Department of regulation and Licensing
April 30, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
In accordance with WSS 961.36(3) enclosed please find the 1995-1996 Controlled Substances Board Annual Report.
It is hoped that the Senate will find this report useful.
Sincerely,
Patrick D. Braatz
Administrator
Division of Health Professionals and Services Licensing
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
April 30, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of March, 1997.
On March 20, 1997 the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund balance was -$1 thousand. This shortfall increased to -$2 thousand on March 31, 1997 and continued through the end of the month. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
On March 19, 1997 the Wisconsin Petroleum Inspection Fund balance was -$2.06 million. This shortfall continued until March 25, 1997 when the balance reached $6.40 million. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
On March 1, 1997 the Information Technology Investment Fund balance was -$550 thousand. This shortfall continued until March 6, 1997 when the balance reached $154 thousand. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
The Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment, Wisconsin Petroleum Inspection and Information Technology Investment Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the $400 million ceiling and did not exceed the balances of the Funds available for interfund borrowing. This shortfall was due to the timing of revenues.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 5, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of §
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.
Harnischfeger Industries Inc.
Subject(s): Legislation affecting manufacturers; mining law issues, tax laws and regulations; environmental laws and regulations; laws and regulations relating to employment issues.
Lundgren, K Thor
Memorial Life Insurance Company, American
Subject(s): Rule-making related to the implementation of Senate Bill 535, which was recently signed into law.
Klauser, David
Kuehn, Ronald W
Peltz Group Inc., The
Subject(s): All matters affecting solid waste management and recycling industry, including environmental, tax and general business matters.
Fassbender, Robert I
Osborne, 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:
Cooperatives, Wisconsin Federation of
Arts, James L
Head Start Assn., Wisconsin
Hilbert, Lisa
Jentz, Robert
Lung Assn. of Wisconsin Inc., American
Radtke, Randall
Midwest Express Airlines Inc.
Bright, Michael
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,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
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Relating to the sunset of NR 728.11
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, May 7, 1997.
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources, May 7, 1997
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Relating to do-not-resuscitate bracelets to alert emergency health care personnel of do-not-resuscitate orders.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, April 30, 1997.
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs,
May 7, 1997 .
Relating to federal emission standards for chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing operations.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, May 7, 1997.
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources, May 7, 1997
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The committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to the waiver of approvals, fees and other requirements of ch.
29, stats., for.
No action taken.
Relating to endangered and threatened species.
No action taken.
Relating to the Lake Superior fisheries management plan.
No action taken.
Relating to waiver of the slow-no-wake speed restriction on the Wild Rose Mill Pond, Waushara County.
No action taken.
Relating to prohibiting the sale of butane, propane, mixtures of butane and propane or other gaseous hydrocarbons for use as refrigerants in mobile air conditioners.
