15.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission, council or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency or a specified division thereof shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency or specified division. Any division, office, commission, council or board so attached shall exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council or board, independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.
History: 1981 c. 347; 1983 a. 27; 1993 a. 123; 1999 a. 9.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 15 - Structure of the executive branch.
15.001 - Declaration of policy.
15.02 - Offices, departments and independent agencies.
15.03 - Attachment for limited purposes.
15.04 - Heads of departments and independent agencies; powers and duties.
15.06 - Commissions and commissioners.
15.08 - Examining boards and councils.
15.085 - Affiliated credentialing boards.
15.10 - Department of administration; creation.
15.103 - Same; specified divisions.
15.105 - Same; attached boards, commissions, bureaus, and offices.
15.13 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; creation.
15.135 - Same; attached boards and commissions.
15.14 - Department of corrections; creation.
15.145 - Same; attached boards, commissions, and councils.
15.16 - Department of employee trust funds; creation.
15.165 - Same; attached boards.
15.18 - Department of financial institutions.
15.183 - Same; specified divisions.
15.185 - Same; attached boards, offices, and councils.
15.19 - Department of health services; creation.
15.193 - Same; specified divisions.
15.195 - Same; attached boards and commissions.
15.20 - Department of children and families; creation.
15.205 - Same; attached boards.
15.22 - Department of workforce development; creation.
15.223 - Same; specified divisions.
15.225 - Same; attached boards and commission.
15.25 - Department of justice; creation.
15.253 - Same; specified divisions.
15.255 - Same; attached boards.
15.31 - Department of military affairs; creation.
15.313 - Same; specified division.
15.34 - Department of natural resources; creation.
15.343 - Same; specified divisions.
15.345 - Same; attached boards and commissions.
15.348 - Conservation congress.
15.37 - Department of public instruction; creation.
15.373 - Same; specified divisions.
15.375 - Same; attached boards.
15.40 - Department of safety and professional services; creation.
15.405 - Same; attached boards and examining boards.
15.406 - Same; attached affiliated credentialing boards.
15.43 - Department of revenue; creation.
15.433 - Same; specified divisions.
15.435 - Same; attached boards.
15.44 - Department of tourism.
15.445 - Same; attached boards.
15.46 - Department of transportation; creation.
15.465 - Same; attached board.
15.49 - Department of veterans affairs; creation.
15.495 - Same; attached commission.
15.57 - Educational communications board; creation.
15.61 - Elections commission; creation.
15.62 - Ethics commission; creation.
15.67 - Higher educational aids board; creation.
15.675 - Same; attached board.
15.705 - Same; attached boards.
15.73 - Office of commissioner of insurance; creation.
15.76 - Investment board; creation.
15.78 - Public defender board.
15.79 - Public service commission; creation.
15.795 - Same; attached office.
15.91 - Board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System; creation.
15.915 - Same; attached boards and commissions.