To joint committee on Finance.
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Speaker's Communications
September 25, 2003
Representative Daniel Vrakas
119 West, State Capitol
Madison, Wissconsin 53707
Senator Dale Schultz
18 South, State Capitol
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7882
Dear Representative Vrakas and Senator Schultz:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (1)(am) I have simultaneously referred
Assembly Bill 537 to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems and the Assembly Committee on Economic Development.
I request that your committee issue its report on Assembly 537 as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker
Wisconsin Assembly
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Representative Michael Powers
310 North, State Capitol
Madison, Wissconsin 53707
Senator Michael Ellis
118 South, State Capitol
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7882
Dear Representative Powers and Senator Ellis:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (1)(am) I have simultaneously referred
Assembly Bill 538 to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions and the Assembly Committee on Economic Development.
I request that your committee issue its report on Assembly 538 as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker
Wisconsin Assembly
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Communications
September 24, 2003
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Room 208, Risser Justice Building
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please remove me as a cosponsor of 2003 Assembly Bill 272 as I was incorrectly listed. Assembly Bill 272 relates to: abolishing the general equalization aid formula for distributing state school aid; creating a foundation plan to fund school costs; creating a School Building Projects Board; providing state aid to school districts for building projects; creating a school levy rate limit; eliminating school district revenue limits; eliminating certain categorical aids to school districts; modifying dispute settlement procedures in local government employment other than law enforcement and fire fighting employment; creating a refundable individual income tax credit for certain sales and use taxes paid by a claimant; increasing the sales and use tax; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Bob Ziegelbauer
State Representative
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Seratti. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Coggs, Sinicki, Steinbrink, Taylor and Zepnick. Granted.
Assembly Bill 267
Relating to: administrative rule making regarding small businesses, data used by administrative agencies in preparing proposed rules, increasing attorney fees, creating an Internet site for proposed rules, and creating a Small Business Regulatory Review Board.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 267 be withdrawn from today's calendar and laid on the table. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:20 A.M.
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2:15 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
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Speaker Gard in the chair.
Representative Coggs asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Seratti asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Sinicki asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Steinbrink asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Taylor asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Zepnick asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Krawczyk. Granted.
The committee on Rules introduced a privileged resolution.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 25
Relating to: establishing special orders of business for Wednesday, October 1, 2003.
By
committee on Rules.
The question was: Shall Assembly Resolution 25 be adopted?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Cullen, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gottlieb, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Stone, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Underheim, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vukmir, Ward, Weber, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 58.
Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, J. Lehman, Miller, Molepske, Morris, Plouff, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Taylor, Travis, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, Wasserman, W. Wood, Young and Zepnick - 37.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Gielow, Krawczyk, McCormick and J. Wood - 4.
Motion carried.
The following proposals were made special orders of business on Wednesday, October 1, 2003, pursuant to the adoption of Assembly Resolution 25:
Assembly Bill 259 at 9:01 A.M.
Assembly Bill 260 at 9:02 A.M.
Assembly Bill 261 at 9:03 A.M.
Assembly Bill 472 at 9:04 A.M.
Assembly Bill 503 at 9:05 A.M.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 46 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: commending outgoing Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Raymond G. Boland on his service to veterans and the state of Wisconsin.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
46 be adopted?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
