Chairperson
S302
The committee on
Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 35
Relating to: the minimum number of persons required on train crews, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Plache, C. Potter, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 10
Relating to: rules of conduct for a business receiving business assistance from the department of commerce and a business entering into an industrial development revenue bonding agreement with a municipality, the employment impact estimates required to be submitted by such a business and providing penalties.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Plache, C. Potter, Moore and Decker.
Noes, 3 - Senators Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Plache, C. Potter, Moore and Decker.
Noes, 3 - Senators Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Kimberly Plache
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems
The joint survey committee on Retirement Systems reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 257
Relating to: the determination of the annual earnings period under the Wisconsin retirement system for certain technical college district and cooperative educational service agency employes.
The Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems finds that Senate Bill 257 reflects good public policy, and the Committee recommends its passage.
Richard Grobschmidt
Senate Chairperson
Referred to committee on Education.
The committee on Utility Regulation reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 147
Relating to: regulating water or sewer service provided to occupants of mobile home parks, providing an exemption form emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude, Welch and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude, Welch and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude and Farrow.
Noes, 1 - Senator Welch.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 15, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The General Fund has an undesignated balance of $327.1 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $227.1 million higher than the $100.0 million estimate that was projected in the final Chapter
20 fund condition statement.
General purpose revenue taxes were $8.804 billion compared to $8.209 billion in the prior year, an increase of $595 million or 7.2 percent. General purpose revenue expenditures were $9.026 billion compared to $8.142 billion in the prior year, an increase of 883.9 million or 10.9 percent. This increase is primarily attributable to increased school aids and local assistance. In addition, a transfer of $257.8 million was made to the Property Tax Relief Fund to provide state property tax relief in the 1997-1999 fiscal biennium. Together, the Property Tax Relief Fund transfer and the general purpose revenue expenditures total $9.284 billion of general fund uses.
General purpose revenue spending increases in fiscal year 1997 were largely driven by increases in three areas: school aids increased be $844.2 million, Corrections increased by $123.3 million, and University of Wisconsin System increased by $6.0 million. These increases accounted for all of the total increase in general purpose revenue spending. Spending in all other areas combined decreased slightly.
In fiscal year 1997, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 62.1 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 16.4 percent of total general purpose revenues expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 9.5 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations spending for all other state agencies accounted for 12.0 percent of the total.
The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in December of 1997. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Sincerely,
mark d. bugher
Secretary
Sincerely,
william j. raftery, Cpa
State Controller
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
October 10, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Osborne, Patrick J.,
of Madison, as a member of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, to serve for the term ending October 11, 1998.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
October 10, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Earl
, Anthony S.,
of Madison, as a member of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, to serve for the term ending October 11, 1998.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
October 8, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Brancel, Ben,
of Endeavor, as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
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