The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: 4-year terms of office for certain county officers (first consideration).
Adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Musser, M. Lehman, Gundrum, Petrowski, Turner and Young.
Noes: 1 - Representative
W. Wood.
To committee on Rules.
Jeff Fitzgerald
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 74
Relating to: tuition vouchers for students who sound Taps at military honors funerals.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Musser, Townsend, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Bies, Loeffelholz, Gottlieb, Sherman, Hubler, Schneider, Sinicki and Miller.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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The following Assembly proposals, which have been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, have been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Assembly Joint Resolution 20
Assembly Joint Resolution 22
Assembly Joint Resolution 23
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: April 1, 2003
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Donald J. Schneider
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Deputy Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the March 31, 2003,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 567.
The following rules have been published:
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
April 1, 2003
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2003 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2003-05 Special Committee on Relative Caregivers
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Department of Natural Resources
Madison
March 20, 2003
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Below is information regarding the Wisconsin Environmental Improvement Fund (EIF) Biennial Finance Plan, submitted in accordance with subsection 281.59 (3)(bm) of the Wisconsin Statutes. That subsection requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit to the legislature and the Building Commission any amendments to the Biennial Finance Plan which are necessary to reflect material approved by the Governor for inclusion in the biennial budget. The one amendment is as follows:
The Governor recommends that no additional funds be earmarked for each fiscal year of the biennium for the Land Recycling Loan Program.
After the biennial budget bill is enacted a revised version of the Biennial Fiance Plan will be distributed with changes that reflect actions taken in the budget.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
Frank R. Hoadley
Capitol Finance Director, Department of Administration
Kathryn A. Curtner, Director
Bureau of Community Financial Assistance,
Department of Natural Resources
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Building Commission
Madison
April 1, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
13.48 (2)(e) stipulates that the State of Wisconsin Building Commission shall report to the Legislature at each regular session the progress on projects authorized in the two preceding and current biennia. This report is submitted in accordance with that provision and covers the period from July 1997 through December 2002. Projects having budgets over $100,000 are listed in detail. Those of lesser amounts have been grouped for each agency as one item for the biennium in which they were authorized.
In summary, during this five and one-half-year period, the Building Commission approved projects with a total value of $2,206,630,405.84. Of that amount, $1,564,673,326.06 has been spent or encumbered, leaving a balance of $641,957,079.78 to be used to complete projects in progress. The sources of funds for the projects are either cash or borrowed funds which flow through the Building Trust Fund, the Capital Improvement Fund, or agency operating budgets.
Each section of this report is organized by the state agency for which the facilities are being built. The Wisconsin State Controller's office and user agencies have provided information presented in this report. Building Commission staff has not attempted to verify the figures that were obtained by user agencies. The staff has assembled the material provided by each agency and presents it for your review.
In the future we will include additional qualitative information in this report. In November 2002, the Building Commission approved draft performance measures that will help answer key questions related to the substance and implementation of the State Building Program, including measures of project selection, completion of projects on time and within budget and the total cost of ownership of state facilities.
Sincerely,
Robert G. Cramer
Secretary
Referred to committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 31, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
