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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
January 27, 2000
Mr. Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 99-14 Legislation on Discipline of Health Care Professionals
(1999 Senate Bills 317 and 318)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
Jane R. Henkel
Acting Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Educational Communications Board
Madison
January 25, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
39.11(17m), Wis. Stats., attached are the audit reports for Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Television Network and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Radio Network.
Sincerely,
Thomas Fletemeyer
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Milwaukee Public Schools
Division of Curriculum and Instruction
Madison
January 28, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed you will find a copy of the report entitled "State-Funded High/Scope All-Day Five-Year-Old Kindergarten Program and State-Funded High/Scope First Grade Program." This report summarizes the projects and the data collected for the 1998-1999 school year.
This report was prepared in response to Sections
119.71,
119.73 and
119.75 of the current state statutes.
Sincerely,
Mickey Beil
Governmental Relations Specialist
Office of Governmental Relations
Referred to committee on Education.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
January 31, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In accordance with s.
25.17(17) of the Statutes, I am submitting to the Joint Committee on Finance, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board's (SWIB) annual report on credits, or "soft dollars," generated with security brokerage firms and the use of those credits to acquire investment research services. This report covers commissions, research credits, and expenditures for calendar year 1999.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have about this report or other Investment Board matters.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
10:13 A.M.
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12:50 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for Representative Seratti. Granted.
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Assembly Bill 241
Relating to: health insurance coverage for former local government employes who are participants in the Wisconsin retirement system.
Representative Handrick in the chair.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 241 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 241 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
241 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 241 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
241 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 244
Relating to: an education tax credit to corporations.
Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 244 be placed at the foot of today's calendar. Granted.
Assembly Bill 251
Relating to: notification of persons that land may be taken in trust by the U.S. government for individual American Indians and tribes.
The question was: Shall Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 251 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 251 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
251 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 251 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Williams asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting "No" on the previous question. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
251 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.