Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
July 8, 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.
Dump Truck Association, Wisconsin
Subject(s): All legislation and laws affecting the dump truck industry including safety, wages, and Wis DOT statutes. The association will work to revise any and all existing laws that may have an adverse impact on the ownership and operation of dump trucks. We will support or oppose legislation affecting the ownership and operation of dump trucks as the association deems appropriate.
Morris, Leigh E. 7/6/98
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.
Alliant (formerly Wis Power & Light Co)
Bright, Michael 7/6/98
Telecommunications Assn, Wisconsin State
Gosewehr, Laurie 7/2/98
UW Students, Inc, United Council of
Kuhn, Jamie 6/30/98
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
Ethics Board
July 14, 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.
S750
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.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Alleman, Jennifer 7/10/98
Plumbers Local 75
Alleman, Jennifer 7/10/98
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 Corrections
July 3, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Re: Claims under section 227.485 and 814.245, Wisconsin Statutes.
The Department of Corrections has no claims under the above to report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. Our legal counsel personnel have reviewed settlements during FY 98 and have determined that none apply to ss.
227.485 and
814.245 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
June 29, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This is the annual report on Prison Industries for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1997, as required by Wisconsin Statutes 303.018. This report includes the cash balance of each industry and the amount of wood furniture and printing state agencies purchased from Prison Industries.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sullivan
Department of Corrections, Secretary
Mark Bugher
Department of Administration, Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
July 10, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is a copy of the
General Report of the Joint Legislative Council to the 1997 Legislature, prepared and submitted pursuant to s.
13.81 (3), Stats. This General Report also incorporates additional information relating to legislative actions on Council proposals that was previously presented to the Legislature in the form of the separate
Legislative Council Digest. The
Digest has been discontinued.
I would appreciate your noting in the
Senate Journal, pursuant to s.
13.172, Stats., that this report has been delivered to your office.
Sincerely,
David J. Stute
Director
State of Wisconsin
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
July 13, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed please find your copy of the June 1998 Miller Park Monthly Progress Report. If you have any questions or comments on this month's report, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and input on the Miller Park project
Sincerely,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E., R.L.S.
Executive Director
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executive order #339
Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be Flown at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for the Late Deputy Sheriff Michael Villiard of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office
WHEREAS, on the evening of July 9, 1998 Deputy Sheriff Michael Villiard of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office died in the line of duty in an automobile accident while responding to an emergency medical call; and
WHEREAS, Deputy Villiard bravely and honorably served the people of Sawyer County and the people of the State of Wisconsin;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by Federal and State Law, do hereby order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of the State of Wisconsin equipped with such flags beginning forthwith until sundown on the day of Deputy Villiard's interment.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, 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 tenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
