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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Ways and Means
Relating to: excluding churches and religious associations from the property tax exemption report filing fee.
By Representatives Goetsch, Owens, Porter, Musser, Wood, Ward, Grothman, Riley, Albers, Klusman, Gundrum and Pettis; cosponsored by Senators Drzewiecki, Huelsman and Schultz, by request of the Pastor Steve Rovics
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March 25, 1999 Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
April 7, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (13) Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Absent: (3) Representatives Ainsworth, Jeskewitz and Morris-Tatum.
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Pastor Stephen Rovics, Cornerstone Baptist Church
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Rep. Bob Goetsch, 39th Assembly District
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Marvin Manyon, WI Association of Christian Schools
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Pastor Ron Kutz, Bible Baptist Church of Utica
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None.
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Tom Ourada, WI DOR
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Robert Weiss, Madison Baptist Church
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Midge Miller
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Wayne Corey, Immanuel Lutheran Church
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Rep. Wayne Wood, 44th Assembly District
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Craig Bayer, Cornerstone Baptist Church
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Doug Johnson, WI Merchants Federation
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Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities
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Dan Thompson, League of WI Municipalities
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Laurie Kuiper, City of Milwaukee
May 26, 1999
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Present: (13) Representatives M. Lehman, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Jeskewitz, Owens, Spillner, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Absent: (3) Representatives Sykora, Wood and Meyerhofer.
Moved by Representative Goetsch, seconded by Representative Jeskewitz, that
Assembly Bill 248
be recommended for passage.
Ayes: (8) Representatives Goetsch, Huebsch, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Morris-Tatum, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: (5) Representatives M. Lehman, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, La Fave and Turner.
Absent: (3) Representatives Sykora, Wood and Meyerhofer.
Representative Sykora requested the record show that he would have voted “aye” on passage had he been present.
Representative Meyerhofer requested the record show that he would have voted “aye” on passage had he been present.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 5, Absent 3
Andrew Nowlan
Committee Clerk
