By
Senator
Clausing
; cosponsored by Representatives Harsdorf, Ryba and Kreibich.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 105
Relating to: use of taxes levied by a local professional baseball park district.
By
Senators
Wineke, Plache, Clausing, Wirch, Shibilski, Decker and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives Reynolds, Ryba, R. Potter, Baldwin, La Fave, Gronemus, Travis, Vander Loop, Hanson, R. Young and Turner.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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The committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Blessington, Robert C.,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dodson
, Rebecca A.,
of Wausau, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Grossman, Dr. Ronald E.,
of River Hills, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
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Heinemann, Virginia S.,
of Wausau, as a member of the Examining Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Hempe
, Cornelia G.,
of Beloit, as a member of the Examining Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ladd
, Mark A.,
of Racine, as a member of the Examining Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Patterson, Mikki,
of Madison, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Wilkie
, Gerald L.,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 24
Relating to: requirements for a state health officer.
Senate amendment 1 adoption.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch and Buettner.
Noes, 2 - Senators Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Moen, Breske, Moore and Wirch.
Noes, 3 - Senators Buettner, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
March 1, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Wisconsin School Laws included the following provision in Section
115.45(6)(b) &
(c):
SECTION 115.45 Grants for preschool to grade 5 programs.
(6) The state superintendent shall:
(b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), a budget report detailing the grants he or she intends to award under this section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results of the annual testing required under sub. (4)(b) and include a description of the guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for such funds.
(c) Annually submit to the legislature under s.13.172(2) a report on the academic progress made by pupils enrolled in preschool to grade 5 programs under this section.
This is to inform you that all Preschool to grade 5 Evaluation Reports are contained herein. A report on the academic progress for all schools funded by the Preschool to Grade 5 Program Grant is also enclosed.
Sincerely,
john t. benson
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
February 25, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the quarterly reports of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarters ending September 30, 1996 and December 31, 1996. As required by s.565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain Wisconsin Lottery year to date sales and financial information.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608)266-6466.
Sincerely,
cate zeuske
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 20, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Chapter
109 of Wisconsin Statutes I hereby submit the department's 1996 annual report on business closings and/or mass layoffs to you. This report lists all businesses which notified the department in 1996 of planned closings/mass layoffs and complaints the department received of alleged notification violations. The report indicates the businesses involved, location, date complaint received, determination issued and disposition of each case. Beyond complaints filed in 1996, the list updates the disposition of cases pending at the end of 1995 and also lists cases filed early in 1997.
One case filed with the department in 1994 remained open through 1996. That case in Con-Agra, Inc. formerly doing business as Northern States Beef in Edgar, Wisconsin. The department had completed its investigation of this matter in 1994 and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for litigation. On November 1, 1996 the circuit court in Marathon County issued its final ruling in this case awarding approximately 346 employees a total penalty wage (plus interest) of $985,000.00 and also ordered the employer to pay the state a $30,000.00 surcharge. These payments have been received by the department and nearly all of the penalty wages have been distributed to the appropriate parties at this time.
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Five 1995 complaints remained under investigation at the beginning of 1996. In four of these cases, the department concluded the employer had not violated Wisconsin's notification requirements. In the fifth case, the department determined the business violated the law and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for litigation to collect the penalty wages found due.
The department received twenty-one plant closing complaints in 1996. The department determined eleven of these complaints did not involve violations and two involved violations of the law. The remaining eight complaints remain under investigation at this time.
Should you have any questions regarding the information in this report, please contact me immediately.
Sincerely,
Linda Stewart
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
