Relating to: specifying the operations of temporary Class "B" licenses issued for county fairs.
By
Representatives Kreuser, Ott, Bock, J. Lehman, Staskunas, Plouff and Wood; cosponsored by Senator Wirch
.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 650
Relating to: restrictions on payment for abortions with public funds; changing the prohibition on use of federal, state or local funds for abortion-related activities by a pregnancy program, project or service; exempting the sales of flex-time time-share property from the sales tax and imposing the real estate transfer fee on all sales of time-share property; the penalty provision for premature sales or transfers of business assets or assets used in farming that were received from family members; pregnancy as a preexisting condition; transfers from the segregated transportation fund to the segregated transportation infrastructure loan fund, and the transportation infrastructure loan program; changing conflict of interest provisions and lottery participation restrictions that affect certain employes of the department of revenue; the indexing of the mining tax; criminal history and abuse record searches of persons applying to the department of health and family services for a license, certification or registration to operate certain entities that care for children or adults and of employes, prospective employes, adult residents and prospective adult residents of those entities; copayments under the medical assistance program for specialized medical vehicle services; the delegation of authority by local units of government over funds held in trust for certain pension plans; the transportation and sale of fish; restrictions on the placement of sexually violent persons who are granted supervised release; eliminating cross-references to the Wisconsin works health plan; tax increment sharing for tax incremental financing districts in Oshkosh that contain polluted soil; specific information signs along STH 172; weight limitations for vehicles and combinations of vehicles transporting bulk potatoes; grants awarded by the environmental education board that are related to forestry; provision of information necessary for the administration of child support and economic support programs; and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Jensen, Freese and Foti.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 651
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Relating to: suspension of licenses, permits and other credentials for failure to pay child support or to comply with a subpoena or warrant related to paternity or child support proceedings and requiring social security numbers on license, permit and other credential applications and on certain documents concerning marriage and children; creating a record matching program to match information about delinquent child support obligors with financial account information of financial institutions; creating a statutory lien for delinquent child support obligations; creating a mechanism for enforcing child support liens; fees for the child and spousal support, establishment of paternity and medical liability support program and cooperation with child support efforts under Wisconsin works; income withholding for support or maintenance, adjudicating paternity when the mother fails to appear and other technical changes related to child support enforcement; access to certain agency records, nonliability for providing information from records, issuing subpoenas, ordering genetic tests; providing notice to new employers of a parent's obligation to provide health care coverage for a child; hospital-based voluntary establishment of paternity; administratively changing interstate income-withholding orders to sum certain amounts; presumption of paternity; access by county child support employes to tax information; acknowledgment of paternity; procedure, temporary orders and probable cause in paternity actions; payment for genetic tests in paternity actions; changes in departmental responsibility for support enforcement; intercepting delinquent support and certain other payments from pension plan disbursements; intercepting delinquent support from court judgments and settlements; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Huebsch, La Fave, R. Young, Musser, Porter, M. Lehman, Dobyns, Ladwig, Sykora, Freese, Duff, Springer, Olsen, Ott, Ward, J. Lehman, Owens, Underheim, Gard, Hahn, Harsdorf, F. Lasee, Goetsch, Kreibich and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Roessler, Darling, Panzer, Drzewiecki and C. Potter.
To committee on Children and Families
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The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 216
Relating to: the playing of bingo by persons under the age of 18.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Skindrud, Underheim, M. Lehman, Owens, L. Young and Murat.
Noes: 1 - Representative Ward.
To committee on Rules.
Rick Skindrud
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
December 2, 1997
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bill, originating in the Assembly, has been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 53229December 2, 1997
Respectfully submitted,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
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Referral of Agency Reports
DATE: November 25, 1997
TO: Charles R. Sanders
Chief Clerk of the Assembly
FROM: Jon E. Litscher
Secretary
RE: Reporting Requirements for the Education
Commission of the States
Please find the enclosed four documents from the Education Commission of the States (ECS):
1. 1996-97 Annual Report
2. Highlights of the 1996-97 Annual Report
3. 1997 Education Agenda; and
3. A copy of the ECS' bylaws with amendments
The ECS is required to file these with your office in order to meet its statutory requirements under ss.
39.75 and
39.76, Wis. Stats. If there are any questions please call me at 266-9820.
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
November 14, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Chapter 34, Laws of 1979, requires that when the Department of Administration maintains an office in Washington, DC, for the purpose of promoting federal/state cooperation, it should submit a report detailing the activities of the office and reporting the status of federal legislation of concern to the Legislature and other state agencies (Wis. Stats. 16.548(2)).
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The report for the period July 1, 1997, through September 30 30, 1997, is attached.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary, DOA
Referred to committee on State-Federal Relations.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Administration
Madison
November 17, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached to this letter is the Clean Water Fund Biennial Finance Plan for the 1997-1999 biennium.
The Clean Water Fund program legislation (s.281.59(3), Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit a final version of the Biennial Finance Plan to the Legislature and to the State Building Commission following enactment of the biennial budget. The purpose of the plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operations in the 1997-1999 biennium.
Also included is a copy of the Clean Water Fund report for the 1995-1997 biennium. The report provides information on the activities and operations of the program during the previous biennium. This report is also submitted in accordance with s.
281.59(3), Wis. Stats.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan or the Biennial Report, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
KATHRYN A. CURTNER, Director
Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
Department of Natural Resources
FRANK R. HOADLEY
Capital Finance Director
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Environment.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Division of Gaming
Madison
November 18, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
RE: Division of Gaming Quarterly Report
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the quarterly report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the three months ending September 30, 1997. 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 Gaming'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
Administrator
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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AGency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
November 10, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec.20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of October, 1997.
On October 20, 1997 the Wisconsin Petroleum Inspection Fund balance was -$1.52 million. This shortfall continued until October 21, 1997 when the balance reached $7.24 million. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
On October 2, 1997 the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund balance was -$1 thousand. This shortfall continued through the end of the month. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
