Wednesday, August 19, 1998
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
August 11, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate/Legislature:
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.
U.S. Care Inc
Subject(s): State legislation and administrative rules relating to long term care services, insurance and program management.
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:
Towns Assn, Wisconsin
Woods, Kent
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.
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Martin, Aurene 8/10/98
USA Waste Services of WI Inc
Essie, Patrick 8/10/98
Moore, Thomas E 8/10/98
Zeppos, Evan 8/10/98
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,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
August 18, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate/Legislature:
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.
Commonwealth Edison/Unicom
Subject(s): State legislation and administrative rules relating to utility companies (gas, water and electric - regulated by any state agency or entity), non-regulated companies, energy issues, competition in the electric industry, regulatory re-structuring, marketing, environment, transportation, taxation and business practices.
Bloom, JoAnne
Bright, Michael
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:
School Boards Inc, Wisconsin Assn of
O'Connor, Annette
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.
Cooperatives, Wisconsin Federation of
Steinhaus, Jon 8/14/98
E & J Gallo Winery
Hanson, Thomas 8/17/98
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,
Roth Judd
Director
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
August 17, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Enclosed please find your copy of the July 1998 Miller Park Monthly Progress Report. If you have any questions or comments on this month's report, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and input on the Miller Park project.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E., R.l.s.
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin System
August 10, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The University of Wisconsin System is pleased to provide you with a copy of our annual Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) report. In fulfillment of Section
1.11(2)(j) Wisconsin Statutes, this document provides information on the numbers of environmental assessment (EA's) and environmental impact statements (EIS's) completed in the past fiscal year.
This report addresses the activities of the University of Wisconsin System for the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998.
Questions regarding this report should be directed to Gary Brown, UW System Environmental Affairs Officer. Gary may be reached at 263-4417.
Sincerely,
Katharine C. Lyall
President