Tuesday, May 8, 2001
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Harsdorf, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, M. Meyer, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Shibilski, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Reverend Lawrence Kirby of St Paul Missionary Church of Racine.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Cowles led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: the life and public service of Charles F. Smith III.
By
Senator
Decker
; cosponsored by Representative Huber
.
Considered as privileged and taken up.
Read.
Adopted by unanimous rising vote.
Senate Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: the life and public service of Richard B. Kuzminski.
By
Senator
Grobschmidt
; cosponsored by Representatives Plale and Sinicki.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Joint Resolution 34 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Senate Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: the life and public service of Richard B. Kuzminski.
Read.
Senator George, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution 34.
Adopted.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 175
Relating to: appointment of students to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, M. Meyer, Hansen, Schultz, Roessler, Burke, Harsdorf and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Kreibich, Lassa, Shilling, Rhoades, La Fave, Plale, Pocan, Ryba, Plouff, Cullen, J. Lehman, Townsend, Bock, Miller, Olsen, Balow, Berceau, Jeskewitz, Richards, Gronemus, Boyle, Krawczyk, Freese, Sykora, D. Meyer, Wasserman, Turner and Young.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 176
Relating to: the Wisconsin School for the Deaf and creating a deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, Plache, Rosenzweig, Burke and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Olsen, Huber, Pocan, Plale, La Fave, Kestell, Wade, M. Lehman, Wood, Gunderson, Lippert, Sykora, Albers, J. Lehman, Townsend, Petrowski, Gronemus, Ott, Powers and McCormick.
To committee on Education.
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The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 65
Relating to: a sales tax and use tax exemption on tangible personal property used in the business of farming.
This bill is good public policy if amended to incorporate the provisions of Assembly substitute amendment 1 to 2001 Assembly Bill 121 and Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to 2001 Assembly Bill 121.
Referred to committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Russell Decker
Senate Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 8, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
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