Referred on August 9, 2005
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 595
Relating to: the approval of collegiate transfer programs in certain technical college districts.
By
Representatives Wood, Kreibich, Bies, Ballweg, Fields, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Lothian, McCormick, Moulton, Musser, Nischke, Owens, Pettis, Pridemore, Townsend and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Brown, Stepp, Zien, Darling, Grothman, A. Lasee and Reynolds.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 596
Relating to: the sharing of collection costs by cities, villages, towns, and counties.
By
Representatives Nischke, Kleefisch, Nass, Vrakas, Petrowski, Lothian, Krawczyk, LeMahieu, Ott, Vos, Albers, Owens, McCormick and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Roessler and A. Lasee.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Assembly Bill 597
Relating to: remedies in certain actions concerning building code or zoning ordinance violations.
By
Representatives Albers, Ainsworth, Townsend, Musser, McCormick, Gronemus and Montgomery; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds and Brown.
To committee on Property Rights and Land Management.
Assembly Bill 598
Relating to: death benefits provided under the Wisconsin Retirement System and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Cullen, Turner, Staskunas and Boyle; cosponsored by Senator Hansen
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To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
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Assembly Bill 599
Relating to: payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge.
By
Representatives Toles, Colon, Richards, A. Williams, Parisi, Grigsby, Fields, Berceau, Townsend, Wood, Jeskewitz and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Grothman and Taylor.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: creating a sales and use tax exemption for motor vehicles that use gasoline and ethanol mixtures as fuel.
By
Representatives Sheridan, Freese, Benedict, Hahn, Hebl, Davis, Turner, Gunderson and Seidel; cosponsored by Senator Harsdorf
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To committee on Rural Affairs and Renewable Energy
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To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Relating to: revoking, modifying, or imposing conditions on certain approvals.
By
Representatives Albers and Musser.
To committee on Property Rights and Land Management.
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: August 1, 2005
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Assistant Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the July 31, 2005,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 595.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Elections Board
Madison
DATE: July 19, 2005
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Kevin J. Kennedy, Executive Director
State Elections Board
SUBJECT: Report on Impediments to Voting Faced by Elderly and Disabled Individuals
Pursuant to the requirements of S.
5.25(4)(d), Stats., enclosed is the State Elections Board report on impediments to voting faced by elderly and disabled individuals. This report is submitted for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under S.
13.172(3), Stats.
Referred to committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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State of Wisconsin
Elections Board
Madison
DATE: July 19, 2005
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Kevin J. Kennedy, Executive Director
State Elections Board
SUBJECT: 2003 Wisconsin Act 98, Election Officials.
Pursuant to the requirements of
2003 Wisconsin Act 98, enclosed is the State Elections Board report on the compensation, recruitment and training of elections officials. This report is submitted for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under S.
13.172(3), Stats.
Referred to committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
August 1, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In compliance with Wisconsin statute 16.548, please find the Wisconsin Office of Federal/State Relations quarterly report to be submitted to the Legislature for the second quarter of 2005. This report provides information on the activities of the office and the status of federal legislation of concern to the state of Wisconsin.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this material.
Sincerely,
Marc Marotta
Secretary
Referred to committee on State-Federal Relations.
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
August 2, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
At your request, we are responding to legislative inquiries regarding profitability and salaries for two programs operated by the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison's Division of Business Services. The Materials Distribution Services (MDS) program allows UW campuses, state agencies, municipalities, and school districts to order a wide range of products from multiple vendors through a single point of purchase. The Surplus With A Purpose (SWAP) program collects surplus property from UW-Madison and other state-owned facilities in Madison and resells, recycles, or otherwise disposes of it.
MDS had estimated expenses of $25.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2004-05 and employed 26.3 fulltime equivalent (FTE) staff, while SWAP had estimated expenses of $1.3 million and employed 6.2 FTE staff. Both programs have expanded considerably since FY 2000-01. For example, MDS revenues increased 63.5 percent to reach $26.0 million, primarily because the number of product vendors increased. SWAP revenues increased 35.6 percent, to $1.4 million, because of increased activity. Both programs' expenses increased at rates similar to their revenues.
Despite relatively constant staffing levels, staffing costs for both programs have increased more than 17 percent since FY 2000-01. The increases occurred primarily because of changes in the types of positions funded. For example, five new information system positions allow both MDS and SWAP to conduct business on the Internet, while some less-costly storekeeper positions were eliminated. We reviewed March payroll data for each year from 2001 through 2005 and found that five permanent staff received salary increases of 10.0 percent or more in a single year, typically to reflect additional duties. However, most salary increases were within expected ranges.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by UW-Madison staff.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
August 2, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
At your request, we have completed a limited-scope review of the use of outside legal counsel by Wisconsin's 16 technical college districts. The districts spent a total of $8.2 million for outside legal services from fiscal year (FY) 1999-2000 through FY 2003-04. Three districts-Milwaukee Area, Lakeshore, and Gateway-accounted for 53.4 percent of that total.
While a few of the districts, including Waukesha County and Lakeshore, used a formal request for proposals process to secure outside legal counsel, others did not. We have included a recommendation that all districts develop annual letters of engagement with their outside legal counsel that describe the services to be provided and the rates to be charged.
