Friday, August 28, 2009
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 278
Relating to: U-turns on highways and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Kanavas, Taylor, Holperin, Plale and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Steinbrink, Nerison, Townsend, Brooks, Petrowski, Vos, M. Williams and Turner.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 279
Relating to: financial assistance related to bioenergy feedstocks, biorefineries, and conversion to biomass energy; the definition of the term agricultural use for the purpose of determining the assessed value of a parcel of land; requiring a strategic bioenergy feedstock assessment; creation of a bioenergy council; the agricultural and forestry diversification programs; biofuels training assessment; a study of regulatory burdens relating to biofuel production facilities; marketing orders and agreements for bioenergy feedstocks; exempting personal renewable fuel production and use from the motor vehicle fuel tax, the petroleum inspection fee, and business tax registration requirements; an income and franchise tax credit for installing or retrofitting pumps that mix motor vehicle fuels from separate storage tanks; offering gasoline that is not blended with ethanol to motor fuel dealers; state renewable motor vehicle fuels sales goals; required sales of renewable motor vehicle fuels; use of petroleum-based transportation fuels by state vehicles; use of alternative fuels in flex fuel vehicles owned by the state; use of public alternative fuel refueling facilities; duties of the Office of Energy Independence; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Rural Issues, Biofuels, and Information Technology.
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Corrections In:
2009 SENATE
BILL
140
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(August 28
, 2009)
1. Page 11, line 1: delete "contract" and substitute "contact".
Note: This change corrects an inadvertently misspelled instance of "contract," which is a recurring phrase in the bill.
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State of Wisconsin
HIRSP Authority
August 28, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Enclosed is a copy of the HIRSP Authority's 2008 Annual Report. This is to fulfill our requirement of Statutes 149.43 (6) and referenced in 13.172(2) of the Wisconsin State Statutes.
If you require any other information please contact our Director of Operations, Josh Weisbrod at 608-441-5777.
Sincerely,
Jackie ferris
Executive Assistant
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The committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development reports and recommends:
Relating to medical support and child support guidelines review.
No action taken.
Robert Jauch
Chairperson
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The committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to fishing and clamming on the inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin.
No action taken.
Jim Holperin
Chairperson
