To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Assembly Bill 21
Relating to: designating "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" as the Wisconsin state ballad.
By
Representatives Albers, Schneider, Freese, Turner, Ladwig, Gronemus, Owens and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Schultz and George.
To committee on Government Operations
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Assembly Bill 22
Relating to: creating a sales tax and use tax exemption for clothing and shoes.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Suder, Balow, Boyle, Carpenter, Freese, Gronemus, Grothman, Huebsch, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Lassa, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Powers, Wade and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Moore, Darling, A. Lasee, M. Meyer and Rosenzweig.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 23
Relating to: creating a sales tax and use tax exemption for clothing and shoes.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Gronemus, Balow, Boyle, Carpenter, Freese, Grothman, Huebsch, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Lassa, Musser, Nass, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Powers and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Moore, Plache, A. Lasee and M. Meyer.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 24
Relating to: residency requirements for persons who wish to take an examination for the position of deputy sheriff.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Starzyk, J. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gunderson, Huebsch, Hundertmark, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Musser, Owens, Petrowski, Powers and Stone; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Huelsman and S. Fitzgerald.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Assembly Bill 25
Relating to: indexing for inflation the working families tax credit, the married couples tax credit, and the school property tax credit.
By
Representatives Ziegelbauer, Huber, Kreuser, La Fave, F. Lasee, Plale, Plouff, Staskunas, Steinbrink and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Lazich and Roessler.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 26
Relating to: the fee for initial issuance of a reserve "Class B" license.
By
Representatives Foti, Gronemus, Ladwig, Albers, Boyle, Duff, Grothman, Jeskewitz, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, La Fave, Olsen, Owens, Powers, Stone and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Farrow, Harsdorf, Huelsman and Rosenzweig.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the type of notification for certain county zoning changes that are mailed to town clerks.
By
Representatives Olsen, Ladwig, Powers, Huebsch, Wade, Ott, Huber, Musser, Freese, Plouff, Gunderson, Rhoades, Lassa, Ainsworth, M. Lehman, Miller, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Nass and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Welch, Roessler, Farrow, A. Lasee and Rosenzweig.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Relating to: the sales tax exemption for electricity sold for residential use.
By
Representatives Wade, Balow, Black, Freese, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Pettis, Plale, Reynolds, Skindrud and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Darling, A. Lasee and Roessler.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 29
Relating to: establishing a presumption for employment-connected disease for state and county fire fighters.
By
Representatives Wade, Ainsworth, Balow, Bock, Freese, Gronemus, Gunderson, Huebsch, Jeskewitz, Kedzie, Kreibich, Ladwig, J. Lehman, McCormick, Montgomery, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Pettis, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Turner, Vrakas, Walker, Williams and Young; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Baumgart, Roessler and Schultz.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
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Assembly Bill 30
Relating to: the issuance of wild turkey hunting licenses to qualified resident landowners.
By
Representatives Gunderson, Johnsrud, Suder, Ladwig, Musser, Gronemus, Kedzie, Berceau, Hundertmark, Freese, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, Huebsch, Plale, Powers, Owens, Wade, Skindrud and Stone; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Schultz, Welch, Farrow, Huelsman and A. Lasee.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Assembly Bill 31
Relating to: certain applicants for preference points under the cumulative preference system for issuing Class A bear hunting licenses.
By
Representatives Gunderson, Johnsrud, Suder, Pettis, Kedzie, Ladwig, Freese, Huebsch, Gronemus, Kreibich, Kreuser, Musser, Olsen, Plouff, Powers, Skindrud, Steinbrink, Stone, Sykora and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Zien, Schultz and Harsdorf.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Referral of Agency Reports
January 2, 2001
State of Wisconsin
Council on Physical Disabilities
Madison
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by §
46.29(f) of the state statutes, I am pleased to submit to you the Annual Report of the Council on Physical Disabilities for state fiscal year 2000 (July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000). The Council appreciates the opportunity to participate in state government as a representative of Wisconsin's citizens with physical disabilities.
Alternate versions of the report are available on request. If you have any questions, please contact Holly Laux O'Higgins at the Office for Persons with Physical Disabilities. She can be reached at (608) 266-8905 or via e-mail at
lauxhm@dhfs.state.wi.us.
Sincerely,
Linda Rowley
Chairperson
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Madison
January 8, 2001
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
165.90 of the Wisconsin Statutes requires the Department of Justice to report on the performance of cooperative county-tribal law enforcement programs receiving aid under this section. This letter constitutes our report.
The County-Tribal Law Enforcement Grant Program continues to help local law enforcement provide needed services in Indian communities. In addition, this program helps build a cooperative atmosphere and positive relationship between law enforcement and tribal governments and communities. Departmental staff is available to discuss this report and this important program.
Sincerely,
James E. Doyle
Attorney General
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
January 12, 2001
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the State's recycling activities, as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. State expenditures from the segregated Recycling Fund for fiscal year (FY) 1999-2000 were $28.9 million, used primarily for grants to municipalities for the operation of recycling programs. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) administers these grants and has primary responsibility for the State's recycling efforts.
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The best data available indicate Wisconsin recycled 36 percent of its municipal solid waste in 1995, and the national average was 26 percent in that year. Wisconsin is one of few states nationally that provides substantial financial support to local programs; Wisconsin's grant payments in calendar year 2000 were $24.4 million. Minnesota is the only other midwestern state that provides substantial state support to local recycling programs. Minnesota budgeted $14.0 million for local grants in FY 2000-01 and achieved residential per capita recycling rates similar to Wisconsin's.
Wisconsin grants to municipalities support an average of 30.4 percent of local recycling costs and are used for a broad array of local costs, including salaries, equipment, and administration. However, our review found little relationship between the percentage of local costs covered by a municipality's grant and the municipality's recycling rate.
Although DNR is authorized 19.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) recycling positions, only 15.4 FTE reported working on recycling activities. In addition, DNR has not met a statutory requirement to audit at least 5.0 percent of grants provided to municipalities each year. We include a recommendation that DNR devote its 0.5 FTE recycling auditor position exclusively to audits of municipal recycling grants and suggest DNR report to the Legislature on the relationship of its authorized positions to local recycling efforts.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by DNR, municipal recycling managers, and staff with recycling-related responsibilities in the Department of Commerce and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
