Wednesday, May 24, 1995
9:08 A.M.
The Assembly met in the temporary Assembly Chamber located at 119 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Speaker Prosser in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Ott.
Representative Wilder led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Coleman, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schneider, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Springer, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, L. Young, R. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Prosser - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 331 offered by Representative Travis.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: health insurance market reform, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Robson, Kunicki, Baldus, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Grobschmidt, Hanson, Huber, Morris-Tatum, Notestein, Plache, Plombon, R. Potter, Springer, Vander Loop, Wirch, L. Young, R. Young and Hasenohrl; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Clausing and Burke
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 395
Relating to: exempting from vehicle registration certain vehicles owned by a technical college district board and used for educational purposes.
By
Representatives Meyer, Baldus, Boyle, Kelso and Ryba; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Andrea and C. Potter
.
To committee on Highways and Transportation.
Assembly Bill 396
Relating to: eliminating the position of executive assistant.
By
Representatives Meyer, Springer, Baldwin, Black, Bock, Bell, Carpenter, Dueholm, Huber, Krug, Morris-Tatum, Notestein, Plombon, Riley, Robson, Ryba, Seratti, Wasserman, Wilder, Wirch and Walker; cosponsored by Senators Chvala, Darling, Moen and Shibilski
.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 397
Relating to: assignments of rents and leases.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Green, Goetsch, Kreibich, Ott, Hahn, Gunderson, Kelso, Vrakas, Seratti and Grothman
; cosponsored by Senators Petak, Fitzgerald and Panzer
.
To committee on Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill 398
Relating to: discontinuance of a room or office for the attorney general in the capitol.
By
Representatives Duff, Owens, Olsen, Goetsch, Hahn, Freese, Albers, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Grothman and F. Lasee
; cosponsored by Senators Drzewiecki and Farrow
.
To committee on Government Operations.
Relating to: declarations to physicians.
By
Representatives Huber, Klusman, Meyer, Zukowski, Kunicki, Goetsch, Olsen, Wasserman, Cullen, Notestein, Schneiders, Carpenter, La Fave, Robson, Krug, Ainsworth, Gronemus, R. Young, Hanson, Springer, Ryba, Albers, Wirch, Bock, Boyle and Murat; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Rude, Huelsman, Moen, Plewa, Burke, Breske, Decker, Darling, Chvala, Shibilski and Panzer
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 400
Relating to: procedures to create a school district out of the territory of one or more existing school districts and information provided to persons filing a petition for a referendum on the detachment of large territory from one school district and its attachment to another school district.
By
Representatives Schneiders, Duff, Goetsch, Hahn and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senator Darling
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 401
Relating to: obtaining title to public real property by adverse possession.
By
Representatives Handrick, Ladwig, Hasenohrl, Seratti, Ainsworth, Hahn, Silbaugh, Freese, Zukowski, Owens, Black, Kreibich, Grothman, Olsen, Skindrud, Hoven, Goetsch, Ourada, Boyle, Porter, Schneiders, L. Young, Klusman, Huber, Ott and La Fave; cosponsored by Senators Breske and Andrea
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 402
Relating to: state finances and appropriations for the department of transportation; creating an oil company franchise fee; taxation of motor vehicle fuel that is not sold for use on highways; motor vehicle fuel and alternate fuel taxes and qualified motor vehicles; authorizing construction of additional major highway projects; creating a seasonal highway rehabilitation program; environmental clean-up activities on lands acquired by the department of transportation; vehicle weight and width limit exceptions on a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; numerous changes to the classified driver license system and commercial motor vehicle operation; eligibility for an occupational license; the driving skills test required of applicants for operators' licenses; demerit point reduction for completion of a rider course relating to Type 1 motorcycle operation; vehicle accidents resulting in property damage; performance of motor vehicle registration and titling functions by motor vehicle dealers; the fee for issuance or reissuance of special distinguishing motor vehicle registration plates; permitting the department of transportation to make, record and use digitized images of applicants for operators' licenses and identification cards; local transportation aids; the funding of the urban mass transit operating assistance program; reimbursement for town road improvements under the local roads improvement program; authorizing the department of transportation to conduct projects under the surface transportation discretionary grants program; the employment transit assistance program; the registration period and fees applicable to aircraft; the obligation of a condemnor to make available a comparable replacement business to a person displaced from a business as a result of condemnation; delaying the expiration date of the disadvantaged business demonstration and training program; exempting railroad property acquired by the department of transportation from the tax-exempt property reporting requirement; granting bonding authority; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule±making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
By
Representative Brancel
; cosponsored by Senator Leean
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson
.
To Joint Committee on Finance.
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The Joint Committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 73
Relating to: the national guard tuition grant program and making an appropriation.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Porter, Linton and Coggs, and Senators Leean, Weeden, Farrow, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer and George.
Noes: 1 - Senator Chvala.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Ourada, Harsdorf, Porter, Linton and Coggs, and Senators George and Chvala.
Noes: 7 - Representative Schneiders and Senators Leean, Weeden, Farrow, Schultz, Cowles and Panzer.
To calendar.
Ben Brancel
Assembly Chairperson
Joint Committee on Finance
