Tuesday, June 14, 2005
11:15 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Monsignor Dan Ganshert of St. Clement Church in Lancaster.
Representative Vrakas led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Benedict, Bies, Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Davis, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gronemus, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Honadel, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krusick, Lamb, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Meyer, Molepske, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Parisi, Petrowski, Pettis, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Toles, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Berceau and Hines - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Hines. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Berceau. Granted.
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Relating to CDL occupational licenses.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, June 10, 2005.
To committee on Transportation.
Referred on June 14, 2005
.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 480
Relating to: review of deaths at correctional institutions.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Bies, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Colon, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Turner and Young; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Lassa and Risser.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
.
Assembly Bill 481
Relating to: extending time limits in harassment injunction actions.
By
Representatives Kessler, Sheridan, Bies, Lehman, Albers, Hahn, Hines, Seidel, Vos and Cullen; cosponsored by Senators Roessler and Lassa.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 482
Relating to: appealing a determination by the board of assessors, claiming angel and early stage investment tax credits, employers who must withhold state income taxes, benefits to persons serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, eliminating the requirement that the Department of Revenue audit the records of contractors who perform emissions inspections, the liability of married persons filing a joint income tax return, the payment of the alternate fuel tax and the tobacco products tax, estate tax interest, qualified retirement systems, reducing nondelinquent taxes, extending the time for filing a tax reconciliation report, delivering tax-related documents and related payments, appeal of redetermination of earned income tax credits, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
A275
By
Representatives Kerkman, Albers, Bies, Hines, Hubler, Kreibich, Lehman, Musser, Townsend, Toles, Pridemore and Gielow; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, A. Lasee, Lassa, Miller and Hansen.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 483
Relating to: county and municipal support for a public library system.
By
Representatives Gottlieb, Ainsworth, Gielow, Hines, Jensen, Jeskewitz, LeMahieu and Towns.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 484
Relating to: municipal quotas for Class B intoxicating liquor licenses.
By
Representative
Sherman
, by request of Tim Landgreen.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 485
Relating to: regulating funeral directors and funeral establishments, regulating cremation and funeral advertising, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Van Roy, Musser, Freese, Kerkman, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Albers and Pettis; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Lassa and Kanavas.
To committee on Small Business.
Assembly Bill 486
Relating to: the management of double-crested cormorants and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Van Roy, Krawczyk, Bies, Gard, Gunderson, M. Williams, Ott, Pettis, Petrowski, McCormick, Gronemus, Hahn, Lothian, Pridemore and F. Lasee; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Cowles, Grothman and Hansen.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 487
Relating to: false arrests and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Fields, Grigsby, Berceau, Turner, Albers and Pocan; cosponsored by Senator Coggs
.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 488
Relating to: civil forfeitures for certain fraudulent representations, deceptive advertising, and violations of the Wisconsin Consumer Act and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Berceau, Black, Sheridan, Albers and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Risser.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 489
Relating to: the statute of limitations for felonies in which biological material is left on the victim or at the crime scene.
By
Representatives Staskunas, Shilling, Hines, Musser, Lehman, Berceau and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, A. Lasee and Hansen.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 490
Relating to: damage to fish farms caused by otters.
By
Representatives Suder, Musser, Freese, Hines, Kreibich, Hahn, Gronemus, Townsend and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Zien and Breske.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 491
Relating to: treating property taxes as a deduction to annual household income for purposes of determining eligibility and deductible amounts under the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly.
By
Representatives Shilling, Krusick, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Fields, Grigsby, Gronemus, Lehman, Molepske, Nelson, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Seidel, Staskunas, Travis, Turner and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Erpenbach, Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Lassa, Taylor and Wirch.
To committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
.
Assembly Bill 492
Relating to: service charges of municipal storm water utilities and complaints about municipal storm water and other sewer utilities.
By
Representatives Underheim and Vos.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.