John G. Gard
State Representative
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December 8, 1997
Speaker Scott Jensen
Assembly Speaker
211 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Speaker Jensen:
This is to notify you I am resigning my position as member of the Committee on Mandates. My resignation is effective immediately.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
State Representative
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December 8, 1997
Speaker Scott Jensen
Assembly Speaker
211 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Speaker Jensen:
This is to notify you I am resigning my position as member of the Committee on Tourism and Recreation. My resignation is effective immediately.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
State Representative
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December 3, 1997
Mr. Charlie Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Charlie:
Please make the following changes in seating on the floor of the State Assembly:
Move Speaker Jensen from seat 24 to seat 5.
Move Representative Duff from seat 23 to seat 24.
Move Representative Handrick from seat 75 to seat 23.
Seat 75 will remain open pending the outcome of the special election in the 42nd Assembly District.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Mark Green
Majority Caucus Chair
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
December 3, 1997
Mr. Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Charlie:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 1997 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 97-4 Legislation on Adoption Laws, Adoption Assistance and Long-Term Kinship Care.
(1997 Assembly Bill's 600, 601 and 602)
RL 97-5 Legislation on Teacher Preparation, Licensure and Regulation.
(1997 Senate Bill 364)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of these reports are available, on request, in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401.
Sincerely,
David J. Stute
Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
Milwaukee Public Schools
Office of Governmental Relations
Milwaukee
December 10, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
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Enclosed you will find a copy of the report entitled "State-Funded High/Scope All-Day Five-Year-Old Kindergarten Program and State-Funded High/Scope First Grade Program." This report summarizes the projects and data collected for the 1996-1997 school year.
This report was prepared in response to Sections
119.71,
119.73, and
119.75 of the current state statutes.
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS HASELOW
Chief Lobbyist
Office of Governmental Relations.
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Commerce
Madison
November 20, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In accordance with s.
560.03(15), the Department of Commerce is required to submit an annual report to the legislature analyzing the use of IRB financing authorized under Section
66.521 of Wisconsin Statutes, and report on the benefits of that use. The Department of Commerce is also required to submit a summary of the employment impact estimates required under Section
560.034(2) of Wisconsin Statutes.
I am respectfully submitting the attached Industrial Revenue Bond Activity Report. If you have any question concerning ;the report or would like to obtain copies, please contact Deb Daly in the Division of Community Development at 608/267-3895.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. MCCOSHEN
Secretary
Referred to committee on Small Business and Economic Development.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
Madison
October 23, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
I am please to provide you with the accompanying report of the State of Wisconsin Ethics Board's activities for the year July 1996 through June 1997. This report provides information on the Board's operations and contains the texts of Wisconsin's Ethics Code and lobbying law. It also includes a description of complaints and investigations pursued by the Ethics Board, and summaries of advisory opinions issued by the Board during the year.
Sincerely,
R. ROTH JUDD
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
November 25, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, we have completed an evaluation of state corrections costs. Expenditures for incarcerating adults in state correctional facilities have increased 129.4 percent in the past ten years, from $121.6 million in fiscal year (FY) 1985-86 to $279 million in FY 1995-96. This increase accounts for a growing proportion of state general purpose revenue spending, and the Department of Corrections predicts both expenditures and adult inmate populations will continue to increase into the foreseeable future.
