10 CIRCUIT COURTS
11 CONSERVATION CORPS BOARD
12 CORRECTIONS
13 COST CONTAINMENT COMMISSION
14 COURT OF APPEALS
15 CREDIT UNIONS
16 DEVELOPMENT
17 EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD
18 ELECTIONS BOARD
19 EMPLOYE TRUST FUNDS
20 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
21 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
22 ETHICS BOARD
23 GAMING COMMISSION
24 GOVERNOR
25 HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY
26 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
27 HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD
28 HISTORICAL SOCIETY
29 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
30 INDUSTRY, LABOR AND HUMAN RELATIONS
31 INSURANCE
32 INVESTMENT BOARD
33 JOINT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
34 JUDICIAL COMMISSION
35 JUDICIAL COUNCIL
36 JUSTICE
37 LEGISLATURE
38 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
39 LOWER WISCONSIN STATE RIVERWAY BOARD
40 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
41 MILITARY AFFAIRS
42 NATURAL RESOURCES
43 PERSONNEL COMMISSION
44 PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD
45 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
46 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
47 REGULATION AND LICENSING
48 REVENUE
49 SAVINGS AND LOAN
50 SECRETARY OF STATE
51 SECURITIES
52 STATE FAIR PARK BOARD
53 SUPREME COURT
54 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
55 TRANSPORTATION
56 TREASURER
57 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
58 VETERANS AFFAIRS
59 OTHER
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State agency reorganization
This bill makes a number of changes in the organization and functions of various state agencies.
Administration
The bill changes the name of the public records and forms board to the public records board and transfers most forms functions from that board to the department of administration (DOA); creates a division of technology management in DOA; transfers administration of the judicial automated information systems from the director of state courts to DOA; transfers operational responsibility for the transaction information for the management of enforcement system from the department of justice (DOJ) to DOA; permits DOA to submit to the joint committee on finance (JCF) and implement a plan providing for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1996, of the functions of all state agencies related to information technology implementation, support and management; permits DOA to submit to JCF and implement a plan for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1997, of the functions of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System relating to information technology processing; transfers the transmission and engineering functions of the educational communications board to DOA; permits DOA to submit to JCF and implement a plan providing for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1996, of the responsibilities of state agencies related to their capital planning and building construction functions; permits DOA to submit to JFC and implement a plan providing for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1997, of the responsibilities of state agencies primarily related to their document production, reproduction and distribution functions; on July 1, 1996, transfers administration of the low-income energy assistance program from the department of health and social services (DHSS) to DOA; abolishes the sentencing commission, along with the requirement that judges consider sentencing guidelines established by that commission when imposing felony sentences; and abolishes the privacy council and the position of the privacy advocate.
Agriculture, trade and consumer protection
The bill abolishes the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, which directs and supervises the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection (DATCP); puts DATCP under the direction and supervision of a secretary who is nominated by the governor and appointed with the advice and consent of the senate; creates an agriculture, trade and consumer protection council to advise DATCP; and requires DOA to submit legislation by April 1, 1995, to transfer consumer protection functions from DOJ to DATCP.
Corrections
The bill transfers responsibility for the operation of the juvenile secured correctional facilities known as the Ethan Allen School and the Lincoln Hills School from DHSS to the department of corrections on July 1, 1996.
Development
The bill abolishes the council on recycling, which is attached to the department of natural resources (DNR), and transfers the functions of that council to the recycling market development board, which is transferred from DOA to the department of development (DOD). On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers responsibility for administering and enforcing state laws regulating safety and buildings from the department of industry, labor and human relations (DILHR) to DOD; transfers to DOD most of the responsibilities of DNR relating to leaks from underground tanks storing petroleum and other hazardous substances, as well as the petroleum storage remedial action program responsibilities currently performed by DILHR and DNR; transfers to DOD the responsibilities of DATCP and DILHR relating to the platting of subdivisions, as well as certain municipal boundary review functions currently performed by DOA; transfers the responsibility to operate a center for international agribusiness marketing from DATCP to DOD; and changes the name of DOD to the department of commerce.
Education
On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers from the department of public instruction (DPI) to the department of revenue (DOR) the responsibility for calculating and distributing general school aid, the responsibility for distributing handicapped education aid, pupil transportation aid, bilingual-bicultural education aid, school library aids and tuition payments; changes the name of DPI to the department of education (DOE) and provides for DOE to be under the direction and supervision of a secretary of education, who is nominated by the governor and appointed with the advice and consent of the senate; transfers to the secretary of education all duties and powers currently assigned or granted to the state superintendent of public instruction; creates an office of the state superintendent, attached to DOE, under the direction and supervision of the state superintendent; eliminates the higher educational aids board (HEAB) and transfers all functions of HEAB to DOE; transfers all functions of the educational approval board (EAB), currently attached to the technical college system board, to DOE; and transfers EAB itself to DOE as an advisory council.
