Wednesday, February 2, 2000
10:22 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Hundertmark.
Representative Ryba led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Albers, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Ainsworth and Seratti - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Ainsworth and Seratti. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 684 offered by committee on Natural Resources.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 701 offered by Representative Suder.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 701 offered by Representatives Walker and Sherman.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 708
Relating to: applicability of the local governmental unit negotiation and cost-recovery process for contaminated property.
By
Representatives Jensen, Vrakas, Pettis, Kelso, Stone, Gundrum, Kedzie, Ladwig, Owens, Duff, Hoven, Olsen, Walker, Staskunas, Musser, Kreibich, Sykora, Spillner, Albers, Porter, Turner and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Huelsman and Schultz.
To committee on Environment.
Assembly Bill 709
Relating to: regulation of athletic agents, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Underheim, Kreibich, Suder, Ott, Hahn, Albers, Goetsch, Sykora, Musser, Owens, Olsen, Huebsch, Kreuser, Kelso, Pettis, Seratti, Miller, Vrakas, Ainsworth, Kaufert and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Roessler, Welch and Rosenzweig.
To committee on Labor and Employment
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Assembly Bill 710
Relating to: the reorganization and modernization of chapter 66 of the statutes.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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The committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: failure to pay owners of raw forest products.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Ainsworth, Musser, Rhoades, Freese, Klusman, Hubler, Gronemus, Hasenohrl and Sherman.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
John Ainsworth
Chairperson
Committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts spent on medical insurance premiums by certain individuals.
Adoption of Report:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Hahn and Hebl, Senators Decker and Breske, and Mr. Paul Vrakas.
Noes: 4 - Senator Cowles, Representative M. Lehman, Ms. Secretary Cate Zeuske and Mr. Alan Lee, Department of Justice.
To committee on Rules.
Eugene Hahn
Assembly Chairperson
