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EXECUTIVE BRANCH


  The council was created by Chapter 384, Laws of 1969, as the Drug Abuse
Control Commis-
sion. Chapter 219, Laws of 1971, changed its name to the Council on Drug
Abuse and placed
the council in the executive office. It was renamed the Council on Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse
by Chapter 370, Laws of 1975, and the State Council on Alcohol and Other
Drug Abuse by Chap-
ter 221, Laws of 1979. Its composition and duties are prescribed in Sections
14.017 (2) and 14.24
of the statutes.
INDEPENDENT UNITS ATTACHED FOR BUDGETING, PROGRAM COORDINATION AND
  RELATED MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS BY SECTION 15.03 OF THE STATUTES
                               DISABILITY BOARD
Disability Board: GOVERNOR TOMMY G. THOMPSON, CHIEF JUSTICE SHIRLEY ABRAHAMSON,
  SENATOR RISSER (senate president), SENATOR ELLIS (senate minority leader),
REPRESENTATIVE
  BRANCEL (assembly speaker), REPRESENTATIVE KUNICKI (assembly minority leader),
PHILIP
  FARRELL (dean, UW Medical School).
Statutory References: Sections 14.015 (1) and 17.025.
   Agency Responsibility: The Disability Board, created by Chapter 422, Laws
of 1969, is autho-
rized by law to fill a temporary vacancy in any of the constitutional offices
if the incumbent is
incapacitated due to illness or injury. (The board originally had similar
powers for the supreme
court and circuit court, but these were repealed by Chapter 449, Laws of
1977, and Chapter 332,
Laws of 1975, respectively.) The board determines when a temporary disability
exists.
                 WISCONSIN SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
 Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission: GOVERNOR TOMMY G. THOMPSON, FORMER
GOVERNOR
   LEE SHERMAN DREYFUS, FORMER GOVERNOR PATRICK J. LUCEY, cochairpersons;
SENATORS
   DRZEWIECKI, RISSER; REPRESENTATIVES HUBER, FREESE; JUDITH MANN (1st congressional
dis-
   trict); CAROL MARKOS (2nd congressional district); JUDITH KUIPERS (3rd
congressional dis-
   trict); JOANNE BRANDES (4th congressional district); HOWARD FULLER (5th
congressional dis-
   trict); JOANN WARD (6th congressional district); JOANNE R. ORR (7th congressional
district);
   FRANK MEYER (8th congressional district); JOHN STOLLENWERK (9th congressional
district);
   KATHARINE LYALL (UW System representative); GEORGE L. VOGT (historical
society represen-
   tative); ROBERT WALTON (agriculture representative); KATHRYN BURKE (arts
representative);
   BRENT HAGLUND (conservation representative); MILTON NESHEK (industry representative);
   MARTIN BErL (labor representative); RICHARD SPEROS (recreation representative);
AL TooN
   (sports community representative); ROLF ETHUN (Wisconsin Council for Local
History repre-
   sentative); EUGENE BEGAY (representative of American Indian tribes in
Wisconsin); KATHERINE
   HUDSON, DAVID PROSSER, CATE ZEUSKE (members at large) (all appointed by
governor).
 Executive Director: DEAN AMHAUS.
 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1848, Madison 53701-1848.
 Location: 8 South Carroll Street, Madison.
 Telephone: (608) 264-7990.
 Fax: (608) 264-7994.
 Number of Employes: 2.00.
 Total Budget 1995-96: $400,000.
 Total Budget 1996-97: $0 (up to $1,250,000 G.P.R. may be released pending
receipt of private
   matching funds).
   Statutory References: Sections 14.015 (2) and 14.26.
   Agency Responsibility: The Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission was created
by 1991
   Wisconsin Act 269 to plan for the 1998 commemoration of the 150th anniversary
of Wisconsin
   statehood. All state agencies are required by law to cooperate with it.
   The commission, which must submit annual reports to the governor and legislature,
will cease
   to exist upon acceptance by the governor of the final report of its activities.
The legislative mem-
   bers must represent the majority and minority parties in each house. Governor
Thompson serves
   ex officio, and Former Governors Dreyfus and Lucey are members at large.