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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 169
Assembly Bill 334
Assembly Bill 436
Assembly Bill 516
Assembly Bill 550
Assembly Bill 616
Assembly Bill 621
Assembly Bill 626
Assembly Bill 669
Assembly Bill 688
Assembly Bill 699
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Assembly Joint Resolution 103
Assembly Joint Resolution 105
Concurred in:
Senate Joint Resolution 39
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Assembly Bill
169
Relating to: the prohibition of certain billing practices for goods and certain services and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Otte, Hasenohrl, Skindrud, Notestein, Goetsch, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Owens and Ainsworth; cosponsored by Senator Clausing
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
334
Relating to: the regulation of home inspectors, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority and providing penalties.
By Representatives Vrakas, Wieckert, Foti, Sykora, Hanson, Kedzie, Travis, Freese, Kaufert, Olsen, Schafer, Jeskewitz, Plale, Meyer, Hasenohrl, Kelso, Walker, Powers, Albers, Harsdorf, Huebsch, Riley, Rutkowski, Handrick, Hoven, Lazich, Nass, Ott, Ward, Duff, Porter, M. Lehman, Hutchison, Dobyns, Musser, Ainsworth, Murat and Huber; cosponsored by Senators Wineke, Welch, Risser, Rude, Moore, Fitzgerald, Wirch, Plache, Weeden, Roessler, Zien, Cowles and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
436
Relating to: operation of snowmobiles in proximity to persons not on snowmobiles.
By Representatives Handrick, Jensen, Dobyns, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grothman, Hahn, Huebsch, Kaufert, Kreuser, M. Lehman, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Plouff, Porter, Powers, Seratti, Skindrud, Sykora and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Farrow, Huelsman and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Assembly Bill
516
Relating to: the specified minimum percentage of postconsumer fiber contained in newsprint.
By Representatives Reynolds, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Nass and Hutchison.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Relating to: the annual compensation of volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians who are eligible to hold elective office.
By Representatives Hutchison, Ainsworth, Albers, Baumgart, Boyle, Dobyns, Grothman, Gunderson, Hoven, Huber, Kelso, M. Lehman, Lorge, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Porter, Powers, Robson, Seratti and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Decker and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
616
Relating to: conflicts of interest by local public officials.
By Representatives Travis, Walker, Baldwin, Duff, Bock, F. Lasee, Hasenohrl, Huber, Krug, Notestein, Robson, R. Young and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Moen and Burke.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
621
Relating to: the testimony at trial of child witnesses in certain cases.
By Representatives Schafer, Kelso, Jensen, Sykora, Green, Ladwig, Olsen, Musser, Dobyns, Brandemuehl, Freese, Goetsch, Turner, F. Lasee, Albers, Ainsworth, Nass, Hahn, Vrakas, Gunderson, Owens, Springer, Wasserman and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, A. Lasee and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
626
Relating to: using minors to violate obscenity laws and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Dobyns, Porter, Zukowski, Lazich, Goetsch, Musser, La Fave, Bock, Staskunas, Hasenohrl, Ainsworth, Plale, Kelso, Springer, Otte, Ott, Grothman, Ziegelbauer, Green, Olsen, Gunderson and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Drzewiecki and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
669
Relating to: repealing the rejection of federal preemption over state interest rate provisions.
By Representatives Kedzie, Ward, Hoven, Jensen, Ladwig, Gunderson, Lorge, Hahn, Olsen, Springer and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Welch and Weeden.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
688
Relating to: litigation by persons incarcerated, imprisoned, confined or detained in a jail or prison, immunity from civil liability, the time period for the state to respond to an action and limiting access to public records.
By Representatives Goetsch, Green, Porter, Dobyns, Kaufert, F. Lasee, Ziegelbauer, Harsdorf, Owens, Staskunas, Brandemuehl, Otte, Ainsworth, Sykora, Olsen, Ott, Kedzie, Nass, Gunderson, Walker, Skindrud, Jeskewitz, Musser, Robson, Hasenohrl, Baumgart, Hahn, Gronemus, Ladwig, Albers, Grothman, Seratti, Powers and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Drzewiecki, Huelsman and Roessler, by request of Attorney General James Doyle
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
699
Relating to: simultaneous candidacy for more than one seat on the same governmental body.
By Representative
Walker
; cosponsored by Senator Rosenzweig
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: recognizing the Council on Worker's Compensation as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
By Representatives Vrakas, Nass, Walker, Lazich, Grothman, Duff, Vander Loop, Turner and Baumgart; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Decker, Zien, Farrow and Darling.
Read and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Joint Resolution 103
Relating to: declaring February African-American Cultural Heritage Month.
By Representatives Morris-Tatum, L. Young, Turner, Coggs, Riley and Williams; cosponsored by Senators Moore and George.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 105
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 1998, as St. David's Day.
By Representatives Owens, Gronemus, Hahn, Hutchison and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Grobschmidt and Wirch.
Read and referred to the calendar of February 12, 1998.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 102 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions and taken up.
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: recognizing the Council on Worker's Compensation as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 102 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Senate Bill 124
Relating to: the prohibition of obtaining title by adverse possession to real estate owned by a public body.
Read.
