Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 27, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
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Senator Plache, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:00 P.M..
10:30 A.M.
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1:00 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
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Senate Bill 362
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Relating to: the application of the business combination and the control share voting restriction provisions of the business corporation law; dry cleaning fees; nontarget population members; the date by which certain school board resolutions pertaining to the open enrollment programs must be adopted; loans made to school districts by the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; the method for calculating contributions to the universal service fund; use of the universal service fund to make grants to certain school districts for telecommunications access; financial assistance for local recycling programs; funding for a boat landing located on the Wisconsin River in the town of Buena Vista; reports concerning the environmental cooperation pilot program; funding for air and solid and hazardous waste programs; studies of fish in the Great Lakes; eligibility for child care subsidies under the Wisconsin works program; increased funding for the benefit specialist program for older individuals; the amount that a county having a population of 500,000 or more must contribute for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department of health and family services; the photographing of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments, of employes and prospective employes of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments and of adult residents and prospective adult residents of the home of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments; eliminating cross-references to the Wisconsin works health plan; computing the aviation fuel tax; a sales tax and use tax exemption for samples of medicine and registration for use tax purposes; the international fuel tax agreement; the department of revenue's expenses to administer the fee on vehicle rentals; directing the department of revenue to not adjust individual income tax withholding tables and making a technical adjustment in the calculation of income tax liability by individual nonresidents and part-year residents of this state; the sales of food by institutions of higher learning; salary-setting authority of certain state bodies; reserve "Class B" intoxicating liquor licenses; the abolishment of the emergency response board; revocation of probation for failure to pay supervision fees owed to the department of corrections; and making an appropriation.
Read.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 362 be laid on the table.
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Relating to the brownfields grant program.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, April 23, 1998.
Referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs, April 28, 1998
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Relating to allowing the operation of double bottoms and certain other vehicles on certain specified highways.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, April 23, 1998.
Referred to committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, April 28, 1998
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State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
May 1, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following rules have been published:
Sincerely,
GARY L. POULSON
Deputy Revisor
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Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: the right to keep and bear arms (2nd consideration).
Read.
Senator A. Lasee and Plache, with unanimous consent, asked to be made cosponsors of Assembly Joint Resolution 11.
Senator Shibilski and Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked to be made cosponsors of Assembly Joint Resolution 11.
Senator Risser moved nonconcurrence in Assembly amendment 2 to Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 11.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution
11 be nonconcurred in?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 5; noes, 27; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Burke, Chvala, George, Moore and Risser - 5.
Noes - Senators Breske, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Plache, C. Potter, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 27.
Absent or not voting - Senator Panzer - 1.
Nonconcurrence refused.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution
11 be concurred in?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 27; noes, 5; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Plache, C. Potter, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 27.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, George, Moore and Risser - 5.
Absent or not voting - Senator Panzer - 1.
Concurred in.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
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State of Wisconsin
April 28, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I regret that I was unable to be on the Senate floor for a roll call vote on April 28th, 1998. The votes that I missed were on Assembly Joint Resolution 11.
I am writing to inform you of how I would have voted on the motions had I been on the floor. I would have voted against non-concurrence in Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Joint Resolution 11. Furthermore, I would have voted in favor of concurrence of the amendment.
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I ask that the Senate Journal show I be recorded as voting in this manner.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
State Senator
20th Senate District
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Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, April 30 at 10:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
1:32 P.M.
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Chief Clerk's Report
The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill 25
Senate Bill 139
Senate Bill 147
Senate Bill 181
Senate Bill 200
Senate Bill 235
Senate Bill 254
Senate Bill 258
Senate Bill 263
