Thursday, February 10, 2000
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 377
Relating to: prescription drug assistance for elderly persons, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, making appropriations and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Decker, Breske, Moen, Roessler, Plache, Erpenbach, Rosenzweig, Shibilski, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, Risser and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Huber, Krusick, Underheim, Meyer, Musser, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Colon, Cullen, Hasenohrl, Kreuser, La Fave, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Plale, Plouff, Reynolds, Ryba, Sherman, Staskunas, Waukau, Young and Lassa.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 378
Relating to: payments to ethanol producers, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Clausing and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Huebsch, Meyer, Hahn, Gronemus, Ott, Schooff, M. Lehman, Ainsworth, Sykora, Freese, Spillner, Skindrud, Pettis, Musser, Boyle and Goetsch.
To committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 379
Relating to: prohibiting the investment board from making certain investments.
By
Senators
Moore, George and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Morris-Tatum, Miller, Colon, Turner, Pocan, Young, Bock, Coggs, Berceau, Richards, Williams and Riley.
To committee on Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 380
Relating to: eliminating emergency detention under the fifth standard of dangerousness, eliminating termination of involuntary civil commitments under the fifth standard of dangerousness, permitting only petitions approved by the attorney general to be filed for involuntary civil commitment under the fifth standard of dangerousness and providing access by the counsel for the interests of the public to court records and treatment records of persons receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug dependence.
By
Senators
Rosenzweig, Grobschmidt, Panzer, George, Rude, Jauch, Roessler, Schultz, Darling, Huelsman and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades, Bock, Stone, Huber, Ladwig, Urban, Kelso, La Fave, M. Lehman, Pettis, Musser, Handrick, Berceau, Spillner, Albers, Hahn, Ainsworth and Brandemuehl.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 381
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates associated with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and making an appropriation.
By
Senator
Wirch
; cosponsored by Representatives Kreuser, Seratti, Handrick, Steinbrink, Turner, Kreibich, Lassa, Hoven and Hutchison.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 382
Relating to: including dentists and dental hygienists as health care professionals for the purpose of forming service corporations.
By
Senators
Rude, Burke, Wirch, Darling, Roessler, Schultz, Drzewiecki, Cowles and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Brandemuehl, Sykora, Wasserman, Kestell, Ladwig, Spillner, Schneider, Huebsch, Gronemus, Kedzie, Berceau, Musser, Goetsch, La Fave, Riley, Kelso, Urban, Pettis, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Miller, Gunderson, Johnsrud, Hundertmark and Porter.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 383
Relating to: threatening to cause death, bodily harm or property damage to certain persons or in certain places and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Zien, Baumgart, Darling, Drzewiecki, Rosenzweig, A. Lasee and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Sykora, Reynolds, Ladwig, Musser, Suder, Hahn, Hasenohrl, Owens, Kreibich, Ainsworth, Gunderson and Kelso.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (1)(c), the following committee is created for the 1999-2000 legislative session:
Lambeau Field, Committee on: (5)
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Ayes, 5 - Senators Chvala, Risser, Moen, Panzer and Rude
Noes, 0 - None.
Chuck Chvala
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 384
Relating to: creating a local professional football stadium district; giving a local professional football stadium district the authority to issue bonds and granting income tax exemptions for interest income on bonds issued by the district; making a state moral obligation pledge with respect to bonds issued by a local professional football stadium district; giving a local professional football stadium district the authority to impose a sales tax and a use tax; creating an income and franchise tax exemption for a local professional football stadium district; state aid for transportation facilities associated with a professional football team's home stadium; and making appropriations.
Introduction.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Read first time and referred to committee on Lambeau Field.
Brian Burke
Senate Chairperson
Pursuant to Senate Rule
36(2)(c) and section 13.52(6), Wisconsin Statutes, the Co-Chairs of the Joint Survey committee on Tax Exemptions shall prepare amd submit a report in writing setting forth an opinion on the desirability of
Senate Bill 384 as a matter of public policy.
The committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
