To the Senate committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs: Senators Reynolds, (Chair), Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen,
To the committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure: Senators Leibham, (Chair), Kanavas, Kedzie, Breske and Meyer,
To the Joint committee for Review of Administrative Rules: Senators Leibham, (Co-Chair), Welch, Lazich, Robson and Carpenter,
To the Joint committee on Audit: Senators Roessler, (Co-Chair), Cowles, Darling, George and Hansen,
To the Joint committee on Finance: Senators Darling, (Co-Chair), Welch, Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Lazich, Decker and Moore,
To the Joint Legislative Council: Senators Lasee, (Co-Chair), Panzer, Darling, Welch, Harsdorf, Ellis, Lazich, Risser and George,
To the Joint Survey committee on Retirement Systems: Senators Schultz, (Co-Chair), Reynolds and Wirch,
To the Joint Survey committee on Tax Exemptions: Senators Ellis, (Co-Chair), Harsdorf and Decker,
To the Joint review committee on Criminal Penalties: Senator Fitzgerald, (Co-Chair).
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on nominations made by that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
State of Wisconsin
January 8, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
To the Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse: Senators Roessler
To the Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation: Senators Darling
To the State Building Commission: Senators Roessler, Cowles
To the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board: Senators Brown
To the Council on Domestic Abuse: Senators Roessler
To the Education Commission of the States: Senator Ellis
To the Educational Communications Board: Senator Leibham
To the Environmental Education Board: Senators Kedzie
To the Council on Forestry: Senators Welch
To Forward Wisconsin: Senators Fitzgerald
To the Heritage Tourism Council: Senators Lazich
To the Council on Highway Safety: Senators Kanavas
To the Historical Society Board of Curators: Senators Schultz
To the Migrant Labor Council: Senators Welch
To the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: Senators Darling
To the Mississippi River Parkway Commission: Senators Harsdorf
To the Rural Economic Development Board: Senators Brown
To the Sentencing Commission: Senators Zien
To the Small Business Environmental Council: Senators Reynolds
To the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board: Senators Leibham, Schultz
To the State Fair Park Board: Senator Kanavas
To the State Supported Programs Study and Advisory Committee: Senators Cowles, Roessler, Stepp
To the Council on Tourism: Senators Zien
To the Transportation Projects Commission: Senators Lasee, Leibham, Schultz
To the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority: Senators Stepp
To the World Dairy Center Authority: Senator Harsdorf.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on nominations made by that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
State of Wisconsin
January 6, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to section 13.15 of the Wisconsin Statutes and Senate Rule
5, I do hereby appoint Donna J. Doyle as Assistant Chief Clerk of the Wisconsin Senate, giving her all powers and duties as are derived from and inherent in said position and to perform the duties and functions of the office in the absence of the Senate Chief Clerk.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Schneider
Senate Chief Clerk
State of Wisconsin
January 6, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am submitting my letter of resignation effective at noon Tuesday, January 7, 2003.
It has been my honor to represent the people of the 24th Senate District since my election in 1995, and a privilege to serve with so many outstanding people in the Wisconsin State Senate.
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I look forward to working with you and my former colleagues in my new capacity as Secretary of the Department of Tourism.
Sincerely,
Kevin Shibilski
State Senator
24th Senate District
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
December 19, 2002
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of November 2002.
On November 22, 2002, the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund cash balance closed at a negative $1 thousand. The negative balance continued until November 27, 2002, when the balance closed at a positive $12 thousand. The Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund cash balance reached a low of negative $2 thousand on November 25, 2002. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund's negative cash balance was not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitation and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority.
Sincerely,
George Lightbourn
Secretary
Referred to the joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
January 2, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
In accordance with Section 9143 (2z) of
2001 Wisconsin Act 16, I am enclosing the Department of Revenue's study regarding moving tax processing activities to southwestern Wisconsin.
The Department has concluded that moving our tax processing activities away from their centralized location in Madison to another part of the state would not be the most cost-effective or efficient use of the state's limited resources. Some of the important reasons DOR believes that our processing activities should remain in Madison include:
Efficient use of equipment, space and other physical resources. The department has a new building in Madison that was specifically designed to accommodate tax processing activities.
Security and confidentiality of tax records. The department's existing consolidated location for tax processing lends itself well to maintaining the security and confidentiality of tax records that we strive for. Transportation of records to a location outside of our central office adds a new level of complexity to processing and may introduce opportunities for security and confidentiality breaches.
Additional cost. Our cost estimates indicate that moving tax processing to a location outside of Madison would result in substantial one-time costs as well as increased on-going costs.
DOR continues to work to maintain a stable, integrated tax-processing environment. Our primary focus has been to increase electronic filing, paying, and other forms of electronic business. In the future, we see further reduction of costly and time consuming manual processing of paper documents and reduced reliance on LTE staff through implementation of more efficient processing technologies and procedures.
The enclosed report details our research regarding a possible processing move and includes a detailed cost assessment. Please contact Sherrie Gates-Hendrix if you have questions or would like further information regarding this report.
Sincerely,
Richard G. Chandler
Secretary of Revenue
