Wednesday, February 4, 1998
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 437
Relating to: creating a hazardous painting certificate program, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Decker, Plache and Chvala; cosponsored by Representative Baldwin
.
To committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 438
Relating to: veterans part-time classroom study, veterans tuition and fee reimbursement, veterans retraining grants, authority to construct and operate residential, treatment and nursing care facilities in southeastern Wisconsin and veterans housing loans.
By
Senators
Moen, Burke, Risser, Fitzgerald, Schultz, Decker, Clausing, Breske, Wineke, Wirch, Shibilski, Welch, A. Lasee, Rude, Weeden, Ellis, Farrow and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Kunicki, Kreuser, Dobyns, Olsen, Kelso, Turner, Plouff, Plale, F. Lasee, Porter, Albers, Green, Duff, Gunderson, J. Lehman, Dueholm, Zukowski, Skindrud, Meyer, Hahn, Kaufert, Hoven, Murat, Harsdorf, Baumgart, Springer, Gronemus, Vander Loop, Powers, Travis, Boyle, La Fave, Owens, Ott, Baldwin, Underheim, Krusick, Morris-Tatum, Ourada, Ward, Walker, Handrick, Ziegelbauer, Black, Gard, Kreibich, Riley, Ladwig, Johnsrud, Seratti, Nass, Vrakas, Ryba, Steinbrink, Coggs, Schafer, Reynolds, Bock, Krug, Hubler, Ainsworth, Linton, Jeskewitz and Huebsch, by request of State of Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 439
Relating to: advertising of the state lottery.
By
Senators
Risser, Welch and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, R. Young, Black, Otte and F. Lasee.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 440
Relating to: increasing the cigarette tax, creating a cigarette tax fund, creating an endowed associate directorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Risser, Roessler, Burke and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Morris-Tatum, Urban, Black and Notestein.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 441
Relating to: prohibiting smoking areas and smoking rooms in state offices and the state capitol building and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Risser, Roessler, Burke, Plache and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Walker, Morris-Tatum, R. Young, L. Young, Turner, Dobyns, Wasserman, Urban and Green.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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The committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: the authority of towns and town sanitary districts to levy special assessments for water and sewage systems on certain farmland and the methods used by cities, villages, towns and metropolitan sewerage districts to finance sewerage projects.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Moore, Plache, Fitzgerald and Weeden.
Noes, 0 - None.
Gwendolynne Moore
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 366
Relating to: nonresident individual income tax reciprocity with the state of Illinois and making appropriations.
Introduction of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig; Representatives Gard, Ourada, harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert, Linton and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Brian Burke
Co-Chairperson
Senate Petition 15
A petition by 44 representatives of Wisconsin Central Labor Councils in support of Senate Bill 14, Relating to employment relations for members of the University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff.
By
Senator
Burke
.
To joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
January 31, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
