State of Wisconsin
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
July 22, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Attached please find the Miller Park monthly progress report for the month of June 1999 for your review and consideration. As the enclosed report indicates, Miller Park continues to develop with the District Board's "four for four" objectives of building a quality facility, on time, within budget and with strong commnity participation.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed report.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E.,R.L.S.
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
July 29, 1999
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill, originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
July 28, 1999
To the Honorable, the Senate:
I have approved
Senate Bill 114 as
1999 Wisconsin Act 5 and have deposited it in the Office of the Secretary of State. I have exercised the partial veto in Sections 22 and 31 of the bill.
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In April of this year, 86% of Wisconsin voters approved the distribution of lottery, bingo and pari-mutuel proceeds to Wisconsin residents for property tax relief. By restoring the lottery credit to principal dwellings only, and enhancing the credit by including bingo and pari-mutuel proceeds in the dollars available for the credit, the bill enacts the will of Wisconsin residents. In doing so, it more than doubles the size of the lottery credit to the typical homeowner to an estimated $90 on the December 1999 property tax bills. It also provides property tax relief to farmers by increasing the maximum farmland tax relief credit from $1000 to $1500 and increasing the share of taxes on farmland for which the credit may be claimed from 10% to an estimated 15%.
My partial vetos are limited to correcting three technical administrative concerns. Section 22 of the bill specifies the mechanics for mobile homes to qualify for the lottery and gaming credit. I am partially vetoing section 22 to remove both January 31 deadline for owners of mobile homes to claim the credit and the requirement that eligibility for the credit for mobile homes be tied to the same date as for real property. I am partially vetoing the January 31 deadline because it is unnecessarily restrictive. My partial veto will enable the Department of Revenue to administratively set the date by which the credit must be claimed. Since homeowners are given until the due date of the first installment of their property taxes to make a claim for the credit, mobile home owners should be given at least the same degree of freedom. I am also partially vetoing the requirement that mobile homes be utilized as principal dwellings on the same date as for real property to gain the lottery credit because this requirement creates an inconsistency. In the bill, for mobile home to be eligible for the credit, the mobile home must be used as a primary dwelling on January 1 of the year prior to the year the credit is received. For assessment of mobile homes, however, taxable value is determined as of January 1 of the year the credit is received (which is the year for which the mobile home parking fee is being determined and paid). My partial veto will allow eligibility for the credit for mobile homes and the assessment for mobile homes to be tied to the same date, rather than dates that are one year apart.
Section 31 specifies that if an overpayment or underpayment is made in the amounts paid to counties or the City of Milwaukee to reimburse these local governments for their costs to precertify principal dwellings to receive the credit, a correction can be made. According to this section, the correction shall be included in the next precertification payment. Since precertification payments will be made only once every five years, however, a local government would need to wait that time period to receive a correcting payment. I am partially vetoing this section to remove the restriction that the adjustment is made on the subsequent distribution because it is too restrictive. My partial veto will permit a correction to an underpayment or overpayment to occur without a five-year wait.
I am pleased that the Legislature acted quickly on this bill so that Wisconsin homeowners will benefit from the revised lottery credit on the first property tax bills following the passage of the constitutional amendment. My partial vetos will improve the administration of the credit.
Sincerely,
tommy g. thompson
Governor
executive order #373
Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Task Force on Privacy
WHEREAS, personal information regarding the citizens of Wisconsin is increasingly available to members of the public and for sale on the open market; and
WHEREAS, it is important that Wisconsin citizens be protected from undesirable distribution and use of personal information; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for public policymakers to be advised on methods to protect the private lives of Wisconsin's citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this State, and specifically by Section
14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby:
1. Create the Governor's Task Force on Privacy (hereinafter "Task Force"); and
2. Provide that the Task Force shall be composed of fourteen (14) members appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and
3. Provide that the following officials shall each recommend to the Governor one (1) individual for membership on the Task Force:
a.
The Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate; and
b.
The Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate; and
c.
The Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly; and
d.
The Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly; and
4. Provide that the Governor shall designate one (1) member on the Task Force as its chair to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Governor; and
5. Provide that the Task Force to have the following purpose and mission:
a.
Study the use, collection, and dissemination of private information regarding Wisconsin citizens; and
b.
Determine which use, collection, and dissemination of private information regarding Wisconsin citizens is not appropriate; and
c.
Assess current privacy protections and recommend to the Governor new methods to protect individual privacy; and
6. Require the Task Force to submit to the Governor a final report on its findings and recommendations by February 29, 2000; and
7. Direct the Secretary of the Department of Administration to provide the Task Force with administrative and support services and with such sums of money as are necessary for travel and operating expenses in accordance with section 20.505(3)(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes; and
8. Require the Task Force to disband once the Governor has accepted its final report;
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this sixteenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
Relating to the registration and regulation of professional geologists, hydrologists and soil scientists.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, July 27, 1999.
Referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations, July 29, 1999
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State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
August 1,1999
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following rules have been published:
Sincerely,
GARY L. POULSON
Deputy Revisor
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The committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform reports and recommends:
Report objection in part recommended, Ayes 5, Noes 0.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart, Wirch, Schultz and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
Alice Clausing
Chairperson
Referred to joint committee on Review of Administrative Rules, July 29, 1999
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The committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Relating to the retail food establishment license exemption for restaurant permit holders.
No action taken.
Relating to sales and use tax exemption certificates and the sales and use tax treatment of temporary events.
No action taken.
Relating to the sales and use tax treatment of gross receipts and sales price, manufacturing exemption and motor vehicles.
No action taken.
