Thursday, June 7, 2001
1:30 P.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Vrakas in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 293 offered by committee on Education Reform.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 361 offered by Representative Sykora.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 437
Relating to: the regulation of ballast water, aquatic nuisance species, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Gunderson, Ainsworth, Freese, Ott, Seratti, Black, Lassa, Plale, Sykora, Plouff, Petrowski, Staskunas, Miller, Krawczyk, Boyle and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Decker, Schultz and Huelsman.
To committee on Environment.
Assembly Bill 438
Relating to: public benefits fee exemption and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Foti, D. Meyer, Loeffelholz, McCormick, Rhoades, Krawczyk, Ainsworth, Duff, Gunderson, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Montgomery, Musser, Olsen, Owens, Powers, Suder, Townsend, Wade, Walker and Urban; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Darling and Schultz.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
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Assembly Bill 439
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, estate tax imposition and interest, reducing nondelinquent taxes, rounding dollar amounts to whole dollars on all tax returns, allowing a mathematical computation of sales and use taxes, extending the time for filing a tax withholding report, delivering tax-related documents and related payments, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives M. Lehman, Huebsch, Wood, Vrakas, Albers, Powers, Plale, Ainsworth, Gronemus, Sykora, Musser, Plouff, Hahn, Miller and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators M. Meyer, Zien, Wirch and Huelsman.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 440
Relating to: jury trials in municipal court regarding first offense drunk driving.
By
Representatives Vrakas, Duff, Ryba, D. Meyer, Lassa, Hahn, Townsend, Owens, Ladwig, Huebsch, Urban, Jeskewitz, Gunderson, Powers, Ott, Stone and Albers; cosponsored by Senators George, Huelsman, Grobschmidt, Roessler, Cowles and Darling.
To committee on Judiciary.
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The committee on Education Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: public hearings on school starting dates.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Nass, Grothman, Gundrum, Stone, Williams, Cullen, Sinicki and J. Lehman.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Olsen, Underheim and McCormick.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 293
Relating to: prohibiting pupils from using a calculator while taking the 4th and 8th grade knowledge and concepts examinations.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Nass, Olsen, Underheim, Williams, Cullen, Sinicki and J. Lehman.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Grothman, Gundrum, Stone and McCormick.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Nass, Olsen, Grothman, Gundrum, Stone, Underheim, McCormick, Williams, Cullen and Sinicki.
Noes: 1 - Representative
J. Lehman.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 343
Relating to: the display of the U.S. flag and offering of the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in public and private schools.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Nass, Olsen, Grothman, Gundrum, Stone, Underheim, McCormick, Williams, Cullen, Sinicki and J. Lehman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Stephen Nass
Chairperson
Committee on Education Reform
