To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 440
Relating to: increasing the cigarette tax, creating a cigarette tax fund, creating an endowed associate directorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Risser, Roessler, Burke and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Morris-Tatum, Urban, Black and Notestein.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 441
Relating to: prohibiting smoking areas and smoking rooms in state offices and the state capitol building and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Risser, Roessler, Burke, Plache and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Walker, Morris-Tatum, R. Young, L. Young, Turner, Dobyns, Wasserman, Urban and Green.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
__________________
The committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: the authority of towns and town sanitary districts to levy special assessments for water and sewage systems on certain farmland and the methods used by cities, villages, towns and metropolitan sewerage districts to finance sewerage projects.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Moore, Plache, Fitzgerald and Weeden.
Noes, 0 - None.
Gwendolynne Moore
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 366
Relating to: nonresident individual income tax reciprocity with the state of Illinois and making appropriations.
Introduction of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig; Representatives Gard, Ourada, harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert, Linton and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Brian Burke
Co-Chairperson
Senate Petition 15
A petition by 44 representatives of Wisconsin Central Labor Councils in support of Senate Bill 14, Relating to employment relations for members of the University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff.
By
Senator
Burke
.
To joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
January 31, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Attached is the second quarter report on Prison Industries for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, as required by Section
303.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes. This report includes the year-to-date cash balance of each industry. This reort reflects private sector joint venture balances separately from the remainder of Prison Industries.
The Department would be happy to respond to any questions you may have on this matter.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sullivan
Department of Corrections
Mark D. Bugher
Department of Administration
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By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 49
Assembly Bill 227
Assembly Bill 290
Assembly Bill 319
Assembly Bill 365
Assembly Bill 592
Assembly Bill 633
Assembly Bill 743
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 96
Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Concurred in:
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 397
__________________
Assembly Bill
49
Relating to: giving false information to mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect and providing penalties.
By Representatives Musser, Ladwig, Dobyns, Porter, Murat, Duff, Linton, Ainsworth, Goetsch, Albers, Hasenohrl, Otte, Powers, Lorge, Schafer, Harsdorf, Gunderson, Seratti, Hahn, Springer, Freese and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators Moen and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
227
Relating to: the use of a person's social security number in his or her student identification number.
By Representatives Schneider, Boyle, Skindrud, Grothman, Notestein, Baldwin, Hahn, Ziegelbauer, Musser, Gronemus, Kreuser and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Wirch and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
290
Relating to: codifying a presumption that property is taxable, requiring applications for property tax exemptions and specifying that claims that property is exempt may be made only as claims against a taxation district.
By Representatives Foti, Plale, Goetsch, R. Young, M. Lehman, Ainsworth, Hahn, F. Lasee, Albers, Owens, Staskunas, Vrakas, Seratti, Kelso and Urban; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Wineke, Clausing, Fitzgerald, Weeden and George.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
319
Relating to: leaves of absence for certain state employes to participate in providing certain disaster relief services.
By Representatives Schneider, Musser, Hasenohrl, Boyle, Bock and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senator Buettner
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
365
Relating to: raising the age of those persons who may not drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle, motor vehicle or snowmobile with any alcohol in their blood to the legal drinking age.
By Representatives Foti, Schafer, Black, Bock, Brandemuehl, Cullen, Dobyns, Goetsch, Harsdorf, Jeskewitz, Kedzie, Ladwig, La Fave, F. Lasee, Lazich, M. Lehman, Notestein, Ott, Otte, Plouff, Powers, Staskunas, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker and Ward; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Farrow, Cowles, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Rosenzweig and Weeden.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
592
Relating to: exempting vehicles that are used to deliver household goods or pump septic or holding tanks from special or seasonal weight limitations.
By Representatives Ourada, Gard, Linton, Musser, Seratti, Sykora, Owens, Ainsworth, Gunderson, Boyle, Ryba, Hahn, Huebsch, Hasenohrl and Otte; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Farrow, Zien and Drzewiecki.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
633