Assembly Bill
254
Relating to: promulgation of emergency rules and the extension of emergency rules by the joint committee for review of administrative rules.
By joint committee for review ofAdministrative Rules.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
329
Relating to: excluding agricultural transactions from the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
By Representatives Hoven, Kaufert, Meyer, Plale, Vrakas, Skindrud, La Fave and Ward; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Wineke, Zien, Fitzgerald, C. Potter, Rude and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Assembly Bill
386
Relating to: law enforcement agency access to photographs of applicants for operators' licenses and identification cards and providing a penalty.
By Representatives La Fave, Schneider, Dobyns, Goetsch, Hanson, Musser, J. Lehman, Brandemuehl, Bock, Ladwig, Ziegelbauer, Walker, Gronemus, Underheim, Ryba, Grothman, Murat, F. Lasee, Hahn, Sykora, Kreuser and Olsen; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Huelsman, Farrow and Drzewiecki.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
394
Relating to: the composition of county boards of canvassers.
By Representatives M. Lehman, Olsen, Grothman, Ladwig, Musser, Plouff, Albers, Huebsch, Sykora and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Roessler and Moen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
478
Relating to: publication of foreclosure notices; notices to former owners of tax-deeded property; and recovery of the costs of foreclosure of tax-deeded land.
By Representatives Krusick, Albers, Huber, Musser, Olsen, Seratti, Staskunas, Urban and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Farrow and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
606
Relating to: the application of the business combination and the control share voting restriction provisions of the business corporation law; dry cleaning fees; the regulation of providers of domestic public commercial mobile radio service; nontarget population members; pregnancy as a preexisting condition; the date by which certain school board resolutions pertaining to the open enrollment programs must be adopted; loans made to school districts by the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; the method for calculating contributions to the universal service fund; use of the universal service fund to make grants to certain school districts for telecommunications access; financial assistance for local recycling programs; funding for a boat landing located on the Wisconsin River in the town of Buena Vista; grants awarded by the environmental education board that are related to forestry; the transportation and sale of fish; reports concerning the environmental cooperation pilot program; funding for air and solid and hazardous waste programs; studies of fish in the Great Lakes; restrictions on the placement of sexually violent persons who are granted supervised release; provision of information necessary for the administration of child support and economic support programs; copayments under the medical assistance program for specialized medical vehicle services; eligibility for child care subsidies under the Wisconsin works program; increased funding for the benefit specialist program for older individuals; the amount that a county having a population of 500,000 or more must contribute for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department of health and family services; the photographing of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments, of employes and prospective employes of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments and of adult residents and prospective adult residents of the home of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments; criminal history and abuse record searches of persons applying to the department of health and family services for a license, certification or registration to operate certain entities that care for children or adults and of employes, prospective employes, adult residents and prospective adult residents of those entities; eliminating cross-references to the Wisconsin works health plan; the indexing of the mining tax; computing the aviation fuel tax; a sales tax and use tax exemption for samples of medicine and registration for use tax purposes; tax increment sharing for tax incremental financing districts in Oshkosh that contain polluted soil; changing conflict of interest provisions and lottery participation restrictions that affect certain employes of the department of revenue; the department of revenue's expenses to administer the fee on vehicle rentals; the international fuel tax agreement; directing the department of revenue to not adjust individual income tax withholding tables and making a technical adjustment in the calculation of income tax liability by individual nonresidents and part-year residents of this state; weight limitations for vehicles and combinations of vehicles transporting bulk potatoes; specific information signs along STH 172; salary-setting authority of certain state bodies; reserve "Class B" intoxicating liquor licenses; the abolishment of the emergency response board; revocation of probation for failure to pay supervision fees owed to the department of corrections; and making an appropriation.
By committee onRules.
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: the distribution of the net proceeds of the state lottery and certain moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting and bingo (first consideration).
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By Representatives M. Lehman, Walker, Goetsch, Wood, Harsdorf, Travis, Kaufert, Black, Ladwig, Huebsch, Hasenohrl, Schafer, Ainsworth, Ryba, Dobyns, Musser, Albers, Sykora, Skindrud and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators Ellis and Panzer.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: urging the U.S. secretary of agriculture to immediately change the federal milk pricing system.
By Representatives Sykora, Ott, Zukowski, Skindrud, Harsdorf, Gronemus, Otte, Hahn, Ward, Goetsch, Owens, Albers, Brandemuehl, Grothman, Jensen, Gunderson, Johnsrud, Kreibich, Huebsch, Black, R. Young, Green, Freese, Gard, Walker, Hebl, Dobyns, Turner, Vrakas, Hoven, Plouff, Ladwig, Urban, Hasenohrl, F. Lasee and Lorge; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Clausing, Schultz, Welch, Rude, Jauch, Wineke, A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Decker, Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Farrow and Cowles.
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
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Senator Plache, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 12:42 P.M..
11:15 P.M.
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12:42 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
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Senate Resolution 3
Relating to: requesting the attorney general to appear for the state as a party in proceedings related to metallic mineral mining.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Resolution 3 be placed at the foot of the calendar of November 19, 1997.
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Senate Bill 36
Relating to: notice of tort claims against governmental entities.
Read a second time.
Senator Wineke, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 83 be considered for action at this time.
Assembly Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: commemorating the life of James D. Selk.
Concurred in.
Senate Bill 36
Relating to: notice of tort claims against governmental entities.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senator Wineke, with unanimous consent, asked that the action on Assembly Joint Resolution 83 be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senate Bill 36
Read a third time.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 36 be passed?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 15; noes, 16; absent or not voting, 2; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, George, Grobschmidt, Moore, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Shibilski, Wineke and Wirch - 15.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 16.
Absent or not voting - Senators Jauch and Moen - 2.
Refused passage.
Senate Bill 130
Relating to: sale of rabies vaccine and rabies vaccination of dogs.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 130 offered by Senators A. Lasee and Shibilski.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 130 offered by Senators A. Lasee, Shibilski and Zien.
Senator Lasee, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 130 be considered for action at this time.
Senator Clausing moved rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 130.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 130?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 16; noes, 15; absent or not voting, 2; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Moore, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Schultz, Wineke and Wirch - 16.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, A. Lasee, Panzer, Rosenzweig, Rude, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 15.
Absent or not voting - Senators Jauch and Moen - 2.
Rejected.
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Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:39 P.M..
1:21 P.M.
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1:39 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
Senator Huelsman moved reconsideration of the vote by which Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 130 was rejected.
