Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read and referred:
Senate Bill 353
Relating to: creating grants for the Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute, Inc., and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
M. Meyer, Robson and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Shilling, Ott and Miller.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 354
Relating to: traffic regulations and traffic control devices at railroad crossings, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Cowles, Roessler, A. Lasee and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Ainsworth, Owens, Hahn, Ott, Petrowski, Krawczyk, Gronemus, Albers, Musser, Van Roy and Gunderson.
To committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Senate Bill 355
Relating to: eliminating the estate tax.
By
Senators
Welch, Kanavas, Reynolds, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Darling, Schultz and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Kerkman, Nischke, Gundrum, Ladwig, Pettis, Gielow, J. Fitzgerald, Hahn, Suder, Albers, LeMahieu, Musser, Owens, Jeskewitz, Olsen, Seratti, Petrowski, Freese, Hines, Nass, Gunderson, Kreibich, Krawczyk, McCormick, Lothian, Bies, Vrakas, Vukmir and Van Roy.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 356
Relating to: exclusion of members of a state or local governmental body from meetings of a subunit of that body.
By
Senator
Hansen
; cosponsored by Representatives Ziegelbauer, Albers, Turner, Musser and J. Lehman.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
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The joint committee on Employment Relations reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 357
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists Association, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional patient treatment collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 358
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional fiscal and staff services collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 359
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 360
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 361
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Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, AFL-CIO, and its appropriate affiliated locals, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 362
Relating to: state employee travel and expense reimbursement; supplemental credits for the purchase of health insurance for dependents of state employees who die while employed by the state and state employees who are laid off and their surviving insured dependents; and use of earned annual leave under the state civil service system and granting an additional paid personal holiday for nonrepresented state employees.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Alan Lasee
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
December 18, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Family Services to report annually on information systems projects under development. The attached report is a summary of the departmental systems currently under development.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 19, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Television Network to meet our audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats., and as requested by the Educational Communications Board to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
The Educational Communications Board, which is an agency of the State of Wisconsin, operates a television network of 5 digital stations and 5 analog stations, as well as a radio network of 12 FM stations and 1 AM station. The television network received $17.1 million in support and revenue during fiscal year 2002-03, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the financial statements and related notes for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements.
