Wednesday, September 17, 1997
10:05 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Brancel in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Wood.
Representative Kelso led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldwin, Baumgart, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plale, Plouff, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schafer, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Springer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Sykora, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, L. Young, R. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Brancel - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: the life and public service of William R. Kellett.
By
Representatives Kaufert and Klusman; cosponsored by Senator Ellis
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 532
Relating to: the salaries of the executive directors of the elections board and ethics board.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations, by request of Secretary of Employment Relations Jon E. Litscher.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 533
Relating to: shared revenue payments for former utility property.
By
Representatives Hahn, F. Lasee, Kedzie, Green, Robson, Gard, Dobyns, Hutchison, Johnsrud, Otte, Springer, Porter, Gronemus, Plouff, Ott, Ward and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators C. Potter, Rude, Drzewiecki, Schultz, Moen and A. Lasee.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 534
Relating to: providing supplemental benefits to certain Wisconsin retirement system annuitants and making an appropriation.
By
Representative
Klusman
; cosponsored by Senator Grobschmidt
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Nass. Granted.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Representative Green asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
10:15 A.M.
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11:30 A.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
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Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
187 be withdrawn from the calendar of Thursday, September 18 and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: the imposition of service charges for a storm water and surface water sewerage system.
The question was: Shall Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 187 be concurred in?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that the Assembly's action on Assembly Bill 187 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 62 be withdrawn from the calendar of Thursday, September 18 and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: declaring October 21, 1997, Benefit Specialists Day.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 62 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 62 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 63 be withdrawn from the calendar of Thursday, September 18 and taken up at this time. Granted.
