Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 55
Relating to: allowing certain school buses to tow trailers.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Pettis, Seratti, Hines, Bies, Grothman, Krawczyk, Musser, Freese and Van Roy.
To committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Senate Bill 56
Relating to: dispensing of returned prescription drugs by state prison pharmacies.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Welch, Schultz, Robson, Moore, Leibham, Carpenter, Lazich and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Wasserman, Albers, Bies, Cullen, Berceau, Gielow, Gottlieb, Hines, Gunderson, Van Roy, Pettis, Jeskewitz, Hahn, Musser, Gronemus, M. Lehman, Loeffelholz, Olsen, Krawczyk, Suder, Plouff, LeMahieu, Vrakas, Lassa, Young, Krug, Ziegelbauer and Van Akkeren.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 57
Relating to: requiring termination of services of, transfer or sale of tangible personal property and sale of real property at, and transfer of residents from the Central Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
By
Senators
Zien and Brown; cosponsored by Representatives J. Wood, Suder, Kreibich, Hines, Balow, Ladwig, F. Lasee and Musser.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 58
Relating to: permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
By
Senators
Darling, Kanavas, Harsdorf, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Nass, Ziegelbauer, Montgomery, Pettis, Ladwig, Stone, Suder, Musser, Albers, Nischke, Hundertmark, Freese, J. Fitzgerald, Olsen, Van Roy, Gielow, LeMahieu, Huebsch, M. Lehman, Hahn, Owens, D. Meyer, Loeffelholz, Kestell, Kreibich, M. Williams, Townsend, Kerkman, Grothman, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Weber, Vukmir, J. Wood and McCormick.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 59
Relating to: the date of the presidential preference primary.
By
Senators
Welch, S. Fitzgerald and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Hines, Gunderson, Bies, Vrakas, Hahn, Gard, Albers, Kestell, Kreibich, Suder, Pettis, Hundertmark, Grothman, Owens, LeMahieu, Musser, Ladwig, Stone and Ott.
To committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Senate Bill 60
Relating to: leasing of school property.
By
Senators
Risser and Kanavas; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Hahn, Jensen, Black, Olsen, Krug, J. Lehman and Lassa.
To committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Senate Bill 61
Relating to: environmental compliance audits, environmental management systems, providing incentives for improving environmental performance, providing immunity from civil penalties for certain violations of environmental requirements, access to certain information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Welch, Schultz, Harsdorf and Stepp; cosponsored by Representatives Montgomery, Jeskewitz, M. Lehman, Hines, Olsen, Musser, Ainsworth, Vrakas, Krawczyk, Van Roy, Albers, Ott and Bies.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 4
Relating to: possession of methamphetamine and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp and Carpenter.
Noes, 1 - Senator
George.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 3, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Attached is a report to the legislature, as required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, Section
32, (9c)(a). This report provides required facts about activities related to reducing lead-based paint hazards in residential property, including facts about the Lead-Free/Lead-Safe Registry of properties, the Lead Training, Accreditation and Certification Program, and the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
As also required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, the Department will submit a report evaluating the success or failures of Act 113, and rules promulgated under Act 113, in reducing the incidence of lead poisoning in children by March 1, 2005.
If you have any questions about this report, please contact Gail Boushon at 267-2289.
Sincerely,
Helene nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 28, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
109.12(2) and
(3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2002 annual report on the administration and enforcement of s.
109.07 and
109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2002 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report please contact me.
Sincerely,
Roberta Gassman
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
March 1, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Wisconsin school laws include the following provision in s.
115.45 (6)(b) and
(c), Wis. Stats.:
Section
115.45 Grants for preschool to grade 5 programs
(6) The state superintendent shall:
(b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint committee on Finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), a budget report detailing the grants he or she intends to award under this section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results of the annual testing required under sub. (4)(b) and include a description of the guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for such funds.
(c) Annually submit to the legislature under s.
13.172 (2) a report on the academic progress made by pupils enrolled in preschool to grade 5 programs under this section.
All Preschool-to-Grade-5 (P-5) evaluation reports for 2001-02 are contained herein as well as a report on the academic progress for all schools funded by the P-5 program. If you have any questions, please contact my office or Sandra Dercole in the DPI Office of Urban Education (414-227-4942).
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
February 27, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Medical College of Wisconsin, as required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, and of the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board. The Board was created in fiscal year (FY) 1999-2000 and is responsible for administering a statewide tobacco control program. It does so by providing grants to fund anti-tobacco projects, including its own and those operated by the Center and the Medical College.
There has been considerable debate about what the appropriate funding level for the Board should be. From FY 1999-2000 through FY 2002-2003, the Legislature appropriated $45.0 million. When considering the 2003-05 biennial budget, we suggest the Legislature take into account all ongoing tobacco control activities in Wisconsin, including those not controlled by the Board, and decide how best to coordinate the State's tobacco control activities.
In recent years, Wisconsin has experienced decreases in smoking rates, which some believe have been influenced by the Board's tobacco control efforts. Nevertheless, Wisconsin's rates remain above national averages. Furthermore, when outcomes are measured against individual program goals, the results of the projects have been mixed. Two of the Center's five projects report that they achieved all of their stated objectives, but three others achieved only some. Similarly, 10 of the Medical College's 19 research projects funded in FY 2000-01 were at least partially successful, but 8 were not, and data were incomplete for the remaining project.
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In August 2002, the Board approved $15.9 million in anti-tobacco grants for calendar year 2003. We include a recommendation that the Board restrict future funding to projects that have achieved their goals as determined by objective analyses.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Board, the Center, and the Medial College. Their responses follow Appendix 1.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 4, 2003
