Thursday, April 17, 2008
11:00 A.M.
April 2008 Special Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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executive order #246
Relating to a Special Session of the Legislature
I, Jim Doyle, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to Article IV, Section 11 and Article V, Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution, do hereby require the convening of a special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Madison, beginning at 11:00 a.m. on April 17, 2008, solely to consider and act upon legislation relating to: the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, withdrawals of water from the Great Lakes Basin, water withdrawal and use, water supply planning, water conservation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this ninth day of April, in the year two thousand eight.
JIM DOYLE
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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President Risser, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Adjourned.
11:01 A.M.
