The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 230
Relating to: responding to disasters, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Moore, Breske, Jauch, Burke, Roessler and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Gronemus, Sherman and Boyle.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 231
Relating to: intradistrict transfer aid, bonding for construction of and capital improvements to schools in Milwaukee Public Schools and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Burke, Grobschmidt and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Riley, Urban, Krusick, Sykora, Richards, Goetsch, La Fave, Sinicki, Colon, Plale, Plouff and Wasserman.
To committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
September 13, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to request that I be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 225.
Sincerely,
Alberta Darling
State Senator
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am please to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council.
RL 99-3 Legislation on the Election Process
(1999 Assembly Bills 434 and 435)
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/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
DAvid J. Stute
Director
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
1.11(2)(j) of the Statutes, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board is pleased to report that during fiscal year 1999, it did not consider any proposals for major actions in Wisconsin that could significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the agency was not required to prepare any environmental assessments or impact statements under s.
1.11.
Please contact Ken Johnson at 267-0221 if you have any questions concerning this report.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
September 7, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The enclosed report has been sent to you pursuant to sec. 1.11 (2)(j), Stats. This statute states:
"Annually , no later than September 15, submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), including the number of proposed actions for which the agency conducted an assessment of whether an impact statement was required under par. (c) and the number of impact statements prepared under par. (c)."
This report addresses the activities of the Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 1998, the period from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999.
Sincerely,
Charles H. Thompson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 14, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
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For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 1999 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Broydrick, William Stonehenge Capital Corporation
Dickert, John T Kwik Trip, Inc
Elverman, Timothy J Stonehenge Capital Corporation
Fitzgerald, Moira E Stonehenge Capital Corporation
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
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executive order #379
Relating to the Amendment of Executive Order No. 373
WHEREAS, the Governbor's Task Force on Privacy (hereinafter "Task Force") was created on July 16, 1999 by Executive Order No. 373; and
WHEREAS, the need exists to expand membership beyond the fourteen (14) member limit; and
WHEREAS, the need exists to extend the life of the Task Force beyond February 29, 2000;
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 amend Executive Order No. 373 as follows:
1.
Provide that the Task Force Shall be composed of twenty-three (23) members appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and
2.
Require the Task Force to submit to the Governor a final report on its findings and recommendations by March 31, 2000.
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 nineth day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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