Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Assembly Resolution 28
Relating to: proclaiming April 2000 as "Savings and Investing Month" in this state.
The question was: Shall Assembly Resolution 28 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Assembly Joint Resolution 101
Relating to: proclaiming May 19, 20 and 21, 2000, as Syttende Mai Weekend.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
101 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 101 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: proclaiming Cesky Den.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
111 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 111 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 602
Relating to: establishing a time period for review by the department of natural resources of applications for certain permits, licenses, approvals and determinations and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 602 be withdrawn from the calendar of Friday, March 24 and placed on the calendar of Tuesday, March 28. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:55 A.M.
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2:08 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Assembly Bill 801
Relating to: a property tax exemption for an air carrier with a hub terminal facility and making an appropriation.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 801 be withdrawn from the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions and taken up at this time.
Representative Carpenter objected.
Representative Carpenter asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 1 be withdrawn from the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions and taken up at this time.
Representative Foti objected.
Representative Carpenter asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 66 be withdrawn from the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions and taken up at this time.
Representative Foti objected.
Representative Foti moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 801 be withdrawn from the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions and taken up at this time.
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Representative Carpenter rose to the point of order that a motion to withdraw Assembly Bill 801 from the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions was not in order under s.13.52 (6) of the Wisconsin Statutes and the precedent in the ruling from Speaker Pro Tempore Freese on May 6, 1998 (1997-1998 Assembly Journal page 877).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: eliminating the citizens utility board.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 164 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
164 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 164 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
164 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 356
Relating to: creating a privilege for environmental audits, providing immunity for disclosures related to environmental audits and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 356 offered by Representative Duff.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 356 be laid on the table. Granted.
Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: authorizing a county to make payments in lieu of taxes to local units of government for unimproved lands.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 531 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 531 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
531 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 531 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
531 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 592
Relating to: creating an International Baccalaureate Diploma grant program, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 592 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 592 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
592 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 592 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The result follows:
Ayes - 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, 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, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young and Speaker Jensen - 94.
Noes - Representatives Hubler, Plouff, Reynolds, Wasserman and Ziegelbauer - 5.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
592 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 612
Relating to: payday loan providers and granting rule-making authority.
Representative Miller asked unanimous consent to be withdrawn as a coauthor of Assembly Bill
612. Granted.
Representative Bock asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 612 be laid on the table. Granted.
Assembly Bill 634
Relating to: the liability of married persons filing a joint income tax return, the payment of the alternate fuel tax and the tobacco products tax, reducing nondelinquent taxes, rounding dollar amounts to whole dollars on all tax returns, allowing a mathematical computation of sales and use taxes, items used exclusively for tax-exempt purposes, paying taxes with a credit card, extending the time for filing a tax withholding report, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 634 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 634 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 634 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 634 be adopted?