State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
December 9, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 2003 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2003-13 Special Committee on Recodification of Town Highway Statutes
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lte/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin System
December 12, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The 1999-2001 State of Wisconsin Biennial Budget,
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, included a provision to change the University of Wisconsin System's appropriation for tuition and fee revenues (Academic Student Fees, Fund 131) from an annual, sum certain appropriation to a continuing appropriation.
Wisconsin Act 9 required the Board of Regents to report annually, beginning on December 15, 2000, the amount by which actual expenditures in the previous fiscal year, in this case, 2002-2003, exceeded the amount in the schedule for that appropriation in the previous fiscal year. That report, including the purposes for which the additional revenues were spent and the amount spent for each purpose, is attached. The Board of Regents approved this report for submission at its December 5, 2003 meeting.
Please contact Freda Harris at (608) 262-6423, if you have any questions related to this report.
Sincerely,
Deborah A. Durcan
Vice President
Ethics Board
December 16, 2003
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 2003 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Cook, Sharon Milwaukee Brewers
Essie, Patrick Independence First Inc.
Gallucci, Anita Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin
Kammer, Peter Independence First Inc.
Kent, Paul Charles Industries Ltd
Kuehn, Ronald W Wisconsin Cattlemen's Association
Kuehn, Ronald W Wisconsin Health Freedom Coalition
Levin, Jeremy Wisconsin Medical Society
McKenzie, Ellyn Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
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
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
December 9, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Erickson, Larry D.,
of Hurley, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreational Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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Relating to the transfer of personnel commission responsibilities to the equal rights division and other revisions to civil rights rules.
Submitted by Department of Workforce Development .
Report received from Agency, December 12, 2003.
Referred to committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs, December 17, 2003.
Relating to circulator residency requirements.
Submitted by Elections Board
.
Report received from Agency, December 12, 2003.
Referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections, December 17, 2003.
Relating to the child care local pass through program.
Submitted by Department of Workforce Development .
Report received from Agency, December 12, 2003.
Referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care, December 17, 2003.
Relating to allowing the operation of double bottoms and certain other vehicles on certain specified highways.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, December 12, 2003.
Referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure, December 17, 2003.
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The committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance reports and recommends:
Relating to exception to limits on disclosure of nonpublic personal financial information for brand name licensees.
No action taken.
Dale Schultz
Chairperson
The committee on Environment and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to the regulation of discharges of ammonia to surface waters of the state and relating to other minor corrections to errors in chs.
NR 105 and
106.
No action taken.
Relating to arsenic in public water systems.
No action taken.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
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