Relating to: prisoner access to personal information and contract authority of the department of corrections.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Walker, Goetsch, Suder, Owens, Hoven, Hahn, Gundrum, Balow, Coggs, Pocan, Staskunas and Travis.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Walker, Goetsch, Suder, Owens, Hoven, Hahn, Gundrum, Balow, Coggs, Pocan, Staskunas and Travis.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Scott Walker
Chairperson
Committee on Corrections and the Courts
The committee on Small Business and Economic Development reports and recommends:
Assembly Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: memorializing Congress to pass legislation requiring professional sports leagues to permit community ownership of their franchises.
Adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Townsend, Schooff, J. Lehman and Lassa.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Leibham.
To committee on Rules.
Lorraine Seratti
Chairperson
Committee on Small Business and Economic Development
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 12
Relating to: the Korean War memorial at Plover and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Concurred in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
25
Assembly Joint Resolution
36
Assembly Joint Resolution
37
Assembly Bill 65
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Senate Joint Resolution
11
Senate Joint Resolution
12
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 83
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Senate Joint Resolution
11
Relating to: proclaiming May 3rd of every year, Trzeciego Maja Day.
By
Senators
Drzewiecki, Shibilski, Moen, Zien, Grobschmidt, Schultz, Darling and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Ryba, Suder, Plale, Rhoades, Hahn, Sykora, Urban, Montgomery, Krug, Gronemus, Bock, Miller, Seratti, Kreuser and Owens.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Joint Resolution
12
Relating to: requesting Congress to enact legislation to allow states to control the interstate shipment of solid waste.
By
Senators
Wirch, Robson, Clausing, Cowles, Baumgart, Schultz, Grobschmidt, Lazich, Breske, Farrow, Erpenbach, Darling, Huelsman and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives Johnsrud, Albers, Bock, Freese, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Ladwig, Lassa, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Owens, Petrowski, Plouff, Reynolds, Skindrud, Spillner, Stone, Suder, Urban, Ward and Berceau.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill
83
Relating to: materials involving the sexual exploitation of a child.
By
Senators
Clausing, Burke, Cowles, Darling, Roessler and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Goetsch, Albers, Bock, Musser and Ryba.
To calendar.
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
March 18, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As you know,
1997 Act 27 created a Shared Revenue Task Force. As chairman of the Shared Revenue Task Force, I am hereby submitting the report of the Task Force to you.
The Shared Revenue Task Force was charged with recommending legislation that would replace the formulas for the Shared Revenue program, the Expenditure Restraint program, and the Small Municipalities Shared Revenue program. After study and discussion, we are recommending changes to the existing formulae, and to request increased funding for shared revenue programs. We took this path for several reasons.
The Task Force found that the basic formulae of the shared revenue program work largely as intended, and are reasonably well-matched to the goals of the program. The Task Force also discovered that the amount of time and resources dedicated to its work, was not truly sufficient to accomplish a comprehensive study of new formulae and new programs. Given these findings, the Task Force felt it best to recommend only modest changes. The report also calls for additional study of some proposals for the shared revenue program. Finally, the report does call for additional funding for the shared revenue programs, should funding become available.
Thank you for the opportunity to present this report.
Sincerely,
John W. Rader, Chairman
Shared Revenue Task Force
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
March 18, 1999
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
1995 Wisconsin Act 27 created s.
46.27 (11g) of the statutes, which requires the Department of Health and Family Services to submit an annual report on its Community Options Program. The attached report describes the persons served, program expenditures and services delivered through the Community Options Program in calendar year 1997.
Community Options is designed to relocate or divert people who need long term care from nursing homes. This is accomplished by offering an alternative package of community services to elderly and disabled persons who are otherwise eligible for Medicaid-funded nursing home care.
The Departments allocates funds to county human service agencies to deliver these community services. In providing services, the county agency may not expend more, on average, than the state portion (about 40%) of the Medicaid cost for nursing home care. The county agency must also maximize funds by accessing any federal funds (Waiver and other Medicaid) available for an individual before using Regular Community Options funds. These are two of the mechanisms that the counties, with Department oversight, utilize to ensure the prudent, cost effective use of the Community Options funds while maintaining program flexibility and integrity.
The annual report examines program activity for the Community Options Program and the Community Options Program-Waiver in calendar year 1997.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary, DHFS
Referred to committee on Health.
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Agency Reports
