The committee on Family Law reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 244
Relating to: guardians ad litem, parent education, and parenting plans in actions affecting the family.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Owens, Kestell, Jensen, Friske, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Owens, Kestell, Jensen, Friske, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 279
Relating to: creating a rebuttable presumption against awarding a parent joint or sole legal custody if the court finds that the parent has engaged in a pattern or serious incident of abuse, requiring a guardian ad litem and a mediator to have training related to domestic violence, and requiring a guardian ad litem to investigate and a mediator to inquire whether a party in an action affecting the family engaged in domestic violence.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Owens, Kestell, Jensen, Friske, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Owens, Kestell, Jensen, Friske, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Carol Owens
Chairperson
Committee on Family Law
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 407
Relating to: termination of motor vehicle leases by persons in active service in the U.S. armed forces.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Bies, Loeffelholz, Gottlieb, Sherman, Boyle, Hubler, Schneider, Sinicki and Miller.
Noes: 0.
A394
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 410
Relating to: programs to encourage businesses to support and provide discounts to veterans and members of the reserves and national guard.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Bies, Loeffelholz, Gottlieb, Sherman, Boyle, Hubler, Schneider, Sinicki and Miller.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 109
Relating to: registration plate decal for recipients of the Purple Heart Medal military honor.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Bies, Loeffelholz, Gottlieb, Sherman, Boyle, Hubler, Schneider, Sinicki and Miller.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Communications
September 23, 2003
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Risser Justice Center, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Patrick:
I am requesting to have my name removed as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 367, relating to escapes from community-based residential facilities by persons on conditional release and providing a penalty.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Lena C. Taylor
State Representative
18th Assembly District
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
September 25, 2003
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2003 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2003-14 Special Committee on Navigable Waters Recodification
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Commerce
Madison
September 12, 2003
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Section
1.11 (2)(j), Stats., requires agencies to submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, including the number of proposed actions for which the agency conducted an assessment of whether an impact statement was required and the number of impact statements prepared.
Please note that no activities of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce for the period from July 1, 2002 to July 1, 2003 required the preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Any questions concerning this report may be directed to Dennis W. Kozich, General Counsel, at 608-266-3203.
Sincerely,
Cory L. Nettles
Secretary
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
