Relating to: wording of referenda ballot questions.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 444
Relating to: county prisoners and county work camps.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 491
Relating to: designation of a State Fire Fighters Memorial and a State Police and Fire Fighters Hall of Fame.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 603
Relating to: public comments and action on public comments at meetings of governmental bodies.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 621
Relating to: records relating to ride-sharing programs and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Drzewiecki, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 2 - Senators A. Lasee and Fitzgerald.
Assembly Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: eligibility to seek or hold office of a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust or of a felony (2nd consideration).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 288
Relating to: adjustment of full-time equivalent positions and appropriation amounts resulting from actions of the joint committee on finance, acceptance and expenditure of the proceeds of certain gifts, grants and bequests made to state agencies, requirements for designation of amounts received by a state agency as a refund of expenditures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald and Breske.
Noes, 1 - Senator Moen.
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).
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: granting authority to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration to hold administrative hearings for the department of health and family services and the department of industry, labor and job development, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 586
Relating to: filing of oaths of members and officers of the assembly and senate, trademark assignments, ineligibility to serve as a notary, articles of amendment for statutory close corporations, reinstatement of corporations following administrative dissolution, including the date of incorporation in certificates of status for foreign corporations, information filed with restated articles of incorporation, including the name of the drafter on documents filed with the secretary of state and the time period within which payment must be received for reservation of name of a limited liability company (suggested as remedial legislation by the secretary of state).
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Drzewiecki, Fitzgerald and Breske.
Noes, 2 - Senators A. Lasee and Moen.
Senate Bill 617
Relating to: the funding of a prison expansion project under the state building program and granting bonding authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 2 - Senators Moen and Breske.
Gary Drzewiecki
Chairperson
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 621
Relating to: regulation of viatical settlement contracts, exempting from the income tax income that is received from the sale of a life insurance policy under a viatical settlement contract and granting rule-making authority.
Public Policy Involved
The provisions of this bill relating to tax exemptions are good public policy.
Referred to committee on Insurance.
Senate Bill 626
Relating to: codifying a presumption that property is taxable, requiring applications for property tax exemptions and specifying that claims that property is exempt may be made only as claims against a taxation district.
Public Policy Involved
This bill is good public policy.
Referred to committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
George Petak
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Employment Relations
February 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the seventeenth edition of the Affirmative Action Report for Wisconsin State Government. The purpose of the report is to provide an overview of the state's work force and show the progress made in the past year.
There has been steady growth in the number and percentage of racial/ethnic minorities and women in the permanent classified work force. The strength of Wisconsin's classified and unclassified work force continues to be enhanced as we diversify and provide opportunities for all of our citizens. We know that when we meet our goal to eliminate underutilized job categories, we will not only have improved our work force but also our delivery of service to the citizens of Wisconsin.
With a renewed sense of purpose, plans are already in place to build upon the successes of the past. We will continue the positive movement in diversifying our labor force.
Sincerely,
Jon E. Litscher
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 19, 1996
To the Honorable the Senate: