Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 1007. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jon Erpenbach
State Senator
27th Senate District
February 9, 2006
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Mr. Fuller:
Please remove my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 853, administering anesthesia in an office-based setting.
Sincerely,
al Ott
State Representative
3rd Assembly District
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
February 9, 2006
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2005 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2005-8 Special Committee on Sexually Violent Person Commitments (2005 Senate Bill 318)
RL 2005-13 Special Committee on Municipal Annexation (2005 Senate Bill 460 and 461)
RL 2005-17 Special Committee on Recodification of Ch.
55, Stats., Placement and Services for Persons with Disabilities (2005 Assembly Bill 785)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Sentencing Commission
Madison
January 30, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Please accept the enclosed annual report from the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission. The document details the Commission's activities for 2005 as well as its membership and functions. The report is also online at
http://wsc.wi.gov for additional reference. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at your convenience. We will be glad to supply more hard copies if needed.
Sincerely,
michael connelly
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
February 2, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In compliance with Wisconsin statute 16.548, please find the Wisconsin Office of Federal/State Relations quarterly report to be submitted to the Legislature for the fourth quarter of 2005. This report provides information on the activities of the office and the status of federal legislation of concern to the state of Wisconsin.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this material.
Sincerely,
Stephen e. Bablitch
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
Madison
February 3, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is the report required under Act 280, to study the costs and benefits of integrating the computer linkup between the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the Department of Public instruction (DPI), and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to automate the searches of sex offender and caregiver abuse registry databases prior to issuing a school bus license.
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This report contains the options available for integration of the databases and estimated costs associated with each option. Please forward this report, as you feel appropriate to any interested parties.
If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact Karen Schwartz, Chief of the Qualifications and Issuance Section, Bureau of Driver Services, at (608) 266-0054, or Jill Reeve, Supervisor of the Medical Review Unit at (608) 264-7393.
Sincerely,
frank j. Busalacchi
Secretary
Referred to committee on Transportation.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
February 6, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending December 31, 2005. As required by s.
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year to date Revenue and Expenditure information.
This past quarter had the second highest quarterly sales ever for the Wisconsin Lottery and puts us on track to exceed last year's contributions toward property tax relief.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
michael l. Morgan
Secretary of Revenue
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
February 8, 2006
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed an evaluation of the Milwaukee County child welfare program, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The program, which protects children from abuse and neglect, is administered by the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare in the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), which contracts for most services. In June 2005, the program served 3,188 children who had been removed from their homes to ensure their safety. An additional 266 families received services without having a child removed from the home. From January 2001 through June 2005, program expenditures totaled $493.7 million. Our review of program expenditure and staffing issues is report 06-2.
DHFS has taken important steps in recent years to improve the welfare of children in Milwaukee County, including significantly reducing the number of children in out-of-home care. However, we identified concerns with the timeliness of investigations of child abuse and neglect, as well as the timeliness with which court-ordered services are provided. Collaboration and coordination among child welfare staff is limited, and problems related to establishing permanent placements were documented in 25 of 48 cases we reviewed. We make a number of recommendations for the Bureau to improve program management.
To assess whether the Bureau adequately ensured the safety of children, we reviewed 73 highrisk cases that were most likely to involve child abuse or neglect. The Bureau and its contractors took reasonable and appropriate action in 69 of these cases, but we believe more could have been done to protect children in the remaining 4 cases.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by DHFS and the child welfare contractors. A response from DHFS follows the appendices.
Respectfully submitted,
janice mueller
State Auditor
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