Thursday, January 27, 2000
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Roger Breske.
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 345
Relating to: the efforts that are required to prevent the removal of a child or juvenile from the home or to make it possible for a child or juvenile to return safely to his or her home when a juvenile court order places the child or juvenile outside of the home and notice and an opportunity to be heard at certain proceedings under the children's code and the juvenile justice code by a foster parent, treatment foster parent or other substitute care provider of a child or juvenile.
By
Senator
Robson
; cosponsored by Representative Ladwig
.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 346
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.
By
Senators
Wirch, Drzewiecki, Burke, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives M. Lehman, Wood, Reynolds, Musser, Vrakas, Kreibich, Goetsch and Gunderson, by request of Department of Revenue.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 347
Relating to: registration of wetland scientists.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Gunderson, Richards, Duff, Bock, Vrakas and Berceau.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 348
Relating to: preneed sales contracts for sales of cemetery merchandise.
By
Senators
Burke, Schultz and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Urban, Pettis, Schneider, Kreuser, Hasenohrl and Plouff.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 349
Relating to: motorists approaching certain authorized emergency vehicles stopped near a highway and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Burke, Clausing, Darling, Drzewiecki, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, A. Lasee, Panzer, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Hebl, Ainsworth, Black, Bock, Boyle, Freese, Gunderson, Huber, Hundertmark, Jensen, Kelso, Kreuser, Krusick, Ladwig, Lassa, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Plouff, Porter, Riley, Ryba, Spillner, Stone, Sykora, Turner and Ward, by request of Wisconsin State Patrol and Francis Springob, Chief of Police, City of Greenfield
.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 350
Relating to: requiring insurers to establish internal grievance procedures, independent review of certain coverage determinations made by health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Clausing, Breske, Rosenzweig, Wirch, Robson, Drzewiecki, Roessler, Schultz, Shibilski and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Hundertmark, F. Lasee, Musser, Ladwig, Urban, Pocan, Plouff, Wasserman, Kreuser and Black.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 351
Relating to: storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia, creating an exemption from civil liability and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Clausing, Erpenbach and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Freese, Hasenohrl, Sherman, Kreibich, Olsen and Rhoades.
To committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 352
Relating to: authorizing the state historical society to award grants for the preservation of historic property, granting bonding authority and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Jauch, Rude, Burke, Baumgart, Grobschmidt, Plache, Risser, Rosenzweig, Robson and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Schooff, Hutchison, Huber, Black, Berceau, J. Lehman, Rhoades, Richards, Musser, Seratti, Sinicki, Miller and Nass.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
February 1, 2000
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following rules have been published:
Sincerely,
GARY L. POULSON
Deputy Revisor
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By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 474
Assembly Bill 580
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 64
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