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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Thursday, April
16
, 2009.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 94 offered by Senator Coggs.
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The committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 43
Relating to: designating portions of the Totogatic River as a wild river.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Holperin, Plale, Hansen, Leibham, Kedzie and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 91
Relating to: the use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Holperin, Plale, Hansen, Leibham, Kedzie and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Holperin, Plale, Hansen, Leibham, Kedzie and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jim Holperin
Chairperson
Corrections In:
to 2009 Senate Bill 98
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(April 15, 2009)
1. Page 4, line 3: delete "917.17" and substitute "971.17".
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
April
17
, 2009
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Bill Number Act Number
Publication Date
Senate Bill 7Act
5
April 28
, 2009
Senate Bill 6Act
7
April 28
, 2009
Senate Bill 36Act
8
April 28
, 2009
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
April 17, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The attached report updates the analysis of overtime in state agencies that we first provided in a letter report issued in June 2008. Both documents focus on premium overtime, which is paid at 1.5 times the employee's regular hourly rate, typically for work in excess of 40 hours per week.
From 2005 through 2008, state agencies paid a total of $253.8 million in overtime, of which $209.8 million was premium overtime. Premium overtime payments increased 15.8 percent over that four-year period, and 0.9 percent from 2007 to 2008. Payments at regular hourly rates to employees who worked more than 40 hours per week increased $0.8 million, or 11.6 percent from 2007 to 2008.
Our previous analysis found that 90.0 percent of premium overtime payments were made by four state agencies that either have 24-hour operations or respond to emergencies: the Department of Corrections (DOC), the Department of Health Services (DHS, formerly the Department of Health and Family Services), the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Natural Resources. DOC's premium overtime payments declined $1.3 million, or 3.7 percent, from 2007 to 2008, but the other three agencies' premium overtime payments increased. Our June 2008 report recommended that DOC and DHS analyze overtime use at their facilities and submit options for reducing overtime costs to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee by January 5, 2009. Both agencies recently requested additional time to submit their reports.
We also reviewed 2008 overtime payments to the ten employees with the highest premium overtime earnings from 2005 through 2007. Although payments to six of these individuals declined, their 2008 premium overtime earnings ranged from $25,666 to $85,818. We identified 25 DOC and DHS employees who each earned more than $50,000 in premium overtime in addition to regular wages for 2008.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by staff of the Office of State, Employment Relations, DOC, and DHS.
Sincerely,
janice mueller
State Auditor
