To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 174
Relating to: the use of wine in a religious service in a prison, jail, or house of correction.
By
Senators
Grothman, Leibham and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Strachota, Bies, Davis, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, Pridemore, Pettis, Van Roy and Vos.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 180
Relating to: cash discounts for retail motor vehicle fuel purchases.
By
Senators
Zien, Brown, Grothman, Reynolds, Stepp and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Wood, Suder, Moulton, Jensen, Hines, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, Vos, Musser, LeMahieu, Nerison, Pridemore, Nass, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Vrakas and Mursau.
To committee on Rules.
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The following Assembly proposals, which have been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, have been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
Assembly Bill
105
Assembly Bill
684
Assembly Joint Resolution 39
Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Speaker's Communications
October 28, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42(3)c), I am removing Assembly Bill 85
from the Committee on Housing and re-referring it to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security. I have the consent of Representative Wieckert, chair of the committee on Housing, to take this action.
Sincerely,
John g. gard
Speaker
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Communications
October 27, 2005
The Honorable Jim Doyle
Governor, State of Wisconsin
115 East State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Governor Doyle:
Please accept my resignation from the Wisconsin State Assembly, effective October 31, 2005, upon the assumption of the office of Waukesha County Executive.
It has been my pleasure to serve the people of this great state in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Sincerely,
Daniel p. vrakas
State Representative
33rd Assembly District
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October 27, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller,
As you are aware, I recently gave birth. Due to my maternity leave, I missed two session days, September 20th and 27th. Per our previous conversation, I would appreciate if you would submit my hours for those days as sick leave.
Finally, I would like to submit that I would have voted in favor of Assembly Bill 727 in the Assembly Judiciary Committee had I been present for the vote on October 25th. Again, due to my maternity leave, I was unable to attend the Executive Session.
Thank you for your assistance with these requests. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Samantha j. Kerkman
State Representative
66th Assembly District
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October 27, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to request that my name be added as a co-author of Assembly Bill 778.
Thank you for your assistance. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Ron brown
State Senator
31st Senate District
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October 31, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
With my recent election as Assembly Republican Majority Caucus Chairman, I wanted to let you know I will be sitting in seat number 19 that was recently vacated by Representative Dan Vrakas starting with tomorrow's Floor Session.
Sincerely,
mark d. gundrum
Republican Caucus Chair
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
October 15, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
A562
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. This satisfies the requirements of s.
16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The 2003-05 biennium began with a fiscal year 2003 deficit of $282 million. This quickly increased to $3.2 billion due to the use of one-time measures to balance the 2001-03 budget combined with increasing costs. Wisconsin's $3.2 billion budget deficit was one of the largest in the country on a per capita basis. This report confirms that the difficult decisions made by the Governor and Legislature, combined with an improving economy, have erased the deficit and left the state with a $4.1 million surplus.
