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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1987-1988


Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7864, Madison 53707; location: State Natural Resources
Building
   (GEF-2), 101 S. Webster Street; Federal-State Relations Office, Suite
326, 444 N. Capitol,
   Washington, D.C. 20001.
 Telephone: (608) 266-1741 (secretary's office).
 Publications: Biennial Report; Executive Budget ( $10 per 2-volume set plus
k'2=postage and
   handling); Budget in Brief; Annual Fiscal Report; Decisions of Tax Appeals
Commission (10
   cents per page); Wisconsin Population Estimates; State of Wisconsin Telephone
Directory ($1
   plus postage and handling); Capitol Budget Recommendations 1985-87 (no
charge).
 Number of Employes: 859.25 (does not include LTEs or individuals working
for attached boards
   and commissions).
 Total Budget 1985-87: $142,821,500.
 Statutory Reference: Section 15.10.
   History: The Department of Administration was created by Chapter 228,
Laws of 1959, which
abolished the former independent Bureaus of Engineering, Personnel, and Purchases;
the De-
partment of Budget and Accounts; and the Division of Departmental Research
in the Executive
Office. All functions formerly carried on by these agencies were transferred
to the new depart-
ment. Chapter 645, Laws of 1961, separated the Personnel Board from the department
in order
to give it quasi-judicial review functions.
   Chapter 75, Laws of 1967, which reorganized the executive branch of state
government, trans-
ferred the state comprehensive planning responsibility from the Department
of Resource Devel-
opment to the Department of Administration. In addition, the Claims Board,
Personnel Board,
Public Records Board, and Tax Appeals Commission were attached to the department
for ad-
ministrative purposes.
   Since the 1967 reorganization, other units have been attached to the department
for adminis-
trative purposes. These include the State Capitol and Executive Residence
Board, created by
Chapter 183, as amended by Chapter 217, Laws of 1967; the Arts Board, attached
to the depart-
ment by Chapter 333, Laws of 1973; the Depository Selection Board, created
by Chapter 418,
Laws of 1977; the Board on Aging and Long-Term Care, created by Chapter 20,
Laws of 1981;
the Radioactive Waste Review Board, created by Chapter 62, Laws of 1981;
the Waste Facility
Siting Board, created by Chapter 374, Laws of 1981; the Hospital Rate-Setting
Commission, the
Hospital Rate-Setting Council and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Board, created by
1983 Wisconsin Act 27; and the Sentencing Commission, created by 1983 Wisconsin
Act 371.
The Public Records Board was expanded to become the Public Records and Forms
Board by
Chapter 350, Laws of 1981. The Division of Nursing Home Forfeiture Appeals
and the Division
of Natural Resources Hearings, created by Chapter 418, Laws of 1977, were
combined to form
the Division of Hearings and Appeals by 1983 Wisconsin Act 27. 1985 Wisconsin
Act 29 re-
moved the Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board from DNR and attached it to
the department.
  Executive Order 36, in September 1976, merged the Office of Emergency Energy
Assistance
with the State Planning Office to create the Division of State Planning and
Energy. Chapter 29,
Laws of 1977, confirmed this by authorizing the department, through a system
of long-range
planning, to promote the development and maximum wise use of the energy,
natural, and human
resources of the state.
  Chapter 196, Laws of 1977, created the Department of Employment Relations,
which trans-
ferred the Division of Employe Relations to the new department. The Personnel
Board was
removed from the department, and a full-time Personnel Commission was created.
  Within the department are several statutory subunits. One of these is the
State Employes
Suggestion Board, created by Chapter 278, Laws of 1953, and now staffed by
the department.
  Chapter 191, Laws of 1967, created an advisory Council on Printing.
  Chapter 419, Laws of 1977, created the Council on Small and Minority Business
Opportunities.
  Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, authorized the department to establish a Demographic
Services
Center.
  Chapter 361, Laws of 1979, transferred the Division of Emergency Government
from the
Department of Local Affairs and Development (DLAD) to the department. DLAD's
Commu-