Sincerely,
kenneth b. black
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
December 18, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Section
165.90 of the Wisconsin Statutes requires the Department of Justice to report on the performance of cooperative county-tribal law enforcement programs receiving aid under this section. This letter constitutes our report.
This marks the twenty-second year that the Department has awarded grants for cooperative county-tribal enforcement programs. The statutes require counties and tribes tp develop joint program plans. The Department requires plans to include resolutions of support for the plan adopted by county boards and tribal governing bodies, to signify cooperation and mutual commitment.
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This program pays for a variety of law enforcement services to Native American communities across Wisconsin. Grants have been used for the costs of personnel, patrol, investigation, crime prevention, K-9 units, information technology, law enforcement training, alternatives to drug abuse and gang involvement, diversity training, cultural awareness education, and emergency/rescue equipment. An increasing number of grants are awarded to programs that include tribal police departments, generally helping to pay for tribal liaison personnel and patrol services provided to Native American reservations and communities.
The amount appropriated for this program in State Fiscal Year 2009 was $701,300. Grant funds comes from Indian gaming receipts as appropriated in the biennial budget. For Calendar Year 2009, the Department issues 19 awards totaling $701, 300. These awards were in the following amounts:
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County Tribe
Award
Sincerely,
j.b. Van hollen
Attorney General
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
December 22, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
301.03(10)(g), Wis. Stats., I am sending you a report on youth waived into adult court in Wisconsin. The statutory provision is as follows:
Keep statistics, by race, age and gender, of the number of juveniles over whom the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs.
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938 waives its jurisdiction under s.938.18 as well as the nature of the waiver that was ordered and annually report those statistics to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3).
The Department of Corrections (DOC) is grateful for the assistance of the Office of State Court in compiling the requested statistics. Since Wisconsin courts do not report any information directly to DOC on juvenile adjudications or adult convictions, the Department cannot fulfill the statutory mandate without the help of the Office of State Courts. The Wisconsin Consolidated Court Automation Programs staff and CIO Jean Bousquet produced the data on individual waiver cases that we used to compile the statistics on the following pages.
Please note several considerations in reviewing the waiver data:
•Race: The Office of State Courts did not supply DOC with data on race of waived youth. Unfortunately, local clerks of court do not submit race data in the majority of cases they post in the CCAP database. Thus, the Office of State Courts did not provide DOC with race information because of the significant amount of missing data.
•Age: The Office of State Courts supplied DOC with each waived youth's birth date and the date on which her/his case was waived to adult court. We calculated each youth's age on the date of waiver, rounding it to the nearest whole number, for the report. You will note that some persons are waived at older ages, generally as the result of absconding during a juvenile prosecution, being apprehended months or years later, and being waived to adult court due to their age and circumstances.
•Sex: The data on gender was reported by local courts in over 95% of cases entered into CCAP.
The Office of State Courts has provided the Department with annual data for years 2000-2008 inclusive. Data Tables for each year are attached. We are working with the Office to determine the method and schedule by which future reports will be reduced.
Sincerely,
Rick raemisch
Secretary
Referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
December 22, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Section
565.45, Wisconsin Statutes, requires the Department of Revenue to submit a biennial report to the legislature regarding the "effect on the operation of the lottery not exceed 10% of gross lottery revenues unless approved by the Joint Committee on Finance under s.
13.10.
As indicated in the enclosed chart, total administrative expenditures remain well below the 10% limitation imposed by Section
25.75(3)(b).
Sincerely,
roger m. ervin
Secretary
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Wisconsin Chapter
December 23, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Wisconsin Chapter is pleased to submit the attached report to the Governor and State Legislature, pursuant to Wisconsin Act 71.10(5m), "Multiple Sclerosis Programs Check-off." The report reflects the disbursements made from January 1, 2009-December 31, 2009. Disbursements made in 2010, will be reported prior to January, 2011, and thereafter annually, as promulgated in Wisconsin Act 71.
In December 2005, Governor Jim Doyle and members of the State Legislature created Wisconsin ACT 71 to assist those who live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Wisconsin. This law established a voluntary income tax check-off on Wisconsin State income tax forms for 2006 and beyond to fund health-related programs and services for people with MS in Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin Act 71, Provision 71.10(5m)(L), the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Wisconsin Chapter was directed to file a report prior to January 1, 2010, that "details the entities to which the society distributed funds under paragraph (k), the amount of money each entity received, and the health-related multiple sclerosis programs on which the money was spent."
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Wisconsin Chapter is proud to partner with the Governor, State Legislature, Wisconsin taxpayers, and entities in moving forward to provide vital programs and services to people living with MS in Wisconsin.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
kim kinner, m.a.
Senior Director, Community Outreach & Education
Referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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Medical College of Wisconsin
December 28, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
