Relating to: qualifications of certain agents of mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers, consumer mortgage brokerage agreements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, Lazich, Wirch, Lassa, Breske, Plale, M. Meyer, Stepp, Kedzie and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Montgomery, Ladwig, Gunderson, Wieckert, Freese, Kreibich, Bies, Seratti, M. Lehman, Hines, Kerkman, Kestell, Loeffelholz, Shilling, Vrakas, Van Roy, J. Fitzgerald, Wasserman, Nischke, Krawczyk, Hahn, Townsend, Zepnick, LeMahieu and Olsen.
To committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
Senate Bill 287
Relating to: multiple municipal local health departments in Milwaukee County.
By
Senators
Lazich, Darling, Kanavas, Reynolds and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Gundrum, Krusick, Jensen, Kerkman, Seratti, Jeskewitz, Gunderson, Musser, McCormick, LeMahieu, Hines, Hundertmark, Hahn, Ladwig, Gielow, Albers, Petrowski, Bies, Staskunas, Gottlieb, Nass, Krawczyk, Vrakas and F. Lasee.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 288
Relating to: defined network plan coverage of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
By
Senators
Roessler and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Hahn, Hines, Berceau, Musser and J. Lehman.
To committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
Senate Bill 289
Relating to: civil liability exemption for claims resulting from weight gain and obesity.
By
Senators
Reynolds, S. Fitzgerald, Zien, Breske, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Lazich, Leibham, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas, Gundrum, Gronemus, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Gottlieb, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, McCormick, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Pettis, Petrowski, Schneider, Seratti, Stone, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Van Roy, Ward, Weber, M. Williams, J. Wood, Young, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer, by request of Wisconsin Restaurant Association
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To committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 290
Relating to: increasing funding for local youth apprenticeship grants, increasing positions for the Governor's Work-Based Learning Board, and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Wirch, Erpenbach, Moore, Hansen, Plale, Breske, M. Meyer, Lassa, Schultz and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Van Akkeren, Vruwink, Ainsworth, Powers, Kreuser, Krug, Young, Hebl, Boyle, Zepnick, Schooff, Sherman, Miller, Richards, Sinicki, Berceau, Black, Pope-Roberts, Shilling, Hahn, Van Roy and Pocan.
To committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Relating to: Legislative Council staff director attendance at certain midwest and national meetings in which the Commission on Uniform State Laws participates (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Council staff).
By
.Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 292
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and prohibiting new claims for the adoption expenses income tax deduction.
By
Senators
Reynolds, Lassa, Stepp, Roessler, Wirch and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Musser, Hahn, Ainsworth, Kreibich, Bies, Gundrum, Hines, Gunderson, W. Wood, Lothian, Vrakas and Hundertmark.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 293
Relating to: consecutive monthly registration of certain vehicles used exclusively to transport calcium chloride liquid.
By
Senators
Breske, Schultz and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Hines, Hahn, Lothian, Gronemus, Grothman, Seratti and Albers.
To committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
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The committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 195
Relating to: tax warrants and liens on property.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 251
Relating to: designating public depositories for the payment of property taxes.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 50
Relating to: sheriff's fees established by the county.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 54
Relating to: the sale of tax delinquent real property.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: modifying the definition of income under the homestead tax credit.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Marotta, Marc,
of Mequon, as Secretary of the Department of Administration, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 372
Relating to: live birth or the circumstance of being born alive.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp, George and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 10, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The General Fund has an undesignated balance of -$282.2 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $1.412 million better than the balance of -$283.6 million projected in
2003 Act 1. The improvement in the balance was the result of lower than expected tax revenues offset by lower than expected spending.
General-purpose revenue taxes were $10.2 billion compared to $10.02 billion in the prior year, an increase of $179.5 million or 1.8 percent. This increase was $23.8 million below the Legislative Fiscal Bureau January 2003 estimate of $10.224 billion. General-purpose revenue expenditures, excluding fund transfers, were $11.033 billion compared to $11.259 billion in the prior year, a decrease of $226.5 million or 2.0 percent.
In fiscal year 2003, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 58.4 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 17.4 percent of total general purpose revenue expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 9.5 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations for all other state agencies accounted for 14.7 percent of the total.
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The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in December of 2003. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Sincerely,
Marc J. Marotta
