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   The board also enforces the legal deadlines and other obligations of the
applicants, and the
 local committees of affected municipalities.



                       DIVISION OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

Hearings and Appeals, Division of.- DAVID H. SCHWARZ, administrator.
Mailing Address: Suite 308, 310 North Midvale Boulevard, Madison 53705
Telephone: (608) 266-7709.
Number of Employes: 6.50.
Total Budget 1983-85: $524,600.00.
Statutory Reference: Section 15.103 (1).
   History: The division is an amalgamation of the previous Divisions of
Natural Resource Hear-
ings and Nursing Home Appeals. It was created by 1983 Wisconsin Act 27.
   Organization: The division of Hearings and Appeals operates with 3 attorney
hearing examin-
ers, one of whom is the division administrator. In addition, the staff includes
clerical support,
court reporter and transcription personnel. The division is an independent
unit of state govern-
ment which is attached to the Department of Administration for administrative
functions only.
  Agency Responsibility: The division's hearing examiners conduct and decide
all contested ad-
ministrative proceedings for the Department of Natural Resources. It also
handles appeals
brought by nursing homes desiring to contest actions of the Department of
Health and Social
Services involving alleged violations of Chapter HSS 132 of the Wisconsin
Administrative Code.
As the only group of hearing officers not housed within the agency for which
it hears cases, the
division also frequently conducts hearings for other state agencies when
neutral and independent
decision making is required.



                          COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Council on Criminal Justice.: SARAH C. ETTENHEIM, chairperson; WILLIAM DRENGLER,
vice
  chairperson; RON BIENDSEIL, WARREN BRAUN, JUDGE MICHAEL W. BRENNAN, DEREK
BREWER,
  JOHN CADOTTE, JUAN COLAS, MARY Jo KEATING, THOMAS KOCOUREK, PHILLIP KOLODZIEJ,
  JOHN PEDROZA, LEONOR ROSAS, THOMAS SIMON, SISTER CLAIRE MARIE WICK.
Executive Director.: RICHARD FLINTROP.
Deputy Executive Director: NATHANIEL E. ROBINSON.
Mailing Address: Suite 1000, 30 W. Mifflin Street, Madison 53702.
Telephone: (608) 266-3323.
Publications: The Exchange (bimonthly newsletter); Annual Juvenile Justice
Plan (1985-1987);
  reports on (including but not limited to): various counties' inmate profiles
and population
  forecasts; Wisconsin's crime and arrests; Statistical Analysis Center (annual);
secure deten-
  tion; recidivism; sexual assault; law enforcement training; restitution.
Number of Employes: 22.00.
Total Budget 1983-85: $2,684,100.
Statutory Reference: Section 15.107 (1).
  History: The Wisconsin Council on Criminals Justice (WCCJ) was originally
created by execu-
tive order in 1969 as the state planning agency required by the Law Enforcement
Assistance
Administration (LEAA). The council replaced the Governor's Commission on
Law Enforce-
ment and Crime and operated within the Department of Justice. In 1971, the
council was recre-
ated by executive order and was transferred to the Executive Office. In 1983,
Wisconsin Act 27
recreated the council and transferred it to the Department of Administration.


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