Recommendation.
The Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems finds the below-referenced portions of Senate Bill 436 to be good public policy, with the recommendation that Section 84 be amended as suggested by ETF so that the portions of state code (i) allowing tax liens against WRS benefits and (ii) holding ETF harmless for porcessing such liens both reference either "annuities" or "benefits" in a consistent fashion.
Senate Bill 59
Relating to: classifying state probation and parole officers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin retirement system.
Recommendation.
The Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems finds that Senate Bill 59 reflects good public policy, and the Committee recommends its passage.
Referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Richard Grobschmidt
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
March 6, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
With this letter, I am forwarding to you the Bureau of Justice Information Systems (BJIS) Second Annual Report. S.13.172(2) directs BJIS to report annually on its activities, and this report is submitted in fulfillment of that requirement.
The report describes the efforts of BJIS on behalf of two inter-related missions: automating the district attorneys state-wide (DA Net) and coordinating inter-agency justice information sharing (IJIS). Both efforts are in full swing and will soon bear the fruits of considerable effort.
The installation of a DA Net computer in each county was completed this year successfully as was the design and testing of local area network (LAN) to allow attorneys to communicate with the county network. Three counties now have pilot LAN's and more are to come this year. This year also saw the development by BJIS, with the help of district attorneys state-wide, of a needs assessment for a case management system (CMS). A case management system for DA's is a crucial step to increasing productivity, public safety, and decision making. The capture and analysis of data by DA's will also be a crucial step in moving Wisconsin toward a comprehensive sharing of justice information across agencies.
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The goal of the IJIS project is to give frontline justice officials and the public quicker access to information needed for public safety. BJIS has led a number of efforts this past year to bring justice agencies together to clarify their information systems and information needs. A number of partnerships have already been forged among justice agencies as a -result of this work. BJIS this year has worked hard to build relationships between justice agencies, document the current technology environment, and begin the initial planning for an inter-agency information system.
This is new ground. But with the support of the legislature, BJIS can help improve public safety and bring efficiency to government by working to improve both the communication between agencies and by providing the basic infrastructure needed to be effective.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
March 13, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
In accordance with Public Law 97-300, Part A, Section 104 (b)(13) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA), the Annual Reports of Wisconsin's JTPA Service Delivery Areas have been submitted. They are hereby transmitted to you for your review.
If you have any questions concerning these reports or need additional information, please feel free to contact me or my staff.
Sincerely,
June Suhling
Division Administrator
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Skochelak, Dr. Susan E.,
of Madison, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2002.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Size
, Tim,
of Sauk City, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2003.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Schmidt, Craig W. C.,
of Berlin, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Bakker
, Doris L.,
of Neillsville, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2003.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Meeuwsen, Michael D.,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Savings and Loan Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 12, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Rikkers, Frederick T.,
of Madison, as a member of the Savings and Loan Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
