Assembly Bill 167
Relating to: access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators' licenses and identification cards.
Passage:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Stone, Petrowski, Ainsworth, Gunderson, Hahn, Suder, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, Sherman, Meyerhofer, Plouff, Hebl, Schooff, Plale and Staskunas.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Jeff Stone
Chairperson
Committee on Transportation
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: March 1, 2001
TO: John A. Scocos
Assembly Chief Clerk
Donald J. Schneider
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Deputy Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the February 28, 2001,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 542.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
Madison
February 27, 2001
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to Section
109.12(2) and
(3) of Wisconsin Statutes I hereby submit the department's calendar year 2000 annual report on the administration and enforcement of Sections
109.07 and
109.075 of Wisconsin Statutes. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all businesses in 2000 that notified the department of planned business closings/mass layoffs, the location of the business, type of industry involved, number of persons affected and date(s) of scheduled dislocations. The second section lists complaints pending before the department's Equal Rights Division, at the beginning of 2000. It includes the complaints received during calendar year 2000, alleging violations of Wisconsin's business closing/mass layoff notification law. This section lists the name of the business, location, date the department received the complaint, date the investigation was completed (if any), whether a violation was documented and the current status and/or outcome of the case.
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The third section lists similar information for any complaints received by the department in 2000 and 2001, alleging violations that an employer failed to provide advance notification to affected employees of a cessation of health insurance benefit plans. No complaints were received in 2000 and so far one complaint has been received in 2001. The department is actively investigating this complaint at the time of this report.
On January 1, 2000, 12 business closing cases from prior years remained pending. Two of these cases remained in investigation. The Department completed both of the investigations by March 6, 2000. Both of those determinations were appealed. By May 16, 2000, the department processed both of those appeals as well as two more appeals that were still pending on January 1, 2000. Currently the Department of Justice has eight cases pending litigation to resolve those matters. The remaining four cases were closed with no violations having been found.
In 2000 the Equal Rights Division received 26 complaints alleging violations of the plant closing and mass layoff notification law. In calendar year 1999, the department received 10 complaints alleging violations of the Plant Closing law. The Equal Rights Division found violations in two of the 21 cases on which it completed investigation in 2000. Each of the three violations were referred to the Department of Justice for litigation in court. The department, in cooperation with the Department of Justice settled a fourth case against U.S. Leather, (listed as the Pfister&Vogel/ Gebhardt cases), resulting in $763,541.40 in increased wages paid to 510 workers. Five cases that were received in 2000 remain under investigation at this time.
If you have questions regarding this report, please contact the Administrator of the Equal Rights Division, Sheehan Donoghue at 266-0946, or me.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Reinert
Secretary
Referred to committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
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Special Guest
Representative Shilling introduced Hometown Hero Recipient Lieutenant Donald Molzahn from La Crosse, who addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 39 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: the life and community service of Leo Frigo.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
39 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 39 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Resolution 25
Relating to: the life and community service of Leo Frigo.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Resolution 25 be laid on the table. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 43 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Blair L. Testin.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
43 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 43 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
10:36 A.M.
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1:17 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Representative Duff in the chair.
Assembly Bill 2
Relating to: scheduling of referenda by local governments.
The question was: Assembly Bill 2 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
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Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wieckert, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 53.
Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Hubler, Kestell, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Olsen, Ott, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood and Young - 42.
Paired for - Representatives F. Lasee and Owens - 2.
Paired against - Representatives Carpenter and Huber - 2.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 2 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
Representative Hubler objected.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 18 be withdrawn from the calendar of Wednesday, March 7 and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 18
Relating to: the scope of regulation and reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 18 offered by Representatives Krug, Black, Bock, Hebl, Pocan and Miller.
Representative Freese moved that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 18 be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 18 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wieckert, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 55.
