The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Underheim in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 305 offered by committee on Health.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 335 offered by Representatives Vrakas and Staskunas.
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The committee on Criminal Justice reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 205
Relating to: possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Goetsch, Walker, Stone, Owens, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Gundrum, Gunderson, Colon, Berceau, Huber, Richards, Wood and Young.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Robert Goetsch
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice
The committee on Education Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 100
Relating to: criminal liability of school personnel for corporal punishment.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Nass, Olsen, Underheim, Stone, Grothman, Gundrum, Cullen and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Stephen Nass
Chairperson
Committee on Education Reform
The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 305
Relating to: adopting the nurse licensure compact and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 18 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Urban.
To committee on Rules.
Gregg Underheim
Chairperson
Committee on Health
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 70
1. Page 2, line 8: delete "includes" and substitute "include".
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Speaker's Appointments
May 25, 1999
Representative Phil Montgomery
115 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Representative Montgomery:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my privilege to appoint you to the Assembly Committee on Information Policy. You will be replacing Representative Kaufert and your appointment is effective immediately. Thank you in advance for your service.
If you have any questions, please contact Brett in my office. Thank you again for your work on behalf of the people of Wisconsin and the State Assembly.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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May 25, 1999
Representative Jeff Stone
306 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Representative Stone:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my privilege to appoint you to the Joint Legislative Council Committee. This appointment is effective immediately. Thank you in advance for your service.
If you have any questions, please contact Brett in my office. Thank you again for your work on behalf of the people of Wisconsin and the State Assembly.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
May 18, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, as directed by
1993 Wisconsin Act 349. The Board was created in 1994 to manage the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, which encompasses nearly 8,600 acres in Vernon County. The Board is responsible for day-to-day management of the reserve under a lease agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which purchased the land in the early 1970s as part of a large flood control and dam-building effort.
The federal Water Resources Development Act of 1996 deauthorizes the Kickapoo dam project and provides for ownership of approximately 7,400 acres to be transferred to the State. The remaining 1,200 acres of tribally significant land is to be held in federal trust for the Ho-Chunk Nation. Federal legislation sets forth several conditions the Corps and the State must meet to effect the transfer. While the State has met most of its requirements, the Corps is in the process of cleaning up solid and potentially hazardous waste sites on the property and determining how it will reconstruct the state and county highways that cross the reserve. In addition, the Corps and the State must sign an agreement that holds the federal government harmless from any future claims related to the Corps' past ownership of the property. Transfer of the land is anticipated for spring 2000; however, any of these unresolved issues could postpone the transfer.
We found that the Board has performed its limited duties effectively, balancing the desires of local citizens and other visitors with its statutory requirements to protect the reserve's unique natural and cultural resources. Its management lease with the Corps allows it to collect voluntary user fees, develop land-use policies, and mark trails and boundaries. Currently, the Board is writing a comprehensive master plan for the reserve, planning the construction of pedestrian bridges across the Kickapoo River, and repairing and maintaining trails.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Board and its staff. The response of the Board's Executive Director is Appendix II.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
May 15, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
