Friday, September 15, 2006
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Relating to contractual service procurement.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, August 31, 2006.
To committee on State Affairs.
Referred on September 15, 2006.
Relating to the application process and criteria for determining eligibility for payments to local units of government for damages and costs incurred for major catastrophes.
Submitted by Department of Military Affairs.
Report received from Agency, August 31, 2006.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Referred on September 15, 2006.
Relating to the establishment of standards for the adoption of the mutual aid box alarm system, also known as MABAS, that may be used for deploying fire, rescue and emergency medical services personnel and equipment in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response.
Submitted by Department of Military Affairs.
Report received from Agency, August 31, 2006.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Referred on September 15, 2006.
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: August 1, 2006
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Assistant Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the August 31, 2006,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 608.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Groundwater Coordinating Council
Madison
August 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Groundwater Coordinating Council (GCC) is pleased to release its 2006 Report to the Legislature. The GCC was formed in 1984 to help state agencies coordinate non-regulatory activities and exchange information on groundwater. For the past 22 years, the GCC has served as a model for interagency coordination and cooperation among state agencies, the Governor, local and federal government, and the university. It is one of the few groups in the nation to effectively coordinate groundwater activities in its state from an advisory position.
This report summarizes GCC and agency activities related to groundwater protection and management in FY 06 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) and provides an overview of the condition of the groundwater resource. See the Executive Summary for highlights and the GCC's recommendations in Future Directions for Groundwater Protection. The full report will be made available online at
http://dnr.wi. gov/org/water/dwg/gcc/rtl/gccreport.htm.
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We hope you will find this report to be a useful reference in protecting Wisconsin's valuable groundwater resource.
Sincerely,
Todd Ambs
Director
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
August 30, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
1.11 (2)(j) Stats., please distribute this notice to members of the Assembly. The State of Wisconsin Investment board did not consider any proposals or major actions in Wisconsin during fiscal year 2006 that would have significantly affected the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the agency was not required to prepare any environmental assessments or impact statements under s.
1.11, Stats.
Please contact Sandy Drew at 261-0182 if you have any questions concerning this report.
Sincerely,
David C. Mills
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
September 1, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
227.485 (9) of the Wis. Stats. requires the Department to submit a report concerning decisions and resulting payments of attorney fees and related legal costs. Attorney fees and other legal costs are to be paid whenever the opposing party to an agency's Chapter
227 hearing prevails and it is determined the agency's position was not substantially justified. The attached report reflects payments made during SFY 2006.
In addition, under 814.245 (10) of the Wis. Stats., the Department is required to report any awards granted to the Department regarding frivolous motions brought against this Department. In SFY 2006, no motions of opposing parties were found to be frivolous. Consequently, the Department has no awards to report.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Systems
Madison
September 1, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Please find enclosed a corrected copy of the report required under s.
36.55, Wisconsin Statutes, for the period of July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2006, which was forwarded to you yesterday by UW System President Reilly. This corrected copy adds a notation in the first footnote relating to "notices of claim." The data presented in the table is unaffected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
