Alice Clausing
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
August 5, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
15.227(24)(a)5p., Wisconsin Statutes, I have appointed Senator Robert Wirch to the Council on Workforce Excellence.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
August 12, 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.
SCI Management Corporation Inc
Subject(s): All matters related to the management and operation of funeral homes and cemeteries.
Christianson, Peter
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:
St Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Radtke, Randall
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.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Jentz, Robert 8/11/97
Harnischfeger Industries Inc
Lundgren, K Thor 8/8/97
Head Start Assn, Wisconsin
Jentz, Robert 8/8/97
Organization's modification or amendment of records:
The registered organization listed below has indicated the following modification to its records:
CIBA Crop Protection has changed its name to Novartis Crop Protection
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 establishing minimum standards of recruitment and training for tribal law enforcement and secure detention.
Submitted by Department of Justice.
Report received from Agency, August 7, 1997.
Referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs, August 12, 1997
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Relating to annual patients compensation fund and mediation fund fees for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, adding certain physician specialties and providing that University of Wisconsin hospital and clinics residents' fees be calculated on a full-time-equivalent basis in the same manner as medical college of Wisconsin resident fees are currently calculated.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, August 11, 1997.
Referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism and Rural Affairs, August 12, 1997
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Relating to the Wisconsin sales and use tax treatment of landscaping services and sales and purchases by governmental units and the use of exemption certificates.
Submitted by Department of Revenue.
Report received from Agency, August 7, 1997.
Referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations, August 12, 1997
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The committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to food, hygiene and living quarters for inmates.
No action taken.
Relating to applications, examinations and continuing education requirements and to standards of professional conduct of optometrists.
No action taken.
Relating to rural counties participating in the Wisconsin breast cancer screening project.
No action taken.
Relating to the licensure of nursing home administrators.
No action taken.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
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Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, August 14 at 10:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
10:01 A.M.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 259 offered by Senator C. Potter.