Tuesday, May 8, 2001
10:22 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 James Murphy of St. Augustine University Parish from Platteville.
Representative Loeffelholz 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, 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 - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative Plale - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Plale. Granted.
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Relating to reducing ambient ozone concentrations in southeastern Wisconsin by controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, May 1, 2001.
To committee on Environment.
Referred on May 8, 2001
.
Relating to hunting, trapping and nuisance wildlife control.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, May 1, 2001.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Referred on May 8, 2001
.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 375
Relating to: a registry of harvesters of forest products who provide surety for the proper performance of harvesting contracts and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Friske, Gunderson, J. Lehman, Montgomery, Musser, Ott, Petrowski, Seratti, Sykora, Townsend, Wade and Powers; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Cowles.
To committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry
.
Assembly Bill 376
Relating to: funeral establishment permits.
By
Representatives Starzyk, M. Lehman, Hundertmark, Gundrum, J. Lehman, Plale, Lippert, Kedzie, Krawczyk, Suder, Loeffelholz, Townsend, Powers, Riley, Gunderson and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Plache, Breske, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Darling and Burke.
To committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill 377
Relating to: city-county health departments.
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By
Representatives Miller, Berceau, Pocan, Black, Travis, Hebl, Skindrud, Hahn, Kedzie, J. Lehman and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Erpenbach and Burke.
To committee on Public Health.
Assembly Bill 378
Relating to: death benefits provided under the Wisconsin retirement system and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Duff and Urban; cosponsored by Senator Farrow
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 379
Relating to: expanding physician certification requirements for publicly funded abortions, requiring quarterly reports, and requiring review of the reports and publication of an annual summary of report information.
By
Representatives Gard, Montgomery, Starzyk, Ladwig, Huebsch, Krawczyk, Bies, Seratti, Jeskewitz, Suder, Kedzie, Hundertmark, Gundrum, McCormick, Leibham, Pettis, Stone, J. Fitzgerald, Gunderson, Owens, Urban, Ward, Freese, Loeffelholz, Plale, Grothman, Sykora, Ott, Kreibich, Albers, Nass and Ryba; cosponsored by Senators Baumgart, Roessler, Cowles, Welch and Schultz.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 380
Relating to: single sales factor apportionment of income for corporate income tax and franchise tax purposes and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Gard, M. Lehman, Riley, Jensen, Huebsch, Starzyk, Montgomery, Krawczyk, Townsend, Rhoades, Kedzie, Gundrum, Ladwig, Ziegelbauer, Seratti, Grothman, Ainsworth, Ott, Jeskewitz, Sykora, Powers, Hundertmark, Vrakas, Walker, Nass, Pettis, Leibham, Hahn, J. Fitzgerald, Stone, Gunderson and Hoven; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling, Welch, Plache, Schultz and Roessler.
To committee on Economic Development
.
Assembly Bill 381
Relating to: federalizing the individual income tax capital loss limit.
By
Representatives Leibham, Starzyk, Olsen, Musser, Nass, Owens, Townsend, Vrakas, Suder, Albers, Ladwig, Stone and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman, Schultz and Roessler.
To committee on Economic Development
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Assembly Bill 382
Relating to: prisoner reimbursement to a municipality.
By
Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Albers, Bies, Duff, Foti, Gunderson, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, La Fave, D. Meyer, Musser, Petrowski, Plouff, Powers, Starzyk, Sykora, Townsend, Urban, Vrakas, Wade and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Huelsman and Roessler.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
.
Assembly Bill 383
Relating to: the Wisconsin School for the Deaf and creating a deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
By
Representatives Olsen, La Fave, Kestell, Wade, M. Lehman, Wood, Gunderson, Lippert, Sykora, Albers, J. Lehman, Townsend, Petrowski, Gronemus, Ott, Powers, McCormick, Huber, Pocan and Plale; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Plache and Burke.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 384
Relating to: documentation of agricultural credit transactions and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Gronemus, Jeskewitz, Ryba, Freese, Pocan, Musser, Albers, Hahn and Reynolds; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and George.
To committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.
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The committee on Economic Development reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: parcels of land that may be included in a business improvement district.