Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: proclaiming September 2003 Falun Dafa Month.
By
Representatives Cullen, Lothian, Young, Hahn, Underheim, Berceau and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Schultz and George.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 491
Relating to: insurance coverage for sponsors of minors applying for driver's licenses.
By
Representatives J. Lehman, Hines, Berceau and Townsend; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
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To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 492
Relating to: designating Willow flowage project lands as state forest lands.
By
Representatives Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams, J. Wood, Petrowski, Gunderson, Hines, Bies, Ott, LeMahieu, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Townsend and Krawczyk; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Kedzie and Breske.
To committee on Forestry.
Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: limiting the reasons for which a local government may withhold approval of a conditional use permit.
By
Representatives McCormick, Rhoades, Musser, Montgomery, Hines, Gunderson, Seratti, Bies, Van Roy, Albers, Friske and Krawczyk; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, M. Meyer, Brown, Zien, Breske and Stepp.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Assembly Bill 494
Relating to: tobacco settlement agreement enforcement and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Vrakas, Nischke, Jeskewitz, Rhoades, Miller, M. Lehman, Van Roy, Ladwig, Nass, Taylor, Bies and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie, Lassa, Breske and Welch.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 495
Relating to: the sale of surplus county highway land.
By
Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Bies, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Loeffelholz, Olsen, Owens, Rhoades, Townsend and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Wirch and A. Lasee.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 496
Relating to: the removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs.
By
Representatives Seratti, Gielow, Huebsch, Gundrum, McCormick, LeMahieu, Ladwig, Freese, Friske and Krawczyk; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Roessler, Reynolds, Breske, M. Meyer, Stepp and Zien.
To committee on Transportation.
Relating to: providing certain orientation information for University of Wisconsin System students electronically.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, Gronemus, Kerkman, Ladwig, Weber, Albers, Kreibich, Hines, Olsen, Rhoades, Bies, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Krawczyk, Taylor, F. Lasee, Van Roy, Cullen, Owens, Seratti and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Kanavas, Schultz and Roessler.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 498
Relating to: disclosing information obtained by the Department of Transportation to the Department of Revenue.
By
Representatives Krusick, Albers, Gottlieb, Huber, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Loeffelholz, Lothian, Ott, Petrowski and Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Breske, Roessler and Wirch.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 499
Relating to: the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings, the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit, requiring the certification of downtowns, promoting certain downtown areas in this state, highway projects involving business and downtown areas, the construction of major highway projects involving a bypass, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Schooff, Shilling, McCormick, Suder, Richards, Berceau, Balow, Huber, J. Lehman and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Plale, Schultz, Risser, Lassa and Hansen.
To committee on Tourism.
Assembly Bill 500
Relating to: provision of dental and dental hygiene services to Medical Assistance recipients by a volunteer health care provider.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Pettis, Musser, Hahn, Rhoades, Van Roy, Seratti, Berceau, Miller, Gundrum, J. Lehman, Ott, Gunderson, M. Lehman, Owens, Ladwig, Albers, Loeffelholz, Nass, Coggs, Krawczyk, Kaufert, Jensen, Lothian, Grothman, Kreibich, Bies, Staskunas, Hundertmark, Friske, Petrowski, Plouff, Vrakas, Hines and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Brown, Robson, S. Fitzgerald, Zien, Carpenter, Schultz, Risser, Ellis, Decker, Harsdorf, Wirch and Lazich.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 501
Relating to: the maximum permissible length and width of motor homes and recreational vehicles operated without a permit.
By
Representatives Kerkman, Gunderson, Towns, Ladwig, Hundertmark, Olsen, Van Roy and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Zien and A. Lasee.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: prohibiting pupils from using a calculator while taking the 4th and 8th grade knowledge and concepts examinations.
By
Representatives Grothman, Albers, Bies, Gundrum, Jensen, Krawczyk, Ladwig, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Musser, Owens, Van Roy and Vukmir; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Reynolds and Stepp.
To committee on Education Reform
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Assembly Bill 503
Relating to: the enrollment of the charter school established by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Jensen, Kerkman, McCormick, Hines, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Nass, Nischke, Owens, Seratti and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Kanavas, Roessler, Reynolds and A. Lasee.
To committee on Education Reform
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Assembly Bill 504
Relating to: allowing preference in admissions to certain charter schools.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Owens, Weber, Jensen, Seratti and F. Lasee; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Darling, Reynolds, Ellis and Welch.
To committee on Education Reform
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Speaker's Appointments
September 5, 2003
Mr. Thomas Fletemeyer
Executive Director, Educational Communications Board
Wisconsin Public Broadcasting
3319 W. Beltline Highway
Madison, WI 53713
Dear Mr. Fletemeyer:
Please be advised that, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section
15.57 (4), I am appointing Representative Ann Nischke to the Educational Communications Board. Representative Nischke will replace Representative Gregg Underheim on the board. Please call Ellen Nowak in my office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Assembly Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
July 31, 2003
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
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As required by s.
253.115 of the Wisconsin Statutes, I am enclosing the Department's annual report on the status of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Wisconsin. We are pleased to report that in 2002 Wisconsin hospitals have met the legislative criteria. By hospital report, 99.5% of all Wisconsin babies were born in hospitals with a universal newborn hearing screening program in 2002.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
August 25, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2003 (April 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003). As required by s.
562.02 (1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming, Bingo and Indian Gaming.
