Concurred in:
Assembly Bill 370
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
October 22, 1999
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Section
46.972(4) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Family Services to submit to the Legislature a report each year on the allocation and expenditure of funds for services for homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Attached is the report for Calendar Year 1998.
Department staff is available to answer any questions.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Women's Council
Madison
October 26, 1999
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
On behalf of the Wisconsin Women's Council, it is my pleasure to submit to you the Council's 1997-99 Biennial Report.
Over the past biennium, the Council has focused on projects designed to: promote public and private initiatives that empower Wisconsin women through education and opportunity; provide a clearinghouse for information for Wisconsin women; and promote unique opportunities for partnerships and involvements to address issues impacting Wisconsin women.
If you have any question about the Council or would like additional copies of this report, please contact me at (608) 266-2219.
Sincerely,
Katie Mnuk
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Financial Institutions
Madison
October 27, 1999
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes 13.172(2) I am transmitting to you a copy of the Department of Financial Institutions Annual Report for 1998. This report is being transmitted electronically and can also be downloaded at:
www.wdfi.orgA488
Outlined in this year's report are details of DFI's financial education program "DFI - Your Money Matters" and statistics showing Wisconsin's financial community is strong and growing. DFI is committed to firm and fair regulation and to protecting the consumers who use the services of our state's financial institutions.
I hope you will find this report useful. If I can provide any further information concerning our financial institutions and regulation, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Richard L. Dean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Financial Institutions.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Department of Natural Resources
Madison
November 1, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is the Environmental Improvement Fund Biennial Finance Plan for the 1999-2001 biennium.
The Environmental Improvement Fund program legislation (s.
281.59(3), Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit a final version of the Biennial Finance Plan to the Legislature and the State Building Commission following enactment of the biennial budget. The purpose of the plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operations in the 1999-2001 biennium.
Also included is a copy of the Environmental Improvement Fund Biennial Report for the 1997-1999 biennium. The report provides information on the activities and operations of the program during the previous biennium. This report is also submitted in accordance with s.
281.59(3), Wis. Stats.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan or the Biennial Report, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Curtner, Director
Bureau of Community Financial Assistance,
Department of Natural Resources
Frank R. Hoadley
Capital Finance Director
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
October 15, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The General Fund has an undesignated balance of $701.3 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $583.7 million higher than the $117.6 million estimate that was projected in the final Chapter
20 fund condition statement.
General purpose revenue taxes were $9.948 billion compared to $9.528 billion in the prior year, an increase of $420 million or 4.4 percent. General purpose revenue expenditures were $10.009 billion compared to $9.695 billion in the prior year, an increase of $314 million or 3.2 percent.
General purpose revenue spending increases in fiscal year 1999 were largely driven by increases in three areas: School Aids increased by $197.5 million, Corrections by $63.6 million, and the U.W. System by $26.8 million.
In fiscal year 1999, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 61.2 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 16.6 percent of total general purpose revenue expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 9.2 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations spending for all other state agencies accounted for 13.0 percent of the total.
The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in December of 1999. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Respectfully submitted,
George LIghtbourn
Acting Secretary
William J. Raftery, CPA
State Controller
Communications
November 2, 1999
Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
402 Main
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Mr. Sanders:
I was absent on October 28, 1999 and unable to vote that day. I am writing to inform you of how I would have cast my vote had I been in attendance on that day.
On Passage of Assembly Bill 223 re: drug paraphernalia:
Yes.
On Passage of Assembly Bill 469 re: permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned: Yes.
On Passage of Assembly Bill 174 re: exceptions for peace officers to certain prohibitions relating to firearms: Yes.
On Passage of Assembly Bill 312 re: the requirement that an unemancipated minor obtain parental or other consent or a judicial waiver of that consent requirement before she can have an abortion: Yes.
If you have any questions on this, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Dean R. Kaufert
State Representative
55th Assembly District
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Special Guest
Representative Suder introduced Wisconsin's 52nd Alice in Dairyland, Amy Fischer from Loyal, who addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
