Thursday, June 17, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth 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 198
Relating to: authorizing cities, villages, towns, counties, metropolitan sewerage districts, technical colleges and federated public libraries to let public works contracts under the design-build construction process, changing the threshold amounts that require competitive bidding under public works contracts and providing an exemption from competitive bidding requirements.
By
Senators
George, Huelsman, Roessler, Farrow and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Riley, Musser, Colon, Carpenter and Gronemus.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 199
Relating to: a child care worker loan repayment assistance program; a child care career education scholarship program; early childhood councils; requiring recipients of child care funding to have received training in child development and safety; training and network development for special needs child care providers; eligibility for child care funding; health care for low-income child care workers; creating tax credits for employers who provide child care; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain expenses related to child or dependent care; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Risser, Darling, Plache, Rosenzweig, Erpenbach, George and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Hasenohrl, Black, Boyle, Pocan, Bock, Reynolds, Turner, Miller, Berceau, Plale, Plouff, Young and Lassa.
To committee on Human Services and Aging.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
June 15, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list
of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 1999 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Boyce, Catherine Blue Cross/Blue Shield United of Wisconsin
Boyce, Lisa VITAS Health Corporation
Broydrick, William Wisconsin Wine and Spirit Institute
Carey, Ray Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
D'Agostino, Sharon Hoechst Marion Roussel
Dickert, John T Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Donovan, David Northern States Power Company
Gray-Murray, Jo Ann B Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Hammen, Gary Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association
Hayes, Andrew Forward Janesville, Inc
Hermes, Ronald Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Hilbert, Lisa Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Jentz, Robert Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Kammer, Peter Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Kuehn, Ronald W Edison-West Liquor Corporation
Lauby, Mary R. Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Linton, Barbara Licensed Beverage Association of Wisconsin
Matthews, John Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
McCoshen, William J Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Musso, James Northern States Power Company
O'Connor, William P Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
Petersen, Eric J Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Plautz, Jolene Wine Institute
Potter, Rosemary Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Rasmussen, Pamela Northern States Power Company
Springer, Thomas J Medical College of Wisconsin
Springer, Thomas J Strong Capital Management, Inc.
Tenuta, James Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
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Tries, John
Wisconsin Rental Dealers Association
Zelenak, Brian Northern States Power Company
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
June 15, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
You have asked for a formal opinion on whether the promulgation of rules that prescribe the use of risk-based methodologies, such as the American Society for Testing and Material's Risk-Based Corrective Action, to respond to petroleum contamination under Wisconsin's Petroleum Environmental Cleanup Fund, would be consistent with the provisions in Wis. Stat. ch.
160 ("chapter 160"). The attached is in response to your request for an opinion.
Sincerely,
James E. Doyle
Attorney General
State of Wisconsin
Department of employment Relations
June 10, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The "Written Hiring Reasons Report" for Wisconsin Sate Government covering the period July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, is enclosed. The report, required under ss.
230.25 (1p) and
230.27 (2k), Wis. Stats., identifies the types and reasons for classified and project appointments in 1998. This information can be useful as a monitoring tool for classified and project appointments. The law requires "written hiring reasons" for certain hiring transactions and requires the Department of Employment Relations to summarize the hiring reasons and prepare an annual report.
Information for this report came from summary information furnished by hiring supervisors and provided by each agency. Your efforts and cooperations in compiling the summary reports is appreciated. The report includes a summary and information for each state agency and UW System unit.
If you have questions, please contact Claire Dehnert, Division of Affirmative Action, at (608) 267-1005.
Sincerely,
Peter D. Fox
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
June 17, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Attached please find the Miller Park monthly progress report for the month of May 1999 for your review and consideration.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed report.
Sincerely,
