WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1997 - 1998


cases on appeal in state and federal courts. The division represents state
employes and agencies
in job-related civil actions. At the request of district attorneys, it provides
special prosecutors
in complex homicide, drug and white collar crime cases.
   The Division of Management Services prepares the agency budget; manages
agency person-
 nel, finances, and facilities; and provides information technology services.
   The Division of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, created in Section 15.253
(4), Wisconsin
 Statutes, by 1989 Wisconsin Act 122, coordinates the state's drug enforcement
and investigation
 efforts with those of local and federal drug enforcement agencies. It also
investigates high level
 drug traffickers, provides expertise and assistance to local agencies, trains
police officers in the
 enforcement of state narcotics laws, collects and disseminates information
about drug trends and
 activity in the state, and develops strategies to improve drug enforcement
efforts in Wisconsin.
   History: When Wisconsin became a territory in 1836, the U.S. President
appointed the attor-
 ney general. In 1839, a territorial act gave the governor the power to appoint
the attorney general
 with the consent of the Legislative Council (the upper house of the territorial
legislature) to a term
 of 3 years. The Wisconsin Constitution, as adopted in 1848, provided for
an elected attorney
 general with a 2-year term. A constitutional amendment ratified in 1967
increased the term to
 4 years, effective 1971.
   Chapter 75, Laws of 1967, named the agency headed by the attorney general
the Department
of Justice and transferred to its control the State Crime Laboratory, the
arson investigation pro-
gram from the Commissioner of Insurance, and the criminal investigation functions
of the Bever-
age and Cigarette Tax Division of the Department of Revenue. The 1975 Legislature
returned
alcohol and tobacco tax enforcement to the Department of Revenue.
   The 1969 Legislature added enforcement of certain laws related to dangerous
drugs, narcotics
and organized crime to the duties of the department and created the Public
Intervenor to intervene
in or initiate proceedings to protect public rights in water and other natural
resources. In 1979
(Chapter 189), the legislature transferred the crime victims program from
the Department of In-
dustry, Labor and Human Relations to the Department of Justice. 1995 Wisconsin
Act 27 trans-
ferred the Public Intervenor to the Department of Natural Resources and consumer
protection
functions to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Statutory Councils

Crime Victims Council: PETER HELEIN (law enforcement representative), chairperson;
GERI
  HEINZ (victim services representative), vice chairperson; LAURIE JORGENSEN
(victim services
  representative); KENNETH KRATZ (district attorney representative); PETER
NAZE (judicial repre-
  sentative); ROSANNE BARBER, LYNN BEBEAU, SUE CARNOCK, SHIRLEY KRUG, JEAN
LAHTI,
  MAXINE MARTINEZ-HARRIS, GWENDOLYNNE MOORE, OLUSEGUN SIJUWADE, HANK STARKEY,
  vacancy (citizen members). (All are appointed by attorney general.)
  The Crime Victims Council provides advice and recommendations on victims'
rights and ser-
vices. The 15 members are appointed for staggered 3-year terms. The 10 citizen
members must
have demonstrated concern for crime victims. Originally named the Crime Victims
Compensa-
tion Council, it was renamed in Chapter 20, Laws of 1981. The council was
created by Chapter
189, Laws of 1979, and its duties and composition are prescribed in Sections
15.09 (5) and
15.257 (2) of the statutes.
University and Crime Laboratories Cooperation Council: STANLEY L. INHORN,
chairperson; J.M.
  BLOODWORTH, MERLE A. EVENSON, CALVIN HUBER, DAVID JONES, DAVID SCHULTZ,
RICHARD A.
  SPRITZ (appointed by president, UW System).
  The University and Crime Laboratories Cooperation Council advises the attorney
general on
coordinating the work of the state crime laboratories with university research
departments.
Council members are university staff members who work with the laboratories,
and their number
is determined by the UW System president. The council was created by Chapter
276, Laws of
1969, and its composition and duties are prescribed in Sections 15.257 (1)
and 165.80 of the stat-
utes.


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