To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
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The committee on Human Services and Aging reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 69
Relating to: requiring cemetery authorities to provide for burials during each season.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Robson, Wirch, Roessler and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Robson, Wirch, Roessler and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Judy Robson
Chairperson
The committee on Labor reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 193
Relating to: a state minimum wage, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Baumgart, Decker and Breske.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Zien and Farrow.
Jim Baumgart
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
September 8, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
1991 Wisconsin Act 273 created section 1.11 (2)(j), Wis. Stats., which requires the submittal of an annual report to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature by September 15 regarding the preparation of environmental assessments and environmental impact statements.
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I am submitting the attached report prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for fiscal year 1999 to comply with this requirement.
Please contact Buzz Davis of my staff at 224-4593 if there are any questions regarding the report.
Sincerely,
Ben Brancel
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin System
September 10, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The University of Wisconsin System is pleased to provide you with a copy of our annual Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) report. In fulfillment of Section
1.11 (2)(j) Wisconsin Statutes, this document provides information on the numbers of environmental assessment (EA's) and environmental impact statements (EIS's) completed in the past fiscal year.
This report addresses the activities of the University of Wisconsin System for the period from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999.
Questions regarding this report should be directed to Gary Brown, UW System Environmental Affairs Officer. Gary may be reached at 263-4417.
Sincerely,
Katherine C. Lyall
President
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
September 14, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We at the Department of Natural Resources are pleased to provide you with a copy of our annual Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) report. In fulfillment of Section
1.11 (2)(j) of the state statutes, this document provides information on the numbers of environmental assessments (EA's) and environmental impact statements (EIS's) completed by the Department in the past fiscal year.
Questions about the report can be directed to George Albright, Chief of the Environmental Analysis and Liaison Section, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, phone 6-6437.
Sincerely,
George E. Meyer
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Public Services Commission
September 10, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Wis.. Stat. s.
1.11 (2)(j), please find the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin's (Commission) Annual Report to the Legislature. The report describes the environmental assessments and environmental impact statements prepared for major actions before the Commission between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999.
If you have any questions regarding the report, please contact Ms. Kathleen Zuelsdorff at (608) 266-2730.
Sincerely,
Ave M. Bie
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
September 14, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the effect of secure detention on the recidivism of juvenile offenders, as directed by
1997 Wisconsin Act 205. This act and other measures, including the creation of the Juvenile Justice Code in 1996, mark a transition in the use of secure juvenile detention facilities. Before July 1996, when the Juvenile Justice Code took effect, secure detention facilities were used primarily as a means to hold juveniles before court hearings relating to offenses. Since July 1996, they have increasingly become a means to punish juveniles who have committed offenses or been adjudicated delinquent. Judges may now place juveniles in secure detention for up to 30 days as an original disposition, while intake workers may place juveniles in secure detention for up to 72 hours to investigate or punish violations of prior court orders.
Sixteen counties in Wisconsin operate juvenile detention facilities to hold their residents and juveniles from other Wisconsin counties. In 1998, these facilities, which have a total of 519 beds, had 16,937 admissions, which averaged 7.8 days each. Counties estimate the operating cost of the facilities was $14.3 million in 1998. Juvenile detention facilities are funded almost entirely by local revenues.
Of our sample of 907 juvenile delinquents in four counties, we found that 71.5 percent were rearrested before the expanded use of secure detention, and 69.7 percent were rearrested afterwards. Our results are consistent with national recidivism studies and with the beliefs of most county staff and judges, who hold that placements in secure detention do not significantly reduce the likelihood of recidivism. Nevertheless, most county staff with whom we spoke strongly support the use of secure detention because they believe it establishes accountability for juveniles' actions.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Office of Justice Assistance and by county officials in Eau Claire, Outagamie, Ozaukee, and Racine counties.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Kruger
, David W.,
of McFarland, as a member of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, to serve for the interim term ending January 1, 2003.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
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I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint
Luber
, Paul B.,
of Whitefish Bay, as a member of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2006.
