Michael Huebsch
Chairperson
Committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
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Speaker's Communications
February 2, 2000
Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Mr. Sanders:
On February 2, 2000,
Assembly Bill 709 relating to regulation of athletic agents, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty was referred to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment. Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I hereby withdraw
Assembly Bill 709 from the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment and re-refer that bill to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
Representative Vrakas has been notified of this change and approves.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
Madison
January 31, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The following information is provided for your consideration and review pursuant to 301.03(6m), Wis Stats. The figures below cover the period from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Jon E. Litscher
Secretary
Referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts.
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A636
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
February 2, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
With this letter, I am forwarding to you the Bureau of Justice Information Systems (BJIS) Fourth Annual Report. S.
13.172(3) directs BJIS to report annually on its activities, and this report is submitted in fulfillment of that requirement.
The report describes the efforts of BJIS on behalf of Integrated Justice Information Sharing (IJIS) and District Attorney Information Technology (DA IT). Significant progress was made in these areas, and are described in detail in the report.
Multiple projects to improve the electronic sharing of information among justice agencies were undertaken in 1999. These include the beginning of an IJIS data dictionary with court, DA and CCH definitions and tables, a DOJ brief bank on line through a partnership with the Department of Justice, and much more. This is just the beginning of what could be possible in reducing redundant data entry and improving public safety gaps that currently exist.
Progress also occurred in several areas relating to district attorney information technology (DA IT). In 1999, BJIS worked hard installing and supporting 27 state standard local area networks (LANs) connected to county and state networks (WANs), training and supporting users in 27 LAN and 44 DA Net offices and piloting a DA case management system (PROTECT) which is now up and running in two counties.
In response to Executive Order 341 (Year 2000 Preparedness) were initiated in 1998. BJIS had established a Public Safety Functional Team to address state public safety agency Y2K preparedness. BJIS identified critical areas of Y2K action related to counties, interdependencies among public safety agencies and public communication about Y2K. Educating DA's about Y2K issues affecting their offices was completed as was ensuring Y2K compliance of all BJIS equipment and software installed in DA offices. We are happy to report that there were no public safety disruptions due to Y2K, due in large part to the hard work of the Public Safety Functional Team.
With the support of the legislature, BJIS can help improve public safety and bring efficiency to government by working to improve both the communication between agencies and by providing the basic infrastructure needed to be effective.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Reinert
Administrator, Division of Technology Management
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
January 28, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
25.17(14r) of the Statutes requires that the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) submit a report to the Joint Committee on Audit, Joint Committee on Finance and the Chief Clerks of each House summarizing any change in the Board's investment policies, upon adoption of the change.
On January 13, 2000 the Board approved modifications to the Investment Policy Guidelines relating to the Patients Compensation Fund. Attached are the modified guidelines. Additions to the previous guidelines are shaded and deletions are the stricken material.
The purpose of the Patients Compensation Fund (PCF) is to provide a medical malpractice insurance fund for Wisconsin's health care providers. The Patients Compensation Fund's Board of Governors oversees the administration of the PCF. SWIB is responsible for carrying out the investment management activities for this fund.
The PCF Board of Governors reviewed their investment guidelines and determined that the fund should invest up to 20% of its assets in common stocks. This decision stems from the fact that the fund is now in a surplus position. Fixed income assets, comprising 80% of the fund are sufficient to meet actuarial liabilities. SWIB will continue to manage the fixed income portion of the fund, as before. Due to staffing constraints at the Investment Board, it was determined that the fund will use a passive index fund to achieve the desired common stock exposure.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this report.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:45 A.M.
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11:33 A.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Representative Gronemus in the chair.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2000, as St. David's Day.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
100 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 100 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 244
Relating to: an education tax credit to corporations.
The question was: Assembly Bill 244 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bock, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 93.
Noes - Representatives Black, Boyle, Miller and Pocan - 4.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Seratti and Williams - 2.
Motion carried.
Representative Black asked unanimous consent to be added as a coauthor of Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 244. Granted.
Representative Morris-Tatum asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting "No" on the previous question. Granted.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
244 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 246
Relating to: actions against manufacturers, importers, trade associations or dealers of firearms or firearm ammunition.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 246 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Duff in the chair.
