Tuesday, January 30, 2001
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Reverend Monsignor Daniel T. Ganshert, rector of St. Raphael Cathedral in Madison.
Representative Owens led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: proclaiming May 18, 19, and 20, 2001, Syttende Mai Weekend.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Hebl, Rhoades, Musser, Freese, Jeskewitz, Berceau, Bies, Bock, Huebsch, Pocan, Coggs, Ward, Plouff, Vrakas, Ladwig, Miller, Hahn, Townsend, Urban, Olsen, Lassa, Petrowski, Albers, Owens, Pettis, Sykora, Kreuser, Lippert and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators M. Meyer, Moen, Baumgart, Burke, Farrow, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Huelsman, Lazich, Schultz and Wirch.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: commending the student athletes, coaches, and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Volleyball Team for their achievements.
By
Representatives Black, Vrakas, Young, Gunderson, Sherman, Hebl, Rhoades, Ryba, Boyle, Ladwig, Starzyk, Richards, Hundertmark, Wood, Pocan, Skindrud, Hoven, Berceau, Townsend, J. Lehman, Miller, Olsen, Ward, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Albers, Owens, Coggs, Kreuser, Lippert, Seratti, Turner, Williams, Nass, Lassa, Travis and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Plache, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Roessler, Chvala, S. Fitzgerald, Burke, Moen, Wirch, Huelsman, Baumgart, Lazich, Darling, Schultz, Hansen, George and Farrow.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: the life and public service of Ben Marcus.
By
Representatives Jensen, Wasserman, Foti, Krug, Riley, Ladwig, Bock, Vrakas, Coggs, Owens, Schneider, Walker, J. Lehman, Jeskewitz, Plouff, Albers, Ryba, Townsend, Sykora, Petrowski and Lippert; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Panzer, Farrow, Rosenzweig and Welch.
To calendar.
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Speaker's Communications
January 26, 2001
John A. Scocos
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Mr. Scocos:
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On January 25, 2001,
Assembly Bill 48,
relating to actions against sport shooting range owners or operators, against gun or sportsmen's clubs, and against manufacturers, importers, trade associations, or dealers of firearms, firearm components, or firearm ammunition was referred to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I hereby withdraw
Assembly Bill 48 from the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and re-refer that bill to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
Representative Gundrum has been notified of this re-referral and approves.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
January 25, 2001
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As directed by
1997 Wisconsin Act 154, the Department and the Statewide Trauma Advisory Council is submitting a joint report on the development and implementation of a statewide trauma care system to the Legislature, Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), Governor and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board. In addition, Act 154 directs the Department to seek the advice of the Statewide Trauma Advisory Council and to develop and implement a Statewide Trauma Care System no later than July 1, 2002. The Department is prohibited from promulgating rules relating to the Statewide Trauma Care System until the JFC has approved the report.
National and state data show that traumatic injury is a serious public health problem. It is the leading cause of death of individuals between the ages of 1 and 44 and is the fourth leading cause overall. The goal of a trauma care system is to reduce suffering, disability, death and the cost associated with traumatic injury. The Statewide Trauma Care System Plan establishes a conceptual framework from which a Statewide Trauma Care System can be developed.
The Advisory Council engaged in extensive discussions regarding funding the Statewide Trauma Care System. These discussions examined several funding sources and also focused on the need for not only stable trauma system funding, but also stable Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as a whole, since trauma will be integrated administratively within the Bureau of EMS and Injury Prevention.
To establish a stable funding for the Emergency Medical Services as a whole, including the trauma system, the Department proposes a $1 increase in each motor vehicle registration fee and to use the new funding that is generated, to support the Statewide Trauma Care System and all current administrative costs for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Injury Prevention in the Division of Public Health. This proposal is based on recommendations developed by the Advisory Council in the Statewide Trauma Care Plan report. Justification for the proposed use of motor vehicle registration fees to support the statewide trauma system include the facts that:
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury-related deaths.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death of individuals between the ages of 1 and 44.
Motor vehicle registration pays for EMS systems and trauma in other states.
Motor vehicle crashes potentially impact all the citizens of Wisconsin.
The large number of motor vehicles spreads this cost across a large base and as a result, no single entity bears an unreasonable cost.
A detailed listing of the use of these funds is provided in Appendix I.
As an alternative, the Committee could choose to fund only the additional costs associated with the trauma system. This would require $540,000. Under this option, the Department proposes an increase of $1.00 to the driver's license registration fee to generate approximately the amount of funding needed. A more detailed listing of the use of the funds under this alternative is provided in Appendix II.
