Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 301
Relating to: authorizing conservation wardens to enforce the trespass law and prohibitions on shooting at caged or staked wild animals and to make arrests under warrants issued for felonies or misdemeanors.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 415
Relating to: trapping licenses issued to nonresidents.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 97
Relating to: issuance of bonus deer hunting permits to certain farm owners who are engaged in the production of maple syrup.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
DuWayne Johnsrud
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 468
Relating to: adding one representative of the Wisconsin chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America to the council on veterans programs.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Petrowski, Sykora, Townsend, Ryba, Boyle, Hubler and Schneider.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 497
Relating to: designating and observing POW-MIA Recognition Day.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Petrowski, Sykora, Townsend, Ryba, Boyle, Hubler and Schneider.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
September 27, 2001
Mr. John Scocos
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53703
Dear John:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2001 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
A407
RL 2001-08 Legislation Recommended by the Special Committee on Labor Shortage
(2001 Senate Bill 249 and Assembly Bill 516)
(2001 Senate Joint Resolution 41 and Assembly Joint Resolution 57)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: October 1, 2001
TO: John A. Scocos
Assembly Chief Clerk
Donald J. Schneider
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Assistant Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the September 30, 2001,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 549.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
September 17, 2001
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The use-value assessment law, enacted in
1995 Act 27, specified duties of the Farmland Advisory Council and required the Council to report to the Legislature on the usefulness of use-value assessment as a way to preserve farmland and to reduce the conversion of farmland to other uses. At that time, Wisconsin became the 49th State to institute some form of use-value assessment of agricultural land.
Section
73.03(49)(a), Wis. Stats., requires the Farmland Advisory Council (the Council) to advise the Department of Revenue on the supplement to the Wisconsin Property Assessment Manual (WPAM) guidelines for assessing agricultural land, and on rules to implement use-value assessment of agricultural land and to reduce urban sprawl. The Council has met annually to review and adopt use-value guidelines and these are published in the WPAM for use by assessors and land owners. The guidelines for the 2001 assessment year are attached for your reference. The Council has also worked with the Department to develop information for inclusion in the WPAM regarding classification of land as agricultural land. Most recently, the Council and Department have been working on use-value guidelines for pasture and for specialty crops. The chapter of the WPAM on assessment of agricultural land is also attached for reference.
The Council has worked closely with the agricultural community and the Department in developing administrative rules to govern use-value assessments. These rules are now in place and, based on numbers of inquiries received by the Department of Revenue, appear to be working well.
Section 73.03(49)(b), repealed in 1999, required the Council to recommend an appropriate penalty for converting agricultural land to another use to discourage urban sprawl. The Council worked with the Legislature, agricultural organizations and other interested parties to devise a more effective penalty than the penalty in the original law. The penalty provisions were amended in
1999 Act 9. However, concerns about the penalty continue to be expressed and, therefore, the Council has asked the Department of Revenue to monitor the issue.
Section
73.03(49)(c) directs the Council to report on the usefulness of use-value as a way to preserve farmland. In principle, use-value assessment keeps farmland in production by reducing property taxes which equates to a reduction of a significant cost of agricultural production.
