Thursday, June 7, 2001
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Roger Breske.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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The committee on Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 31
Relating to: certain applicants for preference points under the cumulative preference system for issuing Class A bear hunting licenses.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 61
Relating to: the issuance of temporary fishing licenses to disabled persons.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 159
Relating to: drilling beneath the beds of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters to explore for or produce oil or gas.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 180
Relating to: requirements for applying for and issuing licenses for game bird and animal farms and wildlife exhibits having bears, cougars, or wolves.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Joint Resolution 36
Relating to: urging the U.S. and Canadian governments to prohibit diversion of Great Lakes water.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jim Baumgart
Chairperson
The committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Adamski, Paul C.,
of Stevens Point, as a member of the College Savings Program Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
M. Meyer, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Ellis, Huelsman and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Darling, Senator Alberta,
of River Hills, as a member of the College Savings Program Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
M. Meyer, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Ellis, Huelsman and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Herrera, Oscar,
of Madison, as Secretary of the Department of Regulation and Licensing, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
M. Meyer, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Ellis, Huelsman and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Manthei, Barbara,
of West Salem, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 2003.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
M. Meyer, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Ellis, Huelsman and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Neuenfeldt, Philip L.,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2007.
