Sincerely,
Sheryl K. ALbers
State Representative
50th Assembly District
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December 31, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Mr. Fuller:
Please add me as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 905 relating to resident hunting and fishing licenses to students attending colleges and universities in the state.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Sheryl K. ALbers
State Representative
50th Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
Madison
December 30, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am pleased to be able to present to you, for distribution to the Wisconsin Assembly, the annual evaluation report on the Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program. The program, created by section 86.53 Wis. Stats., was established by the legislature in 1997 with the requirement that the Department study its impact and report on its findings every even-numbered year.
The Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program is intended for offenders who are arrested for their second or subsequent OWl (Operating While Intoxicated) offense. Offender participation may be voluntary or court order. It is an intervention model designed to get offenders into counseling, treatment and supervision as soon as possible after the arrest. The program is individual to each community.
As you will see in the report, no community that has begun a program has dropped it. Offenders who successfully completed the program were less likely than non-participants to be re-arrested for subsequent OWl violations. Those who were re-arrested went significantly longer between arrests than non-participants. Currently there are four counties on a waiting list for funding to begin programs.
I commend those people who have dedicated themselves to making this innovative program a success. There are no "silver bullets" in eradicating intoxicated driving, but I feel this effort is a vital piece in the total transportation safety effort.
Sincerely,
Major Daniel W. Lonsdorf
Director-Bureau of Transportation Safety
Referred to committee on Highway Safety.
