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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Sherwin, BB0014 - Administrative attachments to DOA
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
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Administrative attachments to DOA
Under current law, a division, office, commission, council, or board that is attached to an agency for administrative purposes exercises its powers and duties independently, but the agency performs budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions on behalf of the division, office, or other body.
Under current law, the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer each head a staff termed the “office" of the respective constitutional officer. This bill attaches all of those offices to DOA for administrative purposes.
Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board is an independent agency in the executive branch of state government. This bill attaches to DOA for administrative purposes both HEAB and the Distance Learning Authorization Board, which is currently attached to HEAB.
Under current law, the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board is attached to the Department of Tourism for administrative purposes. This bill attaches the board to DOA for administrative purposes.
Under current law, the State Fair Park Board is attached to the Department of Tourism for administrative purposes. This bill attaches the board to DOA for administrative purposes.
Administrative services provided by DOA to the Department of Tourism
This bill requires DOA to perform budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions on behalf of the Department of Tourism.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the “office" of the respective constitutional officer. Each of those offices shall be attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03.
Section 2. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
15.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission, council, or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency or a specified division thereof or constitutional office shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency, or specified division or constitutional office. Any division, office, commission, council, or board so attached shall exercise its powers, duties, and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council, or board, independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination , and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.
Section 3. 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (1) (b) 15m. The members of the state fair park board appointed under s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3. to 5.
Section 4. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board appointed under s. 15.445 (2) 15.105 (38) (b) 3.
Section 5. 15.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (2) (h) The chairperson of the state fair park board shall be designated annually by the governor from among the members appointed under s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3., 4. and 5.
Section 6. 15.445 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (38), and 15.105 (38) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
15.105 (38) (a) Creation. There is created a Kickapoo reserve management board which is attached to the department of tourism administration under s. 15.03.
Section 7. 15.445 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (38r), and 15.105 (38r) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
15.105 (38r) (a) (intro.) There is created a state fair park board attached to the department of tourism administration under s. 15.03, consisting of the following members:
Section 8. 15.67 of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (35s), and 15.105 (35s) (title), (a) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
15.105 (35s) (title) Higher educational aids board; creation. (a) (intro.) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting , attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members appointed for 3-year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. subds. 1. e. and 6. f. and (b) 3. 2. c. shall be appointed for 2-year terms:
(b) If a student member under sub. (1) par. (a) loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the higher educational aids board upon appointment to the higher educational aids board of a qualified successor.
Section 9. 15.675 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 10. 15.675 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (36), and 15.105 (36) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
15.105 (36) Distance learning authorization board. (intro.) There is created a distance learning authorization board, for higher education, that is attached to the higher educational aids board department of administration under s. 15.03 and that consists of all of the following members:
Section 11. 16.004 (19) of the statutes is created to read:
16.004 (19) Administrative services. The department shall perform budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions on behalf of the department of tourism.
Section 12. 42.105 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 42.105.
Section 13. 42.105 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
Section 14. 230.08 (2) (L) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
230.08 (2) (L) 4. Higher educational aids board, created under s. 15.67 attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03.
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