Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 4
Relating to: supporting the reauthorization of the existing Community Services Block Grant and its funding to community action agencies.
By
Senators
Roessler, Zien, Harsdorf, Schultz, Wirch, Robson and Carpenter.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: proclaiming March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
By
Senators
Roessler, Breske, Carpenter, Kanavas, Schultz and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hines, Krug, Albers, Berceau, Bies, Boyle, Gunderson, Hahn, Kerkman, Krawczyk, Ladwig, McCormick, Musser, Owens, Van Roy and Ott.
To committee on Senate Organization.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 55
Relating to: allowing certain school buses to tow trailers.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Pettis, Seratti, Hines, Bies, Grothman, Krawczyk, Musser, Freese and Van Roy.
To committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Senate Bill 56
Relating to: dispensing of returned prescription drugs by state prison pharmacies.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Welch, Schultz, Robson, Moore, Leibham, Carpenter, Lazich and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Wasserman, Albers, Bies, Cullen, Berceau, Gielow, Gottlieb, Hines, Gunderson, Van Roy, Pettis, Jeskewitz, Hahn, Musser, Gronemus, M. Lehman, Loeffelholz, Olsen, Krawczyk, Suder, Plouff, LeMahieu, Vrakas, Lassa, Young, Krug, Ziegelbauer and Van Akkeren.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 57
Relating to: requiring termination of services of, transfer or sale of tangible personal property and sale of real property at, and transfer of residents from the Central Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
By
Senators
Zien and Brown; cosponsored by Representatives J. Wood, Suder, Kreibich, Hines, Balow, Ladwig, F. Lasee and Musser.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 58
Relating to: permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
By
Senators
Darling, Kanavas, Harsdorf, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Nass, Ziegelbauer, Montgomery, Pettis, Ladwig, Stone, Suder, Musser, Albers, Nischke, Hundertmark, Freese, J. Fitzgerald, Olsen, Van Roy, Gielow, LeMahieu, Huebsch, M. Lehman, Hahn, Owens, D. Meyer, Loeffelholz, Kestell, Kreibich, M. Williams, Townsend, Kerkman, Grothman, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Weber, Vukmir, J. Wood and McCormick.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 59
Relating to: the date of the presidential preference primary.
By
Senators
Welch, S. Fitzgerald and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Hines, Gunderson, Bies, Vrakas, Hahn, Gard, Albers, Kestell, Kreibich, Suder, Pettis, Hundertmark, Grothman, Owens, LeMahieu, Musser, Ladwig, Stone and Ott.
To committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Senate Bill 60
Relating to: leasing of school property.
By
Senators
Risser and Kanavas; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Hahn, Jensen, Black, Olsen, Krug, J. Lehman and Lassa.
To committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Senate Bill 61
Relating to: environmental compliance audits, environmental management systems, providing incentives for improving environmental performance, providing immunity from civil penalties for certain violations of environmental requirements, access to certain information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Welch, Schultz, Harsdorf and Stepp; cosponsored by Representatives Montgomery, Jeskewitz, M. Lehman, Hines, Olsen, Musser, Ainsworth, Vrakas, Krawczyk, Van Roy, Albers, Ott and Bies.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 4
Relating to: possession of methamphetamine and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp and Carpenter.
Noes, 1 - Senator
George.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 3, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Attached is a report to the legislature, as required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, Section
32, (9c)(a). This report provides required facts about activities related to reducing lead-based paint hazards in residential property, including facts about the Lead-Free/Lead-Safe Registry of properties, the Lead Training, Accreditation and Certification Program, and the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
As also required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, the Department will submit a report evaluating the success or failures of Act 113, and rules promulgated under Act 113, in reducing the incidence of lead poisoning in children by March 1, 2005.
If you have any questions about this report, please contact Gail Boushon at 267-2289.
Sincerely,
Helene nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 28, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
109.12(2) and
(3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2002 annual report on the administration and enforcement of s.
109.07 and
109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2002 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report please contact me.
Sincerely,
Roberta Gassman
Secretary
