To committee on Government Operations
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Assembly Bill 139
Relating to: veterans benefits for veterans who are delinquent in child or spousal support, maintenance, medical expenses or birth expenses.
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By
Representatives Musser, Sykora, Zukowski, Duff, Ryba, Powers, Turner, Gunderson, Grothman, Albers, Kreuser, Hahn, M. Lehman, Nass, Boyle and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Welch, Cowles, Rosenzweig and A. Lasee.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 140
Relating to: Vietnam veteran eligibility for veterans benefits.
By
Representatives Musser, Schafer, Vander Loop, Duff, Turner, Freese, Gronemus, Goetsch, Albers, Plale, Kelso, Owens, Porter, Brandemuehl, Ryba, Notestein, M. Lehman, Riley, Green, Hahn, Dobyns, Kreuser, Sykora, Nass, Hasenohrl, Kreibich, Vrakas, Boyle and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Moen, Rude, Breske, Rosenzweig, A. Lasee, Wirch, Wineke, Clausing, Zien, Buettner, Welch and Jauch.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 141
Relating to: the information gathered regarding veterans burials.
By
Representatives Musser, Turner, Hahn, Brandemuehl, Zukowski, Sykora, M. Lehman, Boyle, Grothman, Kreibich, Gronemus, Owens, Baumgart, Dobyns, Kreuser and Murat; cosponsored by Senators Wineke, Buettner, Breske, Schultz and Welch.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 142
Relating to: the method of selection of election officials.
By
Representatives Otte, Underheim, Baldwin, Handrick, Ryba, Ainsworth, Zukowski, Musser, Huebsch, Owens, Olsen and Goetsch; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Wineke and Weeden.
To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
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Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: denial by the department of regulation and licensing of applications for renewal of a health care credential based on the credential holder's default on a student loan.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Schafer, Ainsworth, Albers, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hahn, Jensen, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Otte, Owens, Porter, Seratti, Skindrud, Springer, Sykora, Urban and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Darling, Drzewiecki, Farrow and Rosenzweig.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Assembly Bill 144
Relating to: calculation of school aid under the state school aid formula.
By
Representatives Springer, Krug, Ryba, Riley, Black, Murat, Musser, Wood, Reynolds, J. Lehman, Lorge, Plouff, Meyer, Notestein, Hasenohrl, Vander Loop, Huber, Baldwin, Plale and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Clausing, Wineke, Moen, Decker, Grobschmidt and Jauch.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 145
Relating to: the salary of the research director of the joint survey committee on retirement systems.
By
Representative
Klusman
; cosponsored by Senator Grobschmidt
.
To committee on Rules.
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The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 5
Relating to: the authority of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to prohibit the use of atrazine in a specified area in the town of North Lancaster, Grant County.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Ott, Sykora, Ainsworth, Hahn, Otte, Ward, Zukowski, Skindrud, Gronemus, Reynolds, Springer, Dueholm, Steinbrink and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Ott, Sykora, Ainsworth, Hahn, Otte, Ward, Zukowski, Skindrud, Gronemus and Steinbrink.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Reynolds, Springer, Dueholm and Plouff.
Alvin Ott
Chairperson
Committee on Agriculture
To committee on Rules.
The committee on Environment reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 1
Relating to: prohibiting the installation of certain devices in wells.
Without recommendation pursuant to Section
227.26(2)(h) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
To committee on Rules.
Marc Duff
Chairperson
Committee on Environment
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Gaming Board
Madison
January 21, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
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Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Gaming Board (Board), for the period ending December 31, 1996. As required by s.562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Racing statistical information as well as the revenues and expenditures for the Board's Racing, Charitable Gaming and Indian Gaming programs.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608)266-1645.
Sincerely,
f. scott scepaniak
Executive Director
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Madison
February 4, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
165.90, Wisconsin Statutes, requires that you receive an annual report on the progress of the county-tribal law enforcement programs funded under this section. Please accept this letter as the report for awards made in January 1996.
Grant funds during 1996 primarily supported law enforcement activities on tribal land throughout the state. In recent years, more county sheriffs' offices have used county-tribal law enforcement grant funds to defray salary, maintenance and patrol costs associated with law enforcement on tribal lands. This has been the main usage for funds in some counties, while other counties now find that grant awards will not support community crime prevention programs and the basic costs of law enforcement in Indian communities as they once did. Funding requests have steadily increased over the last few years.
The program has been successful in encouraging county sheriffs' offices to employ deputies from tribal communities. Likewise, cross-deputization has allowed some tribal police offices to continue to assist the sheriffs' departments by providing law enforcement services for county areas on and off Indian lands. These costs have also been charged to the county-tribal law enforcement program and have increased the amount of grant revenue requested from the department.
The awards to counties for the 1996 County-Tribal Law Enforcement program are listed below.
1996 COUNTY-TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND AWARDS
* The Outagamie County Sheriff returned the $27,000 explaining the the original plan had been to employ a sheriff's deputy with the grant funds. The awarded amount did not support that activity.
Spending authority for this program is $607,200. Therefore, the Department of Justice requested and received a $45,000 increase in spending authority in order to meet 1996 award projections. Penalty assessment revenues supported this request.
The Department of Justice will continue to monitor county-tribal law enforcement to ensure successful collaboration between Indian nations and counties in state. It is hoped these cooperative programs will ensure the provision of valuable law enforcement services to counties and the Indian communities within them.
Sincerely,
james e. doyle
Attorney General
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 13, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached is a report recommending changes to the Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan (HIRSP). This report was prepared jointly by the Department of Health and Family Services and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, as required by
1995 Wisconsin Act 463.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact either of our offices.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary, DHFS
