Sincerely,
James R. Klauser
Secretary
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority
September 1, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Chapter 231.35(8) of Wisconsin Statutes, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority submits the following report for distribution under s.
13.172(2):
The Rural Hospital Loan Guarantee Program (RHLGP) is operational. Announcements and information about the program are periodically published in WHEFA newsletters and other healthcare newsletters. The first and only application for the program was received and a guarantee issued during 1994. The Osceola Medical Center secured a $100,000 guarantee amount from the Rural Hospital Loan Guarantee Fund to enhance a $500,000 local bank loan. The annual revenue of Osceola Medical Center for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1994 was $4,099,885. To the best of our knowledge, no default on the guarantee has or is occurring.
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The Rural Hospital Loan Guarantee Fund now only has a $100,000 balance for the Osceola Medical Center Guarantee. On August 3, 1995 and pursuant to Section 9125 of the Governor's Budget Bill, the Authority returned to the Department of Administration the unutilized funds of the program.
The Authority will continue to administer the RHLGP for the Osceola Medical Center Guarantee.
Sincerely,
Larry Nines
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
August 31, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am please to send you the report, Cryptosporidium ssp. Oocyst and Giardia ssp. Cyst, Occurrence, Distribution and Levels in Wisconsin Waters. While this is our final and complete report, final published copies for general distribution will not be available for a few weeks. I will be happy to provide you with additional copies if needed.
I greatly appreciate the opportunity to conduct this important study and we hope you find the report informative. If you have any specific questions on the issues discussed in the report, feel free to contact Joe Ball with the Bureau of Water Resources Management at (608) 266-7390.
Sincerely,
George E. Meyer
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 8, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am please to provide you with the accompanying report of the State of Wisconsin Ethic's Board's activities for the year July 1994 through June 1995. This report provides information on the Board's operations and contains the texts of Wisconsin's Ethics Code and lobbying law. It also includes a description of complaints and investigations pursued by the Ethics Board, and summaries of advisory opinions issued by the Board during the year.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 12, 1995
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s. 13.685(7), Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Car Rental Alliance, Wisconsin
Legislative and regulatory matters affecting the conduct of the car rental business in Wisconsin.
Mitchell, Brian
Diesel Engine Manufacturers & Distributors, Inc., Assn of
Any matter affecting the organization in any way by any state agency or the legislature.
Tries, John
Fraternal Congress, Wisconsin
As a Fraternal Benefit Society, members of the WFC have a statutory exemption from property taxes of up to ten acres per society. Members are also granted, under the statutes, exemption from state premium taxes. The WFC would attempt to influence any legislation or administrative rule that would affect these exemptions.
Schreiber, Martin
RAM Center, Inc.
Access to public records
Marion, Edward
Winchester Security Products
Any matter affecting the company in any way by any state agency or the legislature.
Tries, John
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board as employers of lobbyists have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Farmers Group, Inc
Kistler, Brenda
Gas Co, Wisconsin
Mueller, Carl
Irwin, Ron
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery, Phillip
Metropolitan Milwaukee Assn of Commerce
Stitt, Don
Chrnelich, Joe
Hagerup, Chris
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Jentz, Robert
Klauser, David
Plastics Council, American
Graven, Mara
Organization's termination of lobbyists:
Each of the following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board as the employer of a lobbyist has withdrawn, on the date indicated, its authorization for the lobbyist identified to act on the organization's behalf.
Bell South Cellular Corp
Stitt, Donald 9/5/95
Farmers Group, Inc
Petit, John 7/28/95
Fireworks Assn, Wisconsin
Goyke, Gary 9/8/95
Hospital Assn, Wisconsin
Hewett, David 9/8/95
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Plastics Council, American
Theo, Peter 9/5/95
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics 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 the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
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