Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Highways and Transportation
Assembly Bill 483
Relating to: allowing the department of transportation to contract with public utilities and rural electric cooperative associations for cooperative acquisition, development or maintenance of jointly used rights-of-way.
By Representatives Brandemuehl, Musser, Freese, Albers, Hahn, Vrakas, Goetsch, Kelso, Grothman, Ott, Schafer, Seratti, Otte, Powers, Kedzie, Ainsworth, Zukowski, Gunderson and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Farrow, Huelsman, Moen and Schultz.
August 21, 1997 Referred to committee on Highways and Transportation.
October 9, 1997
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (12) Representatives Brandemuehl, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Gronemus, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Absent: (3) Representatives Otte, Hasenohrl and Turner.
· Rep. David Brandemuehl, 49th Assembly District
· Jim Thiel, DOT
· Nick George, WI Utilities Association
· None.
· None.
· Sen. Margaret Farrow, 33rd Senate District
· Madison Gas & Electric
· Ruthann Nelson, WI Federation of Cooperatives
· Jason Kratochwill, Public Service Commission
· Robert Fussbender, Northern States Power
· Jon Lundren, WI Gas Co.
· Noranna M. Vincent, WI Public Service Corp.
· James J. Palzkill, WI Power & Light Co
· Barry McNulty, WI Electric Power
· Lorenzo Cruz, Ameritech
· None.
October 23, 1997
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Present: (13) Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Riley and Steinbrink.
Absent: (2) Representatives Hasenohrl and Ryba.
Moved by Representative Lorge, seconded by Representative Musser, that
Assembly Bill 483
be recommended for passage.
Ayes: (13) Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Gronemus, Turner, L. Young, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (2) Representatives Hasenohrl and Ryba.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 13, Noes 0, Absent 2
Sheri Krause
Committee Clerk
