Senate

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions

Assembly Bill 483

Relating to: allowing the department of transportation to contract with public utilities and rural electric cooperative associations for cooperative acquisition, development or maintenance of jointly used rights-of-way.

By Representatives Brandemuehl, Musser, Freese, Albers, Hahn, Vrakas, Goetsch, Kelso, Grothman, Ott, Schafer, Seratti, Otte, Powers, Kedzie, Ainsworth, Zukowski, Gunderson and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Farrow, Huelsman, Moen and Schultz.

November 20, 1997 Referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.

January 27, 1998 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (5) Senators Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien and Farrow.

Absent: (1) Senator Darling.

Appearances for

· Paul Hoiland, Office of Rep. David Brandemuehl, author of AB 483

· Nickolas C. George, Jr., WI Utilities Association, Madison

· John Sobotik, Wisconsin Dept of Transportation

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· Ernest J. Peterson, Wis DOT

· Ruthann Nelson, Wis. Federation of Cooperatives, Madison

· Pat Osborne, Northern States Power, Madison

· Jason Kratowil, Wisconsin Public Service Commission

· Lorenzo Cruz, Ameritech

Registrations against

· None.

February 25, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION - POLLING

Moved by Senator Plache, that Assembly Bill 483

be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (6) Senators Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.

Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 0, Absent 0

John G. Anderson

Committee Clerk