Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Coleman, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Goetsch, Green, 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, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, 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 - 95.
Absent with leave - Representatives Gard, Murat and Ryba - 3.
Vacancies - 21st Assembly District - 1.
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Gard. Granted.
Representative R. Potter asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Murat and Ryba. Granted.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Speaker Prosser introduced Darrell Bevell, former quarterback of the University of Wisconsin football team who led the Badgers to a Big Ten Championship in 1993 and a victory in the Rose Bowl, and the Hall of Fame Bowl the following season, and set many passing records at Wisconsin, who addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 575 offered by Representatives Johnsrud and Boyle.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 748 offered by committee on Highways and Transportation.
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Relating to liquidity levels required for savings banks.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Savings and Loan.
Report received from Agency on January 3, 1996.
To committee on Financial Institutions
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Referred on January 5, 1996
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Relating to the urban mass transit operating assistance program.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency on January 4, 1996.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Referred on January 5, 1996
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Relating to advertising the ownership of remote service units, customer bank communications terminals and remote terminals.
Submitted by Offices of the Commissioners of Savings and Loan, Banking and Credit Unions
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Report received from Agency on January 3, 1996.
To committee on Financial Institutions
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Referred on January 5, 1996
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 774
Relating to: the regulation and licensing of crane games and certain video amusement devices by the department of revenue, creating a sales tax exemption, imposing a tax, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Handrick, Seratti, Porter, Linton, Musser, Ourada, Skindrud, Gunderson, Vander Loop, Lorge, Dobyns, Kreuser, Hasenohrl, F. Lasee, Plombon and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Andrea, A. Lasee, Breske and Shibilski
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To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 775
Relating to: reporting of nontaxable income; extensions for filing corporate income tax and franchise tax returns; denying a tax deduction to certain corporations for wages paid to an entertainer or entertainment corporation if withholding requirements are not met; requiring certain persons who have liability for the use tax to register with the department of revenue; withholding for income taxes; the date on which a delinquency determination for withholding, sales taxes or use taxes becomes due; allowing the department of revenue to use sampling to determine the liability for certain taxes; depositing tax assessments with the department of revenue; information returns; and determining when late and extended tax returns are considered filed.
By
Representatives Lehman and Bell, by request of The Department of Revenue.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 776
Relating to: payment of school tax credit proceeds; a social security number requirement for audited lottery tax credit claims; special charges Relating to lottery credit claims; creating a penalty for intentionally filing false lottery credit claims; state payment of lottery credit proceeds.
By
Representatives Lehman and Bell, by request of The Department of Revenue.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 777
Relating to: the powers of certain towns.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Owens, Nass, Porter, Olsen, Goetsch, Grothman, Seratti, Ward, Hasenohrl, Ott, Springer, Albers and Brandemuehl; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, A. Lasee and Decker
.
To committee on Government Operations
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Assembly Bill 778
Relating to: segregated university fees at the University of Wisconsin System.
By
Representatives Grothman, Ainsworth, Albers, Duff, Foti, Gard, Green, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Nass, Otte, Owens, Seratti, Walker, Wood and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Welch and Schultz
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To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 779
Relating to: various changes in the provisions regarding police relief associations.
By
Representatives Krusick, Boyle, Freese, Goetsch, Gunderson, La Fave, F. Lasee, Lehman, Lorge, Kreuser, Jensen, Musser and Schneiders; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt and Buettner
.
To committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.
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The committee on Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 532
Relating to: temporary licenses for aestheticians, electrologists and manicurists.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Skindrud, Johnsrud, Kreibich, Coleman, Williams and Hasenohrl.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Urban and La Fave.
To committee on Rules.
Rick Skindrud
Chairperson
Committee on Consumer Affairs
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The committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 371
Relating to: requiring the department of corrections to reimburse a county for the transfer of certain inmates and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Goetsch, Wood, Dobyns, Brandemuehl, Lehman, Kaufert, Owens, Gunderson, Rutkowski, Huber, Riley, Baldwin and Murat.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Robert Goetsch
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
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The committee on
Government Operations reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 737
Relating to: the eligibility for group health insurance for state employes participating under the Wisconsin retirement system.
Passage: