Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Hubler:
I am writing in my capacity as Assembly Speaker to request that the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions prepare a report under Assembly Rule
42 (1) (am) on
Assembly Bill 648.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
February 5, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I write to ask that you add my name as a co-sponsor to 2009 Assembly Bill 478; relating to ending combined reporting. If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact my office. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Joel Kleefisch
State Representative
38th Assembly District
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February 5, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 447, relating to: payday loan providers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
State Senator
4th Senate District
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February 5, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 700, relating to authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains.
Sincerely,
Glenn Grothman
State Senator
20th Senate District
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: February 5, 2010
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Bruce J. Hoesly
Code Editor
SUBJECT: Rules published in the January 31, 2010
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 649.
The following rules have been published:
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
February 4, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our financial audit of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. UW System's financial statements and our unqualified audit opinion on them, dated December 11, 2009, have been included in UW System's 2009 Annual Financial Report, which is enclosed. This report will be presented to the UW Board of Regents at its meetings on February 4 and 5.
General Purpose Revenue (GPR), which is shown as State Appropriations on UW System's financial statements, increased 6.1 percent, from $953.6 million in FY 2007-08 to $1,012.1 million in FY 2008-09. This funding does not include GPR funding that is used to repay debt on academic facilities, which is technically debt of the State of Wisconsin and not UW System. For FY 2008-09 such debt service payments totaled $123.9 million.
Operating revenues increased by $245.0 million, or 9.3 percent, from FY 2007-08. Federal grants and contracts revenue accounted for the largest portion of this change, increasing from $630.9 million in FY 2007-08 to $733.4 million in FY 2008-09. We also note that tuition and fees increased by $49.9 million.
UW System's total operating expenses were $4.0 billion in FY 2008-09. Operating expenses increased by $184.2 million, or 4.8 percent from FY 2007-08. Salaries and fringe benefits increased by $113.8 million and supplies and services expenditures increased by $45.2 million. Salaries and fringe benefits represented 66.5 percent of all UW System operating costs, while supplies and services accounted for 26.2 percent.
Enclosed is a management letter, which includes an auditor's report on compliance and internal control over financial reporting, as required by Government Auditing Standards. This letter was provided to the UW System and includes three internal control concerns we identified during our audit and that are required to be reported under these standards.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
