December 8, 1998
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.
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:
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
McCoshen, William
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
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The committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to NFPA standards in the building code.
No action taken.
Relating to the issuance and use of administrative warnings.
No action taken.
Relating to continuing education, renewal, temporary practices, practical examinations, fitting of hearing instruments, use of titles, initials and designations and unlicensed practice.
No action taken.
Relating to construction site erosion control.
No action taken.
Relating to real estate appraisers.
No action taken.
Gary Drzewiecki
Chairperson
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The committee on Education and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Relating to the Milwaukee parental school choice program.
No action taken.
Relating to grants for peer review and mentoring.
No action taken.
Relating to federal covered securities, federal covered advisers and investment adviser representatives.
No action taken.
Alberta Darling
Chairperson
The committee on Health, Family Services and Aging reports and recommends:
Relating to the operation of rural medical centers.
No action taken.
Relating to the health insurance risk-sharing plan.
No action taken.
Relating to critical access hospitals.
No action taken.
Carol Roessler
Chairperson