Wis. Stat. § 16.62
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Records management service.
Official statutory text
(1) The department shall establish and maintain a records management service:
(a) To advise and assist state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the establishment and operation of records management programs through the issuance of standards and procedures and provision of technical and management consulting services.
(b) To operate a state records center and a central microfilm facility for state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and to promulgate rules necessary for efficient operation of the facilities.
(bm) To operate a storage facility for storage of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in optical disc or electronic format in accordance with rules, promulgated by the department under s. 16.611 , governing operation of the facility.
(c) To periodically audit the records management programs of state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and recommend improvements in records management practices.
(2) The department may establish user charges for records storage and retrieval services, with any moneys collected to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (im) or (kb) . Such charges shall be structured to encourage efficient utilization of the services.
(3) The department may establish user fees for the services of the public records board. Any moneys collected shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kb) .
History: 1975 c. 41 , 224 ; Stats. 1975 s. 16.62; 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (1) (b) , (c); 1979 c. 175 ; 1981 c. 350 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 87 , 88 , 1804 to 1806 ; 1985 a. 180 s. 30m ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 147 s. 25 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 216 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 196 .
(a) To advise and assist state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the establishment and operation of records management programs through the issuance of standards and procedures and provision of technical and management consulting services.
(b) To operate a state records center and a central microfilm facility for state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and to promulgate rules necessary for efficient operation of the facilities.
(bm) To operate a storage facility for storage of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in optical disc or electronic format in accordance with rules, promulgated by the department under s. 16.611 , governing operation of the facility.
(c) To periodically audit the records management programs of state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and recommend improvements in records management practices.
(2) The department may establish user charges for records storage and retrieval services, with any moneys collected to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (im) or (kb) . Such charges shall be structured to encourage efficient utilization of the services.
(3) The department may establish user fees for the services of the public records board. Any moneys collected shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kb) .
History: 1975 c. 41 , 224 ; Stats. 1975 s. 16.62; 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (1) (b) , (c); 1979 c. 175 ; 1981 c. 350 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 87 , 88 , 1804 to 1806 ; 1985 a. 180 s. 30m ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 147 s. 25 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 216 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 196 .
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