Secretary
Referred to the committee on Finance
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
July 15, 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.
Badger State Cemetery Assn.
Subject(s): All areas of legislative or administrative policy which affect the ownership, administration or operation of a Wisconsin cemetery.
Goyke, Gary R
Blind Inc Wisconsin Council of The
Subject(s): All areas of administrative or legislative policies which affect the lives and businesses of individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Goyke, Gary R
Electrical Contractors Assn.-Milwaukee Chapter NECA Inc
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Subject(s): The areas of state legislation and administrative rules the Electrical Contractors Assn.-Milwaukee Chapter, NECA Inc. may attempt to influence include, but are not limited to, utility deregulation, small business, taxation, government operations, employment, labor and job training and workers' compensation issues.
Penno, Timothy A
Game Preserve Assn. Wisconsin
Subject(s): All areas of administrative or legislative policy that affect the ownership, management or operation of a Wisconsin licensed game farm.
Goyke, Gary R
Lake Como Sanitary District
Subject(s): All actions affecting the Clean Water Fund and related provisions.
Brown, George
Self-Service Laundry Assn. Wisconsin
Subject(s): All areas of administrative or legislative policy which affect the ownership, management or operation of a self-service laundry.
Goyke, Gary R
Taxicab Owners Wisconsin Assn. of
Subject(s): All areas of administrative or legislative policy which affect the ownership, management and operation of a taxi or shared ride system.
Goyke, Gary R
Urban Transit Assn. Wisconsin
Subject(s): All areas of administrative or legislative affairs which may affect the administration or operation of a municipal or county transit system.
Goyke, Gary R
Video Software Dealers Assn.
Subject(s): Regulation of motion picture distribution; restrictions on civil liberties; protection of commercial rights and opportunities for retailers.
Goyke, Gary R
Viking Voyageur Gas Transmission Company LLC
Subject(s): Any requirements/regulations relating to the siting, construction, maintenance and operation of natural gas pipelines.
Hough, James E
Osborne, Patrick
Steinmetz, Amy
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:
AT&T Corporation
Klauser, James R
Bar of Wisconsin, State
Bromley, Matthew
CNA Insurance Companies
Osborne, Patrick
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc
Moore, Thomas E
Infiltrator Systems Inc
Moore, Thomas E
Madison Gas and Electric Co.
Klauser, James R
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Barr Laboratories
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Children's Health System, Inc.
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Chiropractic Assn., Wisconsin
Gerrard, M William 7/11/97
Concerned Auto Recyclers of Wisconsin
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
County Police Assn., Wisconsin
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Curative Rehabilitation Services
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
EDS Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Electric Power Co., Wisconsin
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Labor Assn. of Wisconsin, Inc
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs Assn.
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Prosecutors, Assn. of State
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Speech Language Hearing Assn. Inc Wisconsin
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc
Intrater, Michelle 7/15/97
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.A
Sincerely,
