Tuesday, January 9, 1996
10:00 A.M.
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Brian Rude.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Adelman, Andrea, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Petak, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Grobschmidt led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: the life and public service of Arthur Cirilli.
By
Senator
Jauch
; cosponsored by Representatives Boyle, Hubler and Linton
.
Read.
Considered as privileged and taken up.
Adopted by unanimous rising vote.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 478
Relating to: limitation of civil liability related to equine activities.
By
Senators
Zien, A. Lasee, Schultz and Ellis; cosponsored by Representatives Skindrud, Gronemus, Brancel, Ourada, Harsdorf, Johnsrud, Wilder, Kreibich, Goetsch, Otte, Musser, Seratti, Grothman and Olsen
.
To committee on Judiciary.
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The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 256
Relating to: annuities for eleemosynary institutions.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Schultz, Huelsman, Buettner, Cowles, C. Potter, Shibilski and Jauch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dale Schultz
Chairperson
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 383
Relating to: tax-exempt individual employe medical savings accounts established by employers or self-employed persons with the difference between the cost of catastrophic and comprehensive health care coverage.
Public Policy Involved
This bill is good public policy
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
George Petak
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Committee on Senate Organization
January 4, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20, I have made the following appointments to Senate Committees:
To the Board on Hunger, Senator Richard Grobschmidt;
To Forward Wisconsin, Senator Richard Grobschmidt;
To the joint committee for review of Administrative Rules; Senator Richard Grobschmidt;
To the committee for review of Administrative Rules; Senator Richard Grobschmidt;
To the committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs, Senator Richard Grobschmidt;
To the committee on Education and Financial Institutions, Senator Richard Grobschmidt.
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With regards to members of the minority party, the appointments reflect recommendations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Senator Michael Ellis
Chair
State of Wisconsin
January 3, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am requesting the removal of Senator Brian Burke from the Board on Hunger. In his place I am nominating Senator Richard Grobschmidt.
Sincerely,
Senator Chuck Chvala
Senate Democratic Leader
State of Wisconsin
January 3, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
I have appointed Darlene Hancock of Madison to serve as a member of the Council on Affirmative Action.
Sincerely,
Senator Chuck Chvala
Senate Democratic Leader
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 2, 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.
Organization recently registered:
Below is the name of an organization recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Strong Capital Management, Inc.
Strong Capital Management, Inc. is interested in the approval of amendments to the Wisconsin Corporation Law to authorize the board of directors of open end mutual funds to change the fund names and add additional shares to these funds through the board of directors after notice to shareholders. Current Wisconsin law requires shareholder approval.
Dragisic, John
Lemke, Thomas
Weitzer, John
Mulcahy, Charles
