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I am partially vetoing Section 7 [as it relates to s.
146.70 (3m) (d) 4m.] to remove the requirements that the commission determine that costs will equal no more than five percent of overall costs and that reimbursement not be a disincentive to consolidation of dispatch functions because I object to the arbitrary five percent limitation on reimbursements for essential relay functions and because I object to the harm to public safety that could occur if existing emergency call centers are unable to make necessary equipment upgrades. As a result of this partial veto, the commission will still need to determine that reimbursement of these costs is in the public interest and promotes public health and safety.
Section 2 requires the Department of Electronic Government, now the Department of Administration, to administer a program to facilitate purchases, leases and service contracts by local governments that operate wireless public safety answering points. Section 7 [as it relates to s.
146.70 (3m) (d) 5.] limits reimbursements to a local government that purchases outside of the department's program to the actual costs under the program unless the local government has no practicable option under the program.
I am vetoing Section 2 and partially vetoing Section 7 [as it relates to s.
146.70 (3m) (d) 5.] to remove the purchasing program requirements because they are unnecessary and because requiring local governments to make purchases related to enhanced wireless 911 through the department's purchasing program could reduce local governments' abilities to negotiate favorable pricing on other telecommunications services.
Respectfully submitted,
James Doyle
Governor
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
AB 61 (in part)48September 2, 2003
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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DATE: August 19, 2003
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Representative Mary Williams
RE: Assembly Bill 475 relating to marriage between one man and one woman
I respectfully request that my name be added as a co-sponsor to Assembly Bill 475.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Representative Mary Williams
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August, 2003
Assembly Chief Clerk
Patrick Fuller
208 Risser Justice Center
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add me, Representative Daniel P. Vrakas, as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 475, an act to renumber and amend 765.01; to amend 765.001 (2); and to create 765.01 (2), 990.01 (19p) and 990.01 (39) of the statutes; relating to: marriage between one man and one woman.
Sincerely,
Daniel P. Vrakas
State Representative
33rd Assembly District
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 444
1. Page 31, line 20: delete "or (16) (b)".
