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                       GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEES
                                      June 15, 1989

  The following committees were created or recreated by Governor Tommy G.
Thompson
under his general powers; they are not individually created by statute. Section
14.019 of the
statutes provides that "the governor may, by executive order, create
nonstatutory committees in
such number and with such membership as desired, to conduct such studies
and to advise the
governor in such matters as directed." Members serve at the pleasure
of the governor.
  If not terminated sooner, these committees expire automatically on the
fourth Monday of
January of the year in which a new gubernatorial term of office begins unless
the new governor,
by executive order, provides for their continued existence. In that event,
current members con-
tinue to serve unless they resign or until they are replaced with appointees
of the new governor.
Some of the following committees extend back more than 20 years.
  The law also provides that an employe of the Office of the Governor or
of the Department of
Administration be designated by the governor to coordinate the activities
of the nonstatutory
committees. In some cases, the governor has ordered other state agencies
to staff and financially
support committees.
  Each committee in existence at the time of the general election for a new
gubernatorial term is
required to issue a final report. The report is to be submitted to the governor
or governor-elect
before the first Monday in January of the year in which the new gubernatorial
term begins. The
law requires that 3 copies of each final report and 3 copies of any other
report prepared by special
committees be submitted to the State Historical Society, the Legislative
Reference Bureau, and
the Reference and Loan Library in the Department of Public Instruction.
  Section 20.505 (3) (a) of the Wisconsin Statutes provides a general appropriation
for special
and executive committees in the amount of $139,200 for the 1987-88 fiscal
year and $176,700 for
the 1988-89 fiscal year. In addition, certain committees receive specific
state appropriations, and
some receive federal grants because they are set up in response to federal
program requirements.
The governor may allot sums not to exceed $1,000 to any of these committees
when necessary.
Committee members may receive expenses from this amount but do not receive
a salary.
  The list of the governor's special committees is followed by a list of
miscellaneous groups to
which appointments are made both by the governor and by other groups.



                           American Indian Advisory Committee
Members. MIKE W. ALLEN, SR. (Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council), APESANAHKWAT
(Menomi-
  nee Tribal Legislature), PATRICIA RUTH DEPERRY (Red Cliff Tribal Council),
REGGIE MILLER
  (Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Inc.), DONALD MOORE (Bad River Tribal Council),
EM-
  MANUEL POLAR (Sokaogon Chippewa Community), PURCELL POWLESS (Oneida Business
  Committee), JOHN SCHMITZ (Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council), HARTFORD SHEGONEE
(Forest
  County Potawatomi), BRUCE TAYLOR (Lac Courte Oreilles Governing Board),
LEWIS TAYLOR
  (St. Croix Tribal Council), GORDON THUNDER (Wisconsin Winnebago Business
Committee).
Address: Office of the Governor, Room 115 East, State Capitol, Madison 53702.
Telephone: (608) 266-1212.
  Governor Thompson reactivated the committee in a press release issued in
September 1987. It
succeeded a committee originally appointed by Governor Earl and continued
by Governor
Thompson in 1987 Executive Order 1. The committee is to identify issues and
establish priorities
among the concerns of Wisconsin Indians that relate to the programs of the
Department of
Health and Social Services. Among the issues for the committee's consideration
are: 1) relief
programs for needy Indians; 2) welfare reform; 3) alcohol and other drug
abuse programs; 4)
tribal and departmental communication; and 5) continued funding of tribal
programs. The
committee is made up of tribal chairpersons from each reservation, the executive
director of the
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, and 2 American Indians who are residents
of Wisconsin to
represent non-reservation Indians.