Financial institutions
On July 1, 1996, the bill creates a department of financial institutions (DFI), abolishes the office of the commissioner of banking, the office of the commissioner of savings and loan and the office of the commissioner of securities and consolidates their functions in DFI; reorganizes the office of the commissioner of credit unions into the office of credit unions and attaches that office to DFI for administrative purposes; transfers from the office of the secretary of state to DFI the responsibility for uniform commercial code filings, for federal lien filings and for the computerized statewide lien system operated in conjunction with county offices of registers of deeds; and transfers from the department of regulation and licensing to DFI regulatory responsibility over mortgage bankers, loan originators and loan solicitors.
Gaming commission
On January 1, 1996, the bill changes the composition of the gaming commission to replace 2 full-time commissioners with state employes; on January 1, 1996, abolishes the gaming security division of the commission and requires the commission to contract with DOA or another person for security services and the monitoring of regulatory compliance by gaming operations; and removes the prohibition against private contracting for financial auditing or security monitoring services for the state lottery.
Governor
The bill creates a governor's council on workforce excellence and consolidates in that council oversight over the planning, coordination, administration and implementation of various state and federal employment and education programs currently administered by DILHR, DHSS, the technical college system, DPI, DOD and DOA.
Health and social services
The bill eliminates the cost containment commission, which reviews and approves certain proposed capital expenditures for hospitals, and the cost containment council, which advises the commission. On October 1, 1995, the bill exempts hospitals and nursing homes from DILHR's review of plans for capital construction for compliance with building code requirements and requires DHSS to conduct plan reviews of hospitals and nursing homes for compliance with building code requirements and with physical plant and life safety code requirements; and on July 1, 1996, changes the name of DHSS to the department of health and family services.
Industry, labor and human relations
On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers from DHSS to DILHR supervision over the administration of the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) program, the job opportunities and basic skills program, and the learnfare, work-not-welfare and parental responsibility pilot programs; transfers from DHSS to DILHR administration of the food stamps program, the employment and training program for food stamp recipients, the children-first program and the program for payment of funeral expenses for recipients of certain public assistance programs; transfers from DHSS to DILHR supervision of income maintenance administration by county departments of social or human services; transfers the division of vocational rehabilitation from DHSS to DILHR; transfers the national and community service board, currently attached to DOA, to DILHR; changes the name of DILHR to the department of industry, labor and job development; and, on the date the bill becomes law, transfers the Wisconsin conservation corps board, currently attached to DOA, to DILHR.
Insurance
On January 1, 1996, the bill transfers the duty to provide information and counseling to consumers on medicare supplemental insurance from the board on aging and long-term care to the office of the commissioner of insurance.
Judicial council
The bill abolishes the executive secretary and clerical support for the judicial council, requires the judicial commission to provide staff services to the judicial council and requires that council to recommend court changes that will improve court efficiency and effectiveness and reduce costs.
Justice
The bill abolishes the public intervenor position, as well as the requirement that the attorney general appoint a public intervenor advisory committee.
Natural resources
The bill abolishes the natural resources board, which appoints a secretary to administer DNR; provides for nomination of the secretary of natural resources by the governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the senate; and creates a natural resources council to advise DNR.
Personnel commission
The bill transfers the council on municipal collective bargaining, currently attached to the employment relations commission (ERC), to the personnel commission; transfers from DILHR to the personnel commission the council on worker's compensation, the construction wage rate council, the self-insurer's council, the Wisconsin apprenticeship council and the labor standards council; on July 1, 1996, abolishes the labor and industry review commission (LIRC) and ERC and transfers their functions to the personnel commission; on July 1, 1996, changes the name of the personnel commission to the employment commission; and directs the employment commission to study its procedures and report to the secretary of administration by October 31, 1996, its recommendations on ways to streamline its operations.
Public service commission
The bill abolishes the radioactive waste review board, the radioactive waste policy council and the radioactive waste technical council, all in the UW System, and transfers the responsibilities of the radioactive waste review board to the public service commission.
Revenue
On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers from the office of the secretary of state to DOR the responsibility for recordkeeping and the filing of business organization records and the function of acting as agent for service of process for business organizations; and, on January 1, 1996, transfers from DILHR to DOR the responsibility for collecting the petroleum inspection fee.
State treasurer
On July 1, 1996, the bill abolishes the office of the state treasurer and requires DOA to establish a subunit in DOA headed by the state treasurer, under the direction and supervision of the secretary of administration.
