Thursday, February 10, 2000
10:13 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Duff in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Rabbi Jan Brahms from the Temple Beth El in Madison.
Representative Ainsworth 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 Ainsworth, 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, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Miller and Williams - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Miller and Williams. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 453 offered by Representative M. Lehman.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 25
Relating to: declaring February African-American History and Cultural Heritage Month.
By
Representative
Morris-Tatum
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To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 735
Relating to: single sales factor apportionment of income for corporate income tax and franchise tax purposes and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives M. Lehman, Jensen, Ziegelbauer, Gard, Plale, Vrakas, Grothman, Riley, Goetsch, Ainsworth, Albers, Duff, Hoven, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Musser, Owens, Stone, Suder, Sykora and Walker; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Panzer, Grobschmidt, Rude, Farrow, Darling, Huelsman, Roessler, Welch, Zien and Breske.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 736
Relating to: grants for study abroad.
By
Representatives Krug and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 737
Relating to: requiring a city, village, town or county to develop a procedure to mitigate the effects on landowners of certain zoning or land use decisions.
By
Representatives Albers, Musser, Owens, Ainsworth and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Welch and Schultz.
To committee on Conservation and Land Use
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Assembly Bill 738
Relating to: property taxation of land adjusted in value by state laws or local ordinances or local resolutions.
By
Representatives Albers, Musser, Owens, Ainsworth, Skindrud and Reynolds; cosponsored by Senators Welch and Schultz.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 739
Relating to: requiring notice to persons affected by zoning actions that change the allowable use of their property.
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By
Representatives Albers, Musser, Owens, Ainsworth and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Schultz and Roessler.
To committee on Conservation and Land Use
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Assembly Bill 740
Relating to: awarding or revising maintenance payments on the basis of debt discharge in bankruptcy and approving stipulations waiving maintenance.
By
Representatives Albers, Miller, Spillner, Musser, Owens, Hundertmark and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Panzer and Schultz.
To committee on Family Law.
Assembly Bill 741
Relating to: requiring bonding or insurance for certain persons who are certified to perform lead hazard reduction, a lead management activity, asbestos abatement or management activity or to supervise the reduction, management or abatement and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Sykora, F. Lasee, Urban, Kreibich, Pettis, Suder, Musser, Stone and Kelso; cosponsored by Senator Welch
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To committee on Housing.
Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: requiring payment from a ward's estate of reasonable attorney fees and costs for successful petitioners in incompetency and guardianship proceedings.
By
Representatives Handrick, La Fave, Owens, Musser, Plale, Porter, Plouff and Sherman; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Panzer, Rosenzweig, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
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Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: probation, parole and extended supervision agents responsible for locating absconders.
By
Representatives Walker, La Fave, Ainsworth, Duff, Goetsch, Grothman, Gunderson, Handrick, Kaufert, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Owens, Pettis, Ryba, Spillner, Stone, Ziegelbauer and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Rosenzweig and Schultz.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 744
Relating to: eliminating the condemnation authority of non-governmental entities.
By
Representatives Reynolds, Boyle, Sherman, Black, Petrowski, Williams, Young, Colon, Richards and Pocan.
To committee on Utilities.
Assembly Bill 745
Relating to: prescription drug assistance for elderly persons, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, making appropriations and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Huber, Krusick, Underheim, Meyer, Musser, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Colon, Cullen, Hasenohrl, Kreuser, Lassa, La Fave, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Plale, Plouff, Reynolds, Ryba, Sherman, Staskunas, Waukau and Young; cosponsored by Senators Decker, Breske, Moen, Roessler, Plache, Erpenbach, Rosenzweig, Shibilski, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, Risser and Darling.