08-11112-1-2009
09-00312-1-2009
09-02112-1-2009
09-03112-1-2009
09-0361-1-2010
09-04912-1-2009
Sincerely,
BRUCE J. HOESLY
Senior Legislative Attorney/Code Editor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 1
, 2009
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number
Date Approved
Senate Bill 259
Act 80
December 1
, 2009
Senate Bill 241
Act 85
December 1
, 2009
Senate Bill 253
Act 88
December 1
, 2009
Senate Bill 40
Act 89
December 1
, 2009
(Vetoed in Part)
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 1, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I have approved Senate Bill 40 as
2009 Wisconsin Act 89 and have deposited it in the Office of the Secretary of State. While I applaud the bill's efforts to reform campaign financing for Supreme Court Justice elections, I have exercised the partial veto to ensure that the legislation as amended meets the original intent of the authors.
Senate Bill 40 establishes public financing for the election of Justice of the Supreme Court by creating the financing option and two supplemental grants for the participating candidate. One supplemental grant relates to disbursements by a nonparticipating candidate and the other relates to independent disbursements made by other entities. Under the independent disbursement section, the bill as amended deducts the base grant amount from the supplemental grant, reducing funding available to a participating candidate.
I am partially vetoing section 17 [as it affects s.
11.513(2)] to ensure that, if independent disbursements exceed the threshold established in the bill, a participating candidate will receive a supplemental grant equal to the first independent disbursement dollar expended or obligated to be expended, without a reduction equal to the base grant amount.
I believe the partial veto I made to SB 40 brings the effect of the bill in alignment with the bill's original intent and helps to ensure the integrity of Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Corrections In:
2009 SENATE
BILL
394
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(December 1
, 2009)
1. Page 2, line 2: delete "rock, fruit," and substitute "rock,".
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State of Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board
November 24, 2009
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 2009-2010 session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board's web site at:
Meyer, Bob American Cancer Society
Mitchell, Susan School Choice Wisconsin
Engel, Andrew Alliance of Automobile
Manufacturers
Broberg, Jennifer Continental Mapping Consultants,
Inc.
Petersen, Eric Continental Mapping Consultants,
Inc.
Amos-Sikora, Lamar Amalgamated Transit Union Local
998
Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability 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,
kevin kennedy
Director and General Counsel
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 1, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
At your direction, we conducted a limited-scope review to assess whether the rates that video service providers charge subscribers have changed since
2007 Wisconsin Act 42 took effect in January 2008. The Act instituted a state-level franchising process under which land-based providers apply to the Department of Financial Institutions for a single video service franchise instead of negotiating separate franchises with individual municipalities.
We analyzed ten providers' monthly charges for basic and expanded basic service in 17 Wisconsin municipalities at two points in time-July 2007 and July 2009-using data reported to us by the providers. Over this two-year period, charges for basic service increased an average of 21.2 percent, and charges for expanded basic service increased an average of 11.5 percent. The reported data do not suggest that competition has had a substantial effect in reducing either basic or expanded basic video service charges or in slowing their rates of growth during the period we reviewed.
However, the data we analyzed must be interpreted with caution for several reasons, including variations in the number and types of channels that different providers offer as basic and expanded basic service, as well as variations in individual providers' charges for the same services because of promotional rates and the increasingly common practice of "bundling" video, Internet, and telephone services and charging less than their standard rate for each bundled component. In addition, a relatively short amount of time has passed since passage of the Act, making it difficult to assess whether the rate trends we identified will continue in the future.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation of the Department of Financial Institutions, the Wisconsin Cable Communications Association, and video service providers that assisted us in collecting this information.
Sincerely,
janice mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board
December 1, 2009
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 2009-2010 session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board's web site at:
Duffy, Melissa Wisconsin Rx
McCoshen, William J Otis Elevator Company
Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability 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,
kevin kennedy
Director and General Counsel
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 1, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Arnone
, Wendy,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2012.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
S431
Read and referred to committee on
Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 30, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
