2006-04-05 Assembly Journal

Joint Committee on Finance

Chief Clerk Reports

The Chief Clerk records:

Assembly Bill 26

Assembly Bill 47

Assembly Bill 131

Assembly Bill 286

Assembly Bill 291

Assembly Bill 444

Assembly Bill 486

Assembly Bill 511

Assembly Bill 523

Assembly Bill 581

Assembly Bill 609

Assembly Bill 636

Assembly Bill 708

Assembly Bill 719

Assembly Bill 727

Assembly Bill 728

Assembly Bill 800

Presented to the Governor on Wednesday, April 5.

Patrick E. Fuller

Assembly Chief Clerk

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Speaker's Communications

April 5, 2006

Patrick Fuller

Assembly Chief Clerk

17 West Main Street, Suite 401

Madison, WI 53708

Dear Patrick:

I have appointed Representative Daniel LeMahieu as the co-chair of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules. Representative LeMahieu replaces Representative Gottlieb on this committee. I have appointed Representative Debi Towns to JCRAR to fill the vacancy created by Representative Gottlieb's departure from the committee.

Sincerely,

John G. Gard

Speaker

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Executive Communications

State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison

April 5, 2006

To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:

The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:

Bill Number Act Number Date Approved

Assembly Bill 479260April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 1014261April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 48263April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 785264April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 805265April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 485266April 5, 2006

Assembly Bill 619268April 5, 2006

Respectfully submitted,

JIM Doyle

Governor

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Referral of Agency Reports

State of Wisconsin
Office of State Employment Relations
Madison

March 2006

To the Honorable, the Legislature:

The Written Hiring Reasons Report for Wisconsin State Government covering the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, is enclosed. The Office of State Employment Relations (OSER) is required under ss. 230.25 (1p) and 230.27 (2k), Wis. Stats., to prepare a report summarizing, for each agency, the appointing authority's reasons for selecting the persons who were appointed for new hires, promotions and project appointments. The law requires "written hiring reasons" for certain hiring transactions and requires the Office of State Employment Relations to summarize the hiring reasons and prepare the report. Retrospectively, this information can be useful as a monitoring tool for your agency's classified and project appointments. Prospectively, you may want to use the information for plans of action in 2006 and beyond.

Information for this report came from summary information provided by each agency and the entire UW System. Your efforts and cooperation in compiling the summary reports are greatly appreciated. The report includes a synopsis of the information provided by each state agency and UW System unit.

If you have questions, please contact Claire Dehnert, Division of Affirmative Action, at [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Karen E. Timberlake

Director

Referred to committee on Labor.

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Agency Reports

State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison

March 31, 2006

To the Honorable, the Assembly:

As provided in section 25.17(14m), WI Stats., I have attached our annual Goals, Strategies and Performance Report. We have made the report more concise than in previous years while still providing you with full information about how we invested the funds and how well they performed. The report also discusses our costs to manage the assets in 2005 as compared to 2004.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about the report.

Sincerely,

David C. Mills

Executive Director