Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kestell, Albers, Jeskewitz, Vukmir, Sinicki, Miller and Krug.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 343
Relating to: establishing a clearinghouse for information about special education transition services and vocational opportunities that are available in each county.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kestell, Albers, Jeskewitz, Vukmir, Sinicki, Miller and Krug.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Steve Kestell
Chairperson
Committee on Children and Families
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 127
Relating to: the personal property tax exemption for recreational mobile homes.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives M. Lehman, J. Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Lothian, W. Wood, Young, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Morris and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives M. Lehman, J. Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Lothian, W. Wood, Young, Berceau, Ziegelbauer and Hebl.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Morris.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 146
Relating to: the payment of personal property taxes.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives M. Lehman, J. Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Lothian, W. Wood, Young, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Morris and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives M. Lehman, J. Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Lothian, W. Wood, Young, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Morris and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Michael Lehman
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Communications
August 11, 2003
Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
Wisconsin State Assembly
17 West Main Street, Room 208
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I am pleased to provide you with a copy of the official recount canvass of the July 22, 2003 Special Election vote for Representative to the Assembly, District 71, along with the determination by the Chairperson of the State Elections Board of the winner.
The recount in the 71st Assembly District has concluded, and the time for appeal has passed. Therefore, with this letter, I am delivering a Certificate of Election and transmittal letter for the winner in the 71st Assembly District to you for distribution. A Certificate of Election and transmittal letter for the 21st Assembly District winner was sent to you on July 31, 2003.
If the State Elections Board can provide you with further information or assistance, please contact our office.
Sincerely,
Kevin J. Kennedy
Executive Director
State Elections Board
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July 31, 2003
Mr. Louis John Molepske, Jr.
924 Lindbergh Avenue
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Dear Representative-Elect Molepske:
I am pleased to extend my congratulations on your election as Representative to the Assembly, Seventy-first District, for the State of Wisconsin. You have been elected to complete the balance of the unexpired, two-year term ending January 3, 2005, caused by the resignation of Julie M. Lassa. I am delivering your Certificate of Election to Assembly Chief Clerk Fuller, who will present it to you.
If the State Elections Board staff can provide you with any information or assistance, please contact our office.
Kevin J. Kennedy
Executive Director
State Elections Board
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Statement of Canvass
for
Representative to the Assembly
Special Election - July 22, 2003
I, Shane Falk, Chairperson of the State Elections Board, certify that the attached tabular statements, as compiled from the certified returns made to the State Elections Board by the county clerks of the several counties of the state, contain a correct abstract of the total number of votes given at a recount for the election of candidates for Representative to the Assembly, at a recount for the office of Representative to the Assembly from the Seventy-first District, at a Special Election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in said counties on the Twenty-second day of July, 2003.
I Do, Therefore, Determine And Certify that the following candidate, having received the greatest number of votes in the Seventy-first Assembly District, is duly elected Representative to the Assembly:
District Elected
71st District Louis John Molepske, Jr.
Done in the City of Madison, this 4th day of August, 2003.
Shane Falk
Chairperson
State Elections Board
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Certificate of Election
I, Kevin J. Kennedy, Executive Director of the State Elections Board of the State of Wisconsin, certify that
Louis John Molepske, Jr.
was elected to the office of
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Representative to the Assembly
from the Seventy-first Assembly District of the State of Wisconsin, for the unexpired term of two years, commencing on January 6, 2003, and ending on January 3, 2005, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Julie M. Lassa, as shown on the official canvass of the votes cast at the Special Election held on July 22, 2003.
Done in the City of Madison, this 11th day of August, 2003.
Sincerely,
Kevin J. Kennedy
Executive Director
State Elections Board
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Oath of Office
On Monday, August 11, Circuit Court Judge John Finn from Portage County administered the oath of office to Louis Molepske, Jr., of the Seventy-first Assembly District in a ceremony held at the Stevens Point City Hall.
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Speaker's Communications
August 12, 2003
Patrick Fuller