Tuesday, November 9, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Erpenbach led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: commending past and present members of the United States Marine Corps on the 224th Birthday of the Corps.
By
Senator
Moen
.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: eliminating the constitutional authorizations for pari-mutuel on-track betting and the state lottery beginning on January 1, 2005, and the requirement that all moneys received by the state that are attributable to bingo games be used for property tax relief for residents of this state (first consideration).
By
Senators
Risser, Burke, Welch and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Klusman, La Fave, Huebsch, Handrick, Owens, Miller, F. Lasee and Grothman.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 279
Relating to: apprenticeship training and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Welch, Shibilski, Roessler, Rude, Darling and Drzewiecki; cosponsored by Representatives Lassa, Albers, Riley, Brandemuehl, Plouff, Hahn, Miller, Musser, Kelso, Ryba, Kreibich, Meyerhofer and Sykora.
To committee on Labor.
Senate Bill 280
Relating to: reimbursement of counties for payments made to court-appointed counsel and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Welch, Roessler, Darling, Ellis and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Klusman, Ott, Hahn, Ladwig, Brandemuehl, Spillner, Albers, Miller, Musser, Lassa, La Fave and Kreuser.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 281
Relating to: changes to the treatment of documents by a register of deeds.
By
Senators
Welch, Shibilski, Drzewiecki, Plache, Huelsman, Darling and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Musser, Brandemuehl, Lassa, Ladwig, Stone, M. Lehman, Owens, Goetsch, Olsen, Porter, Pettis, Kreibich, Freese, Sykora, Rhoades and Miller.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 282
Relating to: the elimination of the state lottery and pari-mutuel wagering, prohibiting new claims under the farmland relief tax credit, providing a penalty and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Risser, Burke and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Klusman, La Fave, Huebsch, Handrick, Owens, Miller and Grothman.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 283
Relating to: removal of a shopping cart and providing a penalty.
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By
Senators
Drzewiecki, Wirch, A. Lasee, Roessler, Huelsman, Farrow, Breske, Burke, Grobschmidt, Darling and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Gard, Gronemus, Huebsch, Ladwig, Ainsworth, Spillner, Kreibich, M. Lehman, Albers, Walker, Stone, Schooff, Waukau, La Fave, Pettis, Porter, Musser, Hahn, Ziegelbauer, Plouff, F. Lasee, Ryba, Meyerhofer, Staskunas, Plale, Underheim, Vrakas, Skindrud, Kaufert, Freese, Petrowski and Duff.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 284
Relating to: contracts with persons who take depositions.
By
Senators
George, Rude, Breske, Cowles and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Walker, Huebsch, Hebl, Staskunas, M. Lehman, Albers, Goetsch, J. Lehman, Hahn, Colon, Richards and Cullen.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 285
Relating to: exempting from income taxation the pension benefits of certain teachers who taught in other states.
By
Senator
Clausing
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 286
Relating to: employe supervision by real estate brokers and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Clausing, Moen and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Wieckert, Meyer, Pocan and Johnsrud.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
