Thursday, October 25, 2001
9:47 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 Pastor Nathan Gauerke of the Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton.
Representative Wieckert led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Special Guest
Representatives Sinicki and Plale introduced students from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning in Milwaukee. Accompanied by their choir director, Amy Gruszewski, the students sang "Solidarity" from the front of the podium.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, 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, Rhoades, Richards, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 94.
Absent with leave - Representatives Cullen, Reynolds, Riley and Travis - 4.
Vacancies - 42nd Assembly District - 1.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Cullen, Reynolds, Riley and Travis. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 584 offered by Representative Hoven.
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Relating to regulations concerning agent transactions with customers.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, October 17, 2001.
To committee on Insurance.
Referred on October 25, 2001.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 43
Relating to: honoring the life and achievements of Jesselyn Marie Karbon and the efforts of her mother, Rosemarie Rose.
By
Representative
Gard
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 587
Relating to: creating the Wisconsin naval militia and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Townsend, Ladwig, Gronemus, Kreibich, Olsen, Owens, Jensen, Freese, Schneider, M. Lehman, Huebsch, Urban, Ott, Krawczyk, Sykora, Petrowski and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Panzer, Welch, Zien, Huelsman, Rosenzweig, Darling and Roessler.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
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The committee on Economic Development reports and recommends:
Relating to: requiring joint committee on finance approval of the designation of technology zones and an agricultural development zone.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Townsend, Wieckert, J. Fitzgerald, M. Lehman, Lippert, Lassa, Staskunas and Cullen.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 579
Relating to: certified capital investment limitations, qualified business requirements, and reviews of certified capital company financial statements.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Townsend, Wieckert, M. Lehman, Lippert, Lassa and Staskunas.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
John Townsend
Chairperson
Committee on Economic Development
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Concurred in:
Assembly Bill 142
Assembly Bill 153
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Speaker's Communications
October 24, 2001
John A. Scocos
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Dear Mr. Scocos:
On October 17, 2001,
Senate Bill 259 relating to the deadline for filing a tax exemption report in the city of La Crosse by a church or religious association, was referred to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I hereby withdraw
Senate Bill 259 from the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and re-refer that bill to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
