The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 333
Relating to: merger and conversion of business entities, exemptions from securities registration requirements and licensing requirements for securities broker-dealers and securities agents, registered agents for business entities, filing of documents relating to certain business entities, administrative dissolution of business entities, amended certificates of authority for certain foreign business entities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
M. Meyer, Cowles, Burke, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Huelsman, Kanavas, Roessler and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Plale, Vrakas, Duff, Grothman, Hines, Krawczyk, La Fave, Lassa, McCormick, Olsen, Stone, Townsend, Urban, Walker, Sykora and Kreibich.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 334
Relating to: the administration of local exposition district taxes.
By
Senator
Burke
; cosponsored by Representative Foti
.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 335
Relating to: the intoxicated operation of an all-terrain vehicle, motorboat, or snowmobile.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 336
Relating to: safety training for all-terrain vehicle and motorboat operation.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 337
Relating to: requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underaged persons in certain boats.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 338
Relating to: intoxicated operation of a motor vehicle and providing a penalty.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 339
Relating to: exclusive contracts for the sale of soft drinks in schools.
By
Senators
Hansen, Wirch, Baumgart, Burke, Schultz and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Plouff, Ott, Starzyk, Krug, Lassa, Turner, J. Lehman, Skindrud, Ryba, Hahn, Musser, Urban, Albers, Huber, Sykora, Hines, Berceau, McCormick and Schooff.
To committee on Labor and Agriculture.
Senate Bill 340
Relating to: veterinary postgraduate training permits.
By
Senators
Hansen, Risser, Burke, Darling and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Foti, Musser, Ryba, Sykora, Lippert, Plouff, Owens, Petrowski, Gunderson and Vrakas, by request of Department of Regulation and Licensing, Veterinary Examining Board, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
To committee on Labor and Agriculture.
Senate Bill 341
Relating to: civil liability relating to alcohol beverages.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Decker, Cowles, Darling, Baumgart, Kanavas and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Stone, Leibham, Krug, Urban, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Hahn, Starzyk, Gronemus, Turner, Musser, Lassa, Nass, Krawczyk, Albers, Freese, M. Lehman, Ainsworth, Lippert, Ward, Ott and Meyerhofer.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 342
Relating to: a real estate transfer fee exemption for a conveyance between related corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies.
By
Senator
Huelsman
; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas, Grothman and Lippert.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Relating to: exemptions from the open meetings law for certain gatherings related to highway, street, alley, or public works projects.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Welch and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Musser, Ladwig, Staskunas, M. Lehman, Olsen, Grothman, Owens, Ott, Gundrum, Jeskewitz, F. Lasee and Vrakas.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 344
Relating to: development of a tribal logo for notification of state grants funded by Indian gaming receipts.
By
Senators
Burke, Wirch and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Turner and Musser.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 345
Relating to: threats to release or disseminate harmful chemical, biological, or radioactive substances and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, Darling, Cowles, Burke and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Wieckert, Urban, Duff, Suder, Musser, Jeskewitz, Sykora, Ladwig, Skindrud, Lippert, Ott, Albers, Townsend, Krawczyk, Lassa, Leibham, Owens, Freese, Plouff, Loeffelholz, Petrowski, Sinicki, Olsen, Hahn and Plale.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 346
Relating to: increasing funding for services under the family support program and the respite care program; increasing the daily reimbursement rate for the community integration program for persons with mental retardation; providing funding for medical assistance home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities who are on waiting lists for services; requiring the department of health and family services to establish criteria for distribution of this funding and to develop a plan to eliminate waiting lists for services for persons with developmental disabilities by the end of state fiscal year 2004-05; requiring the council on developmental disabilities to evaluate, and report to the legislature, the number of persons with developmental disabilities on waiting lists for services at the end of each calendar year; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 347
Relating to: eliminating redundancy in statutes pertaining to license renewal requirements; limiting a credential issued by an examining board; use of the term "credential" in the statutes pertaining to the department of regulation and licensing; changing the definition of "licensing" as it relates to administrative procedure; the award of costs in a contested administrative case; persons exempt from regulation as private detectives or private security personnel; and renumbering and creating statutory titles for provisions pertaining to immunity from liability for testimony to the department of regulation and licensing and attached boards, advisory committees to the department of regulation and licensing and attached boards, and cemetery preneed sellers (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of regulation and licensing).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
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The committee on Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Cerny
, Mike J.,
of Sharon, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dittmar, Beverly Ann,
of Eagle River, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Elman
, William R.,
of Appleton, as a member of the Land and Water Conservation Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Gabert
, Dr. Thomas C.,
of Minocqua, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Langdon, James M.,
of De Forest, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.