August 2017 Special Session
11:06 A.M. TUESDAY, August 1, 2017
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Wanggaard.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
PETITION AND COMMUNICATIONS
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
EXECUTIVE ORDER #250
Relating to a Special Session of the Legislature
WHEREAS, since 2011, Wisconsin has become a leader in providing a business climate that encourages research and development, technological innovation, and workforce development; and
WHEREAS, the 21st century workforce demands economic conditions that foster ingenuity, opportunity, and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s current business climate makes it an excellent location to create an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Scott Walker, 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, to commence at 11 a.m. on August 1, 2017, solely to consider and act upon the following legislation:
1. Legislation relating to promotion of economic development and job retention;
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 twenty-eighth day of July, in the year two thousand seventeen.
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
By the Governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Adjournment
Senator Wanggaard, with unanimous consent, asked that the August 2017 Special Session of the Senate stand adjourned until Thursday, August 3, 2017.
Adjourned.
11:07 A.M.
