Monday, June 23, 1997
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 249
Relating to: classifying county coroners and deputy coroners as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Musser and Gronemus.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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The committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: the imposition of service charges for a storm water and surface water sewerage system.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Clausing, Shibilski, Wirch and Zien.
Noes, 1 - Senator A. Lasee.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Clausing, Shibilski, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Alice Clausing
Chairperson
The committee on Information Policy reports and recommends:
Bugher
, Mark,
of Waunakee, as a member of the WI Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 1998.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Chin
, Ed,
of Madison, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 1998.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dejno
, Bonnie J.,
of Franklin, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Hise
, Rod,
of Madison, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2000.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Hotter
, Suzanne S.,
of Watertown, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 1998.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Jauch
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
June 18, 1997, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
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.
S208
CNA Insurance Companies
Subject(s): Any function or activity of any branch, department or phase of state or local government; agriculture; environment; taxation; regulation or business; finance or insurance, or other topics pertaining to the general public health or welfare.
Kuehn, Ronald W
Land Information Assn. Wisconsin
Subject(s): Any policies related to the development, implementation, maintenance and use of land information and computerized land information systems. Land information includes but is not limited to ownership, value, soils, zoning, use, forests, wetlands, floodplanes and other agricultural and natural resource data.
Tenuta, James
Nutrition Project Inc. Wisconsin
Subject(s): 1) Hunger and nutrition; 2) Maternal and child health issues; and 3) Welfare Reform/Economic Assistance.
Bader, Jonathan
Pappas Telecasting Companies
Subject(s): Legislation and administrative rules affecting the operation of broadcast television.
Petersen, Eric
Wimmer, Jr, James
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:
Grocers Assn., Wisconsin
Essie, Patrick
Hilbert, Lisa
Jentz, Robert
Moore, Thomas E
Tenuta, James
Harnischfeger Industries Inc.
Hermsen, Louise
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