To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Science Professionals, AFT, Local 3732, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 658
Relating to: authorizing a city or a village to abolish its police department and contract for law enforcement services with a county.
A535
By
Representatives Musser, Ziegelbauer, Ainsworth, Olsen, LeMahieu, Kerkman, Hubler, J. Wood, M. Lehman, Jensen, Gronemus, Hines, Kestell, Seratti, Van Roy, Zepnick, Jeskewitz, Gielow, Ott, Gottlieb, Lothian, Nass, Ward, Pettis, Bies, Freese, Vrakas, Townsend, Hundertmark and Ladwig; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Jauch, Roessler, Reynolds, Leibham, Brown, Harsdorf, Cowles and M. Meyer.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 659
Relating to: liens for work relating to septic tanks, soil absorption fields, holding tanks, grease traps, and privies.
By
Representatives Seratti, Bies, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Hubler, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Townsend, Van Roy and Vrakas.
To committee on Small Business.
Assembly Bill 660
Relating to: certification of mold inspectors and mold remediators, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Berceau, Turner, Hines, Taylor, Bies, Gronemus and J. Lehman.
To committee on Public Health.
Assembly Bill 661
Relating to: allowing a circuit court to reduce the amount of an unpaid forfeiture by time served in jail for failure to pay the forfeiture.
By
Representatives Grothman, LeMahieu, Albers, Friske, Gunderson, Hahn, Krawczyk, Ladwig, Musser, Nass, Ott, Seratti, Van Roy and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 662
Relating to: requiring the use of wheelchair securement devices in motor vehicles being used in urban mass transit systems, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Hines and Lothian; cosponsored by Senator Ellis
.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: income tax and property tax exemptions for the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
By
Representatives J. Wood, Suder, Gronemus, Nischke, Vrakas, Montgomery, Gundrum, Hines, Lothian, Ladwig, Hundertmark, Gunderson, Sinicki, Jeskewitz, Owens, Pettis, Petrowski, F. Lasee, Kreibich, Musser, Ott, Freese, McCormick and Boyle; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Hansen, Roessler, A. Lasee, Lassa, Stepp, Brown, Reynolds and Wirch.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 664
Relating to: multiple municipal local health departments in Winnebago County.
By
Representatives Kaufert, McCormick, Krawczyk, Hahn, Jeskewitz, LeMahieu, Ott, Stone and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Cowles and A. Lasee.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 665
Relating to: payday loan providers and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, M. Lehman, Musser, Boyle, Taylor, Owens, Ziegelbauer, Hahn, Gronemus, Olsen, Plouff, Van Roy, Gielow, Berceau, Ott, Gunderson and Powers; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Stepp.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 666
Relating to: collection of fines and forfeitures by counties.
By
Representatives Vruwink, Petrowski, Hahn, Ott, Gronemus, Berceau and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Schultz and Brown.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 667
Relating to: allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed to any section 529 college tuition program.
By
Representatives Nass, Gunderson, Ziegelbauer, Suder, Towns, Ladwig, Taylor, Krawczyk, Bies, F. Lasee, Pope-Roberts, Vrakas, Jeskewitz, Gronemus, Pettis, Kreibich, Townsend, Petrowski, Weber, Lothian, Johnsrud, Musser, Nischke, Schooff, Gottlieb, Grothman, Hundertmark, Stone, Coggs, Gundrum, Hines and Rhoades; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Reynolds, A. Lasee, Roessler, Lazich and Kanavas.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
.
Assembly Bill 668
Relating to: various changes in the unemployment insurance law, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By
committee on Labor.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: making various changes in the worker's compensation law and granting rule-making authority.
By
committee on Labor.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 670
Relating to: exempting medical residents and fellows from health care information data annual assessments.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Vukmir, F. Lasee, Taylor and Hahn; cosponsored by Senator M. Meyer
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 671
Relating to: exempting certain ambulatory surgery centers and other medical clinics from health care information data requirements and annual assessments.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Vukmir, F. Lasee, Taylor and Hahn; cosponsored by Senator M. Meyer
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 672
A536
Relating to: exempting broadband Internet service from regulation by the Public Service Commission and local governments, requiring telecommunications utilities to provide unbundled network elements, and price regulation of telecommunications utilities.
By
Representatives Jensen, Montgomery, Nischke, Pettis, Olsen, Musser, Albers, Ott, Petrowski and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Welch, Stepp, Darling, Reynolds and Brown.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
.
Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: the deceptive or misleading use of the name of a state-chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, the deceptive or misleading use of a name that is deceptively similar to the name of a state-chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Van Roy, Towns, Jeskewitz, Weber, Olsen, Richards, Johnsrud, Shilling, Huebsch, Molepske, Kreibich, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, Townsend, Hines, Cullen, Hahn, Suder, Freese, Ott and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Reynolds, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Erpenbach, Leibham, M. Meyer, Breske, Carpenter, Kedzie, Hansen and Cowles.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: payment of health insurance premiums for certain annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System who become employed by the state.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, Hahn, Albers, Musser, Owens, Townsend, Ott, Seratti, Hines and Boyle; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Roessler.
To committee on Insurance.
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The committee on Corrections and the Courts reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 131
Relating to: access for sheriffs and jailers to reports regarding the competency of criminal defendants.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Bies, Albers, Underheim, Owens, F. Lasee, Suder, Pocan, Colon, Staskunas and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Garey Bies
Chairperson
Committee on Corrections and the Courts
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 653
Relating to: making changes to the Tax Incremental Financing program, authorizing the Department of Revenue to impose a fee to determine or redetermine the tax incremental base of a tax incremental financing district, and requiring the department to prepare a tax incremental financing manual.
