Senate Bill 6
Senate Bill 121
Senate Bill 234
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Senate Bill 6
Relating to: creating a sales tax and use tax exemption for the sale of game birds.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules, by request of 2001-2002 Rule Objection
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To committee on Ways and Means.
Senate Bill 121
Relating to: disposal of oil-absorbent materials.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Wirch and Decker; cosponsored by Representatives Plouff, Ott, Towns, J. Lehman, Huber, Lassa, Balow, Freese, Pettis, Bies, Hines and Miller.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 234
Relating to: wholesale motor vehicle dealers.
By
Senators
Leibham, Kanavas, S. Fitzgerald, Breske, Plale, Carpenter, Brown, Welch, Risser and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Gronemus, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Hundertmark, Kestell, Krawczyk, McCormick, Montgomery, Ott, Petrowski, Rhoades, Shilling, Suder, Van Roy and Vrakas.
To committee on Rules.
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Chief Clerk Reports
The Chief Clerk records:
Assembly Bill 9
Assembly Bill 42
Assembly Bill 106
Assembly Bill 204
Assembly Bill 329
Assembly Bill 344
Presented to the Governor on Tuesday, October 14.
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Communications
May 2, 2003
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
208 Risser Justice Center
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I hereby appoint Representative Spencer Black to the State of Wisconsin Building Commission.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jim Kreuser
Assembly Democratic Leader
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October 13, 2003
Assembly Speaker John Gard
211 West - State Capitol
Dear Speaker Gard:
Please be advised that Representative Dan Schooff will not be present at the Joint Committee on Finance meeting on October 15, 2003. With your permission, Representative Pocan will be sitting in his place.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jim Kreuser
Assembly Democratic Leader
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
October 10, 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 first quarter of fiscal year 2004 (July 1, 2003 through September 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.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the report, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Meek at (608) 270-2535.
Sincerely,
Johnnie L. Smith
Division Administrator
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
October 13, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending September 30, 2003. As required by §
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year to date Sales and Expenditure information.
Revenues for the quarter were $123.2 million, up from $98.3 million for the same quarter last year. The increase is attributable to a large Powerball jackpot at the beginning of the quarter. The Lottery expects that, in the absence of large jackpots, revenues will be lower in subsequent quarters, although revenues for this fiscal year are expected to be higher than last fiscal year.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
October 14, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
At the request of Representative Sheryl Albers, we have compiled some information on the management of inmate property in the Department of Corrections' Division of Adult Institutions.
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Because managing inmate property falls within the duties of many staff within the institutions, there is no direct way to identify the total expenditures required to inventory, monitor, control, and ship inmate property. However, in fiscal year (FY) 2002-03, the Department assigned an estimated 27.3 full-time equivalent correctional officers and sergeants to institution property rooms, where they created and maintained manual inventories of all inmate property and managed personal property shipped with inmates who were transferred to other adult institutions. The salaries and fringe benefits for these positions totaled approximately $1.2 million. We estimate that in FY 2002-03, there were 47,300 inmate departures and arrivals, for which between 94,600 and 141,900 boxes of inmate property were inventoried and shipped, and between 47,300 and 94,600 oversized items were transferred between institutions.
Department staff may confiscate any inmate property if they believe doing so serves a legitimate interest, such as the preservation of prison security or safety of officers and inmates. Under s.
DOC 309.20 (3)(g), Wis. Adm. Code, the Department reimburses inmates for any property lost or damaged by its staff. The Department each year investigates a large number of personal property complaints from inmates. While the number of complaints has increased steadily over the past four years, the number of complaints approved by wardens and the amount of reimbursements paid out to inmates has decreased. In 2002, out of a total of 7,371 inmate personal property claims, the Department authorized reimbursement for 156 and paid $4,641. The rate at which inmate property complaints are approved has fallen from 4.4 percent in 1999 to 2.1 percent in 2002.
Because of the amount of staff time spent on managing inmate property, particularly in maintaining manual, hand-written property inventories, we include a recommendation that the Department conduct a business process analysis of its inmate property inventory procedures to automate the system and further increase efficiency.
I hope you find this information useful. Please contact me if you have additional questions.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
