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State of Wisconsin
Gathering Waters Conservancy
Octoeber 30, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
It is my pleasure to share with you the enclosed report of Gathering Waters Conservancy's activities and accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2009. This report is being submitted in accordance with the statutory requirements of s.23.0955(2)(b)5. Gathering Waters Conservancy had an extremely successful year, especially in light of prevailing economic conditions. Our success is due in part to the ongoing support of the state legislature and the Department of Natural Resources.
Gathering Waters Conservancy works on the leading edge of a truly influential conservation movement. Wisconsin land trusts have permanently protected over 200,000 acres in communities across Wisconsin. They claim a combined membership of close to 500,000 individuals and thousands of local volunteers; they have raised millions of private dollars to protect critical lands that benefit the public; and they work with private landowners every day to promote stewardship and protection of our natural resources.
We look forward to continuing to work with the Department and the state legislature to achieve our mutual conservation goals. Please do no hesitate to contact me for additional information. I have also enclosed Gathering Waters Conservancy's audited financial reports for FY 2009 for your review.
Sincerely,
michael strigel
Executive Director
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Relating to renewal, reinstatement of license, and continuing education.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, October 29, 2009.
Referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, November 3, 2009.
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
83
Assembly Joint Resolution
84
Assembly Joint Resolution
92
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Assembly Bill
21
Relating to: discharge from employment of a passenger-for-hire vehicle operator solely on the basis of having been involved in a single motor vehicle accident.
By Representative
Schneider
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
Assembly Bill
174
Relating to: authorizing sharing of tax increments by certain environmental remediation tax incremental districts.
By Representatives Mason, Turner, Richards, Zepnick, Molepske Jr. and Barca; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Assembly Bill
277
Relating to: prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Parisi, Suder, Seidel, A. Ott, Pocan, Van Roy, Young, Tauchen, Sherman, Petrowski, Grigsby, Wood, Roys, Spanbauer, Berceau, Hebl, Nygren, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Zepnick, Shilling, Milroy, Sinicki, Toles and Dexter; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Taylor, Carpenter, Risser, Hansen, Holperin, Erpenbach, Plale, Sullivan and Lehman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
288
Relating to: education and work experience requirements for registration as a professional engineer and examinations for professional engineering credentials.
By Representatives Molepske Jr., Gottlieb, Townsend, Zepnick, A. Ott, Jorgensen, Kerkman, Danou, Petrowski and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Plale and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
323
Relating to: information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.
By Representatives Jorgensen, Danou, Hraychuck, Bernard Schaber, Barca, Hixson, Hubler, Molepske Jr., Smith, Staskunas, Turner, Vruwink, A. Williams, Zepnick, Bies and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Lehman, Hansen, Hopper, Darling and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
376
Relating to: restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran.
By Representatives Turner, Davis, Brooks, Berceau, Shilling, Mason, Hilgenberg, Pope-Roberts, Nass, Kaufert, Gundrum, Zepnick, Lothian, Townsend, Gunderson, Murtha, Steinbrink, Hintz, Hebl, A. Ott, Zigmunt, Nerison, Vruwink, Schneider, Petrowski, Spanbauer and Van Akkeren; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Kedzie, Lassa, Darling, Erpenbach, Wirch, Schultz, Olsen, Coggs and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
400
Relating to: requiring landlords to change locks.
By Representatives Dexter, Parisi, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Clark, Grigsby, Hebl, Milroy, A. Ott, Pasch, Pocan, Roys, Seidel, Shilling, Smith, Suder, A. Williams and Wood; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Hansen, Kreitlow, Schultz and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
409
Relating to: U-turns on highways and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Steinbrink, Nerison, Townsend, Brooks, Petrowski, Vos, M. Williams and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Kanavas, Taylor, Holperin, Plale and Hansen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
410
Relating to: violation of the 72-hour no contact provision in domestic violence cases and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Zigmunt, Parisi, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Grigsby, Hraychuck, Kaufert, A. Ott, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Sinicki, Soletski, Staskunas, Suder and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Darling, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lehman and Risser.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
411
Relating to: the prohibition against making, reproducing, or possessing a nude depiction of a person without the person's consent and the sex offender registry.
By Representatives Zigmunt, Parisi, Gundrum, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Hraychuck, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Suder and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Taylor and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
415
Relating to: designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway.
By Representatives Hixson, Nass, Steinbrink, Petrowski, Sinicki, Vruwink, A. Ott, Mason, Berceau, Kerkman, Townsend and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Wirch, Schultz, Lassa, Cowles and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Relating to: a county fair coordinator.
By Representatives Vruwink, Gunderson, A. Ott, Schneider, Berceau, Ripp, Danou, Brooks, Seidel, Radcliffe, Nerison, Zepnick, Petrowski and Jorgensen; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Schultz, Olsen, Lassa, Holperin, Taylor and Kapanke.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Assembly Bill
419
Relating to: rape shield provisions in civil proceedings, discovery and inspection of victims and witnesses, and victims rights.
By Representatives Radcliffe, Parisi, Jorgensen, Shilling, Bies, Turner, Hraychuck, Bernard Schaber, Steinbrink, Roys, Staskunas, Berceau and Suder; cosponsored by Senators Taylor and Kedzie.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
483
Relating to: the employment of minors 12 years of age or older by nonprofit organizations in and around the homes of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and other similar work usual to those homes.
By Representative
Sinicki
; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
487
Relating to: various changes in the unemployment insurance law and providing a penalty.
By Representative
Sinicki
; cosponsored by Senator Coggs
, by request of Department of Workforce Development.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Joint Resolution 83
