Thursday, October 4, 2001
9:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Pastor Merlin Bradley of the 1st Baptist Church in Hudson.
Representative Ryba led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - 42nd Assembly District - 1.
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Relating to certification of optometrists to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, October 1, 2001.
To committee on Health.
Referred on October 4, 2001
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Relating to joint and survivor annuity reduced 25% upon death of annuitant or named survivor.
Submitted by Department of Employee Trust Funds.
Report received from Agency, September 26, 2001.
To committee on Government Operations
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Referred on October 4, 2001
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 526
Relating to: transporting bulk materials on a highway, liability for spilling waste or foreign matter upon or along a highway, and mudguards on motor trucks and semitrailers transporting bulk materials.
By
Representatives Krusick, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Cullen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, J. Lehman, Schneider, Turner and Young; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Grobschmidt, Hansen and Risser.
To committee on Transportation.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Coggs. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:10 A.M.
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11:35 A.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
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Representative Black asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
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Assembly Resolution 33
Relating to: commending the La Crosse Logan High School baseball team, their accomplishments this season, and victory in the WIAA Division 1 baseball tournament final.
The question was: Shall Assembly Resolution 33 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: failure to pay owners of raw forest products.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 47 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 47 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
47 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 47 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
