Relating to: changing the name of the division of emergency government in the department of military affairs to the division of emergency management and changing references to local emergency government agencies and personnel to emergency management agencies and personnel.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Committee on Senate Organization
January 9, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20, I have made the following appointment to a Senate Standing Committee:
To the committee on Education and Financial Institutions, Senator Gary Drzewiecki.
Sincerely,
Senator Michael Ellis
Chair
State of Wisconsin
January 9, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to advise you that I am resigning from the Senate committee on Judiciary effective immediately.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Senator Gary Drzewiecki
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 9, 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.
Citizens for the Right to Bone Marrow Transplant, Wisconsin
Any and all areas of state legislation or administrative rules that affect the medical procedures involving transplants.
Goyke, Gary
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:
Golden Rule Insurance Co
Embrey, Brent
Hospital Assn., Wisconsin
Hartin, Tim
Medical Security, American
McGee-Polasky, Amy
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Health Insurance Assn. of America
Sheedy, Amanda 1/4/96
Medical Security, American
Wright, Luann 1/4/96
Women Voters, League of
Dercks, Rosemarie 12/31/95
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
State of Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
January 9, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The 1995 biennial budget established the Council on Workforce Excellence to oversee the planning, coordination, administration and implementation of many of the State's employment and education programs. Appointment to the Council are expected shortly.
In lieu of Workforce Excellence Council report for 1995, the Department is submitting the report of the Human Resource Investment Council, which is its predecessor.
Sincerely,
Carol Skornicka
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
December 29, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Social Services to report annually on information system projects under development. The attached report is a summary of the departmental systems currently under development.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Department of Health and Social Services
January 2, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
1993 Wisconsin Act 251, Sections
146.53(2), 19
(2)(a)3, 4, 5 and 5m, require the Department of Health and Social Services to submit to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature the following five reports:
• the state emergency medical services plan;
• recommendation concerning the possible certification and training of emergency dispatchers;
• the financial needs of emergency medical services (EMS) providers;
• a report that explores the consolidation of state EMS agency functions; and
• recommendations concerning EMS training and certification requirements.
Since the subjects of these reports are closely related, the Department is submitting the five reports as one transmittal. Department staff is available if you have any questions or desire any additional information.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin System
January 5, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
