Relating to: the reorganization and modernization of chapter 66 of the statutes.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Gunderson, Brandemuehl, Kedzie, Stone, Musser, Colon, Berceau and Williams.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Scott Gunderson
Chairperson
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 293
Relating to: the definition of agricultural land for purposes of the property tax.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Morris-Tatum, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, Meyerhofer and Plale.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: authorizing a county to make payments in lieu of taxes to local units of government for unimproved lands.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Morris-Tatum, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Morris-Tatum and Plale.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Wood and Ziegelbauer.
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.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Huebsch, F. Lasee, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Morris-Tatum, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 4 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch and Owens.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Meyerhofer, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Morris-Tatum.
To committee on Rules.
Michael Lehman
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Speaker's Communications
February 29, 2000
Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Mr. Sanders:
On February 23, 2000,
Assembly Bill 791 relating to transferring money from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund was referred to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I hereby withdraw
Assembly Bill 791 from the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and re-refer that bill to the Assembly Committee on Government Operations.
Representative M. Lehman has been notified of this change and approves.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Assembly Bill 4429February 25, 2000
Assembly Bill 55130February 25, 2000
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
February 29, 2000
Mr. Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Charles:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 99-18 Legislation on Economic Development
(1999 Senate Bills 393 and 394)
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/jlc99recs.htm.
Sincerely,
Laura D. Rose
Interim Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 28, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The biennial budget bill,
1983 Wisconsin Act 27, created s.
46.275, Community Integration Program (CIP) for Residents of State Centers. The intent of this program "is to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions." S.
46.275(5m) requires the Department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
For the period of January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, there were 59 placements of center residents into the community. For fiscal year 1999, reductions of $3,569,650 and 82.63 FTE were made in the budget for the purpose of CIP placements. For the period July 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, sufficient reductions will be made in the fiscal year 2000 operating budget to reflect reductions for CIP placements. Reductions of positions and dollars have been made for calendar year 1999 with no employees being laid off during the year. Only six layoffs have occurred at the centers due to the CIP program since the program began in 1983. All other reductions have been absorbed through attrition of employees.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
