AB68,226,17 14.46 Assistant secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint an assistant secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The assistant secretary of state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes.

AB68,59 Section 59. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,227,5 15.01 (6) “Division," “bureau," “section," and “unit" means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of credit unions and the office of the student loan ombudsman in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general in the department of health services, and the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the meaning of “division" under this subsection. The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public instruction have the meaning of “bureau" under this subsection.

AB68,60 Section 60. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,227,10 15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the “office" of the respective constitutional officer. Each of those offices shall be attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03.

AB68,61 Section 61. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,227,19 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the “division". Each division shall be headed by an “administrator". The office of credit unions and the office of the student loan ombudsman in the department of financial institutions and the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the meaning of “division" and the director of credit unions in the department of financial institutions and the director of the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the meaning of “administrator" under this subdivision.

AB68,62 Section 62. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,228,11 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 or constitutional office shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency, or specified division or constitutional office. 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.

AB68,63 Section 63 . 15.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,228,15 15.07 (1) (a) 3. Members of the employee trust funds board appointed or elected under s. 15.16 (1) (a), (b), (d) and (f) (cm) 1. a. to e., 2. a. to d., and 3. shall be appointed or elected as provided in that section.

AB68,64 Section 64. 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,228,18 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. The members of the state fair park board appointed under s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3. to 5.

AB68,65 Section 65. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,228,21 15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board appointed under s. 15.445 (2) 15.105 (38) (b) 3.

AB68,66 Section 66. 15.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,228,25 15.07 (2) (h) The chairperson of the state fair park board shall be designated annually by the governor from among the members appointed under s. 15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3., 4. and 5.

AB68,67 Section 67. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,229,3 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet at least 4 times each year.

AB68,68 Section 68 . 15.07 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,229,8 15.07 (5) (f) Members of the teachers retirement board, appointive members of the Wisconsin retirement board, appointive Appointive members of the group insurance board, members of the deferred compensation board, and members of the employee trust funds board, $25 per day.

AB68,69 Section 69 . 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,229,14 15.105 (34) Office of environmental justice. There is created in the department of administration an office to be known as the office of environmental justice. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director, who shall be appointed by the secretary of administration to serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

AB68,70 Section 70 . 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,229,18 15.105 (35) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and clean energy.

AB68,71 Section 71 . 15.105 (38s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,229,23 15.105 (38s) Office of digital transformation. There is created in the department of administration an office of digital transformation. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the secretary of administration to serve at his or her pleasure.

AB68,72 Section 72 . 15.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: