The joint survey committee on Retirement Systems reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 329
Relating to: presumption concerning employment-connected disease for certain municipal fire fighters.
The Joint Survey Committee on retirement Systems finds that Senate Bill 329 reflects good public policy, and the Committee recommends its passage.
Richard Grobschmidt
Senate Chairperson
Referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Joint Resolution 42
Relating to: proclaiming May 15, 16 and 17, 1998, Syttende Mai Weekend.
Adoption.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Chvala, Risser, Moen, Ellis, Rude and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Charles Chvala
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 10, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate/Legislature:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Wisconsin
Subject(s): All areas affecting the soft drink industry.
Hodan, Patrick
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Cattlemens Assn, Wisconsin
Weisensel, Russell
Medical Society of Wisconsin, State
Broydrick, William
Oakley, Kara
Power and Light Company, Wisconsin
Jensen, Jodi
Rental Dealers Assn, Wisconsin
Weiden, Michael
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Cattlemens Assn., Wisconsin
Hauser, R F (Dick) 3/3/98
Organization's cessation of lobbying activity:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board as employers of lobbyists have indicated a cessation of all lobbying activity effective on the dates shown.
Digital Equipment Corporation 3/9/98
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Claims Board
March 4, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is the report of the State Claims Board covering the claims heard on February 19, 1998.
The amounts recommended for payment under $5,000 on claims included in this report have, under the provisions of s.
16.007, Stats., been paid directly by the Board.
The Board is preparing the bill(s) on the recommended award(s) over $5,000, if any, and will submit such to the Joint Finance Committee for legislative introduction.
This report is for the information of the Legislature. The Board would appreciate your acceptance and spreading of it upon the Journal to inform the members of the Legislature.
Sincerely,
Edward D. Main
Secretary
STATE OF WISCONSIN
CLAIMS BOARD
The State Claims Board conducted hearings in the State Capitol, North Hearing Room, Madison, Wisconsin on February 19, 1998, upon the following claims:
Claimant Agency Amount
1. Russell L. Gray Department of Revenue $900.00
2. Scott Air Charter Department of Revenue $5,223.01
3. Mark & Barbara Lucius University of Wisconsin $7,984.93
4. Ronald J. Anderson University of Wisconsin $155.40
5. Candi Boley University of Wisconsin $300.00
6. Warren Burger University of Wisconsin $90.40
7. Bonnie Gerner University of Wisconsin $280.59
8. Gary & Carol Larsen University of Wisconsin $265.71
9. Mareen Reeson University of Wisconsin $372.32
10. Bill Resop University of Wisconsin $107.06
11. Carlton P. Severson University of Wisconsin $58.03
12. John L. Syftestad University of Wisconsin $83.52
13. Kenneth Wittenwyler University of Wisconsin $21.00
14. Robert & Alice Yaeger University of Wisconsin $126.22
In addition, the following claims were considered and decided without hearings:
Claimant Agency Amount
15. Douglas W. Brown University of Wisconsin $171.33
S490
16. Amy Freed Department of Regulation $62.25
& Licensing
17. Glacier State Department of $31,010.00
Distribution Transportation
18. Kelly Lang Department of $1,627.44
Transportation
19. William Medina Department of Corrections $50.00
20. Veronica Miller Wisconsin State Fair Park $1,354.64
21. Jack P. Peters Department of Natural $20.05
Resources
The Board Finds:
1. Russell L. Gray of Endeavor, Wisconsin claims $900.00 for a Homestead credit claim, which was allegedly wrongfully denied by the Department of Revenue. The claimant timely filed a 1994 Homestead Credit Claim. The Department audited the claim and requested affidavits of residency, a letter from the claimant's landlord, and cancelled rent checks. The claimant alleges that during this audit, the auditor claimed that the claimant's landlord had told the auditor that the claimant did not live at the claimed homestead. The claimant asserts that the landlord by affidavit has denied such a conversation and confirmed the claimant's residence. The claimant's Homestead claim was denied by the Department on the basis that the claimant did not provide sufficient information to support the claim. This decision was appealed to the Department. The claimant alleges that the Department intentionally concealed the correct appeal deadline, thereby causing the claimant to file the appeal two days late. The claimant further alleges that the Department told him that it would waive any jurisdictional problems if the appeal was filed late and that the Department had no authority to waive the late filing of an appeal. The Tax Commission upheld the Department's decision denying the appeal. The Department recommends denial of this claim. The Board concludes the claim should be paid in the reduced amount of $450.00 based on equitable principles. At the hearing, the claimant indicated that he needed the money to pay his child support. In order to insure that the money is used for this purpose, the Board concludes that the check should be payable to both the claimant and the Dane County Clerk of Courts. The Board further concludes, under authority of s.
16.007 (6m), Stats., payment should be made from the Claims Board appropriation s.
20.505 (4)(d), Stats.
