Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 17, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate/Legislature:
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.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Bass plc, c/oWmJ MacKnight,Jr,Esq, Wormser Kiely Galef & Jacobs LLP
Subject(s): Seek to amend Section
125.33 of Wisconsin State to clarify that (1) a person which owns or has a financial interest in a brewer may own or have a financial interest in the holder of a Class "B" retail license which is operated as part of a hotel provided certain conditions are met and, (2) an affiliate of a brewer may make loans, lease and/or sell certain types of personal property to the holder of Class "B" retail license which is operated as part of a hotel provided certain conditions are met.
Stenger, Scott
Cigar Association of America Inc
Subject(s): All tobacco legislation.
Moore, Thomas E
Commonweal Mortgage Company
Subject(s): We are interested in A.B. 830, this bill could legislate our company out of business. Many items in the bill are unnecessary and unreasonable. It will effect smaller mortgage brokers and insurance, accounting and financial planning professionals throughout the state.
Hanson, Richard
Concord Communications
Subject(s): Provide telecommunication services for all state agencies.
Essie, Patrick
Pawnbrokers Association Wisconsin
Subject(s): All areas relating to ss 138.09 and 138.10, the pawnbroker profession.
Essie, Patrick
Recording Industry Assn of America Inc
Subject(s): The RIAA takes an interest in all areas of state legislation and administrative rules dealing with censorship/1st Amendment issues. Moreover, such legislation may take the form of "harmful to minors," "divestiture," "community standards," "obscenity," and all other pieces of legislation related to sound recordings.
Chrnelich, Joseph
Essie, Patrick
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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:
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Kass, Mark
Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin
May, Michael
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,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 13, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is the report from the Department of Health and Family Services entitled "Study of the Development of Standardized forms to be Used by Managed Care Providers in the Medicaid Program."
The report was required to be submitted by December 31, 1996. We regret the delay in submission. However, during 1996 and 1997 the Medicaid HMO Managed Care program was expanded from five counties to a statewide initiative. We believe this report more accurately incorporates the potential impact of standardized forms on a statewide managed care program, including the eight new HMOs that have recently joined the program.
If you have any questions about this report, please contact Angela Dombrowicki, Chief of the Managed Care Section of the Bureau of Health Care Financing, at 266-1935.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Council on Workforce Excellence
February 18, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am pleased to present you with the 1997 Annual Report of the Council on Workforce Excellence. The report identifies the accomplishments that reflect the priority activities we highlighted to you last May.
The recently appointed Council members are enthusiastic in meeting their statutory responsibilities. We are appreciative to be a part of building and strengthening of Wisconsin's workforce development system.
If you have questions or would like to discuss any issues, feel free to contact me at 608-756-1241, or the Council's Executive Director, June Suhling at 608-266-2439.
Sincerely,
J. Michael Borden
CWE Chair
President, Hufcor, Inc.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 17, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to inform you that I am withdrawing the nomination of John E. Husz for reappointment to the Parole Commission.
Mr. Husz has notified my office that he is resigning effective April 11, 1998.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
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Senator Plache, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 12:12 P.M..
10:30 A.M.
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12:12 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
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Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments except for Ben Brancel be taken up en masse.
Bradley, James,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1,1 2003.
Read.
Cockson, Carol J.,
of Altoona, as a member of the Credit Union Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2003.
Read.
Curran
, James M.,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2003.
Read.
