Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
November 4, 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.
Health Information Outsourcing Services Assn. of
Subject(s): WI S.B. 250; section 1.908.03 (6m)(d) Also: Chapter HSS 117 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Swandby, Janet
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:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Tenuta, James
Delta Dental Plan of Wisconsin, Inc.
Tenuta, James
Health Information Outsourcing Services, Assn. of
Swandby, Janet
Physical Therapy Assn., Wisconsin
Tenuta, James
Prosecutors, Assn. of State
Liebe, Thomas
Public Power Inc. SYSTEM, Wisconsin
Tenuta, James
Solid Wastes Management Assn., National
Tenuta, James
Theatre Owners, National Assn. of
Tenuta, James
Truck Stop Operators Inc., Wisconsin Assn. of
Tenuta, James
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.
Madison Gas and Electric Co
Klauser, James R 10/29/97
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.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
October 30, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 234.93(5), please find enclosed a report on the number of guarantees, total dollar amount of guarantees and default rates for each of the programs supported by the Wisconsin Development Reserve Fund. Please note that the report also includes Wisconsin Development Reserve Fund program activity in fiscal 1997. Please feel free to contact me or Jim Langdon at 266-3529 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Fritz Ruf
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Council on Physical Disabilities
October 31, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
46.29 (f) of the state statutes, I am pleased to submit to you the Annual report of the Council on Physical Disabilities for state fiscal year 1997 (July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997). The Council appreciates the opportunity to participate in state government as a representative of Wisconsin's citizens with physical disabilities.
Large print, Braille, audiotapes, and disc versions of this report are available by contacting the staff at the Council at 608/266-9667 (voice) or 608/267-3906 (Fax).
Sincerely,
Joel Rodney
Chairperson
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executive order #320
Relating to a Special Election for the Forty-Second Assembly District
WHEREAS, State Representative Ben Brancel submitted his resignation as a State Representative for the forty-second Assembly District, effective November 2, 1997;
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to section 8.50 (4) of the Wisconsin Statutes, order that a special election be held on January 13, 1998 to fill the vacancy in the forty-second Assembly District. A description of the boundaries of the forty-second Assembly District as created in
Prosser et. al. v. Elections Board et. al., Civil Action 92-C-0078-
C (W.D. Wis. 1992) is set out in the 1995-96 Wisconsin Statutes following section 4.005. The term shall expire on the first Monday in January, 1999 and , if a primary is necessary, it shall be held December 16, 1997. Circulation of nomination papers for candidates may begin on November 3, 1997 and nomination papers may be filed no later than 5:00 P.M., November 18, 1997. This election shall be held, conducted, canvassed and returned in accordance with law.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this second day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Relating to water quality standards for wetlands, water quality certification and landfill location, performance and design criteria.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, November 4, 1997.
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources, November 5, 1997.
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The committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Relating to the design and construction of public buildings and places of employment to provide accessibility for people with disabilities.
No action taken.
Relating to the Wisconsin sales and use tax as it applies to containers.
No action taken.
Gwendolynne Moore
Chairperson