Assembly Bill 316
Relating to: state reimbursement of cities, villages and towns for fire calls on state or federal highways.
By
Representatives Urban, Goetsch, Albers, Turner, Ladwig, Ryba, Sykora, Duff, Springer, Kedzie, Seratti, Grothman, Powers and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Farrow, Adelman and Huelsman.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 317
Relating to: the effect of certain water withdrawals on commercial agriculture operations.
By
Representatives Freese, Gronemus, Sykora, Musser, Hasenohrl, M. Lehman, Baumgart, Ainsworth, F. Lasee, Grothman, Albers, Owens, Zukowski, Skindrud and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Schultz, Plache and Breske.
To committee on Rural Affairs.
Assembly Bill 318
Relating to: the use of moneys remaining in a fund for the repayment of revenue bonds issued to fund the Wisconsin health education assistance loan program and permissible expenditures from the capital improvement fund.
By
joint committee on Audit.
To joint committee on Audit.
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The committee on Highways and Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 119
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates, payments to authorized special groups, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 131
Relating to: load weight limits on trucks registered with the department of transportation as special interest, reconstructed, replica, street modified or homemade vehicles.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 136
Relating to: the use of studded tires on school buses.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Lorge, Huebsch, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Musser, Hahn and Zukowski.
To committee on Rules.
David Brandemuehl
Chairperson
Committee on Highways and Transportation
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Joint Res. Number Enrolled Number
Pub. Date
Assembly Joint Res. 13 2Not published
Assembly Joint Res. 2 3Not published
Assembly Joint Res. 10 4Not published
Assembly Joint Res. 32 5Not published
Assembly Joint Res. 24 6Not published
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Communications
April 21, 1997
Speaker Ben Brancel
Room 211 West, State Capitol
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Speaker Brancel:
On Tuesday, May 6th I will be entering Burlington Memorial Hospital for Prostate operation for cancer. I will be taking pre-test beginning this week as established by my doctor for the operation on May 7th.
Therefore, I'm asking you to replace me on the Joint Committee on Finance effective Monday April 21, 1997. The doctor has informed me that I could be under his direction until the end of May.
Sincerely,
Cloyd A. Porter
State Representative
66th Assembly District
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Speaker's appointments
April 21, 1997
Representative John Gard
Room 316 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear John:
It is my pleasure as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly to appoint you to the Joint Committee on Finance to fill the vacancy created by Representative Porter's resignation.
This appointment is effective immediately.
Sincerely,
Ben Brancel
Assembly Speaker
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Agency Reports
DATE: April 15, 1997
TO: Members of the Legislature
FROM: Alan Tracy, Secretary
Secretary, DATCP
RE: County and District Fairs, Annual Report
We are pleased to submit to you a copy of the 1996 annual report on the 76 Wisconsin County and District Fairs receiving state aid. This report is prepared by the Department in accordance with the requirements contained in section 93.23(1)(h), Wisconsin Statutes.
This report is a detailed statement showing receipts and disbursements of each fair receiving state aid, together with a classified statement of premiums paid and the amount of state aid claimed.
If you have any questions relative to this report, please call Bob Williams, Fairs Coordinator, at 608/224-5131.
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
April 22, 1997
We have completed an evaluation of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The District, whose 1996 operating expenditures totaled $118.8 million, recently completed work on the $2.3 billion Water Pollution Abatement Program, which is the largest public works project in the State's history to date.