Senate

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs

Assembly Bill 872

Relating to: charging a tenant for a credit check, presumption that tenant caused damage, allowing plaintiffs to remove and store property under a writ of restitution and providing a penalty.

By Representatives Grothman, Wasserman, Albers, Duff, Goetsch, Handrick, Kedzie, F. Lasee, Nass, Seratti, Staskunas, Walker, Ward, Ziegelbauer and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Weeden, Rosenzweig, Roessler, Farrow and Welch.

April 21, 1998 Referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.

April 23, 1998 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (3) Senators Drzewiecki, Roessler and Darling.

Absent: (2) Senators Moore (excused) and Plache (excused).

Appearances for

· Jim Campbell, Wisconsin Apartment Association

· Kathleen Soderbloom, for State Representative Judy Robson, 45th Assembly District

· Orville Seymer, Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

· Bob Andersen, Legal Action of Wisconsin

· State Representative Glenn Grothman, 59th Assembly District

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· State Senator Robert Welch, 14th Senate District

Registrations against

· None.

April 29, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (3) Senators Drzewiecki, Darling and Plache.

Absent: (2) Senators Roessler (excused) and Moore (excused).

Moved by Senator Plache, seconded by Senator Darling, that Assembly Bill 872

be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (4) Senators Drzewiecki, Roessler (polling), Darling and Plache.

Noes: (1) Senator Moore (polling).

Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 1, Absent 0

Louis Schubert

Committee Clerk