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:
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.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Connaught Laboratories Inc., MultiState Associates Inc. on behalf of
Any matters relating to health regulation.
Driessen, Anthony
Graven, Mara
Stenger, Scott
Kenosha County
Any and all legislation and administrative rules that may affect Kenosha County.
Schliesman, Bennett
Mortgage Brokers, Wisconsin Assn of
Any matters affecting the Association in any way.
Essie, Patrick
Wis. Admin. Code Rule TAX 2.956, relating to the effective date provisions for the Wisconsin historic structure rehabilitation income tax credit, enacted in 1987.
Frautschi, Tim
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:
Firstar Corp
Jentz, Robert
Petroleum Marketers Assn of Wisconsin & Wisconsin Assn of Convenience Stores, Inc
Gallo, Donald
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.
Farmers Union, Wisconsin
Kastel, Mark 3/11/96
Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin
Broydrick, William 3/18/96
McIntosh, Forbes 3/18/96
TIAA-CREF
Buchen, Elizabeth 3/13/96
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
Senator Weeden, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 635 be withdrawn from the committee on Health, Human Services and Aging and referred to the joint committee on Finance.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 20, 1996
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
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Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 12:29 P.M..
10:27 A.M.
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12:29 P.M.
