis. Acts 5 and 27 and 2011 Wis. Act 32. Par. (b) is amended by 1997 Wis. Acts 5 and 27, and 2011 Wis. Act 32, and 2017 Wis. Act 237, eff. 7-1-02 or upon completion of acquisition of property sufficient for the construction of a facility to meet the space needs of the state law library, the legislative reference bureau library and legislative and judicial branch agencies and support staffs, to read:
20.924 Note (b) Shall authorize the acquisition of land, or the repair, remodeling or improvement to any existing building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000, regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. This paragraph does not apply to projects authorized under s. 16.858.
(d) Shall exercise considered judgment in supervising the implementation of the state building program, and may authorize limited changes in the project program, and in the project budget if the commission determines that unanticipated program conditions or bidding conditions require the change to effectively and economically construct the project. However, total state funds for major projects under the authorized state building program for each agency shall not be exceeded.
(e) May authorize the application of federal grants or private gift funds or other moneys in addition to or in lieu of the projects and project funds enumerated in the authorized state building program.
(em) May substitute any available source of funding in whole or in part for borrowing authority under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) that is authorized to be used to fund a project enumerated under the authorized state building program.
(f) May authorize advance planning or architectural design of future high priority projects.
(g) Shall not authorize a project enumerated in the authorized state building program if the commission determines that the need for the project has changed, making it superfluous.
(i) Shall not acquire or lease or authorize the acquisition or leasing of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial occupancy by the department of corrections for the purpose of confining persons serving a sentence of imprisonment to the Wisconsin state prisons or for the purpose of confining juveniles alleged or found to be delinquent unless one of the following applies:
1. If the building, structure, or facility was converted for that purpose, the conversion either was completed before January 1, 2001, or began after the building, structure, or facility was enumerated in the authorized state building program.
2. If the building, structure, or facility was not converted for that purpose, the construction of the building, structure, or facility either was completed before January 1, 2001, or began after the building, structure, or facility was enumerated in the authorized state building program.
(j) Shall not enter into any lease or other contract that provides for the construction of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial occupancy by the state and that contains an option for the state to purchase the building, structure, or facility unless the seller or lessor agrees that all equipment to be installed as a component of the building, structure, or facility that relates to any function that consumes energy meets applicable requirements for state building projects under s. 16.855 (10s) (a).
(3) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to the acquisition of land for, or the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of, any building, structure or facility for the state fair park board.
(4) In addition to the authorized building program for the historical society, the society may expend any funds which are made available from the appropriations under s. 20.245 (1) (a), (h), (m), (n), and (r).
(5) The building commission may utilize any funds at its disposal to supplement the otherwise authorized building program for any agency.