The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is a copy of the Annual Wisconsin Report on Child Abuse and Neglect pursuant to s.48.981. The report includes a full statistical analysis of suspected child abuse and neglect reports received by county child protective services agencies in 1994. This report describes the extent of abuse and neglect in Wisconsin and discusses steps Wisconsin has taken to address the needs of maltreated children and their families.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
April 2, 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.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
Any matter affecting the college in any way by any state agency or the legislature.
Klauser, David
Viaticus, Inc., MultiState Associates Inc. on behalf of
Health Regulation
Driessen, Anthony
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organization previously registered with the Ethics Board as an employer of lobbyists has authorized to act on its behalf an additional licensed lobbyist:
Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Inc, Associated
Mielke, John
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individual is no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organization listed below, as of the date indicated.
Funeral Directors Assn, Wisconsin
Moore, Tom 3/28/96
Organization's modification or amendment of records:
The registered organization listed below has indicated the following modification to its records:
Employers Health Insurance Co (old name) changed its name to
Humana Inc./Employers Health Insurance Company (new name) and added Medicaid reform to its area of lobbying interest.
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
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executive order #273
Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for the Late Paul Kafer, Long-Time Teacher of the Kenosha Unified School District
WHEREAS, on February 27, 1996, Paul Kafer died of natural causes; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kafer faithfully and tirelessly served the students of the Kenosha Unified School District for thirty-one years; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kafer devoted his life to working with at-risk students ni the finest tradition of his profession; and
WHEREAS, the students of Reuther Central High School petitioned the Office of the Governor, through the Kenosha Superintendent of Schools, to approve the lowering of the flags.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Federal and State law, do hereby authorize the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on the campus of Reuther Central High School beginning forthwith until sundown on the day of Mr. Kafer's interment.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this twenty-ninth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
executive order #274
Relating to a Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency in Waupaca County and Calling to Active Duty Such Elements of the Wisconsin National Guard as are Necessary to Address this Emergency
WHEREAS, a train derailed near Weyauwega, Wisconsin in the early morning hours of march 4, 1996; and
WHEREAS, this incident creates a significant threat to life and property rising to the level of an emergency; and
WHEREAS, the needs of Waupaca County cannot be met with local resources.
S753
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this State, and specifically by Wisconsin Statute 21.11, do hereby:
1) Declare that a State of Emergency exists in Waupaca county; and
2) Call to active duty elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to assist in the management of this emergency and direct the Adjutant General or his designee to deploy such personnel and equipment as may be necessary.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this fourth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
executive order #276
Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for the Late Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Former Secretary of State of the United States of America
WHEREAS, on March 26, 1996, Edmund Sixtus Muskie died of natural causes; and
WHEREAS, Edmund Sixtus Muskie faithfully and honorably served the people of the United States as a United States Senator and as the Secretary of State.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Federal and State law, do hereby authorize the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings, grounds and military installations of the State o Wisconsin equipped with such flags beginning at sunrise on Saturday, March 30, 1996 until sundown on that date.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this twenty-ninth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
executive order #277
Relating to Amending Executive Order #262 Relating to the creation of the Commission on Reform of the State's Human Resource System
WHEREAS, the Commission on Reform of the State's Human Resource System was created on October 10, 1995 in Executive Order #262; and
WHEREAS, the need exists to expand the time limit for the Commission to submit its recommendations,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this State, and specifically by Wisconsin Statute 14.019, DO HEREBY AMEND section 1.c. of Executive Order #262 such that the Commission on Reform of the State's Human Resource System shall be required to submit its recommendations to the Governor by September 1, 1996.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this first day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE