Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read and referred:
Senate Bill 562
Relating to: amending and revising sections
961.41 (2) (bm) and
961.41 (2) (cm) of the statutes for the purpose of reconciling conflicts and supplying omissions. (Revisor's Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 563
Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 564
Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 8, 2004
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 9, 2004
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 12, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am vetoing Senate Bill 384 in its entirety. The bill creates the Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program and allows a technical college district to contract with a business located in the district to provide worker training programs and other assistance if the contract is approved by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board.
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Specifically, the bill allows a technical college system board, either on its own or jointly with any other entity, to enter into a contract with a business in its district to provide training for jobs created or retained by the business; adult basic education programs; vocational and skill-assessment services; training facilities, equipment and materials; or professional services. Under the bill, a district board may not increase its tax levy to support a training program initiated under this section.
The Wisconsin Technical College System is critical to the health of Wisconsin's economy and the services that it provides to businesses in Wisconsin are vital in ensuring that the workforce in Wisconsin remains of the highest caliber. Senate Bill 384, however, does not enhance the ability of the Wisconsin Technical College System to provide worker training services to businesses.
This bill does nothing to improve working training in our state, since Technical College districts already have the power to enter into contracts with businesses to provide training. Unfortunately, the bill actually represents a step backward, because it pits job training against other worthy economic development projects as part of the Wisconsin Development Fund.
Since the day I unveiled my Grow Wisconsin plan, I have urged the Legislature to take action on my worker training program, making important strategic investments in our workforce. The Legislature missed the boat in failing to pass Senate Bill 310 – part of Grow Wisconsin – to create a new worker training program, with funding resources, to assist businesses that increase their workforce or make significant capital investments in their company. SB 310 represents real, meaningful improvements in job training that will help our workers earn their way up the economic ladder. The bill I am vetoing today falls far short of this, and is actually a step backward.
Finally, I am vetoing this bill and Senate Bill 451 because they represent a troubling departure from the longstanding and important practice of including appropriations in bills that require funding. The Legislature tried to separate the proposal into two separate bills, instead of allowing the proposal to be evaluated in its entirety. These types of legislative games are not in the interests of good public policy, and are a disservice to the people of Wisconsin. The Legislature should be advised that I am not likely to look favorably on future efforts to split bills away from their appropriations.
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 12, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am vetoing Senate Bill 451 in its entirety. The bill creates an appropriation and appropriates funds for the Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program, a program created in Senate Bill 384.
Specifically, the bill creates an appropriation for the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. Senate Bill 451 provides $500,000 GPR to the appropriation in fiscal year 2004-05 allowing the Board to make grants under the Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program, which would have been created had I signed Senate Bill 384. The bill also reduces the Wisconsin Development Fund by $500,000 GPR in fiscal year 2004-05. In addition, the bill requires that the base funding level for the Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program be $1,000,000 GPR annually beginning in the 2005-07 biennium.
I am vetoing Senate Bill 451 because the Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program was not enacted into law due to my veto of Senate Bill 384. As a result, the appropriation of funds for this program is not necessary. Furthermore, a reduction in funding for the Wisconsin Development Fund, one of the state's important economic development programs, is counterproductive to my efforts at growing Wisconsin's economy.
Sincerely,
