Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 27, 2014
The Honorable, the Senate:
hist27460I am vetoing Senate Bill 628 in its entirety and am returning it to the Senate because I object to the bill’s expansion of what constitutes a raffle as it could threaten the exclusive rights of the Indian tribes to conduct Class III gaming in return for making revenue-sharing payments to the state, which is reflected in the compacts signed by the tribes and the state. The exclusivity clauses prohibit the state from: 1) substantively altering the charitable games authorized under state law, 2) allowing the operation of electronic games of chance and 3) allowing the operation of an additional Class III game not authorized by current law. The bill makes many changes to the way that raffles are conducted and regulated. In particular, the bill expands the definitions of key concepts, including the definitions of raffle, drawing and ticket, and limits the Departments of Administration’s ability to promulgate rules relating to the conduct of raffles. The bill would allow any raffle where the winner is determined by a random process, with all tickets or instruments entitling a purchaser to an entry into a raffle having an equal opportunity to win. The bill also includes language that could allow games of chance in which electronic entries appear permissible and the winners are determined by any method of random selection, including non-traditional electronic random number generators.
Because these changes could expand the selection of winners to any random mechanism and allow non-traditional raffles, such as electronic raffles, this bill may constitute a violation of the exclusivity provisions of compacts between the state and the tribes and may consequently result in a significant loss of past, current and future gaming revenue to the state.
Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
March 27, 2014
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization. hist27313Assembly Bill 726, relating to: providing that cannabidiol is not a tetrahydrocannabinol and dispensing cannabidiol as a treatment for a seizure disorder., withdrawn from Committee on Health and Human Services and rereferred to Committee on Senate Organization. Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board
March 26, 2014
The Honorable, the Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2013 Regular Session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board’s website at: lobbying.wi.gov
Baker, Lauren Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
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Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
KEVIN KENNEDY
Director and General Counsel
