Thursday, January 7, 2010
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Tuesday, January
5
, 2010.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 5, 2010
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Polacek, Ronald,
of Prairie du Sac, as a member of the Real Estate Appraisers Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2010.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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The committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to emergency agricultural transportation permits, and emergency energy conservation permits.
No action taken.
Jim Holperin
Chairperson
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday, January
6
, 2010.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Darling withdrawn as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
440
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Hilgenberg added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
439
.
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Corrections In:
2009 SENATE
BILL
358
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(January 6
, 2010)
1. Page 5, line 22: after "audiologist" insert "or".
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 442
Relating to: requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts.
By
Senators
Plale, Decker, Kreitlow, Taylor, Lassa, Hansen, Wirch, Lehman, Schultz and Kedzie; cosponsored by Representatives Molepske Jr., Clark, Townsend, Gunderson, A. Ott, Kerkman, Honadel, Zipperer and Gottlieb.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 443
Relating to: theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Plale, Kreitlow, Sullivan and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Soletski, Turner, Hraychuck, Hixson, Mason, Zigmunt, Montgomery, Suder and Townsend.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 444
Relating to: extending the time period to claim a refund for an individual who is affected by a period of financial disability.
By
Senators
Hansen and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Turner and Zepnick.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Relating to: labeling requirements for certain substances that may create a fire hazard when mixed with organic matter (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.
Senate Bill 446
Relating to: eliminating a requirement for reporting on the petroleum storage remedial action program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.
Senate Bill 447
Relating to: state contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Lassa, Carpenter, Coggs, Darling, Hansen, Holperin, Kreitlow, Lehman, Risser, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Barca, Mason, Roys, Vruwink, Berceau, Cullen, Hilgenberg, Hixson, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Smith, Turner and Zepnick.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 448
Relating to: a utility terrain vehicle pilot program and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Holperin, Lassa, Taylor, Schultz and Jauch; cosponsored by Representatives Hubler, Zepnick, Zigmunt, Ziegelbauer, Suder, Mursau, Steinbrink, Ripp and Turner.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 449
Relating to: possession of a firearm at school or under the supervision of a school authority.
By
Senators
Holperin, Lehman, Grothman, Taylor and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Staskunas, Kestell, Suder, Turner, Brooks, Bies and Mursau.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 450
Relating to: goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy buildings and for energy conservation; information, analyses, reports, education, and training concerning greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; renewable energy requirements of electric utilities and retail cooperatives; requiring electric utilities to purchase renewable energy from certain renewable facilities in their service territories; authority of the Public Service Commission over nuclear power plants; motor vehicle emission limitations; a low carbon standard for transportation fuels; the brownfield site assessment grant program, the main street program, the brownfields grant program, the forward innovation fund, grants to local governments for planning activities, the transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, a model parking ordinance; surface transportation planning by the Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental evaluations for transportation projects; idling limits for certain vehicles; energy conservation codes for public buildings, places of employment, one- and two-family dwellings, and agricultural facilities; design standards for state buildings; energy efficiency standards for certain consumer audio and video devices, boiler inspection requirements; greenhouse gas emissions and energy use by certain state agencies and state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies; creating an exception to local levy limits for amounts spent on energy efficiency measures; creating an energy crop reserve program; identification of private forest land, promoting sequestration of carbon in forests, qualifying practices and cost-share requirements under the forest grant program established by the Department of Natural Resources; air pollution permits for certain stationary sources reducing greenhouse gas emissions; allocating a portion of existing tax-exempt industrial development revenue bonding to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; requiring a report on certain programs to limit greenhouse gas emissions; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Miller and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Black and Soletski, by request of Governor James E. Doyle.
To select committee on Clean Energy.
Senate Bill 451
Relating to: hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund.
By
Senators
Robson and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Roys, Smith, Young, Berceau, Pasch, Sinicki, Turner and Vruwink.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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University of Wisconsin - Parkside
