Thursday, September 30, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
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 245
Relating to: exempting certain police vehicles exceeding the speed limit from the requirement of giving visual and audible signals.
By
Senators
Zien, Schultz, Breske, A. Lasee, Welch, Roessler and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Sykora, Kreibich, Brandemuehl, Freese, Goetsch, Hahn, Handrick, Hundertmark, Kaufert, Ladwig, Montgomery, Musser, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Ryba, Seratti, Spillner, Turner and Vrakas.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 246
Relating to: independent review of managed care plan grievance procedure outcomes, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Rosenzweig, Robson, Roessler, Plache, Rude, Risser, Ellis, Panzer, Darling, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Huelsman and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Huber, Urban, Coggs, Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Williams, F. Lasee, Seratti, Spillner, Owens, Musser, La Fave, Brandemuehl, Hasenohrl and Miller.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Madison News Bureau
September 28, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
There now have passed, incredibly, more than six months since a wounded cat in the road and a mechanical flaw in my elderly sports car conspired to put me in the hospital for two weeks and then on a steady but maddeningly slow and still unfinished road to recovery.
Before any more time elapses I wish to place in the record my deeply felt thanks to so many of you in the Assembly, the Senate, the offices of the Chief Clerks of both houses, caucus and individual members' staffs, members of the Legislative Fiscal Bureau and other service agencies, who took the time to send cards or notes, make phone calls or to pay personal visits during my hospitalization. Thanks, too, to so many who wished me well in person since then as I began to return to full-time work in the Capitol press corps.
I will be unable to look at a bed pan or wheelchair in the future without remembering the pain and inconvenience of the experience. But I will be reminded also of all of you and, with fond gratitude, of all of your kindnesses.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Cliff Miller
Madison Bureau
The Post-Crescent, Appleton
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Relating to inmate access to legal materials and legal services.
Submitted by Department of Corrections.
Report received from Agency, September 29, 1999.
Referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections, September 30, 1999.
Relating to drug residues in raw milk.
Submitted by Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Report received from Agency, September 28, 1999.
Referred to committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform, September 30, 1999.
Relating to registration plates for authorized special groups.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, September 28, 1999.
Referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections, September 30, 1999.
Relating to experience and reciprocity.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, September 28, 1999.
Referred to committee on Human Services and Aging, September 30, 1999.
The joint committee for Review of Administrative Rules reports and recommends:
