Committee on Natural Resources
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 387
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for coins, currency, and commemorative medallions.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas and Billings.
Noes: 1 - Representative
C. Taylor.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Assembly Bill 466
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, C. Taylor and Billings.
Noes: 0.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas and Billings.
Noes: 1 - Representative
C. Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 535
Relating to: exception to local levy limits for the village of Warrens.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, C. Taylor and Billings.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments, and lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Middleton.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley and Kapenga.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, C. Taylor and Billings.
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To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: the definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, C. Taylor and Billings.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: exempting a city, town, village, or school district from a county library tax.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, C. Taylor and Billings.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Samantha Kerkman
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 403
1. Page 3, line 8: delete "paragraph" and substitute "subdivision".
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Communications
February 27, 2012
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-author of Assembly Bill 563, relating to changes to the local room tax and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
Tom Tiffany
State Representative
35th Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Office of State Employment Relations
Madison
February 2012
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
230.04 (9)(em), Wis. Stats., I am pleased to submit the Veterans Employment Report for 2011. The report summarizes veteran new hires and on-board statistics for fiscal year 2011 and includes information for each state agency and each institution of the University of Wisconsin System.
Veterans comprise an important segment of the Wisconsin workforce in both the private and public sectors. State government, no less than any other employer, can benefit greatly by recruiting and retaining our nation's veterans.
Sincerely,
Greg Gracz
Director
Referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Madison
February 20, 2012
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed please find the annual concealed carry statistical report pursuant to Sec. 175.60 (19) Wis. Stats. The authority to issue concealed carry licenses became effective November 1, 2011 and although this is an annual report, only the statistical data for November and December of 2011 is contained herein. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail at
okeefebr@doj.state.wi.us or phone 608-266-7502.
Sincerely,
Brian O'Keefe
Administrator
Division of Law Enforcement Services
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
February 22, 2012
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending December 31,2011, as required by s.
565.37 (3), Wis. Stats. The attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year-to-date Revenue and Expenditure information.
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Lottery sales were $128.4 million for the quarter, up 9.1% from the same quarter last year. For the year, sales are at $255.5 million, up 8.5% over last year.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
