State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 21, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an audit of the Office of the State Treasurer, covering the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, as part of our audit of the State's comprehensive financial statements for fiscal year 1994-95 and to fulfill our audit responsibilities under s.13.94, Wis.Stats.
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A principal responsibility of the Office is to collect the State's portion of various fees, fines, forfeitures, assessments, taxes, and other remittances due from the counties and other municipalities, including cities, villages, and towns. We found that while the Office has taken reasonable steps to ensure it receives monthly and quarterly collections reports from the counties, effective procedures are not in place to ensure the receipt of all payments due. For example, Milwaukee County has not remitted the State's share of required marriage licenses fees for at least five years; its unremitted marriage license fees are estimated to total $1 million in general purpose revenue. Milwaukee County has, however, recently remitted $24,000 in program revenue for past-due dog license as a result of our audit work.
We also found that Racine and Lafayette counties have not remitted either marriage of dog license fees that are at least one year past due and may include an additional $80,000 in general purpose and program revenues, and that Marathon County's remittance of $21,900 in marriage license fees, which the Office should have recorded as general purpose revenue, was instead mistakenly recorded as program revenue from dog license fees. The recording error has since been corrected. Our report recommends steps by which the Office can ensure receipt of appropriate payments from counties and municipalities.
The Office of the State Treasurer also administers the Unclaimed Property program, through which it attempts to return cash, investment securities, and other property left with banks and insurance companies to the rightful owners. In prior audit reports, we discussed the need for improving security over unclaimed property by limiting access to computer records and establishing additional verification procedures. The Office has since addressed most of our concerns, although it still needs to reconcile it unclaimed property records to those maintained on the State's central accounting system.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Office's staff during the audit. The State Treasurer's response is the appendix.
Sincerely,
dale cattanach
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
December 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
Tihs is the 1994 Annual Report for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 21, 1995
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bills, originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Respectfully,
tommy g. thompson
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint dittmar, Beverly,
of Wausau, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint hillIard, Susan M.,
of Briggsville, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Larsen
, Mark,
of River Falls, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint cerny
, Mark,
of Sharon, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint ruehlow, Donald C.,
of Prairie du Chien, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Office of the Governor
December 19, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint van duzee, Dirk,
of Wabeno, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
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State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
January 1,1996
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following rules have been published:
Sincerely,
GARY L. POULSON
Deputy Revisor
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Relating to building and paying for electric distribution service extensions.
