Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Underheim, Vukmir, Gielow, Wieckert, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, Strachota, Moulton, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Nelson.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Underheim, Vukmir, Gielow, Wieckert, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, Strachota, Moulton, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Nelson.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Underheim, Vukmir, Gielow, Wieckert, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, Strachota, Moulton, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Nelson.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Wasserman.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Underheim, Vukmir, Gielow, Wieckert, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, Strachota, Moulton, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Nelson.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Wasserman.
To committee on Rules.
Gregg Underheim
Chairperson
Committee on Health
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From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Concurred in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
39
Assembly Bill 46
Assembly Bill 79
Assembly Bill 107
Assembly Bill 210
Assembly Bill 399
Assembly Bill 438
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 42
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Senate Bill 42
Relating to: requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation.
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By
Senators
Leibham, Brown, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gielow, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, McCormick, Montgomery, Moulton, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Pettis, Pridemore, Strachota, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Underheim, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vukmir, Ward, Wood, Ziegelbauer and Gottlieb.
To committee on Rules.
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Communications
June 14, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Mr. Fuller:
I am writing you today in an effort to enter my notes into the record for May 3, 2005. I had fallen ill that day, and Representative Krawczyk assisted by driving me to the Capitol, arriving along with my colleague in time for the Republican caucus at 4:30 p.m.
The three Assembly Bills in question are Assembly Bills 46, 63 and 49. Let the record show that I would have voted "Aye" to all three bills in question, including both roll call votes on Assembly Bill 49.
Thank you for your consideration of my request, and if further information is needed, feel free to call my office at 266-7500.
Sincerely,
Rep. Terry McCormick
56th Assembly District
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June 14, 2005
Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to request that my name be added as a co-sponsor to Assembly Bills 151, 385 and 387.
Thank you for your assistance. Please contact them if you have any question.
Sincerely,
Ron Brown
State Senator
31st District
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June 15, 2005
Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to request that my name be removed from Assembly Bill198.
Sincerely,
Josh Zepnick
State Representative
9th Assembly District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 15, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by s.
13.94(1)(dm), Wis. Stats., we have completed our annual financial audit of State Fair Park. We have issued an unqualified opinion on State Fair Park's fiscal year (FY) 2003-04 financial statements. In addition, we followed up on audit findings and recommendations included in our 2004 report (report 04-5).
Expenditures have exceeded revenues in each of the past five years. Since FY 1999-2000, State Fair Park has a reported a total deficit of $7.3 million, including a $1.8 million deficit in FY 2003-04.
Our 2004 report noted that poor business planning and optimistic financial projections for three entities located on the fairgrounds - the Milwaukee Mile, the Pettit National Ice Center, and the Wisconsin Exposition Center - had contributed to the decline in State Fair Park's financial condition. As we recommended, all three entities have continued to refine and modify their business plans. However, the 2004 business plans were also overly optimistic, and actual revenues have consistently fallen short of what was projected. In addition, the business plans lack both specific details as to how initiatives will be implemented and performance measurements by which to evaluate their success.
State Fair Park projects that in FY 2004-05, expenditures will exceed revenues by as much as $3.9 million. To limit future demands on State Fair Park, agency officials have expressed their intention to lease the Milwaukee Mile to a private promoter effective January 1, 2006. Options to sell the Pettit National Ice Center are also being explored. Given these significant changes, we include a recommendation that State Fair Park report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on its plans for improving the fairgrounds' financial condition, including long-term plans for its organizational structure and its relationships with the Pettit National Ice Center and the Wisconsin Exposition Center.
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We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the staff of State Fair Park. A response from State Fair Park's executive director follows the appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
