Wednesday, November 5, 2003
9:00 A.M.
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Gielow.
Representative Gunderson led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Honadel, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Ladwig, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, D. Meyer, Miller, Molepske, Montgomery, Morris, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Powers, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Taylor, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Weber, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, J. Wood, W. Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 538 offered by Representative Nischke.
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Relating to the small employer uniform employee application.
Submitted by Insurance Commissioner.
Report received from Agency, October 24, 2003.
To committee on Insurance.
Referred on November 5, 2003.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 27
Relating to: the life and public service of John (Jake) Rose.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Krawczyk, Weber, McCormick, Jensen, Van Roy, Taylor, Gronemus, Lothian, Plouff, Ladwig, Gard and Kreibich.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: elector approval for certain taxing, spending, and bonding decisions by the state and local governmental units, emergency taxes, required reserves, refunds of amounts in excess of the approved amounts, and reduction of tax rates to reflect the excess of revenues over expenditures (first consideration).
By
Representatives F. Lasee, J. Wood, Suder, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Ladwig, Kreibich, Weber, Jensen, Pettis, Powers, Nass, Freese, Hahn, Hines, Gunderson, Gundrum, Loeffelholz, J. Fitzgerald, Bies, Ainsworth, Hundertmark, Musser, Stone, Vrakas, Vukmir, Gielow, Johnsrud, Nischke and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds, Kanavas, Welch, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, A. Lasee, Leibham and Zien.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 636
Relating to: extending the expenditure period and the life of Tax Incremental District Number Two in the city of Sturgeon Bay.
By
Representatives Bies and F. Lasee; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 637
Relating to: the regulation of certain boathouses.
By
Representative
Ziegelbauer
; cosponsored by Senator Leibham
.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Relating to: payment of health insurance premiums for certain annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System who become employed by the state.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, Hahn, Albers, Musser, Owens, Townsend, Ott, Seratti, Hines and Boyle; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Roessler.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 639
Relating to: creating a job training grant program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Taylor, Balow, Berceau, Coggs, J. Lehman, Plouff, Pocan, Richards, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Turner, Young and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Erpenbach, Hansen, Moore and Wirch.
To committee on Workforce Development
.
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The committee on Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 345
Relating to: designating the first weekend in March Aldo Leopold Weekend.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Pettis, Bies, M. Williams, Black, Gronemus, Steinbrink and Miller.
