Tuesday, January 16, 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 stood for the prayer which was offered by Senator Carol Buettner.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Decker led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 482
Relating to: the recycled or recovered content of paper purchased by state agencies and certain authorities; approval of surety bonds by corporation counsels; and the administration of the weatherization assistance program (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of administration).
By
Law Revision Committee
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 483
Relating to: group insurance board contracts for administrative functions, the effective date for a retirement annuity for persons who are rejected for long-term disability insurance benefits, permitting the group insurance board to offer a life insurance plan to persons who are eligible for the Milwaukee teachers' death benefit, increasing the time after which unclaimed published accounts are transferred to the appropriate employer account and rollovers to other retirement plans of certain lump sum and annuity benefits payable by the Wisconsin retirement system (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of employe trust funds).
By
Law Revision Committee
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 484
Relating to: exempting share exchanges from registration under the Wisconsin uniform securities law, exempting share splits and share dividends of business trusts from registration under the Wisconsin uniform securities law, the effective date of licenses after requests for information by the commissioner of securities, notice of revocations or denials of licenses by the commissioner of securities, notice to a franchise purchaser of registration and anti-fraud violations and misrepresentations to representatives of the commissioner of securities (suggested as remedial legislation by the office of the commissioner of securities).
By
Law Revision Committee
.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 485
Relating to: permitting a juvenile court intake worker to request, rather than recommend, that a petition initiating proceedings under the children's code be filed.
By
Law Revision Committee
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 486
Relating to: creditable military service under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senators
Decker, Moen and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Hasenohrl, Hahn, Kreuser, Travis, Dobyns, Gronemus, Notestein, Lorge, Boyle, Zukowski and Turner
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 487
Relating to: a state passenger rail plan, the creation of a passenger rail projects commission and passenger rail project selection.
By
Senators
Burke, Andrea, Grobschmidt, Moen and Wineke; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Robson, Notestein, Baldwin, Bock, Boyle, Kreuser, Krug, La Fave, Plache, Urban and R. Young
.
To committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Senate Bill 488
Relating to: giving full faith and credit to orders providing protection to individuals.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Panzer, Buettner, Clausing, Rosenzweig, Darling, Drzewiecki, Farrow, Burke and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Goetsch, Plache, Gronemus, R. Young, Musser, La Fave, Robson, Olsen, Boyle, Albers, Owens, Wirch, Ziegelbauer, Baldwin, Rutkowski, Green, F. Lasee, R. Potter, Notestein, Hanson, Schneiders and Klusman, by request of Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
To committee on Judiciary.
Relating to: allowing surviving joint tenants to disclaim rights to property.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Fitzgerald, Rude and Buettner; cosponsored by Representatives Ward, Goetsch, Musser, Cullen, La Fave, Olsen, Hasenohrl, Baldwin, Wilder, Green, F. Lasee and Klusman, by request of Real Property, Probate and Trusts Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 490
Relating to: transfers of estates by affidavit.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Fitzgerald, Rude and Buettner; cosponsored by Representatives Ward, Goetsch, Musser, Cullen, La Fave, Olsen, Hasenohrl, Baldwin, Wilder, Green, F. Lasee, Lorge and Klusman, by request of Real Property, Probate and Trusts Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
To committee on Judiciary.
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The committee on Education and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 237
Relating to: teacher training in phonics.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Darling, Huelsman, Welch, Drzewiecki and Grobschmidt.
Noes, 4 - Senators Petak, C. Potter, Wineke and Shibilski.
Assembly Bill 569
Relating to: credit union operation and authority, reorganizing the credit union chapter, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 9 - Senators Darling, Huelsman, Petak, Welch, Drzewiecki, C. Potter, Wineke, Shibilski and Grobschmidt.
Noes, 0 - None.
Alberta Darling
Chairperson
The committee on Environment and Energy reports and recommends:
Cushing, Robert C.,
of Oregon, as a member of the Recycling Market Development Board, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 1997.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
