165.055 Appointments.
(1) The attorney general may appoint a deputy attorney general and assistants each of whom shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in this state. Such appointments shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and such appointees shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office which shall also be filed. Appointees shall perform such duties as the attorney general prescribes.
(2) The attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.
(4) The attorney general shall appoint, in the unclassified service, the administrator of the legal services division subject to s. 230.08 (4) (a).
History: 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29, 44, 418; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 482; 2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59, 369.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 165 - Department of justice.
165.017 - Review of certain detentions or petitions for commitment.
165.02 - Federal appropriations adjustments.
165.065 - Assistant attorneys general; antitrust.
165.066 - Assistant attorney general; unemployment insurance law enforcement.
165.09 - Removal of barriers to trade or movement of dairy products.
165.10 - Deposit of settlement funds.
165.25 - Duties of department of justice.
165.255 - Representation in sexually violent person commitment proceedings.
165.26 - Department of justice may have cases printed.
165.28 - Office of school safety.
165.30 - Collection of delinquent obligations.
165.40 - Acquisition of hospitals.
165.50 - Criminal investigation.
165.505 - Internet crimes against children and human trafficking; administrative subpoena.
165.63 - Access to firearm prohibition orders.
165.65 - Drug disposal program.
165.68 - Address confidentiality program.
165.70 - Investigation of statewide crime.
165.71 - Human trafficking resource center hotline poster.
165.72 - Controlled substances hotline and rewards for controlled substances tips.
165.755 - Crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge.
165.76 - Submission of human biological specimen.
165.765 - Biological specimen; force and immunity.
165.77 - Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis and data bank.
165.775 - Sexual assault kits.
165.776 - Sexual assault kit tracking system.
165.78 - Information center; training activities.
165.785 - Crime alert network.
165.80 - Cooperation with other state departments.
165.81 - Disposal of evidence.
165.82 - Criminal history search fee.
165.827 - Transaction information for the management of enforcement system; fees.
165.83 - Criminal identification, records and statistics.
165.84 - Cooperation in criminal identification, records and statistics.
165.845 - Collection and reporting of crime and criminal justice data.
165.85 - Law enforcement standards board.
165.86 - Law enforcement training.
165.87 - Body cameras and law enforcement.
165.88 - Grants for school safety.
165.89 - Grants to certain counties for law enforcement programs.
165.90 - County-tribal law enforcement programs.
165.91 - Grants to tribes for law enforcement programs.
165.92 - Tribal law enforcement officers; powers and duties.
165.93 - Sexual assault victim services; grants.
165.94 - Global positioning system pilot programs; grants.
165.95 - Alternatives to incarceration; grant program.
165.955 - Drug court; grant program.
165.957 - Frequent testing for use of alcohol or a controlled substance; pilot program.
165.96 - Child advocacy grants.
165.967 - Court appointed special advocates; grants.
165.98 - Grants for body cameras for law enforcement officers.
165.982 - Weed and seed project grants.
165.983 - Law enforcement technology grants.
165.984 - Law enforcement drug trafficking response grants.
165.986 - Beat patrol officers; grant program.