Senate Bill 111
Relating to: retained earnings of telecommunications cooperatives.
By
Senators
Brown, Erpenbach, Grothman, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Olsen and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Gronemus, Albers, Gard, Hahn, Hines, Hubler, Kreibich, Loeffelholz, Musser, Nerison, Ott, Petrowski, Schneider, Sherman, Townsend, Vos and Wood.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
March 8, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Please remove my name from co-sponsorship of Senate Bill 15, relating to ethanol requirements in automotive gasoline, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
SUZANNE JESKEWITZ
State Representative
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 8, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Blumenfeld, Michael Community Care Organization
Inc
Blumenfeld, Michael Community Living Alliance
Blumenfeld, Michael Elder Care of Wisconsin, Inc.
Blumenfeld, Michael Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association
Cook, Sharon City of Milwaukee
Handzel Jr, Henry Screenprinting and Graphic Imaging Association International
Hubbard, Gregory Concerned Auto Recyclers of Wisconsin
Kinter, Marcia Screenprinting and Graphic
Imaging Association
International
Mitchell, Brian Mechanical Contractors
Association of Wisconsin
S117
Norman, Paul Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc
Osborne, Patrick Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc
Oswald Poels, Rose Wisconsin Bankers Association
Palmer, Dian SEIU District 1199W/United
Professionals for Quality
Health Care
Palmer, Todd Screenprinting and Graphic
Imaging Association
International
Petak, George STV, Incorporated
Sans, Maggie Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Schimming, Brian Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Shaffer, Fred Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
The 1983-85 budget act,
1983 Wisconsin Act 27, created the Community Integration Program (CIP) for Residents of State Centers under s.
46.275. The intent of this program "is to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions." S.
46.275(5m) requires the Department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
For the period of January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004, 73 center residents were placed into the community. In state fiscal year 2004, the center budgets were reduced by $1,423,500 and 27.49 FTE as a result of CIP placements. For the period July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, sufficient reductions in the fiscal year 2005 operating budget will be made to reflect reductions for CIP placements.
The Department has continued the significant downsizing of Northern Wisconsin Center (NWC). A total of 20 layoffs under the CIP 1A program occurred in the period January 1-December 31, 2004, all at NWC due to downsizing effort. All other reductions were absorbed through attrition of employees.
Sincerely,
HELENE NELSON
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Berens
, Nicholas,
of Antigo, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreational Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 28, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Chwala
, Thomas,
of Lake Mills, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreational Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 28, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Dittmar, Beverly,
of Eagle River, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreational Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 24, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Kehl
, Allan,
of Kenosha, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
