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Wis. Stat. § 13.96 (2026)
Legislative technology services bureau
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13.9613.96 Legislative technology services bureau. There is created a service agency known as the “Legislative Technology Services Bureau”, headed by a director. The legislative technology services bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the data and information originated, maintained or processed by electronic equipment supported by it.
13.96(1)(a)(a) Provide and coordinate information technology support and services to the legislative branch.
13.96(1)(b)(b) Upon receipt of municipal boundary information at each reporting interval under s. 5.15 (4) (br), reconcile and compile the information received to produce a statewide data base consisting of municipal boundary information for the entire state.
13.96(1)(c)(c) Participate, on behalf of this state, in geographic boundary information programs when offered by the U.S. bureau of the census.
13.96(2)(2) Duties of the director. The director of the legislative technology services bureau shall:
13.96(2)(d)(d) Oversee the execution and completion of all contracts for legislative information technology-related equipment, software or services.
13.96(2)(e)(e) Plan for and execute such electronic information programs and services as are needed within the legislative branch.
13.96(2)(f)(f) Participate in such midwest and national meetings and organizations as will benefit the operations of the legislative technology services bureau.
13.96 AnnotationThe confidentiality requirement of this section did not create a privilege to refuse to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by a John Doe judge. Custodian of Records v. State, 2004 WI 65, 272 Wis. 2d 208, 680 N.W.2d 792, 02-3063.
13.96 AnnotationThe requirement that all data stored by the Legislative Technical Services Bureau (LTSB) be kept confidential supports an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy by legislators in the data on LTSB computer backup tapes. Therefore, the 4th amendment required determining if a subpoena issued by a John Doe judge for backup tape material was overbroad. Custodian of Records v. State, 2004 WI 65, 272 Wis. 2d 208, 680 N.W.2d 792, 02-3063.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2014 · leading case: Custodian of Records for the Legislative Tech. Servs. Bureau v. State, 2004 WI 65, 680 N.W.2d 792.
Custodian of Records for the Legislative Tech. Servs. Bureau v. State, 2004 WI 65, 680 N.W.2d 792. “In support of the writ, five contentions are made: (1) that the documents sought are privileged due to the interaction of Wis. Stat. § 13.96 and Wis. Stat. § 905.01 ; (2) that the subpoena violates Article IV, Section 16 of the Wisconsin Constitution; (3) that the subpoena…”
Sands v. Whitnall Sch. Dist., 2008 WI 89, 754 N.W.2d 439. “The confidentiality protections asserted in LTSB were expressly set forth in Wis. Stat. § 13.96 , which provides that LTSB "shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the data and information originated, maintained or processed by electronic equipment supported by it.”
John K. MacIver Inst. for Pub. Policy, Inc. v. Erpenbach, 2014 WI App 49, 848 N.W.2d 862. “The LTSB director contended that Wis. Stat. § 13.96 (2001-02), 2 which required the LTSB to "at all times *69 observe the confidential nature" of the data, was an article section 8 rule of proceeding that only the legislature was permitted to interpret and that the question of…”
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