Thursday, March 7, 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 a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Clausing 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 603
Relating to: classifying county coroners and deputy coroners as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Dobyns, Boyle, Turner, Gronemus and Lorge
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 604
Relating to: persons who may officiate at a marriage.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Boyle, Lorge and Seratti
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 605
Relating to: the alcohol concentration of vehicle operators.
By
Senator
Adelman
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 606
Relating to: production by the state and local governments of customized work products compiled from public records.
By
Senators
Welch, Risser and Buettner; cosponsored by Representatives Hahn, Powers, Seratti and Olsen
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 607
Relating to: the extension of electric utility facilities.
By
Senators
Welch and Drzewiecki; cosponsored by Representatives Ourada, Musser, Skindrud, Lehman, Goetsch, Seratti, Ainsworth and Lorge
.
To committee on Environment and Energy.
Senate Bill 608
Relating to: the effect on a school district's shared cost of making certain capital expenditures.
By
Senators
Rosenzweig, Farrow and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Duff and Goetsch
.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 609
Relating to: the participation of school districts in tax incremental financing districts.
By
Senators
A. Lasee, Shibilski and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Ainsworth, Goetsch, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lorge, Musser, Ott, Owens, R. Young and Zukowski, by request of the Wisconsin School Board Association.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 610
Relating to: the determination of the number of pupils for calculating the Milwaukee public school district's revenue limits.
By
Senators
Darling, Farrow, Rosenzweig, Burke and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Schneiders, La Fave and Olsen
.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
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The committee on Environment and Energy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 590
Relating to: the lower Wisconsin state riverway concerning performance standards for structures and mobile homes, cutting and harvesting of timber, permit procedures of the counties in the riverway and of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board, reports by the department of natural resources, recreational trails and mining and quarrying activities; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
S620
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Cowles, Farrow and Panzer.
Noes, 2 - Senators Burke and Clausing.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 395
Relating to: exempting from vehicle registration certain vehicles owned by a technical college district board and used for educational purposes.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 406
Relating to: the membership of the veterinary examining board and changing the term "animal technician" to "veterinary technician".
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 525
Relating to: displaying a vehicle for sale upon a highway.
Concurrence.