Tuesday, June 5, 2007
11:10 A.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Marchant, pursuant to Senate Rule
5 (4)(b).
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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The committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 52
Relating to: an exception for law enforcement dogs to the requirement that a dog that bites a person be quarantined.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 30
Relating to: permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Tim Carpenter
Chairperson
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 122
Relating to: the property tax exemption for waste treatment facilities.
Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received.
The bill is good public policy if it is amended to recognize the issues related to Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 8 - Senators
Erpenbach, Decker and Ellis; Representatives Wood, F. Lasee and Hubler; Assistant Attorney General Creeron; and Department of Revenue Secretary Ervin.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jon Erpenbach
Senate Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Senate
May 23, 2007
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2) (a), I have made the following appointments to the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology Senators Kreitlow, Jauch and Miller.
As outlined in section
13.58, Wi. Stats., this committee was established to provide legislative oversight and review of information technology projects. While the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology has been dormant since 2003, the Legislative Audit Bureau, the Joint Audit Committee and the Joint Finance Committee have all recently recommended reconstituting it.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on nominations by the Minority Leader.
Sincerely,
Judith B. Robson
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
June 4, 2007
The Honorable, the Senate:
The Co-Chairs recommend appointment of the officers and members of the Law Revision Committee [s.
13.83 (1), Stats.], as set forth below:
Sen. Tim Carpenter, Co-Chair Rep. Scott Suder, Co-Chair
Sen. Glenn Grothman Rep. Mary Hubler
Sen. Jim Sullivan Rep. Roger Roth
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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The committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to unemployment insurance and temporary help employers and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Spencer Coggs
