By
Senator
Welch
; cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, Brandemuehl, Green, Gard, Dobyns, Albers, Hebl, Gunderson, Hahn, Musser, Klusman and Lorge.
To committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 371
Relating to: the role and definition of a real estate broker.
By
Senators
Welch, Wineke, Drzewiecki, Darling, Cowles and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Sykora, Hanson, Green, Goetsch, Kreibich, Schafer, Meyer, Ward, Gunderson, Vrakas, Duff, Handrick, Porter, Freese and Johnsrud.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 372
Relating to: a sales tax and use tax exemption for property used in the maintenance of railroad tracks and rights-of-way.
By
Senators
Breske, Burke, Rude, Moen, Zien, Grobschmidt, Roessler, Shibilski, Weeden, Fitzgerald, Welch and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Jensen, Ourada, Turner, Porter, Hahn, Seratti, Dobyns, Olsen, Ott, Gronemus, Huebsch, Hasenohrl, Vander Loop, Albers, Duff, Bock, Vrakas and Ainsworth.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 373
Relating to: creating a bluff protection program, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Cowles, Clausing, Darling, Risser, Welch and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Hutchison, Meyer, Schneider, Plouff, Hoven and F. Lasee.
To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
December 2, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists
Consulting Engineers, Wisconsin Assn of
Godiksen, Carol
Medical Society of Wisconsin, State
Marion, Edward
Reading Assn, Wisconsin State
Tenuta, James
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Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
HMOs, Assn of Wisconsin
Rosati, Kelly M 11/26/97
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics 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 the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Employment Relations
November 25, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Please find enclosed four documents from the Education Commission of the States (ECS):
1. 1996-97 Annual Report;
2. Highlights of the 1996-97 Annual Report;
3. 1997 Education Agenda; and
4. A copy of ECS' bylaws with amendments.
The ECS is required to file these with your office to meet its statutory requirements under ss.
39.75 and
39.76 Wis. Stats. If there are any questions, please call me at 266-9820
Sincerely,
Jon E. Litscher
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Commerce
November 20, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
In accordance with s.
560.03(15), the Department of Commerce is required to submit an annual report to the legislature analyzing the use of IRB financing authorized under Section
66.521 of Wisconsin Statutes, and report on the benefits of that use. The Department of Commerce is also required to submit a summary of the employment impact estimates required under Section
560.034(2) of Wisconsin Statutes.
I am respectfully submitting the attached Industrial Revenue Bond Activity Report. If you have any question concerning ;the report or would like to obtain copies, please contact Deb Daly in the Division of Community Development at 608/267-3895.
Sincerely,
William J. McCoshen
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
November 20, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Miller Park monthly progress report for the month of October 1997 for your review and consideration. As the report indicates, our Miller Park project is well on its way toward our "four for four" objectives of constructing a quality facility, on time, within budget, and with meaningful community participation.
The District continued to make significant progress on many bid packages and construction contracts during the month of October. These bid packages and contracts included the food services equipment, structural precast concrete, structural steel frame, stadium seats, architectural precast and mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
Construction work on the ballpark and site continues to move forward on time and within budget. Our project safety record has been outstanding to date, and our safety efforts and work approach will ensure that performance will continue. Our project participation efforts have met or exceeded all of our goals and expectations to date, and the trend in this aspect of our project strongly indicates that an overall successful participation program will be achieved.
Please feel free to contact me if you should have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed progress report.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E., R.L.S.
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 26, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Homstad, Gilbert L.,
of Black River Falls, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 26, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Willoughby, E. Ray,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2002.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
