Thursday, March 19, 1998
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 32.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator C. Potter led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: requesting Congress to consider a constitutional amendment for environmental rights.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Bock
.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 509
Relating to: transferring toll-free calls to pay-per-call services or international numbers, creating certain disclosure and reporting requirements and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Moore, Burke and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Otte, Baumgart, Ziegelbauer, Bock, Murat, L. Young, Morris-Tatum, Notestein, R. Young, Musser and Riley.
To committee on Utility Regulation.
Senate Bill 510
Relating to: defining employes of fraternals to include retired employes and providing insurance for the spouses and minor children of employes of fraternals.
By
Senators
Ellis, Cowles, Roessler, Welch and Drzewiecki; cosponsored by Representatives Wieckert, Lorge and Kaufert.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism and Rural Affairs.
Senate Bill 511
Relating to: exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Bock
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 512
Relating to: exemptions from rules regulating mining and regulating the storage and disposal of mining waste.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Bock
.
To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 513
Relating to: modifying eligibility standards for child care funding to permit parents of a child under the age of 18 with a special need or a child under the age of 22 with a special need who is receiving special education to receive child care funding; regulating medical assistance private duty nursing services for children; consent for release of information from a pupil's behavioral records or pupil physical health records for claiming reimbursement for school medical services; providing notice of protective placement transfers; guardian involvement in proceedings related to the ordering, review, transfer, modification or termination of a protective placement; a study of the cost of authorizing the provision of personal care services under the medical assistance program at locations other than in the recipient's home; and granting rule-making authority.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 514
Relating to: absconding from parole and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Darling and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Vrakas and Freese.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 515
Relating to: fleeing to this state to avoid prosecution for a serious sex offense in another jurisdiction, committing a serious sex offense in this state after fleeing prosecution in another jurisdiction and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Darling and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Vrakas, Freese, Kelso, Schafer, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Albers, Walker, Nass, Musser and Ladwig.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Relating to: allowing criminal sentences to run concurrent with or consecutive to a previously imposed juvenile delinquency disposition.
By
Senators
Darling, Farrow and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Dobyns, Ainsworth, Grothman, Riley, Huber, Turner and Plale.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 517
Relating to: establishing programs for low-income energy assistance, improving energy conservation and efficiency markets and encouraging the development and use of renewable resources, creating a public benefits and energy assistance board, establishing a public benefits and energy assistance fund, requiring electric utilities and retail cooperatives to charge access fees to customers and members, imposing requirements on the use of renewable resources by electric and gas utilities and cooperatives, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing a penalty.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative R. Potter.
To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 518
Relating to: jurisdiction in divorces.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Bock
.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 519
Relating to: creating a property tax exemption for wetlands.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Bock
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 520
Relating to: disciplinary procedures for certain local law enforcement officers.
By
Senators
Welch, Burke, Huelsman, Fitzgerald, Jauch and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Klusman, Dobyns, Green, Johnsrud, Musser, Turner, Porter, Jeskewitz, Travis, Gronemus, Hanson, Kreibich and J. Lehman, by request of Professional Police Association of Wisconsin.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 521
Relating to: a parent's right to know certain information about a family day care center and the posting and making available to parents of reports and notices of violations by family day care centers.
By
Senators
Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Riley, Kelso, Owens and Notestein.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 522
Relating to: the itemized deductions credit.
By
Senators
Darling, Burke and Huelsman; cosponsored by Representative Musser
.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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The committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
