To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 562
Relating to: reimbursement by the public defender board to private attorneys and private investigators and making an appropriation.
By
Senator
Weeden
; cosponsored by Representative Brancel
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 563
Relating to: the purchase of goods, care and services for certain probationers, parolees and other offenders; the general program operations of the department of corrections; intergovernmental corrections agreements; the establishment and operation of state prison industries; youth service rates; and making an appropriation.
By
Senator
Weeden
; cosponsored by Representative Brancel
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 564
Relating to: the Milwaukee parental choice program.
By
Senator
Weeden
; cosponsored by Representative Brancel
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
Relating to: recovery of enforcement costs by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in drainage district cases; transferring responsibility for administration of the Wisconsin consumer act; transferring responsibility for supporting the uniform commercial code statewide lien system; correcting references in certain appropriations of the department of financial institutions; the number of unclassified division administrator positions in the department of financial institutions; reversion of transferred funds to the Wisconsin development fund; minority business early planning projects; renumbering the appropriation for administrative services for regulation of industry, safety and buildings; the Milwaukee parental choice program; waiver of relocation payments and services when property is acquired by an entity vested with the power of eminent domain; collection of certain fees by the employment relations commission; payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for the clean water fund program; purses for horse races and pari-mutuel tax for simulcast races; establishing a Mendota juvenile treatment center; a plan to assure continued funding for the mental health institutes; transferring an appropriation for principal repayment and interest from the department of industry, labor and job development to the department of health and family services; changing references to low-income and at-risk child care funding; state involvement with certain municipal boundary changes; refunding of municipal bonds; a performance evaluation audit of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the initial period of the lease agreement and affiliation agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the contractual services agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; storage and management of records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; applicability of municipal ordinances and regulations to certain buildings, structures and facilities constructed for the benefit or use of local professional baseball park districts; changing the name of the Kickapoo valley governing board; the effective date and initial applicability of adjustments in certain lobbying regulation fees; railroad stockholder reports; granting rule±making authority; and making and decreasing appropriations.
By
Senator
Weeden
; cosponsored by Representative Brancel
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 566
Relating to: treatment of certain contributions made by a committee of a recognized political party to a candidate for state office or his or her personal campaign committee.
By
Senator
Panzer
; cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, Ainsworth, Dobyns, Hahn, Kelso, Ladwig, Lazich, Lehman, Owens, Silbaugh, Zukowski and Seratti
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 567
Relating to: eliminating the rental unit energy efficiency requirements, compliance with existing stipulations Relating to the rental unit energy efficiency requirements, creating a procedure for issuing citations to certain persons who fail to comply with existing stipulations Relating to the rental unit energy efficiency requirements and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Zien, Cowles, Buettner and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas, Freese, Grothman, Green, Lehman, Musser and Plombon
.
To committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 568
Relating to: creating a state promotions board and giving that board exclusive authority over the commercial use of certain state symbols and representations designed by the state or that are affixed to state property, providing grants to statewide organizations representing counties for promotion of international trade, business and economic development and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Zien, Fitzgerald, Breske, Welch, Drzewiecki, Andrea and Shibilski; cosponsored by Representatives Seratti, Freese, Green, Klusman, Hutchison, Kreibich, Huebsch, Boyle, Dobyns, Ward, Porter, Gunderson, Underheim, Schneiders, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Gard and Lorge
.
To committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 569
Relating to: drilling beneath the beds of the Great Lakes and other waters to explore for or produce oil or gas.
By
Senators
Cowles, Darling, Burke, Clausing and Decker; cosponsored by Representatives Reynolds, Boyle, Hutchison, Black, Notestein, Cullen, Riley, Wirch, La Fave, Robson, Vander Loop, Kreuser and Baldwin
.
To committee on Environment and Energy.
Senate Bill 570
Relating to: alcohol testing before issuance of a citation.
By
Law Revision Committee
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 571
Relating to: battery or reckless injury to a pregnant female resulting in great bodily harm to or death of her fetus.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Rosenzweig and Jauch
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 572
Relating to: arrest and conviction record discrimination.
By
Senators
Huelsman and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Kelso, Grothman, Zukowski, Underheim, Kaufert, Schneiders, Nass, Olsen, Silbaugh, Powers and Ladwig
.
To committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 573
Relating to: the definition of alcohol concentration.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Rosenzweig, Panzer, Darling and Buettner; cosponsored by Representatives Goetsch, Albers, Seratti, Musser, Brandemuehl, Olsen, Otte, Wasserman, Cullen, Huber, Hanson, Ward, Klusman, Robson, Lorge and Kelso
.
To committee on Judiciary.
The committee on Education and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Dean
, Richard L.,
of Eau Claire, as Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor
Confirmation.
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:
Assembly Bill 393
Relating to: creation of a special committee on the management and maintenance of state-owned heating and cooling plants.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Cowles, Farrow and Panzer.
Noes, 2 - Senators Burke and Clausing.
Assembly Bill 495
Relating to: requiring certain tank vessels to have double hulls or tug escorts, the operation of motorboats for commercial purposes under the intoxicated boating law, prohibiting open burning on vessels operated for commercial purposes, inspecting vessels and providing penalties.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Cowles, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 1 - Senator Farrow.
Assembly Bill 728
Relating to: water and sewer rate increases by certain municipally owned utilities, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Cowles, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 1 - Senator Farrow.
Senate Bill 500
Relating to: the ability of municipalities to fix, by ordinance, the limits of service provided by certain municipal utilities.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 344
