Office of the Governor
July 24, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am vetoing Senate Bill 206 in its entirety. This bill is a trailer bill to Senate Bill 44 (the 2003-05 biennial budget bill) and makes several modifications to the municipal levy limits proposed under Senate Bill 44. The modifications include exempting from the limits any levy imposed by the City of Milwaukee on behalf of Milwaukee Public Schools; authorizing cities and villages to increase their levies for property newly annexed from a town only if the city or village has provided services for a fee to that property for at least 10 years; and authorizing towns with populations below 2,000 to exceed the levy limits by adopting a resolution to that effect at a special town meeting.
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After the Legislature passed
Senate Bill 44, it immediately passed this bill to address problems with its levy limit proposal in that bill. I expect that had I not vetoed the levy limit proposal on
Senate Bill 44 that
Senate Bill 206 would have been the first of many similar bills to address issues not considered by the Legislature when it crafted its levy limit proposal in
Senate Bill 44. I object to this bill because it is indicative of the numerous problems associated with the levy limit I vetoed in
Senate Bill 44.
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
July 24, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2)(a) and
(b) I have appointed Senator Leibham to the Joint Committee on Finance and removed Senator Fitzgerald.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on the nominations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
July 24, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2)(a) and
(b) I have appointed Senator Stepp to the Joint Committee on Finance and removed Senator Welch.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on the nominations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
July 25, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I have appointed the following Republican Senators to the Special Select Committee on Job Creation:
Senator Kanavas - Co-chair
Senator Stepp - Co-chair
Senator Leibham
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
July 28, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2)(a) and
(b) I have appointed Senator Carpenter to the Joint Committee on Finance and removed Senator Moore.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on the nominations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
July 28, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2)(a) and
(b) I have appointed Senator Jauch to the Joint Committee on Finance and removed Senator Decker.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on the nominations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
July 29, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
In accordance with Senate Rule
21, I appoint Senators Chvala and Jauch to the Senate Select Committee on Job Creation:
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mary E. Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
July 29, 2003
To the Honorable the Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Becker, Dismas Wisconsin Coalition of Marriage & Family Therapists, Prof. Counselors & Soc Workers
Kussow, Michelle America Online Inc
Lonergan, Sandra WEA Insurance Corporation
McIntosh, Forbes Community Alliance of Providers of Wisconsin (CAPOW)
Mettner, Michelle Wisconsin Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Association
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Scholz, Brandon
America Online Inc
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
The Honorable, The Senate:
I wish to withdraw my co-sponsorship of Senate Bill 165. Please remove me from the bill. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Curtis C. Gielow
State Representative
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