Chairperson
Committee on Corrections and the Courts
The committee on Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 684
Relating to: the possession of wild animals, enforcement of certain laws relating to mistreatment of wild animals, hunting of farm-raised deer, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing penalties.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Handrick, Kedzie, Ott, Powers, Brandemuehl, Boyle, Hubler, Gronemus, J. Lehman and Steinbrink.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Handrick, Kedzie, Ott, Powers, Brandemuehl, Boyle, J. Lehman and Steinbrink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Hubler and Gronemus.
To committee on Rules.
DuWayne Johnsrud
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 357
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Senate Bill 357
Relating to: an agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers; classification and elements of felony offenses and certain misdemeanor offenses; modification of a bifurcated sentence in certain cases; revocation of extended supervision; the creation of a sentencing commission and temporary sentencing guidelines; legislative procedure for criminal penalties bills; assistant district attorney positions for certain counties; releasing information from the sex offender registry to school district administrators and parents, guardians and legal custodians of children; achievement guarantee contracts; authorizing digital television conversion projects; funding for gaming law enforcement operations, general program operations of the state lottery, lottery retailer compensation, lottery vendor fees, the farmland tax relief credit, costs of administration, administration of the lottery and gaming credit; prescription drug assistance for elderly persons; funding for the badger care health care program; funding for food pantries; requiring insurance coverage of certain immunizations for children; creating an office of public intervenor in the department of justice; bonding authority under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program; shared revenue payments to counties and municipalities, circuit court support payments, financial assistance for local recycling programs, community aids, youth aids; transferring certain consumer protection functions performed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to the department of justice; the composition of the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; distribution of national forest income payments from the federal government; restoring the school property tax rent credit; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Chvala, Burke, Risser, Moen and George.
To joint committee on Finance.
Enrolled Bills
The following Assembly proposals, which have been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, have been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
Assembly Bill 2
Assembly Bill 44
Assembly Bill 55
Assembly Bill 92
Assembly Bill 211
Assembly Bill 226
Assembly Bill 315
Assembly Bill 386
Assembly Bill 448
Assembly Bill 521
Assembly Bill 551
Assembly Bill 561
Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
February 15, 2000
Mr. Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Charles:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 99-15 Legislation on Historic Buildings and the Historic Building Code
(1999 Senate Bill 371)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
Laura D. Rose
Interim Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 15, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Enclosed is the state plan for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Wisconsin for the years 2000-2001. This report meets statutory requirement [s.
146.53(2)] that the Department shall keep the state plan current and reorder priorities based on recommendations of the EMS Board. The report summarizes EMS activity from the past two years as well as what is currently in progress and what is planned or being considered for the near future.
The statute also requires a public hearing on a draft of the plan prior to final adoption and submission to the legislature under s.
13.172(2). The public hearing was held January 6, 2000.
Thank you for your attention to this report.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
February 11, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Attached is the Investment Board's annual report to the Legislature regarding investment goals, long-term strategies and performance, as provided under ss.
25.17(14g) and
(14m). This year we have combined two separate reports to make it easier to understand the relationship between our strategies and performance.
* The 1999 gain for the Fixed (balanced) Retirement Fund was 15.7% compared to 14.2% for the benchmark used to measure investment performance. The Fund is also ahead of its five-year and ten-year benchmarks. At year-end, accumulated gains in the transaction amortization account (TAA) reached $17.4 billion, a record in terms of dollar amount and as a percentage of Fixed Fund assets.
* The Variable Retirement Fund had its best return since 1985, gaining 27.8% compared to 23.3% for its benchmark. The Variable Fund is also ahead of its five-year benchmark.
* The 4.9% return for State Investment Fund surpassed a 4.8% for its benchmark and placed the fund fifth out of 214 government funds in the IBC/Donoghue Government Index.
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As part of an extensive annual review of our strategy, we gave particular attention to the Legislative Audit Bureau's October 1999 management review of SWIB. We also considered the potential effects of
1999 Wisconsin Act 11, which could make significant changes to pension benefits and financing, depending upon future action by the courts. Our review indicated that the trust funds are generally well positioned. However, we are implementing several strategy improvements that are discussed in the report.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this report or other matters.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
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Southeast Wisconsin
Professional Baseball Park District
Milwaukee
