Thursday, October 4, 2007
4:00 P.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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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the life and service of United States Army Specialist Eric D. Clark, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By
Senator
Wirch
; cosponsored by Representative Steinbrink
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: the life and service of Staff Sergeant Robert J. Basham of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By
Senator
Wirch
; cosponsored by Representative Steinbrink
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 278
Relating to: threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Coggs, Plale, Roessler and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Colon, Honadel, Grigsby, Montgomery, Fields, A. Ott, Cullen, Hahn, Sinicki, Sheridan and Turner.
To committee on Judiciary and Corrections.
Senate Bill 279
Relating to: attractions displayed on highway specific information signs.
By
Senators
Breske, Schultz, Wirch, Erpenbach, Olsen and Ellis; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, M. Williams, Mursau, Ballweg, Gronemus, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Nelson, Steinbrink, Townsend, Turner, Van Roy and Jorgensen.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism and Insurance.
Senate Bill 280
Relating to: authorizing an elective member of a political subdivision's governing body to refuse his or her salary.
By
Senators
Hansen, A. Lasee, Olsen, Risser, Roessler and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Smith, Ballweg, Berceau, Boyle, Gunderson, Hahn, Kerkman, Mursau, J. Ott, Petrowski and Turner.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 281
Relating to: reporting requirements related to general transportation aids to local governments.
By
Senators
Hansen, Miller, Grothman, Roessler, Erpenbach and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Molepske and Turner.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 282
Relating to: deduction of membership dues from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Senators
Hansen and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Travis, Musser, Sheridan, Sinicki and Turner.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 283
Relating to: the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Darling, Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Lehman, Wirch, Kreitlow and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Krusick, Hines, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Fields, A. Ott, J. Ott, Sheridan, Young, Pocan and Pope-Roberts, by request of Wisconsin Alzheimers Association Chapter Network; AARP-Wisconsin; Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin; Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups; Community Alliance of Providers of Wisconsin; Disability Rights Wisconsin; Independence First; Learning Disabilities Association of Wisconsin; Steinhauer Group, LLC; Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care; Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities; Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, Inc..
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy.
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The committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail reports and recommends:
Relating to: expanding the area in which a tax incremental district's project costs may be expended.
Introduction of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jeffrey Plale
