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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 175
Relating to: appointment of students to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, M. Meyer, Hansen, Schultz, Roessler, Burke, Harsdorf and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Kreibich, Lassa, Shilling, Rhoades, La Fave, Plale, Pocan, Ryba, Plouff, Cullen, J. Lehman, Townsend, Bock, Miller, Olsen, Balow, Berceau, Jeskewitz, Richards, Gronemus, Boyle, Krawczyk, Freese, Sykora, D. Meyer, Wasserman, Turner and Young.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 176
Relating to: the Wisconsin School for the Deaf and creating a deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, Plache, Rosenzweig, Burke and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Olsen, Huber, Pocan, Plale, La Fave, Kestell, Wade, M. Lehman, Wood, Gunderson, Lippert, Sykora, Albers, J. Lehman, Townsend, Petrowski, Gronemus, Ott, Powers and McCormick.
To committee on Education.
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The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 65
Relating to: a sales tax and use tax exemption on tangible personal property used in the business of farming.
This bill is good public policy if amended to incorporate the provisions of Assembly substitute amendment 1 to 2001 Assembly Bill 121 and Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to 2001 Assembly Bill 121.
Referred to committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Russell Decker
Senate Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 8, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us/
Beil, Mickey Dane County
Bloom, David M Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association
Blumenfeld, Michael United Cerebral Palsy of Wisconsin
Brozek, Michael National Safety Council
Carey, Ray Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce
Christianson, Peter C Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association
Dickert, John T Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce
Elias, Nathan Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Emons, Brent Iron Workers Local Union #8
Goss, Patrick Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Linton, Barbara National Safety Council
Matthews, John Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce
McDowell, Kelly Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Ramey, Melanie Hospice Organization and Palliative Experts of Wisconsin (HOPE), The
Schreiber, Martin Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Widder, Theodore C Allstate Insurance Company
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
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Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:03 P.M.
10:22 A.M.
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1:03 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the appointment of DAHLBERG, PHILIP J., be laid on the table.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the appointment of Margaret Farrow be placed at the foot of the calendar of May 8, 2001.
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By John A. Scocos, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 196
Assembly Bill 222
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Assembly Bill
196
Relating to: the disclosure of public library records.
By Representatives Albers, Miller, Kestell, Grothman, Jeskewitz, Ott, Leibham, Powers, Hahn, Vrakas, Gronemus, Petrowski, Nass, Pettis, Krawczyk, Stone, Gundrum and Owens; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Farrow, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
222
Relating to: changing the name of a minor.
By Representatives Foti, J. Lehman, McCormick, J. Fitzgerald, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Kreuser, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Owens, Pettis, Stone, Sykora, Townsend, Wade and La Fave; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Darling, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
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Senate Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: the right to fish, hunt, trap, and take game (first consideration).
Read.
Senator Baumgart, with unanimous consent, asked that the staff memorandum on Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Joint Resolution 2 from the Joint Legislative Council be spread upon the Journal.
TO: SENATOR JAMES BAUMGART
FROM: Mark C. Patronsky, Senior Staff Attorney
RE: Constitutional Right to Fish, Hunt, Trap, and Take Game: Potential Judicial Interpretation
DATE: May 2, 2001
Introduction
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This memorandum is in response to your request for my analysis of the potential effect of 2001 Senate Joint Resolution 2, as affected by Assembly Substitute Amendment 1, on the ability of the state to continue its regulation of fishing, hunting, trapping and taking game. The Joint Resolution, as amended, proposes to create Wis. Const. art. I, s. 26, as follows: "The people have the right to fish, hunt, trap, and take game subject only to reasonable restrictions as prescribed by law." This is the same language as contained in Senate Joint Resolution 2, as introduced, and prior to the adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
You have observed that the constitutional amendment, if adopted, could be used as the basis for a legal challenge to the constitutionality of existing or future statutes or administrative rules that regulate fish and game. Your concern is the extent to which legal challenges to fish and game regulations could succeed. You have asked whether the Joint Resolution would support a challenge only to regulations that are substantially more restrictive than those now in force, or whether there is a potential for successful challenge to many of the ordinary, commonly accepted fish and game regulations that are currently in place.
