Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting.
By
Senators
Hansen and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Miller, Berceau and Pocan.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 546
Relating to: veterans personal loans and granting rule-making authority
By
Senators
Breske, Roessler, Wirch, Decker and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Musser, Schneider, Turner, Boyle, Krawczyk, Hines, M. Lehman, Suder and McCormick.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 547
Relating to: the issuance of municipal special fund obligations to pay unfunded prior service liability contributions under a public employee retirement system or to pay postemployment benefits.
By
Senator
Darling
; cosponsored by Representative Stone
.
To committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Relating to: preparing the executive budget bill or bills according to generally accepted accounting principles; prohibiting the executive budget bill or bills from increasing the state's budget deficit; and requiring legislation to reduce the state's budget deficit.
By
Senator
Lassa
; cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Molepske and Gottlieb.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 549
Relating to: the labeling of dairy products containing certain imported substances.
By
Senators
Lassa, Decker, Zien, Robson and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Molepske, Gronemus, J. Wood, Hahn and Pocan.
To committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
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The committee on Environment and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 516
Relating to: an exemption from the requirement to obtain an air pollution construction permit for certain equipment at a nonmetallic mineral processing facility.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp and Zien.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Risser and Wirch.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 533
Relating to: contracts with persons who take depositions.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp, Carpenter and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
The committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Traver
, Jon R.,
of Monona, as a member of the Deferred Compensation Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 475
Relating to: the regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Kedzie, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Reynolds and Zien.
Thomas Reynolds
Chairperson
The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: the life and service of Sergeant Eugene A. Uhl III.
Adoption.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Panzer, A. Lasee, Zien, Erpenbach and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Mary Panzer
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
March 10, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20(2)(a) and
(b) I have appointed Senator Roessler to the Joint committee on Finance and removed Senator Harsdorf.
With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on the nominations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Senator Mary Panzer
Senate Majority Leader
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Senator Lazich, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 8:17 P.M.
2:25 P.M.
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8:17 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator A. Lasee in the chair.
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The Chair noted the possible lack of a quorum.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Chvala, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments be taken up en masse with the exeption of James Flynn and Robert Glasser.
Almond
, Patricia M.,
of Madison, as Division Administrator of Merit Recruitment and Selection, Department of Employment Relations, to serve for the term ending March 26, 2004.
Read.
S701
Bauman
, Susan,
of Madison, as a Commissioner of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2005.
Read.
