Relating to: charter schools.
By
Senators
Darling, Weeden, Farrow, Huelsman, Welch and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Olsen, Underheim, Duff, Gard, Albers, Ott, Ainsworth, Johnsrud, Grothman, Owens, Brandemuehl, Walker, Ladwig, Vrakas and Jeskewitz.
To committee on Education.
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The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 384
Relating to: special education programs for children with disabilities and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction.
Ayes, 7 - Senators C. Potter, Jauch, Shibilski, Grobschmidt, Darling, Huelsman and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Calvin Potter
Chairperson
To committee on Education.
S373
The committee on
Utility Regulation reports and recommends:
Mettner, Joseph P.,
of Madison, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 1999.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude, Welch and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Parrino, Cheryl L.,
of Madison, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2003 and to serve as Chair for the term ending March 1, 1999.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude, Welch and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 339
Relating to: prohibitions regarding members of public service commission.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Moen, Clausing, Decker, Shibilski, Rude, Welch and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
Senate Bill 374 was withdrawn from the committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations and referred to the committee on Utility Regulation pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (1)(c).
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
December 9, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of §
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:
Teachers Wisconsin Federation of
Weidel, Carol
Troopers Assn. Wisconsin State
Perry, Casey
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.
Teachers Wisconsin Federation of
Braithwaite, Mary 12/9/97
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
Ethics Board
December 16, 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.
Avenor America Inc.
Subject(s): Recycling and solid waste issues, manufacture and sales of pulp and paper products, newspapers.
Gerrard, M William
Haight, Daniel
Johnson & Johnson
Subject(s): Legislation/rules which positively or adversely impact the sales and/or reimbursement of products and/or services sold by Johnson & Johnson.
Schut, Keith
Ophthalmology Wisconsin Academy of
Subject(s): We are interested in issues related to the availability and quality of medical eye care and vision care, and the treatment of eye diseases medically and surgically. We also are concerned with matters relating to the practice of medicine and health insurance issues.
Hottenroth, Theresa
Leitch, Laura
Paul, Richard
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:
Community Bankers of Wisconsin
Solheim, Thomas P
Nature Conservancy
Jordahl, Harald
Radtke Contractors Inc.
Christensen, Jeffrey A
S374
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
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 15, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an audit of the Kids Information Data System (KIDS), as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The $51.4 million automated child support enforcement system, which was developed by the former Department of Health and Social Services and is currently the responsibility of the Department of Workforce Development, was implemented statewide in September 1996.
Although several factors influenced the development of KIDS, in order to avoid serious financial consequences the Department gave priority to ensuring the system would meet the requirements of the federal Family Support Act of 1988. While this helped to ensure conditional federal certification of KIDS in September1997, it also led to the development of a system that does not fully meet the needs of the county staff who rely on it to fulfill their day-to-day responsibilities.
