SB69

SB69 SB69
Assembly Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Small Business and Economic Development

Senate Bill 69
Relating to: requiring cemetery authorities to provide for burials during each season.
By Senators Moen and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Montgomery, Musser, Albers, Gronemus and Sykora.

November 4, 1999 Referred to committee on Small Business and Economic Development.

December 2, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Senator Rod Moen, 31st Senate District;
· Representative Phil Montgomery, 4th Assembly District;
· Terry Schwartz, Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association;
· Kent Rusch, Wisconsin Funeral Directors;
· Mark Krause, Krause Funeral Home, Inc.;
· Tim Lofgren, Trinity Lutheran Church;
· Jerry Brown, Wilbert Vault Company;
· Bill Cress, Cress Funeral Home and Funeral Service Alliance;
· Mark McCool, Wisconsin Burial Vault Association;
· David Rusch, Cline -Hanson Funeral Home;
· Ashley Moore, Funeral Service Alliance of Wisconsin.

Appearances against
· John Edlebeck, City of Waupaca;
· Dewey Mathewson, Non-Profit Cemeteries;

Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Marlene Cummings, Secretary, Department of Regulation and Licensing;
· Ray Pfeffer, Chair, Funeral Directors Examining Board;
· Representative Joe Handrick, 34th Assembly District;
· Mark Lesko;
· Tom Hanson, Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association;
· Mark Lipscomb, Wisconsin Burial Vault Association.

Registrations against
· None.



March 7, 2000 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Petrowski, seconded by Representative Schooff, that Senate Bill 69 be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (10) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (2) Representatives Hundertmark and Staskunas.
Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 10, Noes 2, Absent 0





Minette Bollig
Committee Clerk