Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
April 29, 2002
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
16.045(5) Wis. Stats., I am submitting the eleventh
Wisconsin Gasohol and Alternative Fuel Use Report for distribution to the appropriate standing committees.
Should you or Legislative members have questions, please contact John Marx, Administrator, Division of Energy, at 608/266-7257.
Sincerely,
George Lightbourn
Secretary
Referred to committee on Environmental Resources.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
April 30, 2002
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of March 2002.
On March 25, 2002 the General Fund balance was -$80.6 million. This shortfall continued through March 31, 2002 when the balance reached -$231.2 million. The shortfall was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures, in combination with the overall budget shortfall.
On March 26, 2002 the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund balance was -$2 thousand. This shortfall continued through March 31, 2002 when the balance reached -$3 thousand. The shortfall was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The General Fund and the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitation and did not exceed the balances of the Funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority.
Sincerely,
George Lightbourn
Secretary
Referred to the joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
May 1, 2002
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the third quarter of fiscal year 2002 (January 1, 2002 through March 31, 2002). As required by s.562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming and Indian Gaming. Bingo revenues are now captured in a new appropriation (836) and therefore are shown on a separate chart from the rest of Charitable Gaming.
Please note that the final day of racing at St. Croix Meadows was August 9, 2001. The track is now closed. If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Pedersen at (608) 270-2546.
Sincerely,
F. Scott Scepaniak
Administrator
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 7, 2002
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/
Goyke, Gary WI Rental Housing Legislative Council
Kuiper, Laurie G Ministry Health Care
McCoshen, William J K12 Inc
McNally, Maureen Froedtert and Community Health (Formerly Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital)
Petersen, Eric J K12 Inc
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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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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 17, 2002
